| 单词 | cracked |
| 例句 | I followed his gaze down to the dozens of indentations in the cracked white tile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It cracked against the house just above their window when they waltzed by again. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The huge chimneypiece was cracked, though, and the hearth was empty. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Kyle pointed to each box top as he cracked the code. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z And one voice, with sublime disregard for the situation, read poetry aloud in the fiery study, until all the film spools burned, until all the wires withered and the circuits cracked. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t,” he said, one eye just barely cracked open. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He concentrated so hard that something inside him cracked—as if a crystal ball had shattered in his stomach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It raised the whip, and the thongs whined and cracked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ben was lying on his bed studying the cracked geometry of falling plaster that hung above him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His name cracked as it left my throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was a locked door and a window cracked open, wisps of fragrant steam curling from the gap. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The land cracked and the springs dried up and the cattle listlessly nibbled dry twigs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It cracked and snapped and smoked and filled the woods with brightness. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I cracked the window, the fall crisp seeping in, the familiar static of air pushing through a tight space. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I know you,” he whispered, through cracked lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nearby, a copy of A Wizard of Earthsea rests cracked in half. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “And now,” he said in a voice that cracked, “my own son.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was cracked in the head many times when a length of iron bucked at an unexpected angle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Nick clapped his mug on the table so fiercely that it cracked the earthenware. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z His voice cracked with the fume of the liquor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma laughed, and her children reproduced the throaty sounds, their teeth flashing like the insides of a cracked palm kernel. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he realized the door was cracked open. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Black, spit-shined police shoes with hard rubber soles cracked down on every inch of hardwood floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The dark wood looked like it was a hundred years old, chipping and discolored and cracked. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When I reached the door to the study, which was cracked open, I heard Samantha’s voice. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Apartheid’s walls cracked and crumbled over many years. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Pretty soon somebody opened the front door and cracked the screen. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Everybody—even Mr. T—cracked a smile, because I was right. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Down he came, and before he could get his footing, I cracked the bat over his head. Then I beat him with the stub until there was no life left in him.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Our fingers were long and bony like vampires from some Hollywood horror movie, the skin on our faces cracked and drawn back like mummies. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Mats cover the cracked concrete floor, making a crazy quilt of colored rattan and woven plastic. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z So he walked through the bathroom and cracked open the door to Hassan's darkened room. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The second was whether I wanted the door closed or cracked. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “But then I would have to touch it!” said Henry, and the two cracked up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His clothing in tatters, his shoes cracked, the old knapsack on his shoulder his only luggage, he looked like a beggar, but his bearing had a dignity that was in frank contradiction to his appearance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The green plaster over the kitchen sink had finally cracked loose, leaving a powdery-white hole as big as a fist. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His lips were dry and cracked and he wanted water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I let a single one fall on Belet's cracked, blistered lips. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His head cracked open above the left ear and then he slid heavily beneath the waves, water seeping into his wristwatch, stopping it at 1:47. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked and she started crying again, covering her face with her hands as she sat down on the hard-packed earth, her legs crossed under her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Now, its white paint was peeling, its shutters were cracked, its windows were grimy with dust. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Even worse, it focused on the angle she most wanted to avoid—the fact that she had cracked Chinese codes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It cracked like a whip above my head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The seat was cracked and lumpy—no different than most taxis. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And the wine flowed and tales were told and jokes were cracked, and then silence was made and the King's poet with two fiddlers stepped out into the middle of the circle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I pulled out kirtles, caps, and bodices, the gilded prayer book and a cracked looking glass Gertrude had given me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Ben folded his arms and felt the cracked, lined leather between his fingers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She laughed so much it cracked him open, swapping his insides for his outsides, as if he were wearing his own nerves for a coat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Each character she cracked revealed more patterns and clues about the encryption, but if she made a single wrong guess, it could throw off the rest of the puzzle. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Major was flexing his arm muscles at the cracked mirror over the mop sink. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It cracked like a whip knocking the sword from Henry’s hand. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As she revolved to face the firelight, the woman said in a cracked and terrified voice, “Severus! Help me!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Gerald shook his head and cracked up a little, but not in the bad way, which is at me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of the scales were dented, pitted, and cracked; others were missing entirely, revealing long, crooked scars in the bare skin beneath. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “He recognizes Nemesis cracked another cookie and wrinkled her nose. “You will have great fortune when you least expect it,” she read. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Blithe was the singing of the young girls over their test-tubes, the Predestinators whistled as they worked, and in the Decanting Room what glorious jokes were cracked above the empty bottles! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He cracked the code pretty quickly, but he stayed silent, trying to figure out when she'd come up with it, when she'd memorized it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A branch cracked underfoot as he stepped into the light; a thin man in a homed helmet, armed with a long knife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So I tried sealing the leak with pine pitch, and that worked all right, but then the funnel over the fire bed cracked, and I had to put wooden props under that. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He jumped when a loud clang cracked through the air, followed by the wrenching sound of metal screeching against metal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His words make my cracked heart swell a little. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He knew where they were going: the big tent on the far side of the fire pit, its painted canvas walls cracked and faded by years of sun and rain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His voice rose to such a high register that it cracked on the question mark. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I hugged him so hard that for once I was the one who lifted him off his feet and almost cracked his ribs. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Bullets zipped in the leaves, cracked the rocks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Wander any graveyard long enough and you will find it—waterstained and bulging, with cracked or broken stone, scraggly grass or rank weeds about it, and a feeling, when you reach it, of abandonment. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It’s a perfect night to run away, thought Fadi, casting a brooding look at the bright sheen of the moon through the cracked backseat window. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Grover Underwood and a team of satyrs danced around with their panpipes, playing harmonies so dissonant that the earthen-shelled ghosts cracked apart. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Hazel remembered the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska—how the surface had cracked under their feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He turned over just as the stone face of Panic cracked off the wall above him and toppled down for a one-ton kiss. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Manchee, who don’t seem to ever get tired, is busy running around, lifting his leg on all the plants that have grown up thru the cracked floorboards. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I turn left at the next intersection and start down the cracked sidewalk toward the building where Abnegation had its monthly faction-wide meetings. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Her bed was at the very end of the ward, near a cracked window thickened with grime. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Glass cracked and crashed to the floor, but I barely noticed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We got into the cab, and the cabman put the bags up on the seat beside him and climbed up and cracked his whip, and we drove over the dark bridge and into the town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He raked his hair back, cracked an eye open, and caught me staring. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They had ignored his heavy coat on the way to school, but now, seeing the added scarf and hat, they cracked up. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z And he left the bathroom without another word, leaving Harry to stare into the cracked mirror, feeling sicker, he was sure, than Ron had ever felt in his life. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t stand them another second. I fell off the chair and cracked my side on the coffee table and twisted my ankle on the way down.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The lightning, great sheets and lances of brilliance, flared and cracked above and around the machine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His voice cracked, but before he could pour out any words, Big Ma, who had been fanning herself before the open window, called out, “Your Pa is keeping company with a woman in Brownsville.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The courtyard with its benches and cracked cobblestone ground is spattered with black-and-white bird droppings and filled with green-and-white uniforms and brown legs and shiny loafers, running and screaming and pushing and jumping. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I knew she could not see the picture with the cracked frame or the fresh African lilies in the oriental vase. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Terupt’s door was cracked open, but not enough for me to see inside. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z When he heard Roy’s footsteps, he stirred and cracked one eye. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The road was rocky, and the buildings were made of cracked wood. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Big Ma cracked the screen door but remained inside. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Strips of cracked paint wrinkled away from the walls, like insects clinging to a nest. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She saw one of the riders swing his whip over his head—and then fly backward when a metal bucket came tumbling through the sky and cracked him across the face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Davis cracked Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian ciphers during World War II. Later, she served in the NSA, working on Russian intercepts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We cracked up together, which was necessary, because she loved me again. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Nailer’s eyes swept over the broken clipper’s upper decks, the pontoons and stabilizers and the cracked remains of the fixed-wing sails, all of it white, almost blazingly white in the sun. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Henry was punching at his reflection in the cracked mirror. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His firm, broad face showed weight-loss in deep shadows under the cheekbones, his eyes were sunken and his mouth sorely chapped and cracked. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Where he had grasped the torch, his skin had cracked and split. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She looked away from her mother, and straightened, catching her breath, looking outward through the small, cracked window. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Coughing and wheezing, he put on his skullcap, his glasses, saw both lenses had cracked, and took them off. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z This was not irrational worry, because dried blood was unusual, even for when the callus was cracked open. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Nokomis baked the deer bones, cracked them, and used a special long carved spoon to scoop out the hot rich marrow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z All the dogs in the show were voiced by human actors, of course, because even though dogs could talk among themselves, they still hadn’t cracked the code for human speech. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “It ends when Casterly Rock is cracked open, so the sun can shine on the maggots and the worms within. It ends with the utter ruin of Tywin Lannister and all his works.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He held it above his head to block the sun, which had darted out from behind a cloud to further bake the cracked orange dirt. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The broom handle cracked, and Madam tossed it aside. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I guessed she was some student who had gone cracked and run underground before she could be confined to Haven. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The skin of her hands was deeply cracked, and her hair was tangled, but her face had a healthy pink glow, and her eyes were clear and bright. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He ducked it, slugged me in the stomach, cracked me in the mouth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I leaned back against the cracked vinyl headrest and fell immediately asleep. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “I thought we were here to learn English,” Jack cracked, which made everyone laugh. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Together they stood and stared at the Joseph Bell where it lay, cracked clean through the center. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The surface of the grave at Harry’s feet cracked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His body had been starved of oxygen, and the pressure had cracked several of his ribs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet seemed too big for his body, with cracked dirty toenails, eight toes on each foot But the top half of his body was the weird part He made Janus look downright normal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "One," I cried out as the whip cracked. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Somewhere a dam has cracked open and a flood of cold sweat spills, drenches your body. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The shadow fell to the ground with a thud so hard the stones beneath it cracked, and Pinmei saw the shadow was a monkey. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I cracked it open, smack dab in the middle. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He sat there laughing, slapping his knee as he cracked himself up. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Beside him the little heater popped and cracked as its parts grew warmer and expanded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some said the plate was made of iron and painted to resemble cracked china. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “She took a break from her job in L.A., went to Camp Half-Blood for the summer, because we figured—” His voice cracked. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He cracked one eye open and looked around. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Geiger, the bearded, hippie teacher cracked a joke about the principal, and a few people laughed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He began threading Rosemont through the field, cutting in and out, picking off horses one by one, talking in his horse’s ear as clumps of dirt cracked into his face. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy cracked the belt, the buckle catching Toby right above the temple. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They cracked my skull and broke four ribs and one leg. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I cracked the laptop password eventually: it’s Blenheim. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A cracked rubber nipple from a baby bottle. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He kept looking straight ahead through the cracked windshield. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They cracked in our hands as we built our contraptions, spilling onto the newspaper we had haphazardly laid out. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then she would've cracked a joke about it taking me a million hours to do forty-five minutes' worth of work, which is why Doris assigned it to me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He shined the flashlight once again on the cracked workpad, then tossed the device to the other side of the room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He slapped Genie lightly on the arm, then cracked his knuckles. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I watch him through the cracked front window with the baby, Nettie, whimpering on my hip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was within a foot of the slightly cracked door when the voices from within floated to him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The film showed it clearly: Woolf had lifted his whip up and repeatedly cracked Johnny Adams on the flanks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we’re both laughing and picking up gourds, making sure none of them have cracked. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z This threw Valerian into such a rage that he cracked me in the back of the head with his wooden practice sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He hugged me so hard he almost cracked my ribs. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When they were done, the boys gathered around and peered down at Finn, sprawled on the cracked asphalt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My stocking seams were straight, my black shoes cracked, but polished, and my red wool suit flamboyant as my plans. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I’d cracked an FBI server once, as a test, and gotten away with it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t wanna wake up from the dream world,” I said, and midsentence my voice cracked, and the words twisted and turned in my mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It cracked against the counter edge, tumbled to the floor, and shattered. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Jon cracked the hardened wax, flattened the roll of parchment, read. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were jams and bundles of herbs and dried meats studded with spices and cracked salt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The stoops along 145th always looked more or less the same, cracked steps with people either standing on them or sitting on them because life got too depressing in their apartments. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z And the steps were narrow, spaced unevenly, and often treacherous: they were worn and smooth at the edges, and some were broken, and some cracked as foot was set upon them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z My mouth felt like I’d gargled used urinal cakes, and my cracked lips stung. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The walls were lopsided and cracked and the floor had been made of packed earth, but he had always been warm there, even when they let the fire go out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the early 1950s, federal and state authorities finally cracked down on the group. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Looking up at this bizarre light fixture while standing between two cracked and peeling, yet somehow still majestic, horned carousel stallions, all I can think about is watching the solar system episode in Mom’s lap. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z His unnerving blue eyes dart back and forth across my face, and his cracked lips peel into a truly terrible grin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His voice was high and cracked with fear. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Anyways Anatole gave her compliments right and left, which tells you right there he was either a polite young man or mentally cracked. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked toward it through red dirt and dried leaves that cracked under our feet, the air smelling of wild roses, pine, and cows. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z My right knee cracked when I went down. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Sixteen years ago, the sails had cracked and snapped with every shift of wind, until he'd pulled them down and gone on with muffled oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was such a random name to call me that it cracked me up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The air hummed before his club cracked against my leg. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His voice cracked as he spoke, and I guessed he was thinking about sights too pitiful to put into words. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The same figure, his arms wide, still wearing the box, but this time it was cracked open. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Mama got a fifty-cent piece from the cracked cup and gave it to Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z You snored super loudly and cracked your gum and took showers that lasted way longer than the ten-minute rule. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “They beat my Dante all to hell. They cracked some ribs, they punched his face. He has bruises everywhere. They did that to my son.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Then with both hands he cracked it down the middle and removed from its sticky chest a tiny, convulsing heart. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I removed a pad of paper and a pencil and stretched my fingers out and cracked my knuckles. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the shattered pine tree, a woman knelt at a cave entrance that had cracked open between the tree’s roots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The letter was cracked along the lines where it had been folded all of these years. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Nemesis picked another cookie from her bag and cracked it open. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He cracked it open so we could hear better. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Please! I -1 only meant -’ The ghost screamed as the dirt covered his body like a shell, then cracked apart, leaving nothing but a pile of dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z With every step on those cracked sidewalks, I passed a new signifier of urban decay. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He was just reaching for the front door when three loud knocks cracked against the shutters. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucas cracked the smile of someone with only half a working face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z His eyes danced, and a smile cracked his old, wrinkled face like an egg. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And in a completely different, almost cracked voice, he shouted, “Do you know what this is?” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The lobby was hushed as a library, but beyond those doors, she knew, were the cracked concrete sidewalks and the rush and clamor and ruthlessness of the city. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He splayed out his hands, pushing the water apart as the wet floor under them cracked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Yanking the laces tight made me wince in pain; for the past two weeks the condition of my cracked, bleeding fingertips had been steadily deteriorating in the cold air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She leans over Frank’s shoulder, looks at the cracked eggs in the hot pan. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The visitor was a stout man in cracked, mud-caked boots and a heavy brown robe of the coarsest roughspun, his features hidden by a cowl, his hands drawn up into voluminous sleeves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After I'm done, I stand at the cracked sink and use my fingers to rub tooth powder on my teeth. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z His voice cracked and wavered as he plucked his lyre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Until the back of my hand cracked against Quackenbush’s face I had never pictured myself in the role of Finny’s defender, and I didn’t suppose that he would have thanked me for it now. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Hours later, the door to Kote’s room cracked open and Bast peered inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I looked at his hands and feet The skin was alligatored and cracked, tough from age and walking barefoot on the hot decks of schooners and freighters. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I took a step toward him to grab it, he slipped it back in his shirt pocket, shook his head, and cracked a joke. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I must look puzzled for she then brings a mirror, cracked but good enough. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She stood watching him as he finished lighting the candle stubs that stood on saucers around the room, perched precariously on stacks of books and on side tables crammed with cracked and moldy cups. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The next day, dawn broke as they were crossing a cracked and fissured plain of hard red earth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I leaned over to give him a goodnight kiss and cracked my pinky toe on the side of his bed. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Jon ripped off his gaunt let, took die letter, cracked the seal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the world between us cracked because of the difference in how we understand that fundamental bond. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The steps were cracked and broken from centuries of freeze and thaw and the tread of countless mules, and even in the dark the heights put her heart in her throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My heart cracked at the sound of the door clicking shut, but I did not cry. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was also fresh lemonade, gingersnaps, and fresh fruit, and nuts which we cracked between rocks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Mormont picked up a crab claw and cracked it in his fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I always said he was mental. Brilliant and everything, but cracked. Leaving Harry an old Snitch—what the hell was that about?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The thick soles of his own high shoes are crusted with white and there is white in the stitching and lace-eyes, and under his nails and in the cracked chapped skin of his hands. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z One of them sings hymns in a high cracked tenor before he begins to gurgle. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They followed what was left of the road from the gates to Orthanc, going slowly, for the flag-stones were cracked and slimed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Not back up the hill, Safaa,” he says in his funny cracked little voice. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The floe beneath Patience Camp cracked again and again over the next several days. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The door in her mind that she kept locked at all times had been cracked open by the question, and now she tried frantically to close it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Focusing all her strength at the front of her head, Holly cracked open one eye. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He led the way down the winding street to a humble stone house, the grayed wooden door cracked and warped. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “It cracked the inner glass container. Like a bottle of beer when it freezes. Then ate through the metal of the canister.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z From my vantage point at the laundry room window, I could see a thin stream of electric vehicles crawling along the cracked asphalt, carrying goods and workers into the city. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A twig cracked under her feet, and the light went out behind one of the windows in Capricorn’s village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I walk home on the cracked sidewalks, thinking about what I’ve done. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Warlord cracked his tail, shattering the silence of Great Hall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I took in the dirty concrete floor, the cracked walls. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Johnny took the cracked crucible in his trusting hands, put in it silver ingots, set it on top of the furnace. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At the side of the house, she grabs one of the chickens rooting around in the tom paper wrappers and cracked plastic bottles and dirty diapers strewn in the weeds. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the minutes passed, Constance’s voice grew more cracked and strained, her cheeks redder and redder, her strength closer to failing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Like the pages of a new book that had yet to be cracked open. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The first blow cracked the glass, sent the birds outside scattering. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A cracked thought hits me and I want to laugh. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We tore the grass to shreds, crushed the neatly manicured bushes, stomped the flowers, and cracked one of the house’s windows with a rock. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I cracked open the door and took the phone. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His flesh was gray, like a Muselmann’s, his lips cracked and frozen at the corners. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I feel them in each step on this dry, cracked dirt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As he turned, the base cracked and the whole mass toppled into the sea so that, a thunderous plume of spray leapt half-way up the cliff. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z His mother cracked the door, peeked out, then slammed it shut, quickly. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Books crowded the table, their cracked spines gilded with Hebrew. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The children took cracked clay bowls from a pile on the worn wooden table and sat down on stools. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In one corner there was a cracked sink, over which a slab of a broken mirror hung. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bones were scattered on the floor at his feet, cracked and scorched and splintered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s no wonder that many arcanists you meet are a little eccentric, if not downright cracked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She cracked up and said, “I like you.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt my cracked lips stretch into a painful grin. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She cracked a couple of eggs into a yellow bowl and started whisking in milk, then cornmeal. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Dustfinger had hauled the dogs over to the nearest tree and was just winding their leashes around the cracked bark when Flatnose came out of his daze. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She pointed to a cracked red vinyl barber’s chair, which she spun to face a small television next to the hair dryers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A cracked and jeering note, a yellow note, came into it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He ran his hand over his bald head and, despite the tattoos and the protruding hardware, his facade cracked, leaving him looking all pierced and pathetic. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked when she first opened her mouth. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The last standing wall of the clothing store cracked and tumbled down with a dull rumble. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But as time passed and the game progressed, Set’s face hardened and cracked into a wicked leer, and it became clear that his strange, sunken, formless body was the very shape of evil. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Already, ants and bugs crawled among the cracked bark and splintered wood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Then he went over and picked it up—it wasn’t even cracked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was similar to the dozen or so shacks strewn irregularly, like lumps on a leper, upon the cracked greenless piece of ground named yard number thirty-five. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the Buckeye cracked a crooked, embarrassed smile. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They cracked up at the dinner table as I recounted my battles with Robbie, still seething as I ate my spaghetti and meatballs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “She won’t be talking for quite a while. Besides, her skull is cracked, and God knows what that will do to her. What I’m getting at is, should I bring the sheriff into it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z For the first five years, they’d smiled and giggled as their dad cracked corny jokes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She cracked her whip over his head and down he came, head-over-heels, cursing and laughing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Here was a whole world yet to be discovered, and I had only just cracked its surface. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z ‘Thank you, Sam,’ he said in a cracked whisper. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Two streetlights illuminated the surface of the cracked asphalt, and a tall wire-netting fence rose to their left. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He cracked himself up, though I wasn’t sure whether it was Calvin’s high jinks or my own making him so goofy. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet were cracked and caked in dried mud; he had fought without shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There were half a dozen, with dirty fur and cracked teeth and beady red eyes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z By the time he clambered back down to the shore, Pima had returned with a load of the clipper’s cracked furniture. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The deserted stoplight creaked as it swung, and that little lonesome moan of a sound broke open whatever was already cracked inside me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The pliers flew out of his hands and cracked against the window frame a few feet from her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside the dogs began fighting over their rations, and Atik’s whip cracked like a gunshot. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom breezed out of the kitchen holding up a cracked wooden board, cut in the shape of a pig. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Some were cracked but still standing, barricaded with Plexiglas to keep people from touching them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Now he’s telling us that an underground espionage ring has been cracked by a team of Eyes, working with an inside informant. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The circle cracked, and a tiny piece of pink flew onto my tray. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I cracked up a little and waved him off. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z To the point that I’ve somehow moved from the sidewalk near the street, up the cracked walkway, to the base of the porch steps. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z ‘Why, that when you asked for a crucible he handed you the old cracked one.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A home that was full of books Aru had never cracked open because her mother always read to her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The lifeboat, the raft until it was lost, the tarpaulin, the stills, the rain catchers, the plastic bags, the lines, the blankets, the net—all became worn, stretched, slack, cracked, dried, rotted, torn, discoloured. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Who knows how this cracked plague is spreading. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My hand shook as I tried to straighten a piece of the table surface that had cracked and curled tightly around itself. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Karl reached a cracked and bleeding hand for another piece of bread. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Several windows are cracked or missing altogether, and broken whiskey bottles litter the floor. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure, I did,” I managed to say before my own voice cracked. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I almost think she might have cracked him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His lips were cracked with long, bloody splits dividing ’em every little bit. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Grab it and run,” he said as Mom kicked the door and a weathered piece of the bottom board cracked off. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Right where I stood, I cracked open the shark book on a wide pile of new releases and started turning pages. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A guy whose strings were broken, who didn’t feel the root of his leaf of grass connected to the field, a guy who was cracked. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The irony of the situation forced me to smile, featuring my newly cracked tooth. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Ma thought on this for a minute, then cracked an immense grin. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Now I’ve finally managed to place my target’s physical location, but my phone’s a cracked, beat-up old thing, with an antique battery that’s on its last legs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The pavement between them is broken in pieces like a cracked eggshell. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z First the sound of the earth being cracked open like a walnut, followed by booms big enough to move the house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The door of the cabinet was cracked, so Luke had been able to peek out and see the man’s patched trousers and holey shoes. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The ground at his feet split open and skeletons crawled forth—dead Romans with missing hands and caved-in skulls, cracked ribs, and jaws unhinged. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Plates of cracked macadam showing through the drifts of ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I took the fourth glass down the hall and knocked before pushing open the cracked door to Big Ma’s room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Old wicker lawn furniture, tattered fruit baskets, a large, cracked headboard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z His joints popped as he flexed his fingers, and he rolled his head from side to side till his neck cracked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I pull up to the house near the stop sign, with the cracked front walk. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She cracked the eggs on his stomach and massaged him gently with them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The sidewalks of Williamsburg were cracked squares of cement, the streets paved with asphalt that softened in the stifling summers and broke apart into potholes in the bitter winters. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The kapos cracked their whips and made us all get back to work, but soon we heard explosions in the distance. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I walked up our cracked sidewalk and in the front door to find Dadi sitting there in her white cotton sari on the couch, with her hands on Oso’s cheeks. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Some plywood sheets covered a pit and a metal scaffold supported a cracked archway. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The stone ceiling was low and angled, the paint cracked and blackened from the heat of a raging fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The schism over slavery finally cracked the country wide open. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon, we just set the whole pack of kids loose in somebody’s playroom and cracked open a bottle of wine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His skin is rough and looks like wet earth that has dried in the sun and cracked. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “For a doll when—” his voice cracked, and the twins’ cries rose behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The ax clanged onto the front window and cracked it in two. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She cracked the door and I spotted her face, round and yellow, with rounder eyeglasses that made her eyeballs look bulging. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It’s huge, with a wood floor that is cracked and creaky and has a large circle painted in the middle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Then, about sixty feet away, the stone floor cracked. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My voice cracked worse than Bobby Gene’s ever had. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Uncle Dap rolled his eyes, disarranged his hair, cracked his knuckles, kissed his finger-tips, and made other gestures calculated to express his point of view. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He could only take in small amounts of cracked ice and water through his mouth. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If I cracked an egg over it, I could have shaken scrambled eggs out of my curls. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z With red eyes inflamed by wind and salt spray, they stared ahead into the ocean, anxious for a sight of land, licking their cracked lips. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He sank into one of the cracked leather armchairs in front of the fire grate with a sigh. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” she said, her voice low and cracked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Janelle stuck her tongue out at me and cracked open her history book, looking all disappointed. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to unlatch the lock to the henhouse but it was already undone, the door cracked ajar. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He just looks at me with his big eyes that are blue in the middle and yellow all around and slurps his tea from the great cracked mug his mother left behind. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Scattered around her were old pieces of lumber—some cracked and desiccated, others broken into kindling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He opened his cracked bps and let rain hit his swollen, chalky tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He followed it out of the sagebrush clusters and onto a long stretch of sunbaked, cracked sand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His voice cracked a little when he sang that his heart was closed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She cracked her whip before her, at the dog’s feet and chest, at his head. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She took the tray back down to the kitchen, where she poured herself a cup of tea from Ana’s untouched pot, and very deliberately cracked the egg on the countertop, watching the shell splinter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Over Percy’s head, the glass dome cracked and began to leak. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I cracked an egg into a mixing bowl and then measured two and a half cups of flour. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The word is she's hurt pretty bad because he cracked a bone in her neck, but she'll be okay in the long run. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z In the weeks that followed he did seem to be getting paler and thinner, but it didn’t look as though he’d cracked yet. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was yellow now, and cracked, and soiled, and when they gave it into Ben’s hand he hushed for a while. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He cracked necks, straightened spines, and made custom arch supports out of foam rubber. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She cracked open the door, her right eye peering out to see who was waiting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z A thin crust of snow cracked beneath the hooves of their horses, with a sound like breaking bones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She carried her basin of cracked pottery back into the fish shack, and came back a minute later. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He cracked the reins against Red Rabbit’s rump and he started forward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skin was pink and tender, and a pale milky fluid was leaking from her cracked palms, but her bums were healing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I cracked open a peanut from the ten-cent bag I had bought to feed the pigeons, and ate it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The black wings cracked like thunder, and suddenly the scarlet sands were falling away beneath her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now they are swollen, callused, and cracked at the heels. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Will himself had gone home from their wrestling sessions aching, and wondering if he hadn’t cracked a rib or two. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Under a large, cracked, and spotted mirror were a row of chipped sinks. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The cracked and broken pieces stand and re-form themselves around the liquid until the cup sits complete once more, soft swirls of steam rising into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Here I am washing my hands and the cracked mirror shows me to myself, suspended as it were, in time; this is me, this moment will not pass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a stupid joke, meant to lighten the crazy-heavy mood in the kitchen, but neither of my dinner pals even cracked a smile. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It’s like my heart is cracked in half and will never be whole again. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "My hands won't be soft if I clean ovens and scrape plates all day. Will you still want them touching you when they're all red and raw and cracked from hot water and lye soap?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Unsuspecting its abrupt motion, I do not catch it, but it hits upon my face and falls to my lap, cracked and oozing; my lip and cheek sting, and are wet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I jumped in my seat and cracked my kneecap on my desk. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Sorry that old Commie didn’t dive in after it,” he cracked, and then he slowly left the room to go tell Mom he had really straightened me out once and for all. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I almost cracked my head open on the coffee table in my rush to get out of the fort. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Would somebody kindly look and see if my shell is cracked?” the Ladybug said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And the silence was cracked, suddenly, by an ambulance siren, and a crying bell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It cracked the top shelf, swept the beige, finger-size ceramic figurines of ballet dancers in various contorted postures to the hard floor and then landed after them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The ice was so thin in some places that the heavy lifeboats cracked the floes and formed leads of seawater. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He was ready to hit the man again when Jimmy picked up a beer bottle and cracked Luke just above the eye. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It was like a giant bowl, cracked in half, the other half washed out to sea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I have my old cracked phone out, my hack allowing me to track down the other Phoenix Riders without being subjected to the new NeuroLink algorithm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The streets were blue and cracked, and they were streets, I mean, like for when things went on the ground. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Arturo tried to smooth caulk into the crevices, but the caulk cracked when it dried. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Then he cleared his throat, cracked open a big white smile, and began to sing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My voice cracked and I didn’t even care. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I switched on the light and looked into a cracked piece of mirror bradded with bent nails to the wall. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone started pounding on the top of the cask and the lid cracked open suddenly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The witch-woman cracked her whip, and her cart jolted off down the muddy road, drawn by a matched pair of horned white billy goats. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Norman Bates is one of those cracked stone men you shouldn't mess with. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The baton swung hard and cracked Mr. Jacobs across the jaw. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Gaunt cattle, their ribs protruding and their heads hanging low, stood listless at the bottoms of dried-up stock ponds where the mud had dried and cracked into mosaics of tiles as hard as stone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z No flesh remained on the arid bones, but the two friends cracked them open and worried away every scrap of marrow from inside. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I took up the silver knife and cracked off the cap of my egg. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They dragged their gaping eyes from my face to the skateboard cracked in two in the middle of the street. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I wrote until the pen cracked and ink dripped everywhere and made a mess of my words on the page. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Her fingers stroked the cracked, blackened skin on her chin. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Sitting on one of the little spindle-legged tables that supported so many frail-looking silver instruments, was an ugly gold ring set with a large, cracked, black stone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The coachman, looking just as old and rickety, held the reins of his two-horse team and cracked his whip in the air again. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Some were cracked and tipped over, as if they’d been flung in there. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The man was a white blur, singing in a cracked, shaky tenor. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Rondell and I couldn’t help it, man, I sort of cracked up a little. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And then she took herself in hand and said, in a voice that cracked with self-control, "Now, now. No need to be hasty. I am certain that a deal can be struck between us." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Ammu had begun to fidget, moving restlessly where she sat, pulling nervously at her fingers until the joints cracked. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt as if something cracked in his face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I cracked my eyes open to see Art buckling me into the passenger seat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We made it inside just as the first bolts of lightning cracked around us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched through the cracked windshield as he made his way toward a sign pointing us in the direction of the Monongahela National Forest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her brown skin wrinkles toward her nose like cracked bark on a tree. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I touch my cheeks and the water from my fingers drips down my face like drops of rain against a dry, cracked earth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Lightning cracked, illuminating a hole in the hull overhead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His voice was cracked, high-pitched; he sounded distraught. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Her face was puffy from crying, and her lips were cracked, with bits of discolored skin peeling off. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The longer ones had been cracked open for their marrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He licked his cracked Bps involuntarily at the same time Koffi’s stomach audibly rumbled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They cracked some for Mother, and pretty soon she sent out fresh cookies and milk. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked, and tears rolled down her red and peeling cheeks. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z This is what would be left of Hazel Anderson once her whole body hollowed out, the empty shell of her cracked, and the pieces flew to the winds: Hazel has anger issues. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She stretched her numb legs and cracked her neck and back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Okay, it’s a crummy front porch I stand on, cracked to shithouse, and who am I to say that the world isn’t the same? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He was naked, with shadows for underwear and cracked cement for skin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Stella cracked up—that was a good one! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “For going around twice ?” “You gave one to Hungry Joe when he cracked up that airplane by mistake.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z On written lessons she cracked such questions as ‘Name eight famous contemporaries of Doctor Johnson,’ and ‘Quote ten lines from “The Vicar of Wakefield.’” The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Three stakes had been driven into the icy ground, and three charred bodies were bound to them, their blackened, cracked skin still smoldering. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Carefully, he swiped the cracked screen, dialed the number, then put the phone on speaker so Tad could hear. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z More windows cracked, and the trees shook as if afraid. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “There must be something wrong with him up-stairs,Dad remarked, and tapped himself on his noggin as if to say that Mr. Spizz was nuts. “How can you tell if he’s cracked?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The asphalt under Ishtar's bare feet cracked, and everything around her and Nergal took on a hazy glow. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Bast’s easy smile fell away like a cracked mask, leaving his face stricken and pale. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Thunder cracked and the angel fell out of the sky. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z No, no blood; not even the under-skin pooling of a bruise or the marrow leak of a cracked bone, which had happened once. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The class cracked up, part from his country style of talking and part from laughing at me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Warrior guns cracked and boomed; the men swung clubs and thrust lances. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The fat guy grabbed hold of the counter, arms warbling, spread his meaty fingers across its cracked surface and gave Faith a long, leering look. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Wagoners cracked their whips and the scarlet dragon swung forward, sluggishly at first, heading for the town gates. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Roach has knocked a line of jars off the bookshelf and cracked the wood of a cabinet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “No, thank you. Karl—” Her voice grew louder with this word and nearly cracked. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They paused to regard a cracked wooden buoy painted blue and white, shaped like an old parasol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We picked our way through, though with little stealth remaining, for each step cracked and snapped as porcelain shattered beneath our heels. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Ben’s head snapped back, but not far enough to avoid the backhand that sent him staggering backward out of control with his head cracked against the far wall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd roared as the gavel cracked against the podium. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked and quivered with emotion as she leaned down and hugged me tight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I cracked up a little, I don’t even know why. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Then she rambled on about how graduating from high school wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be and how much she hated her job at the Waffle House. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He ripped at the meat with his teeth, cracked the ribs to suck out the marrow from the bones, and shrugged at the mention of Jon Snow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She must've been deteriorating for months, because her skin is cracked and bleeding everywhere, and I find myself wondering how the soldiers could have missed this one during previous inspections. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The trees in this spot were tall, weathered, and cracked— haunted-house trees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From the jolt in my arm, I thought I’d cracked her skull. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he went to the door, cracked it open, and called out, “JP?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He tried to maintain his usual breezy mien, but it often cracked, producing outbursts of temper over even minor problems. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then I stared at the floor where the tile was all cracked and worn out and listened for the sound of somebody’s shoes walking away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The shot to the chest cracked a rib and punctured his right lung, but the bullet he took to the right shoulder messed up a bunch of nerves. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Even dead it looked like a regal hawk, cracked and shattered, but with a beauty still inherent thanks to the feral grace of its lines. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z When they were all mixed together, he slowly added a bowl of eggs he’d already cracked. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z When she cracked a grin, Micho said, “There we go! That was a good one.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z ‘Let him go!’Jason’s voice cracked with panic. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Not at all. The rock cracked into pieces, some big and some small.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Their great hinges and iron bars were wrenched and bent; many of their timbers were cracked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Quite clearly and emphatically, and only a yard or so away from the back of the shelter, a stick cracked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Charlie guzzled down his beer really fast, then pulled the one meant for me out of his pocket and cracked it open. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I peek out the cracked door before I go. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The early-morning light had a sharp sheen about it, making everything look bright and crisp—the ivy, the cracked walls, the stone blocks of the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They Love that treasure Of jewels glistening Through cracked husks. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But on Day Six her voice cracked as she told me about my last ballet recital. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The surface seemed smooth and uncut, but the insides cracked in circles that went round and around. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The young lady who had met us downstairs earlier cracked the door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Ivy’s voice cracked on the last few words. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As the bones cracked apart over the blade her golden bangles jostled, her forearms glowed, and she exhaled audibly through her nose. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But just as she began to turn away, she saw something gleaming on the windowsill: In the spaces where the paint had cracked, gold dust glittered. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sounds of expensive leather soles on the cracked front steps of the old house on Westover don’t sound any stranger than his own boots. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z No cracked sidewalk There, just flat, Smooth sidewalk. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the centre of the complex rose a citadel larger than Grand Central Station, its walls encrusted with pearls, its domed golden roof cracked open like an egg. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It has some of the greatest Nobel Prize winners of this last century, nuclear physicists that almost cracked the atom—but kids around here don’t even know it’s there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin cracked and split open, but there was only more fire beneath, his coattails rippling behind him like a pair of wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Standing beneath his banner which was rammed into the earth, Cluny cracked his tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A gush of oily gray fluid spilled from the cracked cowling. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “So long, Air Ball,” Ty cracked as the door slammed shut behind them. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He picked up one of the empties and saw that the plastic had cracked and the water leaked out and he guessed they had frozen somewhere on the ship’s aimless voyagings. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The cracked yellow walls were lined with electric lights in wire cages, posters for old shows, and photographs of actors who had appeared in the theatre over the years. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When the birds were done, Mama used a stick to roll the ball of birds from the fire, and then she cracked open the baked mud. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Mom said he had fallen off the back of the couch and cracked his head open on the floor, but she and Dad had decided not to take him to the hospital. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her left arm and three ribs were broken and her jaw was cracked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mary had a cracked saucer to play with, and Laura had a beautiful cup with only one big piece broken out of it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The only reason any light crept into the house at all was because the plywood was cracked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I cracked the plastic container and grabbed a couple fries before returning to my investigation of Pickett. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Her skin is mottled and cracked like a scorched riverbed from the tip of her trunk all the way down to her wide feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z So tired I was almost dreaming, I walked back to the square—past the post office, past the hardware store, past the movie theater with its dead marquee: plate glass, cracked sidewalks, stars. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And then I noticed that it was only cracked, not broken apart. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The fire cracked and popped, rolling waves of heat in front of my face. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The wing's white paint was faded and cracked, just like the wing in the Conte's photograph. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Whatever glue had kept me together throughout all that cracked then. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was spilled rice all over the floor, along with a cracked ceramic container with delicate painted flowers on it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I fell back onto the bed, into his arms, and we cracked up together. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was supposed to be a moment to thank God for the nourishment before us, but through my cracked eyelids, the meager offering didn’t look like much to be thankful for. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He cracked a joke, as if saying, Ha-ha, yeah, all part of the job. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The thatch roof and cracked unpainted walls bothered Ugwu, but not as much as the cavernous pit latrine in the outhouse with a rusting zinc sheet drawn across it to keep flies out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A fear of the cracked tongue, aching body and fuzzy mind brought on by my previous dehydration creeps into my consciousness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I got up, went to the cracked glass, and saw that it was both raining and shining outside— a bit of meteorological weirdness whose name no one can seem to agree on. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I leave the door cracked open a bit so I can breathe. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I cracked open Jim’s door and suggested, with no little glee, there might be room for them in the band. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In that shop he sometimes made skinning knives out of cracked buzz saw blades and sold them to hunters in the fall for five or six bucks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And so I kissed my grandmother’s cracked face. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Hurt so bad the pain was a color—white, a crunching sound in my ear as bones in my nose cracked. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Something in the back of her mouth cracked. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The shadows swayed and shifted, furtive animals racing across the cracked white walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The old zebra skin, which he still had on the wall, had dried out and cracked. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I cracked some walnuts, got down the acorn flour I had pounded, with a bit of ash to remove the bite, reached out the door for a little snow, and stirred up some acorn pancakes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The other day he cracked me up with a story about him and his best friend arguing over some sports team. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z What passed for the director’s office was four bare, cracked walls, a mat on the floor, a table, and two folding chairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A few churches or public buildings still stood above the rest, though their roofs were holed or their walls cracked, and in one case a whole portico had crumpled onto its columns. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I stretched my arms and legs, cracked my knuckles, and took a deep breath. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Nurse Cramer cracked him in the face so hard she almost knocked him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My new school was a few blocks down the congested avenue, through a gate into a cracked cement yard ringed with hurricane fencing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The right side is cracked and drooping like melting wax. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Dresden had not suffered so much as a cracked windowpane. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She squatted down in front of a glass case full of small objects: vases and jars, some partly cracked or broken, crudely made jewelry and tiny statues. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor said the cracked ribs would take a while to heal. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Tell us the story of why the tortoise has a cracked shell!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Sarai cracked first, tipping into helpless laughter, and Feral followed, and mirth worked its mundane magic, leaching the tension from Sarai’s spine and relieving the cold dread that had been pressing on her all evening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The hammer cracked the floor, peppering Piper’s back with stone shrapnel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I cracked open the door and peeked down the hallway. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I think of Sophie’s cracked lips, think of her saying, Please, just tell me this isn’t real. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I cracked open my art box and dug for the turquoise pencils. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The guys on the bench cracked up and Ducky looked miserable. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His faith cracked, and for a few days he lacked his bounce, coming back from his morning run without his usual sweaty high, walking around heavy-footed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The sun was still shining through the cracked glass. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I love David so much, but right now there’s also the cracked earth between us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Hermione screamed, but the dragon opened its mouth and belched flame again, blasting the tunnel, whose floors and ceiling cracked and crumbled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They were grown men with thick forearms and huge, cracked hands; depending on the season, they were covered in gray dust or black mud. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I think that my whole world has cracked into all these little pieces, and the only way I can go about fixing it is one shard at a time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He takes the dirty, cracked light out of the plastic bag. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The Queen looked at Con with a trace of regret on her face, and for the first time that day, the glamour she wore cracked. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He saw various women of indecipherable age, their skin dry and cracked, some apparently pregnant, all of them barefoot and dressed in faded rags. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The wooden coffee table in her living room has a massive, cracked geode slice embedded in its center. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The new ciphers were not as demanding as those she had cracked earlier in the war, and they did not yield much in the way of vital intelligence. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Thomas said nothing, his head sunk, his eyes staring at the cracked, rocky ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But when he brought a cupped hand to his mouth and felt die cold lake water trickle past his cracked lips and over his tongue he could not stop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Feeling defeated, Ash went back into the kitchen, where she saw the cracked mirror on the table. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The flame cracked up among the twigs and fell to work. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “And there’s always email,” Dad added, setting the cracked screen facedown on the table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Looking like an expert, Lindsey cracked open the gun, pulled two cylindrical shells from the paper box, and inserted them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Her stick flashed out, and cracked against his fingers, sending his own stick clattering to the floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On closer examination the horn had proved cracked, and even after he had cleaned all the dirt out, Jon had been unable to get any sound from it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She threw off her sheet and cracked her door just in time to see Matthew careening toward her on his skateboard. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She looked into the cracked cup on the shelf. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The board was cracked and the tiny wooden dice were so ill-cut that they would hardly lie on their sides. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We walk the cracked sidewalk side by side, our clothes smeared with Edward’s blood, now dry. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say anything before ’cause I didn’t want folk to think I’d gone all cracked in the head like Crazy Martin.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I sent word to Vancouver that I felt that I had the thing really cracked but that I needed a Cantonese interpreter.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We tore the grass to shreds, crushed the neatly manicured bushes, stomped the flowers, and cracked one of the house’s windows with a rock. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like the well inside me had finally cracked open. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The rocks around the opening were rough and cracked; and a ripped piece of red fabric lay torn on one of the sharp stones. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Then Grandma nudged him too and cracked a joke about him being too cool. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I cracked open my eyes early this morning when the sunlight crept over the cliff to the east. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When I reached Cleveland Avenue, the street on which Halliday had grown up, I sprinted down the cracked sidewalk to the front steps of his childhood home. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The cracked white paint crunched against my back. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A pair of cracked pince-nez balanced on the end of his twitching nose. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Where he landed, the marble floor cracked under his leather shoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The apartment door was cracked open and his mom was on the couch, sitting on the lap of a man wearing a sleeveless camouflage T-shirt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Broken and cracked and slivered, every last one. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The door cracked open, and she cautiously peeked her head into my room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The great black lid of sky cracked in six powdery blue chips, like a marvelous crackled glaze, and rushed down. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Halfhand helped himself to an egg and cracked it on the edge of die bowl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was many a Tang man with a cracked skull or a broken arm or rib because he had crossed over the invisible boundary line between our town and the rest of the demon city. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard of giving dogs a bath,” cracked Scruffy, “but this is ridiculous.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Good thing the Quiz Bowl doesn’t start till nine o’clock in the morning,” cracked Kojo. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The fire under the big cauldron cracked and whistled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So he mounted the stairs, the worn bare treads, the cracked and scaling wall on one side, the balustrade with its intermittent missing spindles on the other. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted us to find Miss Wren’s loop, and think that it was we who’d cracked its secret. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As the lightning flashed and the thunder cracked, I, the unsung quarterback of an unsung team, rose up out of that mud not once, but twice, to achieve football immortality. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I went down the long red hall under the dusty banners and stood before the dais with its three great hearths, where three bright fires cracked and sparkled. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A tree cracked behind us, and then there was the unmistakable sound of steel slamming into packed mountain earth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Swiftly I made piles of cracked nuts, smoked rabbit, and crayfish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I met him in the locker room just before the match, and he cracked a joke. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the hemisphere ecosystems cracked and heaved like winter ice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The picture was developing, of the two men in the bed with his mother, each nibbling on a breast, but the picture cracked and in the crack another picture emerged. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her grippy shoes were ruined, their soles cracked like sunbaked mud, so she flew slowly, scooping up handfuls of water to soothe her burning face and arms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I passed the patty to Needles, who cracked off a corner and then passed the rest to his brother. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The sign was old, and a lot of the paint had chipped and cracked. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I heard a car door open, heard a loud pop, then heard Byron say, “Awww, man . . .” Me and Joey cracked up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her chambers were silent and dark, and he cracked open her bedroom door to peer inside. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Thunder boomed and lightning cracked, lighting up the sky in sudden, glaring washes. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Mama wrapped her arms around me, and I cracked as she pulled me to my feet. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It would have sounded more impressive if my voice hadn’t cracked in the middle of the word disease. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I gathered what scrawny courage I had and waded through waist-high weeds to the porch, all broken tile and rotting wood, to peek through a cracked window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It had rolled onto the floor and cracked open, spilling its delicious secret. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Dawit waved and cracked a sharp smile, his long face full of joy at seeing him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I mean, it’s pretty basic, but I was—well, I cracked it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Billy thought maybe he had known this cracked messiah in Dresden somewhere. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wow,” I said, but my voice cracked like a kid who suddenly realized he was alone inside the bedroom of the girl he loved, which made sense, considering the oppressive reality of my surrounding conditions. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The mansion cracked its sides open and men and women spilt through the doors after their own babble. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Do we just lie down on the cracked, dried mud of the lake bed and call it a day? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Even though her hands were red and cracked from the sodaed water, they were beautifully shaped with lovely, curved, oval nails. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Cinder turned back to me and the pity fell away like a cracked mask, leaving only the nightmare smile upon his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bats chattered and spun around the rafters, sailing through a cracked window into the cold night outside, and then it was quiet again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Wrapped in a long oilcloth coat, the man was perched on one of the pilings like some enormous vulture with old scars crisscrossing his cracked lips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The roads where I live are still cracked and patchy, and it’s not safe to drive on them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Rather than let myself get lost in that feeling, I cracked open my mathematics textbook, which was like a jolt of caffeine—seeing the numbers and problems dance before me was like greeting old friends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My head cracked against the icy blacktop, and I felt something solid and cold pinning me to the ground. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He hit the ground so hard his shoes cracked the sidewalk. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z One day she kicked at a cracked sheep’s skull with the side of a bare foot and sent it bouncing over the edge of the hill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When we were a block away from Calhoun Place, a barrage of thunder cracked open the floodgates to the sky. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The cord snaked in through our window, which was cracked just enough to let it pass under. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z "It's the dead they've come for. Cats can smell blood six miles off. They'll stay near the bodies till they've eaten every last stringy shred o' meat, and cracked the bones for the marrow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was a sink nearby, cracked and dry, and a string over the sink from which hung stained surgical gloves. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z If the cracked teeth or blood was bothering him, he didn’t show it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He pounded his fist against the nearest rode, which cracked and split in half "Now, come!" he shouted. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a squeeze to get out, as the passages had been cracked and half blocked with fallen stone near the top. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They walked past the faded banners, broken shields, and rusted swords of a hundred ancient victories, and a score of wooden figures, cracked and worm-riddled, that could only have adorned the prows of ships. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dear Mavor, My brother Danny Chipped his tooth On the cracked sidewalk, His fault really Because he was on His skateboard With his eyes closed And his fat mouth open. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the next row, more librex lie cracked or shattered into irreparable pieces. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For a moment it looked as if the old man wasn’t going to answer at all, but at last his craggy face cracked enough to allow the escape of two small words, “I see.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The paint is cracked and flaking off in long strips. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At last, when the sun is high and everybody is enjoying lunch—everybody but people like me—I beg once more, in a cracked voice. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z More refuse showered down from windows and balconies: half-rotted fruit, pails of beer, eggs that exploded into sulfu- rous stink when they cracked open on the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the stony cliffs beneath her cracked and fissured. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Icy fingers of water trickled down from the snowpack above into small frozen pools that cracked and broke beneath the hooves of their garrons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Malfoy gasped and gulped and then, with a great shudder, looked up into the cracked mirror and saw Harry staring at him over his shoulder. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The crow demon thrashed his wings and squawked as the god's jaw cracked open wider and wider. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The clay dried and cracked; it’s a crumbling gray square. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Another thing that surprised me was that the coffin was cracked in a few places, probably from the weight of all that dirt. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He resettled the rope on his shoulders and cracked his knuckles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z King George circled overhead and squawked. and cracked the whip across the back of the horse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall’s irritated voice cracked like a whip through the Transfiguration class on Thursday, and Harry and Ron both jumped and looked up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z What if I lost the trail in blizzard or fog, or was nipped by a venomous snake, or lost my footing on moss-slickened rocks crossing a stream and cracked my head a concussive blow? A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He threw them a little dusty hay and sprinkled some cracked corn over it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The garage door is cracked open about three inches from the ground, and spewing fumes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Curving his paws expertly around a warm brown egg, he held it firmly, then cracked it with a neat sideways tap from a long incisor tooth, the contents settling intact on the straw. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sirens blared, voices screamed and shouted, wood cracked and windows shattered, children bawled, dogs barked and footsteps pounded. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the twig cracked my eyes snapped open and I was wide awake. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She pulled on her woolen cloak and tiptoed halfway down the upstairs corridor before her stepsister’s door cracked open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a peculiar, cracked, braying, jeering note; in his mind Winston called it a yellow note. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Still, he kept his door cracked on the faint hope that she’d want to bridge the distance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Only a sliver of sunlight cracked through the closed drapes, making the room feel dreary. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But the nut lying in the middle of the cracked sidewalk didn't squish under her foot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The sidewalks are cracked, tufts of weeds forcing their way through, and sometimes there aren’t any sidewalks at all but dirt paths along the black pavement of the street. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland sat with his head bowed, pulling at his long fingers until he had cracked all of his joints. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He slammed the door of the carriage shut, and the cracked glass shattered completely, letting in the rain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Cain had cracked one of her ribs, and it ached every time she breathed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My vision fogged up with tears of relief as he cracked open his eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Dad cracked a joke about her being a queen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Afterward he had knelt amongst the banes and ashes to retrieve a slag of melted silver and cracked jet, all that remained of the wolfs-head brooch that had once been Bran's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The kids cracked up in the bad way. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z His boots were dry and cracked, his silver- blond hair matted and tangled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Salva looked at the hollow eyes and the cracked lips of the men lying on the hot sand, and his own mouth felt so dry that he nearly choked when he tried to swallow. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z To make it fancier, she also had hung a cracked oval mirror on a nearby branch. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His head cracked against a stone, and he fell stunned with his face in the water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Agents managed to intercept Cornwallis’s encrypted reports to Clinton during the siege of Yorktown, and James Lovell cracked the code that Cornwallis used. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The house is a brighter shade of pink than the last time I was there, and some of the adobe is cracked. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She cracked open an eye, the smallest of smiles light on her lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I cracked open and cried like I would never stop crying, like I would cry until all of me was gone. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It meant walking, in my dirty, soggy socks, down the track to get my sneakers, which might've been more embarrassing than any joke anyone has ever cracked on me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Through the cracked front window, Ann watched the pair stroll briskly up Fowler Street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It gave with a low creak, then cracked open slightly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The weather had cracked, the temperature finally dropping below freezing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z So, leaving the cracked toy among the leaves and the shoes on the path, she turned around and headed into the trees. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His voice cracked a little, and Magdalys was suddenly terrified he was going to burst into tears. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Its door'd been left open, but inside was dark as that cracked tomb under Saint Gabriel's. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z At the same time it was as if a door had been cracked open, letting in light from the other side, from a hallway he had never seen before. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z His leg was still wrapped in the bloody bandage, his lips were dry and cracked. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "That leaves three beans for each us," Ben had cracked to Eleanor earlier. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z What the Nazis didn’t know was that a Polish team had cracked an early Enigma machine in 1932. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Naturally he was barefooted, and his feet were cracked and bleeding from the cold. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They were caked with black dirt, his nails cracked and broken from scraping at the frozen earth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We know that to criticize Mobutu, even in private, is to risk having your head cracked open like a nut, which naturally would discourage one’s hopes entirely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Particularly if you don’t exactly blend in the way they would like you to.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z But in the meantime, the general opinion in the neighbourhood was that Bilbo, who had always been rather cracked, had at last gone quite mad, and had run off into the Blue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Johnny did not see Dove standing on a stool, reaching far back and carefully taking out a cracked crucible. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her style didn't come from her clothes—leather boots, cracked all over the toes, a fraying shawl and faded sweater she hid under—but rather from the way she stared ahead with resolve. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The entire length of the grip was cracked, with a deep seam visible where it had been glued back together. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Knocking over two delicate tables and an aspidistra, he covered the floor between them in two strides and pulled Harry into a hug that nearly cracked his newly repaired ribs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In one claw he grasped a long pole with a ferret’s head spiked to it, while in the other was his thick, enormous tail, which he cracked like a whip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Outside, the thunder rumbled and lightning cracked into something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mamá’s voice suddenly cracked, and her forehead creased with worry lines. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It cracked with the laughter of madness as it inflicted death upon the people. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He smoothed her hair, stood up, and stalked over the cracked floor toward the shattered windows, wanting to smash something. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “There was nothing fancy on there, as far as I could see; maybe a few scratches. I only ever saw it really close up after it had been cracked open.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This was why she always had broken nails and cracked skin and why, with time, her fingers grew deformed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Two boats that had been washed out of the tunnel before us were now piled against the barricade—one submerged, the other cracked in half. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now riding on her knees, gripping the board with both hands, Tally twisted into the next turn, dropping to skim just above the cracked dirt of the dry creek bed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Pauling had cracked the a-helix by ruthlessly following up his knowledge that the peptide bond was flat. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And by the time Joseph came to the end, he could feel the terrible heat pressing against Leo’s skin, and he could hear the burning theatre as it cracked and fell around him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They cracked up together, and their laughter ran up and down the stairs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The dirty snow was pockmarked from the warm rain, and melting in patches to expose the slimy, yellowed grass beneath it; icicles cracked and plunged like daggers from the sharp peaks of the roofs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It had a cracked windshield and a hole rusted through the floor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I tried to stop him, but he pushed me out of the way with such force I landed next to Annabeth and cracked my head on the base of Athena's throne. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Her head cracked to the right and blood flew from her nose. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Aarfy launched himself forward an instant later and cracked Yossarian on the bridge of the nose with the sharp rim of his flak helmet. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The two courts were made of cracked asphalt. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The chair will be my desk, lock, bed, and entertainment center for the night, so I want to make it as comfortable as faux cracked leather allows. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But the whirlwind of half thoughts spinning in my head came to a halt when I cracked my eyelids, found Baba still standing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “But I was in that room during the first explosion, and I know where the floor is cracked. I can help.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Nicholas of Cusa and Nicolaus Copernicus cracked open the nutshell universe of Aristotle and Ptolemy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Father Olufemi still had his back to them, but his voice cracked through the quiet like a whip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The dome was cracked open on a building she guessed was the Senate House. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Under the bones lurked a ruined and wretched creature with cracked brown teeth and a yellow tinge to the whites of his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rare nut, Our Father calls him, a thing, a seed to be cracked. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I cracked a Red Bull and then my backup laptop, which wasn’t really a backup. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Celine was a brave French soldier in the First World War—until his skull was cracked. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the middle of the night, Luke’s would chirp and he’d hear Toby’s cracked voice, asking him to come to the plane. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I feel like my mind is cracked open, its secrets spilling over the floor for me to finally see. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My lips are parched; the split has dried and cracked. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Clues, everywhere—cracked shells, forgotten feathers, deep prints left in soft soil. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I plunge toward the street, which is cracked and patchy and follows perfectly the curve of the marsh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z There was still enough meat on it to fill his empty belly, and after that was done he cracked the arm bones for the marrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I did not reply, she cracked it open and said, “Dinner will be in about an hour. Sometime before that, would you please empty the dishwasher and set the table?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The thick iron was cracked and splitting in three places, and the upper comer of the left-hand door looked partly melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A hockey chest pad, lying in the dirt, cracked through the center, peppered with holes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The paving stones were cracked and uneven, slippery underfoot, and rough against her soft feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a caked face with cracked lips and eyes peering out of swollen, blackened lids. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It cracked with a sound like a bullet in the silence: The surface of the pool broke and chunks of dark ice rocked on the ruffled water. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His golden hair stuck to his head in matted clumps, and his lips were dry and cracked. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I know. But Lemoncello said books did no one any good sealed up tight. He said books need to ‘have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to come alive.’” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “You know those games on the back of cereal boxes, where the letters stand for numbers? What does every code need in order to be cracked?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Another bag has a flashlight, its glass cracked. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Then she and Kyle cracked up, remembering the box tops from their first puzzle in the Board Room on Saturday morning. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Half a dozen cassette tapes cracked under their weight. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Claire cracked up as well, then let spit dribble out of her mouth. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I crawl indoors and up to my bedroom on hands of cracked ice, trailing shards of my frozen body behind me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Mam- machi’s violin and violin stand, the Ooty cupboards, the plastic basket chairs, the Delhi beds, the dressing table from Vienna with cracked ivory knobs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I cracked my eyes open and saw there was nothing like affection or welcome in their expres-sions, only cold curiosity. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He thought two of his ribs might already have cracked from trying not to laugh. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the weak light that came through the dusty windows, Malcolm saw how chapped and cracked the skin of her fingers was, how red and raw. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A grandfather clock lay splintered at their feet, its face cracked, its pendulum lying a little farther away like a dropped sword. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “You still think I’ve gone cracked in the head,” Ben said, amused. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His skin grew cracked and itchy without the daily wash of his beloved swamp water. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her words cracked as her voice, always so under control, split and fractured like ice. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The ice in her frozen brain rumbled and cracked. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Outside the cabin, thunder cracked and then came the sound of rain falling on the tin roof. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “You fellas still got water?” he said in a cracked voice. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hauling platters of wet concrete to the crew when he noticed that a freshly poured concrete wall had cracked and was beginning to collapse. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In winter her hands got so red and cracked, they bled at the slightest provocation. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Any time it rained in Bali, the clouds cracked open and fat drops of laughing gas fell down on everyone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Some of the men began to cry in their despair; some shouted curses to the wind through cracked and frostbitten lips. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But the woman cracked a vial under his nose before he could ask the question “You didn’t kill him, did you?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A cracked photo on the floor showed the man wearing a white jacket with stripes on his sleeves. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There was only the faintest indication of a trail here; a cracked twig and what might be the impression of one side of a hoof. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She cracked her knuckles as her eyes narrowed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The dome of the little church had cracked badly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She tugged hard, and the chicken’s neck cracked. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He shook the sand from a cracked torso. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Dirt was in the baseboard that John scrubbed every Saturday, and roughened the cupboard shelves that held the cracked and gleaming dishes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I cracked a pod from the stem and blew into the silk-lined hollow, sending the remaining puffs sailing, a snowy shower rising, vanishing into the clouds. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Before I even realized what had happened, my precious mirror had slipped from my hand and cracked against the side of the boat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “When it’s humid and I’m running or whatever, my rib cage aches where the bullet cracked it. Other than that I’m okay.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I sluice its coldness over my face, clean off the dried blood, wet my cracked lips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z And yet... a part of me still wants to kiss her, no matter how cracked a move it might be. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The clay was cracked and slightly soft to the touch. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We both cracked up a little and then I looked out onto the road. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Though scarred and cracked, they were sculpted from years of hammering, chiseling, and fishing, and were twice the size of the foreman's. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I slip in and keep the door cracked. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The cracked bus seats, squealing brakes, ladies with huge plastic bags of fresh bread, the bus driver’s bald head, were shining, shining. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Whitaker cracked at least one joke a day, usually tasteless: “I know a woman who will pay me one thousand dollars to see me in the nude: She’s blind.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And the man did, with the blank look of someone whose skull had just been cracked open and exposed to freezing air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My voice cracked, and I slumped down onto the couch with my face in my hands. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She is as I remember her—cracked lips, thin, and bruise-eyed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’m examining a cracked hoof in the blacksmith tent when August sends for me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I handed it to him and he cracked it open and took a large greedy drink and burped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Chuck Day smoked Lucky Strikes and cracked jokes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I tried to clear the shake from my voice, and it took me flexing every muscle in my body—even cracked my toes—just to keep the tears inside my face. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Liyana might never see the cherry trees or tulip beds or gray pebbles or cracked sidewalks again. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Henry folded his fingers and flexed them, at arm’s length, until they cracked. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But Pax saw that his lips were cracked and his eyes sunken. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The second box had cracked open, and thousands of finely braided tampon strings were whipping past him, and past Hassan and Lindsey—blowing around and over them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “And that would be bad how?” said someone else, and the crowd cracked up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When the hidden ice cracked beneath the weight of the wagons, three teamsters and four horses were swallowed up by the freezing water, along with two of the men who tried to rescue them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “No,” he said, and his voice was cracked with lack of use. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Pain rushed at him as he came fully awake—cracked ribs, aching knuckles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Winifred pushed the patient gently back on to the pillows and held a bowl of water to the cracked, dry lips. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I cracked my knuckles and grabbed the Player Two joystick with my left hand, poising my right hand over the Flap button. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I went to the place where the others were hidden, but they were dried out and cracked. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The door cracked open, and I could see just a bit of her so-unhot-she-looked-like-Screaming-Ned-after-a-close-shave face. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Adrian and the girls cracked up and took seats a few rows ahead of us, but Marcus lingered in the aisle. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The boots were so ancient that their green rubber was cracked all over, as if covered with spiderwebs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Ivy had once covered the walls, but it had been torn away, leaving long interlocking scars in the cracked paint. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But it was only eleven o’clock in the morning, we had been on this journey only three hours, and already everything was cracked and broken—and some of us with it. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I cracked my eyes open, trying not to cringe as the light flooded in. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When Lateesha found out, she slammed the door in my face so hard the paint cracked. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bear a hand!” and he cracked the black-snake whip he carried. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Black-and-white linoleum tiles are cracked in places, worn thin in front of the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He had just squeezed half a dozen men into submission, cracked the heads of half a dozen more. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Finally the door to the roof is in sight, cracked open under a bright red alarm just ready to go off. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The saddle’s leather was cracked and dry, so probably not a lot there. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Soon it would be too chilly to keep the window cracked open, but Clayton was so hot. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I knew it was safe to go inside when I saw the light coming from behind the cracked door. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Instead I turn my gaze to the cracked pavements. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “It is your only chance at life,” said Odin, in a voice so old and cracked that Loki could not tell whether it was the voice of an old man or an old woman. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I hated the way my voice cracked with fear, and the way everyone seemed to look at me when they heard it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It sailed past her head and cracked the window. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She said the life jackets were cracked and the boat needed a paint job. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He rubbed his hands and cracked his knuckles, as if he were or :e more forgetting how the Witch frightened him whenever she was really there. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Thorn’s voice cracked with desperation, and Seven could think of nothing to do but to continue chipping away at their wood prison and getting the hex out of there. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The thin man stared, and said in a cracked voice, “Hit me!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Then, signaling her to be quiet, I cracked the door to see if the policeman was back at his chair. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z However, without curtains over the cracked glass, the sun streamed through the window every morning, so the children woke up early and sore each day. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The gun cracked, the men rushed forward, and the race was on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z His enigmatic beauty seemed better suited for dim Gothic chambers and the silence of ruined castles, aristocracy that had cracked around the edges, clothed itself in ivy, and crawled back into the wilderness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z BaiMa gave another roar, one so thunderous that the ice cracked behind them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The weighted head of Kaz’s walking stick whooshed through nothing and cracked against the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His face cracked into its most contagious smile. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He went out and I kept the door cracked and watched. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The plaster had caked hard as the mud walls of the Lamb Men, and like those walls it cracked easily. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The glass was cracked, but when he swiped the screen, it still worked. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In a cracked voice, the Boss ordered the sea anchor brought in. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I leave the door cracked open just a bit. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Valley cracked open one of the books and began to read. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Edwin remained standing along the wall, watching intently as Garvey placed a big pillow under Cole’s head and ladled spoonfuls of chicken broth between his cracked bps. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Horrible, debauched, mouth limp and cracked, loose against the teeth as an ancient dog’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z "And a vat of gravy," Fredo cracked, but Simeon didn't laugh. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I dried myself with a scrap of towel and looked in the cracked mirror at the back door. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Thinking about Toby running bare-assed through the street cracked Luke up, true or not. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The other skulls had a sameness to them, though several had been cracked and splintered by the blows that had slain them, and one had filed, pointed teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That’s when I lost part of my tail and cracked my fin. Not a big deal when I’m in fish form, but it’s a bit inconvenient here at Sea Bottom.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Me and Jay left the window cracked at night so cool air could creep in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I dreamed of Shawn, of the moment my wrist had cracked in the parking lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Whoever got there first summoned up a super-snooty English accent: “Walls residence, the butler speaking, may I help you?” while the rest of us cracked up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Ivan’s voice cracked, and he wiped a tear off his cheek. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A singer had made a song about the axe that cracked his jaw in half, and the old man loved to hear it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My Lord,” said a voice, desperate and cracked. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Because at home was my mother with her dead eyes and my little sister, with her hollow cheeks and cracked lips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was a wonder neither she nor David had cracked their heads hover- bouncing across it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The marshes were at an end, dying away into dead peats and wide flats of dry cracked mud. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The British intercepted the telegram and cracked it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Great bolts of lightning cracked from the low-hanging clouds, and thunder shook the ground. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She cracked the whip again, at Mr. Rudyard’s feet, then at his knees, then at his hand where he held the dog, then at his shoulders. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And all about, stone, cracked and splintered into countless jagged shards, was scattered far and wide, or piled in ruinous heaps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Between tasks, perhaps a dozen times a day, the students scrubbed their cracked and bleeding chilblained hands under freezing water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Hanging from the cracked ceiling are light bulbs with slow, twirling blades. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The pillars on either side of the door are cracked, lines running the length of them, bits of concrete missing. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Though he’s brought his sneakers with him, hoping to keep up with cross-country training, it is impossible, on these cracked, congested, chock-a-block streets, to run. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Pistol shots cracked from the stern as pentathletes fired their weapons out over the empty ocean. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was dirt beneath his cracked yellow fingernails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sky groaned and cracked, and suddenly the shrill, cold needles of rain pierced our hands and the backs of our necks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The curtain blew a small wind dance through the cracked window. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I am not a large man, and when William pushes past me, thrusting me into the boards of the barn wall, I worry he's cracked all my ribs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Lightning cracked the sky, and a wash of white color illumined the face looking in at old LaFarge there in the doorway. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know what to say, so I just look at my dry hands—one of my knuckles is cracked and bleeding from the cold. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her lips were cracked and bleeding, her tongue swollen and sandpaper dry. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z In steep places stairs of stone had been hewn, but now they were cracked and worn, and split by the roots of trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Made six doublings in a row and cracked the bank.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I hate how it feels between us now, like we are china plates trying not to get cracked. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The only sound was the eggs being cracked and then, slowly, the hiss of the pan. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Whenever she cracked one system, more challenging ones rose to take its place—and day after day, she was forced to grapple with them alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And what if my father, for some reason, cracked a joke or said something funny that made me smile and then he would've had to see my cherry chompers? Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The colors had faded and the paint was cracked, but those eyes were the same. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Its fluffy green branches stretched across the cracked cement and hung over the soupy brown water of the Chattana River. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The concrete of the court was cracked everywhere, as though an army of robot jackhammers had trampled through. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A low branch brushed his face, and he snapped at it, twisting and pulling until the wood cracked and tore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some of the bones were so well cracked they looked like wood shavings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He suffered a cracked skull from being hit with an iron pipe, a broken leg, and many cuts and bruises. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I grab my satchel and make my way fast down the stairs, through the school yard, past block after block of the cracked sidewalks of Chicago’s South Side. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He cracked open one eye and regarded me blearily. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Back long before humans,’ he said, and his voice was soft and cracked and frail. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She dialed and cracked me a can of Pepsi as she waited for my father or his voicemail to pick up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z With five furlongs to go, he reached back and cracked War Admiral once across the hip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His chin jutted out, and his face was cracked like a field suffering from drought. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Love, thick and dark as Alaga syrup, eased up into that cracked window. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounds like a giant wall has cracked, and soon it will come tumbling down. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Harry’s dreams were confused and disturbing: Nagini wove in and out of them, first through a gigantic, cracked ring, then through a wreath of Christmas roses. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The gavel cracked on the block of wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was her soul that cracked each time the tone broke. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was cracked and weather-worn, and the faint runes upon its side could not be read. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You made it seem like the Crystal Ball filled with smoke and cracked.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But the room above the arch was empty, lit only by a lantern set on a low table where a book lay open next to a little pile of whole walnuts and cracked shells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was no electric light down here, no heating either, or any other comforts, only the quiet tombs and the mice scurrying over the cracked flagstones of the floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It cracked and staggered back, and the opening grew suddenly wide. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It starts quietly enough, a whisper I can pass off as the wind, a scrape that sounds like the echo of my footsteps on the cracked ground. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I thought about the dream I’d had that night Rosaleen and I slept by the pond, how the moon had cracked to pieces. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt my feet planted firmly on the floor, and I cracked my own smile as I stood and stepped toward Headmaster Patterson, and I didn't slouch or hang my head, or even look away. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Rumors spread that the Army Security Agency had cracked a Soviet communication code, yet for some reason his boss kept the ASA documents locked away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then I remember one of the poems I wrote in Darlene: Who travels a road full of twists, turns, cracked earth, and flooded paths? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then Father cracked the reins on the backside of Red Rabbit, and with a lurch the wagon set off. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The parking lot itself was nothing but a square of cracked asphalt, marbled with weeds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I cracked my knuckles, then flew forward into the gate, and my avatar vanished into the whirlpool of stars. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For the first time ever, I cracked the top sixteen and came home with a twelfth place finish. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There were no houses or buildings as far as I could see, only wheat-colored fields patchy with dirt and cracked wooden telephone poles with drooping black wires strung between them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Windows around the front section look like its mouth is cracked open, baring long teeth between the top of its head and bottom of its jaw. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I cracked my laptop to study for a little while before bed. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They sailed through it for hours until the main mast cracked and dropped the sail into the water, threatening to drag the whole ship into the sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The cabinet also contains an ancient cracked plate commemorating the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, and a plastic cup bearing the nose and ears of a mouse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion peeled the cracked shell away from his egg and took a bite. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He climbed the cracked, eroding concrete steps to his front door and had his hand on the doorknob before thinking better of it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked a bit, like she was going to cry. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Okay, it’s a tough walnut to crack. But it can be cracked, right? We can get in there somehow.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Others, perhaps most of the clay pots, from the way it appeared, cracked and broke into shards in the crude heat and were left in clumps in the desert. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Horns cracked out in the darkening stillness; grindstones screeched. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no hot running water and the cracked toilet didn’t flush. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Seven cracked a small smile before cleaning up the dishes, putting the leftover cake away, and going to her room for the night. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Home plate was tilted up and stamped on top with a cracked mollusk fossil. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Magdalys saw a flash from somewhere behind them and a musket shot cracked across the night, dinging a lamppost they were passing. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The drug economy played out every day on the cracked concrete lawns of Robert Taylor, and her preteen older sons, Nicholas and Willie, could not help breathing it in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z With shaking fingers I tore off a small piece and lifted it to my cracked lips. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I cracked the door to Miss Wren’s room and saw her rocking Miss Peregrine in her lap, gently kneading her fingers into the bird’s feathers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A cracked mirror tilts over a sink littered with dead roaches crocheted together with cobwebs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Most of the floor between here and the door was cracked or had crashed down into the classroom below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At those moments I forgot the itch of my flea bites and the sting of my cracked cheeks; I felt pure, like a scrubbed-clean angel dropped straight from heaven. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did I have to live on this cracked edge all the time? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She cracked her knuckles and looked to Ekon, her expression wary. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I noticed Abby rocking and singing with me, and we both cracked up laughing. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Ginny was still laughing as they headed up the cracked driveway to their shared house. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z By the time we get on the bus, my back aches, my hands are cracked, and my eyes burn from all the cleaning products. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Others just sat in their trucks, half-obscured behind dusty and cracked windshields, placidly looking on. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She passed concrete plains, vast expanses cracked by thrusting grasses. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A creeper stole a look at itself in the remaining mottled half of the cracked driver’s mirror. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach O cracked his knuckles and nodded to a freshman walking by. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She picked up her foot and saw just underneath the cracked remnants of her guide to Jack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z There was a pause on the tape, and it sounded as if Albert’s voice cracked. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His voice, always booming and commanding, was now cracked and dusty. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The bracken cracked and rustled, as he twisted and turned. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But they saw only cracked pavement and dust. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Even Mom cracked a smile at that one. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The twigs cracked again, and then they heard soft, thudding steps, in the leaf-mould out beyond the bushes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Tranquilino turned up his hearing aid, and, after fumbling in his pockets for a pair of glasses, he perched the cracked lenses on his nose, muttering, “Eh?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time he scored a TD or cracked a home run, Hands was bent over in his face, talking trash. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At the base of the stairs, the cement stoop cracked under the man’s feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I stare down the building’s steel girders and black windows, all the way to the cracked sidewalk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Merry stared at the lines of marching stones: they were worn and black; some were leaning, some were fallen, some cracked or broken; they looked like rows of old and hungry teeth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Pretty sure I cracked the code though,” Mapper said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Sailors and soldiers on their doom-lined road to war cracked windows and broke locks for blocks around, hoping to leave their imprint on a building or in the memory of a victim. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I left the door cracked for Pa, who was getting the blanket out of the trunk. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We stare at the cloud of runners, sneakers hitting the cracked asphalt of the city street with a steady rhythm. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My voice cracked wide open on the word. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, Leo imagined he could feel it in there, dragging him down, waiting to be cracked open. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So much I needed her to know that without thinking twice I cracked it open. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It summoned up all its courage and let loose a mighty croak, which cracked the acorn to bits and freed the witch. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I leapt from my bed, and—thunk!—cracked my head on the sloped ceiling. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I handed over my cell phone, which was cracked from being dropped on the floor, and we laughed about busted-up phones. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Her skin, usually the smooth brown of groundnut paste, looked like the liquid had been sucked out of it, ashen, like the color of cracked harmattan soil. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The Dunmore’s mizzenmast, cracked by shot, collapsed, and took with it the main topmast. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But he cracked the screw and sniffed the contents. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Constantin drove me to the UN in his old green convertible with cracked, comfortable brown leather seats and the top down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I went between the walls of clay and picked up bricks that had cracked open; when my barrow was full, I would wheel it out onto a wooden scaffold and dump it into a pond. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, my eyes focused on the desk, which was full of things—books, a cracked mirror, felt-tipped pens. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Jets of light flew from both wands, the floor around the witches’ feet became hot and cracked; both women were fighting to kill. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Lighting flashed down and cracked like a whip. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The crate was cracked and crumpled, but the robot inside was safe. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He began to say something and his voice cracked. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At the split second he was turning around Peanut Abbott cracked into the back of Ben’s head, his forearm shivering against the base of the brain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They kept the windows cracked and we drove around for about an hour more. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Finn cracked the spaghetti in half and jammed it into the pot with a wooden spoon. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “He caught up with them, took a flying leap off the bicycle, and cracked their heads together? Knocked them out cold. That's gangster.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Cas cracked her ankle on something buried in the rubble as she looked for whatever had made the sound she had just heard. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She cracked her watering eyes open, and through the haze and the smoke, she spied the well. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z As a young woman, she had played a key role in code breaking during World War I. She later cracked the codes of American mobsters, smashing their crime gangs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And the face he made as he got up to leave, which was a mixture of looking completely confused and looking like he’s just played a joke on someone, totally cracked me up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z "You’re completely cracked. Listen to me, and listen to me good. All right? You never fight back. Ever. You do what the officers tell you, and you don’t argue with them." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It’s cracked and blistered from all the scrubbing and scrubbing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In the center of the square, under the cracked and headless statue of a dead triarch, a crowd had begun to gather about some dwarfs putting on a show. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We shuffled to our narrow slats along the wall and leaned against the cracked and taped vinyl panels. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The stair cracked and splintered in glittering sparks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly his face twitched and cracked like the surface of dark water. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I cracked up a few times and got hit with score penalties for it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In fact, as I get closer, I see that the plank itself is cracked. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Its meter is cracked, several fuses are blown, and the transmitter plug is missing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With the tension cracked, I knew I had to seize the moment. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “The TV glass! It’s round and cracked up like Charlotte’s web.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But half the fountains were dry, half the pools cracked and stagnant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The leather is cracked and flaking, the thick shoulder strap leaves a brown mark on my blouse where the leather stain is rubbing off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As gunfire cracked in the hills, they watched the clouds slide over the moon and the last of the season’s fireflies charting bright yellow arcs in the dark. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She looked desperately around the room—the cracked ceiling, the floor mosaic, the wall paintings, and the carved altar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His mother was still beautiful, though her face was a bit wrinkled and cracked with powder, and her auburn hair had a few silver streaks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It’s probably cracked, possibly ruined, but I can’t tear my gaze from the symbol on the wall. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Out the window were sleepy towns, assortments of dark wooden buildings that seemed untouched by war yet worn and cracked by age. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The path was easier now, made of crushed gravel and graded rocks, and he cracked his whip to urge the four black stallions on faster. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I cracked walnuts, hickory nuts, and beechnuts, then began a pair of deer-hide moccasins to be lined with rabbit fur for Bando’s present. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Seconds later the door cracked open, and Shelly’s blond head poked out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was a big thing when this place was cracked by women in pant suits. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And now they were hiding and watching and stuck, while the lions stalked through the ship’s carcass and laughed and cracked open liquor they’d found in the galley. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The school ran from kindergarten all the way through eighth grade, which meant that by the time I’d reached the upper grades, I knew every light switch, every chalkboard and cracked patch of hallway. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A young surgeon was summoned from Hartford to bleed her, and a nauseous brew of ground roasted toads was forced between her cracked lips, to no avail. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In the soft light of the full moon, he cracked open the dog-eared book to one of his favorite parts. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Harry unlocked his door and stepped in front of the cracked mirror. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We stood in the alley where we shot basketballs through hollowed crates and cracked jokes on the boy whose mother wore him out with a beating in front of his entire fifth-grade class. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z How long the city had been deserted she could not know, but the white walls, so beautiful from afar, were cracked and crumbling when seen up close. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rivera cracked open the door, peering over the tarnished gold chain latch, I said, “Can I come in?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I clenched my fists so hard, if I had been holding a walnut, I would have cracked it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He ripped the flesh off the man’s frame and cracked his bones. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Her bones cracked and rattled, as though there were no one inside the long white dress. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The floor around it was cracked—but it still held his weight. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He got up and went into the kitchen, enjoying the coolness of the cracked linoleum under his bare feet. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere, hours from here, a cracked Junior Explorer compass lay on the floor of the woods. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The ring was rolled and sprinkled, and carpenters replaced weakened or cracked planks in the barrera. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z His lips looked puffy, gray, and cracked, and they felt dry as cardboard. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The floor of the courtyard looked like it was made of huge stone blocks, many of them cracked and filled with long grasses and weeds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He put a fist to his mouth, cracked up some, and I left the diner. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z His tongue flicked nervously over chapped, cracked lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She slammed the mirror down on the table so hard that it cracked, and when she saw the crack she reached out and slapped Ash across the cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That's what he asked himself when he tipped into the street, his hand up timidly as traffic slowed for him, and picked up the cracked halves of the skateboard. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Toby crying, huddled behind the cracked underpinning of the trailer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He simply pulled out the correct tools and quickly cracked open the safe. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z There was a path of sorts, a meandering footpath of cracked stones overgrown with moss, half-buried beneath blown dirt and fallen leaves and made treacherous by thick brown roots pushing up from underneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s as if all the loneliness he left behind in the house just cracked the rest of our family in half. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Beatriz’s steps match the different beats: a slow tread through the grassless patches of black soil, followed by a faster two-step on the cracked concrete. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Some fellow thinks he’s going to be the master of Africa and winds up with his nice European-tailored suit rumpled in a corner and his wits half cracked from the filaires itching under his skin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sores on his ankles are cracked and oozing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Assuming Brooke had arrived early, I cracked the bathroom door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The thick slabs of gray stone were cracked and covered in ivy, as ancient as anything Thomas could imagine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The long worm bunched up and squirmed to get free, so he brought it quickly to his mouth and poked it safely past his cracked lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Casey tossed the five twenties down on the cracked linoleum by my legs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Shireen was a homely child, made even uglier by the greyscale that had left her neck and part of her cheek stiff and grey and cracked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a cracked and chipped plaster reproduction of the famous bust of Nefertiti. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, leaning over the cracked, “tattle-tale gray” bathtub, he scrubbed his father’s back; and looked, as the accursed son of Noah had looked, on his father’s hideous nakedness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Clayton kept the window cracked open just in case Cool Papa decided to breeze on through. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Thomas nodded, absently kicking a loose rock across the dusty, cracked stone floor of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z With a slam of her cleaver, she cracked rock candy into jagged pieces. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By day the court was illuminated by sunlight that streamed in through the cracked and broken slates and slanted up through the eaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Jewels and chunks of gold shot from the fissure with such force, they cracked the cavern walls and sent shrapnel flying, stinging Hazel’s skin through her jacket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I sat down and cracked open the book, reading through the table of contents. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Charlie gripped the cracked leather steering wheel so hard, his knuckles turned white. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Trekking the dried floor of a mineral sea where it lay cracked and broken like a fallen plate. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It was a photograph of the house, cracked in the corners and dirty with many hands. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The creature’s lips were cracked and dry, reminding her of parched earth after a drought. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As I prepared breakfast before leaving home on that first morning, Grandmother India stood over my shoulder watching while I cracked the breakfast eggs for poaching. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She could smell it now, sweet and luscious and minutes from ready, as she searched for wildflowers between the Emporium’s cracked porch slats. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z On the same rock, the nuts were cracked after they had dried for several weeks in a tin box under the stove. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped the egg I was holding, and it cracked at my feet, and all the energy just seeped from my legs and into the earth. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At NASA’s High-Speed Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base—the place where pilot Chuck Yeager first cracked through the sound barrier in 1947— engineer John Perry manned an X-15 simulator. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Dustfinger caressed the cracked lid with his fingers as if trying to call the dead back to life with the warmth of his hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Lightning cracked bright and hard, blinding after the darkness of the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z That’s where Momma was now, wailing at the water’s edge, while her girls were pulled out of sight under white sails that cracked in the wind. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I rubbed Vicks into my cracked heels and took so many hot baths I lost count. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Beige and cracked and knobby, as wide as a rib of celery and as long as a pencil. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I wonder who used to live here—no one's cracked enough to let their portrait of the Elector sit discarded on the floor like that. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The shrieks cracked, breaking into howls and bloodthirsty cries. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The stump is broad and gnarled and cracked. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A white kid would have cracked under the pressure that Andy went through. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I am sorry you got your head cracked open by JP, and I hope you are feeling better today. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She sliced a couple of rashers of bacon into the frying pan, and cracked an egg to go with them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “You take this,” she said, her voice cracked and dry, as though salted. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Even from a distance, she could see that the Outer City wall was cracked and broken. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I held up my hands, swollen from the heat, cracked by water and hard work. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z We found a small window in the back with a cracked pane, knocked out one corner of the glass, and climbed through. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The three huge wooden beams have cracked, but none has given way entirely. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Now its lackluster facade is gray from mold and pollution, and its walls cracked from neglect. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered, If this bowl had cracked a little differently and then been repaired, could it possibly be as beautiful? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Slowly, timidly, as though entering a shrine, the boy’s fingers crept into it, flexed, curled the cracked leather, brought it back to shape, to life. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside under the window were some carts and an old diligence, the wood of the roof cracked and split by the weather. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Beat him down and killed him, even after everyone said he’d already won. Beat him bloody, left him with his head cracked open.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Her honey hair is dim and the edges of her mouth look dry and cracked. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She barely had a second to congratulate herself for making it before the branch creaked and then cracked. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Look at myself in the slice of cracked mirror. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched the chicken again and licked his finger before he yanked the other leg off, eating it until he had only the cracked, sucked pieces of bones left in his hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Yes, I can see her almost perfectly in this cracked darkness. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He remembered the mangled remains of the diary, and how the stone in the Horcrux ring had been cracked open when Dumbledore destroyed it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Before Milligan had even closed the door behind him, Kate shrugged and cracked her knuckles, flattened her palms against the cement, and lifted her feet into the air above her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The vegetation, feeble as it was, died, and the earth cracked open. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Coraline stared at the leaves on the trees and at the patterns of light and shadow on the cracked bark of the trunk of the beech tree outside the window. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z But today the river was fairly low and the mud had dried so that it was cracked and cakey. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “If this is a tropical storm,” cracked Scruffy, “I just hope I don’t get conked by a coconut!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In my room I lay in bed, lights off, but I left the door cracked for the first time in my life. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then something in me cracked and I snapped at him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Snape’s right, though, isn’t he?” said Ron, after staring into a cracked mirror for a minute or two. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was a stout shoe of cracked black leather and quite old, with tiny air holes in a scalloped pattern over the toe and a dull polish, and it was pointed at me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Pieces cracked in front of them, and the dark water burst through the cracks. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He slurps again, and his tongue is red from the blood that’s cracked down my face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Sookie’s hands were red and cracked like winter hands, and he had sausage fingers. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He pressed the record button, cracked his left knuckles with his right hand. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “We were just asking ourselves the same thing,” cracked Scruffy. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Mom picked up the creamer and poured some into her coffee mug, which had the restaurant’s logo: an illustration of a cracked egg with a smiley face. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z They were working men, with steel and asbestos in their lungs and years’ worth of hard labor under their calluses and cracked fingernails. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Each message her unit cracked was another window into the spies’ world. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At first I was happy for the pillow of snow, but when I picked up the egg I saw in the dim light that the shell was cracked. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I tried to sound casual, but my voice cracked. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I looked at Mong, who cracked his fingers and then hopped down from the bleachers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t think I could lie in no casket, even if it was cracked some so I could breathe, and hear dirt being tossed on it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The ramp door thumped to its open position on the cracked pavement of the cul-de-sac in which they were parked. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Bushes cracked, leaves scuttled, and a man with a rifle came into the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose,” he said, and cracked his knuckles out of habit. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She cracked up a bit and said, “People never tell me that.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Ivy cracked up because Taryn was completely off-key, but she didn’t really care. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The serpents parted as the wall cracked open, the halves slid smoothly out of sight, and Harry, shaking' from head to foot, walked inside. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Tell us the story of why the tortoise has a cracked shell!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Mr. White cracked a smile and stood smartly upright again, breaking the spell. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Despite the easy availability of Dr. Hale, the company dentist, his teeth were yellow and cracked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ahead was a lone streetlight, casting a yellow circle of light onto the cracked sidewalk. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Roza cracked the rear door and crawled inside, burying herself in tarps and cleats and empty shopping bags. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Directly above her head, on the arch nearest to the bricked-in doorway, the capstone was cracked in half. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He cracked open his address book and began calling reporters, asking them to announce that he’d gladly meet Riddle’s sum, and War Admiral, anywhere and any time Riddle wanted. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The pool itself was cracked and unsafe, the pool house crumbling, and the fencing rusted and falling down. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z One day, as Matt was singing a Spanish ballad, his voice cracked. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a sliver of sunlight cracked through the closed drapes, making the room feel dreary. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His lips were cracked and felt as if they were bleeding and if he did not drink some water soon he felt that he would wither up and die. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I cracked it open and saw writing on the inside cover. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His door was already cracked open, so she softly knocked and stepped into the room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He wondered, for a minute, if his head had cracked open again, if he was dreaming. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Maybe Zak’s just cracked from the strain of the First Trial. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Some had sunk so deep into the bog that only a comer showed; others lay strewn about like some god’s abandoned toys, cracked and crumbling, spotted with lichen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She lowered her tray and he took one, cracked it between his fingers, and chewed the nuts inside before he asked for two cups. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I quickly sharpened my pencil, cracked my knuckles, yawned, stretched my arms, and was ready. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The kapos cracked their whips and we got moving again, but secretly I was still urging the Allies on to victory. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The rotten tiles broke with a noise of disaster and the man barely had time to let out a cry of terror as he cracked his skull and was killed outright on the cement floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A lone, gnarled Jack tree rises from the cracked land a few feet away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I spoke so sharply that my voice cracked. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Boys clowned and made faces trying to make her laugh, but she looked straight ahead and never even cracked a smile. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I used my brothers to further my plan; I cracked my knuckles to annoy them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time the lightning cracked and the thunder boomed, Fern and I hugged tighter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I can hardly recognize myself in the cracked mirror that leans against the wall. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We passed the yellow star on the cracked window of what had been the Diamants’ shop, and then a booming clang made me start. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They started at the Box, which was closed at the moment—double doors of metal lying flat on the ground, covered in white paint, faded and cracked. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The bat cracked hard against Fred’s rib cage, but he kept coming. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I took off the two layers of socks and I noticed I had cracked, blistered, and peeling areas between the toes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The Mellower clasped his hands until the joints cracked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was annoying at times, but he also cracked me up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There were things that had belonged to Lina’s parents, her grandparents, and even their grandparents—old, broken, cracked, threadbare things that had been patched and repaired dozens or hundreds of times. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small black stone, dirty and jagged, covered in veins of gray and white like cracked glass. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Adam said, “You heard the doctor say her skull was cracked. How do you know she can remember?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They all followed the path as it fell down between the sharp halves of a cracked boulder, came into pine woods again, and finally rounded into a sudden clearing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Another musket cracked fire, but this was more distant. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We were different here on this path, our hard cracked feet pounding the hard cracked earth. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter wouldn’t let me forget the eggs I dropped and cracked when I was nine. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The snap of a metal lid cracked the silence, and then the patter of fading footsteps. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Something in the stairwell above snapped and cracked, and a flaming board crashed down the stairs. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then his voice cracked, and all confidence left him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She cried at all the wrong times and cracked up at all the wrong times. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Rattleshirt sat scratching at the manacle on his wrist with a cracked yellow fingernail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I cracked the bottle until the neck was a short sharp point. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Wood creaked, canvas cracked, and water splashed, so loudly a man might swear the castle was sure to hear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Francesca nodded at the cracked and buckled walkways leading to both houses. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They’d pull out the occasional treasure—some empty cans, maybe an old hat or a cracked plate. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As they did too, though vicious animals, cunning, cracked with theories. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He landed on his kneecap, cracked it, and stabbed himself in the hand with the clippers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The next line really cracked me up: Have you heard the one from Spicy Girls, which says friendship never ends? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The roof had cracked open like an eggshell and rain was pouring in. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Next to it was a grainy copy of the pieta, the wooden frame cracked at the comers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The tubes had cracked and broken during shipment, and raw, rotten blood had run around inside the box. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to calm Dad but my voice trembled, cracked. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His voice cracked, and Jason could tell the guy was about to get teary-eyed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The crew laid heavy tarps over the cracked blacktop yard. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She’d fallen from a ladder at the library and cracked her skull. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A short time later, he lugs a great cauldron into the room and begins ladling soup into cracked earthenware bowls. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One skinny black hand whipped out and cracked against Red's jaw. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Amarante cracked no smile, but he did move his hand from the gun to the glass, and the two old-timers drank. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth, where it was worn bald under the gate, was cracked, and hard as rock, a lifeless tan color; and the road was an aisle of brilliant velvet dust. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the cracked door, I can see that her socked feet are really close to Dray’s boots. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A few more stanzas, and they cracked open, revealing a triangular crevice. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It cracked loudly as it yielded to her unblemished incisors, and there was revealed the white edge of the sugar shell, and the dark chocolate beneath it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The broken ashtray cracked on the floor of the veranda, streaked with blood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked as she said the final word, and as soon as she did, she lifted the mistletoe dagger and stabbed Håkon in the chest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Ned was feverish by then, his leg a dull agony, his lips parched and cracked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At one point, my head cracked back against the plastic side paneling and drink holder, but no one was paying attention to the strange noises in the backseat when someone was firing a gun. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I will tell your words to the whole village!” screamed his uncle in a high cracked voice of fury. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z For months, the air in their flat was like cracked glass. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She had finally thrown away her cracked and rotted shoes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a plain stone coffin, with a cracked lid, and the name that was once on it could no longer be deciphered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I hadn’t realized until then just how sad I was, and hearing her say it cracked something open inside me and I started to cry. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The yellow art deco building must have been pretty fancy when it opened, but now graffiti covered the outside walls, and the cracked mirrors in the lobby were held together with duct tape. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Not just old and ill fitting, but dinted, cracked, and brittle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Favorites include cracked corn, black oil sunflower seeds, and mealworms. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I pulled the stick back and cracked it against the side of the frozen bed linen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the ear pads is dangling from wires, and the casing is cracked. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z His head cracked against the wall and the man fell to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Across half one cheek and well down her neck, her flesh was stiff and dead, the skin cracked and flaking, mottled black and grey and stony to the touch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Finally, after some more jostling, his father’s eyes cracked open. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I cracked an egg and cupped out the yolk and dropped white and shells into the pot, for I know nothing that polishes coffee and makes it shine like that. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z George walked her bike from the shed in the backyard, along the cracked cement path, and up to the street. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Tables and chairs are turned upside down, and the floor is littered with cracked frames. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The boats cracked loudly against the ice, grating and scraping on the edge of the floe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A turtle shell that had been full of cracked walnuts was empty beside him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They took the DeSoto over snow-dazzled roads decorated with cracked and fallen branches and with the green twigs of cedars and hemlocks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, halfway through, you realize it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Each one had cracked the hole in the wall a little wider, allowing the next talent to come through. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Get it over with, and then a furious desire not to die seized him and he struggled, hearing the old man wailing and cursing in his cracked voice. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They could only afford a cramped two-bedroom unit with faded linoleum, brown shag carpet, and a cracked kitchen sink. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z One of the glass panes in the door had cracked from the force. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When she finally cracked one eye open, she found the goddess was staring at her, visibly perplexed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His sword sheared off limbs, cracked heads, broke shields asunder—though few enough of the enemy had made it across the river with shields intact. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, take it,” his mother said angrily, reaching for her cracked vinyl purse on the shelf above the stove. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He rapped her smartly on one ear, then cracked her knuckles as she was scrambling to her feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As I bent over, the wads of bills cracked in my pockets. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “They make a fuss about Hogsmeade, but I assure you, Harry, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be,” he said seriously. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Are we near? the boy would wonder, as Hodor clambered up a stony slope, or descended into some dark crevice where drifts of dirty snow cracked beneath his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Half of them ending up dead, or burned up so bad that when someone finds them, their skin is black and their lips are cracked open? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z His cracked red skin oozed fluid, and fearsome blood blisters rose between his fingers, big as roaches. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Through carved archways they could see spacious courtyards filled with greenery, and there were great buildings that looked like palaces, for all that the steps were cracked and the doorframes loose from the walls. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The broken giant’s skull remained a broken giant’s skull, yellowed and cracked, grinning its stained and savage grin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You can’t do that!” he cried out in a high cracked voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She cracked the tip off a pod, pulled the string, snapped the casing open, slid her thumb inside the slithery shell, and added the peas to the mound in the bowl between her knees. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “We paid one to mend a cracked axle on the road once.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He dragged everything back to where the hull was cracked. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I cracked the door to let some of the shower steam out so the mirror would clear up, as I planned to examine every bump and hair on my face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Or a mouse,” said Sticky in a cracked voice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Drew and I looked at each other and cracked up. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Pa, try to take some water,” she’d say, lifting his head and holding a glass to his cracked, parched lips. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As he did, he saw some mushrooms growing up from a cracked paving tile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They strolled about the base, taking in its cracked and overgrown runways, its derelict barracks, its empty gymnasium, and a drained swimming pool filled with debris. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But then she cracked the window enough to be heard and shouted, "I'm Patina's auntie!" and the girls came running to the car. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z We barely made it out the door before we cracked up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z It’s a mirage, Khalid told me once—like the mirages you see way out in the middle of a desert, but instead, they shimmer over the cracked pavement and potholes of our little town. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z His companion, with a boulder-like chin thick with black stubble, cracked his knuckles. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He started singing his number to the tune of "867-5309," which cracked her right up. park Park tried to remember the first time he saw her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “I think you are more pet than boyfriend,” she cracked, “which is good. At my age a pet is all I need.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Whenever a nut hits the force field, there’s a puff of smoke before the nut lands, blackened and with a cracked shell, on the ground at my feet. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Indeed I felt I had been cracked—I had a ferocious headache, I was hungry and exhausted, and for some reason my fingers and toes were stinging. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, trying to remember all of the goldfish’s instructions, she cracked off a small bit of stone and rubbed it up and down the needle ninety-nine times before tossing it back to the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She sat down at the table and cracked open the book. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As he ran past he tagged me on the shoulder and I lost my footing, landing against the cracked concrete on my left side. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Here Uncle Andrew rubbed his hands till his knuckles cracked like fireworks. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Proceeding cautiously, Kyril Montana advanced through underbrush and dead leaves, automatically avoiding twigs and small branches that cracked underfoot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear before God Almighty,” Téllez’ voice cracked with the tremble of fear in it, “that there are things that have happened to my family that are directed by the devil himself!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She cracked up through her crying and said, “Thanks.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He also managed, on behalf of Mollie’s family, the team of private eyes that conspicuously never cracked any of the cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Ma cracked the window to let some air in. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Since our tree made papershell pecans, Jay and me would take two of the oblong nuts in one hand and press them together until the shells cracked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z His voice cracked with the strain, and they stood looking at each other in the whiteness and the emptiness, and Harry felt they were as insignificant as insects beneath that wide sky. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Bebe had tried and tried until her nipples cracked and bled. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside was a cracked ukulele strung with two violin strings, a guitar string, and a banjo string. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He and Benny cracked up, but I wrote it down in my notebook. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The vinyl on the haptic chair was worn and cracked. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z By that point, I’m not sure there really even was a middle class anymore—just all of us hoeing for root vegetables next to our cracked aboveground pools. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The deck cracked like thin ice under Jason’s legs and, with a sonic boom, the Argo II hurtled out of the clouds. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Dear Polo, we are so glad we will see you in a mere matter of hours. We miss you. We miss you as the dry, cracked earth misses the rain.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I’m sitting on a cracked vinyl sofa, staring out at my abuela’s restaurant from a tiny window while I await my sentence. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Jam and Redemption nodded in unison, and Pet cracked its neck behind them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I leave the door cracked and fix the sofa bed, storing my backpack underneath. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The gray paint peels off the wall in odd and beautiful patterns, each cracked polygon of paint a snowflake of decay. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a long pause as he cracked his knuckles one at a time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She cracked and settled under the girl’s footfalls, and felt a little less lonely. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He reached into his bag and pulled out the device, its screen still cracked, unable to turn on. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Our neighborhood postman was probably used to being met with chains over cracked doors. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z With delicate fingers, she positioned each flower in a row, keeping them straight across the cracked glass. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Its dark sugar crust has cracked on top and the syrup pours down the sides and onto the platter. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I thought she was going to punch me, but instead she hugged me so fiercely she nearly cracked my ribs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Kino moistened his cracked lips with his tongue. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelly grabbed two of her jackets, handed one to Melissa, and skipped down the cracked pavement to Uncle Bill’s car. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z "When I was young, we always had rain," Aunty Silver says, motioning out the window at a stretch of cracked earth. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He cracked the seal, flattened the parchment, and read. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Me and Joey cracked up, Byron kind of chuckled and Momma put her hand over her mouth. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Resurrection Stone had cracked down the vertical line representing the Elder Wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Every bounce cracked his head against the bottom of the cask. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We didn’t have much need to spend our savings, so that’s why we had never cracked them open before. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z One of them is cracked, and a small piece, about the size of my hand, is missing from its bottom corner. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He smiled at me through the blood and cracked teeth. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Immediately, the ice cracked, and a gash of dark water, like black ink, trembled in anxious waves. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her skull was cracked too, and the teeth on the left side were missing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Within, the seven walls were cracked and crooked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His fingernails are short and clean, and in between his fingers are not cracked and ashy. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Our hungry wishbone cracked and ran slick with marrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The gymnasium was contiguous to the east wing of the school, and a grassless football field with cracked baked mud harrowed by cleats formed the far boundary of the campus to the north. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The distressed man explained that “Mars had cracked open and great tanks of steel had fallen in New Jersey and great monsters had arisen.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Slowly, slowly he pulled himself along the branch until, from his pulling and Beetle’s weight, it cracked, and they both fell onto the riverbank. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Blossoms of hard cracked blood decorated the mortal wounds that covered him like a rash, breast and groin and throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tony stared at his brother, paused for about ten seconds, and then cracked up laughing. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The weather was good out there on my back porch, so we cracked a few beers and got to drinking. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One arm had been ripped right off the shoulder,- Arya saw the bones a few feet away, gnawed and cracked, picked clean of meat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He cracked it once in the air, apparently for his own amusement, then brought it down across the back of the black man. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The image in the mirror was Jack, but ten times worse—dark blue and seemingly made out of cracked ice. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It was a warm night for early June, and since the AC in Satan's Hearse hadn't worked in this millennium, the windows were cracked open. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A cracked wooden begging bowl and belt of hempen rope completed her garb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rain had condensed on the windows, covering the cracked windshield like a filmy overlay of lace. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It felt like someone had cracked open the Co-Co’s and spilled all the coconut water out of them. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She studied the deep slashes, like his skin had hardened and cracked. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Look what good can come from cracked eggs! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After a little pushing and prodding, one side of the crate cracked open. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As soon as the silvering began, long before the cider cracked the jugs, there was something wrong. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Jay’s voice was strained tight with fear, and it cracked on the last word. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The strength of the words were undercut by the way his voice cracked with strain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There came a day, however, when the cafe manager cracked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A whirring began that snapped and cracked with static, and suddenly I seemed to be crushed between the floor and ceiling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The dining table was made of wood that cracked in dry weather. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He yelled, “Jerks!” and the boys all cracked up, but no one else touched him. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z When he stood again at the edge of the hull’s cracked hollow, Pima was standing alone in the water, foam up to her thighs. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z When the clay cracked, she pulled it off along with the feathers, and devoured the small morsels inside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Zorro cracked his whip at a trio of space aliens ahead of him in line. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the fingers grazed the side of his head...any closer and it would have cracked his skull. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My voice cracked, but she couldn’t hear over the music anyway, so I just felt like a loser, I didn’t actually sound like one. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The roof sagged and the plaster was cracked. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Just a few dry, weather-worn boards leaning haphazardly against a crooked frame, showing daylight through to the cracked furniture within. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Yet even as Lawrence’s words were reminding Fosdick of the foundation’s guilt, they cracked open a door to its redemption. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was called on day and night to X-ray all types of ugly wounds to see if the bones behind the bruised or bleeding flesh had been cracked, chipped, or broken. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Estraven’s smile was an ugly split in a peeling, cracked brown mask, thatched with black fur and set with two flecks of black rock. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I got out of bed, put on my slippers, and slid around the perimeter of the room, careful to avoid the floorboard in the middle that cracked like a pistol shot. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Memory came rushing back: the stone man reaching out with cracked grey hands, the blood seeping from his knuckles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I cracked an eye to discover a little humanoid figure trying to hide inside my shoe, but it had gotten tangled in the laces. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Once again, we fell into our spying positions, angling ourselves at the cracked door to see, while pressing our ears against the air. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy cracked her eyes open just enough to see her parents sitting on the far bed. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was such a random name to call me that it cracked me up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It did not roar but grumbled, cracked, shushed, sucking the air from our throats and all speech with it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And on a pillow several badly cracked pieces of delicate china, a commemorative plate celebrating the St. Louis World Fair . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had these parents from hell who'd put him under massive pressure to get a whole raft of A grades and when the exam came, this kid just cracked and couldn't even understand the questions. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z His face cracked into a smile beneath his mustache. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She threw off her sheet and cracked her door just in time to see Matthew careening toward her on his skateboard. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Rather than pause, I just bulled ahead, faking it as best I could as I eyed his hooves to see if they were chipped or cracked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My voice cracked as I tried my best not to cry, because for the first time on the trip I was worried about one of us not making it back to Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If anything, Shay*s hands were in worse shape, red and dry and cracked with the ragged edges of burst blisters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I cracked up, but Grover nudged me because Hera was giving us a dirty look. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was still dark, Dad had his window cracked, letting some air in, and he had changed the music from slow jams to nineties hip-hop. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mama spoke again: “Other families in the village had the same offer. If we sent a man to the front, we wouldn’t have to pay taxes. And we sent…” Her voice cracked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Soft indentations in the snow stretched from the attic window over a small incline between four cracked red clay chimneys. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Tatt Man's grotesquely bulbous knuckles cracked noisily as he made his fists. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She wore a threadbare tunic, one sleeve hanging off her too-sharp shoulder, and the skin of her legs and feet was visibly dry and cracked. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I leaped from my seat and nearly cracked the window glass with my forehead. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The windows cracked and shattered to pieces, letting in a blast of fresh air. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And that was to say nothing of the shot-out and cracked lights, and the black paint that was flaking off in clumps. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The pink-and-white peppermint wafers bought that morning were arranged in a little bowl, cracked, but of a pretty blue color. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then the door to his room cracked open. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I pushed myself to my feet, wiping away whatever tears were left, and cracked open the bathroom door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I cracked my neck and returned to calculus. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Someone shouted down the alley, one of the new boys most likely, not completely broken in by Connelly yet, and the shouts cracked open into a dispute. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On his desk stood what looked like a large, cracked, glass spinning top; Harry recognized it at once as a Sneakoscope, because he owned one himself, though it was much smaller than Moody’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Maddy yanked the tablet away from Shay and cracked it against the wall, then pulled David in against his protests. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I cracked open the door to the UN pod and stood at the border of cool, soft-lit sanity and the vivid familiar chaos of Congo at war. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Kendra despised working on Nero’s feet the most, from the roughness of his cracked heels, to the smooth pads of his calluses, to the lumpy bunions on his toes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Trying to hold it together, not yet fifteen years old, I had finally cracked. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She cracked the book open, and an envelope slipped out and floated to the ground. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His face was crooked, yes, but sad, like the reflection in a cracked mirror. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I wanted to explain to Coach Warner about the shoes. He—I guess he thought I had cracked up or something.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The guys smoke joints with the windows cracked and the fan on high to diffuse the smell in case we get pulled over. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One afternoon, I hear what feels like the last knock at my door, and standing there, on my cracked front porch, is Audrey. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I was sweating like a heroin smuggler at a border crossing when we cracked the door open onto the girl-less girls’ floor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As we sat there in the sand, me and Rondell finished another beer each, cracked open a couple fresh ones. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I leaned my bike against the tall tree shading over the building and walked up the cracked cement sidewalk. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Dill put the dish in the cracked white plastic drying rack and went to his room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When Appa came home that evening, his eyes bloodshot and his breath reeking as usual, he set packages wrapped in newspaper on the cracked kitchen counter. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Harry glanced into the cracked, dusty mirror and saw Ron and Hermione exchanging skeptical looks behind his back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Joffrey's voice cracked as he shouted up from the wallwalk, where he huddled with his guards behind the ramparts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z People that been in my house have seen the sagging ceiling, the cracked wdndow, the broken plaster on the wall and they know that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The crystal bent and warped until it cracked and shattered into dust. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The mirror flipped like a tossed coin, and where cracked glass should’ve been there was a fat green tentacle, tapering down to a tip the width of a carrot and whipping about. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And then at last over the miles between there came a rumble, rising to a deafening crash and roar; the earth shook, the plain heaved and cracked, and Orodruin reeled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The locks cracked through the silence like thunder as they came together again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then she turned and ran, out of the house, down the steps, and along the cracked sidewalk. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My voice cracked as I said, “What do you want to know, Chas?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I cracked open my cherry bombs and poured the powder from them into the flashlight and then wrapped it all up in electrical tape. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The plastic was cracked on the back of one leg, revealing a hollow space, but the arms and legs still turned. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Then the scythe held up his ring, and the captain kissed it with such force, he cracked a tooth. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She grabbed at his hair and he mashed his rough, cracked lips into her cheek. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Once they positioned themselves across from each other, Genie glanced at the yard in front of him, the rickety birdcages all cracked and mangled and peeking from just behind the house. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I banged on the door against the glass so hard it cracked, and the crack spread a web that caught my skin for a moment and held it fast. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He was visibly tired, and his voice cracked a few times as he asked me what Danny had been so excited about. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In the mornings Bibi arrived in the storage room wearing cracked plastic slippers and a housecoat whose hem stopped some inches below the knee, a length we had not worn since we were fifteen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The blood gushing from my head, pooling on the cracked tile. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Waves thundered and cracked when they hit the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As I look around the party, trying to spot Lorena, I see a couple making out in a bedroom through a cracked door. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Silena tried to swallow, but her lips were dry and cracked. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We both cracked up a little and then Mong said: “I’m happy you’re here, Mexico. The first night I watched you sleep, I knew we’d be sitting here, talking about these things.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I stretched my arms, rolled my head and neck around on my shoulders, and cracked my knuckles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His heart cracked, and he fell in love. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The grass withered, and the stones cracked as if something was moving in the earth beneath, trying to push its way through. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He laughed, but his voice was cracked and hideous. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It barged past the panther lamassu, and its claws skittered on the cracked street as it charged straight for me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked, and she had to work to keep from crying. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He peeked underneath his right hand to see and a big smile cracked his face. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It cracked me up when people called Noodles by his government name. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z They turned up in eyeglass cases, birthday cards, once—I swear—inside an egg Tessie had just cracked. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She cracked the eggs in a pot, whipped them with a fork, dipped in four slices of white bread, and laid them out in the frying pan on the stove. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her heart leapt and danced, and she cracked a smile. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z George said good-bye to Kelly and walked her bike up the cracked path along the house. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Zero picked up the cracked lid and licked the sploosh off that as well. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z "I suspected, especially after your fight at the dockyard. Your skull was cracked and your arm broken, yet within a matter of hours your injuries were less than bruises." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z All the Weird Watsons except Byron cracked up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dad finally answered, his voice sounded funny, like it had cracked a little. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His face was kinda gray, his lips cracked and rough. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z "Hodor," he sobbed between cracked Ups as he lifted Bran in huge strong arms and bloody hands and carried him back out into die rain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His lips are so cracked that a little blood has trickled down to his chin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It was an unusual piece of decoration, that was for sure—beige and cracked and knobby, as wide as a rib of celery and as long as a pencil. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I tried to ignore the phone, tried to keep going, but when the ringing stopped, a sharp click cracked the air and a weepy voice fluttered from my father’s new answering machine. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Jack’s floe had cracked into four pieces now. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Not even the homes of the dead were safe as wooden grave markers burst into flames and some marble vaults cracked under the intense heat. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z In 1949, after years of failure, American code breakers cracked the code. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We did, but we also cracked the door so we could listen a bit to the meeting going on in the living room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She sighed, and in a cracked voice, said, “This is no time ... for telling stories ” “Tell me one true thing. I will know' one true thing. Tell me what you sat on.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I watched her skin grow moist, cracked, and sunken in some places, then ashy and dry in others. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The pipe cracked along the lines he scored into it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But a long time ago the glass ceiling over the terrarium had cracked, and so everything was dead, and there was moon dust all over everything out there. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Decades in shipyards and tobacco fields had left his hands coarse as burlap, his fingernails yellowed, cracked, and worn to the cuticles. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The door cracked open and a familiar bespectacled eye looked out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Its nose was splintered, and the hull was cracked. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The one on the floor was sopping wet and striped green with slime from the aquarium, which lay on its side, empty and cracked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked when she sang “No, not I!” because it was on a note too high for her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The old man cracked his whip, the horses strained—and the coach rolled up out of the bog. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z She shoved herself back again, and something cracked. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After that the center of Braggs line cracked all to peeces. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The front of the plant was a brick commercial building of the nineteenth century with a mansard roof that bulged out into several rococo dormer windows, the panes of which were mostly cracked. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Empty glasses, bottles, and plates lay scattered about, several of them cracked or broken. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I lie on my bed staring up at the cracked ceiling, peeling all over. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z A long, low whistle unfurled along the cracked asphalt and landed in my lap, barely audible and then only to those listening. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z My heart is cracked; no, it is broken in pieces, like an earthen bowl dropped from a great height. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She cracked my door and peeked into my room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Pieces of ceiling snapped and cracked and rained from above. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I honestly can’t believe the disc hasn’t cracked in half yet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Baxter took a few of the eggs and cracked them into a large bowl. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Ivy cracked open her locker again just enough to grab her math book, then looked around for June. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He sighed a lot, stretched his legs, cracked his knuckles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “That was nicely spoken,” she said, and cracked a smile. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Harry checked his face in the cracked mirror. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z On the wall with the rolled-up carpet, I discovered nine thumbtack holes in the cracked and paint- peeled wall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I cracked the door open and peeked in again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A log cracked and fell in the fireplace. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The mouth in the mirror cracked into a grin. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When the other men cracked jokes and laughed, he did not. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His voice cracked and his shoulders started shaking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z His light brown face had grown tough with age, cracked but soft, like a pair of well-worn work boots. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z |
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