| 单词 | curve |
| 例句 | And he’d think it was the woman he wanted, and not some combination of curved stone, and a swinging, high-heeled shoe moving in and out of sunlight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A nervous excitement encircled my stomach as I saw my mother’s eyes follow my father’s figure curving into the water. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His guts knotted as the truck swung around a curve and then flew down another country road. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A fat gray cat with a tail that lifted like a plume crossed the floor to our table and curved against my leg to purr each time she rubbed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Bridge could see this for herself, and Tab’s older sister, Celeste, who was in high school, confirmed it: “Look at Emily with the curvy new curves!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Milagro seemed to know where to go so I followed her through the wrought-iron archway and up the steep, curved stairs reeking with filth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All the curves in all the right places. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He took photographs of a tarantula, plaintive sunsets, windswept dunes, the long curve of empty coastline. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway up, I grab the railing and fling myself to the next highest curve. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It rose up before her suddenly, almost without warning, as she came around the curve of the veranda. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Close your ears, or else you might turn into a human ice cube,” Pond said, a smile curving his lips. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The spot was completely unlit, and even with the car lights on, I was nervous another vehicle might come round the curve and run into us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long moment he sat very still—and then I saw his lips part, move, curve slowly upward, and freeze into a grin. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z By Saturday noon, Johnny, following Mr. Revere’s advice and his curve, had got the model of the handle exactly right. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At every curve it looked as though the pass lay just ahead and then one evening he stopped and looked all about and he recognized it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z On this side, the wall of the cove curved around and protected the beach from both the rough surf and the wind. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Her golden, delicately curved eyebrows frowned in deepest concentration as she glared at the carpet. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The mass of the sun curves space-time in such a way that although the earth follows a straight path in four-dimensional space-time, it appears to us to move along a circular orbit in three-dimensional space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl lay on the sheets, curved like a primeval river. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They were long and curved, and when I had scooped out holes and set them in the earth they stood taller than I did. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I had forgot about the river curving along the road. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Drawing makes me find the curves, the shadows, the ins and outs, and the beautiful parts. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When we apply Feynman’s sum over histories to Einstein’s view of gravity, the analogue of the history of a particle is now a complete curved space-time that represents the history of the whole universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a dark smudge against the distant hills that blinked in and out of sight as the road curved. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a heavy lump of glass, curved on one side, flat on the other, making almost a hemisphere. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Now Sean cleaned out the wound, numbed Finn’s face with a shot, and sewed it up with a vicious curved needle clamped in what looked like a pair of scissors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Next day he found her in the curving hall of grey marble, lit now by the westering sun, where often she spent the afternoon at games or at the weaving-loom with her maids. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The fangs are curved and hollow, the venom dripping from them is yellow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, slips and newspaper went to the cutter who stood before a large slanting desk and slashed out the marked items with a sharp curved knife. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I can make out only the first two letters before the remaining letters get lost in curves that look like a sales chart for a business that is rising and failing regularly. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The Capehart housing of Freedom Bay, Ben thought, as he curved down Iwo Jima Boulevard, had all the architectural complexity and stylistic flamboyance of an oyster bed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather, space curves, in a way that allows it to be boundless but finite. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Before the bus rounded the curve, Buck was after me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He taught her how to make numbers into something larger than themselves, applying them to larger concepts about motion and force, space and time, curves and circles and tightened springs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Instead, they discovered several points at which the yield abruptly jumped out of the curve. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He says space-time is curved and that in curved space-time the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line but a line following the curve. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The path curved, black and shining, and they followed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z They emerged atop the broad curving steps that fronted on the Street of the Sisters, near the foot of Visenya's Hill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z You can see how it loops and curves but when you are on the ground you think it is straight. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The swords at their sides were long and straight, not curved like Calormene scimitars. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Past a hairpin curve near where there were three crosses, they pushed the car over the edge. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He pinched the curves of many women, careless of the spilled wine that stained their costumes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The soft curves of her face led to the roundness of her hips and thighs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It put her mother’s severed hand on her shoulder, and its claws curved over her collarbone. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It was long and curving, carved by a river—such a river as made the Eder look like a dribble, its catastrophic rush audible even from here. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The metal grilles curved up and down like mouths, and an extra set of handles slanted like eyebrows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He had constructed a flange that ran an inch past the length of the fin on both ends and bent it to match the curve of the casement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He touches my face, covering my cheeks with his hands, sliding his fingertips down my neck, fitting his fingers to the slight curve of my hips. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She said nothing for a moment, while she rearranged her garments, recovering herself a little; then once again that maddening, insulting half-smile curved her lips. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The next in line invariably calls me back to remove the gracefully curved but unsightly hairs that I’ve left in the sink. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He read over and over, lingering on each I that was so elaborately curved it looked like a sterling sign. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He raised one hand to her face and his fingers curved over the gash in her cheek; it burst into fiery pain at his touch. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With three quick strokes she sketched the problem on the page—across, down, and then a sinuous line that made him think suddenly of lips and hips and other curves. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As we approached each curve, I could see us smashing straight on into a truck or a camper. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z By following the curve of the sandspit I could reach the cove and the trail that led to the mesa, but there was no time for this. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They do not end up in the “classic” bell-shaped curve Siraj and I were expecting. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z After the passage curved away from the foyer, it descended for quite some distance uninterrupted by other doorways or passages. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We tore around the curves, barely staying upright as tremors shook the mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Mama, I’ve always thought I looked like Papa and Amil looks like you, but today I could see you in my face, in the curve of my mouth when I smiled. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Near the town of Ludwigshafen a road sign read “Drive carefully! Sharp curve! Jews 75 miles per hour.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She looked up, her pale lips curving into a small smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As we round a curve, the floorboards jerk beneath us, throwing us together so our shoulders touch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Chi-Boy had run up the road to the start of the vulnerable curve to scout out the convoy's arrival. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They wrapped the cloth around him and quickly sewed the shroud shut with thick curved needles. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind was down or we were protected by mountains that bounded the curve the lake had made. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z After what feels like miles, we round a curve in the road and gasp. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I curve up the corners of my mouth without biting my lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z His next group, the Oddballs, were different from the Misfits because the Oddballs were more original and usually somehow ahead of the curve. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z How could he forget that green dress, how it clung to the curve of her hips and hampered her running and showed the beauty of her shoulders. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And it was now 1:39 p.m., which was 23 minutes after the stop, which meant that we would be at the sea if the train didn’t go in a big curve. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He could see what looked like some huge white serpent uncoiling inside the wall, up where it curved to become the ceiling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I do notice some curves and creases though so I put them in. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The track curved and now it was going away from the sun which, as it sank lower, seemed to spread itself in benediction over the vanishing city where she had drawn her breath. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Dylan lifts the vent up and a wide metal duct curves out of view. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Their gravitational attraction would thus curve up the universe to infinitely small size. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The road raced ahead in a series of gentle curves that began to look familiar, and off in the distance the solitary tollbooth appeared, a welcome sight indeed. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I gripped the saddle horn and squeezed my thighs together, curving my legs around his bulging belly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Removing it, she thrust it deep into her pocket, where the curve of her old body surely protected many secrets. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had thought that hairpins were curved as they were to copy the shape of a lady and he would sometimes play with them like dolls. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He pointed to a large, curved shard of glass rocking in the middle of the street. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked at her, and the corner of his mouth curved up in a smile. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It contained spinning wheels, moving targets, and racetracks that curved from the floor to the ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The curve inside the jetty where I set a dozen traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They exchanged a look that made me feel a little wobbly and off balance, like I was standing in a train that took an unexpected curve. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Matt had run ahead with Branch, and they returned to her, excited, announcing that the destination was just around the next curve. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He read the numbered plates, then looked up to the stairs curving up to a second floor from either side of the great room. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She followed the one she was on, which, flowed in a wide curve toward the trees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As they left, the man with the tribal marks said to Aunty Ifeoma, waving a stubby finger with a curved nail in her face, “Be careful, be very careful.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I have a good arm, you know. Fastball, curve ball—you call it,” he says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They are curved into the backseat, pressed up against the back window. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She bowed and the soft flesh of her breasts hung loose and curved like cow udders. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dark blond hair was plastered against her skull, framing a pink scar that curved between her top lip and nose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Large eyes, sweet face shaped like a heart, a mouth that wants to curve into a perfect little smile. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She left her room, walking down the short, curved corridor that led to the sitting room, and found Con at a table that had been laid with enough food for twenty. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He drew a hammer, then a curving knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The wound was eighteen inches long, perhaps more, and curved behind his knee. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I liked the curves of the Cyrillic letters, their unexpected sounds. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When the road curved close to the river, she turned Maila toward the water, leaning back in the saddle as they went downhill the short distance. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The lines formed, the curves swooped over the paper, eyes and face and mouth and body. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There are astronomers in each galaxy, and the light they see is also trapped on the curved surface of the hypersphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira hurried along, rounded the curve, and understood what he meant. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only after he laid the curved needle on the kitchen table that his hands started to shake, then his shoulders. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Now there was so much more to ask, so much more to understand, and because it was all new, she felt like she was right there on the learning curve with the engineers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It pointed left, toward a road curving away into silvery darkness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were nearing the curve in the path where it branched off and led to their homeplace. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She and Leo ran for their lives, following the curve as it brought them closer to what she hoped was the center of the room. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This makes it more or less impossible for it to get its teeth into a vast smooth curving surface such as the side of a peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There came Iris in her cloak of many colors, trailing across the sky in a rainbow curve, and the dark house was lit up with the shining of her garments. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the lights scattered all over the town, sometimes in rows where the streets are, and sometimes singly; they run right up the Esk and die away in the curve of the valley. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z To his eyes the vase had been perfect, its width half its height, its curves like those of a flower petal. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Jam leaned against Pet’s torso and rested her head against the goldfeathered curves of its shoulder, two unseen things in the middle of Lucille. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Though “here” isn’t anywhere yet...just a map of packed concrete highways crisscrossing overhead, curving, making figure eights. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The Second wore dark green pajamas, and her black hair flowed loosely around her shoulders, blending into the curves of her back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful canoe, light and graceful, with gently curving lines that made it look wonderfully easy to paddle. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He turned into Washington Park and pulled the car slowly round and round the long gradual curves. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Pippin saw his carven face with its proud bones and skin like ivory, and the long curved nose between the dark deep eyes; and he was reminded not so much of Boromir as of Aragorn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z For a hundred yards the river moved straight, then curved hard to the left around a small hill, where Brian quickly found that a log raft is not the same as a boat. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I put the ribs together with their edges almost touching, and standing so that they curved outward, which made them impossible to climb. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then all those curved or toothed beaks opened in their hoods to a brazen unison, and this is what they chanted: Life is blood, shed and offered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I curved my hand like an airplane wing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The cliff face isn’t even and the ledge curves round it as it stretches forward. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He fell back under the breaking curve of darkness and sound and smell, his ears roaring. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They were tall and had long thin legs like deer; their heads were long and angular, with heavy bone across the eyes supporting wide sharp horns which curved out over the shoulders. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Merle Tuve, who was still struggling to produce high-energy particles with his obstreperous Tesla coil, saw little practical application for Lawrence’s curved variation on a linear accelerator. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Since the black hole has mass, it causes space-time to curve. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The saw gave forth a single sluggish twang that ceased with lifeless alacrity, leaving the blade in a thin clean curve between Luster’s hand and the floor. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Shark dorsal fins stood up straight, and dolphin fins were curved back. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We walk down a sloping promenade and along curving pathways, headed for the palace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Within a few years he developed a systematic method of solving the tangent problem; he could figure out the tangent to any smooth curve at any point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z His right paw reached out and curved over her shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Without actually touching anything, he'd pretend that he was driving, and driving fast, along the curves of an empty road. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell me you wrote it down—ah, what is this? There is a curved shape, rather like a crescent, and another just like it. Well, that is very good, also.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Now Mr. Rice left the piano and stood before us, his arms tense, his long fingers slightly curved. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the left toward the pagoda and carefully maneuvered around the S curves until we came to the straight part in the road, about a hundred yards from the parking area. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z As we pass the lake and twist around the S curves that lead up the mountain, I push thoughts of Charlie out of my mind. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She’d invented a new pattern of curves, lines, and squares in her mind while doing her chores. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 By the time I pushed it up onto the road, he was out of sight, off around the curve in the road. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Tree-ear put the lid of the large box down on the shelf and picked up one of the curved containers. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Parts of the road have blind curves that scare her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The front half of the car had been compressed, the engine arched, curving back over itself, like a fold in solid rock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hel hears it too, and we whirl to find Cain rounding a curve in the cliffs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He cupped the warm curve of her cheek, felt the soft brush of her hair. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I hang on as the plane navigates around the S curves, and my hands grow stinging paper cuts. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Smiling at this, he clamped the steering wheel slightly right of center, which produced a smooth clockwise motion against the curve of the road. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The gold dotted line stops in front of the gates of a warm, well-lit estate with a curved wall and carved lions outside its doorway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Among the skeletons, two survivors stared up at the curving hull of the Current with sunken eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then he saw the last curve ahead, and the sight slapped him awake. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z This man lurking around every bend and curve? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We’d just rounded the final curve, heading toward the thinning cloud of brand flies near the tram entrance, when a scream split the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The narrow road curved back and forth and round and round. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “But if our Nestor 10 was not responding with a forced action, why isn’t his curve different? I don’t understand that.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Wyrdmarks stared up at her, their intricate curves and angles speaking a language she couldn’t yet begin to decipher. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We followed them back the way they’d come, curving around a bend in the beach and climbing a small embankment. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z At a distance, and condensed by the curved space of the mirror, there are three small figures, dressed in the winter clothing of the girls of forty years ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And Lee carefully packed the bones, femurs, and tibias really straight, skull in the middle, with pelvis and clavicle surrounding it and ribs curving on either side. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers carried the president up the curved staircase. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In one picture, the lizard man was standing on a curved bridge, laughing as he watched the little boy falling forward over the bridge rail, his slippered feet already in the air. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z From the bluffs I saw the earth’s curve. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the field, down by the first two-hundred curve, there's a concrete circle. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It reached what they were certain must be the zenith of its curve, and then, defying all reason, it continued to rise into the air. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “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 How badly did I miss the familiar curve of my bed? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The nutty curved beak looked as it if were capable of doing damage, but Archimedes looked closely at the mouse, blinked at the Walt, moved nearer on the finger, dosed Ms eyes and leaned forward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dark it was difficult to see where the ocean ended and the sky began; I could pretend the sky curved down and around, and that it was possible to walk on the clouds. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She was dressed in a flowing robe, a robe so loose it exposed her pink shoulders and the soft cleft of curving breasts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She splashed through a stream and Rus splashed with her, dancing around her, great wet mouth curving up in his own version of a smile. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The sweep of her hair back from her face, the curve of her nostril suggested the figurehead of a ship plunging gallantly into a rough sea. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z They were armed with short broad-bladed swords, not with the curved scimitars usual with Orcs; and they had bows of yew, in length and shape like the bows of Men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The freight cars creak as they turn the curves. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She had two male guards with her, armed to the teeth with an assortment of curved Eyllwe daggers and swords, both of them studying Chaol and Celaena closely—weighing the threat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After a life of Sameness and predictability, he was awed by the surprises that lay beyond each curve of the road. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It curved on around the property and abruptly stopped. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And the bony son and curved daughters were brilliantly witty, like their father, telling of the long years and their secret life, while their father nodded proudly to each. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A significant improvement occurred in his learning curve in 1956, when he was thirteen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The five long white petals curved delicately up from the stem and around its mouth, which contained just a hint of yellow deep inside. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z My eyes followed the cane up to his good brown hand on the curve and up the long, long white sleeve to his face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In a dreamlike way, Kira felt herself, small, inside the curve made by his arched fingers, inside the memory of her mother. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I swear I was four feet off the ground, curving in slow motion, with a kind of death-welcoming grace, and I looked down as I moved up, expecting to see him going away. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z David was frozen with it, did not know how long he stayed with one hand reaching up as if to touch where the dolphin had been, touch the curve of blue fire. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dark, I couldn’t do much else besides make out the curve of his nose and lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They are jagged, and the curve of the ship crackles with jitters. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The road curved west, where the sun had now dipped low. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Rue has rolled to her side, her body curved in and around the spear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Daldoum was traveling in the left lane of the westbound side of Interstate 24 between mile markers 164 and 165, a gradual left-hand curve. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He laid the point of his sword between Daenerys's breasts and slid it downward, over the curve of her belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Celaena ran her fingers along the smooth curve of her yew bow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The lines were perfectly symmetrical, curving so gracefully from top to bottom that Tree-ear longed to run his finger along the smooth shallow grooves. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The dirt road curved, and trees blocked the sight of the University’s buildings behind us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The moment we entered, a spotlight took turns highlighting each piece of equipment on the racks of the curved walls, while a narrator’s voice gave a detailed description. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Maybe he began with the small central box, then the curved ones, then— Someone shouted. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Despite how beautiful everything was—the curving wheat that was more yellow than the week before, the sky that was cloudless today—she felt a stab of loneliness. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The paved road in front of us, lined with glittering ivory bricks on one side and edged with golden stones on the other, curved around ripe orchards stuffed with fruit trees I never knew existed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There are three stories at least, and it’s got one of those curved cupolas that would be perfect to do your homework in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then I would call for a curve on the outside; that would surprise them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the curved hallway mirror I flit past, a red shape at the edge of my own field of vision, a wraith of red smoke. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I love a fresh mouth, ah, a scented mouth, And curving hair, subtle as a smoke, And light fingers, and laughter of green gems. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her arms are curved in a graceful arch. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Or I would slip into her bed while she napped and fall asleep in the warm curve of her belly. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But the silly cars kept falling off at the curves until his father was cursing at them with impatience. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The road curved again and became a street between shady lawns with white houses. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fortunately I know that particular keel pretty well, and remember where it curves.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He shouldered the pack, grabbed the bow, swung up onto it, and backed down its curved slope to the bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z But when I stepped onto a stool in front of our mirror—just big enough for a face—I could see the resemblance in the curve of my nose. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Instead, after fifteen minutes or so of motoring, I found myself out on a long road curving across bleak, open moorland. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The lashes made a dark, curved fringe above the hollows of his cheeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Lines, curves, small and large, her hand flew over the page. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The silver color of her gown makes her skin glow and hugs her curves like silk around an hourglass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Bloody Miles stared at me, his mouth curving into a wide grin. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It curves in, and the dress hugs firmly at my hips. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A silver curve of the moon hovered already in the western sky. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They spent the next three days sitting by the enormous curving pool, surrounded by umbrellas and turquoise lounge chairs. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z What you see from the road are the two gatehouses, each a small empty pillbox of a building faced with flagstones and topped, like tiny pagodas, with shingled curving roofs. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z There was real peril negotiating the curve at the top of the arch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And now, I’m standing so close to the glass, I can almost see myself in its reflection: the faint curve of my cheek, the straight line of my nose, the dark gleam of my eyes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They would go after Jan. The “Red” he had signed to the letter and the hammer and curving knife would make them look for Communists. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z On the night table a ballerina held aloft a lamp shade, and a soft pink light bathed her porcelain tutu, accentuating the curves of her strong legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His ship was made ready, a fine seaworthy craft with a great curved prow. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The spot right at the dip of his waist below his ribs looks impossibly soft, and Alex might die if he can’t fit his hand into that little curve in the next five seconds. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Nope, I didn’t meet anyone’s eyes as I placed one foot ahead of the other, following the curving street until the dented gold marina spire rose out of the bay in front of me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Stepping into the gloom, he felt his way from shelf to shelf, encountering the curve of bowls, the rough edge of a basket, the cool, sweating sides of the big water jar. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They bathed in a curve of the Susquehanna and then wandered in a southerly direction, keeping to fields, woods, stream beds, and little-used paths, headed, they thought, for Virginia, where Macon believed they had people. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her arm curved to the floor, her fingers inches from Ron’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That blackguard, Caddy The river glinted away beyond a swooping curve. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It curved over his eyebrow like a dark red crescent moon. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Our survival depends on committing our intelligence and resources on a massive scale to take charge of our own destiny, to guarantee that Richardson’s curve does not veer to the right. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the glass, a small wooden bookshelf in the shape of a nautilus shell holds a curved spiral of librex. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then I dropped back down, feet first, aiming my heels directly at the Mechagodzilla’s curved spine. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Buick swerved back and forth as I steered it through one curve after another. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Rowing soft and quiet as I come around the curve. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Add the effects of the environment—the impact of nutrition on height, or sunlight exposure on skin color—and Fisher could imagine even more unique combinations and effects, ultimately generating perfectly smooth curves. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It was known that planets were inclined to orbit in a particular kind of oval known as an ellipse–"a very specific and precise curve," to quote Richard Feynman–but it wasn’t understood why. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The curved wooden arms of the delicate sofas shine with polish. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The fingers curved around her neck, strumming the delicate cords there. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As your approximations of the tangent lines get better and better, the points on the curve you use to create the approximations get closer together. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was a slim, fair-skinned boy with a ball of curly auburn hair curving over his forehead, and he devoted himself to playing two things, tennis and the trumpet. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath me, the tub’s curved bottom had become damp grass, the musk of dirt and stagnant water in my nostrils. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her fingertips brushed against dust and finally something slightly curved, and after another moment of straining she managed to get her fingertips around it enough to pull it out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Mark’s heart lurched and he broke into a sprint, following Alec down the curved passage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Inside it is a space, huge as the sky at night and dark and curved like that, though black-red rather than black. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Angling through one curve of the slope to another. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Aisling’s father had lit it shortly after Elinor died, and it would burn all night, sheltered by the curving glass around it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fully two feet tall and its long red leaves had reached out and in rainbow arches curved over the graves of my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The road curved and we saw the three cars looking quite small, the dust rising from the wheels and going off through the trees. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z There is glass in the curve of each hallway’s ceiling and along each lower wall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The broad concrete walkways curved in and around the massive yellow buildings that rose taller than anything else in the neighborhood. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She examined a rosebush and traced a long nail along the curve of a thorn. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The ledge we stood on curved around several more times before it disappeared inside. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z At her side, her right hand rested on the hilt of a curved sword. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Producing a curved mirror, however, is far from straightforward! The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The sky was at its bluest and seemed to curve down and join with the ocean in the distance. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The water wet her blouse and the thin cotton fabric clung around the curve of her breasts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The only way Father could control both the rear rudders and the curving of the wings was with a kind of hip cradle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, as Abraham was leading us single-file along the path, he disappeared around a curve. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They were going about eighty kilometers an hour before they slowed down to take the curve. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I could barely make out the curve of his face in the dark. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Toby gunned the engine, faster and faster down the interstate until he whipped around a subtle curve and Lily grabbed the armrest with a quick, barely audible yelp. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I do not want an apprentice,” Antain said as he rubbed oil into the curve of the wood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Misha followed the river’s curve north and zigzagged back and forth between tall buildings. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It was a line: a curved line, like a loosely scribbled letter C, and it was sparkling and flickering in a zigzag pattern of blacks and whites and silvers. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Because of the curve of her spine, she had to kind of tilt her head back so she could see where she was going. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If genes were discrete particles specifying one trait, then how could this property be reconciled with the occurrence of human characteristics, say, height or skin color, in continuous curves? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Miss Volker stood by the fireplace mantel and took a breath so deep it straightened out her curved spine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Finally, Bas would announce that we were all going to Koco's, and that he would personally fail the test to help the grading curve for the people who were so concerned with studying. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Eventually people along the tracks, particularly in the state of Veracruz, began to bring food out to the trains, often where they slowed for curves or bad tracks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The newly paved driveway curved sharply and doubled back on itself rather than breach the city-county line. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And how their noses curved around a little bump in the middle, just like mine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She was built with curves like the hull of a racing yacht, and you missed none of it with that wool jersey. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Babi taught her to derive the quadratic equation, showed her how to factor polynomials and plot parametric curves. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Mo?” she called, and there was the fear back again, digging its curved beak into her heart, taking her breath away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Beneath the full moon she cast a shadow, and you could see the curve from her waist to her hips in the shadow, and after a while she stopped and said, “Dig.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z One hand clutched a tall pike, the head of which bore a sharp point and a fearsome curved blade. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The road curved around to the ridge’s south face, and soon the whole procession had passed out of view. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I feel my lips curving into a grin. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z By the end of the day, the sand is crisscrossed with a mesh of ordinates, abscissas, curves to account for everything in nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They crawled on their stalk legs around the curved perimeters of the glass as if the world had shrunk to that jar. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In general relativity, bodies always follow straight lines in four-dimensional space-time, but they nevertheless appear to us to move along curved paths in our three- dimensional space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he told about one time ten or fifteen years ago when the southbound train ran over a bull yearling on a curve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The water was shallow, and the way the beach curved made it private, too. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I found the waterfall near the southern edge of the city, just inside the curved wall of the atmospheric dome. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I reached the bridge which arches over the little Devon River and beyond it the dirt track which curves toward the stadium. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They have freckles and tans, light hair and dark, crooked features and curves, and they are all exactly as they are meant to be. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The plain box held five smaller boxes—a small round one in the center and four curved boxes that fit around it perfectly. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z So for the bottom rows of the bigger feathers, I drew just a few lines and curved them in, and I think it was right! Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The dome of St Paul’s was a luminous curve straight ahead. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The curved walls had once been painted with frescoes, which were now faded to eggshell white with only flecks of color. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It took all the young mouse’s courage to let go of the rope and grab for the thin curving edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A curving window of nonreflecting glass was the first break in the universal metal, and below it was a single large dial, with a single motionless needle hard against the zero mark. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z We drove to the bridge that divided the east bank of the Jordan River from its west bank, where hills and valleys curved like the laps of a thousand mothers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z A little bird with a curved beak was flying around our heads. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The people climbing them learned that they were treacherous, jagged things—hot to the touch, often unstable—eager, should certain important rocks be disturbed, to tumble some more, to form lower, more solid curves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The central building was a round, low tower with curved windows looking outward, like eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He backed up the curving street, his head the only thing I could see for a moment, the rest of him obscured by flowering trees and gold-covered rooftops. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I shaded her thick chestnut hair resting in a smooth curve against her face, a large bruise blazing across her cheek. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The school we are sent to is some distance away, past a cemetery, across a ravine, along a wide curving street lined with older houses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It stopped, and its tail rose up over its back in little jerks and the curved thorn on the tail’s end glistened. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Ghostly, curving tracks swept over the rink like the flights of birds. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Its black screen is bloated and curved, and its boxy white backside is propped against a dartboard. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A harp with a beautiful, sweeping curve was slung from his shoulder, but otherwise he looked nothing at all like the bards Taran had learned about from The Book of Three. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He stops at the far wall and slides one of the dark-wood panels open to reveal a curving stairway spiraling downward. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The train tracks curve away from us now, and I can’t see the fields anymore. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His concerns about his future no longer weigh so heavily on him as he exits the tent, turning right down the curving path that winds between the striped tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her hair was flipped up in a ponytail kind of thing, and when she rested her head on the bench behind us, her long neck curved to a perfect arch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mia ran a finger along one photograph, tracing the curve of a rusted bridge. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She looked away, at the cashew trees covered in dust, at the sky that curved to the earth in a cloudless wall ahead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lace doilies covered everything, and the furniture was handmade in a style that favored curving lines and dark woods. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She curved my fingers around the handle, pressing the iron against the fabric while with the other hand she pulled the cloth taut. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Walk around that curve and go about halfway up the straightaway and wait for me. Leave your stuff.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They ask us to use our gilded tools to recast every curve of their faces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The ceiling arches in jutting curves and slopes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Down in the deepest curve of the road in the deepest part of the valley, in farthest shadow against the rising sun, there they are. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z They crossed Fishmonger's Square and rode along Muddy Way before turning onto the narrow, curving Hook to begin their climb up Aegon's High Hill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Margo curtsied, gave me her hand, and said, “You may,” and then my hand was on the curve between her waist and her hip, and her hand was on my shoulder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z For one thing, I was certain its body of knowledge concerning plane curves, angles, and polygons would help me design my rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She folded her hands in her lap and her lips curved into a smile. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe said the curves were “meanders,” and he showed her rocks in the streambed that were full of ancient shells. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I draw the slow curve of my right cheek, sweeping down to my too-pointy chin, up my other cheek, over the top of my head, and back to where my line began. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The past ten years had padded the curves of her hips some, and combed into her coal black hair a few streaks of cinder gray. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I pinch my side, where a layer of fat used to hint at curves to come. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The men dove away from the road as two buses rounded a curve and sped past, carrying night-shift workers to Vemork. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a long curve in the road that led them to an arch of trees that covered the dirt road before it died in a series of low sand dunes near the beach. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not the river nor the curving cars that flashed through the dark, but pitched like a distant crowd or a swift river at floodtide. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a time when her feet fit neatly on the curve of the earth and her thoughts stacked evenly—one on top of the other—in the cupboards of her mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The cold, the curve, the quiet—I exhale. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They went on to a little valley, then, and followed a brook that made one huge curve after another, doubling itself over like a coiled rope. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Just as we were rounding the curve—on that stretch where the house shows the most from the road, I glanced up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry could just see the outline of something huge and curved, lying right across the tunnel. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The sun beamed down through the curved glass above me, warming my day dress, turning me into a hotcake. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They lowered the virgule and curved it, for a start, so that it began to look like the modern comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the stairs there’s a hat-and-umbrella stand, the bentwood kind, long rounded rungs of wood curving gently up into hooks shaped like the opening fronds of a fern. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A good while later we rounded a curve and there it was again, just ahead, laying on its side like a dead horse. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Though looking down one day, I made a startling discovery: New curves had appeared in my body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A fortification is a task, a line, a curve, not a bulwark. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z At the curve of the trail, the walls of the Protectorate came into view. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The musical sneakers—bright yellow and slightly curved—were one of Mr. Lemoncello’s biggest hits over the holidays. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Fin like the curved edge of a knife. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And right inside the lovely celestial curve as it grew was the thing Alice mentioned, the great building gleaming white under the moon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z All of them were senior citizens now, their hair graying and shoulders curving, a sign of the decades and maybe also the weight they’d carried for future generations. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We stood at the river’s edge, looking up at a curve of concrete that loomed between the cliffs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I could see the brown claws curving over the tips of the fingers! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He traced it back into the canyon with his eyes; the gray banks cut a winding track, its curves and twists the print of a snake’s belly across the sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Brahe’s observatory: the curved scale is a quadrant for measuring elevations that is built into the wall; inside it is a trompe I’oeil section of Brahe’s observatory, with a giant figure of Brahe himself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The priest ascended the curved steps to the pulpit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The path, still wide enough for men and vehicles and horses, tho I only see men, curves its way down thru more orchards on the hillsides of the little vale. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She would speak in a clear voice and look down at the white chalk lines all over the floor, some faded from years, some simple straight lines, others elaborate curves, still others plain initials. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I grip the curved pages, bending my book open too far. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z At the foot of the hill, the road curved. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z One of the little boards he shaped in a lovely curve, and around its edges he carved leaves and flowers and stars, and through it he cut crescent moons and curlicues. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily is all trees and dirt sliced into circles by curved roads. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The leader then raised his long, curved knife above his head. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somebody sent you,” she said, and he noticed she was holding a small willow staff, slightly curved at one end. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Raul stopped by a large boy who was sanding a curved piece of wood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re driving through a stretch of trees so thick that where the road curves up ahead, there’s no way to tell what’s around the corner. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the real room where the girl was slouched in a chair beside her dead brother’s body, her lips curved into a soft smile. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This time, when it got to the end of the tub, it decided to jump up the slippery curve. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The numbers are a combination of miniature lightning bolts and uneven curves. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The palm was calloused and weathered, the nails thick and curved, a miraculous construction of leather and horn. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When she looked down, the ground curved away in all directions. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He stretches out on the bed in his undershirt and trousers, his back against the wall, and I lean against him, feeling his body curve around mine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When he did, he felt the curved indentations, the places carved here and there with names: Tank. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ahead, close enough to touch, sit the mountains I’ve been staggering toward for five days, their rocky trails curving and swooping like Tribal calligraphy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Freeway bridges curve in toward the city’s heart, the dense, gleaming skyscrapers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was Polish, Charlie could hear it in the curve of her voice, but she was also so familiar, like a painting on a wall by an artist whose name he had forgotten. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The flatcar sometimes crept, sometimes went extremely fast, often stopped—went uphill, downhill, around curves, along straightaways. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The process is incredibly painful and it takes many years to achieve a permanent curve. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By his side hung a curving scimitar, a round shield studded with bosses of brass hung at his back, and his right hand grasped a lance. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z We passed them around, careful not to slice our fingers on their jagged curves. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The only thing I’d ever shaved was maybe a few points off a Calculus test so my friends wouldn’t hate me if I set the curve too high. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We emerged from the smoke and found the bridge before us; but we saw also that the rebels had now organized their lines to the west, curving around us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She looked up, followed the long, graceful curve of that neck as it arched into the firelit sky, and found herself gaping directly into the huge, sleepy eye of the brachy. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z This is represented by the curve on the smaller of Dr. Gazzaley’s computer monitors. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They were a dull orange in color, curving one after the other. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He had long curving yellow teeth and a little short tail. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s eyes dropped to the objects clutched in Ron and Hermione’s arms: great curved fangs, torn, he now realized, from the skull of a dead basilisk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The curve of his neck, the soft arch of his ear. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z As they filed into the room, his great walrus mustache curved above his beaming mouth, and he greeted Harry and Zabini with particular enthusiasm. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I can feel his Ups curving up at the corners, smiling. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Weak light came from outside and I saw that we were in a room with black, shining walls that curved high overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers nestle into the curve of her body, drawing her to me and guiding her through the crowd at the same time. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her throat constricted as those fingers, cold, so cold, traced the length of her jaw, the curve of her ear, the hollows of her neck, where a pulse fluttered like a dying moth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z This very grief that had twisted her into a curve on the floor and flayed her would be gone. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He automatically shifts and wraps an arm around my waist, tucking me into my usual spot in the cozy curve of his body. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Now I was standing on a semitransparent running track, a curved looping ribbon suspended in a starry nebula. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly the Second was in motion, all curves and violent grace, striking him in the chest so hard he stumbled back into the chair she’d somehow slid out from under the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In even the tiniest neighborhood around the singularity, the curve takes on almost every conceivable value over and over and over again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Cresting the top of Coalwood Mountain, we were faced with a steep, straight stretch followed by a series of curves that dipped and turned. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This time he did not zigzag between rubbish heaps but strode purposefully toward a small house set apart from the others at a curve in the road. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z When the ferry docked on the other side, we got off on the upper deck; which meant we had to walk down this long, curving ramp that looks like a poor man’s Guggenheim Museum. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z In my mind she was all curves, but here, now, up close, my hands on her waist to hold her up, she was slight. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The trees at the jungle’s edge bend in the exact easterly direction of the wind, explaining their curved trunks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He punched it in and drove along a curving driveway. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Leroy’s mouth curved gently, as if he knew a secret that he wasn’t going to tell. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Everything was curved to fit the walls—the stove, the sink, and the cupboards—and all of it had been painted with flowers, insects, and birds in bright primary colors. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Because the arms were curved, they turned the earth away from the blade, which both reduced friction and more effectively plowed the soil. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Jack went through his gears, selected one, and we were off, crunching up the short straightaway before the first curve of Coalwood Mountain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The globe light holds and bathes each scene, and it can be assumed that at the curve where the light stops is a solid foundation. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Going underground, through the rock, with die filthy river bottom above us, and fish swimming in the black water on the other side of die curving tiles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The angles of her face curve into a perfect heart shape. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The bird was winking and holding an ancient gold coin in its great curved beak. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She scaled the steps swiftly, following the curve around to the upper landing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The plants were not arranged in straight lines, but rather in slow, big curves, like a loose letter S. And of course in the background, at the horizon, rose mountains. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One brownstone was rotund—like a jolly, well-fed grandfather—with a curved facade and decorative curlicues above round, owlish windows. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He spotted a faint path winding past a clump of violets and curving beyond a funny-looking bush. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I marvel at its bright green body, curved pink beak, the pink rings around its neck, and its beady eyes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Out in the lake, in the short part of the L, something curved and yellow was sticking six or eight inches out of the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later he was scrambling breathlessly along a path northwest of the City of the Dead, where the cliffs curved far inward toward the river. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He put the beautifully curved instrument on his shoulder, barely touched the strings, and a long, lovely melody filled the air. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a shadow anywhere in front of me, and every object, every angle and curve stood out so sharply it made my eyes hurt. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Later my sons set upon it like apprentice palm readers, trying to divine the fate of their world from the lengths and curves of its rivers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He does sit, then, in the curve of blankets left unmade on his bed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They expected to find that the disintegration yield rose in a curve consonant with increases in the energy of the bombarding deuterons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her finger traced the long sinuous curves of the golden dragon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The purple velvet walls curved overhead to form a roof, making it pleasantly warm within despite the autumn chill outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk when the coach took the final dash around the curve in the road that brought it to the door of Cutlers Tavern. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z If not for the grip on my arm, he'd be on the ground, but as it is, it takes all my strength to keep us both on the curved back of the horn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A bead of sweat trickled down the curve of his bald head, made its way to his earlobe, and hung there, trembling. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z As we left the moon, we curved around its right side, and we could see it gleaming in the sunlight, vividly etched against the black sky in gray- tan tones. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The beach was very small, with high cliffs curving round in front, and the sea behind. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Half-moon curve of the tuna’s tailfin is nothing but a blur, accelerating from zero to fifty in a heartbeat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She shook her head, opened the package to free the curved needle and silk thread. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I drew Fred’s hand holding the specimen, his thumb curving around the side and his fingertips peeking around the other side of the shell. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Although the room was dark, light touched the metal fastenings on a wooden box, a fold of blue cloth on the table, the curve of the woman’s forehead, the creamy lemon of her jacket. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The hooked ends curved upward and held the gun securely. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The ceiling, which had somehow become curved, was filled with little round moons. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But it’s definitely a girl, with curves and boobies and everything, so I name it Inka instead. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z 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 The leading boy, the handle of the whip, started off at a trot, weaving to the left and to the right, increasing speed until the whip of flesh was curving at breakneck gallop. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I fill my paper plate with unappetizing pastries—miniature muffins, a Danish filled with some dark, unidentifiable jam—a banana with too much green along its curved rind, and a firm, cool-skinned orange. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I watched a head of sweat roll downward from Cade’s armpit and turn along the curve of his chest. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Look beyond it,” she said, and extended her finger to point to a section in the upper right, where Forest opened and tiny houses were patterned around curved paths. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I saw the smile that always curves up a bit more on the right side, like you’re holding in a laugh. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The path was tricky here—hairpin curves and needle-like rock formations. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful construction, the intricate curves glowing silvery in the light. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a skillful and steady incision, like drawing a curved line with a pencil across the crown of the head, a fluid and graceful curve. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Pinmei took a deep breath, and when she exhaled, the air steamed from her mouth, curving like the tail of a dragon before disappearing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Suburban children, meanwhile, are in the middle of the curve, while urban children tend to score higher than average. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She was like a tortillon, a blending brush, melting harsh lines into gentler curves. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His arms are curving around my waist, and he's resting his chin on my shoulder. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I looked up the road past several curves, and the sun sparkled off parked cars as far as I could see. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A yellow-and-black burying beetle, crawling across the white fur of his belly, stopped, waved its short, curved antennae and then moved on again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael moved his hands beneath the hem of her dress, then slowly up her thighs and over her underpants to the curves of her waist, where they stayed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was such an elegance in the lines of it, such a perfect sculpt to every angle and curve that he was almost unreal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Rounding a curve, Cabot Searcy began to think about his life up to that point. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Then, three miles up, the wind steadied and bore it in a descending curve round the sky and swept it in a great slant across the reef and the lagoon toward the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z For walking in the bush, he wears a baseball cap, a black T-shirt, shorts, a curved African knife at his belt, and scorched, melted green sneakers— dried too many times over campfires. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The spike had to be an inch in diameter. Was clear through your wrist. There wasn’t much blood, just a trickle running from the wound to the curve of your elbow.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Water from behind them streamed ahead and curved upward to make a wall of water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Next to it are my sickles, the blades as curved and sharp as Miss Anderson’s tongue. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I locked my eyes on Rose, on that bowed cord of vein and muscles that curved from her earlobe down her neck to her collarbone, and took a quick step to the right and forward. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I thought of how his jacket had felt against my cheek, the curve of his spine, and something calm and warm settled in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I was the last person to deserve a halo, but I studied the effect, cupping my hands under my breasts, studying my pinky-brown nipples, the thin curves of my waist, every soft and glowing turn. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are a riddle, Fyrian,” Luna murmured, resting her hand on the curve of the dragon, curling her fingers into the heat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z His profile was smooth lines, slightly curved except where his nose jutted out and his beard jutted out at the end of his chin. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She drops her trunk and Marlena sits in its curve, hooks an arm around it, and points her toes daintily. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Thick horns curved like an elaborate headdress around their lumpy faces and rows of short spikes ran across their sand-colored bodies. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It harbored, in the crook of its inner curve, a particular shell that could be found nowhere else on the beach. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In the end, stretched on his belly and inching ahead a little with his elbows, he peered out from behind the bottom upward-starting curve of the rock. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond, villages appeared, with dwellings of all kinds; curving stitches of smoke from fires were threaded with dull purplish grays. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so consumed that, driving on the highway, too fast, she rounded a curve and the Pinto swerved; she lost control, and then, at the last second, recovered. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His eyes fell on the smooth curves of her calves, and he wanted to reach his hands out and follow those curves up, up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The stars curved out of the dusk into the night. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the street young men were calling out to her: “Baby, you got so many curves you make a car crash!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There were the shining brass appointments, the gracefully curved mudflap, the tufted black leather seat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He walked out of the tent, which was set up on the curve of a narrow dirt road, and was instantly blinded. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I’d never been in an elevator that went in a curve, and my stomach wasn’t too happy about it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He was lean and narrow-waisted, not muscular at all, but graceful and loose-limbed, with a slightly curved nose and nice bone structure. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My favorite plane was the British Spitfire, which was a beautiful, graceful-looking airplane with a slender fuselage and a curved, elliptical-shaped wing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With Richardson’s curve and the simplest extrapolation for the future growth of the human population, the two curves do not intersect until the thirtieth century or so, and Doomsday is deferred. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood curved round and he followed it, until he was out of sight of the fence, and the tractor. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z A set of stairs curved deeper into the earth, the barreled ceiling held up by more repeating arches, closer together and carved from polished black stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” Bailey says quietly as they walk down another curving stairway in order to exit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I nodded silently to each of them as I walked over to Stanchion’s vacant seat at the end of the bar where it curved toward the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How a curve meets a curve and the perfect angle of a corner piece. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The sky curves overhead, like the interior of a great blue bowl. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There are any number of everyday situations in which people develop a good intuition for the distribution curves in question. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Kosi’s beauty was startling, those cheekbones, that flawless skin, those perfect womanly curves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her breath quickened as his fingers traced the curve of her neck and wandered careless toward the soft flesh below. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Hair the color of autumn leaves and moss-green eyes and horns curving from behind his brow to just above his ears. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Only her fingers were too long, and they never stopped moving, and her dark red fingernails were curved and sharp. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Indeed, there was an entire seam of rock, curving into the damp and deeply green forest, glowing like a river of embers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There was even a shower in the head, and the walls and floor of the tiny space sloped down, following the curve of the hull, to a central drain. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We went down the river in a long curve. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z So the engineers, who knew more about flying vehicles than any others, began scaling the next learning curve. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z For the glass had been cast unevenly, so that there were odd little flamelike curves in the colors. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw first the glowing curved line around the head of the creature and the line showed him that it was the front of a dolphin. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The skeletons of the green trees curved under the elegant weight of the snow, bowing and twisting like ribbons in the wind. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She's older in the face, and her body has curves that the girl in the picture didn't. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Greek letters move across the undersides of his eyelids: isosceles triangles, betas, sine curves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His words come out as a whisper, but from the way the tunnel’s archways curve at the ceiling, I can hear his words as clearly as if he stood right beside me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Glancing through the window, through the rain that had now almost stopped, he could see the house where Nathaniel lived, farther along the curved path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The captain leaned against the wall, tracing two circles over the curve of his knee, in and out of each other like snakes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sleeping cabins sat on the curved sandy path that ran along the ridge above the dunes that fringed the beach. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see the barrier to this trap, because it had been carefully built around a curve in the bank where the animals could not see it until after they had gone through the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The hill was shaped like a comma, large and round with a spur leading out and down: The Twentieth Maine was positioned along the spur, the other regiments curved around to the right. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s when I saw it, the dark lines curving from his middle knuckle, rounding the ridges of vein, settling just under the cuff of his plaid sleeve. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the middle of the space, a single spotlight illuminated a curved sword, its blade bare and supported by two silk-covered wedges. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Stacks of clean white balconies curve along the building’s insides. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stared at the curving stairway of stone in the dim hall, the center of each step worn smooth by the tread of many generations. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The piano, waxed and polished every week, gleams in the sunlight from the curved bay window. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Her eight spindly legs were lined with curved barbs as big as Annabeth’s dagger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They drove back To town through the curve Of hills. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As she ate her bread and meat, she kept one hand curved about the cup enjoying its warmth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The road curves off to the right and then we come upon a strange-looking structure that sort of looks like a cross between a tree house and a lighthouse. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She even liked the curves more than usual, when they made her lean in Omer’s direction. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Doxy’s wings are thick, curved and shiny, much like a beetle’s. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Something that looked like a giant black bee whooshed by them and careened around the curve ahead. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see what it was because, as usual, he had his left arm curving over the picture. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Helene rubs the Blackcliff tattoo on the back of her neck—a four-sided black diamond with curved sides that is inked into every student upon arrival at the school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We trudged silently around the curve and kept going as ordered and then turned to wait for Jack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Off in the hills, where the ancient highway curved, there was a motion, a dim light, and then a murmur. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The river curved and they vanished from sight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Before climbing the steps, she wraps it around herself again, and emerges with the wet cotton clinging to her curves. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sun shone coolly through the avenue of trees, dappling the curving drive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z All the shadows were thin and blue, and every little curve of snowdrifts and every little track in the snow had a shadow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The result of this tug of war was a curved path through the sides, and a constantly changing speed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d noticed curves before, of course, but I had never quite apprehended their significance. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z There was, instead, the subtle curve of the cupped hand—the metal flesh sloping gently upward to form a kind of great shallow bowl so that you couldn’t simply walk off the edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Deep creases curved around his generous mouth, showing signs of humor, though he was studying the sea, and not smiling now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He makes adjustments to the flood of Prussian blue paper himself, responding to her arrangements, surrounding replicas of ancient Egyptian temples with columns of curving bookshelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He led them off the curving path deeper into the garden. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z So it is with space-time: on a very small scale it is tendimensional and highly curved, but on bigger scales you don’t see the curvature or the extra dimensions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel widened and brightened, and the exit appeared around a curve. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I followed Nabila through a curved entrance down a new hallway. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The thin line of down from her belly button led over the gentle curve of the base of her belly, to her dark triangle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hips curved like treble clefs, notations in a music Mary Lou had yet to hear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when we rounded curves or stopped at lights, I could hear her belting out, “Born to Be Wild,” or her favorite William Bell song, “I Forgot to Be Your Lover.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z When the Richardson curve crosses the vertical bar we have specified the waiting time to Doomsday: how many years until the population of the Earth is destroyed in some great war. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My head nestles in the curve behind her neck; my knees pull up to fit the space behind hers. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The road up through the foothills is just wide enough for two small cars, and so at each curve, as she has been instructed, Yolanda slows and taps her horn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Users with less expertise were more accurate in predicting the learning curves, though their guess, too, fell short: they predicted twenty minutes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Almost shyly, the boy led them to his bench, and a steel helm shaped like a bull's head, with two great curving homs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I could see the curve of her nose against my pulse, which was green and bumpy. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This bone ship looked like a rib cage, curved bones curling up as it erupted out of the sea. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Her breasts were small and her hips only slightly curved, but she couldn’t help resenting these visible signs that she was doomed to be female. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A lone circle with a curved nose and eyebrows, flat dark eyes, and an open mouth. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The walls were painted with scenes of a banquet: a robed man with a curved cap like an ice cream scoop, sitting next to a larger guy who radiated sunbeams. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I had stopped listening at the curving road. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The flaps of the tent’s entrance curve to both sides, revealing a yawning, pitch-black hole into which a velvet carpet extends. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Peering through the blades of grass round his head, he could see the curve of a white back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I work on his body, feeling the lines and curves, muscle and bone, feeling every last bit of him travel through my eyes to my fingers. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Thick eyebrows framed her dark eyes and her small mouth curved up into a smile. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The empty green screen stared back at him; he saw himself in its curved glass, a story as still as the others had been antic. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel the pull of the earth on me, the dragging of its dark curve of gravity, the spaces between the atoms you could fall so easily through. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Under the stout, gray cylinder of the water tower on its commanding hill, the sandbar curved out into the sea. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After a while they just looked out through the silted glass to where the track curved away in the waste of weeds. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Matt poured water into the crevice of a curved rock for his dog, who lapped eagerly and waited for more. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass echoed the wood in its hollow curve. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then I sketch a long, curved arc, followed by a second line in the same smooth motion. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His mouth curved up the same way as Sohrab’s, with one side a little higher than the other. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Shoulders slumped, I step into a massive, darkened theater with endless rows of seats curving around a wide stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Sarai’s were at the extremity of the dexter arm—which was a way of saying right, as sinister was a way of saying left—down the long, curved corridor from the gallery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They were high and graceful canoes with curving bow and stern and a braced section midships where a mast could be stepped to carry a small lateen sail. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A long, curved sauropod neck cut a slender silhouette against the dark blue sky between them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A long shadow crossed the hold to the galley store, where the ship’s boy unlocked the door and began poking among the barrels, a silhouette of long limbs and curls on the curving timbers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Her hair ripples in the wind, glowing gold-white like the curve of a sunlit dune. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Ahead, beyond the curve of the path, they could already hear music—flutes and fiddles—from the gathering place where celebrations were held. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I traced a finger against her soft nose, her cheeks, and her curved chin, with a dimple like Safa’s. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Myanda held her stomach, and the sides of her mouth curved down with despair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When I finally came to in the gray light, I knew by the curve of the rear seat and the smell of fake lemon detergent that I was back in Betty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the stairwell, out of sight of the platform, Dutchy leans against a curved wall. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In the distance the road curved around a hill, and she was overcome by the desire to run, to leave them all behind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Above their bleached faces their foreheads had been shaved halfway over their scalp’s curve to make a sharp widow’s peak where starched black hair began to arch upward, reminding me of a cobra’s hood. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z While my fingers worked, I studied the side of her face, admiring the line of her jaw, the curve of her neck into her shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had the elegant sort of curved nose you saw in statues and paintings, and his nostrils were perfectly proportioned. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The alabaster is what gives your face its planes, its curves. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The coach had rounded the curve, its horn bellowing. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The first principle was that charged particles moving in a perpendicular direction through a magnetic field follow a curved path. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Caggo Corpsekiller the men were calling him now, though not to his face; he was quick to anger, and that curved black sword of his was as nasty as its owner. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Seven large tents, all of silver silk, curved in a crescent around one side of a bonfire. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Fatty,” echoed Ike’s dark-featured friend, his lips curved with laughter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Another flourish, and the black silk folds and curves in on itself, becoming a black top hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It raced through the track, picking up speed around the curves. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z But a woman’s income appeal is a bell-shaped curve: men do not want to date /W-earning women, but once a woman starts earning too much, they seem to be scared off. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He leaned down and gave me a hug, and my eyes slipped shut as I felt his hard planes against my soft curves. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Their short skirts rode up, flashing warning lights of flesh: backs of knees, the curve of a calf, a smooth plain of thigh. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I reach up and draw one curved horn. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I race the straightaways, then jog the curves. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Fred and I coasted downhill, whirring like ghosts as we curved right at the fork. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He followed it up the road, around a curve, to a small wooden house set among the trees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Melissa’s frame was thin, and she was too young to be expected to have curves. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She's not a girl, but a woman, I suppose—she curves like a woman, at any rate—but that flawless smooth brown skin only reminds me that I'm getting on in years. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We rolled with ease down little Daytona and through Caretta, past the minehead there, and then up on War Mountain, where again Jack ordered us off the bus to walk around a particularly treacherous curve. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As Fadi followed his family inside, they were greeted by a short smiling man with a curved mustache. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She curved both arms above her head and her feet slid slowly in opposite directions on the yellow waxed floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Her red, red lips curved up into a smile of such beauty, such brilliance, such pure and perfect happiness that it would have frozen your blood in your veins to have seen it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Glimpse how ages ago and even now, water brushes, curving and carving the land. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z His mouth curved into an amused smile, but his eyes remained fixed upon them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Even through our armor, I feel her curves, and my stomach leaps strangely. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I shouldn’t have worried, though, because the Pastor threw me a curve by turning left and heading directly for the big place beside the Kites’, the one without a Century 21 sign planted out front. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We come to where the houses of Werowocomoco are gathered—straw-colored rectangular houses with curved roofs. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Kira could see that it was intricately decorated with carved designs that interwove around it in complicated curves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By the winter of that year, the sine curve of Rajesh’s psyche had tightened in its frequency and gained in its amplitude. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A tiny white speck of a car came singing down the wet road from town, far away, twisting with the black curves and growing larger by the moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Occasionally a tear would slide down his royal nose and dangle from its curved tip, but at least the loud sobbing had ceased. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She wanted to trace the curves of his brows with her thumbs, to brush her lips against the soft freckled corner of his eyelid. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Even the wall seemed to disappear, and he saw it was a giant curving mirror on the inside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As a matter of fact, Brian thought, watching the bank at the end of the curve come at him, they were impossible to turn. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Light doesn’t go in a straight line, but in a curved path around stars—an effect that the British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington went on an expedition in 1919 to observe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The large center hall of the Sillington house had a staircase that curved upward like a stretch of DNA. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z When Arya turned to look, die saw that he was wearing his helm, all shiny steel and great curving horns. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Up ahead, the road curved to the left. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Then all he would have to do was look through the curved one. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I could see the small waves sliding up the sand and beyond them a curving line of foam where the currents raced. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I had none of a mermaid’s curves, for my body was as slim as a boy’s. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The bus rounds a curve that brings us closer still. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He gestures toward the winding curves of the Splash Magic River, where the riders sit in tubes and float along a moving channel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Camilla was limp in Henry’s arms, her head thrown back like a dead girl’s, and the curve of her throat beautiful and lifeless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It worked, but the river curved almost constantly, moving through small swamps and beneath overhanging trees so thick it seemed to be a jungle, and he was constantly fighting the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He picked the pearl from the dying flesh and held it in his palm, and he turned it over and saw that its curve was perfect. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood there until they had filled her with mortician’s paste and sewn her up with a curved upholsterer’s needle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Dolores’s loose hair tickled her shoulders as she followed the curve of the highway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If you plot the beak sizes of finches, the points fit on a continuous curve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If Annabelle ran on US Route 12 and not the desolate 200, she’d be facing blind curves, and navigating tight spaces next to guardrails and steep, forested cliffs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A white board with curved black marks on it was propped up on that desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The path curves through the trees toward the pond, and I squint into the sunshine sparkling across the water, knowing that in places it's too deep to measure. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z First Turkey curved her yellow beak into a smile and turned to Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was not nearly as steep, and it curved halfway, so that whatever was near the bottom of it was quite out of sight as they stood at the top preparing to go down. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Straight ahead curved a sparkling archway that reminded Aru of the body scanners at airports. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z New Jersey motorists, learning about the invasion on their car radios, headed west, “disregarding speed laws and curves in their race to escape the death rays.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Powell seated himself gingerly, and found it molded to the body’s curves, and comfortable. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The Snake River curved behind this section, and tall, full-leaved trees grew here and there across the lawn. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He could hold a spoon by wedging it between his index finger, which bowed upward, and his ring finger, which curved downward, but he ate with difficulty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The last thing I remember is an exquisitely beautiful greenand-silver moth landing on the curve of my wrist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Behind it rose the first gentle slopes of the hill clad with trees, and trees marched away westward along the curving shores of the lake. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “And we never could tell what might appear around any curve.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Her lips were curved, like the smile of a cat, and something got into me — maybe ’twas the devil. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Most of the room is filled with curved tables arranged in concentric circles around the pillar. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The curved piece supported the shelf underneath, and it was carved beautifully, too. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched the headlights twist with the curves of the road. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I looked up the road until it disappeared around the curve at the base of the mountain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z On the third pitch, I went into a long, elaborate windup and sent him a slow, curving blooper, the kind a batter always wants to hit and always misses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Pet leaned its head back and forth, horns tipping over, goldfeathered throat exposed and then curved forward. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The village nestled at the foot of a forbidding cliff in the curved elbow of an arm of land. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Harriet Monroe’s Aunt Nettie sat on a step high on the dark upper curve of the stairway that rose from Root’s living room to the second floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Each time the ring was true, and already the curve of the metal was beginning to assume the proper angle. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The top was sleeveless and cinched at the waist, and it was cut to give the illusion that I had curves in just the right places. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z They tiptoed down a long corridor that curved to the left and then to the right. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Thus I advance a long way and then turn back in a wide curve. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Where the tracks curved south, they were to veer north into the woods. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I watched it plunge on, eating up the road, defying those curves. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Magnificent,” said Slughorn, approaching the spider’s head, where eight milky eyes stared blankly at the sky and two huge, curved pincers shone, motionless, in the moonlight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The cat pounced on grasshoppers in the green tumbleweeds and ate them from the curve of her claws. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I hit it with both shoes as hard as I could until I saw a crack in the curved crystal. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I took the curving back stairs to the downstairs kitchen, where casseroles lined the counters. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The streets curved up and around as the ground rose away from the coast like a spiral. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The maester inserted a curved copper funnel through the feeding hole over his mouth and poured a slow trickle down his throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It coated my chest, along with the salve, and when the flannel came undone in my sleep, the clear, sharp curves of air outlined its presence on my throat. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The beautiful part: Huge windows curved along the back wall, looking out over the stem of the ship. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He gestured with his hand, making a curve in the air above his own belly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the first curve, my heart started thumping. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z There was something hard and curving in a corner, wrapped in a scrap of cotton rag. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The hideous gray uniform made her look much younger than she really was, despite the fact that her womanly curves showed through the design. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely the sleeper hadn’t woken already: in the dimness Ama could make out the shape of the sleeping bag, the lighter patch that was the girl’s hair, and the curve of her sleeping dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And somehow we end up horizontal, his hands curved up around my back. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He rubbed Baachan’s curved back as if he could straighten it out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We came around a curve into a town, and on both sides opened out a sudden green valley. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z As they pressed on over the curves and hills, Kaiserman saw something that gave him greater pause. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I follow the curve around the Parliament Building with its form of a squatting Victorian dowager, darkish pink, skirts huffed out, stolid. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Before we got to a curve, Mr. Weaver applied the brakes, and the steel wheels of the locomotive and our man-trip squealed like a thousand tortured pigs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He returned, his eyes half closed even as he spoke, leaning on a carved crutch that curved under his arm like a smooth cradle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They grumbled continually as they built and rebuilt with leathery, deliberate hands their pyramids of mottled greenish oranges and mangoes and curved embankments of hard green bananas. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Pull back farther still and the curved horizons of the planet revealed themselves—a beautiful ball of green, white, blue, slate, and brown. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z "Or we could just make curves a trend again. You have a beautiful shape," I say. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He was holding the sugar tongs in his hands, tenderly stroking their curved handles. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of a crescent moon curve they're a half-moon, the blades weighted and sharpened on both sides to easily cut in either direction. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Closer examination showed each side to be covered with writing, resting on a curved line that spiraled clockwise in five coils from the disk’s rim to its center. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to seem nosy, but the curving design on the front of the mezuzah is fascinating. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She carefully selects an almost dainty-looking number with a cruel, curved blade. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Uncle smiled and his whole face wrinkled upward in those happy curves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘What can I see there?’ he asked, pointing down to the middle of the great curve of the Anduin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A raised circular stage thrust out from the wall opposite the curving mahogany bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He sets off, his right arm swinging, his splayed feet flailing in the shallow surf, following the curve of the causeway to the mountain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It completes the set of six and creates a perfect half-moon curve. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She lifts a broad foot and scratches her head with a curved claw on the end of a long, narrow toe. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a tiny curved beach in front of the station, a miniature beach between little reefs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At that very moment, the 12:35 train out of South Station and en route to North Station was rounding a curve near where the tank had burst open. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There was a table that curved out to face residents, and two podiums positioned to face the board members. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Finish him off with straight and curving sewing needles? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Connor launches himself across the room, hopping over the pillows on the floor, colliding with the soft curve of Mrs. Baransky’s belly. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The wall had dropped away, leaving a curved gap with two shelves. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The children of tall men and women were certainly taller than the mean height of the population, but they too varied in a bell-shaped curve, with some taller and some shorter than their parents.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There was the hint of cosmic cruelty that I felt when I saw the curved timbers of a wooden shack that had been warped in the summer sun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Off with you now and write your letter,” and he returned the kiss, smiling with his eyes at her until the corridor curved her from his sight. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She was beginning to see subtle differences in how each spirit moved—the clenching of shadowy fists on an upward flush into the sky, the curve of a spine from a life of hard labor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z When I came out of that curve, I was in the outside lane, the one nearest to the side of the cliff. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He had a beautiful wife, an adult woman with curves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the case of Mars, the trip can take as long as nine months, following a curving arc approximately 460 million miles long. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At least it was beautiful, with curves and marshy islands and yachts moored along the edges. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The coffee burned into him, a dark transfusion that awakened him to his own desire to leave this house and set his eyes on long curves and highway signs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A tangent is a line that just kisses a curve. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The sky was curved, like the inside of a huge glass ball, very dark blue with the sprinkles of bright stars. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Day was opening in the sky, and they saw that the mountains were now much further off, receding eastward in a long curve that was lost in the distance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Or “The letter S must be made just so, never thick or wiggly or with an extra curve at the end, but just so.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As each group of guys calls out for her, Beatriz carries herself taller and arches her back to show off her curves. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As the trail curves we catch sight of a gigantic lion made of pure gold atop a small hill. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As the path curved around a tall thicket, a covered bridge came into view up ahead. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I ended with a rise up, and then fell forward into a handstand, only to arch my back and let my legs curve behind me, never touching the ground. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In discussing the large-scale structure of the Cosmos, astronomers are fond of saying that space is curved, or that there is no center to the Cosmos, or that the universe is finite but unbounded. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “For a guy like me, with no college, it’s become pretty bleak out there,” said Martinelli, who is fifty years old and deals with life’s curves with a resigned shrug. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They could hear the noise of it as they came around the curve in the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When I painted in the curve of her mouth I was surprised how nice her lips were. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She has short, dark brown hair, curving in toward her cheeks and cut in a high fringe over her brows. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The driveway ran straight for about half a mile, then curved to the east. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A heavy metal crash barrier stood across the old road and a new highway curved off down a hillside away from the town. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Most guys, no matter what age, get excited about curves and circles, but not me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She had seen him whittling, worrying blocks of pine with his curved carving knives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His hand was unsteady, and his lips could curve only into a tremulous and exceedingly weak smile. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The road curved through red clay and junipers uphill to the northeast. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then her hands flicked open the metal fastenings on her black bag and began plucking out clear bottles of liquid, bandages, gleaming silver scissors, forceps, curved needles, and thread. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One arm up as if she was waiting for someone to grab it and arm wrestle her, and the other arm curved as if wrapped around the waist of somebody else. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z None of the pathways ended, they curved into others or circled back to the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It looks like a giant shoe box next to the shiny curved dome of the mosque with two towering minarets. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The view from Bailey’s perspective looks impossible, a bit of leg here, the curve of a shoulder there, part of her other arm underneath a foot. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Teachers smile at them and grade them on the curve. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The bird opened its curved beak and hissed warningly; but its eyes were dull and half-closed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z On the far right was a large house that looked straight to the most oblique curve in the river. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A curving set of steps led to statues by the entrance. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A car heading into the slippery curve a tad too fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The floor-to-ceiling windows curve outward and are covered in dust and grime, and there’s a giant stone fireplace in the wall to the right, but no furniture. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He sat at one of the long curving tables, poring over manuscripts laid out like patches in a quilt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As the ambulance swings around a curve, Mami grabs my hand and squeezes hard. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z There was a wide curve in the tracks and when I looked out the window, I could see a ways ahead of us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He slid down along the curve of her stomach until she could no longer see his face and her hands were in his hair. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They study me with faces too distorted in the curved glass to recognize. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The finger then floats to Hassan's face and makes a dry, scratchy sound as it slowly traces the curve of his cheeks, the outline of his ears. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When the herald's voice dismissed the court, she fled the balcony, only to find Joffrey waiting for her at the base of the curving stairs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z September 11, 2001 He puts down the marker, his shoulders slump, and his back curves. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z There are still some buildings boarded up, with the windows busted out and replaced by paintings of would-be windows with curved drapes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As you get into greatly curved regions of space, bodies’ masses effectively increase, a phenomenon known as mass inflation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A neat French braid begins at Zeta-4’s left ear and curves around the back, to where it twists into a pretzel bun on the opposite side, a lot like the Chancellor’s. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I turn around and feel along the curved stone wall until I reach the second door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Six beady black eyes, bristly legs, and massive jaws that ended in curved, pointed fangs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a blue, too, in the curves of the palms, and the edges of the words we speak, a blue tinge to the sand and the seashells and the plump gulls on the beach. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We see on Europa an amazing, intricate network of intersecting straight and curved lines. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond it, the ditch and trees curved back again in a re-entrant, so that the field formed a bay with a bank running all the way round. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw a curve of blond hair poking out from behind a tree just ahead and smiled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His face was in shadow, but she saw his lips curve as he smiled at her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She lay nude atop the featherbed, the soft curves of her young body limned in the faint glow from the hearth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The course is extremely tortuous...twisting and turning in every direction. The boatmen have some strenuous times in getting the boat around some of the curves,” Cherrie wrote in his diary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Uncle Leang still resembles the stick figure I drew in Phnom Penh, only his back curves more now. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Near Block 28 some of the men who had been professional gardeners built a small park, with mossy nooks, ponds, waterfalls and curved wooden bridges. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z In the top chamber, a huge curved mirror made of polished bronze reflected sunlight during the day. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I stared without blinking at the mist, looking for the curve of her back or the silhouette of her head wrapped in a pretty kerchief. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think the cork fell out. The curved throat probably doesn’t hold it as well.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And by the time I come careening around the curve of the lane and see the house, sitting by itself near the top of the hill, the sun is fully up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Rowan had one, too—bright green bands bearing the curved blade of a farmer’s scythe above an unblinking eye—the double symbol of the scythehood. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And the land had a certain curve to it at the bottom of the island, like a dinosaur head, bumpy on the right and straight on the left, a swooping majestic bottom. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The boat swung into the curve, banged against the wall, straightened itself, and sped on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The words “Neah Bay, WA” curve across its top, along with a painting of the lighthouse. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They crossed a small bamboo bridge spanning one of the many creeks that curved in through the muddy banks of the island. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth couldn’t see far in the hazy air, but the longer they walked, the more certain she became that the entire landscape was a downward curve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He concentrated, then hit the white, trying to curve it around. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Opposite the doors, a flight of stairs that seemed to be built of blocks of ice curved up out of sight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Looking ahead one sees it broaden, rising and curving slowly, dwarfing the dark ridges of earth, meeting the ice-wall far above under veils of cloud and smoke and snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A woman in black with ugly blue eyes and a curved blade. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “The babies didn’t die, you know,” the old woman said, a mischievous grin curving across her wide mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The curved ridges of the culvert pressed against his spine, and he could feel tiny pebbles and fine sand that had been washed inside. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When we reached the top of the highest hill, we found a brick reservoir and a big curved boulder where we sat to rest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The road had no heavy load of traffic to support; there were few sharp curves or intersections where brush could obstruct the driver’s vision. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z An aged sectional sofa curved around in front of the TV, a round coffee table in front of it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Like the flag of an unknown country, seen for an instant above a curve of hill. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Not Weep nor the Cusp nor the citadel were visible, but a great deal of pale-rose sky, and, beneath it, this broad path of smooth green water plied by birds with long, curved necks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The only sign of civilization is a small log cabin and a long dirt road that curves out of sight. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He stretches out beside the wall and pulls me toward him, curving his body around mine again, his arm tucked under my waist. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In a two-dimensional universe, curved through a third dimension, there is no center—at least not on the surface of the sphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The lane curved to the right and when they rounded the corner, it was to see the very edge of Ogden’s frock coat vanishing through a gap in the hedge. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z People had taken to calling them “banana boats,” because once they were exposed to water both their bows and sterns tended to curve ever so slightly upward. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "It was a real learning curve for us," Witzke went on. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The river curved left and the raft went straight, cut across the curve, and jammed into the bank. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z A lovely sloop stood away from us, her genoa set like a curving scarf, and all the coastal craft trudged up the Sound or wallowed heavily toward New York. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On a curving road I might have been traveling east or south or west instead of the north I wanted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The infinite zero of a black hole—mass crammed into zero space, curving space infinitely—punches a hole in the smooth rubber sheet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Then, with a thrill of recognition, I watched the curves of Alexandria’s two harbors slide into view, their outlines looping like an Arabic epigram inked in incandescent gold. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Her great belly was swollen with new life as she leaped across the yellow sandrock, startled forever across the curve of cliff rock, ears flung back to catch a sound behind her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Andras s own father, flung years before against rocks when a boat swung around and tipped, still held one arm locked into a curved and crooked shape. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lu said, as we rounded the second curve. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She stroked the binding, passed her hand over the curved spine, and traced the letters on the jacket with her forefinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Not only had my appearance changed with my new haircut, makeup, and growing curves, but I felt different inside. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z For any point along a smooth curve that flows through space, there is a line that just grazes the curve, touching at exactly one point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Santo and Johnny’s “Sleepwalk” was playing when I next came up for air, the windows of the Dodge steamy and gray, the heavier droplets making curving little translucent streaks down them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z One side of her mouth curved up into a smile, no kind of smile at all. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I wander over and pretend to admire a shawl when I notice a green-and-gold box with a curved lid. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It was the beginning of my learning curve on Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But the screechers had sharp curved claws on each front foot, and sometimes those left marks. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The wind makes her eyes water and buries their shoes in sand, hurls knots of dead grass from the curved ridges of one dune to another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Before she realized what was happening, the lane began to curve at the bottom of the slope. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z After a while I was singing loudly, swaying back and forth and clapping my hands, and once I saw Reb Saunders looking at me, and his lips curved into a shadow of a smile. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I held the steel seat with my hands between my legs so I wouldn’t fall over when we took the curves. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Luna curved around the mud pot and followed the rocks into where the village used to be. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I draw a trombone, but it’s hard to do the curves. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a landmark he recognized, or the way the road straightened out of its curve. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But then my mind would go to the curve of his perfect thumbnail, and my body would flame up like pine pitch. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As we locked eyes, he reached for the curved shashka on his belt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She had to make the symbols herself, so that she would understand them, their curves, how to use them and make them her own. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The road curved, and before us, on the left, were two high iron gates beside a lodge, open wide to the long drive beyond. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The holes in the bank, however, had runs of the usual bow shape, leading down to the chalk and then curving up again to burrows with floors of trampled earth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We crest a low hill, then curve back behind the staff building to where the Vineyard harbor comes into view near the boathouse. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I looked back to a ferry passing the Statue of Liberty now, its backwash a curving line upon the bay and three gulls swooping down behind it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about six feet long and curved like a crescent moon. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It curved in a crescent-shaped arc, bringing Matthias back into the main cavern with its luminous lake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There was an especially distinct learning curve when it came to understanding sports. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Two ships sailing along the curve of a chrysanthemum stem. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When I put them on, I barely recognized my own body, the way it narrowed and curved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It burns through my black hair as little beads of water collect around my hairline and on the curve of my upper lip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z War Mountain was not as steep as the mountain out of Coalwood, but its roads were narrower and there were two curves that nearly doubled back on themselves. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She was walking through the sunflowers, holding the blue silk shawl around her shoulders in one hand, carrying the long curved willow stick in the other. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her curved, flesh-ripping beak looks sweet and demure when you see her head on. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or a tomb. An igloo is round but your books are square, not curved. Do you need glasses?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He walked from end to end of the curved row of sitting Keepers, looking each of them in the eye as he spoke. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Bitter joined her, cupping her long fingers around the curve of the coffee mug. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Between bites of blueberry pancake, Hazel drew a squiggly curve and an X on her napkin. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She recognized every creek and cove and inlet, every neck of land, every hiding place, every curve in the roads, every potential source of danger, every potential source of safety. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tied notes are written with a curved line connecting two notes that are on the same line or the same space in the staff. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I wanted to open her up, crisp her edges, ram a stick down that hunched and curving spine, force her to stand erect and spit the misery out on the streets. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Her signature flowers, linneas, are embossed in gold along its spine; the paired blooms curve upside down. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was while he was full of such dreams, his body already feeling the rough work clothes, his hands already curved to the pick handle, that he spoke to Nel about getting married. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The roof of the embassy was curved, probably to keep the snow off, but it was a bit like walking on the humped back of an enormous whale. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Parker Head had become a curved slope lolling easily and lazily up against houses and over fences, leaving a bare patch now and again to show just how high the snow had reached. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His full, pale pink lips curved upward in a smile, and she felt distinctly uncomfortable. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I turned to stare at the statue in the middle of the lawn, a black lion standing on its hind legs, tail curved upward, chest puffed out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a gravel drive that curved away to the south. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Mama has joked that my curves have finally kicked in at seventeen—not that I was waiting for them. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Far ahead they could see how the road curved and bent through the field as the sun began to set to the west. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The tribal marks curved even more on the man’s face as he frowned and pushed Aunty Ifeoma aside. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And indeed, Omakayas’s voice trembled slightly as the bear made a gurgling sound deep in her throat and bared her long, curved yellowish teeth, so good at ripping and tearing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The waterslides—cylinders that curved and wove around one another—were still there, too, but they were dry. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Two blond nurses stood behind the long, curved counter, talking. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Two have wings, and one has a long body with plates along its curved spine. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I wadded up blankets and uniforms from my departed crewmates to serve as one edge of a planter box with the curved walls of the Hab being the rest of the perimeter. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked to where our pier joined the dock with many other piers and curved bridges attached to it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Leader kept him there within the comfortable curve of his arm. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Briony could not see her mouth, but she knew its downward curve, easily mistaken for the sign—the hieroglyph—of reproach. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The road curved, mounting away from the water. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The curved nails raked Holly’s helmet, scoring parallel grooves in the alloy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Twin blaster pistols were slung low on her hips in quickdraw holsters, and there was a long, curved elvish sword in a scabbard across her back. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And not just beautiful, but hot, too, with her breasts straining against her tight tank top, her curved legs swinging back and forth beneath the swing, flip-flops dangling from her electric-blue-painted toes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She lovingly traced the curves of part of the lead frame. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” I said, “I. . .” other until we’d reached the bottom and the curved wall of ice where Althea had frozen shut the exit tunnel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But now, with the biting wind and the endless landscape of white, the walkway’s bends and length were more of an annoyance, and the fleeing group kept slipping on its curves. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Matty watched in awe, as he always did, how the blind man felt the coming curve and knew even in his darkness where to turn. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He eased the bus around the curve and then, gears changing, ground his way up to us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His mother locked her fingers in his as they curved around toward the entrance to the Alameda Tube, and Moss gave her a look of appreciation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The line you get isn’t exactly the tangent line, but if the curve isn’t too bumpy, the two lines will be pretty close. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At first the walls were square with the floor, but as she continued on, they began to curve, too, until the corridor was more like a tunnel carved out of the interior of a mountain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Wow, this is cool,” breathes Jay, awed by the computer’s map of bright colors, straight and curved lines. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The curved blade slipped past the straight one and bit deep into the knight's hip where the mail gaped open. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He slid down the curve of one trunk and stopped himself just at the bottom, where all four trunks came together. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The road curved slightly and then leveled out, and there was a patch of dense underbrush to my right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The curve 1/x has a singularity at the point x = 0—a very simple sort of singularity that mathematicians dubbed a pole. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They would come around a curve and out of that golden mist they would see a shadowy figure by the roadside, arm out, one thumb up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I felt that I was behind the progress curve. I was demeaned by my peers—‘Giebel, you rich dog, what are you gonna do, eat it?’ Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A sleep deeper than the hospital drugs; deeper than the pits of plums, steadier than the condor’s wing; more tranquil than the curve of eggs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There’s a bedroom and a living room with a curved glass window stretching from floor to ceiling that overlooks a glittering Tokyo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This was a modern room with a curving steel desk near the center, carefully positioned halogen lights, and a spiral staircase leading down from a perfect circle cut in the ceiling about fifteen feet high. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z We found some railroad tracks, which followed the stately curves of the Shenandoah River. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Someone long ago—someone skilled in the art—had made the stream appear to flow by stitching white curving lines that gave a sense of foam. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Triangles and circles were easy to measure, but slightly more irregular curves like the parabola were beyond the ken of the Greek mathematicians of the day. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It bent to the left, curving back into its eastward line as it rounded the feet of Bree-hill, and then it began to run swiftly downwards into wooded country. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the makeshift alchemical laboratory in the windowless attic of the crematorium, a small blue flame touched the curved glass base of a suspended flask. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He spoke like an understudy for Al Pacino, all spit and curved vowels. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Back and forth I went: a half mile safe, a curve, a half mile edging the side of the cliff. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I knew the curve was there without looking for it, and wondered at the still headlights I saw shining in the blackness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In many places where the train slows in Veracruz—at a curve or to pass through a village—people give. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “It’s curved like a cooking pot with a floating dot. You call it bey.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He chopped off a strong piece of root with a curve to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At random across the page were drawn little round, seated cats with long curved lines for tails. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The birds sang only gray songs and the road wound back and forth in an endless series of climbing curves. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The road curved left against a tall wall, and a fortified gate creaked as soldiers pushed it open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He liked her sense of humor—and the way her shirt tugged against her teenage curves. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He put the bottle to his lips and made three successive curves at once without looking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My favorite place to walk is just across this rattly bridge where the road curves by the old Shiloh schoolhouse and follows the river. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A little way in, the passageway curved to the left, and Harry saw that it extended far into the cliff. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I killed my first game, a beautiful tawny beast with curved horns and a black diagonal stripe across his flank: a young male impala. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother brushed her cheek with the curve of her finger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Forgetting that he’d ever been way behind the fashion curve, he was appalled, in some priggish, nouveau riche kind of way, that certain passengers appeared in the dining room in slacks and sneakers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I stare out the window, eyes tracing the curve of the sidewalk. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Madame Ratignolle looked more beautiful than ever there at home, in a negligé which left her arms almost wholly bare and exposed the rich, melting curves of her white throat. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Bënduka is the bent-sideways girl who walks slowly, but bënduka is also the name of a fast-flying bird, the swallow with curved wings who darts crookedly quick through trees near the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he rounded the curve, he knew why business had fallen off so badly. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She landed on a curving ivory buttress and rode it like a skateboarder grinding a railing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And dress pants so skinny and fitted, we can actually tell how their legs are bowed: slightly curved around the knees, as if they’re Olympic runners. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I saw him go into a sudden crouch, and in the fraction of a second before he hit the ball I realized that he had anticipated the curve and was deliberately swinging low. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z "I think you could be a bit bigger in your middle section. I like women with curves." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Christmas decorations are on the roofs and all over the wide and tall trees that tower over the curving roads. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “It was about sundown when I heard the sleds coming around the curve,” said a Columbian Guard who witnessed the run. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He climbed the curving staircase to the balcony, following the same path the Lincolns took to their box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was curved and had a point at one end; it looked, Mrs. Frisby thought, rather like the side of a small boat. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Their wood had been consumed, and their stones had crashed down, had tumbled against one another until they locked at last in low and graceful curves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She began hiking up my little leopard-skin loincloth with the curve of her butt. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Deep windows had opened out on curving formal gardens, and the sea breezes had filled the room with the scent of flowers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She sat like a little crescent moon in the curve of his arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We both turned to see a column of floating fire curving through the water toward us, and with every second it picked up speed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Everything about Bedi Ma'am is beautiful and round—curved eyebrows, wavy hair, plump body. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The minivan followed the curve of the ramp with only the slightest nudging, and by the time we reached the road, it came to a natural stop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “If the cons don’t want to hit ’em over, it must not happen that much,” I say, catching Annie’s brand of stinger, which has a little curve on it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The strange horseman drew an enormous, curved sword from a scabbard mounted on his saddle. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Like, are they shaped like two curved dolphins coming together? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A moment later, when they lifted their foreheads from the temple floor, the scrap of paper was hanging in Thoth’s curved beak, and Toby was backing away from the altar, bowing at every step. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There were little crinkles at her eyes, her lips open and gently curving at the corners. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Presumably, in the very early universe all the dimensions would have been very curved. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And, farther down, Winnie could see that it hurried into a curve, around a leaning willow, and disappeared. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like Sherlock Holmes’s pipe, curved and drooping from her lips. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Years of marriage, love, loss, trials, and tribulations were written in every wrinkle, line, spot, and curve of their faces. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I'd sit in a desk next to her and slowly trace the curves with my fingertips. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Then my mama stretches her arms out wide and curves her hands down. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I curve my hands, poise them for just a second above the keys, feel a swell inside my chest, then my fingers take over. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z My back pulls up straight, and my chest protrudes forward, showing curves I ain’t never seen before. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The tiny box has silver antenna rods, and its curved screen is framed by a wood-grain border, with two chrome dials and a teeny-tiny built-in speaker. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Chi-Boy threw his head back and let out a screech that curved up into a tail before fading. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But then she entered that awkward preadolescence stage, all pimples and big glasses and brand-new curves, and Lázaro acted like he didn’t know what to make of this new creature. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The cabbie slammed the back door and sped around the curved driveway, narrowly missing the Mercedes that Sandy was driving to the parking lot. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z But no matter how she scrunched, she could not see if their roofs curved skyward like the temples of China or were topped with straw like the homes of peasants. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Eight curving stairs to the bottom; the second and fifth steps creak. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her eyes were a deep violet, while her ears were the ears of a cat, perhaps, gently curved, and dusted with a fine, dark fur. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The guard straightens the back of his navy blue baseball cap with his left hand, curving the bill with his right. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Instead of walking onto the stage, as was customary, Anderson was already standing onstage, posed with utmost dignity in the curve of the grand piano. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He had his arms around her waist from behind, and she was tucked into the curve of his body. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He gestured to the curving bookcases climbing up the back half of the rotunda. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z At the center of the garden is a sunken lily pond with little mossy stairs that curve all the way around it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I could see my avatar’s warped reflection on its curved surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Plain and unflattering, if you ask me, hiding curves and figures even more than a salwar or sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Here the theorem provides the theoretical support for the fact that the measurements of any quantity tend to follow a normal bell-shaped “error curve” centered on the true value of the quantity being measured. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Flecks of gray salt the dark brown bob that curves around her heart-shaped face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Her black dress fits her like a glove, sliding over every curve in a way that makes more than one head turn. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He broke his wrists again just as the ball came in and threw a roundhouse swing that skied the ball and then curved it foul into the third-base trees. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She reached out her hand and let it hover for a moment over Baachan’s back, then laid it firmly on the curved spine. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Beyond Joe’s field, and as the road curved north along the course of Milagro Creek, no land had been irrigated for years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom’s mouth hangs agape, but then curves into a faint smile. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The only possible answer, he saw, was that the surface of the Earth is curved. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The train was curving the mountain, the engine loping like a great black hound, parallel with the last careening cars, panting forth its pale white vapor as it hurled us ever higher. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They massed in great murmurations, expanding and contracting and curving this way and that. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The man smiled slightly, his facial hair curving in response. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She ran a finger over each of the chalk-white scars, tracing their curve, then wiggled her fingers to ensure no nerves had been severed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We went down a narrow curving road shrouded by hedges, and parked beside a clump of sycamores. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She has on light makeup that makes her lips sparkle and her cheeks a slight Asian red; her hair is drawn back to accent the curved proportions of her face. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Soon they reached a place where the river curved round in a bend from the east, and here they came upon the broad, shallow fall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Gathering up my gown, I ran down the curved drive as fast as I could, lurching and slipping and filled with joy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Ahead she could see that the tunnel curved. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He swung just as the ball slid into its curve, and the bat cut savagely through empty air, twisting him around and sending him off balance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It was a rough map, showing the garden, the big stone near the middle, and the way the furrows made by the plow would curve around it, rather like waves around a boat. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As far as they could judge it went in great mounting curves, and as it rose it grew loftier and wider. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then the little lane along which they were walking curved to the left and the heart of the village, a small square, was revealed to them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They were the same height, but Nero stood as though posing for a sculptor, while Lazlo’s shoulders were curved in a posture of wariness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Even his handwriting was mannered, all curves and flourishes, with a uniform elegance that looked like something printed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My hand perfectly fits the curve of her hip, and I’m hot all over, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t like the sensation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I was still stroking Pixie's curves with my eyes. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In her right hand she held a glittering ball of thread—Ariadne’s string—but she popped it into a lion’s mouth at her waist and drew her curved swords. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Spanned by several steel bridges, the racecourse made a slight curve at Union Point, just before the finish line at the Fruitvale Avenue Bridge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I plunge toward the street, which is cracked and patchy and follows perfectly the curve of the marsh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her small breasts moved freely beneath a painted Dothraki vest, and a curved dagger hung from her medallion belt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dallas turned to look at Z, who maneuvered his truck around the curves as if he were an expert race car driver. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It had a curve to it, like a rib. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The effluent glacier seems to run on a long curve westerly up to the Gobrin plateau. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The tiny puppy, motionless but for its labored breathing, lay in the curve of her belly, the way any puppy would. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The curve of a smile almost appears, but he seems to force it off his face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He stroked her face, tracing the curve of her ears, running a finger gently around her mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The sun was shining brightly and the green waves were dashing against the bows, bearing white streams of foam as they curved away. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Most common were the crisp nguka caterpillars, favorite snack of Anatole’s schoolboys, which resembled small twigs and were impossible to see until I learned to sense their particular gray curve. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she climbed into the silence with him, staying there, feeling its soft curves. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But his eyes seem to be hunting for the curves I keep hidden under one of Baba's old shirts. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She dug the tip of the knife into the wood, scoring it, chipping away at the curves of the letters, until the pale wood beneath showed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z That bend in the growth curve, small though it was, perplexed Monod. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The change in the curve of a hand as it hovers near an arm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She passes through trees and road signs, veers around curves; she is as inescapable as a moon. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I curl up against the curve, back on hard plastic, knees near my eyes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Out of the four large windows facing the water she can see the sine curve of the coastline, the serrated firs in the distance, the glittery amethyst sea. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z My personal favorite: A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The road curved alongside rivers that rolled and gabbled hurry, hurry, hurry. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It was light enough for her to see the iron stairway curving around and around up to the tower, and the little door at the top. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Leale and his stretcher bearers carry Lincoln up nine short, curved steps to the front door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, putting me on my back again, he took hold of each of my curved legs and pulled them apart. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Someone yanked the zipper up and over the curve, and the flap folded inside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Her dark hair is tied in a ragged lace handkerchief, and her curved jawbone is fit with large, false-pearl earrings, as if these headlamps from another world might show the way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was long enough for Mace to run, not toward the sea, but sharp left, and left again, up a narrow street that curved behind the shops and bars, away from the front. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I drew just a few lines to show how the feathers curve in.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The wood was so shiny and polished, curving around like a ride at the fair. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He curved across the dome like space itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The first was laying my head back in the special sink with the curve for my neck. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They eventually made their way into a fancy curving hallway with mirrored walls. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In the classical theory of general relativity, there are many different possible curved space-times, each corresponding to a different initial state of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s the river. The creek flows up here and curves into the river. The Hidden Lakes complete the other border. See?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She points at the screen with a curved finger, urging Molly to scroll down. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She had already memorized every curve of her initials, the feel of the word Love against her skin. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It sat in the curve of Carpenter’s Road, which, in four blocks, made up all die sporting life available in the Bottom. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She could follow the curve of each scar with her fingers in the dark. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The blade gleamed long and thin, with an evil-looking curve to it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When he pulls his face back to look at Henry, the feeling comes back into his chest: an ache in answer to the curve of Henry’s top lip over white teeth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her spine curved, and her limbs drew in more and more tightly until she seemed impossibly small. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the extra weight did not alter her rhythmical gait, but men’s eyes no longer pursued her curves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I look through the vent, and in the slivers of light I can see pieces of a curved stairwell. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Coming into his presence was like stepping up to a gas heater, to a row of blue fire burning in the dark, wet curve of his eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The bridge is supported by four curved metal structures that secure it to the stone wall, and by a maze of narrow girders beneath its lower tier. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Watching his finger on the page one day, she had noticed that goldenrod and greenwood began the same way, with a looping downward curve. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The great curved prow cut clean and quick through scudding foam. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Her long neck would curve back, raising her face, and she’d look straight at Aloe, and her smile would be like a whole new day starting. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I immediately notice the padding over my breasts, adding curves that hunger has stolen from my body. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There were straight pipes, curved pipes, and even a pipe with a lid on it. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z A short distance from the bottom, the path curved around a large potted cactus. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I caught a glimpse of a smile in the curve of his thick, white mustache. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rita sighed and snuggled next to the wall, fitting her body into its curve. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He wears headphones and a little microphone that curves down in front of his mouth, and at the moment, he’s frowning and nodding. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The next day during silent reading, Nick glanced at his teacher, and he noticed that Mrs. Avery’s nose was curved—kind of like the beak of a hawk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig jumped down from the bank into the field and ran in a long curve across the wet grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What if they tell me this curving line branching into three oval shapes is a pomegranate and that my mother was wishing me fertility and posterity? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As the old woman approached in a rowboat, the birds swooped away in a billowing black curve and she saw that in the middle of the empty rock grew a strange tree. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Camilla flinched, her eyes wide; Henry held up the curved piece of glass in one bloody hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The tall man drew a curved blade from beneath his leather coat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As I watch, the tail forms one wavering curve after another, snaking back and forth, betraying his cool face, telling its own story of uncertainty and fear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Behind him he could hear Ron, thudding slightly at the curves. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Our water is the Appalachian wilderness, our boats, the army surplus jeeps we count on to navigate our washboard roads and the hairpin curves across the mountains. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The road curves round the stayshun past the clinic, which is Dr. Baldwin and all the crying and moaning men do to doctors when nothing’s really wrong with ’em. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He still shot wide on the turn, but they didn’t jam into the bank and by the fifth curve he had found a way to use the crude paddle to steer the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Its ceiling and walls were a smoothly curved arch, its floor hard and flat, with a soft layer of carpet down the middle. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z If you toss a rock upward, it will curve back down, pulled back by the earth’s gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It is the sound of Lev's quiet breath on the back of my neck as I curve into his body, here on our first night as husband and wife. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In a reflecting telescope the image is magnified by a curved mirror, while in a refracting telescope it is magnified by passing through a lens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The elevator was prewar, with gilded, curving bars like a birdcage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He held out his left hand with the thumb and forefinger curved round, indicating the gap between them to be about as long as the thumb itself. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “It was the best of times and the worst of times . . .” Her voice slid in and curved down through and over the words. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The beach stretched away before them in a gentle curve till perspective drew it into one with the forest; for the day was not advanced enough to be obscured by the shifting veils of mirage. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I had my arms stuck out like the wings of a plane, and the long curved leaves sliced me up but I didn’t feel the stinging. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All graph lines, and swooping curves, and mathematical equations that looked like a language from another planet. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He tabulated the chest breadth and height of 5,738 soldiers to demonstrate that chest size and height were distributed along smooth, continuous, bell-shaped curves. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Indeed, wherever Quetelet looked, he found a recurrent pattern: human features—even behaviors—were distributed in bell-shaped curves. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Finally, in desperation, he fashioned a makeshift net, looping the strands of Gabriel’s blanket around a curved stick. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Beyond that, the Little Tiber curved gently around the valley, tracing the edge of the Berkeley Hills, hazy and golden in the summer light. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Would the memories curve into themselves into a perfect round river? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z On the blank leaf glued to the inner back cover I drew the double curve within the circle, and blacked the yin half of the symbol, then pushed it back to my companion. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew Mother would have strong opinions about where I’d wind up, with curved legs and weak bones like the poor Congolese children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The raft had moved to the outside of a shallow curve and had glided back beneath some overhanging willows and low trees. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The curve of the bowl fitted perfectly against the curve of my chest. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Its every curve was an iridescent medley of color. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His hand starts on my cheek, and then brushes over my side, fitting to the bend in my waist, curving over my hip, sliding to my bare leg, making me shiver. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Call this long?” the sailor replied, swinging far out to daub the curving tail of the dolphin. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I watched her from the den window, and where Montego Drive curves like a kidney bean, she stopped, withdrew a hankie from her bra, and mopped her face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She’d been chomping on hers ever since we started to climb the mountain on this curving stretch of road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each letter outlines an image:an orange grove, a turquoise stretch of beach, a curved road. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A bus comes lurching around the curve, obscuring her view. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He cradled the instrument in one arm and, almost before his fingers touched the strings, a gentle melody, as beautiful as the curve of the harp itself, lifted like a voice singing without words. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Two objects that resembled golden ear trumpets curved out from the sides. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She might have been attractive once—she was quite striking when he met her, I’ve seen pictures: all huge dark eyes and generous curves—but now she’s just run to fat. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the crunch of sword on mail, saw sparks fly as the long curved blade glanced off a gauntlet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She hangs a right into a neighborhood and then follows a short curve around to a street on the left. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Lanternwood has only one main street, High Street, which curves in a slow horseshoe, sandwiched by the river on one side and farmland on the other. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He sniffed around, wrinkling his facile nose at the unfamiliar smell, then reached out a long curved black paw and tapped the white head. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If there is insufficient matter to prevent the universe from expanding forever, it must have an open shape, curved like a saddle with a surface extending to infinity in our three-dimensional analogy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t know if it went in a big curve. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Reaching the crossroads, she turned into the narrow lane whose twisting curves mimicked the shoreline. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Colorful muumuus cover her curves, and never the same one twice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The curve of growth can be plotted as an exponential line—1, 2-, 4-, 8-, 16-fold growth—until the culture turns turbid, and the sugar source has been exhausted. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The walls were bare—as bare and as unbroken as smooth, curving metal can be. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z For an instant, I relax into it, the warmth, the familiar curve of his palm touching my skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She made Ifemelu think of that word, with her shapely slenderness, her tiny waist and the unexpected high curves of her breasts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I tell her yes and look at May, her face as yet wrinkleless, so round, her full cheek pinching her narrow eyes, the color and curve so durably Korean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed quite large, if the shoreline was any indication; left and right it stretched on with only a slight curve, showing the island to have a fair girth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Each time we rounded a curve, Ben leaned against me or I leaned against him. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Clean air and trees and long brown fields that curved with the hills like patches on a wrinkled blanket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The two seats were camel-colored, the body curved and bright green. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His hair is the color of salt, his garments entirely black, and a deadly curved sword sits at his hip. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A pickup coming around the curve veered and ran into the ditch—plantains, oranges, mangoes, yucca spilling all over the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Since there is an equal chance of a marble bouncing left or right at each peg, the marble stacks in the bins below will, on average, form the classic bell-shaped curve of normal distribution.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z When I’m finally back in my bed the navigator drops down a torn piece of paper with lines and arrows curving this way and that. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We scurried up the ledge, trying to keep low, and, after several nerve-racking minutes, we reached the final curve. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He walked two steps to the right of the hole in a clockwise curve and thrust the shovel again into the cornfield. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z No one had to dream up shutters and window boxes and trim, or porches and turrets and wide curving staircases. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z A greyhound, as white as ivory, couching on its hocks and elbows, its tail curved into the bony sickle of the greyhound, watched the old man with the doe-soft eyes of pity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember how tall and straight and handsome he looked, with his high-crowned hat and his black mustaches drooping in cow-horn curves past the corners of his mouth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z At the heart of it, magnified by the curved surface, there was a strange, pink, convoluted object that recalled a rose or a sea anemone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He pulled the car softly round the curves, looking at the road before him one second and up at the mirror the next. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The stairs curved elegantly in an S shape, and I was halfway down when I saw Jaja standing in the hallway. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And curving along the windowsills is a little river, like a stone gutter, winding around the entire village. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So there were curved corners and curved walls. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He glanced back to make sure Alec was keeping up, saw the old bear pumping his arms and pounding his feet, then focused ahead again, sprinting along the slow curve of the hallway. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But, the thing is, no matter how much time my thumbs and I spend with the curves of imaginary women, I am much more in love with the right angles of buildings. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z To avoid the technical difficulties in actually performing the sum over histories, these curved space-times must be taken to be Euclidean. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The one I end up with is black and white with smooth curves and a red strap. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Bekah Cotter, with her long, golden hair and compact curves, comes in with a huge group of friends and they sort of camp out with fries and fountain drinks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But how would you make your shots curve through the air, with no gravity to pull at the ball? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the last few months, my body had changed and I had more curves. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He slumped down on her settee, which had curved wooden legs so thin it looked like it was wearing high heels. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Sprouting from the left side of his head was a single bull’s horn—a curved black-and-white one like warriors might turn into drinking cups. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When she crests the curve and hits the bend, I can see the grit on Fiona’s face. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The curves were smooth only when seen from a distance. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The big Chevy curved past Centennial Beach and the A&W root beer stand. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack slipped into a low gear and we trundled slowly through them, coming out at a short straight stretch that bottomed out into a wide inside curve, a rocky cliff looming over it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When it got hot enough, one metal curved more than the other, which turned the heat off. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She curved herself against his back, laid her face to the side of his neck, and wept the tears that he could not. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A massive curving staircase dominated the west side of the room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z My arms tremble as I hold the scythe up in the ready position: vicious curved blade pointing down, body-length handle at an angle across my chest. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But I pressed on, absorbed by the tiny squares in the weave, the straight, even stitches that held the seams in place, the way the armhole curved into the shoulder. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was a secluded location, tucked away in a hidden curve of a walking trail. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Rishi studied everything there was to study in her face—every curve and line and shade of color. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It has become apparent to me that this outfit is operating behind the power curve.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas had been smoothing the tiny rough spots from the worn, ancient carvings and reshaping the infinitesimally small edges and curves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dunstan noticed how the silken fabric of her robe pressed itself against her body; he was aware of elegant curves, and of her violet eyes upon him, and he swallowed. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We threw ourselves down on our sleds and, yodeling our delight all the way, flew down the dipping curves, slicing new double-runner tracks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Just before the road curved away I looked back. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z All soft lines and curves and overlapping limbs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They took an elevator from the street level to a long, curving tunnel with doors on both sides and other tunnels branching off it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A quarter mile ahead of them, the long rocky strip of land curved in and met the cliffs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All seemed to be smoking, and their arms and legs curved in the breeze. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Just past one bad curve, a small shrine has been erected, La Virgen surrounded by three concrete crosses recently whitewashed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z His scars were like pale lines that someone had drawn on his cheeks: two slightly curved marks on the left cheek, a third and longer line on the right cheek running from ear to nostril. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’m not lapping you anytime soon. And if this is about sex...I love Tim, okay? But know that there’s been a learning curve.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Imagine a universe just like Flatland, except that unbeknownst to the inhabitants, their two-dimensional universe is curved through a third physical dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With her body half in the water, and her front feet curved over a piece of driftwood, she turned her head and looked toward the shore. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers felt the soft curves of her body and he was still, looking at her, enveloped in a sense of physical elation. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The way her pelvic bones stretched the material clear of her skin, the deep curve of her waist, her startling whiteness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Every time Dad was intent on steering while rounding a curve, Bill would reach forward and clutch his arm. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The swoop of the helmet, the curve to the breastplate, the slight fullness of the sleeves that allows the white folds under the arms to show. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sefia gripped her knife harder, its cold curves reassuring in her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He stared out to the curve of the earth, to the far side of the world. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z This was slightly complicated by the fact that the bowls were designed to curve as they rolled. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I saw Father twist his hips to the right, and the wings began to curl and the rear rudder curved to the right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the lane curved to the left and fell away, sloping steeply down a hillside, so that they had a sudden, unexpected view of a whole valley laid out in front of them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Pa and Uncle Henry carried the cradles by their long, curved handles, and swung the blades into the standing oats. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There was strength in his high cheekbones and curved nose as well as in the way he held himself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She is overweight but confident, wearing her T-shirt tight enough to hug her curves. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z That morning the horizon might curve one way, my lips resolutely curved the other, in a smile. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The lake glinted, appearing and then disappearing again, as the road curved and they walked farther and farther away. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Roses hang from curving trellises above them, the night sky visible through the spaces between the blossoms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Soon the smooth curved back of a turtle took shape. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z With moonlight my only guide, all I could see clearly was the occasional white curve of a wave. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Daylight streams in the curved windows, and in the distance I see the top of a forest of trees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Obinze sometimes wondered if she bowed while putting it down or whether the bowing was merely in her demeanor, in the slump of her shoulders and curve of her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I wish I could stay, but my uncle steers me down a path that curves behind the great house and leads to a small building. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It had giant curved sides, was set into a concrete base, and was held together with long rows of rivets. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “We’ll see about that,” I say as we head back around 64 building, then follow the curve of the hill to an open cement area big enough to park thirty cars. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z With slow but firm steps, the Magpie walked over to a chest of drawers that looked much too heavy for its gracefully curved legs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I think I got the rows right, but I got all the feather lines too close or something, and so when I curved them around they looked like a kid in kindergarten practicing his sixes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He began to move it in a curving line, sketching the beginnings of a circle, then a half moon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And she touched a spot just above the outer curve of one cinnamon eyebrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If there is enough matter, then it has a closed shape, curved like a sphere in our three-dimensional analogy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even paintings acquire a new prominence by protruding slightly from the curved walls, instead of receding into them. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The violent curves of his cheekbones, the coarse linen of his secondhand shirt, then skin over hard muscle and the hot pulse of his heart. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He turned away from the window and his gaze fell upon another peculiar object standing upon the cluttered, curved sideboard: a stone bust of a beautiful but austere-looking witch wearing a most bizarre-looking headdress. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Or maybe I just keep noticing new cute things about him, like the curve of his jawline, or the slight hunch of his shoulders. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Every curve of his face was familiar, and also, I had never seen him before. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z And yet she felt happy, here where her grandparents were eating so seriously, where the clouds hung like heavy fruit, where the wheat curved into the distance. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Far away, Lina saw a narrow gray line curving like a pencil stroke across a sweep of green. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Several of the guests moved quickly toward Beatriz, but her grandfather reached her just in time to stop her from hitting her head on the edge of the curved driveway. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Rishi looked at her, his gaze sweeping from her eyes to her lips to her collarbone to her chest, her waist, the curve of her hips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She moved along just under my elbow, her shiny tight pigtails, and then the last house played out and the road curved out of sight beyond a wall, following the river. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I run my finger along a curved groove in the table. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Then she forces our hands to bend backward creating a beautiful curve when the hand is unwrapped. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We rounded a curve and entered a large room crowded with Midfolk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They drove through a little village and then down by some big houses around some curves—and then Dicey could see the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the road curved around a lake and got lost among low, forested hills. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z So I crawl round once again in a wide curve. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I add a teardrop curve to her eyelids, and take away the crease. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Arches and vaults curve, soaring so high I can hardly see where they intersect. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The central staircase is wider than ours, with a curved banister on either side. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a thin brown brook, pulling itself like a ribbon across the curve cut into the rock just ahead. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z One of his dark eyebrows was cut in half by a long white scar that curved like a scythe across his forehead and into his shaved hairline. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Hrothgar had had sleeping chambers built for the most important ones, far away from the smoke and bustle of the kitchens, with great curved couches comfortably heaped with skins. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s lovely, she’s engaged, she uses Pond’s” the advertisement read, showing two exquisitely white hands with perfectly formed and manicured nails, long nails, and a diamond ring sparkling on the gracefully curved left hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The sailing ships slid silently across the horizon, blown so fast that their lights disappeared over the curve of the earth within minutes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And then the camera pulls back and I see that there are two of these spiky padded pieces of curved metal and that they’re attached to...legs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I traced the curve of each letter with my fingers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It curved away on their left northward, back towards the hills, and so barred their road in that direction, at any rate while darkness lasted. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The normal bell-shaped curve seems to describe many phenomena in nature. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned around to find that five kids were walking around the curve and past the tent, joking and laughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “It seems a little shallower down that way,” said Eilonwy, pointing to a spot where the river curved around a sedge-covered bank. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I gotta learn to hit the curve if I’m going to be a baseball player when I grow up.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He lifts his glass anew, mouth curving in a mockery of a smile. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Drum towers and half-moons held up better against catapults, since thrown stones were more apt to deflect off a curved wall, but Raventree predated that particular bit of builder’s wisdom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The curve, however, was no sooner rounded than Jethro discovered that the vague dread he had experienced in passing the cabin had now become a reality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the rounded curve of a C. An L. And then the four letters that followed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His face curved softly against the black of his eyelashes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The outer door could only be reached by a slender bridge of stone, without kerb or rail, that spanned the chasm with one curving spring of fifty feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z If a general rule of inheritance lurked behind the data, it was that human features were distributed in continuous curves, and continuous variations reproduced continuous variations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He tilted it in the failing light, admiring the zed- like g, the curly b, and the curved t, like the blade of a plough. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They were standing by the curving staircase, hemmed by an ornate balustrade. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He prowled behind an armchair, his filthy curved nails clutching its back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Hazel imagined the tunnel curving back toward Pasiphaë, ever so slightly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Einstein thought that space was curved and that light bent when it traveled. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Instead of a knife she used a blade that curved like the prow of a Viking ship, sailing to battle in distant seas. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was something long, slightly curved, and resting in a kind of saw-horse cradle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The water rippled on either side of the white breast beneath its curving neck. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She and Nat had stood side by side at the bow of the Dolphin, watching that familiar curving prow carving gently through calm turquoise water. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The work is done, the data is in, and all that remains is to see whether I have accurately projected the curve on the Algernon figures as a prediction of what will happen to me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Frankie placed his hand on my cheek, tracing the curve of my cheekbone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The mask was a human skull; from it, the great antlers rose in cruel curves. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Her grip on her purse slackens and her neck makes a nice curve. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The pitcher threw as hard as he could, the ball came flat and fast, or maybe spinning into a curve, but still fast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His eviscerated torso, with its broken ribs curving up like the frame of a ship, looked like a miniature version of the lifeboat, such was its blood-drenched and horrifying state. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It is a large umbrella, with a heavy curved handle, and once Celia manages to get it open it provides quite good cover against the rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Lyddie stood outside the gate, waiting until Luke and his wagon disappeared around the curve of the road. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Arielle pointed at the full-bodied curves of the goddesses and rolled her eyes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There in the rock is the curved back of a woman identical to the one on the clay model. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They continued along the corridor, which curved always slightly to the right, so Mrs. Frisby could never really tell how long it was, and which soon began to incline more steeply into the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A single drop of water that had escaped Piggy's fingers now flashed on the delicate curve like a star. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I put my hand on the bell and feel its curve. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I’ve tried to forget how good he smells and how the curves of his biceps extend beyond the short sleeves of his shirt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z At the lake that curved around near the playground, I doubled back, found another path, went over the small footbridge and then around and under it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z A net made of my signature pink flowers stretches along the glass curves in order to tell everyone my name—Camellia—and to hide me until I'm revealed to the royal court. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Immediately past the river the trail curves to the southwest, up the bed of a fast-flowing creek. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Plantagenet teased out all the harmonies, between a buttock’s curve and a fender’s, between corset and upholstery pleats, between garter belts and fan belts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Night-lanterns shine bright as the watching moon; the glow clings to the curved hedges arched over us, and skims the surface of the palace river ahead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Because just beyond the ivy the sidewalk curves, following the outside of the school parking lot. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He walks slowly into the airport terminal and through the building and out to a curving road where taxis are always parked. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Other mutant flies had forked bristles; sable-colored bodies; curved legs; bent, batlike wings; disjointed abdomens; deformed eyes—a Halloween’s parade of oddballs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She disappeared back into the crowd, a wonderful collection of gently moving curves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He shot away on a long quick curving descent through the shadows over the snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Individual killings and wars on the largest scale are, he said, two ends of a continuum, an unbroken curve. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z While he was waiting for the anesthetic to numb his finger, he did more digging and found a sterile package with a curved needle and thread, a needle holder, and forceps. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He saw nothing ahead except the endless ribbon of road unfolding in twisting narrow curves. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z As they rounded another curve in the road, the ground under them rumbled. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His face was round and oily, with half-closed eyelids and lips that curved in a gentle, stupid smile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Raindrops slid across the curved bottom of the rusted gutter on the edge of the roof, like shining beads on an abacus. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, the surface of the earth is a two- dimensional curved space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z None of us could read English, but I learned later that those curving marks that twisted like worms were the letters of the man’s name: Mr. Reamer. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z From an uncovered window high overhead, a little daylight made its way down the curved staircase, illuminating thousands of dust motes dancing in the dim air. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Her skin was dark and smooth, and she had the most perfectly curved slender legs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Just before the building curves, they disappear behind one of the columns. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They were a little faster, more abrupt, with here and there less than a smooth curve at the top, almost a breaking point. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor, running and laughing, came around a curve of the veranda to find Theodora going in another door, and stopped, breathless. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z In only a few moments the clay rose and fell, grew taller, then rounded down, until it curved into perfect symmetry. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z There’s dried blood on the curve of the bird’s shoulder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He manages to stand, and he runs along the top of the fuel car, desperately trying to balance on the smooth, curved surface. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z If only she could reproduce the clear light of a summers morning, the sensations of a child standing at a window, the curve and dip of a swallows flight over a pool of water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Another arranged the tusks so that they curved backwards on the engaging theory that the creature had been aquatic and had used them to anchor itself to trees while dozing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The inside of the giant sphere was completely hollow, and its curved interior surface served as the club’s bar and lounge area. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He smiled at her beneath his mask that looked like the face of a hawk — or at least, his mouth curved upward. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then with his wine-dark lips he kissed her on the curve of her breast just above the embroidered fabric of her bodice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I loved the curve of his jaw, the hole in his T-shirt, the notes he wrote me, the way his mind worked, the way he moved his hands when he talked. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It makes me want her—the full lips, the soft skin, the gentle curves...all the things that make her different from him—that much more. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It involved installing specially curved mirrors in the solar cells. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But then he buried his head again under the curve of Matty’s arm. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The moonlight was shining and glinting on its great curving sides, turning them to crystal and silver. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Once it's down I use a mule kick against the curved edge to force the blade through. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Even though her hands were red and cracked from the sodaed water, they were beautifully shaped with lovely, curved, oval nails. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks like a lady of the Gentry, if one does not stare overmuch at the rounded curves of her ears. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a blue-bottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The train tracks curve, and when they line up with the edge of the roof, I shout, “Jump!” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And by the time the curve of the moon touched the opposite window frame, Fyrian’s breath made a bright red mark on the side of Luna’s hip, leaving a blister there. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Beyond the trees the curve of a road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It was an enormous, echoing chamber, perfectly spherical, all smooth, curved metal, with a narrow walkway wrapping around its circumference. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her face was sad and her eyes were dull, and for all her perfect curves and symmetrical features the only thing that sparkled about her were the jewels in her necklace. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The tunnel has a high ceiling and curved walls, and it is roomy enough for a freight train, but the walls close in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The suggestion is that the other dimensions are curved up into a space of very small size, something like a million million million million millionth of an inch. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead it curved to the right and there was a faint blue radiance, like the sky of early night. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She turned around: the corner of her eyebrow and the curve of her cheek, the wet shine to her eyes, the tip of her nose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A gravel drive that curved up through a field of dead grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They liked Rick, who showed them how professional basketball players took foul shots, and how to throw curve balls. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they took more curved pieces of birchbark and set them in the interior. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Padva, pausing to admire one in ivory satin delicately covered with black velvet fretwork, like wrought iron in long scrolling lines and curves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When he got there, the line had already curved around Amsterdam, but it was nowhere near as long as it had been the week before. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The cream strapless gown Valerie wears hugs tightly around her curves before blooming out in a fish's tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The driveway curves around to the front of the house, and I keep it cool even as my phone keeps buzzing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z At the crest of the hill was a curve and a pullout in the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I look at the hundreds of long pine needles, each perfectly aligned with the next, each end carefully pushed into the loose soil, forming a curved snake that flows in and out of the ground. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He fell onto his side, dead in a pool of his own blood in the curve of the empty passenger seat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z There were no sidewalks, only wide, flat shale steppingstones arranged in the same curving path from the pale concrete driveways to the whitewashed porch steps. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Ahead of the radiator's gleaming curve they looked like a chain gang on its way to make a road. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She took out three—no, not books of Shakespeare, like you might think—three brand-new baseballs, their covers as white as snow, their threads tight and ready for fingers to grip into a curve. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z They marveled at the rainbows that curved up from the waterfall. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Inej saw him stiffen as Nina lifted her hair to accept the collar, revealing the white curve of her neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In fact, the force field seems to be herding us along a curved path. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z At Jackson Square, a public park, I found a long, curving bench and sat down to rest for a moment. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The descent into the underground lair took longer than I thought it would, partly because the curving staircase was covered in invisible booby traps. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z On the other end a small lip curves downward. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I glanced back at Nyame’s palace high up the curving city streets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She allowed her vision to go wide, to hook over hills and ravines and ridges, to creep over the curve of the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It shattered and I was left with a thin, curved shard of broken glass about the size of my palm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her mouth settles into a downward curve, as if her whole face feels heavy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z As the street curved and narrowed, the steady traffic along it sounded louder and the warm fumes blew into her face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Maybe a little soft on the sides, but her almond eyes are matched by a lovely old-fashioned face, shaped like a guitar pick, all curves leading dramatically to a small chin with a big mouth. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But, as his canoe glided along another curve in the river, Roosevelt wasn’t feeling so lucky. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z With slow, silent strokes I would glide until I reached the bend where the brook curved away from the castle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sahil was immediately drawn to a cyclorama—a curved backdrop—of a landscape that had a moon painted on it that looked like it was screaming. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It took them the better part of an hour because the roads were curving two-lanes and they spent twenty minutes behind a light truck they couldn’t pull around. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A half mile down the road there was a clearing in the trees and a drive—a hint of civilization—before the road curved away invitingly. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The walls were perfectly straight or miraculously curved. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly and incomprehensibly to us in our carefree state—just around a curve, a car was parked across the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn right where purple flowers curve like baby moons over butterfly bushes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I stared hard at Suzanne, at her perfect heart-shaped face and reddish-brown skin, feeling comforted somehow by the youthful smoothness of her cheeks and the girlish curve in her lips. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was big, and tough; an evil rat with ragged fur and curved, jagged teeth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My face feels hot, and I shrink into myself, my shoulders curving in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Long knives were thrust into their belts, and from the neck of one warrior hung a curved hunting horn. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Hazel pointed to the centre of the structure, where curved stones formed a sort of bull’s-eye. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The low hood shadows his eyes, but his lips curve into a smile. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I thought of her sickleshaped birthmark, the elegant curve of her neck, her luminous eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I look and I look and I don’t see no settlement but who knows what’s around the bends and curves? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But even as they stood, the line grew longer, until it curved around Eighty-first Street. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The river had curved around to the boundary of this neighborhood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, sleepy and happy, I rested awhile by her side, admiring the solid curve of her hips and the shudder of her snake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, I curl in the curve of the tube tunnel, on cold plastic, eyes closed, cocooned and forgotten. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The feet, the curve of the neck, the colors—he could have been a hoot. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Or he waits until the train rounds a curve, giving him a good view of all of the cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They crept beneath the twigs and leaves, settled themselves in the smooth, curved trough—which soon took on some of the warmth of their bodies—and slept at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, the beach where the girls still slept was a series of undulating curves. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z But on the number sphere, the two curves are duplicates of each other; they are mirror images. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z All around it, water curved into a funnel, like light around a black hole. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He pivoted and turned, and with his left and weaker foot, kicked a line drive that curved down just under the Fire goalie’s hands. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He expected Leroy’s pickup truck, but as the vehicle rounded the last curve before the mine, he could see it was a car. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A slur is marked by a curved line joining any number of notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It’s Valerian, and he has a long, curving knife in one hand and a smile every bit as sharp pulling at his mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I looked up ahead and saw the highway curve off, left and right, into spiral exit ramps, like rams’ horns. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the box and looked down on a small, dark green jade button, and carved on its surface was a human right hand, a lovely hand, the fingers curved and in repose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The curving tail of the prow was chipped and dull, the hull was battered and knobby with barnacles, the canvas dark and weathered, yet how beautiful she was! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z My heart raced as my fingers curved around the handle, slid into the grooves made for them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of the other stylists have tried to steal Cinna and Portia’s idea of illuminating their tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of a slope, a creek curved across a low meadow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z With her hem, she wiped away the wood filings, then made slightly wider cuts, curving away layers of casing to deepen the drum’s sound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She saw how the curves and lines in combinations made the sounds, and that he was then able to say them back to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, well,” was all Capricorn said, his curved lips tracing a smile. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He was talking about the curved backdrop with the evil moon. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was Danny Saunders, sitting on my bed in the hospital dressed in his Hasidic-style clothes and talking about wanting to kill me because I had pitched him some curve balls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Salva watched, fascinated, as little by little the curve of a prow and low sides grew from the piles of reeds. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the curve of his back and tried to remember: I’d had my hands around the ladder, and I had turned. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I hurried forward around the curve of highway until I saw it came from an isolated service station at the top of the hill. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The guests would “oh” and “ah,” for it was a masterpiece: a pagoda molded out of butter, curved roofs rising tier upon tier, but my mother could only think how unsanitary it was. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, if we knew how the Euclidean curved space-times in the sum over histories behaved at early times, we would know the quantum state of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got to the curve in the road the man was still standing there. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Her eyes traced the sleek shape of the table’s legs, the sinuous curves of its corners, the gleam of its reflective, dark brown surface. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They were inked on girls’ bellies, which tended to be flat or only gently curved. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We played sandlot baseball and rarely had a ball that was not taped, or resewn so that it had a lump in it that gave it a natural curve when you threw it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Often, as we sailed around a bend, we came face to face with a camping trailer swinging its wide body around the curve. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Using the curved peel as a plate, I fed it to Otto and me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He walks with his blazer clasped by a finger over his shoulder, across the Common, through the Public Garden, over the bridges and along the curving paths that rim the lagoon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It involved scraping cells from the cervix with a curved glass pipette and examining them under a microscope for precancerous changes that TeLinde and a few others had identified years earlier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He visualized each piece of his own skull, fingering each curve, each hollow, testing its thickness for a final thin membrane worn thin by time and the witchery of dead ash and mushroomed bullets. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The other whales did the same, their huge dorsal fins flopping over to the side, curving up out of the water as they swam next to the Frog, almost in formation with her. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z First, she traced the work of other artists: the curve of a petal, the spiral of a snail. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And now he was here in that mystical place, the huge oval of Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas, with those smooth flanks of concrete curving to the sky. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Scanning the limit of the land before it curved into the rim of the sky, she tried to imagine what sorts of things lay beyond. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Thus, the top of the Richardson curve is shifting downward by an unknown amount. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had me curve my hand around an apple and keep that shape when playing chords. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Library, the long curved tables were bare; the reading lamps, unlit. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My outfit is tucked in all the right places, showing off curves that I ain’t never had before. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Cave paintings from the King’s Grave at Kivik show a number of people playing - together - what look like curved horns. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Her hair, once an even curve from part to shoulder, was now unkempt and frizzled at the roots and tips, smooth only in the middle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The sides, where the metal ceiling curved down to the cement floor, were jammed with wooden crates, sprinkler heads, wheelbarrows, and all kinds of equipment. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a scythe—a six-foot-long blade curved like a crescent moon, with a wooden handle wrapped in leather. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The tunnel curved then joined a second railway line, this one bent and broken, covered here and there in rubble, which must have fallen from above. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Then he came around the curve, and she saw him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, he got close enough to the forges of Serra to draw, in detail, the creation process of the Empire's most precious asset: the unbreakable, curved scims that can cut through three men at once. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She uses a cane, and her back curves into a question mark. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One corner of Petey’s bow mouth curved upward, her version of a grin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The stream begins to curve to the left into a part of the woods that's new to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her eyes narrow, focusing on the reflections in the curve of the watch, and then they soften, looking at something beyond the watch, beyond the train. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His horns were enormous— glossy brown and curved. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She shook her head, her mouth curved down, crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He barely had time to register what looked like a brown carpet, stretched out over the curving surface below. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Jam exhaled when they sat in their seats, welcoming the dark of the large room, the artificial light of the screen that stretched from floor to ceiling, curving in on them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The silk dress she wore seemed to worship every curve and dip of her lithe body, but the small sensual mouth was held tight in disapproval, or perhaps even disgust. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The living room downstairs had a curved wall with custom- built cabinets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Past the event horizon the pull of a black hole’s gravity is so strong—and space is so curved—that nothing can escape, not even light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When we made it back to the spot where the tracks curved, we bent to catch our breath. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “And I’m going to replace this zipper, too, Inés. It’s sewn in crooked; didn’t you notice? There are more curves in it than a river.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She parted her hair in the center, using the curved talon of her forefinger as a comb. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On the plane he stares through the window at the land below, at the snow-covered patches of the Midwest and at curving rivers that seem covered with tinfoil glinting under the sun. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Today he seemed different, though: his gaze was sharper and his lopsided mouth curved into a frown. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Tall and curved, hooks on the ends, the Z coiled back to strike like a snake. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I drive back the long way, over the mountain on the dangerous S curves, toward the enormous, glowing, gaudy pagoda that watches over our town. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One side was a curved groove that Otto’s thumb slid into naturally for a better grip. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Bethlehem Steel brought giant ingots and great slabs of military armor, including a curved plate seventeen inches thick meant for the gun turret of the dreadnought Indiana. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Carefully, I traced the curve of his spine. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Now and then he drew back, examined his own efforts, and then leaned forward to correct the shape, to trim the curves. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The train took a curve, and when I moved my hand farther up the pole, the man turned to the woman, saying, "Carol—hey, Carol, watch out. That guy's going after your wallet." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It stretched far and curved slightly in the distance, disappearing into mist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I lift it carefully into the air to admire the exquisite balance, the elegant design, and the curve of the limbs that somehow suggests the wings of a bird extended in flight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Arm threaded the razor wire into a long curved needle like the ones furniture makers used to sew upholstery. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Half of it shines and rolls on up to the sky like a sail and there’s a chimney that curves up and out, folding down to a point, smoke coughing from its end. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A bad curve can also cause a train to slow. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The curving staircase was around the corner from the dining room; the upstairs seemed a lot quieter and less alcohol-filled than the downstairs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Their bodies curved together, pressed, and found their perfect fit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They’ve got huge green leaves at their tops, and their bare trunks curve upwards like fingers reaching for the sky. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “He’s a genius. Look at the curves on this building!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Green hedges, dazzling with red wild roses appeared behind my eyes, stretching with a gentle curving to an infinity empty of objects, a limpid blue space. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, the fact that space is curved means that light no longer appears to travel in straight lines in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was low, sending bright orange beams over the hills and curving fields. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “For elevation, Addy, count the number of curved lines above a point. Like this.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I discovered a bird with a black head and mahogany-colored tail as long as my arm, curved like a bow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And you could see a once, not only from her crown and robes, but from the flash of her eyes and the curve of her lips, that she was a great queen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z It curved under her chin the way tears do. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt stared at a pin fastened to the woman’s collar, a silver scorpion with its tail curved up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was slightly curved, as if it followed the circular outer edge of the craft. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He pointed down the street toward the curve in the road. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The curves of her shoulders slumped, but she said nothing in return. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He stared, maybe wondering why my lips were curving into an involuntary smile. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Between moves they tip their heads back, swirl blood-colored brandy in glass globes and watch it crawl down the curved glass in liquid veins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It might look like he isn’t, standing mostly on this one leg on a curved branch that looks pretty rotten. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Inside the curved container of their daughter's womb, a stranger is growing. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then as the truck slowed for the grade, the Jeep passed and sped away, around some curves, out of sight. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was enormous, with a huge, broad head and a large mouth full of curving fangs, needle sharp. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z His forehead glistens over with sweat, the curve of it like a hazelnut. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Machine shops and arrays of heavy-duty electrical equipment were situated on the ground floor along the curved inner walls, facing the two-story arch of the magnet. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His curveball wasn’t curving, his sinker wasn’t sinking, his knuckler wasn’t knuckling. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The arm that curved out of the shift’s white sleeve was muscled by field labor, awful thin, but smooth as a child’s. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk over wooden floors, polished to a sheen with pine- scented wax, past stairs that curve up to a wraparound balcony that overlooks the gardens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But if you throw a rock fast enough, it won’t curve back down to earth; it will zoom out of the earth’s atmosphere and escape the earth’s gravitational pull. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Min had shaped and then carved the clay to form curve of wing and tilt of head. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Duff lit a torch and they walked along the curve of beach for some time, back and forth, until Adina’s head was not so rum- muddled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I pause and lean on my shovel, calling to mind his sleep-composed face, the eyelashes that brush his fat cheeks, his red mouth that curves like the bow of Cupid. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They’d walked along the great curve of the harbors known as the Lid, then down East Stave to see all the gambling palaces. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In sturdy contrast with the pitiful fate of the Kreuzkirche, stood the Frauenkirche, from the curves of whose stone dome the Prussian bombs rebounded like rain. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They circled down to the tide pools where they stood first on one leg and then the other, splashing water over themselves and combing their feathers with curved beaks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The road curved around the hillside, but it looked like they could get to town faster going straight across the meadows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On Tuesday, the day after the interview, I park the car down the street from Miss Celia’s house, around a curve so you can’t see it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Is that an elf?” roared one of the older goblins, pointing a wicked, curved sword at Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Both on their own side and opposite, the wood edges curved outward, away from the brook. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Tilting back his head, he looked up at the semi-transparent statues projected into the curved niches next to the arched windows. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The shoreline curved down the coast, brown and green. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He took a step forward and touched his fingertip to my cheek, to the bone that curved just under my left eye. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We round a bend in the road and, in the distance, the Syrian flag flaps and fights in a warm breeze curving down the valley. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Heard somebody say it curves about, comes back on itself,, but if it didn’t and I got home after dark, I’d get a good whopping. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She was tall—even taller than Koffi—and had a deep umber face made up of soft, rounded features: apple cheeks, a mouth curved like a warrior’s bow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The car rolled slowly round and round the sloping curves. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Directly above them the balloon swelled out in a huge curve. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He raises his hand, slowly tracing my eyes, my lips, the curve of my neck with the tip of his finger. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sculpture I’m seeing is two round bubble bodies, shoulder to shoulder, every part of the figures, spherical and full, curved bulging chests pregnant with the same breath, heads tilting upward, gazes sky-bound. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I happened to glance down at the ocean as we passed a scenic curve, and I saw something that made me jump out of my seat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I'd slid halfway down the curve of the barn roof, clattering between dreaming and waking, before I got my balance back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In the long and endless dwellings that curved like tranquil snakes across the hills, lovers lay idly whispering in cool night beds. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z These may have traced a curved path for a short distance, but those that reached the detector had probably done so after only a single acceleration. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I stared at the curve of her nape. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey wanders down curving paths, his mind preoccupied with bottles full of mysteries. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was quite dark now, but the fire lighted the trunks of the trees and the curving branches overhead. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Long tusks curved down from a wide, lipless mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It stretches behind us like a giant snake, the linked cars jiggling and bending as it rounds a curve. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He scrambled to his feet and peered shortsightedly down the trail, his tail curving his hindquarters from side to side in welcome. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Its beauty lay in its simplicity, the plainness of its curve; even its wooden scabbard was spare and plain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His visor was a full face mask fashioned like a gorgon’s head—curved tusks, horrible features pinched into a snarl, and golden snake hair curling around the face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was hard to miss fifty feet of winding mahogany that curved through the far end of the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z During the drive back home, as the car curved along the Charles, they invariably marveled at how much food they’d bought. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She’s taller than I am by just a few inches, and though her baggy shirt and pants try to obscure it, I can tell that her body bends and curves like it’s supposed to. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And Rav Gershenson remained silent and impassive, listening intently, his face expressionless, except for an occasional upward curving along the corners of his lips whenever I clarified a particularly difficult point. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They came at last to a magnificent house with a large lawn and a drive that curved up to the front door. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The key to a black hole’s strange properties is the way it curves space-time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The next heir, short and round, entered timidly, her lips pressed together in an impish smile that curved up to what must be pointed ears under her straight-cut, steely hair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin is dark like the imported Swiss chocolate Hassan and I used to buy from the bazaar in Shar-e-Nau; he has thinning hair and hazel eyes topped with curved eyelashes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The flowers’ petals curved coyly around the corners of rocks as if they were trying to peek at who might be passing by. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A smile curved her lips as she looked sideways at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He looked at the bottom of a pamphlet and saw a black and white picture of a hammer and a curving knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was better on the curves than me, never hitting his brakes, but as soon as we got on any kind of straightaway, I had him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It curved around until the outside world had completely vanished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned into the curves like he loved the raspy sound the blades made. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z It was curved and terrible, far too heavy for mortal fighting, plainly the work of giants. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the kind of place that would exhibit particular patience for anyone, male or female, who took too long to scale the learning curve. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z This one was cut into the back of the curved fiction bookcases, which climbed past the second floor on their way up to the dome. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It had rich curves that invited the secret scholarship of men’s eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tayo could see the lines at the corners of her eyes and a slight curve of flesh under her chin. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The water was standing in the curved brim of his derby hat and his collar was wet and sagging. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Before them an equally bright passageway curved away in a steep descent. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The Purebom heard her pleas from the great wooden seats of their ancestors, rising in curved tiers from a marble floor to a high-domed ceiling painted with scenes of Qarth's vanished glory. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The plane curved in the air and began the journey home. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The sky is a sheet of purple and pink and gold, and giant planets are suspended against it, their rings curving past the horizon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had a black mustache that curved around the sides of his mouth and coal grime under his fingernails. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His other hand follows the curve of my hip. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Javier is stooped over me, holding me up with one arm, while his other arm is curved around the back of my neck. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Feel this,” says Hubert Bazin, and crouches and brings her hand to a curved wall which is completely studded with snails. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His heavy, dark eyebrows, the curve of his cheek, the line of his nose, the hollow at the base of his neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, it made a sinuous curve toward him, the bulbous knot resembling a head. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was Aunty Uju, dimpled with exuberance, her face aglow, her mind busy with plans as her belly curved outwards. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sophia's spine curves beneath her skin, visible on her skinny frame. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Matt loved to see the old man then, with his eyes half closed and his mouth curved up in a gentle smile. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His beak was curved and sharp and cruel. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a good color of nail polish, and Margo had nice fingers, thinner and bonier than the rest of her, which was all curves and soft edges. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Harry watched the cloudy sky, curves of smoke-gray and silver sliding over the face of the white moon. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It had somehow come through all the bends and curves, and here must have caught a slight crosscurrent. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, over the top of the high, curved perimeter wall, the crowd could still be heard, baying its approval. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She held her flame to one side, revealing a curved door in the wall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Marveling, he gazed at her eyes, her cinnamon brows, the perfect curve of her blue cheek, and that luscious lip with the crease in the center, sweet as a slice of ripe fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I could see the curve of her cheek against my brain waves, which were red and loopy. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It wraps me in its curving sides and smells of canvas and outdoors and heat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The train jags around another curve and I grasp the rails, looking toward the engine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The next day, the eastward curve of the coastline was plain, straight ahead of us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Each time she reached the top of her arc beneath the sun, her shadow legs were transformed into the thin, curved legs of an antelope, with small rounded hooves at the bottom instead of feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond it went a winding road that descended in many curves down to the narrow land under the shadow of Mindolluin’s precipice where stood the mansions of the dead Kings and of their Stewards. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her stiffness reminded me of all the fish lying curved and stiff on the riverbanks, flaking in the sun like old white bars of soap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The pond separates our yard from Mr. Bender’s, and the small creek that feeds it separates our neighbors’ yards to the south, like a natural curving fence. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He had curiously soft, curving, almost feminine lips, and as he spoke he kept running his little finger along them as if to retrace them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If it banks a curve, the wheels kick up hot white sparks, burning Enrique’s skin. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The fortress stood on a high bluff on a sharp curve of the river about 50 miles north of New York City. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It curved away without a window or opening except for a single gate directly in front of them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Before long, the bus rounded a curve and vanished from sight. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He could see the light shimmering like hammered gold off the surface of the Milkwater as it curved away to the south. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was built differently, though, soft and curving instead of lean and angular. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The gentle curves of the vase, its mysterious green color. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s got little nails sticking out of a rubberized pad, and the pad is connected to a long, dark piece of curved metal. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There was no apprenticeship period, no learning curve. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Each man wore a long curved sword upon his hip, and each clasped a spear as tall as he was, with a leaf-shaped blade at either end. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But it was just Jonass chair, its curved rockers moving against the wooden floor. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Only as he spoke did I become aware of the smooth curve of glass beneath my fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He sighed so big his shoulders slumped where they curved out of his faded undershirt, so thin I could follow the angles and ridges of his scars like tattoos under fabric. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I throw the ball back to Quickfire and give the same signal as before: rising curve. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She was carrying a red rubber apron and a curved white enamel bowl. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She...it...had landed on a gate, and was curved over it backward, hair streaming long, ginger blossoms raining down from it like little flames. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Curious, he put out his hand, and she dropped a sharp, curved fragment of glittering white glass onto it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They drifted on and came to a second bend, where the river curved westward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore bright white jeans and leather sandals on his...well, not feet, but curved snakeheads. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She put her palm against the black egg, fingers spread gently across the curve of the shell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She walked forward, peering into the dimness and following the small trail which wound in a curving course toward the center of the bush, its earthen floor packed firm by the pressure of small feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He slid in graceful curves past the bowing snakes and the Brown Bear, towards Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I see my reflection everywhere, warped by the curve of the walls, broken by patches of rust and grime. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Huge stones had been set into the curving walls as steps, circling down and down, dark as the steps to hell that Old Nan used to tell them of. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mario walked up and down the narrow, curving streets, zigzagging across them so he could look in the windows on both sides. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they had gone to Cape Cod, driving along that curving piece of land until they could drive no farther. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s packed earth on all four sides, with walls that curve inward and a rounded ceiling. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To Sosie, Jennifer’s body was a surprise — the curves where she had expected straight planes, the pliability of a breast in her hand, the silky skin of her arms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There’s curved windows and most of the building looks like boxes stacked on top of each other. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Desperately she threw herself under the curve of the drum and lay still. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I put it on, loving how it skims my new curves and hangs gracefully at my ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was hanging down rather than standing up, straight and sleek, parted at the side and curving to a slight bob at her chin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The former snout now curves into a slight upturn at the tip. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There were no curves here, no trees; only angles, lines, squares, bricks and copper wires. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The high hedge curved with them, running off into the distance beyond the pair of impressive wrought-iron gates barring the men’s way. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The birds themselves swooped and cried, weaving in and out of immense, curved ridges that could only be spines, segmented and spurred, and, unmistakably: giant hands, giant feet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But she still had the face of a Grand Ball princess, with her bird-in-flight eyebrows and nose, elegantly curved like a letter from ancient Arabic writings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, the Wonder Dome dissolved into a gigantic, curved Heap box top. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “If you could see him,” Serafina went on, “you would see a black bird with red legs and a bright yellow beak, slightly curved. A bird of the mountains.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Are you?” said the old bandit, walking over, holding the point of her curved sword near Spurge’s face. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Only the curve of their firm breasts and hips and bottoms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the path curved to the right, and a group of buildings stood bright and yellow under red tiled roofs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her lips curved up naturally, giving her a pleased and contented air. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Caton inspected the damaged nozzle and suggested a curved throat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By some trick of the curved lines, my eyes got lost in the painting so that I kept having to refocus on tiny individual pieces of it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I hate how the cling of a sari and the cut of a salwar showcase my curves. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z While she wrote, the others leaned in, watching her sculpt the letters, each one a shivering architecture of dashes and curves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Inside, the tent is dark, the ceiling covered with open black umbrellas, the curving handles hanging down like icicles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Frodo turned to watch the sleek necks of the water as they curved and dived. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes there’s a picture in my head, and all I have to do is translate it into curves and shading. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He held her lightly in the curves of her waist and after a while lower, at her hips, and pulled her hard against him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As we followed the southward curve of Lake Shore Drive, passing bicyclists and runners on the pedestrian pathways, I was arguing silently with myself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was more than two hands long, with a curved blade. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A Big Bang had occurred, originating at the bridge of her nose, and the force of this explosion had sent galaxies of freckles hurtling and drifting to every end of her curved, warm-blooded universe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z To figure out the volume of a barrel or the area under a parabola, mathematicians added infinite zeros together; to find out the tangent of a curve, they divided zero by itself. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What was her—green eyes, half a smirk, the soft curves of her legs—would soon be nothing, just the bones I never saw. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Essential singularities are weird beasts; near a singularity of this sort, a curve goes absolutely berserk. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z First two points of mast, then sails, transparent and wraithlike in the fog, then, as Kit strained her eyes, the looming hull, the prow, and the curved tail of a fish. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z |
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