| 单词 | crook |
| 例句 | He hovers there, a breath away, his hands at Alex’s hips and his mouth split open in a crooked smirk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She might have to make a large noose, he had told her, to whirl it over the crooked branches, then tighten it around the twisted trunk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled back his lips and showed the preacher all of his crooked yellow teeth and wagged his tail and knocked some of the preacher’s papers off the table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I carefully lifted Daisy Mae, my little calico cat, out of the crook of my arm and placed her at the foot of the bed and got up and opened my window. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Archer felt the big man’s hand on the crook of his arm, but he tugged away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His feet are the bank and I’m the crook. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z The other men tried to rest their heads on the pavement, in the crooks of their arms. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Connor had a crooked smile that matched his crooked sense of humor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Morgause, brooding in the North with the one child who remained to her, had concentrated her maternal powers on the crooked boy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat at a crooked table outside, dipping their breads into the same creamy plate. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He turns and offers his left arm, elbow crooked just right. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The figure was cradling a very nasty-looking gun in the crook of his arm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He pointed a crooked finger at several people in the audience, induding me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The rain poured until men ducked their heads in a crooked elbow to breathe. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My father, the gentlest man I know, was very upset when he discovered it hanging crooked the next morning. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The steps were crooked and some of them broken, but he went up carefully, and when he arrived at the second-floor window, he climbed through and quickly disappeared inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The gash was long and crooked, starting a hair under his left eye and ending on the right side of his jaw. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Madrina grins at me as I walk down the crooked wooden stairs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Bloom, with his wailing daughter cupped in the crook of one arm, started pushing back through the people, the smoke, and the Spanish babble. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He perched Alyah on his knee, leaned her back into the crook where his arm met his body, and began to feed her, blowing on each spoonful until it was cool. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” she said again, forcing a crooked smile, which she was only able to keep up for about five seconds—yikes!—before crumbling into pieces. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His blue eyes were light, bright, and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Gaunt and bent and crooked, with a left shoulder half a foot higher than his right, he had a scrawny neck, squinty grey eyes, and yellow teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I knew Daddy didn’t leave us,” I said, holding Dinah while she nestled in the crook of my arm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Z smiled, and as he did so, Mr. Trepid turned away from the crooked teeth. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Dad came rushing down a moment later, and I was relieved when Mom pounced on his crooked tie, forgetting all about my tightlessness. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I thought I was grinning—but my parents saw something that looked like an awkward, crooked frown. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There are five of them now, white-headed old things huddled together and pointing crooked fingers at the glass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Alive as he sleeps and dreams, alive as he gives me that crooked grin and puts his hand in my hair, alive as he says, “Love you, bro!” like it’s our little joke. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, I got somebody to guard the house. Don’t worry about that. It definitely ain’t gon’ be no crooked pig who may have been behind this.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A man that thinks anything he dont understand all about must be crooked and that first chance he gets he’s morally bound to tell the third party what’s none of his business to tell. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Fina’s is a unicorn with an only slightly crooked horn, and mine is a scary scream face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The seam down the shirt sleeve is crooked, is all. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z "If the next brad is crooked, I'll shoot you," he said. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Ban-didge!” insisted Boots, and reached out to grab the crooked antenna. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The path was crooked, rocky, and potholed, sloping downhill like the last one, and it seemed to be heading for a patch of dark trees a little below them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He even wore a black bow tie, crooked around his neck. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And when she did crook it finally, the action seemed to start in the finger itself, not in some part of her mind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Our hiking boots land on the crooked planks with hollow thumps. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 As the trial neared, crooked private eyes began trailing witnesses and even trying to make them disappear. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He struck a minor chord, looked into the eyes of his oldest child and smiled a crooked smile. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When he spoke, the scar across his lower lip stretched and pulled, making his face seem crooked, like that of a clown. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Perched on a crooked branch, a brightly colored parrot stretches its wings. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her teeth were crooked, which made her shy with her smiles, but she smiled now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “An idiot as well as a crook,” says my father. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His teeth were as yellow and crooked as ever, and his hair was a rat’s nest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I just stood on the balcony, looking up at the night sky, at the crook of the moon, at the spangle of stars—each one in its proper place. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The door hung crooked on its bent hinges. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It was possible that the contemplation of a crooked finger, the unbearable idea of other minds and the superiority of stories over plays were thoughts she had had on other days. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But he kept his rifle in the crook of his arm. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In exchange for her lodging below the letter boxes, Boori Ma kept their crooked stairwell spotlessly clean. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He flashed his crooked smile, then said, “I lit up like a Christmas tree, Hazel Grace. The lining of my chest, my left hip, my liver, everywhere.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I miss how your bottom teeth were a little crooked, just like mine. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Tyrion saw ruins rising along the eastern bank: crooked walls and fallen towers, broken domes and rows of rotted wooden pillars, streets choked by mud and overgrown with purple moss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well, now you have to tell it,” Yanna said, and a crooked smile formed on her face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But the not-knowing would not keep me from caring, and I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The Orléans archipelago is a string of islands stretching like a rose with a crooked stem out into the warm sea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Reading a sentence and understanding it were the same thing; as with the crooking of a finger, nothing lay between them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I thought she would spring out a kick, but instead she wrapped her leg around Stubble Chin's throat, catching it in the crook of her knee. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Demeaning posters appeared in both Polish and German, depicting us as grotesque, filthy creatures, with large, crooked noses. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z A crooked little person trying to tell the truth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I would get him to fly us out of here by hook or by crook, is what I was thinking deep in my heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede slid her arm across Taisin’s stomach and nestled her nose into the crook of her neck, and sleep overcame her moments after she lay down. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He smiled, showing all his crooked yellow teeth, and shouted for another jar of Myrish fire wine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I recognize the multicolored fish with the crooked eye. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Lou is twenty-five years old, dressed in a leather jacket, handsome, cradling Tommy in the crook of his arm in the bleachers at a high school football game. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I stand there for a moment, still hoping he'll see me, and I don't even know that I'm crying until this crooked sound comes up out of me as I inhale. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z There was my crooked smile like Great-great-aunt Florentine’s; my bumpy nose like Great-uncle Edisto’s; my long ears like Daddy’s; my rosebud chin like Mama’s. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His return to Not Doctor Street was not the triumph he’d hoped it would be, but there was relief in his mother’s crooked smile. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-two more steps and they were at the subcellar, The tunnels here were cramped and crooked, black wormholes twisting through the heart of the great rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has--I'm not kidding. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He brandished his sacred staff with the crook on top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, crooking my head against the phone, which is still partially concealed by my hood, and pretending to listen to him. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z My mother, breathing hard, scraping through her hair with her crooked nails, watched me and sometimes moaned. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Old chairs with sagging backs sat next to crooked lamps. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Stopped and talked a little with everyone she met, turned aside momentarily to pause at a porch or two—going straight by walking crooked. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I looked up to see him smiling a crooked smile so beautiful that I could only stare at him like an idiot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He peered out from under the crook of his arm, but she couldn’t tell if he was afraid or ready to attack. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Bad days could set even the most wonderful person’s mood crooked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Daniela appears in my head like a painting: doughy skin, dull hair, sinking eyes, crooked nose, long face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The trip across the glacier and through the dark land of grief is crooked and dangerous but sometimes beautiful. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Showing the first signs of being alive since we come in, the Keegan man give a crooked smile and axed, “Civilized?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Bull had picked the ball up and was holding it in the crook of his left arm. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It galloped past so close I leapt backward on tiptoe, flush with the canvas to avoid being impaled on one of its crooked horns. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I’m looking at my uniform. Is it right? Are things crooked?” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Dustfinger was pressed hard against a crooked tree trunk, and there, terrifyingly close, twenty paces at most away from the two of them, was Basta. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the crook of his arm was a long staff entwined with two living serpents. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Jason’s jaw is a little crooked, not as perfect as I drew. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Her phone is crooked between her shoulder and her ear, just like the young woman who is walking into her front door right now in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And it soon became clear that the state’s special investigator in charge of solving the Osage murder cases was himself a crook. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Aside from the crooked matches, they said, sumo was rife with drug use and sexcapades, bribes and tax evasion, and close ties to the yakuza, the Japanese mafia. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They also noticed a classic shape, which they began calling the shepherd’s crook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know. What do those crooks want now?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The men shaved their heads and carried long wooden poles with a crook at the top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Kermit wore crooked glasses and couldn’t drive a bargain with a kitten. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s long silver hair and beard, the piercingly blue eyes behind half-moon spectacles, the crooked nose: Everything was as he had remembered it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z On the near side, the sea-wall makes an elbow crooked inversely, and its end too has a lighthouse. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It rests in the crook of the tree on a smattering of sticks no bigger than a bowl of pasta. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Aunt Gloria lay on her back diagonally across the bed, her foot hanging over the edge and the duvet crooked. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hell of a grin, too — slightly naughty, with teeth that were just crooked enough to give his mouth character. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She would point her crooked finger at me and say, “Now, honey,” real sweet, and I knew I was going to get after-school detention for a month. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They were black, crooked, and filed to points. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Sidana twitched furiously, pulling at his whiskers and grinding his crooked teeth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She had a faded red heart painted on her breast and a yellow crescent moon, worn down and crooked, painted where her body would have blended into the ship’s wood. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fluttery, like a moth that has hurt itself and is flapping in crooked circles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And then one of them beckoned with a crooked finger. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Another way of saying you don’t know what you’ve got. by hook or by crook. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s slouched all crooked on the couch, one leg bent up, the sax splayed across him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It reared, flipped backward, and fluttered into her arms, nestling its head deeply into the crook of her elbow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Well, now,” she says, crooking the rifle in her arm and starting to make her way down from the rocks to where we’re standing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I fall neatly into the crook of Amber's neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The streets were very narrow and as crooked as a hickory stick. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a crooked front tooth that reminded Mary Lou of a lady crossing her legs, and when he smiled, there was something slightly naughty in it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z But on the beam, I suddenly went crooked on a double back-handspring layout series, and I crashed sideways to the floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Buttercup’s eyes reflect the faint glow of the safety light over the door as he lies in the crook of Prim’s arm, back on the job, protecting her from the night. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Like our training officer, this man was fond of referring to in-mates, out of their presence, as “crooks” and “mutts.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is very respectable, very well dressed, but underneath it is all wrong. Out of my experience, I should say he was the big crook. I give you my opinion for what it is worth.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if you don’t hold still, your eyes will be crooked,” I said, shading in the side of his face with my pencil. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Annette came staggering in; she had been trying to carry a huge folder of sheet music in the crook of her injured arm. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone jumps in front of me—a dark-haired white boy with a huge crooked smile on his face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Instead, it was blackened, and one of the branches hung crooked and dead, split from the trunk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t do anything about his crooked yellow teeth because he got into a sneeze ing fit every time I started brushing them with my toothbrush, and I finally had to give up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I put it in the crook of my arm, like we were an old tintype picture in a fancy frame. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything has a secondhand look—the faded blue floral curtains, the crooked cover on the couch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Hilly’s still got her hand tucked in the crook of Johnny’s arm and she gives it another pull. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Two thousand feet below, slicing a deep crease through the surrounding bedrock, the Dudh Kosi appeared as a crooked strand of silver glinting from the shadows. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Behind her, the aquarium cover juts out at a crooked angle. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m crooking my neck, pressed against the tinted window, to get a better view of our house. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Anyway if I did say something very cutting and snotty, he'd probably get up and come over to me and say, "Listen, Caulfield. Are you calling me a crook?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I can’t help but draw them with crooked fingers, weirdly shaped palms, or unnatural bends to the wrists. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she had loosened the earth and weeded with Mama’s big moose antler hoe and her own smaller hoe carved from a crooked tree branch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She caught glimpses of feathers and crooked paper crowns, rose-hued cheeks and deeply rouged lips, gowns of rich red and gold velvet. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The instant that the blurred, crooked image appeared in the viewfinder, Roy knew he was in trouble. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears a silvery sari, a wedding gift worn for the first time, the sleeves of her blouse reaching the crook of her elbow. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The emigrants confused the gods by diverting their curses, misleading them with crooked streets and false names. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was done, she settled her chin in the crook of my collarbone. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Ralph sat up in his wagon, his hat crooked on his head, and he was fretful. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when I have relapses of my old demon, I lie in the crook of his arm and he comforts me this way, talking to me all night long to stave off the bad dreams. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Woodenly, Fenton turned to look, but instead of rallying to his own defense he made a slow, leaden gesture of dismissal and lay his head in the crook of his arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My neck aches from lying crooked across the bags. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He had a wide mouth, crooked and generous. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the older ones canted crazily, like crooked teeth, the names and dates eroded from decades of sun, wind, and snow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Qotho's lips skinned back from his crooked brown teeth in a terrible mockery of a smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Arrayed against them is la migra, along with crooked police, street gangsters, and bandits. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her face is long, her mouth slightly lopsided; something about the top lip is a little skewed, as if it’s been cut open and sewn up crooked. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I forgot myself and climbed the slope, then walked along the ridge, letting the wind take me as I stared out at the expanse of crooked streets and stone courtyards. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If I pinch her and Vinny or throw pinecones, it is only because I do not want them to become crooked and bitter. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The only other furniture was a crooked wooden dresser and a small table, on top of which rested a lamp providing what light they had. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I pulled my right ax from the ice, reached up, and twisted the pick into a crooked half-inch fissure until it jammed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nate spotted crooked rooftops, the wharves jutting into the river, and too many church steeples to count. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid tugged at the first shirt for half an hour, and she folded it crooked, the buttonholes not lined up with the buttons at all. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I poured most of the can’s contents onto a leaf of cigarette paper, rolled it into a crooked joint, and promptly smoked it down to the roach. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she tucks her face into the crook of her elbow. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They stopped at a hundred miniature stores with crooked floors so Poppy could greet the owners, kiss-kiss on both cheeks, introduce the family, and be offered coffee or tea, though he kept saying no. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When Luna awoke again, Fyrian was still fast asleep in the crook of her arm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She got a crooked smile on her face. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Talmud crooked a finger at her, drawing her toward it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Uncle Abdullah opened the tailgate of the truck and crooked his finger to beckon me out. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then do I notice the figure in the chair seated across from my father—the hair, the freckles, the slightly crooked nose—and my heart jumps and falls at the same time. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He crooked his finger under Kamau’s chin, forcing their eyes to meet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In a modest library, the creep of moisture had bowed the shelves into crooked smiles. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Bigger sat in a chair, leaned forward, rested his arms on the table and buried his face in the crooks of his elbows. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Molly said, twisting her arms above her head and bending her body so it looked crooked. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He nestles his face in the crook of my neck and inhales deep. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In the play, the invaders pose as hook-nosed department-store owners, crooked jewelers, dishonorable bankers; they sell glittering trash; they drive established village businessmen out of work. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And now, this woman, this mother, with her heartbreakingly eager, crooked smile and the barely veiled hope in her eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The doctor stuck a crooked- looking scissors inside my wound and fished for the bullet. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We sat together looking through the crooked stick fence at the great variety of spurned blossoms in my father’s garden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The tip of Dumbledore’s long, crooked nose was barely an inch from Mrs. Norris’s fur. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z When Kate came back with teapot and cups on a tray Faye was clawing at her mouth with a crooked finger and whimpering in agony. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then out he came, crooking his elbow as my escort. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hassan’s prices and work were always the best for miles around. The crooks who run the shops around here are spreading rumors about that shop already.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z His arm was still crooked over his face, and without being able to see his eyes, she couldn’t tell if he might be faking. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She has yellow hair, wiry legs, the most beautiful crooked smile in the world, and lovely hips, and she watches a lot of movies. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The woman laughed, slipping her arm through the crook of her husband’s elbow. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z One crooked neighbor, pulling another, up from the depths. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Then in an angry tone of voice he added, “Diaz is a crook. He over charges for everything. That sin vergüenza doesn’t know who he’s dealing with.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The one on the left turned its crooked helmet, which was shaped like a wolf s head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The apartment was sparse; there was a dining room table for one with a chair tucked into it, a worn sofa, a crooked side table, and two standing floor lamps. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z His house was crooked, he might be, too. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Usually when I come on the court I take a guy’s game and put it in my pocket,” he said with this crooked grin, “but I had to leave yours in the locker room.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The door opened and the crooked little cotton-eyed piano player stood in the entrance, waiting for a sound to tell him where she was. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the foothills and fields I could see the long, white, crooked line of steam, marking the river’s course. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t believe we will? That day will come. Mark my words. We’ll put all those crooked politicians where they belong—behind iron bars.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A crooked smile is not always a bad one. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He pulled out a box pack of Marlboro Reds and swung back down into the crook where he usually sat, and unwrapped the cellophane. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A crowd of teenagers in front of the White House, wearing homemade T-shirts that all say the same thing in crooked Sharpie letters, a phrase he recognizes from one of his own emails: HISTORY, HUH? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Take this,” he said, “and hit the patch of bluish crystals just across the crooked fissure. You see it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A Los Angeles Times editor recalled Darrow once telling him, “When you’re up against a bunch of crooks you will have to play their game. Why shouldn’t I?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Miss Love, in a pretty yellow dress, was lying a-top the sheet on Granny’s side of the bed, her head cradled in the crook of Grandpa’s left elbow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I was at my study desk when Mama came into my room, my school uniforms piled on the crook of her arm. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z One of the bear heads on her waist was now wearing a pair of crooked plastic Alcatraz sunglasses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mother has figured out how to make bread “by hook or by crook,” she likes to say, but the stove doesn’t really have a proper oven. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He rushed upon the crooked man, towering with passion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And he would take a roadside attraction, no matter how cheap, how crooked, or how sad, over a shopping mall, any day. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Well, what about that storm that blew the crooked road straight?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The one on the left had a slight crook, but the other two were smooth and straight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From the trains, everything is visible: the bare feet, the crooked backs, the bad teeth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the Buckeye cracked a crooked, embarrassed smile. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Karl Johnson has since left the C.D.C., and he now spends a great deal of his time fly-fishing for A single Ebola-virus particle with a pronounced “shepherd’s crook”—in this case, a tangled double crook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the slave owners’ enforcers, the patrollers were the law: white, crooked, and merciless. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It also held a tiny paper with a message: another of Finn’s crooked hearts with the smallest of words written below, “Kids=safe.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When-ever she arrives, he holds her tight by the crook of the arm. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "A crook! A pirate! A brigand! A rustler!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Gus turned away from the screen for a second and flashed his crooked smile at Isaac. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z A gift bag hangs from the crook of his finger. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The ogre grinned and showed his crooked teeth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He’s cute with his crooked bangs and missing front teeth. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Mark wedged his flashlight in the crook of his elbow and tried one of the devices. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His bangs are still crooked, but my little brother is growing up. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She crooks her finger, telling me to come outside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I follow his eyes to the big white guy now laying on the ground crooked and bloody and motionless. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “It is quite apparent there is some crooked work afoot,” Agent Burger wrote in a report. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He stepped smartly over the threshold and closed the front door behind him.“It is a long time since my last visit,” said Dumbledore, peering down his crooked nose at Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If he crooked his elbows and knees, he reminded people of one of the wall spiders that lurked in dark closets. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Fd thought it was just because he always had peanut butter in his crooked teeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She was holding Maria up to the window in the crook of her arm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They admired the new baby, asleep in the crook of her bespectacled grandmother’s arms. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Applying these methods to government, Progressives sought to end the tradition of crooked party bosses packing government agencies, including law enforcement, with patrons and hacks. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Our major plan, which we didn’t even have to discuss, was to get back together with Edmond and Isaac and Osbert by hook or by crook. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered my father's story of how he had been beaten blind in a crooked fight, of the scandal that had been suppressed, and how the fighter had died in a home for the blind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat in the crook of his arm, her head against his shoulder and his long brown whiskers partly covering her eyes, and everything was all right again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt its point penetrate the crook of his right arm and blood seeping down the sleeve of his torn robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I said it’s none of your business,” he snapped, pointing his crooked finger at me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His war paint was smeared and his feathers were crooked. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She speaks quickly to her husband in Spanish but he just responds, “Ay, Carmelina,” and buries his head in the crook of his arm. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somewhere right along here,” Justin remarked, “we’re entering the woods. You’ll notice the tunnel runs a bit crooked. We had to bend it to go around tap roots—some as thick as fence posts.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Despite that, no one could talk Bobby out of his belief that Kasparov and Karpov were “crooks.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Cord on cord of oak and ash were stacked to make tall, crooked walls between the trunks of trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Yes, pleasing, I would say. The robe, hmm, is a bit long and crooked. I hold out my arms. “It is?” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Of the 281 wrestlers covered in the data cited above, they identified 29 crooked wrestlers and 11 who were said to be incorruptible. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “That proves how good she is, Fist. She doesn’t like low- down crooks.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The judge sighed wearily and motioned him out of the courtroom and crooked his fingers at the constable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “This window looks north,” he said, tapping the glass with the crooked nail of his index finger. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z When he walked us to the car, balancing on his crooked walking stick made from a tree branch, Kevin came out of the car and greeted him, then handed him a slim wad of cash. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It sat on the hill above us, a dark shape crouched against the moonlit sky, its crooked chimneys rising like broken fingers from the roof. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Now the dog, lively and in good health despite a tail as crooked and useless as Kira’s leg, stayed constantly at Matt’s side. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in a crooked cranny near a back corner of the Homestead, Minho pulled out a key and opened up a shabby door leading to a small storage closet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Jean Louise saw the glint of gold-rimmed spectacles slung across a sour face looking out from under a crooked wig, the twitter of a bony finger. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She reined in her mules and crooked a bony finger at Tristran. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Catching sight of her red-fletched arrows, the man grinned, stretching the crooked scar on his bottom lip. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Nick Farthing was twelve, but he could pass—and did sometimes—for sixteen: a large boy with a crooked smile, and little imagination. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z There was the same dear glass jar on a pole dripping fluid into him through the crook of his elbow. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Do you want this town run by—now wait a minute—-Willoughby’s a crook, we know that, but do you know of any Negro who knows as much as Willoughby? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When they left, he gave them a crooked grin and shook his head, but said nothing. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z With her incongruously small legs and massive torso, she looked like a refrigerator on crooked wheels. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The books sit crooked on shelves, like rows of neglected teeth. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I slam my other hand next to the first and drive another crack through the glass, this one spreading outward from my palm in long, crooked fingers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Finally, he made sure it was completely covered with the fabric so it would be protected from the rain, and then he leaned the mechanical man into the crook of his elbow. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z His usually straight nose had tilted to a crooked angle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He edged up the trunk, to his favorite place in the crook of two branches, and looked down at the Potter’s Field below him, a brambly patch of weeds and unmown grass in the moonlight. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A grandmother of a petty knight, an ugly woman with a crooked nose, seemed stately and beautiful in the torches’ strange light. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z His eyes open, and his body lying crooked on the ground. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All around, crooked branches like witches’ fingers make patterns where the sun crisscrosses through. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z My eyes scan the hateful phrases written in thick, crooked lines—sloppy writing that screams Go Home, Terrorists, Towelheads, and bad words so terrible that I squeeze my eyelids shut tight. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was dead and more of an old snag than a tree, with limbs that were crooked and twisted. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dill hugged Lydia again, knocking her glasses crooked. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Then he wiggles down and tucks said nose in the little crook between your chin and your neck, and he just lies there and breathes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He’s not conscious, although I can see no wound except a gash below the crook of his elbow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The bay mare had her colt. A horse colt. Sorrel with a blaze. Sort of crooked down his face, like this.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore nodded, looking down at his lap, tears still glittering on the crooked nose. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A scary voice howls from the house with the crooked door and broken windows. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “I may have given you some interesting things, like this—” She held up her crooked hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I pretend to study all the family pictures Abuela keeps tacked up crooked on the walls. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The paper was a fuzzy copy of the back of Mom’s phone, a reproduction of the crooked heart drawn on it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z ‘You shall love your crooked neighbour / With your crooked heart,” I read aloud. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Her smile was generous, enigmatic, slightly crooked, and kind. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He grinned, giving me a good view of his crooked yellow fangs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z My lips are full, except they're always crooked, as if my face never knows whether it's serious or smiling or about to speak. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She sees a list of things to buy, her checkbook out of balance, her ashtray sitting crooked on a straight table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She held Olive in the crook of her arm, the little girl’s head resting sweetly on her shoulder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z 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 Her smile was crooked in the most perfect way. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He gives me a crooked grin, and then he stares at my mouth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes the bed seemed to be floating on a dark sea with little sunlit islands that resolved into the crooked lamps when he focused on them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A big crooked sign hanging above the entrance read STELLA. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I draw his crooked nose in the bottom left corner. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He grinned his crooked smile at me, stopping my breath and my heart. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘Say also,’ said Gandalf, ‘that to crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Since this morning,” she says and starts crying into the crook of her arm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine, and his eyes lay deep in his head, and because of their depth seemed to glitter with intensity. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were a bit crooked, he said, but he’d used so many nails, he didn’t think it would ever fall down. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Emma could have sworn she felt the crooked heart against her palm, even though it was just a Sharpie drawing on plastic and perfectly flat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She had a brooch on her lapel that looked like a spread of poker chips, with WINNER’S in shiny gold across the arch, but it was pinned crooked. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a little crooked, but they didn’t have time to level it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The nurse pops two fingers in the crook of my arm and inspects the veins there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I noticed the fresh shine of saliva in the corner of his mouth, and his glasses were crooked. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Now that noon was past, there were few people on the road, but soon they fell in with a peasant with a shepherd’s crook over his shoulder. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Susie showed me how to crook my arm just the right way to get the best distance. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Rain fell in the barnyard and ran in crooked courses down into the lane where thistles and pigweed grew. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z A flattened chick lies crooked, neck dangling off his palm. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Her eyes were pale, her complexion sallow, and her teeth crooked, but she was extremely healthy and never complained during her pregnancy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We have shade all year from scrub pines that look like the crooked trees in a Dr. Seuss book. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Until Mr. Fitt strode out of his office; and then, though she didn’t actually say anything, she did give Ralph a crooked smile, which Ralph took to mean she might have cared for him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But Dimarion was only looking for one: in the crook of Reed’s left elbow, a tiny tattooed ship perched at the edge of a spinning maelstrom—a reminder of their last encounter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z From there one could see the country for miles, the long white crooked line of the river, the tall thick timber of the bottoms, the sycamore, birch, and box elder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Augustus Waters of the crooked smiles and unsmoked cigarettes was gone, replaced by this desperate humiliated creature sitting there beneath me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z When I come back around to the little concrete house beside the lake, I pause in the doorway and see Gale propping the crooked poker he salvaged against the wall by the hearth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Inside was a maze of narrow crooked alleys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It didn’t take long for her to select the most crooked, most pathetic, patchiest pine tree in the bunch. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The first means “winding,” “crooked,” “full of turns.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Deep in meditation he ran his forefinger between his long, crooked toes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then, coming up this straight and silent street, he saw a woman, very old and black, coming toward them, staggering on the crooked stones. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z So we waited, and waited, and waited, until we thought the deal was crooked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Without using any tools, you can still tell if it’s crooked—even by a tiny bit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “That would explain it,” he said, cradling Duuzuu in the crook of his arm. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z His smile was crooked, and his forehead too high. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z An hour later, I examined my treasure on the kitchen table: two handfuls of green beans, four stunted crook- neck squash that had been nibbled by mice, and a few sour cherries. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They yelled at her for gluing hearts crooked. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he points a crooked finger at me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Puli was standing some distance away; from somewhere he had produced a begging bowl which he held in the crook of his elbow, while he displayed his mutilated hands to the passers-by. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl who stared back had the same heart-shaped face, the same slightly crooked smile, the same brown hair, the same gray eyes as Hannah Stem of New Rochelle, New York, in America. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z To get to the Sea Tower on its crooked pillar, he had to cross three further bridges, each narrower than the one before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The naked crooks of his knees were plump, caught and scratched by thorns. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Odysseus rolled his head to one side softly, ducking the blow, and smiled a crooked smile with teeth clenched. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It harbored, in the crook of its inner curve, a particular shell that could be found nowhere else on the beach. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t hard to identify my handiwork of the prior workday: my staples were crooked, catching the wire in a haphazard but adequate way to hold it to the posts. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Francie didn’t tell Evy how she was afraid the baby would be born crooked because Mama had worked on her hands and knees up to the last minute. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I notice the planes of his skull, showing through his shaved hair, and the jagged path his crooked nose carves down his face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Hollow Hall is a stone manor with a tall, crooked tower, the whole thing half-covered in vines and ivy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I grabbed Nana by the crook of her arm and led her out of the way while Mom threw open the oven door, releasing a gob of smoke that immediately set off the smoke alarm. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The crooked, cobbled street was much altered now from the bustling place Harry had visited before his first term at Hogwarts so many years before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She wriggled her crooked little fingers at Phoebe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z "Yeah, man, it don't look crooked to me, either," I said, trying to squash this before it got too far. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z All it’s done so far is give me a headache and make my glasses sit crooked. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She followed her mother into the stinky store crowded with stacked shelves of crooked stick and wire cages. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Whenever one of the servants wished to drink, he would raise his eyes or crook a finger, and one or both of them would come and fill his cup. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Everything about being with David feels natural, like the crooked, happy smile he’s wearing right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A forlorn, jailbird’s face with a nobby forehead running back into a bald scalp, a crooked nose and battered-looking cheekbones above which the eyes were fierce and watchful. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The old Willis house loomed ahead, dark and crooked against the starry sky. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Rainie started telling me how stingy and crooked my grandfather was. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In daylight they watch my crooked hands while I scratch the soil in my little damp garden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One young man who had a broken leg splinted and obviously healing crooked, and one old man who didn’t do much work any more. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z After being appointed director, in 1921, Burns had bent laws and hired crooked agents, including a confidence man who peddled protection and pardons to members of the underworld. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When the bottle was ready, Sister Fenella took Lyra in the crook of her arm and settled back to feed her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Alex bites his lip and watches Henry squeeze their waists in return, and then Alex has him, inhaling the clean smell of him, laughing into the crook of his neck. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He had a crooked smile and a slightly crazy look in his eyes, like he’d just been playing an intense video game. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The cattail pond now had steel gray and rust brown pipes running up from it toward the groves, like someone had connected straws together in four crooked lines. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her handwriting was large and lovely, although it ran at a crooked angle down the page. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Finally the ghost with the pope hat struck his shepherd’s crook against the floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One, carrying a doctor's bag, quickly limped on crooked legs to the side of the writhing doorman. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned so my face was resting in the crook of his neck and I was breathing in his clean, woodsy smell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She lifted a swollen face from the crook of her arm. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She would knock on the crooked door in the mornings. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As her hands and her mind grew more crooked, Kate began to rely more and more on Joe Valery as her assistant in chief, as her go-between, and as her executioner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night one kid or another ends up under the crook of my arm or spooned against my back. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When he saw her, he stopped and grinned, showing a mouthful of crooked brown teeth under the leather flap he wore sometimes to cover the hole in his face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even with my shirttails hanging out and the necktie crooked, it was easy to see that the clothes were tailored and finely made. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The boy prodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When he’s beside me, he has that crooked smile on his face. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I cough into the crook of my arm. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Mom turned around and crooked a finger at me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Hugo saw the white crooked fingers of the Station Inspector reaching for him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Behind the main building, a string of smaller cubes had been added in a crooked path out the back. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Her teeth are straight on top and crooked on the bottom. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He turned away from me, and began perusing the volumes upon the shelf, selecting some, drawing them out, and laying them in the crook of his arm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After all, the statement was coming from a crook seeking to shorten his sentence, and Spencer, the one person who could corroborate Gregg’s testimony, had since been gunned down by a posse of lawmen. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She spots a young woman, walking with her phone crooked between her shoulder and her ear. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He picked up speed, throwing his weight onto his huge front shoulders, crooked tail lifted behind him like a flag. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He limped as he walked toward her, not the crooked limp of Doctor Sikes, just a small limp, a painful limp. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing in the pond, my ankles look crooked, cut by the water’s surface. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Some had crooked backs, or humps, or horns, or antlers, or bulging cysts, or tails. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Guards followed Werfel through the crooked streets with the emissary on a stretcher. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z A crooked stone path led past a crazy assortment of tiny altars and massive domed vaults. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Between you and me, I don’t think your gram would have liked that service too much,” he says, one of his woolly eyebrows crooking. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And that is how they knew the little crooked white child, the little girl without kakakaka, had been eaten. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He sleeps in bed with me in the crook of my knees, but I am more as well. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The houses looked bent and crooked, like houses in a fairy tale. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I probably saved her life,” Yanna said with a hint of her crooked smile. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Seth pressed through dense undergrowth until he reached a faint, crooked path, the kind made by animals. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z All they had to do was crook their fingers and the girls would come running, eager to be known as the girlfriend of a member of the exalted Big Creek team. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I throw myself through the flap and then immediately up against the sidewall as the yak thunders past, his crooked horn just inches from my chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “She’s probably a small-time crook, because there isn’t a record on her.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Kate was a sick ghost, crooked and in some way horrible. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the crook that had stolen them probably would've said, his voice very innocent and all, "What gloves?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell Salim this because I looked up ‘skewed’ in the dictionary and it said ‘crooked’, which makes it sound as if I am a criminal, which I am not. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Johnson smiled a crooked smile and shook his head. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Haskell’s Dregs were old guard, con men and crooks from another time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The bartender’s smile was a crooked, wily thing that made the scars wrinkle in his cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He had several feet of long silver hair and beard, half-moon spectacles, and an extremely crooked nose. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s too bad it’s just a story,” Yanna said, her crooked smile appearing again. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her joints were swollen and stiff, making her crooked, and it anguished her to walk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She pointed at the little dog, who recognized her and wagged his crooked stub of a tail. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry reached out, straightened the half-moon spectacles upon the crooked nose, and wiped a trickle of blood from the mouth with his own sleeve. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His nose was crooked—it must have been broken in the past—and there was a slight powdering of nearly invisible freckles on his tawny cheeks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Frankie returned, holding a bottle tucked in the crook of his arm and a tumbler in either hand, each filled a quarter way with golden liquid. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He squeezed her hand once and then let her go, wiping his face on the crook of his arm. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Rasheed rolled over to face her, gently scratched her thigh with the crooked nail of his index finger. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He dropped to his knees and cradled her lolling head in the crook of his arm, barking at her, “You hurt? You hurt, Pilate?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The mask's long crooked nose gave him an eerie birdlike appearance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I turn and fiddle with a family picture on the wall, making it crooked. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z His little glasses were crooked on his face as he smoothed his blue button-down shirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We run now, hunting for shelter, panic adding speed to Alan’s crooked run. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “What? They thought he was some kind of a crook?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sahil closed the crooked door behind us and blinked in the dim light. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Patrick offered her an arm and she slipped a gloved hand in the crook of his elbow, inscrutable behind her dark glasses, calm as a bride. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z One of his shoulders was higher than the other, giving him a crooked cast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "See? All I'm takin' is the five you owe me. I'm no crook." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She was stiff-backed with serious eyes and a crooked nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The English muffin box says they have nooks and crannies, but “crooks and nannies” is one of our favorite jokes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She looks down, her crooked mouth betraying just how right I am. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Of course not, right? How can you trust a crook?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Quite a few guys came from these very wealthy families, but it was full of crooks anyway. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z From the one photo I had of them, I knew I’d inherited my father’s straight nose and my mother’s crooked smile. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She flipped the switch, and the darkness dissolved into wobbly piles of dust-covered junk and crooked cardboard-box towers. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She tucks her hand into the crook of my arm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It made me feel self-conscious about my crooked bottom ones. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The old lady standing there was little, with a crooked back and a black chador framing her face, so you couldn’t even tell if she had hair. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In the end, the cat eyes were crooked and my eyelids felt sticky and heavy, but I definitely looked a little more punk. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z This was her doing, he said, her crafty, crooked ways. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks at the woman before hiding his face in the crook of my neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Milo smiled happily and then cautiously crooked his finger again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The prospective buyer took one look at the colt’s crooked legs and passed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Cain drew his sword, a crooked grin on his face as he crouched in a defensive stance in the center of the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Hillsdale was upon her before she knew it, a tangled, disorderly mess of dirty houses and crooked streets. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Only I’m going to have a yappy Pekinese, and chase kids off my lawn. I’m going to have a shepherd’s crook.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s no business of mine,” he said, extracting one crooked cigarette and crushing the empty pack in his hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the center of the clearing stood an old, crooked sweet-gum tree. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He smiled, showing a mouth full of crooked yellow teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He found his feet again and lurched to the rail, and then he was fighting, staggering and splashing across crooked decks awash with water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He brought his hands up to the sides of his face, like paws; he crooked his fingers, like claws. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z His face was crooked, yes, but sad, like the reflection in a cracked mirror. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He did not care that I wore clothes I made for myself in home economics class, cotton print shirtwaists with crooked zippers and skirts hanging below my knees, outfits only the Pentecostal girls wore. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie watched him as he crooked his forefinger and cradled the marble in it with his thumb behind it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He came lumbering out the front door, a crooked smile cracked across his face, and he seemed a little surprised to see me waiting for him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your armor is crooked” was her only comment, and she redid my straps for me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My boss at Pagoda is a really cool biker lady with crooked yellow teeth, named Marie. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z George's denim bag swung slowly in the air, hanging from one crooked finger. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z All around them, crooked monoliths of earth and ice burst upward, as if the ground were coming to life. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Eventually she was brought back to her normal state of mind by a cramp in her right ankle, which was resting awkwardly in the crook of the fork. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In the final rounds, some of us went crooked on bars or wobbled on beam or took little hops on our dismounts. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I flipped through it with the flashlight crooked between neck and shoulder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He was supposed to have sauntered right through that crooked door and into the bar with the rest of Hatchet’s men. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His face was long and sad, with a crooked nose and bad teeth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He reached down and ran a hand over it, remembering the sight of his father stepping out of the market, the paper bag in the crook of his arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “We’ll take care of your baby!” yells a skinny woman with a bowl cut and crooked teeth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Dark red blood trickled in a thin crooked line down his lower leg. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “It’s worked thirty-nine times so far, pal,” Hall assured me with a crooked grin when I confessed my doubts. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Neglecting the new shipments delivered to the storage room, she began hounding us for recipes, for vermicelli pudding and papaya stew, and inscribed them in crooked letters in the pages of her inventory ledger. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Owooo!” wailed Arm, crooking his legs and advancing on the villagers like a giant spider. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She grinned at me with her crooked teeth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Her teeth were crooked, but there was something ingratiating about that smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, she opened her eyes and gave me a crooked nod. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She crooked a finger, and I went forth. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And if they chanced to look down and see me struggling underneath them, they saw that even the crooked girl believed her own life was precious. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, the path was so narrow and crooked that their pace had dropped to a crawl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “And then,” April interrupted, “the girls could go to the house pretending to sell Girl Scout cookies, to see if it really was the crooks.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Narrow but drenched with sun, the room contained a bed, a stool, a crooked table, and a rush mat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She smiled as she said it, pointing a crooked index finger at us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "It was common gossip at the time, that Westing's daughter killed herself rather than have to marry that crooked politician. . . ." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She shifted him back into the crook of her elbow and felt his head with her hand. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Boomer and I walk between the old gravestones—crooked and slick with moss, some of them so old you can’t even read the names on them anymore—until we come to the newer ones. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He saw a boy with a black beanie on his head, crooked, tilted to the side, and his mind betrayed him for just a second. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I smiled my crooked smile and said simply, “Aba.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Stiff, crooked fingers that grappled clumsily with Krimpet wrappers curled naturally around the shape of a baseball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet scuffed and round, and the heels all crooked that look dumb with this dress, so I just sit. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z A wedge of honeycomb stuck in the crook of Our Lady’s elbow. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets were as crooked and wayward as country streams, dissecting the city not into square blocks but into convoluted shapes of all sizes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The wandering boy hid his crying face in the crook of his arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The woman with the braid must be her mother, and the man—with the crooked nose and the cowlicked hair—was her father. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He made a few calls from his crooked wall phone and kept assuring us the guy was coming. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Henry’s grin goes crooked and a little shy, dipping down to brush against Alex’s jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She climbed into the crook of her favorite cottonwood tree and pulled her blanket tight around her shoulders. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She will be unmistakable: the long line of jaw, the slightly crooked lip. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll start with whatever’s in those sacks,” the Wicked One snarled, pointing a crooked finger at the sacks of books. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She has a large nose and crooked teeth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She stroked his face, marveling at what it had come to mean to her in so short a span of time—this crooked nose, these rough-cut cheeks, these rivercat lashes and dreamer’s eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In a memo, Hoover informed Stone that he had begun combing through personnel files and identifying incompetent or crooked agents who should be fired. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Like camping out,” he’d said, “except we can go anywhere,” and she had wanted so badly to go with him, anywhere, to kiss that crooked, bashful smile. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We were building a pile of the pits on a file photo of one of his former subjects, a South American woman with a magnificently crooked nose. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When the girl was gone Kate rested her arms and hands on the desk so that each crooked finger was supported. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There’d been no breeze off the harbor that day, and a gray milk fog had wreathed the city’s canals and crooked alleys in damp. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Baba has handpicked the sheep again this year, a powder white one with crooked black ears. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Would anyone care if the seams on my stockings were crooked? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The hens paid her no mind, seeing that she came with a crooked stick and no feed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I thought of that corner in Monaco which I had passed a day or two ago, and where a crooked house leant to a cobbled square. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her wig looked slightly crooked and her makeup was beginning to melt in the humidity. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know who put it in the air, that I’m crooked. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "It ain't crooked, man," Black said, looking as hard as he could. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Some of the fingers were crooked, as though they’d been broken and healed again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z From the crooked stone ridge, they could see for miles. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I did him a favor. They wanted to catch this crook, you see. Name of Johnny. He was as low-down as they come. . . .” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z One ignored Lac’s staring, but the other, who had a slightly crooked gait that made him hop-skip every few steps, met his gaze. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Tayo stood in the door and looked around inside, at the empty tables with crooked legs of different lengths. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He hefted up the jug in the crook of his finger. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Pulled again, harder, the wheel digging into the crook of his arm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Although his teeth are crooked and his lower ones are slanted back—as if someone had once punched them in—when he smiles it’s as if you’d just told him the first joke on earth. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Before either of the crooks could shut their surprised jaws, he added, “And if you don’t want her to know what you’ve done, you’ll get me what I need.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He flipped his notebook shut and, crooking his finger at me, motioned me to follow him to the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Riddle wrote it when he was sixteen. Dumbledore took the diary from Harry and peered keenly down his long, crooked nose at its burnt and soggy pages. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The crooked collection of mud-brick huts in the beastkeepers’ quarters seemed so much smaller in the daytime. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She suspected he made up many of them; the rhymes were crooked. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There must have been a hundred of them, all partly melted and stuck in long crooked rows behind where the bed had been. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him about the bald guy with the crooked nose coming to Lice’s trailer, and about the bloodstains Shelly found later in her Jeep. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I try and iron some pleats, but my hands is shaking and they come out all crooked. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I’m sure she will. She always intended to someday. And she has no family there. She’s old enough to marry, but no one would want her. Her leg is crooked. She walks with a stick.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Instead I pull him to his feet, tuck my glove through the crook of his arm, and merrily pull him on our way. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The man put both hands to his helm and lifted it off his head, holding it in the crook of his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s been a joke with Grammy that, no matter how hard she tries, her cakes are always crooked. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Like all hot guys, he has a crooked smile. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My neck ached from crooking over the quilting frame. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Kathy, call your friends at the newspapers and TV and radio stations and tip them off about the crooked betting ring in this town.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he leaned back even more, and I’m not lying, the wheelchair started to go up the first step—kind of crooked, but up—and then he began to fall over. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was talking about the crooked heart and the “We love you, Mommy” on the case, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A tube that hangs down and leads...into the crook of my elbow. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He had been bom slightly crooked—a clumsy delivery by the midwife—like Richard III. Arthur was waiting for them, with Guenever and Lancelot on either hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “True,” said Mr. Curtain with an approving crook of one eyebrow. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The firelight glowed dark blue, reflecting evilly on Tantalus’s crooked face. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I shivered and pressed myself closer to him, letting the heat build between our stomachs again, hiding my face in the crook of his neck. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that still slept. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He grins and reveals a row of crooked teeth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She forced down the first spoonful, making a crooked face, but it was not so bad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As though she held the broken pieces of her heart together in the crook of a frozen arm. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The crooked guardians and administrators of Osage estates were typically among the most prominent white citizens: businessmen and ranchers and lawyers and politicians. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Beside Demetrius lies Leander, blood staining his halo of curly hair, trickling down his crooked nose and off his chin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They had been twelve days crossing the Neck, rumbling down a crooked causeway through an endless black bog, and she had hated every moment of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I kept the silver," Tyrion had told him with a crooked, smile, "but you were promised the gold, and there it is." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The house in which Bryce and Sarah Ruth lived was so small and crooked that Edward did not believe, at first, that it was a house. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z She grinned, one tooth ever so slightly crooked. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Often his jaw was crooked because he had a habit of feeling out the sore new teeth with his tongue. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And the big crooked nails on which it swung let out a wild rusty shriek. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Bucky caught my neck in the crook of his elbow and knuckled my hair. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Tomorrow, however, would be another story, and I was determined that, by hook or by crook, my friend Bunnicula would eat by sundown the next day. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot took off his armour sadly, with an occasional crooked glance at the horrible tree, until he was dressed in his shirt and breeches. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Rivers of tears coursed down, crooked, across his cheeks, his stubble-covered chin. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Some are crooked and the second-story windows are boarded up from the inside, rather than the outside. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Nothing has changed—the school, the pink comer store, the crooked barbed-wire fences covered with drying clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared down his very crooked nose at them, and Harry suddenly found himself wishing he and Ron were still being beaten up by the Whomping Willow. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Its narrow, crooked streets were transformed into a sea of black and brown uniforms. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The king smiled, his crooked teeth glowing yellow in the firelight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He rests his chin on my bunk and smiles Mother's sweet, crooked smile. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The blue cottage with the crooked chimney, the green two-story only half painted. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He flashed his special crooked smile, leaving me breathless. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z His glasses were crooked on his face, and his mouth was open, and his face was covered in whiskers. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The crooked corner was in a short side section. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He hid his head in the crook of his elbow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It is parted just off-center, a bit crooked at the base. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Father Cham crooked a finger at him and Pong moved closer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Or if it was the City that produced a crooked kind of mourning for a rival young enough to be a daughter. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Down a hollow, round the bend, I came across a thatched cottage made of sooty bricks and crooked timber. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I felt like a crook, like I had done something wrong. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The beds nearby were filled with boys snoring into the crooks of their arms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We sneered at voting, for we felt that the choice between one political crook and another was too small for serious thought. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He tucks his head in the crook of my neck and sniffs, and my heart beats in triple time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In the crook of his arm, the shoe box buckled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z On a clear day, she could see the brownish-green hills behind the crooked roofs of Seatown. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Within, the seven walls were cracked and crooked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His smile is crooked, his eyes are bright, and his fresh haircut makes him look kind of nerdy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Our room looked over roofs down to where this funny quay crooks into the sea. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If you throw something from the equator towards the North Pole, it won’t go straight, but crooked. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She helped me to my feet, one hand supporting my back and the other holding my left arm crooked over her shoulder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She was holding one arm crooked and the other pressed against her stomach. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He throws some fine crooked limbs on the ground, reaches into a pocket on his vest, and hands me a pamphlet. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I bury my face in the crook of my arm, the stink of me preferable to the stink of whatever’s down here. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A gate in the fence hung open on crooked hinges. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Though Nixon was angrily convinced that this was the work of “crooks and communists” out to smear him, the scandal got a grip on the nation at large. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I could hear his voice now in the crook of my neck, reverberating through my bones and the pounding pulse of my blood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She couldn’t help but think of him then, of the boy with the crooked smile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His mouth was sort of crooked, like he was smirking, only I knew he wasn’t. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Do not,” he says, hiding his face behind the crook of his elbow. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I let my body relax on top of his, my head tucked into the crook of his neck. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He nodded, then buried his head in the crook of his arm with a loud groan. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “We’re living in drastic times, Jinx. War’s going on and a man trying to make a living gets his legs knocked out from under him by a crooked lawman. Where’s the justice?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “If they keep loading you like that, you’re going to grow up crooked. Here, let me tie a zango on your arm. I have more than I need.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was something in his face and eyes and in his crooked smile that prevented me from asking. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z And then, the boy would return to Hogwarts, where he is under the crooked nose of that Muggle-loving fool from morning until night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Maybe it was my crooked nose that damaged my thinking. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And how can I invent my version of the story, without my crooked vision? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s got gray hair and a crooked nose. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabe closed the crooked, hastily made door of the shed he had built from old boards. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mamou appeared in my bedroom doorway, smiling at the cap sitting crooked on my head. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z What I carried out of Congo on my crooked little back is a ferocious uncertainty about the worth of a life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You could have booked the crook of your umbrella over it, and it would have hung there. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat apart from the rest of the cult of suicides, his legs crooked impossibly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He crooks a long finger under my chin, tilting my head up so that my eyes meet his, light brown flecked with gray. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “That there’s the big top,” he says, lifting the kerosene lamp and waving a crooked finger at the great rolls of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “It’s funny”—I gave him a crooked smile—“in those days I didn’t need anyone; but now I sure do.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They struck off north and west along a crooked game trail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I am a crooked little person, obsessed with balance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Shelly was sharp when it came to sniffing out fibs, so I just came out and asked her: “Did you ever hear about anything crooked going on with that boat?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In field reports, the agents noted excitedly that their “undercover man” had begun to work among “the crooks in the oil fields and get the evidence he has promised us.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z This time Father’s crooked smile was even more crooked than usual. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Slowly, he followed the hooded figure along a crooked hall until they reached what looked like the back of the shop, where usually inventory would be kept. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She could have summoned it by magic, but as she hurried back toward the crooked house, Harry knew that she wanted to hide her face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It used to be bustling with people, but the company was crooked and couldn’t sustain itself. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Most nights after supper and prayers, Ethel heard her father going up the crooked stairs, guided by the bobbing light of the candle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once a man stumbled up to the clinic with a metal needle used to inflate basketballs shoved into the crook of his arm. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Her teeth are crooked and there’s a strawberry birthmark over one of her chocolate brown eyes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I let him know right quick that my grandfather wasn’t crooked. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I glance at Lolo, I see his crooked glasses and that he’s buttoned his shirt all wrong, the way the twins sometimes do. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The wall was broken two-thirds of the way up by a crooked fissure of icy stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’ll be there in the morning,” he promised, smiling his crooked smile. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Yoren turned away with a twist of his crooked shoulders, and spat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yet something else pulled, a tug low in his stomach as he looked over Anatsou’s shoulder and down the crooked path to which he was gesturing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I found a good crook to hold me steady and looked out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z His presence reverberated through the cramped rooms and crooked hallways as every thug, thief, dealer, con man, and steerer came a little more awake. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His face remained fixed in an expression of polite indifference, but the finger that had been absently stroking his cheek now edged to his crooked nose. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She finds this terribly funny She giggles and buries her face in the crook of his neck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately my quiver has caught in the crook of my elbow, sparing both itself and my shoulder, and my bow is locked in my grasp. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And there was my angel, my Marlena, smiling up at me, tired, radiant, with a blanketed bundle nestled in the crook of her arm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z ‘We were both right! The short cut has gone crooked already; but we got under cover only just in time. You’ve got sharp ears, Sam: can you hear anything coming?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He stands up, rests the candlestick on the table, then smiles the most crooked smile I’ve ever seen, like Picasso made it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And so, in a crooked little house at the head of Hancock’s Wharf on crowded Fish Street, Mrs. Lapham stood at the foot of a ladder leading to the attic where her father-in-law’s apprentices slept. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They had left his spectacles on the crooked nose: He felt amused derision. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When I get up early to go to the bathroom I see the cat move his crooked tail in his sleep. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The man beckons us to follow him with one crooked finger. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She bumped the old photographs hanging crooked on the walls, brushed the strips of torn paper aside, and came to a stop at the bottom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He smiled in a sneaky way, flashing his crooked bottom row. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The dawn was breaking over the uneven roofs and crooked chimneys of the city. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She ran to the perambulator and rocked it gently, crooking her thin, twisted, old fingers at John and Barbara until they stopped crying and began to laugh. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z In a glass cabinet against the wall three rows of dentures grinned at her with crooked teeth, overlapping teeth, notched teeth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The red light filled the hut, encasing all of them in its warmth, and she tucked her face into the crook of her elbow to keep out the searing brightness. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She wore pajamas, a rough brown sweater buttoned crooked, and a big apron, not a work apron but a bib. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Cara was all set to say, “Because an editor can speak right up and tell the world if someone is being lazy or stupid or crooked or mean.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He held her in the crook of his arm. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z His face broke into a crooked yellow grin. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She held out her little finger and crooked it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Amolf Karstark is an old man with a crooked back, and even in his youth he was never the fighter Lord Rickard was. The rigors of the campaign may well kill him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had a glittering robe, a pointed hat, and a shepherd’s crook. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Of course,” said Catherine, “if it hadn’t been crooked we'd never have backed him at all. But I would have liked the three thousand lire.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Meryra would have a sorry and crooked bowl, he reflected, if he did not hold his elbow higher, and he must stiffen his wrist or that sharp-edged hammer would leave marks all over the gold. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He looked at me for a second, then gave a crooked smile. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But as it left her fingers, her memory of the woman in black was replaced by the crooked face of Palo Kanta. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A few of its teeth jutted out in crooked directions. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The window slid in a crooked path up its jamb. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z If she went to sleep in a magical position, knees crooked just right, head at a magical angle, fingers all crossed one over the other, in the morning she would be a boy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She raised her hand, pointing a shaking, crooked black finger in our direction. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He bowed his head, showing a thin glimpse of crooked yellow teeth through the gold of his beard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And it became clear to L.V. that there wasn’t much use waiting for the crooked front door to open on Boobie standing there with that infectious smile on his face begging for forgiveness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Henry,” said the first Lisa, leaning forward and jamming out her half-smoked Vantage so it crooked at a right angle in the ashtray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His teeth were crooked, which made him look friendly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t spy on such private moments anymore, but even the sight of a strong, bare arm crooked gently round a waist or shoulder could make her ache with the yearning to be held. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her front teeth were a little crooked, turning toward each other, and she was self-conscious about it, so she rarely smiled all the way. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It was an easy tree for a boy to climb, leaning as it did, crooked, the branches so close together they almost made a ladder, slanting right up to the roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z You feel pressure on your upper arm, and when you look, your whole arm is wedged into the crook of a guillotine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Cackling cheerfully, he turned off down the crooked lane, the old donkey plodding behind him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Due to lack of practice, it was a little crooked but far neater than Lissa’s large, round, loopy handwriting. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He went to the place where the front door had been and raked until he found that lock, crooked and half melted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The paint was worn off and the porch swing hung crooked, like it was plumb out of swing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A crooked smile appears in the corner of his mouth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I cried into the crook of my arm. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hana starts to pant as three leeches affix themselves to the crook of her arm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “A sparkling addition to the series. So, okay, is the tulip guy a crook? I’m getting a bad vibe from him.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z For the first time, I noticed his ears were too small, his teeth were crooked, and his eyebrows looked like fat, blond caterpillars wriggling on his face when he spoke. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A piece of a thick mast served as a head, with crooked eyes made of rusted iron spars. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The Beverly Hills police thought it looked like the work of a drug addict, and accused a well-known local crook named Elmer Davis. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Xan settled herself cross-legged on the ground and laid the sleeping child in the crook of her knee. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Oh, all right,” grumbled Fadi, handing her the wooden spoon while he kept the steel fork with the crooked prong. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “And would you do business with crooks? Knowingly?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire building sagged to the side, like a crooked tooth. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I crooked my finger at him and he trotted over. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Even as bent and crooked as she was, the woman was tall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They were common among crooks in the Barrel who didn’t want to get caught in a dark alley, but couldn’t be bothered to lug around lanterns. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Teresita’s husband had drawn many hills and even a creek along the crooked path, but no other signs of human life were depicted on the map. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She could not have said how she got back to Flea Bot-tom, but she was breathing hard by the time she reached the narrow crooked unpaved streets between the hills. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Revealed a handful of remaining teeth, all crooked and yellow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But Celia soon grew to love Havana, its crooked streets and the balconies like elegant chariots in the air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z How would he even know about a person like me, the white little crooked girl as I was called? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Back and forth it switched, clawing its way upward as crooked as a bolt of lightning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She walked past her mother and into the living room, still carrying Ulysses in the crook of her arm. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z She was showing off the bread the way she used to tape up the crooked drawings Matthew and Mark brought home from school when they were little. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Note the loops at the ends of some particles, the so-called shepherd’s crooks or eyebolts, which are typical of Ebola Zaire and its sisters. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn’t pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "His Grace has a unique way of winning the hearts of his subjects," lyrion said with a crooked smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A man with a crooked nose shoved forward. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The crowd parted, and Phoebe appeared, her spectacles crooked, her face pale. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the dwarf's brutal bulging brow, the hard black eye and the shrewd green one, the crooked teeth and wiry beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The door had splits and cracks and sat crooked on the frame. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The desert is dotted with tall, crooked Joshua trees. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Dumbledore made a small noise of dissent through his long, crooked nose. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A of being a foppish man with a crooked shoulder, dressed in extravagant clothes, he became a Cause. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As I tried to readjust my body, I knocked Dr. Begbie’s clipboard off my lap and into the crook of my left arm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He bends and picks me up, trying to cradle my right leg in the crook of his arm. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z My mouth went permanently crooked with effort, turned down on the left side and straight on the right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a beaked nose and his mouth was a thin crooked line. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin is white, and his nose is crooked and has a diamond stud. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He wore half-moon glasses, had a long, crooked nose, and flowing silver hair, beard, and mustache. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I was in China in a city named Hankow, a dot on a crooked line that seemed to break the country right in two. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold it awkwardly in the crooks of my elbows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He reaches out a hand for me and his hand comes out sort of sideways, thumb crooked up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He did not know one thing against him, but he felt the man was crooked, and he knew that Paul Revere and Joseph Warren felt as he felt about Church. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am thinking of how all the paintings in Lagos always look crooked, never hung straight,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We passed a file of inmates, all dressed in baggy pants, ragged coats, and caps, gray faces in dim light; one had one of the most crooked noses I’d ever seen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Birds sang in the leafing hazel bushes along the crooked rail fence. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z You think they’re just sitting around out there, but these crooks are always conniving.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “This okay?” he says softly, and I nod into the crook of his neck. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z A speckled lump sat in the crook of a tree. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was the angle of the light or something in the way the face spread out with the smile, but Bull caught a glimpse of a crooked nose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The cross was mighty unusual—it was crooked. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "What? Man, this thing is crooked! Look like you shaped me up with your eyes closed. Like you drunk. Better yet, like you gotta syndrome!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It feels good in the crook of my thumb. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Carmine, drunk on sweet milk and bread, splays in my lap, his dark head in the crook of my arm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z One horn is normal; the other is crooked. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I shift the flashlight into the crook of my thumb and reach for her hand to squeeze her sweaty fingers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He beckoned them forward with a crook of his finger. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The sun was in full bloom, blinding me as I tried to look for a crooked fork in the road ahead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Not from crookedness; I am still to some extent crooked and always too slow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But now a mountain eagle with great wings and crooked beak storms in to break their necks and strew their bodies here. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to a scar above his right eye cutting a crooked path through his bushy eyebrow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He slammed his arms together as it rolled toward the crook of his elbows. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The letters were kind of crooked and a little uneven but they looked to read perdition. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Kate put her head down on the blotter between her crooked hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even a few crooked guards brought them in. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Always walking sideways, moving crooked. You can make your legs go the other way.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Another fellow’s have grown crooked; his are broken again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried an old lady’s giant sack of onions up some steep and crooked steps. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he smiled his crooked smile, and took my face between his hands. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Lucky to be sewing crooked lines in home economics. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z This is what I carried out of the Congo on my crooked little back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And if something particular wasn't on show, then the redbeard would get hold of it—by crooked means if necessary. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I reached out my crooked arm and touched the hem of her royal blue robe and her matching cloth slippers. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And when little Freak showed up one day with these shiny braces strapped to his crooked legs, metal tubes right up to his hips, why those were even more cool than crutches. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z In life, he’d had a crooked smile, an obnoxious braying laugh not unlike that of a donkey. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Holding the hobbits gently but firmly, one in the crook of each arm, Treebeard lifted up first one large foot and then the other, and moved them to the edge of the shelf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Half-moon spectacles were perched on his crooked nose, and he was wearing a long black traveling cloak and a pointed hat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z So anyway, Squelch was stroking something furry and moon gray in the crook of his elbow. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Resting it in the crook of his arm and clumsily using both hands, he yanked his cartridge pouch open. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Leander, his nose crooked from the time Helene broke it, calls us over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The horizon swung out of true, like a picture going crooked on a wall. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She gives a crooked shrug, tilting her head to look at him openly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He rubbed the back of his neck and then crooked a finger at Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You can go looking into every crook and nanny. There is no human beans or stringy beans or runner beans or jelly beans or any other beans in there.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled the crooked smile that I loved. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He crooks his finger, and then he and Destiny go to dance, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As Daddy’s van crept along the quiet street, we both crooked our necks up to stare at the ceiling of the tree cave. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A portrait of an older man in uniform hung crooked on the plaster. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “A man bought them, you say? Paid money for our twisted armrests and crooked chair legs?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The exaggeration of his dress made a good camouflage for him, under which you hardly noticed his crooked shoulder. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it out of politeness that this writer left off strokes the way a Chinese has to write her own name small and crooked? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her teeth were large and crooked, eyeteeth missing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z There are freshmen battling with shepherds’ crooks from the prop table, which—I’m not going to lie—look exactly like the old-timey hooks from Simon’s nightmares. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z All around the house was a crooked rail fence, to keep the bears and the deer away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And he shot into the crook of one of Glerk's arms and insinuated himself into the fleshy folds of his body, and was, once again, the happiest dragon in the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “You think you’re free, don’t you? A few drinks and you think you’re a man! I could crook my little finger and and you’d come back slobbering, crawling on your knees.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He pulled off his hat, bowed humbly with a little crook of the leg and called out eagerly, “Si, Si. ” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a new suit, blue, with broad, blue stripes, and carried, crooked under his arm, a brown-paper bundle tied with string. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I look at my chalky face under my ridiculously crooked bangs in the mirror, then grab a handful of paper towels, soak them in water, and begin to scrub. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She crook up the corners of her mouth. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I told him, “It’s a bridge, man. We know it’s crooked, Vega. We’re going to swap in some other bricks on that side later. Ones from...” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A wealth of combed and clipped mustache gave him the appearance and attitude of a French rake of the nineteenth century, and incidentally concealed his crooked front teeth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was ugly, crooked, and crowded, but the Slat was gloriously dry. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The conjurer-man’s finger commenced crooking and bending in a way that got more screams and confusion to rise up from the crowd. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I shrugged, and drew a second giraffe with a dramatic, Z-shaped crook to its neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t in the hayloft, or under the bushes, or perched in the crook of her favorite tree. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The Swarm was an interstellar gang of crooks and thugs who harassed folks for no good reason. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “And I’m going to replace this zipper, too, Inés. It’s sewn in crooked; didn’t you notice? There are more curves in it than a river.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But, alas, he never really belonged in either place, the sad fate, I am afraid, of those whose hearts break and then mend in crooked ways. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z A lizard vibrates in the crook of the tree’s thickest branch. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She unwrapped the oily-looking bandage from her right forefinger and stuck the crooked finger under the light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This one kid with crooked teeth named Leonard called me a “teacher’s pet” in the hallway after Bill’s class, but I didn’t mind because I think he missed the point somewhere. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The dog looked up and wagged its crooked tail when Kira called a greeting. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The poles were all even—unlike Anya’s crooked and twisting poles at home—and lashed at the corners with more colorful ribbon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He’d knocked the feathers in his hair crooked, but otherwise he was unscathed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Moreover, the reputation of her six mean children and the fact that she was a precinct captain compounded her power and gave her the leverage to deal with even the lowest crook without fear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His slick bald dome glowed pink in the pale light, and his smile was as crooked as his nose. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z His horn-rimmed glasses sat crooked on his flushed face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell you what color his eyes were, because I could never make-myself look higher than his crooked teeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t think of anything worse than reading a column on how to clean house,” he says, and I notice that his front tooth is the slightest bit crooked. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She beheld a young man with a crooked nose. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was cold and dark beneath the ice, in the narrow tunnel that crooked and slithered through the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She’s wearing her puffy winter jacket and the hat of the day—a blue straw thing that is scrunched and crooked from her sitting on it so many times. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She yanked bones straight that had been crooked for years while relatives held the cripples down, and she did all this never dressed less elegantly than when she stepped out of the sedan chair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But then he spotted a group of monks walking toward them, holding their saffron-colored robes gathered in the crooks of their arms. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They are knobby and crooked, thin-skinned, and—like my ruined face—covered with liver spots. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The pictures were inevitably crooked, part of us out of the frame, but you could always see me at least, curling into Mom—I was a mama’s girl. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They have freckles and tans, light hair and dark, crooked features and curves, and they are all exactly as they are meant to be. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The valley was desert, withered and yellow-gray except for the crooked band of green that marked the course of the Fortaleza River. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The buzzing fluorescent fixture above me casts its harsh light on my crooked fingers as they pluck pieces of fruit from the bowl. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We just had to follow an unpaved road beyond El Sacrificio, travel about twenty minutes, watch for the crooked fork in the road, and turn into it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Jackson and another heavyweight were flailing each other in a lumpy, crooked ring in the middle of the hall. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when she fastened the beads on, sometimes they looked odd or crooked, and she had to take them off. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z When she saw Coraline she reached out one long white hand, and she crooked a finger. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He let go of an oar and reached his crooked hand up to the iron ring set in the post at the corner of the jetty. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Shutters hung crooked from the boarded windows; some had fallen off and leaned against the house. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The ones that remained sat, yellowed and crooked, in a too-large jaw supported by a scrawny neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z With an expert hand, she quickly detaches the morphling drip from my arm and plugs it into a socket taped into the crook of her own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In that time there were tall trees, but now there were only a few in the ravines and these were small and crooked. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And after years of bumbling, potentially crooked investigations into the Osage murders, White needed to weed out half facts and build an indubitable narrative based on what he called an “unbroken chain of evidence.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z This was because it fed on living things and had grown so fat and swollen in its greed that bits of the people it had eaten dripped from its scummy lips and crooked teeth. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He's a nervous man wearing a crooked red bow tie and a Nazi party pin on his lapel. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z A wobbly porch wraps around its face like a crooked smile. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The soldier in white was like an unrolled bandage with a hole in it or like a broken block of stone in a harbor with a crooked zinc pipe jutting out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I took his hand in mine and rubbed my finger over his constellation birthmark, a smattering of freckles in the crook of his thumb, our silent message only he and I know. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z All eyes turn on the exposed rice container, the lid lies crooked on top and slightly ajar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Andras s own father, flung years before against rocks when a boat swung around and tipped, still held one arm locked into a curved and crooked shape. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So zealous in their charge were those proud cats that they bent the last joint sideways for safer custody, and in time the faithful tails became crooked forever, and their childrens’ and their childrens’ children... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z You could always spot visitors to Deliene’s capital by their bewildered looks and crooked necks as they tried to take in all the busy sights of the city on the hill. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There must be thirty of them in the sand, crooked letter after crooked letter. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His hands are gnarled, his fingers thick and crooked. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z There was snow on the crooked branches of the olive tree. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He was just old enough to sit up, and he held on to the sides of the wagon, with his cap crooked on his head, crying. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He lifted the weapon, nestled it in the crook between his neck and shoulder and held it there with one hand while dropping the other to rest at his side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Six years as the king’s crooked dagger...or a lifetime in Endovier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her head lay limp in the crook of his arm and his hand reached for the hem of her dress, caught it in his fingers and gathered it up slowly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z By hook or by crook, by spit or by wit. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Farther and farther until it looked like a crooked drawing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In Congo I was one-half benduka the crooked walker, and one-half bënduka, the sleek bird that dipped in and out of the banks with a crazy ungrace that took your breath. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They had the same crooked teeth in front, one front tooth slightly overlapping the other. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He named some of the poor fools that had been taken by that crook. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently I saw a man leaning on a two-strand barbed-wire fence, the wires fixed not to posts but to crooked tree limbs stuck in the ground. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I run a crooked path so it’s harder to hit me, and then dive around the corner. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He shrugged his shoulders and got this crooked grin on his face. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z As fast as the police reacted, the crooks reacted even faster. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His mouth twitched up into that crooked smile so beautiful my heart nearly stopped. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dad just gave me a crooked smile and adjusted his glasses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I cradled the phone in the crook of my neck while pulling on boxers and then shorts. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z |
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