I lift my eyes and follow the trail of his sharp jaw to his dark hair, which is just starting to curl above his ear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She screamed her moths and curled up in the corner with her eyes tightly closed, wishing more than ever before that she could go with them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The rich green smell of tobacco curls up into my nose, and I think of my father, smoking a pipe as he drew pictures of efrits and wights for me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then Mama had come and she and Aunt Queen had yelled and screamed so much that Gerald had to hold his ears while he lay curled at the foot of the bed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied the tiller off, leaned over the side, and looked toward the front where the bow cut a wave that curled over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friend Chester was curled up on the brown velvet armchair, which years ago he’d staked out as his own. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

My hair is white-blond, and so straight and flat, there’s no way it would ever end in a curl without massive doses of hair spray. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I sat curled in fetal position, hovered in the tiny space between the bathtub and toilet, exhausted from the intensity of the sickness. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I curl beneath the table until the mechanic comes back and tells me nicely that I’m useless but he won’t tell, and I should go home. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten the skinny brown girl with the curled hair, wool jumper, and lively hands. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Not if you want to keep those pretty curls, you ain't.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

On my bed, I curl up on my side and listen to the sound of my phone vibrating against my desk as I get text after text. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She is wearing a red hat, and her tail curls like a pig’s. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When she turns she has a long silver cigarette holder at her lips, and the smoke curls around her head like snakes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She threw herself into a chair, curled up, and started to cry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her set and splinted arm lay on her stomach, but her right arm lay on top of the coverlet, the fingers curled like a nest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A long flat snake curled from the corner at the top of the chart to the opposite corner at the bottom. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And when he got there, he found Lizzie sitting on the edge of the leap, holding a curl of yellow birch bark. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking my brother, curled and slumped to one side in his wheelchair, a napkin at his throat to catch the spills of champagne that someone held to his lips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They slept away the afternoon, curled up around the fire pit, and even Con dozed a little. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But they won’t stay still for me, they move, there’s a smile and it’s gone, their features curl and bend as if the paper’s burning, blackness eats them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put Frightful on the bedpost, and curled up in a ball on the bed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Tilly was barking up a storm and stood with her nose pointed toward the riverbank, where some of the water curled into a small cove. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was shaped like a cat, with a long, curled tail that twitched the seconds. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city is settling around me, my words come fast now when I speak, the soft curl of the South on my tongue is near gone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Having her curl up against me gave me dash of comfort and a shot of courage. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Slowly his face softened with an idea, and he curled his lips with wicked pleasure. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He curled his hand over mine, stopping me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her body jiggled, and when I looked up, tears streamed down her cheeks, but her mouth was curled into a smile that she was trying hard to conceal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Mirror seemed to be growing hot and curls of steam were rising from the water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Later that night, curled up in bed, I read Rahim Khan’s note over and over. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A cold wind loosens the curls from my Belle-bun as Rémy and I follow the attendant, weaving through the maze of winter shrubbery. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They gasped at the thin golden crown that settled in his black curls like eggs in a thrush’s nest. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The babies lay curled on Estella’s chest, their small bottoms rising and falling with her breath. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grammy is watching one of our favorite game shows, Let’s Make a Deal, and munching cheese curls. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t mean Ophie was alone: a little girl with pale blond braids and a pinafore sat curled up in a wing chair, reading a book. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A wave of loss threatened to engulf him; he curled his fingers into fists, feeling his nails pressing into his palms. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the cat purring against his chest and the young dog curled at his back were wakeful and alert most of the remaining night; neither moved from his side. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected it to thrash its claws and curl and uncurl its tail. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She twisted each curl around her index finger and gave it a final brush. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

That privilege was reserved for a small group of girls...girls with freshly curled hair, crisp clean pinafores and new silk hairbows. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the fire behind the quartz went out and only a curl of smoke was left to indicate its place. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Boots reached out her arms and Gregor took her, pressing his nose into her damp curls. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny fingers curled themselves tightly around it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was lying curled up with his hands between his knees and he sat up and got the fire going and he set a can of beets in the embers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The curls are starting to fray on the ends, but the rest of my hair is still smooth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I curled up in a ball and hid my face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Belet curled up as the laughter gave way to a groan. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"He is probing, feeling for a weak point, an undefended crossing. If he does not find one, he will curl all his fingers into a fist and try and make one." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I dropped my legs back down, I saw the misshapen black circle decorating the sleeping bag below my navel, its melted edge already cooled and curled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They curl into fists and give away the truth. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I set my teeth and was rewarded to see a thin curl of smoke rise from the wick of his candle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He curls forward a bit and turns to look at me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Fingers curled up into a ball so tight, I swear that at any second I could snap. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With that, he removed the hand from my head, curled it against him, and closed his eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Sparrow’s soft voice curled with laughter, and was cut off by an “Ow!” as Ruby pelted her with a plum. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was naked, curled into a ball, his back to us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The thought of his eyes on my work is making my toes curl. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A lot of the time she spent curled up on the bed with Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Theresa curled up in her room by herself, trying to read. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked, and after a moment, Aileen poked her head out the door, the black curtain curled around her face like a nun’s habit. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before he pulled the curtains of his four-poster shut, Harry set his tiny model of the Hungarian Horntail on the table next to his bed, where it yawned, curled up, and closed its eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His lips curl up again on the left side. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her makeup was flawless and gold hoops flashed through chestnut curls. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She rumpled my curls and sniffled into my hair. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He had not seen me and was passing not more than ten yards away when the dog twisted about, raised his nose, and curled one paw up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Red silk, red eyes, the ruby red at her throat, red lips curled in a faint smile as she put her hand atop his own, around the cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Matty woke at dawn to find himself still curled next to Kira in the place where they had collapsed together after struggling as far as they could into the evening. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, absolutely,” Claire said with a bounce of her cinnamon-colored curls. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Her skin appears warmer, her hair softly curled, and her hat bears no resemblance to the distinctive silk top hat, but he would know her face anywhere. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stared long and hard at the place where his light hair curled against his neck, at the exact spot an old bruise disappeared down his shirt collar. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He’s curled up in a capsule like an unborn baby. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Lurching up and hacking violently, I curled over myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A few caught her attention, but when she tried to recommend specific styles that flattered her, she received only the wave of a hand and a curl of the lip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They all wore curls, but no one’s hair was as curly as mine. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The cowlicks were a little trouble, so she wet her bangs and made three spit curls. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Its point rested on the floor, and his hard bony fingers curled around the crossguard on either side of the grip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were curled up on the couch, she reading a novel, he watching sports. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Flames curl and hiss in a stone fireplace, even though it's the end of the warm months. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She tucked a curl behind her ear, feeling that pinch of realization again, just like when she was twelve. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The woman had a long, brooding oval face of burnt umber, with coarse graying black hair parted severely in the middle and combed back austerely behind her neck without curl, wave or ornamentation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

David finds his way onto the bed and curls up at their feet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She suggests I change my shirt and offers to curl my hair. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This’ll set you right,” her mother had said, dipping fast, sure fingers into the grease and working it through Nicole’s stubborn curl, pulling so tight, her eyes watered. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A tendril of ivy curled around his head and neck. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He takes my hand in his, long fingers cool as they curl around mine. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Axel holds like a statue, hands curled around the bottom step. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lynn was just wearing a jumper, but her hair was curled like mine. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s curled up next to Lucas the bear near the footboard, his back resting against the wall, his chin on the bedspread facing me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was looking at the back of her house through the brown curls on the top of her head. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

So Hazel took both slippers and folded them in her arms with the teddy bear and curled back up on the bed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My hair still held a few curls at the bottom and there was no shine on my nose. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Hannah rolled her eyes and looked at Victoria, who didn’t respond, but just wrapped her already luscious red curls around each finger to curl them more. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Anastasia charged me again, and I fell to the ground and curled up, making sure I again had Otto beneath me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Both kids were curled in a messy heap together, snoring soundly, black hair mingling with brown, arms in a tangle, mouths open. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She curled up in a comer, feeling utterly lost. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t trust him,” Milo brooded in the plane, with a backward nod toward Orr, who was curled up like a tangled rope on the low bushels of chick-peas, trying torturedly to sleep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

People milling around, standing, sitting or crouching on the ground, lying down with their legs curled up because there was not enough room to stretch out. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob was curled up in the straw between his parents—I know this because he told me, later. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A soft curl slipped from beneath her ear onto her cheek. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Muqtada takes one look at him and curls his face into a laugh, his glasses rising above his nose. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She longed to curl up with Ess, to cuddle up and inhale the salty, dirty smell of her tangled hair as she slept, pretend that none of this was real. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The guard dragon Peleus curled contentedly around the pine tree underneath the Golden Fleece and began to snore, blowing steam with every breath. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She curled herself into a ball, but as she closed her eyes, memories assaulted her, so she sat back up, leaning against the rough wooden wall. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apart from some obviously bleached curls, he looks about as much like Peeta as I do. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The boy we had met at the river curled up in an armchair, but I don’t think he slept either. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I finally found her in the den, on the couch, feet curled under her, watching TV. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Kat kept winding a brown curl of hair around her finger. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a pretty little thing: her blond hair hung in loose curls, and her brown eyes were flecked with green. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The smile that curled his lips was as arrogant as it was beautiful. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m just thinking . . . remember what she said to me in the Three Broomsticks? ‘I know things about Ludo Bagman that would make your hair curl.’ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Eleanor's hair was wet and hanging in long, dark curls around her face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Beau was curled up within the circle of light. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tiny children curled around their legs with dark, weary eyes that caught Nok's own and tore at her heart. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her hair was curled high and powdered snow white. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laila sensed anxiety in the way she tugged at her sleeves, adjusted her hijab, pushed back a curl of hair. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I try to braid it, but her curls keep slipping out of my fingers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The woman’s hair curled in forty directions, beautiful, like it had just had its hundred strokes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There will be nests of curls to look for, and dried flowers all winter long. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

But he did not say anything about Laura, or about her curls. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curled myself underneath it trying to stay warm. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was bracken, and curled foliage on the ground, and the light coming out between the branches was a queer coppery green, like the light under the sea. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Eleanor pushed her curls out of her face one by one, like she was gathering her wits by hand. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A thin curl of smoke rose from the chimney of one. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black king was in one curled fist, shiny with spit and dented with teeth marks. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ears like a bush baby, but that didn’t stop the girls in port from cooing over his smooth brown skin and short black curls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers curl, clawlike, as his knuckle raps one word and another. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

So now the soldiers round up the old village ladies, young mothers with their hair curled and pinned, wounded and decommissioned German soldiers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Denna rolled herself into my blanket and curled up with her back to the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rear vertical rudders twisted to the left and the wings curled slightly, as if they were alive. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She curls its tip and pushes dirt onto it with her foot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He curls one foot behind the other, bites his lip, and whispers: shortstop. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Green skin and yellow fangs flashed before her eyes, and Celaena’s aching fingers curled into a fist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Harry gasped, wrestling with it as it curled around his chest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Deborah could walk through a tornado and still come out with her curls intact. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The scene switches yet again to Hideo lying in bed, curled up, silent, listening to the faint crying of his mother coming from his parents’ bedroom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At midnight, while all the other prisoners banged away, Myers curled up on the floor in the corner of his cell, hyperventilating and flinching with each clang he heard. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Harison shrugged sheepishly and ran a dirty hand through his thick curls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before twilight faded to blackness, he was already in his new favorite spot in the forest corner, curled up against the ivy, wondering if he could ever run again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Tiny Frank Glassman, with his tightly curled hair, was a dead ringer for Harpo Marx. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Emily came to school the next day with her hair in curls. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The dead lay sadly in blankets, curled as though sleeping. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When they had finished and were curled up together, naked skin touching skin, whispering endearments, then Bolverkr sighed mournfully. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I turned away from her and curled into a tight ball of shame. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her mother had curled her hair and put on a fresh coat of lipstick and stood on the porch, watching the U-Haul’s shadow clawing along the street. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She sighed and curled into a tiny ball. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch how the leaves bend and curl with the breeze and the way the trunks of trees cast long, dramatic shadows. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My heart pounding, I open the front door to find Mango curled up in a tight little ball on the doormat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It waren’t like a rat had curled up in a hole somewhere and died then commenced to swelling up and rotting, but it waren’t far from that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She headed up the sloping ramp that curled around Isihlangu’s walls. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mariam struggled against him, mumbling, but he kept pushing the pebbles in, his upper lip curled in a sneer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure curls into a ball beneath her bed with the stone in her left fist and the little house in her right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The President placed the curl of Lyra’s hair in an envelope and shut the locket, looking up and around as he did so, and Lord Roke had to drop out of sight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even Ned’s letter curled with the damp as I read it for the umpteenth time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His upper lip curled up in a sneer when he said those last two words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his hands, one curled inside the other, resting in his lap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was already half-asleep and just curled up on the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is a jumble of beautiful black curls that frames her round face, and she’s dressed in an oversize, white sports jersey that contrasts with her brown skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He growled, a low sound in the back of his throat; his lips curled back over his perfect teeth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair changed from long, straight blond to dark chocolatey curls. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her hair was permed into tight curls that had a faint blue cast. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia shakes her head and her brown curls deepen in hue to a near black, as glossy and ebony as the wings of her raven. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The ship’s boy was older than he was in the book, but he had the same black curls, the same wide-set puppy-dog eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Joaquin could still see her, bowlegged with dark curls hanging like a halo around her head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Christina isn’t wearing shoes; she curls her toes under to protect them from the cold. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It took until later, lying curled in her blanket, for the warmth that his approval gave her to sink into place around her heart, warming her as she fell into a good sleep. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mom wipes a blond curl away with the back of her hand, her eyes narrowed with amusement. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There it was with its small, furry head curled unnaturally backward due to a broken neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeannine unfolded a silk fan and waved it, blowing a cloud of curls off her forehead. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least Lyra didn’t have to try; she was unconscious in less than a minute, curled tightly around Pantalaimon, but Will couldn’t find sleep, no matter how long he lay there. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bob slung Percy over his shoulder like a bag of sports equipment while the skeleton kitten Small Bob curled up on Percy’s back and purred. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I would be wiser to be curled up, asleep like a bear, in my cave. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been interrupted in a row, and was unable to adjust her expression—the mouth open, the upper lip slightly curled—as she took Briony in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With her belongings arranged at one end, she could curl up in the shade and feel almost as if she had a home. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ray curled up at his mom’s feet, just waiting for a meatball to drop. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I did once I found it,” she says as she starts walking around the outer edge of the space, peeling off what look like curls of paper from some of the trees as she goes. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, the ragged tom was curled up in an egg box, contentedly snoozing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smokestack and the ominous black curl emerging from it, dissipating against the bright blue sky, reminded her of something. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little gold hairs were curled in a very engaging way at her temples. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Crane-man shaved another curl of wood, then held the crutch up to his eye, squinting to check that its lines were true. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Or I’m curled around Javier, his soft GG Gang sweatshirt against my cheek, while I rub my finger over his constellation birthmark. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I curl into one of the video game chairs, and Simon sprawls out on the couch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The effort made him dizzy, so afterward he crawled back onto the bench, curled up, and shut his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He puts in the tape and I curl up next to him on the couch with my milk, which is really delicious with the honey and spices, and lose myself in the Fiftieth Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth sighed and brushed back a curl with a dust-begrimed hand. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls one of my curls until it’s perfectly straight. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Leaning my head out the window, I let the wind hum in my ears and drown out this day, even though I know it’s tangling my curls into knots. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her hair pushes out of her head in tight curls, and her lips are pulled into a polite smile, which is welded in place. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We sit somewhat formally on the love seat, but Caesar says, "Oh, go ahead and curl up next to him if you want. It looked very sweet." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He curls up on the edge of the blanket and falls asleep leaning against my back. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A spiral of faded blue ink curls up the left side of her neck—a tattoo of some kind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hair textures range from loose curls to needle-straight to corkscrew curls to waves to zigzag coils, and the styles showcase each new hair-tower trend. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I want to curl up into a little tiny ball and let them hug me and kiss me all over. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the same instant, a dog rose from where he’d been curled up on the ground beside the barrel that held our cornmeal. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood watching the river where it swung loping into a pool and curled and eddied. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even when his sandwich arrived, he ignored it, letting it curl on the plate. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And he climbs back in bed, rearranges his sheet, curls into a fetal position, and stares through me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

As it was, she could feel her curls unceremoniously uncurling; she forced herself to converse, that she might not see herself in a small, strange room, ever shrinking with shame, far away from everyone else. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. There in the corner, I spotted a familiar head of tousled brown curls and released my held breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With how dark it had been, Katz would have only been able to see his loose curls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A man with black curls and a short-sleeved white shirt slams him against the wall. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers into a fist and dug my nails into my palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to curl up with her in a real library, and smell the books and open them and read them to each other. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I look at him, at the collarbone peeking out from the neck of his T-shirt, at the faint curl of his lip, and I feel something heating up inside me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Axel takes his iPad to the corner of the couch, lets Ray curl up next to him in the now-quiet house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Scraps and curls of the laughter followed us as we ran. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her knees were speckled with scabs, and her hair was a jumble of short dark curls thick enough to hide Easter eggs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

My hands curled like I had her steering wheel in my grip. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of burned rubber and smoke curled my stomach as we crouched down, and I was concerned the trail of sparks in front of us would turn into a wall of flame. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She curled up by the wall with her back to him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Down one way, a man was puffing a pipe under a tent, and curls of sweet-smelling smoke rose from the gnarled twigs of his beard. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

On ambush, curled in the dark, you fight for control. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Flora came back upstairs after dinner, she found Ulysses curled up in a tight little ball, sleeping on her pillow. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Isa got under the covers and curled in next to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But there’s Bram, carrying a grocery basket, and his curls are damp and his eyes are luminous. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Some of them darken, curls of smoke replacing the bright flames only momentarily before disappearing themselves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then I was surprised again when he leaned over and smoothed down one of my flyaway curls before getting out of the truck. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Harry lay curled up in the towel, still and quiet as the sunlight falling on the bed. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ranee notices her granddaughter tucking loose curls behind her ears, fingering her earrings, leaning a bit closer with every story. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This family has two little girls with golden curls and big blue eyes.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair had grown out, and it curled over his forehead and into his eyes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tangles of dark curls flew around her face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Nico curled into a ball and made retching sounds while his throat recovered. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My fingers curl into fists, automatically This is the way, my mother said, of every baby's hand. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The lizard seemed to enjoy what was happening because his breathing eased a little and the ends of his mouth curled into a tiny smile. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I curl up and begin to fade away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The little one, smaller than I expected, lay curled in a blue blanket in my mother's arms. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After a mildly revolting packet of SpagBol, Tally curled up in a spot where the white flowers were tall enough to hide her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She curled around him and pressed her cheek to his hair, muffling his trembling with the pressure of her body on his. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her pink hair must be a wig because her curls have shifted slightly off-center since her encounter with Haymitch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Clouds of dark viscous fluid - poison, perhaps - curled from his blue skin. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Gerrick’s daughters shared her same flame-red hair, though hers had been a tangle of curls and theirs hung long and straight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She stayed by herself in the garden curled up beside Barrabas, refusing to eat or have anything to do with the funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled us to the side and he curled around me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Tendrils reach forward and then curl like fingers, as if they are pulling the rest behind them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She curls into a ball to protect her side, and I kick again, this time hitting her in the stomach. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Standing in front of the dragon’s mouth is a singer with short, artificially blond curls and clothes in neon shades of blue. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, like I was getting a message, my fingers curled ’round the piece of paper in my pocket! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She had round cheeks and wide brown eyes and dark hair that curled in a rich tangle around her shoulders. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Tyrion curled up in his fur with his back against the trunk, took a sip of the wine, and began to read about the properties of dragonbone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Holly sat on the edge of her bed, fingers curled around the metal base. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, I could see another purpose to these curled twigs: support. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“May I ask you something?” he says as she looks at a collection of detailed figurines waiting patiently amongst curls of wood to be housed in their proper clocks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There are no pin curls, no elbows on the table, even the spines are straighter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t, and he slid her hair back until it curled around her ear. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Saliva curled around the edges of his mouth and spittle threads hung down and glistened like spider threads in the sun. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see her little white ears, like white cutworms curled underneath the hair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where one was allowed to live and work could rest on such absurd distinctions as the curl of one’s hair or the size of one’s lips. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to what had become my home, and curled myself into the shelter of the niche underneath the overhanging roof. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It cut with a clean snap, and a curled chip flipped onto the bench. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A wisp of steam curled from the ground. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Most of the prisoners were asleep or resting, curled into corners or flat on their backs with an arm thrown over their eyes to block out the dim lamplight that filtered through the grate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Hesitantly, I curled a hand around one of the cool metal bars and pulled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hair curled in a way I never would otherwise. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He twirled a side curl around one of his fingers, and I saw his tongue dart out of his mouth, run over his lips, then dart back in. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wrapped myself with the blanket and curled up on my side in such a way that no part of me touched the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw Lina, his jaw stopped moving for a moment and his lips curled upward in a very small smile. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Tony, following my lead, curled his arms up, making his muscles jump. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

My head rests on the seat, and I curl slightly to my right, tucking myself into my coat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she curled up against him and nodded right off. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take in the familiar bend of his gimpy leg, the little curled left hand. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I curled my body on the floor next to her and went to sleep. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

If I cracked an egg over it, I could have shaken scrambled eggs out of my curls. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A crown of roses circled his head, angelic and pure, and there was a banner curled below his neck, sitting across his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He cried, he curled into a ball, he vomited. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Another widow was curled up there, still asleep. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced to where Maribel lay, curled up in the sleeping bag, her hair spread like a veil over her face, then I turned back to Arturo. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He curled a nail behind the frame and pulled. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I pinned my hair into curls and borrowed my sister’s lip rouge, humming while the radio blared the news that Germany had invaded Czechoslovakia. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In long rows they sat, blind eyes staring out into eternal darkness, while great stone direwolves curled round their feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I brush my teeth, curl my hair, manicure my nails and dab peroxide on my upper lip to bleach the black hairs—all this in less than half an hour. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then he sleeps the night in a curl by my side. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The cow opens her meaty wet lips, curls her sandpaper tongue around the bunched clover like a fat rope, and rips the mouthful of tender leaves from its crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When the car stopped, I ran outside, opened my mouth, and curled my tongue to catch snowflakes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His hands curled a little, remembering the feel of his tools. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A giant stone was nestled between them, and they curled around it to form an elevated stage of sorts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The smoke gathers and curls around the ceiling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mary was all ready, sitting primly on a chair, with her golden curls shining and her china-blue dress fresh and crisp. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horatio seized his head in his hands, making his red curls wild and unruly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Little darling!—with her long curls and her blue eyes, and such a sweet colour as she has; just as if she were painted!—Bessie, I could fancy a Welsh rabbit for supper.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shuffle them both out the door, and when I come back into the bedroom, Helena is curled up on the bed, her knees to her chest. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I fish one out of my curls, my hand trembling. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The boys lay curled up under the benches near the fire, Wart with Cavall in his arms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We found her pigging out at an overturned hot dog stand while the owner was curled up on the sidewalk, sucking his thumb. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His pug, Beanie, curls up beneath where his feet ought to be. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Set a curl of doom in your stomach. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mam sat by the fireplace with the twins asleep on her lap, and Malachy lay curled up on the floor by her feet. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had wispy blonde curls and a little round tummy with an outie bellybutton. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Papi emerged from the bathroom combing his dark wet curls flat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She covers my hand with her own, which is warm and strong, and the corners of her mouth curl into a smile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Archer pulled the door of the crate into place and curled up. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My invitingly plump grandmother stood in the doorway, her hair in a light Jheri curl and a smile settled so firmly across her face it seemed permanently engraved. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Denna glanced back at me, an amused curl to her mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A part on the side, with one little curl on my forehead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t have wood or kindling, they curled against one another, barely touching, but by morning, they’d be pressed together, breathing in tandem, cocooned in muzzy sleep, a single crescent moon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Celia’s face was red and sweaty, her usually buoyant curls stuck to the back of her neck and her forehead. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tabitha and I curled up next to each other on the ground. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused and curled my legs up underneath me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mummy found me on the sand, curled into a ball and half underwater. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Stella curls her own trunk around the baby’s. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Six feet of boy curled around kicked-in ribs and a recalcitrant heart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head, and her lips were parted. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry’s insides seemed to curl up and shrivel. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The weight of it’s worked out the curl and frizz. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be a little kid and curl up on her lap. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His fingers curled around my hip, and I could feel him trembling, even as his voice was steady. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I curled my toes into tight angry balls in my shoes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled from the highest peak on the mountain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The coldness curled up inside of him and flopped over. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mouse was waiting for me in one of the stalls, curled up in the manger. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I think I made some sort of noise in the back of my throat, and I vaguely remember my fingers, curled tightly closed, resting on his chest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Boots ran back to him with the ball, dryer lint floating in her curls. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pressure curls around me like the serpent on Princess Sabine's emblem. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A smoke- colored cat curled itself around my ankles, its tail in the shape of a question mark. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had curled herself up tightly, her arms around her knees, and sat in the complete darkness, blood spangling the silk of her dress like the gloaming stars first bleeding into evening. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As dawn emerges in streaks of yellow, he finally falls asleep, his head on Dutchy’s curled leg and his feet in my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I cross off this day with a black “X” on the calendar that covers my closet door, and then I curl up on my bed, propped against my pillows, books spread across the comforter. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I curled up on my side, facing the wall. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be back in bed, curled up under his fancy first class sheets and blankets. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The steam from the rollers creates a cloud around me, and their warmth seeps into my scalp as she sets my curls with them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He gave a slight stir but remained curled on the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As he climbed into his nest and curled up with his tail tight around his body, he wished he could leave the Mountain View Inn so he would never have to face them again. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nora is bent over the New York Times crossword opposite him, brown curls falling across her forehead. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t give me the finger curl. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Vines curl around the buckles of your shoes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was after the change that it began to get hard, and Mrs. Virgil would curl her lip slowly as if there was a bad smell in the air. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The tall silent aide from Texas, T. J. Goree, had curled up in a bedroll, always near, to be used at a moment’s notice. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wisp of smoke began to curl from the wick of my candle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mother brushed it every day, but you couldn't really tell that she had brushed it because the curls always kept their form. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Poor Fidelito had curled up on the ground in a fit of misery. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl begins massaging my neck, then curls her cool fingers about my ear. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We took 1-94 past River Rouge and Olympia Stadium and then curled in toward the river on the Lodge Freeway and entered the city from the north. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Around this pleasant round face, her hair—as yellow as a crows foot— curled in short ringlets. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Celia came up behind her, and using the hair tie she always wore around her wrist, twisted Dimple’s hair into a messy-sophisticated bun, leaving some of her curls cascading down. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wiggle wiggle, inch inch, turn my head and curl under. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One moment Celia is curled in his arms, her head resting against his chest as she listens to his heart beating, and the next he is alone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once it emerged entirely, the tornado vanished, dissolving into tendrils of ominous smoke that curled upward. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I think not, and she is a sweet and agreeable thing with a lick of a curl over her forehead. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her dark hair is permed flat with one wiggly curl across her forehead. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am cold and stiff from sleeping chained, curled up in a small space like a snail. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Judith took a step backward, one hand at her throat, and a wave of scarlet spread from the white collar to her black curls. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A thin, timid dog came close and, at a soft word from Kino, curled up, arranged its tail neatly over its feet, and laid its chin delicately on the pile. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw me walking by the beauty shop while she was getting her curls done. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could see the top of his head, his back and his long, curled tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Footlights caught silver glints from the hairs that curled out of his nostrils. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed back into me and Diego’s room, climbed under my bed and curled up on my side on the floor. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And the girl and her dragon curled under the covers and were asleep almost instantly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The corners of the waitress’s mouth curled up for just a second in what was probably supposed to be a smile. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His hands curled around my throat before I could say more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And my curls were her curls, they stood out from my face as hers did in the picture. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Celia sighed dramatically and dropped her head to the mattress, pressing her cheek against the sheet as her curls cascaded adorably all around. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Byrd nods her head, her loose morning curls hug her face. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her beauty, her pink cheeks and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her, and to purchase indemnity for every fault. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had been curled like a shrimp on one of the cramped seats, but at his touch, I bolted out of it, knocking my head against the window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Gregor smoothed back Boots’s curls and went on to see his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kaisa came closer to her and took her left hand, the one that was not wearing the moonstone ring, for Ash had curled that one away behind her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body curled too; as the weeks turned to months, she shrank into herself like the stiffest of fetuses, shrivelling, her skin sallow and waxy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Cora was young, the overseer’s hair was a livid Irish red that curled from his straw hat like the wings of a cardinal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

One Saturday afternoon a few months before the baby was born, I was curled up on our sofa, dozing. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was just like being out freezing in the woods, how all you wanted in the universe was to curl up under a tree and fall asleep. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The red envelope, which had dropped from Ron’s hand, burst into flames and curled into ashes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Charlie crouched in between the seats, curled so tightly I hadn’t seen her there on the drive over. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I fuss with my hair, removing the silk scarf and trying to pull the mess of frizzy curls up into a Belle-bun. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Governor curled his fingers tight into his fist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Special Agent Gonzales smiled, a sincere smile that made his full lips curl up softly at the corners. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I curl up on the sheepskin rug and drape two knit afghans over my body. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I go to him, push his damp brown curls back from his forehead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The little china woman had a china bonnet on her head, and china curls hung against her china neck. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the plants were not yet in bloom, their buds curled in pink, pointed spirals held in the pale green calices, but most were already star-flowering and giving off their strong scent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry saw his mouth curl into a smile, saw him raise his wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But Darnell sat curled over, sniffling back snot, his lids droopy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Old plastic suitcases curled shapeless in the heat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then she curled up in her corner and said nothing else until it was time to go home. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the cold salt water he had stiffened quickly; his right foot had frozen rigidly over his left, and his arms, locked at the shoulders, were fixed in place with the fingers curled. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His tufts of black hair stuck up in curls like baby bat wings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He pushed on the tiller, and the small boat threw up a curl of black water as she turned. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She bowed her head, ponytail curled around her neck, and resumed her code-breaking work. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He curled up and tried to hide within himself. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“But—” She tugged on one of her curls and narrowed her eyes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had heavy black brows, and dark scornful eyes; his large mouth curled in a sneer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has big floppy curls that soften the angles of his face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some strange vapor drifted out of the hole and curled around Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stand on a towel while she lops off my curls with quick snaps of the shears. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She turned to her own doorway, but not before seeing the corner of the boy’s mouth curl up in a smile. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Underneath the catchy title, a pretty, smiling face afloat in a sea of long, wavy curls. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Right in the middle of the bed, curled up like a cushion, was a tiger cat with a white bib. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped all the way to the floor, curled up in a fetal position. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I curled on my stomach, heaving until I retched up a thin clear bile marbled with blood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ernie was on the ground, now curled into a ball, rocking back and forth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I trace the sound to Beth’s room and find the little gray-and-white traitor curled up on Beth’s pillow. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And the way her mouth curled up on the right side all the time, like she was preparing to smirk, like she’d mastered the right half of the Mona Lisa’s inimitable smile . Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

My hair barely touched my shoulders, though part of that was how it curled away at the ends. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There were apricot candies pressed flat into wafers; thin, white, curled strips of coconut candy; several kinds of disclike rice cookies; and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin felt fragile and greasy, like waxed paper that had curled in an oven’s heat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The edge, the curl, the thrust of their emotions is always clear to Frieda and me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His russet hair curls around his pointed ears. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when I found myself in my own yard, with Mr. Whiskers there on the steps, curled up next to the sunflower I’d planted in a coffee can. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was like she had reached the end of the world, and beyond it was this fierce emptiness that curled its way around everything like a snake, just waiting for its moment to squeeze. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Beyond that, he heard the tap-tapping of the drum, the nagging, relentless curl of the fife. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion found Penny asleep in a comer of their tent, curled up on a thin straw pallet beneath a heap of soiled bedclothes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And there were dark curls on her head. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He made them put on their pajamas, and he brought them into bed with him, and they curled up on Nancy’s side of the water bed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bravo curled a lip, whilst the fellow with the quill j chuckled at his insolence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nero came closer, turned around once or twice, and curled between us, purring as if he hoped to comfort us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Natalie sees this, she curls up in a tight little ball on the wood slat seat and will not move. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Osh went straight to his easel, where he’d been working on a painting of Mouse curled up in a lightship basket, her tail hanging over the rim. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hamlet found some loose breeches and a homespun tunic and covered his curls with a leather cap. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My hands hurt, and I realized I had curled them so tightly into fists that my fingernails were digging into my palms. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fairy queen’s yellow curls reminded her of Amy, and between the acts she amused herself with wondering what her sister would do to make her ‘sorry for it’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we lined up our shoes at bedtime, I could see from the way they curled up at the toes that we really did walk the same way. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It seems clear then that life, at least as we know it, can exist only in regions of space-time in which one time dimension and three space dimensions are not curled up small. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She curls her trunk inward and rubs the object on it, testing it for texture. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled from the side of Jason’s head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Come on. This is going to make your sopapillas curl up.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

This was okay with me because Lynn wore curls during the school year, and so I knew it was what big girls did. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The way the corners of her lips curl with satisfaction tells a different story. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lyra listened awhile, and then lay back in the deck chair with Pantalaimon curled around her neck, and thought of the grand vision the goose daemon had brought with him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He has ringmaster written all over him, from the scarlet coat and white jodhpurs to the top hat and waxed curled moustache. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The pain from the blow on his shin made him cry out, and he curled up, an instinctual reaction, an attempt to make his body as small as possible. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then she curled up in his lap and went back to sleep. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

That morning Laura had to stand still a long time while Ma unwound her hair from the cloth strings and combed it into long curls. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ogilvie daughters, Colette and Jeannine, swept into the room, dressed in matching pink and yellow bombazine gowns, wearing their curled hair piled on top of their heads. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I honestly think she’s cute, and I would love to curl up with a real live pet instead of a stuffed giraffe, but Fifi wants nothing to do with me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Fifi, there to meet us at the airport, is a jangle of bangles and a cascade of beauty parlor curls held back on one side very smartly by a big gold barrette. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Chewing delicately, he turned his eyes upwards then closed them, whiskers atwitch, jaws working steadily, munching away, his tail curled up holding a napkin which neatly wiped his mouth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My trusting boy smiles and reaches out to touch Horatio’s red curls. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He churned with excitement on his stool, his blond sausage curls bouncing on his cambric collar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

You would come into a room, and he might be curled up in a chair, but you wouldn’t see him. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She continued forward, sidestepping open trunks that held plumed garments from every period, curled wigs, and ostentatious hats. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand appeared atop her head, mashing down the curls, moving forward until it touched the tip of my nose. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But rather than formulating a response, his eyes narrow and his lips curl with rage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled from the edges of her cloak. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ruth stayed in the wagon, her bare feet curled up under her skirt and her thumb in her mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands are curled but they are quick. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She slept curled up beside him, one hand clutching his fur. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d made sure that she had the front seat, but Roza curled away from him like a flower seeking the sun as everyone else rattled away in Polish. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The family curls together in a tight knot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

My black hair is a tangle of curls. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He brushed some cheese crumbs off his fur, curled up in a ball, and was snoring loudly within a minute. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can't stop looking at Rue, smaller than ever, a baby animal curled up in a nest of netting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Gladys munched as slowly and deliberately as a cow, her huge black eyes fixed on me, her lips curled into a slight smile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If she kept her eyes closed, she could almost fool herself into thinking she was nine years old again, curled up in her bed with her stuffed crocodile tucked in beside her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her wine-red lips curled in a silken smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Last summer, Aru’s mother had curled up on the couch, exhausted from another trip overseas. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He gazed into the room as though it were full of great art rather than pine boards and wood curls. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hushpuppy shadowed the child’s every move, running with Tidbit in the sunshine, and Amari knew the dog slept curled up with him at night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His turban fell at some point, let loose curls of shoulder-length blond hair. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As Rishi sat there, hunched over his sketch pad, the stub of a pencil in his hand, the other hand curled around the corner of the paper, Dimple knew he wasn’t really there. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She shook tangled dark curls off her collar; her hair was barely short enough to count as regulation, and too short to put up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He mumbled something and curled up more tightly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was lean and pleasant, his forehead broad, firm, and sensitive, and his lips curled in a perpetual smile. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bran's fist curled around the shiny black arrowhead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her lip curled in anger and she said, “You have been absent all day and you expect no punishment? Come here!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about his mud-encrusted boots and the way he let smoke curl from his lips and how the sinking sun lit his green hair reminded me of a punk, redneck James Dean. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then her lips curl up at the ends, like she’s real sly. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There she was, a ma screecher curled near a fallen tree, along with a tangle of five squirming, complaining babies. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

There they were, curled like a bloody quotation mark on the lead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anatole immediately settled down to driving us anxiously through the dark while I curled around our suckling boy in the backseat, alarmed to see he wasn’t even that—he couldn’t nurse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls out the minuscule stopper, relieved that it remains attached to the bottle with a curl of wire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

White mists began to rise and curl on the surface of the river and stray about the roots of the trees upon its borders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And still, Voldemort and Harry looked at each other, and now Voldemort tilted his head a little to the side, considering the boy standing before him, and a singularly mirthless smile curled the lipless mouth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She watched the smoke from her father’s cigarette curl up to the ceiling, and suddenly she knew. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

With that, she curled up on the ground and pulled the cloak over her head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He curled me into a ball against his chest, holding me more securely than iron chains. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tyler tried to curl Dad’s fingers, to elongate the tendons and prevent the deformity from becoming permanent, but Dad couldn’t bear the pain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His head and shoulders were in the room before he caught sight of the creature curled up a few feet from him, fast asleep in the gloom with its large mouth wide open. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when I wasn’t on the road and had the opportunity to be home, my favorite place to be was curled up in my bed or spending time with my family. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As the train lurched to a start, Will tucked himself neatly into an overhead luggage rack and curled into a tight ball, doing his best to rub some warmth into his muddy toes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

From the inside walls of the house, she lifted down her careful bundles of roots, her bags of berries and dried, crumbled leaves, and long curls of inner bark of certain trees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I wished I could curl up right there on the driveway and go to sleep. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She was a ferret, and she lay very still beside his head, curled up but not asleep, for her eyes were open and glazed like his. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel reached down and curled his strong fingers into the snow leopard’s fur. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair fell in big, professional curls on her shoulders, and she wore a long cardigan over a cream-colored dress and pretty, flat sandals. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Heather got dark, shiny curls all over her head and some little freckles, and she real talkative. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She looked so sweet and peaceful, all curled up, and I wanted to hold her, but the doctor said that was not a good idea. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Prosper curled up in them, but he couldn't fall asleep. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Will lay curled up fast asleep, with his head on the rucksack to protect the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At some point Elinor nodded off, curled up on the cold floor as if trying to keep herself warm with her own body. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mother Smith curled her fingers around his elbow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks to the mirror that hangs above my bureau and pats her curls. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With her soft white curls and graceful good manners, Stanton appeared harmless, but when she was at the podium she challenged her audiences with revolutionary ideas about divorce, religion, and women’s role in society. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The dog had stopped crying and gone to sleep, curled up in the grass beside the porch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they found them, the little boy was on his back on the floor and Blanca was curled up with her head on the round belly of her new friend. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was actually in the shallows, its feet lost in little foaming eddies that curled against the bank. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Instead he'touched the letter to the candle flame and watched the parchment blacken, curl, and flare up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Only the trickle of the stream, and the occasional rustle of leaves high up in a little curl of breeze, broke the silence. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her hair looked perfect, every curl shiny and on purpose, and her lips were a glossy pink. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Katherine helped me do something with my stubborn curls, using a pair of hot tongs to subdue the mess into the required Attendant’s bun. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If she saw her out in the woods, Kendra worried she would just curl up in a ball on the ground and let herself be taken. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then I tiptoed back to the other room, curled up on the mattress on the floor, and pretended to be asleep. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Later,” he said, strutting off to curl up and nap inside the box. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My brown curls stood up on my head like a field planted with question marks. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had curled up on her seat and was using her gloved hands as a pillow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Still she lay curled up in the fetal position, whimpering and moaning, rocking back and forth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

She tucks a curl behind her ear and exhales. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Each time she walked into their cemented compounds, she longed for sand in which to curl her toes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With her light skin, golden curls, and blue eyes I wonder how it was she ended up in a Negro school in the first place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I feel my toes curl over the edge. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her legs groaned as if they would have liked nothing more than to be curled up like that forever. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I turned over and curled up, and the pictures playing in my head now were better, not so violent or sucky. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the top right corner I draw his mouth with his lips curled up to show he’s happy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women in neat knee-length dresses with delicate hats or large sculpted curls in their hair. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could have curled up against Suri’s back, sharing her warmth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But she nodded and said, “Okay, Jinny. Okay,” as Sam stepped forward and put an arm around her shoulder, curled her into a small hug. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Italian woman had a mass of tight black curls, starting at her forehead, that rose in a mountainous pompadour and cascaded down her back. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Verin raised his sword, shaking his blond curls out of his eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lying on her side, she curled her knees to her chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was curled up in the corner of a small room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She pulled it up on to her belly, and it lay curled there, butt in the air, feet precisely tucked one under the other. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All ribbons and lace, perfect as a shop-fresh doll save for a few unruly curls escaping her braids. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He could see it, just how each man was, two sleeping curled up and the third squatting in the sand with the rifle between his knees. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor was covered with wood curls and sawdust. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk around the curled up bodies to find an empty area of our own. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It curls through the tiny cracks and spaces not occupied by limbs or torso, and seeps between her fingers as they press against the glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The heavy paper curled and blackened, the flame ran upward, and only when the fire was about his fingertips did Cal drop the charred chip in the pin tray. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s contemplating texting Henry, even though he’s probably somewhere over the Atlantic, when a voice curls around his ear, smooth and warm. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe how fast you’re growing up. I remember when you two would watch a movie together curled up on blankets in our living room. Now you’re going off on your own, meeting friends.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

A little later, when the cat had curled up to sleep, Will took a cup of coffee and the green leather writing case, and sat on the balcony. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set the beers on the hardwood floor, curled up beside them in front of the sofa, and motioned for me to do the same. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon struggled against her sleepiness, but it was too strong; he curled up as a mouse inside her hood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

No. There was a white ball of fluff curled in the back corner. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Four bits of a broken doll: one blue eye and half an eyebrow, a bit with a curl of black hair attached, an ear, and a hand with perfect tiny fingernails; Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wants us to sink below the basement into the warm crawly dirt, where Cassie has a room waiting, so the three of us can curl into critter balls and wait for spring. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mother with her rose-petal skin and her hair curled into soft waves that bounced about her shoulders. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I saw a green coil curled in the shape of a snake, with a tail that billowed yellow smoke. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair had been teased into curls that hung past her shoulders. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Matt was left alone, curled up in the middle of the floor, like the unnatural creature he was. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A searing pain curled over my shoulder and my heart seized with an icy shock. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Black squiggle tingles curled up my spine and wrapped around my eyes like a silk scarf. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Lyra too lay down, with Pantalaimon curled at her neck, and watched the fire through half-closed lids, and listened sleepily to the murmur of the witches. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid he’ll laugh at our paper, and make fun of us afterward,” observed Pickwick, pulling the little curl on her forehead, as she always did when doubtful. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia and Archer lay motionless at the bottom of the crate, curled up where they had fallen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He went on putting brown stripes on a banana and brown curls on Queen Elizabeth’s head. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

My mom was curled into a ball on the couch. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair had been hacked short, so its iron gray curls burst helter-skelter all over her narrow head. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like the style, but it's not as good of a buffer as my curls used to be. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Your hair is curled beautifully, and Lotty is coming. Run meet her, both of you, and ask her which she likes best, brown curls or golden curls.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She touched the high plasticized curls of her platinum hair. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only with animals did he relax his exaggerated modesty; he rolled on the ground with them, ran his hands over them, fed them directly in the mouth, and slept curled up with the dogs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It won’t be a far walk, but August in Florida is brutal, so it doesn’t take long for my glasses to fog up and the curls at my temples to spring into tight coils. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But his lip curls up on one side. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk back toward the closet, past Tuerto, who is napping on a shelf, curled inside a basket of fabric scraps. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I curl up and try to cover my head, waiting for a machete chop to come. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed where I was, curled up near the prow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Too bad they don’t have some of my curls. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Rabia was four years old and Safa was three, but with their matching black curls and dimples, people often mistook them for twins. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ma, on my bed, curls on her side; Pop’s lips tighten. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Her bun was a mass of wild curls, but not in the unkempt way she usually saw it in the mirror. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Fumes from the payload curled about him as if drawn to the Imperial gold jewellery around his arms and neck, the golden wreath in his hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I saw how his shoulders would predictably tense and curl inward like the hood on a cobra whenever anyone got to that point of having talked too much. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

On the back porch, the Outside Cats were curled into themselves. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end as she curled into a ball and covered her head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With her fists curled at her sides, Millie turns to my mom and says, “I forged my mother’s signature.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I could see by the flashing of his eyes and the curl of his lip that he was furious at me for trapping him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel collapsed and curled into the fetal position. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He shifted his backpack from one shoulder to the other, and his mouth curled into the tiniest half-smile. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Grease would have had a very different ending if she'd shown up at that carnival in spandex, a head of curls, and a bushy unibrow. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Piper wished that she could talk with Jason all night—just curl up on the stable floor and enjoy being with him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My toes curl inside my shoes at the mention of becoming a young lady. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

A breeze blew a few curled and ruddy leaves from the apple tree. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

With his overgrown curls and faded jeans, Dr. Morales looked more like a singer in a rock band than a person who worked in a laboratory. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Vines curl around the posts of Oriana’s bed, their stems a vivid green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the cable car jerked into motion, Emily curled her fingers around the edge of the bench. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He kept his face curled to his knees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Fadi curled up in a ball and pressed his back against the inner edge of the trunk just as light spilled inside and two faces peered down at him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A few of the curls around her face were dyed pink, which both surprised me and made me totally jealous. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Soldiers would grab them off the street, beat them, and cut off their beards and side curls, known as payot, just for sport, or what they considered sport. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Whipping him without mercy, she chased him to the back of the courtyard, where Arcadio curled up like a snail in its shell. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And when it's real short, you can see where it starts out as curls. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It had fallen on its right side with its forelegs tucked under its belly; the hind legs were curled under to the left as if it were still sleeping in the grass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I bent over, pushing my nose into the mass of curls on her head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The pain of his refusal was visual, for over her heart, curled like a shell, was the hand on which he had positioned the ring. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve lived in places much worse,” Polly said to the slave girl, who had already sunk to the floor and curled her arms tightly around herself. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, she sees that the anemones are messy curls and the creature is Luke Messenger. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Every night, she felt the link between them thickening, ripening: at first a slender shoot, and then a vine that curled around them, strengthening each day. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And when it found him, the string curled around Fred’s wrist. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was a printing veteran whose hands bore the scars of the clunky outdated presses, several fingers misshapen from old fractures and curled inward like claws. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The fire steamed and the smoke swung in slow coils and the boy curled up under the pattering tarp and soon he was asleep. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tendrils of fog curled their way in behind him before the door had a chance to close. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A mess of black curls, similar to mine, falls around her small face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Well, at least I didn’t go around wearing pink shirts and a peroxide curl in my hair! October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Girls wear their hair colored, curled, laid, and slayed. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My toes curl inside my sneakers, trying to grip the floor so I won’t get sucked out the window. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry’s hair has curls that I would die for. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I'd seen him at school and I liked his curious kitten eyes and the way one curl fell over his forehead no matter how many times he pushed it back. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wears yellow pajamas with red boats on them, and her toes curl and rub together. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was curled up in her bed, completely incapacitated by the amount of chelo kabob she had eaten. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The towering figure roared: a creature so large that a man could have bathed in the soupy spittle of its mouth and sat curled up in the chambers of its heart. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The smoke curls in the air between us. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She opens her book to the marked page, curls up in a chair pulled close to the wood-burning stove, bowl of peanuts in her lap. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I look to my left at Mom, curled up tight on the sofa, covered by a thin blanket. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Becky led me down a narrow corridor to the front entry hall, where a grand staircase curled upward. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Burning the dead. Always some who go to sleep and don’t wake up. You find them in their tents, them as have tents, curled up and froze. Toregg knows what to do.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The snake, on the other hand, was curled up on the rotting hearth rug, like some horrible travesty of a pet dog. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the dark I could just make out white shapes like ghosts huddled in doorways and curled against buildings. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He is four now, curls long gone, his dark brown hair straight as a bone, strange to us but our little brother, the four of us again in one place. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

On the plane ride leaving Port-au-Prince for JFK, I had curled into my mother and together we looked out the window. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She sat curled like a frightened child on the edge of the bed, her hand on his back, waiting for the storm to pass over. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Closing her eyes, she curled up and snuggled into her covers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The more he sketched, the closer she leaned in, seemingly mesmerized, until she finally knelt down to be closer, the tips of her curls brushing his arm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In its final moments, it had rolled onto its back and curled up its legs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a thick, dark curl to her nose and inhaled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Akimi waved at him from near a fake shrub curled to look like a Silly Straw. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Her gray curls flatten again on the pillow. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Look back, look back,” had cried a beautiful woman with long blonde curls, “and see if we are pursued!”—and she had come, as John remembered, to a terrible end. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I forgive you for lying,” Lily said, her poodly curls shoved painfully back into a band. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The next thing you know, you’re on the floor, curled up in the fetal position, unable to remember how you got there. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“But he likes to curl up in it once in a while on a cold night.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dimple pretended to be pulling at an errant curl and swiped a hand across it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Javier curled into himself; his brown hands jerked up to his chest, and blood squirted out between his fingers. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The whole assembled group followed as Werfel carefully picked his way among the giant curls and shards of broken glass with Regibald, dressed in full armor, clanking behind him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

My eyes kept drifting down to his hand resting against the table, weighing down a sheet of once-folded paper that was trying to curl back in on itself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was curled up on the floor, fast asleep, but jerked suddenly awake as they crept nearer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Light snores curl out from beneath her door as I let myself into Lucy’s room, careful to avoid any creaking floorboards, and begin to search through my mother’s piles. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Quicker than lightning her mother appeared, her long red curls whipping around her as Fox grabbed Seven’s cape off her with ease and precision and used it to block the spell. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She carries Marlena on her head, her trunk curled in a salute and her mouth open in a smile. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My hands curl into fists and my voice cracks as I feel the anger hit me like a giant swell in the water. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to curl up and hide from the world, from everything, most of all the visions I'd just witnessed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled from his proud lips, as though the same crackling sparks that lent his blue eyes their intensity now stoked a blaze beneath his skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Aunts and uncles came up the alley trailed by girls in white patent-leather shoes and flouncy dresses, their hair rolled into finger curls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stood by the bow a moment, staring down at the curl of white fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep rubbing Bryce’s back until he slumps forward and curls up around Aurora. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The curls had to cool or they wouldn't stay. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The people have all different color hair: black and frizzy, orange curls, red straight strands, blond waves, or black straight bobs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt beside her, his curls tumbled and his eyes wide. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw me, Laika curled up into a little ball and watched me with guilty dog eyes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He showed Joe wood planes, their wooden handles burnished by decades of use, their blades so sharp and precise they could shave off curls of wood as thin and transparent as tissue paper. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was curled up on his side, and when I went close, I saw that he was sweating in the heat. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin curled his arms over his head imitating a whale’s head and began to pace around the fire, dipping his head up and down as if breaking through the waves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The clothes I’d spent so much time picking out were wrinkled and covered in dust, and strands of my hair had escaped my ponytail and curled out in a thin frizz halo. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Surely she didn’t fly down here just to curl up and die. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Koffi's free hand curled into a fist, but she kept walking. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And the whole leg burned like wildfire when I so much as curled up a toe. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He would start to move and rub his eyes with curled fists, gazing at me like a much younger child. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne lay on the couch, her hair in pin curls. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curl my toes slightly and imagine walking—and with those double cues, my avatar moves forward. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The way Pearl leaned over to close the zip on Trip’s backpack, the way he leaned down to smooth a stray curl out of her face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She took one dark blond curl and put it in a little gold locket she had around her own neck. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Glerk pressed his four arms to the ground and eased his massive bottom under the curve of his spine, letting his heavy tail curl around the whole of him like a great, glistening snail’s shell. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Here/' she whispered, taking the hairbrush and drawing Eleanor's hair into a ponytail without brushing out the curl. "Eleanor . . she said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Like a dog who has had all the fight whipped out of him, Hodor would curl up and hide whenever Bran reached out for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Håkon still lay on his back, hands up in front of his face with the fingers curled in. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She still remembered the way he’d looked in that thicket, covered in spiders and curled into a fetal position like a child. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It made the air so hot, Seven’s curls were plastered to her forehead in an instant. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The kings and queens curl up, turn black, and disappear. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her black kinky curls fanned around the familiar face like swirling hurricane clouds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Without thinking it through, I jump off my bike, my hands curled into fists, and I’m marching toward them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eva was a pretty girl, with dark eyes and black curls. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s strange,” I say to Day later, as we both curl up on the floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Peeta withdraws from Caesar, pulling back his hands, running them through his hair, mussing his carefully styled blond curls. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When I get into my room, I curl up on my mattress and shut my eyes tight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then he curled his fingers over the glass, and blew hard, and several more golden coins dropped into the glass from his hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I curled into a ball as he hissed down at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With his smooth pink cheeks, soft hands, and brown curls, he looked more girlish than most girls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Who will lie on her back and let her last breath curl up to the ceiling as a curse upon the invaders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They live inside their dark house all summer, coming out in the evening when their mother returns from work long after we've bathed and slipped into our summer pajamas, books curled into our arms. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He came into the room and leaped up on Louisiana’s bed and curled himself into a tight ball. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Edward helped me into his car, being very careful of the wisps of silk and chiffon, the. flowers he’d just pinned into my elaborately styled curls, and my bulky walking cast. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My toes curl, and I shiver with pleasure. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

George and Martha curled around the caduceus, which shimmered and changed into something that looked suspiciously like a high-voltage cattle prod. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I curl my legs under me so as not to crowd Izzie and peer up at the roof of the car. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She looked up at him through curled eyelashes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hair's curly, like our mama's was—jet-black curls that girls go crazy for. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Even her usually buoyant curls looked a little wilted. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jaime got into her pajamas and curled up on the water bed next to Nancy and fell asleep again. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My insides heat, my legs bob, and my hands, on my knees, curl into fists. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A tendril of unease curled through her, but she swallowed and pushed it down. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her once long and curled hair had been cut short and straight, like a country woman’s. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She digs in her handbag, blond curls falling in her face, and eventually produces a paper envelope. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wraps one of my frizzy curls around her finger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Two bony hands curled around my shoulders like the claws of a panther and yanked me backward. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inked dragon curled around his right forearm, its tail encircling the letters KAT branded into his skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She stood motionless for a moment, the ends of her hair curled and black, her makeup running in streaks down her face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Put one in mine then, that I wish all my curls cut off, and given round to my friends. I forgot it, but I want it done though it will spoil my looks.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the alley stood a girl with a mass of golden curls, dressed as pretty as a doll in blue satin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He slowly turns in his chair, his eyes narrowed, the curl of a snarl frozen on his lips. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pointed at his chest, where a large lump indicated that Scabbers was curled up in his pocket. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her lips curl up at the sides in a friendly way and her wee mouth is puckered as if to give a kiss or make a bubble. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

My dog lay curled up inside it, watching me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were dark curls of hair on the backs of his long hands, and he wore a black patch over his right eye. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, in this adventure book I read once, the hero was in a very similar predicament. So he removed the curled handset wires from several telephones, bundled them together, and made a safety rope.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I curl up like a mouse—don’t move, don’t make a noise—and wait for the echoes to die. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The woman tucked a dry gray curl back under her bonnet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her scalp bristled with tight gray curls trimmed close. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her hair coiled in complex curls over her shoulders like snakes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Gus’s cigarette smoke curled in the air as he handed over a cheeseburger and fries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In her room, she opened the window and curled up on the seat beneath it, waiting for the first drops of rain to fall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She curled up on her old bed, wishing she had brought her doll Nana with her, but too afraid to go out of the room to get her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The street and open courtyard were filled with umbrella-covered stands and stalls, flaunting jade-colored cabbages, curled cucumbers, purple eggplants, and tangy oranges. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sausun is curled up on the only single chair, so I end up sitting between Saint Sarah and Aliya on the sofa. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

From a fire in the center of the bark house a thin curl of smoke rose, then vanished through a crescent of sunlight in the roof. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The boy was standing in the center of a clearing, his black curls streaked with ash. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Countess was curled up in the opposite corner near the window. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We decided I must shave my head, since I had no curl. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, Sefia was curled up in a hammock strung between two trees, eighty feet above the forest floor, with the canopy creaking and swaying above her and the mulchy ground far below. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Our spider escort stopped and curled into a ball. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

That hair was jet black, so black that it didn’t even have lighter highlights, and electric with curls spilling over her shoulders. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His black hair falls in opulent curls around his cheeks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The curls of smoke from her cigarette slide between the raindrops as they wind around her head and up into the damp air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Flashes of my father appear in my thoughts—then, myself curled in a ball on my foster-home bed, struggling to find a reason to live. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stilled, then slowly curled into a ball, his face set in a fierce grimace of pain. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The bright eyes peering out from under a cloud of unruly brown curls are smaller, wider versions of the magician’s own. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In less than a minute they’re all lying on the floor, curled up, groaning and cursing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A stream of smoke curled up from the groundskeeper’s workshop huddled against the retaining wall ahead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s all happened so quickly that now, knees curled up to his chin as they leave the ground, is the first time Alex is able to actually think about everything. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kaede curled her fingers around the grip again, and this time, she felt the core of her belly engaged in the movement of her arm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His hair fell down in black curls, and my head was covered with black steel wool. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caught off guard, Ash took it, and though Kaisa’s grip was sure, she looked away, and Ash saw a rosy flush along the curl of her ear. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dry curls peek out from under her hat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

With her brown curls strewn wildly about her face, instead of tightly up in a bun the way they’d been all week, Mrs. Asher somehow looked a decade older. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dozer barked at the pampered pooch curled up in his nice cushy dog bed. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Again she caught my eye and held her finger to her thin lips, just for a split second, before they curled back in a mischievous smile. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Thinking it was educational, I curled up in Mr. Potts’s chair. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The flowers curled and turned brown in the sun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pan slipped down to the bench and curled up on her lap. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I fight a smile and curl my hand around the mug. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

His hands were clasped together over his chest, skeletal fingers curled about the hilt of some longsword, but they were not Ned's hands, so strong and full of life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was tall and slender, with coppery hair that fell in curls around her shoulders. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was lying on the ground, his body curled in a small knot, his hands clutching one leg. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

One end curled up from being rolled; he weighed it down with his dagger. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The way his hair curls around his ears. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Marlena sits at his head with her legs curled beneath her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In a minute I had my face under their bonnets, in contact first with Mary’s soft cheek, then with Diana’s flowing curls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And when I say it one more time, Good night Dad-oh, both sides of his lips curl up. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cashmere tosses her flowing blond curls back and spits out, “Well, you look ridiculous!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It may be found curled in the straw of stables or else sheltering in the midst of the herd it protects. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She curled up on the bed, feeling small and pink and tender as a cocktail shrimp, and let her fantasy go, like a balloon soaring into the sky until it burst. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered what it had been like to be inside her, just a curl of flesh swimming in her darkness, the quiet things that had passed between us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She considered running her hands through the soft black curls by his ears but refrained when a memory of old violence reared up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Gwenforte is now curled on the floor right under Master Bacon's bench, her flank rising and falling with shallow breath. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

At her forehead, tendrils of hair curled from the moisture, framing her pale face. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A curl of smoke rose from the chimney and the smell of soup met us at the door. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes again, she had to think for a moment before recalling how she had come to spend the night curled up in a toy trunk. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

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

When I came back I looked down at the huge black mound of human body that is Rondell, laying there all curled like a baby. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers over the ledge of bricks jutting out beneath the window, the rough surface burning my fingertips. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The farther away the sound of howling dogs, the farther away the sound of the trains, the tighter I curled myself under the quilt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continues to eat his pie like he's afraid someone might steal it from him, one arm curled around the plate, the opposite hand shoveling food into his mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Faith tucked a strand of curls behind her ear, but it sprang loose again. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I fashion them into a blond halo of tight curls, and create a cream wedding dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, she slid off me, slid onto the couch and curled into a ball. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Drifts of sawdust and curls of wood shavings lay on the floor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“How about that funny little hairdo she had? I should have poured my water over those little curls. Wouldn’t that have been hilarious?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She glanced at Jessie, wondering if she should wake her, but her sister looked so peaceful curled up on the carpet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

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

Leticia is a great dancer, but it feels weird to see her onstage in booty shorts, and wearing bright lipstick, her curls pulled into a tight ponytail. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Elongated and narrow, like pieces of blackened leather, the tongues were threaded along a length of copper wire, one tongue overlapping the next, the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace sees her hair first, dark brown curls gathered at the back of her neck, the sun shining through the trees and dancing across her shoulders. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By the time Sefia returned with a bundle of clothing, the boy had curled up between the roots of a banyan tree to wait. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Beside her, Archer curled and uncurled his fingers, lightly touching his worn wooden scabbard. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His lips were curled back over his teeth and Ben thought the dog was probably a combination of Great Dane and German police. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia groaned and let her head fall back, curls brushing the back waistband of her skinny jeans. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I curled around myself tighter, around the pieces of the painting; they were soft, feathery. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Midnight rises up on his hind legs, his forelegs curled in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes, and curled into a ball on the grass, and drifted into a dreamless sleep. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The boy curls his lips and looks at my mother. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

A mop of bright red curls spilled out from under a crumpled green triangle hat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed incredible to me that this time last night I had been putting on my white dress, sitting before the mirror at my dressing-table, arranging the curled wig. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was hot in the church, and the white edges of the arum lilies crisped and curled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it has been over a month since he has had to curl up against the wall in his study and pray that he does not see ghosts shambling through the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Today she has one tiny braid on each side, and the rest in small curls. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I could see the curls framing her face, and I could see the smile on her lips. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was so tired that she was ready to curl up, right there in the marketplace, and let all the potion-seekers step over her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She looks older, wearing the drab 13 clothes that flatter no one, with her long yellow hair in a practical braid instead of curls. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The cat stirs, stretches, and then curls herself back into a ball. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Manchee curls up by my legs and closes his eyes almost immediately. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As I crossed the street, I had to curl my toes and walk on the edges of my feet, courtesy of a couple stubborn slivers of glass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then Brave Orchid worried over a daughter who had the mark of an unlucky woman; yes, there was certainly a girl with an upper lip as curled as Brigitte Bardot’s. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax and Gray had barely braced themselves when the tawny fox burst from the underbrush, lips curled in a snarl, tail lashing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Once I was back inside the van, I slammed and locked the door, then curled into a quivering ball in the corner. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The elevator doors pulled open, and the all-too-familiar stench of death greeted them before they saw the body of their sister curled up in a ball on the elevator floor. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The four of them were all about the same height, and they all had super-long hair, with wavy curls at the ends. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was curled on the edge of the sofa, her shoes still on like maybe she had only meant to take a little nap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was on my palm off to the side, and I curled my body as I turned and pushed the ball around their center toward Jose. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Laika, who for whatever reasons had an excessively guilty conscience, immediately dropped the snake and curled up in her “please don’t kill me” pose. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her hair was black streaked with silver, cut short and curled away from her face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he touched it to the edge a bright red seam crawled up the side, then licked suddenly over the whole thing; the words were illumined for a moment before they curled and darkened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am struck all over again by how handsome he is, by the soft curls falling around his face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Under a corner of the cabin, on a pile of soft grass, the great yellow cat curled protectively around four tiny balls of fluff. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke from his cigarette curled up from his fingers and slowly faded away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drift off to sleep curled around each other, neither of us talking, just letting the world make some noise for us for a while because all the other words don’t matter right now. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She searched the room but it was not until she was emptying an ash tray into the fireplace that she noticed the charred curl of paper in the hearth. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went right back into the farthest corner, where it was dark, and curled up tightly, his hands held up towards his face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Now I want to curl up in bed in mortification, imagining Jeremy’s face as I slunk away from gym. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In spite of its dubious appearance it sent a faint curl of steam into the frosty air, and Kit forced herself to take a few spoonfuls while the woman stood watching, hands on her hips. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I curled up behind the table and slept a little while until in the dim false dawn Charley looked into my face and said “Ftt.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big blue beak curled down in a snarl and up in a smile. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond them, a frozen expanse of gray, dirty ice, the snow whisking across it in wispy curls and then disappearing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Colin was skinny for his age, but tall, with tight brown curls that erupted from his head with an Einsteinian unpredictability. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Pop’s curled on the bed now, holding his stomach, his face buried in the pillow. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had no time to check the others, watching the muscle twitch on Miig’s jaw, observing the silent curl of Chi-Boy’s spine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t stop or deign to look at me until we were by our bunks, and she had one fist curled in her bedsheets, ready to pull herself up to the top bed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After Chaol gave Fleetfoot a friendly rub on the head, the dog trotted back beneath the table, circled twice, and curled up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A halo of tiny blond corkscrew curls bounces up and down on her shoulders. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Fever kept him curled up on the cold floor, where he expected to die. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She curled on her bed and cried, wishing she could reach into herself and yank out the memory of what had just happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She shouted gibberish and her hands were curled into gnarled claws. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Bare feet pointed down with toes that curled upon themselves like chicken claws. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth is curled up like a little tunnel. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“One time she ran away from home. I can’t even remember what she was upset about. We looked for her long past dark. Found her curled up in a drainage ditch, sound asleep.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had dark curls around a pale face, though I wasn’t sure if that was her usual color or the color of the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had captured his curled lip and the surly expression he always wore. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Jill curled a soft smile and glanced at the crowd, and then back up at me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It would permanently curl one soldier’s heart like a piece of hard shoe leather. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited for Olanna to go to the bathroom and Master to his study before he went in to see his mother, asleep, curled childlike on the bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One time, not long before the fire, she was curled on her bed in the dark and I heard her crying and went in to comfort her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

To curl up in a cot in that one’s arms, or that one, or that. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his feet grew tired and weary, he would curl up in the weeds and rest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked out to get a snack and saw Dadi on the couch, reading Lentil Soup for the Reincarnated Soul, with Oso curled up like a little prawn by her feet. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But in Ivy’s notebook, her hair was a soft and pretty pink, her curls always silky. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tiger was curled into a tight ball, very close to Angel. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lockton removed one of the books and the map curled up on itself, clearing the desk for the plate of Gloucester cheese and rye bread and the bowl of strawberries I set there. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins were curled up on the double bed on towels spread over a spare sheet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sensing that she needed companionship, George Washington curled at Jessie’s side and did not once attack her feet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Them that sits and twists their curls, They just leaves them, calls them "girls." A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rose to the surface, shaking out my curls. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her fingers softened, slowly curled, and disappeared beneath the ice. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled me closer still, so I could lean my head on her shoulder, and ran her fingers through the curls of my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Matt curled up on the floor of the passage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked about the yellowing hillsides or worked at easy tasks, her lips were curled in a perpetual fatuous smile. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older two ignored the sofa and chairs to settle on the floor while Chima curled up on the sofa, balancing his plastic plate on his lap. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A picture frame on her night table held a photo of a small boy with blond curls. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not Snape!” croaked Harry, before something whooshed over him like cold air and his tongue curled backward on itself, making it impossible to speak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There she pressed and curled and beautified the hair of the ladies of the Hill. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her curls were still damp, and now so was the pillow. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The moment Jon set the letter aside, the parchment curled up again, as if eager to protect its secrets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Their "lessons" include eating massive amounts of chocolate and cheese curls. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Abuela’s lips curled into a smirk and finally broke the silence. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She would’ve curled up and cried until she became another ghost, melting into the Cocytus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I glance back and see the silhouette of someone curled up against a tree trunk. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s like that dog knows to curl up and hook his paws. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

There are bags with corsets, garters, women’s high button shoes and different laxatives that promise glowing cheeks, bright eyes and a curl in your hair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I curled it round so as to have a look at it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She just nods at him, bunches up her curls on her head, and lets them go again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She curled up in a corner of the servants’ quarters. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She’s got her hair smoothed back, a little roll of pencil curls around her neck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I could curl up on your bed and watch you do homework, then casually ask how to stop a boy from liking me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby went to where Timothy lay, a small ball of damp fur curled under a bit of cloth blanket. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I returned my hand to my side and curled my fingers against my palm so I wouldn’t be tempted to comfort him, until I knew that was what he wanted. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She frowned as she approached, giving Ruth and me a quick once-over while tucking a stray curl under her cap. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could see was a tiny patch of Otto in front of my eyes, his wiry hair and a few fingers of his good hand where they curled on my shirt. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The soles of my sneakers catch onto the bottom rung and I hang there like a caterpillar curled on a twig. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Another lifted his boot with a millipede curled into the ridges of its sole. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He curled them to his chest as his idol and mentor talked. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I am so scared my toes curl into the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I turned a brush through my tangled curls. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fems, which had been nothing but tight hairy little curls, stood huge along the roads. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When his paws were cleaned, he curled them up under his chest to wait. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I sat down in an armchair, curled my legs up underneath me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lily went off somewhere but returned just as the lady was combing my newly straightened and curled hair into a style. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She glanced sideways at Rishi through her curls, feeling like a jerk. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The paper curled as Mr. Kapasi wrote his address in clear, careful letters. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She bowed her head, ponytail curled around her neck, and resumed her code-breaking work. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There he was, curled up in a pile of debbir branches, his snout covered by a paw. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Heat curls in the air above the shiny tar road. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

At the end of the bed, Tony’s other little sister, Marie, was curled up under a tattered blanket. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Another snaked itself out of the bushes and curled around his foot. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Antain remembered the little black curls, framing those wide black eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Queen Elizabeth II was eighty-two years old then, diminutive and graceful with a delicate smile and her white hair curled regally away from her forehead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He walked to me, curled his arm around my neck, and gave my brow a single kiss. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s hair was damp and curled wildly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph was so horrified that he curled up in a tight ball to stop his trembling. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You have such nice curls now. And soon you’ll be a young lady.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

"It's my Olympic medal. I got a tattoo of it after the man who did this to me"—now Coach curled his top lip so I could see his chipped tooth—"stole the real one." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She stared into the fire and fog, her wet black curls plastered to her carved wooden head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dimple pulled an errant, damp curl off her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The straw was curled and mangled as if Mr. Munch had been cleaning the sidewalk for, like, twenty years with it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Håkon curled up on himself, tucking his nose inside his coils. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The boys get their hair cut on Saturdays, the women curl their hair with iron tongs hot from the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gus had come outside a couple of times and sat with us, chewing on a toothpick and stroking the scrawny black cat curled up in his lap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The head editor, Mr. Stieglitz, stood in the doorway, his gloved hand curled around the silver head of his cane. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They saw his lips wrinkle and curl away from his teeth, which, even without his fangs, were still formidable. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even when he was a tiny boy with a head swollen with fat champagne-colored curls, and ate the pieces of cake she held out to him, her smile was more amusement than pleasure. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My straight hair would never curl in that way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She curled up inside the blanket and slept until Wash kissed her awake. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was curled up, as though she had long ago decided to take a nap tucked into the space and never awoke. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, I thought I was doing a pretty good job because she stopped talking and her lips curled into a beautiful smile. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As her eyes slowly adjusted, she could see women—dozens of them—lying on the floor, huddled against the walls, curled into balls. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand reaches the top of my back and curls around my neck. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Except she’s not nearly as frightening with her hair all done up in pretty curls. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It looked small, scarcely big enough for an adult, and it lay there in the cramped, underground space quite peacefully, curled up as if it had lain down to sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her fingers curled as she waited for him to continue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The night before, we were almost festive as we rolled our hair in the bedroom so it would curl for our men the next day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way his small hands curl around ours when we watch TV. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Both boys still wore the youth-lock, a thick strand of hair left to grow from one side of their shaven heads and fall in an ebony curl to the shoulder. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Yaxley slid to the ground to lie curled on the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then without hesitating, I cut off my hair, watching with regret the long flaxen curls fall to the ground. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She had curled her hair in honor of the occasion and was out on the terrace in her coat, waiting for her Uncle Jaime to take her out to buy her present. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could see his fingers curl up into nervous fists. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The cover has a drawing of a girl and her dog curled up on a giant pot of red jam. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Laika curled up, dejected, and shivered away from me to a corner of the living room, watching, watching. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I stayed curled up till the roar of the Harriers finally sank under the hum of distant cars and nearby trees. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My lip curls, but otherwise I keep my expression as masklike as I know how, as cruel and cold as the face that reoccurs in my nightmares. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sadness and anger curled through the street, a wave of hurt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A pea-size ball of light formed in the Governor's palm, then went out as he curled his fingers shut. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A large yellow dog was curled up next to his legs, and next to it was an open instrument case. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She curled up again into a wet soggy ball. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child was curled asleep on a sheaf of ripe com, with gold and swords heaped round about him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them had the same wild, wonderful curls too. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Alex curls around his phone and his pillow as the sun comes up over DC. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We held her between us, our arms curled around her withered body. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Faint wisps of steam curled up from the robot’s body as she trudged through the forest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He just stands there with his upper lip curled as if he's smelling his own stank attitude. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Leopard and Python were curled on either side of him, staring at us with distrust. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers over the glossy paper that froze her mother into all kinds of smiling poses: a skinny brown woman with shiny black hair in short spiral curls. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know angels wore spectacles,” he said, tugging on one of Phoebe’s curls. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he passed, Runt danced his excitement at seeing Pax, but Bristle curled a lip and hissed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After my hair was straightened, I had curls put in with a hot curler. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I went by the cakewalk in a marquee festooned with many curls of flypaper. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her stepmother paused on the bottom step, her lip curled. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of her newly shorn curls were piled on top of her head in a messy bun; a few escaped and sat on her forehead like springs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I stay very still as he curls his arm around my waist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Pushing a curl off her forehead, she said, “Just keep walking.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There were little bits of curled red paper all over the place and the sharp smell of firecrackers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Director’s swollen lips curl back into a menacing smile. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her neck and wrists were bare, and her hair was a mess—a pile, an all-over glob of red curls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She curled her fingers and tried to pull away, but he held on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m finally inside the apartment, I curl up on the couch and rest my arm on Ollie’s back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

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

A curious steam rose from the wound, and the fabric around it curled back as if it were burning away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The crescent moon on the child’s forehead dimmed to a pleasant shade of pink, and her dark curls framed her darker eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Huge curls of dense white smoke swirl up into the night sky. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I curl up in bed, still wearing my clothes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“So are you the one who has been painting with Rei's dad? Man, you're like the luckiest person alive,” a stocky boy with red curls says, his face swollen with awe. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mango is curled up in a ball under my chair, and I silently thank him for bringing some piece of Grandpa back to the table, even if I’m the only one who knows it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The man grunts and curls into a ball as Mark climbs to his feet, grabs Trina by the hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The family sat huddled around the only table in the house, with Dusty, their brindle hound, curled underneath. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If only I could curl up and sleep there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ladies with rows of sausage curls sat side by side in chairs flipping through old Ebony and Jet magazines while their hair cooled. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The standards of all five cohorts curled in the wind. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she curled up with Mother’s jar at her side, but now and then she lifted her head to check that Zimbabwe was still there. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgiana sat on a high stool, dressing her hair at the glass, and interweaving her curls with artificial flowers and faded feathers, of which she had found a store in a drawer in the attic. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mother walks into the house that had once been her home, wearing a blue dress, with her hair brown and curled. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lie on my back and she curls into me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

As FOR his deliverer — we turn now to her story, which curls from this sad truth: that as much as Ralph, growing up, should have been her, she should have been him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to quiet the paranoia and curled up on a wet towel, spread out on the deck of our yard. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I have dark hair and a wide jaw and stumpy legs; Mom has loose blond curls, a narrow chin, and legs like a supermodel. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Teapots that pour into teacups and minuscule curls of steam that rise from them as the seconds tick. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There is too much singing and dancing, such lightness as loosens the restraints of virtue,” she complained, her white curls quivering. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Tendrils of smoke curled up from the burns. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The guard dragon Peleus was so big now I could see him from here—curled around the tree trunk, sending up smoke signals as he snored. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Basil stretched comfortably in the shade while Jess sat out in the sunlight, her tail, curled overhead, acting as a sunshade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I picture his head, his tight blond curls. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed them on the bed and turned, praying Beto’s cat would be there, curled up on his pillow. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness there was no warm, friendly other to curl up against. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Apple watched my face, his sweet, empty eyes staring into mine, his lips curled into a smile. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alighting as gently as thisdedown, she curled under her toes to keep her talons from piercing his bare hand. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bromios was tall, and his skin was olive; his black hair was curled tightly on his head; his eyes were green. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She curls up into a tight little ball on the cement. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rocking horse, covered in matted hide, sat in the corner under a curl of peeling yellow wallpaper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The back of the sea curled up and fanned out, blocking the sky, threatening to bear down on the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that Mr. St. John’s under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Spots of saliva curled at the edges of the mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Jekyll I crave that particular darkness curled up within me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold troubled her even more than the sounds; even Theodora’s warm robe was useless against the icy little curls of fingers on her back. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen cat, curled in his basket by the back door, stretched lazily as she unlatched the door and slipped outside. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He blew at a curl near her ear. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Liyana felt so tired and chilly she wished she could curl up like a mouse in a hole. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their blond curls were all a fashionable tumble, and gold ornaments shone at wrists and fingers and throats. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hair bounces around her face like a soft cloud of white-blond curls. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The stoat curled himself around her neck, and his dark eyes never left Will’s face. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bryce shuts his eyes, curls into a ball, and covers his ears with his hands. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, with Mr. Whiskers curled at my feet, I warmed up enough to fall asleep. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Katherine has removed her hairpins so that the mass of her honeyed curls hang down her back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Rose curled around me, but I could barely feel her. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One even had a butterfly proboscis, curled up like a fiddlehead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The bow wave of the tanker hit him then, a large curl of water kicking sideways from the ship. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The claws would curl in below the ribs, rupturing the heart. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I curled tighter into a ball under the covers. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A dote, she says, and look at them gorgeous goldy curls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his side, curled into a U shape around the bundle. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She found her mother’s braid and curled up on the bed, crumpled around her hurt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He curled up underneath the fold-up table in the trailer and worried. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He’s got his brown skin, like mine, and tight curls that get all flattened as he sleeps. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

His glance became icy when he encountered women; his lips curled with contempt when he passed through a town of well-dressed people. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curl my toes, one on top of the other, to hide the dried-up, crusty skin surrounding each nail. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Three levels of balconies curled around, so you could look at the exhibits from all different heights. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I smooth the front of my dress and make sure all the curls in my Belle-bun are neatly in place. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One corner of his mouth had curled up just so. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All I find is Queenie, shivering and curled into a ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The wind whips Celia’s dark curls in wet ropes across her face as she considers him, watching his eyes as the raindrops evaporate from his lashes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Now what,” said Nhamo, perched in a curl of tree root. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished, I just want to curl up in bed, with a soft pillow, and sleep without dreams. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

My new teacher has brown curls looped tight to her scalp like circles in a beehive. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Butterscotch sat curled next to my chair; she’d outgrown my lap. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Instead I ran to my mother and curled up in her arms. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the state engineer was smoking and the smoke from his cigarette curled quietly in the still air. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A curl on top is floppy, sticking straight up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Officers dressed in black find the boys curled under their blanket in the straw. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She curled up tighter and hoped Redemption was okay. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of getting up, she curls into me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton was curled on the floor by Dad’s chair, soft wheezing snores accompanying his rising and falling tummy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But neither does she, dresses and socks and ribbons, our hair pressed and curled. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

His golden hair fell in curls to his shoulders. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His spirits drooped suddenly a moment later, and he ran his hand nervously over his short, black, graying curls. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She held out one arm to me and I went to sit by her, curled into her side. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The smoke curled in black boas around the women in their scholars’ black gowns. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t . . . ?” His voice curled into a question mark. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In real life, Ivy’s hair was strawberry blond, with frizzy curls her mother used to braid into smooth plaits. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He curled up under the blanket with her, trying to warm her up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her teeth weren’t teeth at all, but tusks that curled up and out from thin black lips. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw the gunner’s face full in the light, his mouth curled into a leering grin, his eyes depthless and blank. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and curled himself up into a small, tight ball. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The unmoving horse has a curled front leg, as if he's about to trot off. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I would be small and curled up, hiding somewhere in the shade. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And at last he came down from the loft, yawning and rosy, rubbing his curls, just as Mae was piling the plates with flapjacks. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was loose, the curls wild and free about her head. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I tried to curl myself around Rose's back, but the intimacy was further broken by RiRi’s feet thrown backwards over Rose’s knees so that they jabbed into my legs like rounded icicles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

After she helped her mother wash and put away the dishes, Stella curled up on her bed and pulled out her notebook. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Eye was curled up in a ball; Arm was trying to block out his fear. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She should be counting your curls, not her gifts. We will load the chickens in the wagon with the other wedding gifts. Those schnorrers in Viosk will not think we do not honor our own.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanin fed leaf after leaf into the campfire, where they curled inward like blazing tongues before they shriveled and turned to ash. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she curled her hair and wore perfume. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the stretch and curl of the Sister’s muscles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We were just content to rest our feet and curl up in a semicozy place. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

One hand moved guiltily to her tangled brown curls. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mother looked in the foyer mirror to affix her loose curls and put on her hat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Knot and Vine curled their lips at Tool’s answer and growled guttural contempt. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My finger is firmly curled on the trigger, when the deafening wail of the flames gives way to a scream. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She made him taller, and massive, too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth but all red-golden. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her makeup is smeared under her eyes, and her giant orange-blond curls are starting to fall flat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m lying on my bedroll, curled up and facing the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Moon Orchid did indeed see a boy whose head was big, his curls enlarging it, his eyebrows thick and slanted like an opera warrior’s. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my ponytail loose to let my curls breathe. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Their features were vague through the gauze of her veil, but Nina glimpsed the tattoos on their forearms: a feral cat curled into a crown—the symbol of the Dime Lions. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Kaede lowered her eyes to where their hands were clasped together, remembering the curl of Elowen’s lip as she said the word mother. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The tiny creature continued sucking its paw, shifting from foot to foot, its bushy tail curled up over the small back, higher than the tips of its ears. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She spent most nights curled up at the foot of my parents’ iron double bed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thought is almost enough to make me curl up and close my eyes, to let myself sink back into a familiar dark place. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When his wife and child moved closer, he put the knife back in his pocket, letting his fingers slide across his son’s tightly coiled curls. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

All of the Kappa Zeta girls dress like they just stepped out of a Gap ad, their nails are perfectly manicured, their hair perfectly curled under at the tips. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He curls his lip and growls at me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“These caterpillars are by nature very timid. When they feel the slightest touch or disturbance, they curl up and stay that way until all danger is past.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mouse was curled up at the foot of my bed, as usual. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She smiled at him, and the squirrel sighed happily and curled up in her lap. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Ser Mandon put the point of his sword to the hollow of his throat and curled both hands around the hilt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam drank a little water and ate some bread and dried fruit, but Gollum at once curled up and went to sleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Inside, my sisters and brothers curled against each other like newborn kittens. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She could almost see the stableboy standing against the wall, his hands curled into claws with the blood still dripping from the deep gashes in his palms where Needle had cut him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He stuffs his tzitzit into his waistband, puts his curls under his flat cap and tucks his bearded chin into his coat collar. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It curled around the trees in ghostly white, seeping through their clothes and into their bones with its chill. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

How I could lose myself for hours watching the way the sunlight teased the contours of his high cheekbones and bronzed his rebellious curls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I curled up next to her and fell asleep. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby’s eyes glimmered red, and the corners of her lips curled up, feline. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A smile curled up the ends of his ancient lips. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes squeezed shut, teeth clenched, I stayed curled up in my seat, waiting for my heart to stop racing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

By the time we leave, I have red lips and curled eyelashes, and I’m wearing a bright red dress. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s curled up on his side, fast asleep, facing us, arms reaching out and hands curled in the soil. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled onto the bed and curled up in a ball. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mist curled around the giant, hissing and bubbling as it touched his skin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her long braid ended with a finger-size curl that looked like spun silk. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She walks past me and perches on the table, her fingers curled around the edge. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The air was muggy and hot, and steam curled off the river. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Too heartsick to cry, all I want is to curl up on the bed and sleep until we arrive in the Capitol tomorrow morning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only feature I could make out was an unruly black beard, which curled over his collar. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse laughed at this, and ran a hand roughly through his curls. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the serpentine S, inlaid with glittering green stones: It was easy to visualize it as a minuscule snake, curled upon the cold rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And Milo, full of thoughts and questions, curled up on the pages of tomorrow’s music and eagerly awaited the dawn. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tucked a curl behind her ear, and he saw her hand shake a bit. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You’re lucky,” one of the nurses said as she picked glass out of my curls in the emergency room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He’s dropping liquid onto the curled straw wrappers to make the snakes squirm. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And his lips are curled back around teeth as long as carving knives. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Pet stepped out from a corner, still massive, still gold and streaked fur and hardblood curled horns. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Nina blew out an exasperated breath and curled up on her side, burrowing as close as she could get to the fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She screamed and flopped over, curled up into a ball and held her face in her arms. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He curled himself into a tight knot on the rock. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few black curls peek out from under her coif. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Zu curled down on herself like she was trying to vanish from my sight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Momma, with her long dark curls and sharp angles. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They watched her tongue turn green as it curled around the edges of the candy casing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then Aragorn laid his hand on Merry’s head, and passing his hand gently through the brown curls, he touched the eyelids, and called him by name. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We stare at her, wanting her bread, but more than that wanting to poke the arrogance out of her eyes and smash the pride of ownership that curls her chewing mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma stepped out, a perfectly timed breeze gently tossing her curls, and I swear, Miss Esther clapped. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She set it on the sofa and blew her dark curls out of her face. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her hair was long and golden, curled artfully around her face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the flying monkeys appear, Ellis still curls her feet under herself and grabs my arm for safety. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He curled up and tried to sleep away his pain; the tight thongs pinched, but his swollen hands were mercifully numb. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They could not have recognized in this tall, imperious man the little boy with chestnut curls who had played in this same courtyard many years before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emery tucks a curl of auburn hair behind her ear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looked at the girl, at her blond curls, her slender neck and green eyes, her high cheekbones and plump lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rose, her massive curls tangled on her head in a sloppy bun, shot me a look from the tent she was dismantling, having been stuck with Homesteaders. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She curled her fingertips, and Matthias gasped as his heart began to race. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She had even let her mom do her hair, turning her ponytail into curled tresses. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She places her palms together, curls of smoke from her cigarette rising over her fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

From under her cap sprang white curls like sprigs of pale moss. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A half-dozen film negatives curled up around it like dead leaves. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laney shook her head, her curls bouncing around her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The snakes that curled up in her belly had moved into her hearts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, soaking wet and dispirited, he curled up into a wretched damp ball and slept. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Instead of sitting all curled up like she usually did, her arms were outstretched like she was trying to catch the music and bring it to her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She had bobbed blond hair and hard, curled bangs, and she was the only kid in school with a Swatch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a brick chimney towering over a flat-roofed building where a thin line of smoke curled lazily into the air. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can picture her sitting at our breakfast table, her hands wrapped around a steaming mug of green tea and her dark hair pulled into a ponytail with a few stray curls framing her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When she had finished the garland, she laid it lightly upon Victor’s black curls. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feigning sleep, I curl down into my lap to escape those eyes in the mirror. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He watched as some unfurled their branches while others curled theirs into huge wooden knots—fists. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She especially forgives him for it whenever she sees him write by hand; he crouches over in concentration, his arm curled and his fingers pressing hard like a child, and she loves this. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The dead river curls around the building and disappears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the short ride back to 13 curled up in a seat, trying to ignore Plutarch going on about one of his favorite subjects — weapons mankind no longer has at its disposal. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I can only see the smooth side of her face from this angle, the limp but curled hair, the full mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And then her eyes closed again and her fingers curled as though they held small breasts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The curl on the top of her head bobs as she nods. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Lulu’s curls bounced with every word she said. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She sighed, fatigued, and tucked a curl behind her ear. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was curled up next to her on the couch, because Dad was working late, so he couldn’t get mad about ice cream in the living room. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Alex likes the look on Henry’s face, the sure curl of his hand around the neck of the bottle, the way his lips wrap around the mouth of it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“At least we still have the Tales of the Peculiar,” said Claire, wringing seawater from her blonde curls. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He recognized her hair, an over-teased corona of dyed blonde curls and her scent of lemons and aerosol. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"I wish you'd grow it back, Baby. I miss your curls." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was almost no wind, even up on the bluff, and the smoke curled and wafted upward like a curtain quivering as it shuttled across a stage. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The elf sat up, curled into a ball, placed his wet face between his knees, and began to rock backward and forward. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With the dogs curled up around them, their nest was cozy enough. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Each man can respond only when the finger of bravery curls and beckons him forth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As the laughter rolled around him, his face darkened, and his sword hand curled into a fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Elouise trades a triangle of toast for her car keys and curls her fingers in the air. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And the fingers behind the desk curled into a fist. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glerk sat heavily on the floor, his great tail curled around his body, reading over the note that Xan had left for Luna. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She laid a dry pinon branch on the coals; smoke curled out of the gray scaly bark like woolly hair until yellow flames burst around it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some morning he would be found curled up on the front porch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke would curl from chimneys; at dusk lights would come on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her upper lip curls into a little sneer. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I curled my fingers around that green pencil, and I started to draw. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Conscious of an inadequate night’s sleep, and of a delicate mission successfully accomplished, M. Poirot curled up in a corner and fell asleep. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was a mass of soft black curls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had wrapped my cousins and aunt in white sheets after making a healing bath of herbs and Florida water for each one, and let them curl into themselves and cry and cry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Beyond her, the monstrous bowl of wrought-iron curls sits hollow and still. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Lord flew effortlessly, twisting his body in curls and spirals the way a skilled dancer can take a twenty-foot ribbon and make it form graceful designs behind her. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bergen-Belsen's yawning fences curl us back into the den where thousands still wait in limbo for an answer to the question, where? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The cream- colored trousers marking with a mere seam the place where the mystery curled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His voice trails off, and my fingers curl against the cool window, wanting to smash it, but I can barely manage a knock. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He explained when we were smaller that when things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a silver dragon that curls around part of the now visible clockwork, a tiny princess in a carved tower who paces in distress, awaiting an absent prince. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He curled his body into a fetal position. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Seeing Shin curled up on the floor of his cell, a guard shouted in the prison hallway, “That little runt is really tough.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Lucas was curled up like a shrimp with a blanket. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had refused their food, though he had, as usual, accepted a mouthful of water; and then he had seemed to curl up for a sleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I returned to the hotel room and found Sohrab lying on the bed, curled up in a big C. His eyes were closed but I couldn’t tell if he was sleeping. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The heads lay curled in a big spaghetti-like mound on the grass, all the eyes closed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She touched her forehead and a small smile made her thin lips curl up at the edges. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The light slid over a gigantic snake skin, of a vivid, poisonous green, lying curled and empty across the tunnel floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Jack curls his hand around her hip bone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hassan called driving and Lindsey called shotgun, so even though it was his car, Colin was relegated to the backseat, where he curled up against the window and read J. D. Salinger's Seymour: An Introduction. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

His tail had a fine, tight curl in it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I lay there, curled up in a ball, and attempted to fall asleep. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

All the cages were open and the snakes were out—some curled lazily into great scaly knots, others slipping gently about the floor. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Riccio had curled up on the floor with the money bag. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair is just as bad as the dress—tight, crunchy curls that remind me of a rich lady’s poodle. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I love to nuzzle my face in those curls, have done since he was a baby. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her rush she caught her sandal on a curl on the pony’s mane, and tumbled face-first to the hard concrete. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Ali drew Hassan to him, curled his arm around his son’s shoulder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” he said, holding up his hand with his thumb and forefinger curled in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They lay on the ground in different postures of pain, some reaching for their heads, the white bones in their jaws visible, others curled up like a child in a womb, frozen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He curled on the floor and closed his eyes, determined to enjoy the familiar hum of the engine for one last night. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The smoke curled up from Miyax’s fire, and caribou strips shrank and dried. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leapt forward, his fingers curled into claws, grasping for Otto’s neck. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Why did one time dimension and three space dimensions flatten out, while the other dimensions remain tightly curled up? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From where I was curled up in my igloo I could just see his work boots. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The air-conditioning was strong enough that papers on the desk flapped and curled. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Before we begin ...” I felt a curl of nausea in the pit of my stomach as he spoke. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He snakes down the walkway, shouting for Byrd until he finds her, curled over a planter that is missing its plants. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Butler curled his fingers around the knob, twisting gently. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

George turned over on his side and curled up in a ball. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Beth and I are going over to Kitty Bryant’s to get more flowers for tomorrow,” added Amy, tying a picturesque hat over her picturesque curls, and enjoying the effect as much as anybody. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some distant memory from the first night he’d had the journal was curled up at the back of his mind, but he couldn’t recall it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In seconds, she was curled into a ball, asleep. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A few curls of light brown hair peek from beneath the brim of her hat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Celia smoothed a curl off Dimple’s forehead, her face full of compassion. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Violet moaned her apologies and the woman was satisfied until she discovered that the whole curl was singed clean off. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar was numb from the series of curious events and he curled upon the floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He stepped back and curled around the line of lockers to the next aisle, where his was. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had curled up like one of his kittens underneath the sweater Hornet had spread over him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the deacons are over to the side, including Deacon Turner with the Jheri curl. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A flypaper roll entirely free of flies curled down from the ceiling not far from a sack that hung there too. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I curl up on my bed, my heart pounding from the onslaught. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Over and over, Maria sank the sharp point of the wood-handled engraving tool, called a burin, into the polished metal, carving up tiny curls of shining copper. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At first Mini curled into a ball on the living room floor and cried and cried. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their hair had once been piled in curls, arranged with jewels in the style of Roman noblewomen, but now their locks were disheveled and dry as straw. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her palm ran over her straightened hair curled at her shoulders, smoothing down any fly a ways. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In her last moments she’d curled over the rope like a sleeper around a pillow, clutching it to her cheek. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to curl up in the street and burn. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her curls jiggled as she shook her head in disapproval. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His hair was a mass of lazy brown curls, his eyes like liquid gold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her hands lie open on the pale blue blanket, palms up, fingers slightly curled. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its legs curl in, fetal, like a baby sleeping. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Yes was my answer, and he asked me why I was curled up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her hair freshly dyed orange was curled and piled on her head. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water dripped from her curls to the carpet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once, when I was in the fourth grade, a little girl with golden curls named Dreema was called out of class. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she dropped me off the first day, I was in full ice grille mode, lip curled, eyes squinting, with my “screw the world” face on, ready for battle—but inside I was bewildered. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His lips were curled back and he snarled as he stared into the dark foliage of the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had let me sleep in rag rollers the night before, so I had big corkscrew curls instead of my usual pigtails, and she put bobby pins in my hair, crisscrossing two on each side. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel accidentally gave herself the Heimlich maneuver with the pommel of her sword and curled on the deck, moaning and coughing up the taste of katobleps poison. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Slugged him so hard that he dropped to his knees and then fell to his side and curled up in a fetal position, making high-pitched whistling sounds. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister whirled and dove under the table and curled into a tight knot of screaming, helpless, naked fear; there was nothing I could do to protect her or myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curled my hands into fists and dug my fingernails into my palms. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I turn the phone over and curl onto my side, pulling my knees up to my chest. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The girl was curled up near the fire, wrapped in a black woolen cloak three times her size and fast asleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once Aunt Queen had found Gerald curled up behind the couch sucking his thumb. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nuzzled my arm and then curled up, occasionally reaching out a paw and touching my chest to let me know she was there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lay down and curled into a ball, adjusting the blankets over me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her lips is curled back from her teeth in a scary smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Luna followed the path as it curled around the first knoll, leaving the swamp behind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of the chair by the window, fingers curled deep into the armrests. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The servant then moves on to me, twisting the frizz out of each curl with the sweet liquid and pinning it up. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

David the beagle curls up protectively at Henry’s side, and Bea picks a Bowie song to play. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lyddie had brushed her sister’s curls and was weaving them into plaits. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced over and saw the puppy sound asleep, curled into a mound of undyed yarn heaped near the door, as if the soft pile were a mother to doze against. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Still glued to Gran’s heels, Viper snoozed in a curled ball on the plush carpet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

All I want to do is curl up on the couch and watch that angry guy news program with Frank. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her short gray hair curled over her ears and forehead, which was marked with black oil as if she had pushed her hair aside with dirtied fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was a black-haired woman, and only for balls and such was she powdered and curled. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got two hours, Layla,” I say as she curls herself up on the couch and closes her eyes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her hair was still done up Persian Casual, all curls and falls, though several locks had managed to escape their careful arrangement. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Golden curls fall over his eyes, and the collar of his pale blue doublet is open, showing a heavy silver torque at his throat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But it was his right hand, more than his face, that drew stares: each finger was frozen in its own pose, some curled, some bowed, twisting together into a gnarled claw. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A faint ribbon of steam curled above the teapot and single cup of tea set before him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Even knowing that no matter my efforts, the leaves would eventually dry and curl in on themselves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Dolores’s voice softened as the ferret curled into a frightened, hairy ball and sniffled a sad sort of sniffle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her blond curls were messy and squashed on one side, her eyes pink and the skin around them puffed up like mascara-stained marshmallows. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was around four years old when she was born, and I remember this tiny, squirmy baby girl with a big, beautiful Afro of soft curls appearing in our home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They were young, beautiful nymphs in shimmering blue gowns, their glossy black curls pinned up with silver and gold brooches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Its umbrellas curled over, around and under her third-floor fire escape. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Autumn came, the maple leaves curled into fists and dropped away, and the rain ground them into an auburn paste. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As for the blue-eyed kid, he stays on the ground, curled up in fetal position, broken and sobbing, which is how I imagine he’ll spend the rest of eternity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bristle had dragged brush to the fallen tree to shelter her brother and curled her body over his to keep him warm. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“This Abelman business is the most dangerous of all your mistakes and errors and evasions through the years. The girls’ hair will curl when they read of it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance at my sister, curled up on the couch, sweating and reading, sweating and reading. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yellow smoke curled above the dragon’s long head, from the nostrils that were two round pits of fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, each in an angle of the great tree’s roots, they curled up in their cloaks and blankets, and were soon fast asleep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled up from the shore on the other side of the lagoon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thick vines around the trunks seemed to curl like fingers beckoning me closer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But he was still asleep, with the cat curled up at his feet, and Lyra was impatient to see her Scholar again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his face and shook out his dark curls with his hand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The lights from the stream below touched the ceiling and the polished tables and glanced along the little girl’s curls, and the little girl’s mother said, “She wants her cup of stars.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was cut short and was tightly curled. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Little Tzipporah lay curled in a ball, her finger in her mouth like a stopper in a bottle. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him stretch then curl up again. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Beyond all other trees,” she said with a curl of a smile on her elegant mouth, “the willow moves to the wind’s desire.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marigold gathered her brown curls off her shoulders and counted off in her head. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The ceilings were high, but no cherubs danced around garlands, and no braided molding curled around the borders. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now Jeanne’s stomach had curled up like a caterpillar in the shadow of a bird. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jaunty curled his lip in a lopsided smile, exposing a few stained teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Smoke from the campfire curled in the air, which was filled with the clink-clank noise of safari tents being erected by the MacDonalds’ staff. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the last sparks from Beckendorf s fire curl into the afternoon sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Stretched across the top of the gates, hidden in curls of iron, more firefly-like lights flicker to life. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Laila put on her shoes and quickly brushed her shoulder- length, blond curls in the mirror. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He reached out and gently slid one of my curls between his fingers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a black-haired youth, curled on the burned ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her skin was damp with sweat at all the places where Beto lay curled against her, roasting her with the heat of his small body. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They lay curled closely together in a hollow filled with sweet-scented needles, under an aged, spreading balsam tree, near the banks of the the stream. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Slash didn’t curl up like a little shrimp. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin had had a moist pinkish sheen, and her hair had been long, dyed deep brown and ironed into loose curls. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to lie down in this redolent field, curl up in the green womb in the dazzling aura of these mountains, growing warm and drowsy under the sun, abdicating all responsibilities—and sleep. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could my own sisters go on and on about being flower girls, wearing pink satin dresses, and getting their hair pressed and curled for Papa’s wedding to another woman? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Moss blinked to adjust his eyes; he was next to a tall gray building, just beyond a chain-link fence with razor wire curled around the top. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

About two-fifteen she entered Minnie Franken’s beauty parlor, stayed an hour, and came out with her hair pinned up in tight curls and a silk scarf around her head and tied under her chin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I curled up next to her so we were both lying down, and that felt better. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My short wispy hair and your twisty curls. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She had asked for water and Odenigbo opened the bedroom door to go to the kitchen and nearly tripped on Ugwu, curled on a mat right outside their door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers slide over my hair and curl into it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After almost a year of trying, she’s just given up and curled inward, spending her days idling away in Warcross instead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she was dislodging a curl of rubber band from inside her cheek, or was she really smiling? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers curled around my father’s trembling fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The waitress was a tiny woman with freckles and soft brown curls. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ma said, springing from her hiding spot, her short auburn hair still in pin curls. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I slid off of my chair and onto the floor, then curled up in my sleeping bag. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When we finished we crawled back into bed and belched and joked and curled up and slept it off. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I -notice a slight curl fen her lip and suppress a grin myself. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He is in his mid-thirties, with dark thickly curled hair, a mustache, an eagle nose, and eyes that look almost purple, like mulberries. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tree whose leaf umbrellas had curled around, under and over her fire escape had been cut down because the housewives complained that wash on the lines got entangled in its branches. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His question curls around me like smoke, sliding over and under my skin, and through my dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, she was curled into me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The wink and the comment about her curls, though Beetle didn’t know it, were also gifts from the generous merchant, and they nestled into Beetle’s heart and stayed there. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the little tail curled up with an impudence that made Tree-ear smile. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A dashingly good-looking man with dark tousled curls stepped into the room, his hat in his hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

From under her pointy hat fell a cascade of gray braids that she always had done in the colder months, her tight curls loose and flowing whenever it was warm out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was such a gang of them that I couldn’t do anything, I had to curl up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His black, glossy tail curled in on itself like a fiddlehead fern in early spring. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She curled up on the hard ground and closed her eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Jasmine covered her mouth with one hand, her fingers curled into a fist. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her tight curls were less than an inch long and jet black, except for a thin streak of natural gray framing her face like a headband. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could pull them down from the hangers and just curl up in a nest of Mom’s shirts until she came back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Jinny asked, reaching over to pat down a tuft of curls that was sticking straight up from the girl’s head. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I fell asleep in it after school, curled up on the couch. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He had a string of girlfriends, even though his fingernails were so long that they curled. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Newcharlie was sitting on a bench curled up into the corner like he wanted to disappear. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I squeeze through sweaty bodies and follow Kenya, her curls bouncing past her shoulders. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Theresa’s hair fell from her navy blue hat sleekly to her shoulder, then mostly curled under, except for one section on the right side, which presented passersby with a little bristle bouquet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, you connect your heel to the ground, then roll the ball of your feet on the earth while your toes curl up painfully. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a wisp of a girl, not quite eight, her hair a cascade of golden curls under a jeweled net. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Last month, in another part of the forest the Khmer Rouge razed to create more farmland, I found an armadillo curled up in ball, its shell burnt and crisp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe a toe here, a nostril there, or a mustache, floating like a little curl of seaweed among the other flotsam. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They came into the dining room, Mrs. Trace and a woman pleading for a few curls ‘just here and here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set the puppy on the floor again and it dashed off, tail wagging, to growl at the logs piled beside the stove and to chew at their edges where raw wood curled. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The slave girl never opened her eyes; she just curled herself into a ball and huddled in that corner of the wagon. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot Pie went off and let her alone and Arya curled up on her pallet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Oh our port side, a spiky green dorsal fin about fifteen feet long curled out of the water and disappeared. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

How the curls on her left side were invading his personal space, and how he didn’t mind, not one bit. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The figure’s head was heavy with curled ram’s horns, clotted red, and the face was an interlocked geometric mess of metallic feathers that smothered any features. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And when I had been sick I wanted to curl up on the ground and do groaning. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His top lip curled back and exposed a pair of angry incisors. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he’d climbed into bed again, curled up like an autumn leaf, every blanket in the house thrown over him, and lain without sleeping until dawn came. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the other women, strangers, I can recognize a curled lip, a sidelong glance, pinched shoulders. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between races, Woolf climbed atop the jockeys’ lockers and curled up in the arms of Morpheus. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he smiled, small tusks curled out from his bottom lip. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Judith, venturing outside as far as the well, came back, her cheeks glowing, with bits of feathery white clinging to her cloak and to her dark curls. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then each aunt, pulling my pink blanket back patting the crop of thick curls tugging at my new toes touching my cheeks. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

My fingers curled around the edge of the table. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nathan curled up against the corner of the truck bed in the shadows and held his breath. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Instead he somersaulted into Luna’s nightgown pocket and curled his hot little body into a tight ball. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One of the fairies was lying curled up like a caterpillar on her breast, with Elinor’s hand around it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then Park reached up and wrapped one of her red curls around his honey finger. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Grace drove home, too, Joaquin curled up in the front seat with the bag of photographs between them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She seemed annoyed; she flipped her dark curls impatiently — I guessed she’d been hoping to hear something that would make a good story for her to pass on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His last ounce of strength disappeared, and he curled into a ball on the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They've got too much makeup on and their hair is up in curls and twists, and I can see the lean, hungry look in their eyes, for Michah. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

These scenes between Trotter and Mr. Randolph made her insides curl. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was envisioning one particular spot on the floor, a pile of imported Tunisian pillows, perfect to curl up in and e-mail friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dziusia lies curled up, silent at his feet, smiling a little. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I curled up into it like it was a lap. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She held it to the candle and watched the smoke curl up, until the last of it had been consumed and the flame was licking at her fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the two sections are in big fat curls, and sometimes she connects them together in the back. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Far over to the right, at the edge of a marshy pond, a wisp of smoke curled gently from a lopsided chimney. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” he says, pulling a curled fist out of his pocket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were all advancing on a tiny circular fox with huge eyes and a bushy tail curled around itself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought of my own lank hair covered by the sleek and gleaming curls. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Left of the high seat stood a maester nigh as fat as the lord he served, a rosy-cheeked man with thick lips and a head of golden curls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mist curled into a hundred smoky serpents, slithering up the porch columns, curling around the house. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were small roast birds and pastries glistening with honey, cubes of meat in fragrant sauce, and curled crustaceans impaled on sticks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She turned the lump of gold over her in her hands, then wrapped her dressing gown more tightly around her and curled up at the end of the settee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hurried to the living room and curled up on the couch, drawing my blanket tightly around me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a red satin dress and her hair was curled in a cascade of ringlets. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

At seven o’clock, she went down to the master bedroom and woke Jaime, who was curled up in the bed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother curled up her lip in concentration. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the last circle are five metal bowls so large they could hold my entire body, if I curled up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

For three and a half hours I stared at the wall, curled in a ball, rocking. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as his legs were free he tried to bolt, but one swift curl of the Elephant’s trunk round his waist soon put an end to that. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I found Macy curled up in front of the TV, even though she hadn’t turned it on. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

And for the little family curled up and asleep on a blue cross- stitch counterpane? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her curls had been wild, desperate for a comb. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Last time I brushed my mother’s hair, taking care to gently tease out the knots with my fingers, she hummed lullabies to Safa, who lay curled in her lap. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Never invisible again, the monster said, finally letting up, its huge branch-like fists curled tight as a clap of thunder. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He picked up a delicate curl of bronze and fitted it into place. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her fingers curled around the pouch at her belt, where she kept the silver coin Annabeth had given her before they parted company in Epirus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I curl the right one into a fist and pound it against my thigh. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Can’t she play with all them curls on her own head? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The corner of her mouth curled in a smile. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybeth looked small lying there, her curls spread behind her on the pillow, her hands folded over the clean sheets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers stopped their tapping and curled until he felt the fingernails digging into the flesh of his palm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her gold-streaked curls are swept into an Attendant's bun high on her head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She was at it all week for more than eight hours a day, until her back and neck ached, and ragged curls of unfurling ampersands swam across her vision. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This Tally was sleek, with ultrahigh cheekbones, deep green catlike eyes, and a wide mouth that curled into a knowing smile. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her lips curled back from her teeth and she lowered her head once more. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The coach curled his fingers around the grip of his baseball bat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She curled up like a fetus on the floor and surrendered to her pain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sides of its face were furry, like it was trying to grow a beard, and out of this short bed of hair, its two tiny curled horns grew. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was curled up so tight, he could hardly move, and he was holding what he was pretty sure was his mother’s hairpin. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He ached all over, and when he turned to sec Derek—leaned back against a tree sideways, curled into a ball with his jacket still over his head—Brian laughed. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” Brinker curled his lip at me, “your little plot didn’t work so well after all.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her hands to touch her curled and pinned hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And, leading them to the door, he took his leave of them, sidling away, swinging his curled mane, his golden body dappled with moonlight and shadow. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She curled a loose strand of hair behind my ribboned braids. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Pardon me,” she said flatly to the officer before fixing her curls again and sliding her pearl hatpin into place. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

One was asleep, curled up tight and buried beneath a great mound of skins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jam flinched and curled her hands into fists, burying them deeper in her pockets. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled thinly from one of the near chimneys, and I wondered if the library fire had been lit, according to routine. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tony curls his age, And he would curl his weight Of 83 pounds, but he Would pull a muscle In his arm. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no blood, but Otto’s toes had curled up and refused to straighten. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The left hand was curled open; the fingers were filthy; the wristwatch gave off a green phosphorescent shine as it slipped beneath the thick waters. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got home from school that afternoon, Mom was still curled up on the sofa bed, a small pile of paperbacks next to her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she is finished, it seems like ten thousand tiny black shiny curls was all over my head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I stayed curled up in a ball on the ground afore I started hearing Mr. Leroy over top of me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Donal MacGregor took a slow drag from his pipe and let the smoke curl out of his mouth like the story itself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She recognized Nathan and excitedly ran to him and curled up on his lap. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They gave him more drink, and soon enough he lay beneath the table with his head curled under his arm. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then the otak curled up near his shoulder as usual, and went to sleep. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her lip is curled up slightly, and she takes her sweet time to speak, like she’s getting a kick out of our fear. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Her maids sluiced the blood off her face, scrubbed the dirt from her back, washed her hair and brushed it out until it sprang back in thick auburn curls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I finished my third set of bicep curls and dropped the dumbbells on the mat between us, hoping he'd give me some space. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It fell, in waves and curls and disobedient frizzy wisps—soft on the inside, coarser on the outside—to just below where her small, strong waist began its curve out towards her hips. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a green dress with a round, flouncy skirt and white ankle socks, and as she stomped and kicked her heels, her curls bounced like each one had a coil inside. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He smelled pungent, and I could see impossibly long toes curled around my thigh, like I was a branch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch she hiked miles within the walled city, around curls and corners of tiny alleyways, up secretive staircases, along crowded thoroughfares smelling of oranges and rose water and damp, mopped stone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I curl up so I can press my face to my knees. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, there he was, curled up on the floor beside me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Finally his fingers curled around the velvet drapes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then I just kept sticking my two curled fingers in and licking them off and the more I ate the faster I wanted to eat it and nothing else mat-tered. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women were all sitting up and knitting or riffling through magazines or putting their hair in pin curls and chattering like parrots in a parrot house. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was the twinge, the dull ache, the sucker punch that made me curl up on my bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She rewards him by removing his hat, placing it on her head, and then posing with her trunk curled in the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She leaned over to tuck a curl behind my ear. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Mallory, whose auburn hair is curled in bouncing ringlets, smiles at me like I’m speaking a foreign language, and hands El a folder anyway. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His soft brown curls and eyelashes stop people on the street. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Baba stops as he walks by where I’m curled up on the couch with a fuzzy blanket and peeks over my shoulder. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Beau curled up beside me, right against my side, and laid his head across my chest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His body is curled the way my little brother Pie used to sleep. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want nothing more than to curl into a ball in the corner of my cell and sleep. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But when I curled around the side of the window again to peer at him, I was sure. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His hair was pale silver in this light, curled and tangled in its usual way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her toes curled as she focused her mind and summoned the splendor, shuddering as it danced up her limbs and instantly warmed her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We curl up together and don’t move until Nana nudges me awake in the morning. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nero curled beside me, purring, happy to be warm and dry. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Grace’s body twisted on the bed in a way that it hadn’t during her labor, like it was confused about where Peach had gone, and her toes curled and her hands flexed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I hadn't had time to eat any breakfast at the hotel cafeteria that morning, except for a cup of overstewed coffee so bitter it made my nose curl, and I was starving. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Father Amadi was standing by the window, close enough for me to see the way his hair lay in wavy curls on his head, like the ripples in a stream. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton lay curled in a ball on my bed. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Daddy’s got the late shift,” she said, twirling a finger around one of her curls. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Turning on her side, she curled into a ball and buried her face in her pillow, soaking the cotton. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, and worst, tall and thin Aisha Foster was hurting so badly that after the fifth or sixth time she just curled up on the floor and cried. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hair was straightened, curled at the tips like Miss Brown’s, or pulled up into a twist at the back with wispy curls and straw straight bangs over Cleopatra eyes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

So now I was back to pin curls every night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Drew doesn’t sleep—he just stares at the wall, curled in a ball. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Helmuth curls, knees to his chest, arms shielding his head, gasping for air. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tessie and Chapter Eleven were curled on air mattresses on the floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

Henrietta had wanted to hold Deborah, to dress her in beautiful clothes and braid her hair, to teach her how to paint her nails, curl her hair, and handle men. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His buttons were carved jade monkeys, and atop his wispy white curls perched a jaunty green cap decorated with a fan of peacock feathers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The baby was a beautiful little thing with white skin and downy black curls which grew down into a point on her forehead, like Mama’s. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all had curled their hair into sausages. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dad found us like that, curled up against each other. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Those who cannot move any farther sit at the side of the road, some curl up in a fetal position and sleep. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand now curled between his legs, he concentrated on the girl. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm curled along the coast like a question mark; all over the city people braced themselves. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their last teacher in San Antonio had dipped her fingers into Cari’s curls at least once a day. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens more tendrils curled around the masts, encircling the crossbows and ripping down the rigging. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He proved good as his word when a rawboned major from Minnesota curled his lip in rebellious disavowal and demanded his share of the syndicate Milo kept saying everybody owned. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Rosie curls her trunk, lifts her right front foot, and sets it gently on her ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He lay curled on one side, listening as Crane-man’s breathing slowed and evened in the rhythm of sleep. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He knew she curled her fingers tightly when she slept, that her body twitched during bad dreams. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was bent over, his glasses slipping down his nose, his left hand curled around so he could write properly. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A woman has some pink rollers in her hair and a sea of curls hangs down to the sides of her face. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We would be hard-pressed to get past this fence on our own—thirty feet high and always buzzing with electricity, topped with razor-sharp curls of steel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mary Toy was curled up in Papa’s lap in the swing, and Mama sat content beside them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A handsome man with dark curls stands up and asks if he can sit with us. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Turning around, I saw his hands were curled around the protruding blade as if he himself had tried to pull it from his stomach. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was very pretty, with almond eyes and a hairdo that was flat and straight at the top of her head then dipped into tight curls at the ends. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She would rake my curls with her fingers while talking on the phone to her friends. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His shoulders tightened, and his hands curled into fists. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Winthrop stopped by one afternoon, a few of her blond curls escaping from the scarf she’d tied over her head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lump of sleeping bag was curled up on one of the benches, its dark form bold against the white fog. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The snakes George and Martha curled around his caduceus, murmuring, Luke, poor Luke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sperm, this theory argued, already contained a minihuman—a tiny fetus, fully formed, shrunken and curled into a minuscule package and waiting to be progressively inflated into a baby. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother's body, their cheeks pressed together. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Park shrugged and pulled one of her curls straight. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He held the cigarette in his fingers and the smoke curled up past his bloodshot eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had long trailing dreadlocks, small Afros, big Afros, twists, braids, massive raucous curls and coils. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two couples curled up with each other and two extra guys, goofing around on the rocks. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Buckminster curled up next to me, and I conjugated for a while so I wouldn’t have to think about things. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Doubt curls into my stomach, souring it with anxiety. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They scooped out nests in the straw, uncovering one of Medwyn’s breakfast guests curled up and fast asleep. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He lit the fire and smoke curled up over the painted wooden lintel and rose to the ceiling and curled down again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

On the front of the building, faded yellow paint curled in strips, like peeling skin. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sensation was like a tractor pulling my curls off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thick black smoke curls up from the other side of the Quarter, paling as it rises into the hot sky. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth squeezed her eyes shut and curled in nearer to Papa. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Jessica's the wing leader, tossing her head, lips curled in a smile. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mustache curled at the ends, bobbing with his enthusiasm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The snakes liked to curl up in the cane and didn’t take kindly to being disturbed, so I wore boots. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She narrowed her eyes and curled her lacerated fingertips into her palms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her thick black hair was pulled back into a carefully curled ponytail that bounced when she walked. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is curled around Mama, as if he thought of only her in his last moments. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

June walks over and places her palm on the top of Nora’s head, deep in her nest of curls, and leans down to kiss the back of her own fingers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The boy had such tiny corkscrew curls that no amount of brushing could ever make them all look like a single entity. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Even when he curls beneath his Blanket, his Eyes are open. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cora curled on the floor of the main room, too afraid to sleep up there with them, those abject creatures. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It’s dark outside, and if I curl my hands around my eyes like binoculars, all I’d be able to see is stars and sky and sea. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He circled and curled himself up on the pine-needled ground underneath, his nose tucked under his brush. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of just blazing and getting warm, the way it should, little curls of smoke began to come up around all of the stove lids. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here it slowly curled and browned, until nothing remained of the writing but the almost illegible signature at the bottom. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and gave his version of a smile, which was a slight affirmative, the lips barely curled, the lower lip out in front. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, Julia decided to draw the little dog curled up in the corner of my domain. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

His little hooked arm is curled tight against his body like an extraordinary seashell, pale and fragile. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie brushed back a curl that had escaped its plait and smoothed it against Rachel’s cheek. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, looking thoughtfully at the thread of smoke that curled from the burnt end. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought about stretching out on the bed, but I remembered Daisy Mae was outside and part of the relaxation was having her curl up beside me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The queen sweeps a loose curl from Charlotte's forehead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the prayer rug with her legs curled beneath her, as the thread of dawn appears against the horizon. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

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

“That whole part of the forest is cursed,” Missy had said, flicking one of her curls. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine if Michelle Obama got tired of all the heat and decided to go natural and appeared on TV with lots of woolly hair, or tight spirally curls. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And there was Joff as well, her son, her firstborn, her beautiful bright boy with his golden curls and his sweet smile, he had such lovely lips, he... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She reached out and took a windblown curl of Sparrow’s hair into her plum-sticky hand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was curled up in this ball, like doing a cannonball, but on carpeting, with my arms wrapped around my leg. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweeping waves curl and break on a stony beach. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was beautiful, delicate and feminine like Henrietta, who dressed her in homemade outfits with bows and spent hours braiding her long brown curls. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ruth let the seaweed disintegrate, and later, when its veins and stems dropped and curled into brown scabs on the table, she removed the bowl and brushed away the scabs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A faint smoke curled above it, as if fire smouldered in the hill beneath. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Every ten to fifteen seconds, sharp metal spikes popped through its bulbous flesh and the whole creature abruptly curled into a ball and spun forward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Every little black girl had a beautiful white baby doll with long blonde curls to love and to hug. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tucked a stray curl behind an ear, and his eyes followed the motion. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Joseph put an arm around each of them, absently stroking the black curls of Anna who was on his right. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was tired of jumping, I got out some volumes of my encyclopaedia and curled up on my bed against the wall and looked at some interesting entries. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

JP was wearing his ever-present striped beanie, pulled down over his ears so that just the last inch or two of his wavy light hair curled out over his eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Matty lifted the puppy from where it had been riding, curled up inside his jacket. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

What else but this fever could commute my father’s ghost crying, “Jezebel!” into a curl of blue smoke drifting out through a small, bright hole in the thatch? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ride isn’t more than fifteen minutes, but I wake up in front of our house, my head resting easy on her shoulder, my feet curled up underneath me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” Maya said softly, and Grace rolled over to see her curled up on the other side of the bed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I curl up against the curve, back on hard plastic, knees near my eyes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The curls of iron around the letters do remind him of pumpkin vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now a whole month might pass between beatings, the bad beatings when she pounds me until I’m sobbing, until my legs collapse and I curl up, stinging and throbbing and aching, on the floor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he have Hope and Dell's loose curls or my tighter, kinkier hair? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Travis curled his back inward, a defensive movement of the young. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Every strand of her hair is curled to perfection. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Three days later, with an anguished groan, Herbie chopped his first snake in two: it had been curled up on his sleeping bag, happily snoozing in the glow of his bodily warmth, when he awoke. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kochu Maria was asleep on the drawing-room floor, curled into a comma in the flickering light of the television that was still on. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A plume of black smoke curled into the sky somewhere over Harlem. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden urge to feel the ground beneath her, to curl her toes in that thick black soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He curled around his staff and went to sleep. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was aware, in his sleep, of being curled up in a chair, his hands tucked between his thighs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mists curled and smoked from dark and noisome pools. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Think of the vine that curls from the small square plot that was once my heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at Miss Lulu and her curls. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His trident beard was purple, his flamboyant mustachios gold, his long curls equal parts of both. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers against my palm, digging my nails in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I might have curled up on the ground like a Muselmann and never gotten up again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I curled in the cavernous leather chair and faced Doctor Gordon across an acre of highly polished desk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I curl up with Prim on the mattress, double layering the blankets because the cavern emits a dank chill. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Matty looked around for Frolic and saw that he was curled in the corner, asleep. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The waves of Lake Pepin curled up on the shore at their feet and slid back with the smallest hissing sound. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curl up, pulling my blankets closer to my body and grabbing my panda again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Kelly started to giggle, and George joined her until the two of them curled into howling balls of laughter, occasionally shouting things like “I can’t perform under these conditions!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Chase and Fulton like to use her when they’re hunting. She doesn’t do a lick of good—poor Princess cares more about her curls than tracking pigs—but they enjoy it.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The squirrels would be curled in their nests in hollow trees, with their furry tails wrapped snugly around their noses. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember his dark curls, the way they fell over his arm. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She gave him that look—mouth curled up on the right side—and he said, “I swear I will text him!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Those lips that curled when he was teasing her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

All I needed was my school blazer to curl up under, and I could get really cozy inside a Mercedes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m hurrying along, too—mostly because I just want to go home and curl up in a ball on my bed. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he stopped, put the hobbits down, and raised his curled hands to his mouth so that they made a hollow tube; then he blew or called through them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The red clay flats had dried into brittle curls where the standing water had been baked out by the sun. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tongues of fog oozed across the water and curled around the bits of ice that floated past. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes gleam, the lips curl back from his white pointed teeth, and he frowns like an angry man. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave her curls a shake in Wash’s direction. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She curled her tongue around the edge of the cone, scooping up a dollop of purple that made my eyes water. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke curled up with a bittersweet odor, and soon she fell asleep and dreamt that she was back in the fairy ring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he just puts his hand on top of my curls. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I stare at my hands, curled in my lap. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was slim and tall, with shiny black hair that was piled in soft curls on the top of her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had long lashes that curled up to her eyebrows, which now formed a single wiggly line from one temple to the other. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He knew that they could not see color, and that their flesh, as well as Gabriel’s light golden curls, would be no more than smears of gray against the colorless foliage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter where she’s from,” said a girl with fancy curls that looked like they were done in a beauty parlor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers inward, digging my nails into my palms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Outside, a curl of mist floated above the ground at the edge of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mostly I wish Father would appear in our doorway and make Mother’s lips curl upward, lifting them from a permanent frown of worries. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

On the right was a unicorn, the symbol of justice; its deerlike head was lowered so that its curving horn pointed down, while its goatlike tail curled up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her face was ruddy and rageful and her tiny hands curled into fists. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Caleb yelps as the net curls around his body and then straightens. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ma took the rags off their hair and combed it into long, round curls that hung down over their shoulders. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness like a cape that we wear for hours, curled into it and back to sleep. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

One curled over her and she dipped under and came up again, swimming strongly. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rocket wasn’t curled up in the chair where Mom piled clothes sometimes when even she was too lazy to put things away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A young girl was curled in a fetal position. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Blankets that were thin and too small to fit around them both, so his mother tucked him in and curled around him. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Athena lent a hand, making him seem taller, and massive too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth, but all red-golden. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frederick’s lip is curled and his upper teeth show and a string of drool swings from his chin and touches the paper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The smoke from his censer rose and curled, fragrant with antiquity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her short hair was tucked into this hat, except for two perfect curls on her forehead that faced each other like black lacquer carvings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time I’m so sick and tired of their remarks that I race to the bathroom and restore my hair to its normal mass of curls. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We walked a few feet farther into the graveyard, and suddenly you popped out right in front of us, from where you must have curled up—on top of a grave. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Very carefully she began to tie the child’s halo of pale curls. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tails of the K’s and G’s were curled and looped. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dark hair had curled up and now hung around her face in tantalizing sproings. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The strap’s design was simple, unusual, and consisted of blue curls that Ten Snow bashfully explained were the uncoiled heads of new spring ferns, her husband’s favorite food. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jam crawled under the table and curled up on a blanket that had been left there. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Nailer curled in on himself, glad to feel safe for the night. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Incense smoke curled over her head and disappeared. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Vonetta stayed tight to her stubborn curl, her chin in her lap. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay curled on her side, clutching her headless doll. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bird comes to rest on the ledge above the window exactly over Dr. Katz’s head, like it’s come to perch on top of the two flyaway curls. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Figs that drip with honey, sugar blown into curls and flowers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mooring ropes are curled on either side of me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, I could’ve smoked pot, but didn’t,” I say, looking up, curled over my plate. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had gone to sleep in my clothes, curled around Nightfell’s scabbard. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Stonesnake curled up under his ragged fur cloak and was asleep almost at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Stella curled into a tight ball, waiting for the hooves to pummel her, wondering if it would hurt very much when she died. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sacrabani, who had been screaming vigorously, began to quieten down: he gave one or two more tentative wails, then his mouth split in something like a smile and his fingers curled round Selvam’s. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is red with heat and the blond wisps around her forehead have curled into ringlets. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her hand curled around the hilt of her knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the increasing light, the ship’s wake curled white behind them, a spreading vee in the still gray water of morning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers curled around the drinking horn were heavy with rings, gold and silver and bronze, set with chunks of sapphire and garnet and dragonglass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The hose lay curled in the grass like a giant worm. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then she took Andrew, curled herself in a ball around him, and leaped out behind me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He liked that, the way his face curled up, the wideness of his mouth, the scruff growing evenly around his chin and above his lips, the way it provided contrast against his dark skin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A pile of brown curls is pinned neatly upon her head under a tiny and feathered but otherwise unremarkable black hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

More commonly, the dryness comes back and the fuzz of grass withers or a little frost curls it and there’s that amount of seed wasted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tucked an errant curl behind her ear. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I curl a stem around Princess Charlotte's throat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes misted when he saw me curled up on Stick’s bed by the window. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Levant was tall enough to be a basketball player, six five or six six, with a large Adam’s apple and tightly curled black hair, and he carried a lantern and a flashlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, precious,” Xan said, letting her hand slide along the curve of the girl’s skull, winding her fingers in the long black curls. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z