| 单词 | cutting |
| 例句 | A light but cutting wind ruffled the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Guidance seemed more like a term for cutting us loose. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He made the tiniest shavings, cutting very slowly and carefully, making whatever he thought would be pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Eliza pulled the laces of my stays, cutting off my reply. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I got fairly good at it, though once or twice I sliced too deeply, nearly cutting off a whole head. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Two cuttings were dug from either end which met almost perfectly in the middle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I cannot believe we are talking about this,” I said, cutting her off. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I'd almost thrown the cutting away, thinking that the garden didn't matter anymore. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He could see a long way off through the trees, and there were ragged bodies in the fields, groups of men digging, cutting trees for cover. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One late morning, as she was peeling and cutting potatoes for the boiled noon meal, she felt a presence behind her shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Her knife falls through what sounds like potatoes, the blade striking the wooden cutting board beneath. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They are ripe and sweet and like cutting through butter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Unaware that the meteor and everything in it would have been vaporized on impact, he wasted a fortune, and the next twenty-six years, cutting tunnels that yielded nothing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The poison is cutting off oxygen to my brain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z When I next see Regibald du Burgh, Werfel thought, he will be wielding a two-handed sword and cutting off my head. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z At home he watches MTV with Sonia as she doctors her jeans, cutting inches off the bottoms and inserting zippers at the newly narrowed ankles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When we start to encounter other kids—kids without classes this period, kids also cutting—she grows a little more cautious. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He said the scent came from dissecting sharks and whales, from cutting away layers of blubber and plunging her hands inside the cavities of marine creatures that were twenty times her size. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z So I start cutting even smaller, and putting less pieces in the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He ducked his head and set to work cutting six thick, even slices of bread while Vola slapped a chunk of butter into an iron skillet and snapped on a flame beneath it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We were lucky we were cutting class down by Propp’s pond. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of cutting as soon as he felt the first little halt, as he usually did, he let the knife move on to another and another. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If I had thought anything in writing the story, I had thought that perhaps it would make me more acceptable to them, and now it was cutting me off from them more completely than ever. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was punctured with a half dozen arrows, some along his arm, the last one cutting through the meat of his neck from one side to the other. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When we could hear the music real clear, and folks talking to each other and the sound of sticks cracking in a fire, we started cutting through the trees. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Situation like this, we’d generally advise cutting in late fall. Less likely to disturb any nests.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “No one,” Ben said, cutting the steak just brought by the waiter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi dipped her glass in flour and began cutting out the biscuits. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He pauses, eyes cutting into me again—but this time, I know it isn’t with all the anger he’s got built in him. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z His grip was clammy but mercilessly tight, cutting off all airflow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was also his plan to shorten their journey by cutting across another great loop of the Road: east beyond Weathertop it changed its course and took a wide bend northwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was still an echo as of following feet in the cutting behind them; a rushing noise as if a wind were rising and pouring through the branches of the pines. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The sound of Sam Gamgee cutting the lawn came in from the garden. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Oh. Ha. No. I’m cutting the crusts off the bread. Go put your phone away, Wart.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “What?” he said, turning from the counter where Mama had him cutting out biscuits with a cookie cutter and putting them on an oven tray. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Queen of Lothian had taken to her chamber, cutting off communication with her guests, and Pellinore broke his fast alone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I was positive that Timothy was back on north beach cutting on that piece of wood but something told me not to go down there. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Each word felt like it was being engraved at the base of her heart, cutting into her, burning, and she picked up the second photo and turned it over. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A silver line lay across the opposite bank, sun cutting into the last of the night’s royal blue. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The reporter thanked Miss K for letting her visit—good story—great angle—sorry she couldn’t stay—mayor cutting ribbon for opening of new auto-parts shop—meeting of the school board. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He and other people at the company had been cutting into sick monkeys since October—and yet no one had become sick. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A diminutive captain cutting an unstalwart figure in his flight suit, walked to the colonel’s desk and saluted. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But unbeknownst to King, Johnson went significantly further than cutting off contact. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He wasn’t cutting cane, since he doesn’t chew it—I think he’s a little vain of his strong white teeth with the handsome little gap in the center. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were cutting up the snow and tearing up the ground around my tree with their pawing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Small,” I said and busied myself cutting and tying off the cord. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We got to work cutting up the fruit in the kitchen. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She put her vase down on the table in front of me, then glancing around my pantry again said: 'If you wish, Mr Stevens, I might bring in some more cuttings for you.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt like a tightrope walker, balancing the urge to hurry out of the cutting wind and the need to step carefully so as not to fall on my hind regions. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The gods and Gebu had decreed that he learn this instead: mere cutting and hacking to make the stone ready for others. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z A few came alongside while the rest got in front of them, cutting off any escape. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Everything was going along just fine until Mama caught me cutting out the circles of tin with her scissors. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel said, “But this—this is an elfin army cutting up goblins.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Two weeks passed from the time that Monkeyman had stopped the girl from cutting Peaches and it looked as if things might blow over without anyone getting hurt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and the Preacher walked through a patch of woods toward the sounds that were cutting through the night air. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z What would they be cutting up this time? Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Bundles of carnations and pink and red roses transformed the tables into cutting beds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She finished cutting up the first trout and picked up the second. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And a girl who appears only a few years older than me is cutting a pattern out of thin paper on a table. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was seated in an armchair when Basta entered the room with the three new arrivals, and a woman was kneeling in front of him cutting his toenails. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He walked out to the Trask farm, found Charles cutting wood, and gave him the letter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Spoken Japanese is full of disrespectful insult words that can be much more cutting than mere vulgarity. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The Master lit the spirit lamp under the little silver chafing dish and heated some butter before cutting half a dozen poppy heads open and tossing them in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And then a glass cylinder is lowering around me, breaking our handhold, cutting him off from me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The skin and scales were tough, and cutting them away took time. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Until now, they had limited their attacks to unarmed ffeedmen, cutting them down in the streets or breaking into their homes under the cover of darkness to murder them in their beds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We work straight until dinner, our hands tired from cutting and making the posters and all the practicing we’ve been doing. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I’m gathering up the magazine cuttings when I find two envelopes underneath the paper pieces. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She squeezes my hand with both of hers, which are rough from cutting calico and canvas all day. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z But it did not interfere with our meeting, except that she chided me like a schoolmarm for not taking her advice and cutting down on my schedule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jazz had been cutting and glueing, looking down on the whole thing, and was now watching Needles knit his heart out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She found out when the cutting of the trees was set to begin. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z She’d rather have been teamed up with David or Shay, but those two were cutting together today. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He took another step forward, cutting off Clancy before he could start speaking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She pulls two feet of tape from the roll, the screech cutting through the dusty silence. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A practiced barber, no doubt; her order often cleaned the corpses of the noble slain before returning them to their kin, and trimming beards and cutting hair was part of that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was, I perceived, summer lightning cutting through the storm, etching mud and spire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They sat on the floor together, cutting “Top Secret” stamps off the copies. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Together they cut the sheaves all day, bending and cutting with short-handled scythes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Part of me feels bad for cutting him out, though. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Still, the last sad memory hovers round, and sometimes drifts across like floating mist, cutting off sunshine and chilling the remembrance of happier times. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He came out into a field and saw men deploying, moving out on both sides of the road, cutting away the fences: Pender’s Division. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I dug another foxhole, cutting down through ferns and rotted vegetation and tree roots and mud, the bottom of it would be filled with water by the time I finished. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar pictured his father cutting cane in a Florida hell, burning his flesh as he stooped over the big kettles of molten sugar. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Disappointingly, it turned out to be some banal utterances about dying and cutting cloth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Her armor is varying shades of blue as well, from oceanic to berry, with her green sash cutting across the breastplate. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "I must have planted it. In Mo's community garden. That's what I did with all the cuttings he sent." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z If he’s really there, cutting my buoys, I’ll have to sneak up on him. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z So I’m a little flustered as I go into my spiel about cutting back my homework, and during it Ms. Rucker’s expression never cracks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z One day, Ray told me to come outside and I thought he was going to yell at me for mowing too close to the house and cutting the tulips. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She brought her own bowl to the table, too, and then a loaf of bread on a cutting board and a dish of creamery butter and spoons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I work for hours, obsessively, frenetically, unable to stop cutting into the stone, Grandma and Mom chanting at me with every hit: You crushed his dreams. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Lee Lee picks up a pair of scissors and starts cutting. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Rowing couldn’t be any harder than cutting cottonwoods. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I speared the last big bite of Cinnabon and started cutting it in half with the edge of the fork. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z How many times have I told Rosa about facing into the wind; cutting into the wind; feeling the wind run cool fingers through your hair? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Then reality jerked at her shoulders and thighs, the webbing of the jacket cutting viciously into her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I heard them, loud and scared, cutting through the sound of the fire. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The idea came of simply cutting the wood away to leave the lacquer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The second net fell useless to the ground, and then Will leapt at Iorek, feeling with his left hand, cutting with his right. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And once they barely escaped from the middle of a hayfield when the hay was cutting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I got my bearings zipping around the rink for a while, picking up speed, cutting left and right, short hops, pivots. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Next to the river is starting to become too rocky and steep to run on and I can see a path cutting its way up from the riverbank, going along the top of the canyon. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I’d heard that dropcops had a nickname for this procedure—cutting an indent out of a fortified residence so they could arrest him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The metal of the arches turned fluid and flowed closed, as they had not done since Skathis’s time, cutting Minya off from the bulk of her army. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Beneath this was a collection of yellow newspaper cuttings, all stuck together to make a ragged collage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I heard he was good and quick when it comes to cutting off legs or arms.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He was coming at a gallop across the fields to the south, a line of aides strung out behind him, cutting across the field to save time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was undoubtedly a very good flier — she kept cutting across him, forcing him to change direction. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I got the first cut, but again, when I started cutting the interior angle, the bar worked its way out of the jig, and the tool dug in and broke. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not cutting your hair like the Abnegation anymore,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Students joined the demonstrations in growing numbers, cutting classes so they could appear at that day’s assigned meeting place. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s got art supplies around her and is busy cutting out cardboard pumpkin patterns. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Leaves fell around them in flurries, stinging and smarting when they touched Tristran's skin, cutting and slicing at his clothes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He left the Ancient to his afternoon’s reed cutting and hurried back to the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z If Ms. Singh noticed them while she was cutting—and I don’t see how she couldn’t have—she doesn’t say anything. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “And I have some cuttings from my garden I can help you plant.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was while Papa and I were cutting wild hay in a little patch of prairie back of the house. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the children were set to cutting grass and digging flower beds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As I was not good at hauling water or cutting wood, I could not personally argue for a life without Nelson. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Tang people had surrounded the bull, slapping and shouting and even cutting at him with knives, trying to drive him back to join his brother animals. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He had only the bare wall behind him now, and the grating cutting off his retreat to the right—and Basta was coming straight at him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Soldiers were everywhere, cutting wood, cleaning things, drilling. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The lady who thinks it's so terrible to waste learning time cutting and gluing paper. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He was cutting a tree when a branch dislodged and struck him, breaking his neck. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If Horace knew everyone was in town for a meeting, so did whoever had joined him on the night of the first fence cutting. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z And then the word came down that Roy and Dale didn’t have time to do two shows after all, so they were cutting ours. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z His speeches were at times so fiery and full of passion that every year the principal would try to make Tapia the gym teacher, in hopes of cutting down Tapia’s influence over us. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z We moved well together and I imagined what a striking figure I was cutting on the floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was thinking,” Oscar says, carefully cutting his filet, “this time, I can campaign with you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Marcus, Jay, and Adrian spent the entire period whispering to one another, cutting up like they didn’t think anyone could hear them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But before she could comment on anything, she noticed the magazine I was cutting. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z That is how I told my parents I was cutting off contact with them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "You must look scared, Eleanor. Don't worry. I promise no cutting." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “But not for cutting! We have no herbs for that.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Wasn’t she content to be golden perfection without cutting away at me? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the fanners had quit farming and were cutting railroad ties so they could feed their families. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The cutting of the bands on your wrists, that was smart work!’ said Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z My parents said he was justified in cutting me off. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z An old man was cutting silhouettes under an arcade. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I catch up with him at the library, which is packed with paper-chainers, busily cutting and gluing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z When we consider cutting an apple pie, continuing down beyond a single atom, we confront an infinity of the very small. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s collapsing the magic barriers around Manhattan—cutting off just the building, and us.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There’s rumors of the Argentinian navy breaking out of its ports and cutting off our sea lines to Ascension Island. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z "The last cutting you sent me was from the flower of immortality." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “We’ll start with your left hand, cutting the knuckles and inserting the medicine into your veins. Then we’ll do the right.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z We spent three days cutting down our portions. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He received these marks of gratitude with distaste, cutting short my thanks to order me out of the room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Jean Miele’s advantage began with the people he was with on May 6, when the lining of his right coronary artery ruptured, cutting off the flow of blood to his sixty-six-year-old heart. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Harry tipped the powdered beetles into his cauldron and started cutting up his ginger roots. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, be careful,” whispered Salmakia, but Lyra’s mind was already racing ahead through the story she’d told the night before, shaping and cutting and improving and adding: parents dead; family treasure; shipwreck; escape... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I even witnessed one man knifing another for cutting the line to buy bread. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Chiggen's sword raked across the naked face of a mailed rider, and Bronn plunged through the clansmen like a whirlwind, cutting down foes right and left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A searing pain closed around my neck like a molten-hot collar—cutting off my breath, making everything go black. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was even better than she had hoped for: It was a big, beautiful, strong panga, the perfect tool for cutting mutarara branches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It sits there like a beached ocean liner, the prow cutting through swells of green turf, windows without number. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He sprays a third, vertical line on my mother's door, cutting the X in half. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z That is because they thought they were being ultra-modern, the cutting edge, the new blood. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Father was poised to go on with the story when suddenly Tata Ndu stood right straight up, cutting him off in the middle of hammering home his message. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could, uh, press the fibers under and sew them down. Or how about cutting the fibers off?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "They came near to cutting mine off. I should thank you." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Dad started cutting the cake and Mom helped him with the plates. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He sat the boy on the footlocker under the gaslamp and with a plastic comb and a pair of scissors he set about cutting his hair. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Together they woke Hake, who received the Lord Commander's orders with a stream of curses, but got up all the same and soon had a dozen brothers cutting roots for a soup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had a long, bright knife in her hand and had been busily cutting the horse free from the wreck of the hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z We position the new plank on the cutting table. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "We'll get to that," Coach said, cutting his laugh off instantly. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I writhed in a blind panic as the leather strap tightened, cutting off all airflow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The security teams have taken out flashlights, and thin rays of light float around the arena, cutting through the black. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "Nor live, I hope," Mormont said, cutting his ham with a dagger and feeding a bite to the bird. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This time, the brothers put on gloves and took out a meat cleaver, cutting Anna’s head into “sausage meat,” as the undertaker later put it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The cool wind cutting across the water on this hot day. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A cutting of aloe vera that Lena gave me did not belong anywhere because we had no other succulents. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The swordfish darts in and out, cutting and slicing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There’s a bag of kale sitting on a cutting board and a box of croutons on the countertop. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She was cutting a tiny black square to sew into the intricate band at the top when the door opened and Daniel came in. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one ever understands performance art when it’s on the cutting edge.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She hung up, feeling a stab of guilt at cutting off Mamma’s well-intentioned advice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In fact, it was a failed cutting from a more sophisticated culture in the Andes, a cousin of Wari or Tiwanaku. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes I look at the carrots or tomatoes I’m cutting and try to remember the Quichua words. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I start cutting out shapes for my head, body, and legs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z A cutting sound—a can opener—the scrape of a spoon, and the bowl was back on the floor. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “We have to get higher. I’m cutting off the search and heading home.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z By sunset, I’m on my way back to Bartlett, cutting through the heart of Indianapolis, smoking my fourth American Spirit cigarette in a row. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Were raising money for our group. We do volunteer art projects for elementary kids ’cause they’re cutting art from the schools, you know? The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She sped up into the cloud where Chup was cutting arcs and circles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z As they flitted across they glanced back and saw the great black shape upon the battlement; then they plunged down between high rock-walls in a cutting that fell steeply to join the Morgul-road. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A cool afternoon wind blew in, cutting through the oven-hot kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Miss Saunders says we were cutting class in the bathroom, smoking, destroying property. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The tiny tail gunner woke up while Yossarian was cutting with the scissors, saw him, and fainted again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Daylight slants like a razor cutting the buildings in half. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Close to the stables were the kitchen gardens and the cutting gardens. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z One swing of the cutting blade could lop off her head if she got sassy or too close, and it would be her own fault. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu saw Eberechi right away; she was with some men and women who were bent over a pile of palm fronds, cutting, matting, passing them on to a man on a wooden ladder. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Didn't you say we must hurry? And what were you doing with that knife? Not cutting someone open, I hope!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Outside it was cooler, a breeze cutting through the stagnant air. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z That should have been embarrassing, but Park's dad had a way of cutting past embarrassing. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z One was trying to chew the net, but hippocampi teeth just aren’t meant for cutting rope. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Tom looked into the eyepieces of a microscope that was attached to the cutting machine. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Come on back here a minute," he called, his voice cutting sharply through the roar of the furnaces. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We're cutting through the side streets and heading down to the pond, all cold and white and frozen. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z So instead of cutting up her father’s law books, Elizabeth read them and made notes in the margins of the sections that affected women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I was cutting and bundling quilting squares into a dozen fat quarters, a-mix-and-matched stack of fabrics all measured and ready to sew. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She went first to the barn, where the men were sharpening hoes and sickles in preparation for the summer hay cutting. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the bone was broken at the thigh, it would involve no more than cutting through flesh and setting a tourniquet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even if it means cutting me off from everyone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z After cutting and stacking the wood for her, I went back and finished turning her new garden. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was cutting a wedge of yellow cheese from a round as big as a cart wheel when Tris Botley stepped into the kitchen, bundled up in a thick fur cloak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At his desk, Ellsberg read cables from General Westmoreland warning that communist forces were close to cutting the country in two along the central highlands. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Staying away is one thing, cutting off all contact is another. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The day before, at the decisive Battle of Five Forks, Union General Phil Sheridan and 45,000 men had captured a pivotal crossing, cutting off the main road to North Carolina. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I remember her with her tape measure around her neck and newspaper on the floor, on her knees with a pair of scissors, cutting a pattern out. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There, she opened her pack, took out the small, sharp knife she had brought with her, and started cutting the twine. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z And at the same moment a cutting thought hit him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The pants Bull made himself, cutting up several red handkerchiefs and sewing them together so that they formed a makeshift covering for Edward’s long legs. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z By winter he was back in the woods with Charlie McDonald, cutting cottonwoods, chaining them to the draft horses, and skidding them out of the woods in snow and sleet. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He found a pair of scissors at last and began cutting carefully through Snowden’s coveralls high up above the wound, just below the groin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My wrists hurt from the plastic tie cutting into my skin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Father Mulrooney had given him a ten- minute lecture on the importance of education in troubled times, but at least Alex didn’t have a guilty conscience about cutting classes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z In order to help me do this, he makes a Mobius strip for me by cutting out a long slip of paper, twisting it once and gluing the ends together. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If there was a mother and her children on the block, she would buy the whole lot, cutting a deal with the auctioneers before the family ever went up for bidding. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Even though Principal Trask is holding those scissors out like a sword, I’m still shocked when she starts cutting off people’s armbands. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I wondered how he would adjust if Mother were forever cutting his food for him; if he could live a happy life if he wasn’t able to grasp a hammer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The latter was cutting the lead down with every lunge. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He began cutting downward through the coveralls along the inside seam. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Not a clue. Except that we’re cutting a lot of grass and I’m not getting much sleep. And this morning my mother said she was forgetting what I look like.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Yes, he conceded, there had been “lots of cutting lately.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Starting his race all alone, Pollard tried to turn the incident to his advantage, cutting in to the rail for a ground-saving trip while far ahead of him, Velociter and Uppermost cruised to the lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if he means to keep cutting the oak tree or work on the chest but I say, Yes, just in case he means the chest. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But Lewis Powell forces open the door and slashes at Robinson with his knife, cutting the soldier’s forehead to the bone and almost putting out an eye. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit thwarted his efforts, ducking into the rail in the gaps between dogs, swerving out to avoid them, then cutting in again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d like you to find the beauty in my cutting off your nose and ears.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Iorek came back and watched Will close the window, and asked to see the knife again, peering so closely at the silver edge that Will thought he was in danger of cutting his eye. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The hippie started to say something but Henry, cutting him short, pointed to something behind the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I'd planted Mo's cutting two years ago and hardly visited after that. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Kathy would go through the paper and make cuttings of relevant stories, which were then secretly distributed to the rest of us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We made our way through the crowd, like a small boat cutting through a storm, unsure if we’d be sucked in or stay afloat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I don’t like the thought of cutting them either, but it may be our only hope. Dr. Rush recommends it, he was bled himself when he was ill.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She laid a thin stick under the score line and pushed sharply down on the lacquer, as she’d seen a glazier cutting glass, and it worked: now she had two sheets. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The old part of the town, fiercely antebellum, rested in the stillest slackwater celebration of itself, in the habiliment of azaleas cutting into shadows with a soft-winged blue, or a deepening ruby. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I’m gone into the maze of hallways leading toward the OR for another round of cutting, but this time I don’t follow myself. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I can’t cut off his head without cutting his neck,” he said. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “He said he’d try to root some cuttings for me,” Samuel said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His camouflage outfit—he had swapped his Gap combat trousers for the real thing—fitted him badly, cutting in between his legs and under his arms but hanging loose everywhere else. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z After he finished cutting out the pictures, he took them all to the basement and found the bright yellow oil paint left over from a go-cart he had made to run kids down with. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He followed the channel as it got wider and wider, cutting a little more deeply into the earth, and the water deeper, first splashing up around his ankles, then his knees. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Maybe he was drilling, or like, cutting or boring. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder why they chose the noon flight. That will get you into Washington around two. The competition starts at seven. That’s cutting it a little close.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As they boarded higher up into the mountain the creek widened, cutting an archway of trees into the dense forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Abuelito must be gone or very close to gone; he would never have forced her like this, cutting off her return. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel sorry for any child stuck with that name because that means he’s gone through the sorriest kind of upbringing possible, but I can’t let him go around cutting up the other students. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Other Salamanders were roaring their engines far away, and police sirens were cutting their way across town with their sirens. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z When prayers were said and all the grain was scattered great-hearted Thrasymedes in a flash swung the axe, at one blow cutting through the neck tendons. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My leg got to trembling, so I lay down, watching the sky turn as red as the clay John was cutting. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I’m cutting up herring and dropping it over the side for most of an hour before I hear the first little splash. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I spend a long time cutting up the big turkey into small pieces—throwing out extra fat and rubbing it with lemon down to the bone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He could feel the cold hard ground beneath his cheek, and the hinge of his glasses, which had been knocked sideways by the fall, cutting into his temple. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He was single-minded, cutting through the air before him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The pull suddenly lessened and I was sure that he was gone, but the next instant I saw the string cutting the water in a wide circle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit began to rip over the track, cutting into Myrtlewood’s lead even as she flew through fractions faster than any ever run at the Detroit Fair Grounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, just before I turn to walk away, I add, “I’m really sorry about cutting off your eyebrows.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He was cutting rosebuds, which for him wasn’t easy with just the one hand, and dropping each one into a big zinc tub. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Pong caught the scent of incense cutting through the glorious pork smell. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Deen had been the one to spot the small green boat, appearing through mist that wreathed the island, cutting through the whitecapped waves. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Taniot’s head lashes back and forth, her long black horns cutting into the redcap knight’s shoulder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They knew very well why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The money he earned from cutting ice or trapping lobsters or painting his pictures went for things we couldn’t grow ourselves. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Even though it is halfway down, you must remember you’ve been cutting on it half of one night and one day. You might make it, but it’s going to take a lot of chopping.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Pilate was sitting on a chair; Reba was cutting Pilate’s hair with a barber’s clippers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her first resort was a black crepe de chine dress which, according to the dressing table mirror, bestowed by means of clever cutting a certain severity of form. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z One problem solved: the hatch above them closed automatically, cutting off their pursuers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Omitting needless words, however, does not mean cutting out every single word that is redundant in context. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She is just cutting into the lemon meringue pie when we hear the knock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z That morning, she had taken out Lefty’s wedding crown, cutting it away from her own so he could be buried with it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Said he, cutting them short: “Friends, no luck lies in that plan for us, no luck, knifing the lad. Let’s think of feasting.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even while he saw the black horde racing southward he saw another force, mysteriously assembled, suddenly planted in their rear, cutting their communications by land and sea. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Then at the end—” Devi waved her hands, cutting me off. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was cutting out the leprechaun even though that wasn’t the point of the project. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Found it! You must need a cutting board. Everyone needs a decent cutting board.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She had spent days sticking them together and cutting up the paper, she had painted picture after picture, and Mo had to write what they were underneath them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Any other business owner would be more concerned with the employees cutting themselves, not the stupid cans. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It took a long time for the study of human anatomy to become fully respectable—there remained a lingering disquiet about the whole business of cutting people up. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you help Corey with the fondant. He’s cutting out moons and stars, so super simple, but there are a million of them.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “What an interesting perspective. But it is far more likely a goblin army cutting up elves.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Lines of muscle along the horse’s back, flanks, and belly bulged with the effort, cutting sweeping stripes into his coat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall stretched from one building corner to another, right across the street, cutting us off from the rest of Kraków. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Against that blank landscape, she and The Taker are in Mixed Media, and they are cutting images from design magazines. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Tears were cutting down his face and streaming to his chin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When it came, it felt like someone was cutting me open with a knife. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He’s cutting across the infield holding his Bible in his right hand, heading for the other dugout. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A cold, cutting wind blew relentlessly down the racecourse at Griinau. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The air seemed to be charged with his uncontrollable fury — every hair on the tiger seemed to jut like sharp spikes, and his teeth and eyes glittered like the cutting edge of a knife. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Even still, cutting class is a serious offense, Mustafa, boring or not. You shouldn’t have been with those kids in the first place.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She kept trying to lose me, cutting from the path into the trackless forest and back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Also, as seniors, you have the privilege of cutting in front of the lunchline. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I see Miss Saunders, crunching up her face, and cutting her eyes at Worm. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Tally twisted her body to bring the board under her and across, cutting around the next flag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Kvothe gestured as if cutting the air with the side of his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Opening her scissors into a big V, she started cutting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Without human inventiveness, all of us today would still be cutting our meat with stone tools and eating it raw, like our ancestors of a million years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Now she understood what her mother had meant about gossip cutting like a knife. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z By the time we got to work on S’meggs, cutting up twigs and marshmallows, Mrs. Kapoor had come outside with mugs of hot chocolate. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Two more Grievers broke from the pack and swarmed over Alby, piling on top of each other, snapping and cutting at the boy, as if they wanted to rub it in, show their vicious cruelty. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z By the late 1980s—this is so extraordinary I can hardly stand it—it was the only significant player in the American timber industry that was cutting down trees faster than it replaced them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z What I might do, I might say something very cutting and snotty, to rile him up--instead of socking him in the jaw. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Once she hit the park, it felt like green, sharp and cutting against the soles of her feet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z So he watched as the mosquito patiently probed his hand with the cutting part of her proboscis, then sucked his blood for over a minute before flying off. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I hustled to aisle three, slipped out the roll of green oilcloth printed with lemon slices, and walked up to the cutting counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “What are those boys doing cutting fences, anyhow?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z She had no spark of humor and only occasionally a blade of cutting wit. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t mean I like cutting down trees. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Dad asked, cutting the engine a minute after cresting the hill. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She was a single mother with six sons, and she planned to put all of them through college using money she made cutting hair and selling chips, candy, and cigarettes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Neely has decided to give us a break from cutting open small animals and watching boring videos to return to the scientific process. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Maybe thinking smart is cutting loose the fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I was smart, which had come to mean that I was cutting myself off from people whose interests reflected their not being smart. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is why nobody criticized her for not attending the first- and second-year memorial Masses, for not cutting her hair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Ilya brought the club down, cutting through the air, and the creature swung an arm back. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Johnny, in angry mouthfuls, told him what he thought about Dove and the charcoal, and threw in a cutting remark about Dusty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent hours every day shaving bamboo for the center and cross spars, cutting the thin tissue paper which made for easy dipping and recovery. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “No,” Vonetta said, cutting off our rat-a-tat-tat flow before we could get it going. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We have eggs, buttered toast, and a glass of milk each for dinner; there’s a small sack of coal in the corner, and magazine cuttings pinned all over the wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The cutting machine worked like a deli sheer, peeling off slices about this size: The slices fell onto a droplet of water and rested on the droplet’s surface. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We work after school as often as we can, cutting, sewing, and measuring. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Boubacar laughed, a familial laugh; he would not laugh like that with an American, he would be cutting if an American dared say the same thing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Gramma had a wooden table in the middle of the kitchen where she did most of her “cutting, kneading, and rolling.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he heard a woman’s voice cutting through the line saying: ‘He said: “He’s stupid.”’ Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I wished I could perform a skin graft on Tinkerbell, but that would have meant cutting her into pieces. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And he took the knife from the rucksack and rested the edge against the front of the helmet, and sliced off a corner as if he were cutting butter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z About the pressings he'd made since he was little, and the cuttings he collected. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “No incisions,” Yossarian said, perceiving through the lifting fog of insensibility that the two strangers were ready to begin cutting him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “It jumped out of a tree and started to climb all over her, cutting her up with its feet. It moved so fast. I didn’t even know what was going on.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Now and then, one of the old bar’ hogs would break ranks to make a quick cutting lunge at the dog. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind blows my hair across my face, cutting my vision into strips, and I leave it there. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He put each of his axes up and dragged them along the water walls, cutting long gouges that poured water in. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I worried about not cutting hard enough, but the blade was sharp and sliced easily through the white feathers covering the bird’s neck. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A cutting had been made, at some distance from the Hedge, and went sloping gently down into the ground. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The man had scissors in his hand, a small mirror propped in front of him, and was cutting his hair and his beard. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z This was much too long even for me to remain in limbo, so I spent the rest of the afternoon cutting accurate representations of the bases out of stiff cardboard. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Black started from the back again, cutting upward toward the top of Noodles's head. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Borkowski always gave Raymie candy in exchange for the toenail cutting, and if you got paid for something, it couldn’t be a good deed. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Presumably, during the time I was holding him, another officer would be cutting him down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He started cutting his nails over the table, for a change. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Finally Jason flew himself across and his squad began cutting through some very surprised-looking telkhines, spreading fear through the enemy’s ranks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We'd put 'em in the ground and run string around 'em, cutting our land up into six pieces. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He cut into the wire as if cutting away at the lie inside himself. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z If you wanted to kill a vine, you didn’t just keep cutting it back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Soon their terror will overshadow the last armies of our friends, cutting off the sun. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then with his sharp jack-knife he worked at them, cutting the edges of the large one into little peaks and towers, with a large star carved on the very tallest point. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In the operating room, Dr. Grossman shaved away at the burned, dead skin, cutting away thin layers until he reached bleeding tissue. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The other Underlanders were following her, cutting straight up the sides of the funnel web. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If anything, he was bolder than ever in the saddle, either to conceal his blindness or simply because he couldn’t see just how close he was cutting it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The nerve-grinding squeal of the spike cutting through the ground sent a shiver up Thomas’s spine, though a second later the Griever tumbled into the abyss. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Not at all. I know what I’m good at, and it ain’t drawing or painting or cutting things up and making something out of them. That’s Jade. I’m the poet.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Group B talked to me sometimes, made cutting remarks to me when they didn't like my clothing, and often excluded me from their games, their secrets, and their gossip. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “And you!” said Mrs. Weasley, but it was with a slightly softened expression that she started cutting Harry bread and buttering it for him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We all huddled as dose as we could get because we knew Dad was going to try to make us forget about being cold by cutting up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The risks of cutting into the abdomen or chest were great, and he appeared to be recovering. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “We apparently have saboteurs who believe they can shut this trial down simply by cutting an electrical line,” Judge Morales said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They talked about cutting me down, even as they enjoyed the shade from my lovely limbs. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Did you tell Christopher you were cutting it off?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The resulting noise is as regular as machine-gun fire, cutting through the rest of the din. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Also, the sound of Kenzi and Simeon, their voices still young, still sweet like flutes cutting through. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z But while the nightmare’s happening, the burning or the cutting or the beating, you realize something you known all your life: the white lady don’t ever forget. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He let me hit the ground hard, the loose gravel cutting open my legs and palms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He worked on his knees, cutting away the wire at ground level, where it continued under the surface six inches deep to discourage coyotes and wolves from digging under it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Is that a partisan there, that old man with the saw cutting trees? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He watched the sail makers cutting heavy canvas into strips and sewing it back together again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, like I say they never started soon enough with their cutting, and they quit too quick. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It happened when the camaradas hurriedly set out to clear the area for their campsite, cutting away the thick vegetation and brushing aside the dead leaves. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z They had come to the end of a long cutting, deep, and sheer-sided in the middle, by which the road clove its way through a stony ridge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He went down to his knees and felt the tears start, cutting through the smoke and ash on his face, silently falling onto the stone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z They made it from an old fluffy half-slip of crinoline and lace, but when they were through cutting and pinning and tacking, it looked exactly like a canopy and not like a petticoat at all. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, carefully, using the delicate cutting tools she had been given, Kira snipped away the frayed threads. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, because the last thing she wanted was to break it off five years down the road, when the two of them would be in so much deeper, it’d be like cutting off a limb. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Our neighbor Mr. Sera was cutting yellow roses from his garden. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When Hanako had first gone back to school after cutting her hair, everyone had noticed—she could tell by the way they stared—but nobody said a word. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She grabs another sheet of paper and starts cutting. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Cutting the arm off the suit was easy; so was cutting along its length to make a rectangle. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I look around at the dishes piled in the sink, the strips of beet peel staining a wooden cutting board, a saucepan half full of translucent cabbage, a roasting pan charred and waxed with grease. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was bad to stumble, and kept stepping on her feet, but they were laughing and cutting up, just having the best time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In industrial shop, we are cutting wood to make birdhouses. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He felt the dory skim across the swells, cutting through their rhythm, and figured that finally, finally he was setting their course. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There were two knives: the smaller, a hatchet-bladed cleaver, heavy and hard, for cutting through the rib cage, for jointing and segmenting; the other a long, daggerlike blade, for cutting out the heart. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It mostly reminded me of the cutting sounds that a pack of hounds makes once they commence to ripping a possum to shreds. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Dad pulled out a cutting board and started chopping onions and carrots. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z From these she made patterns, cutting and sewing silk flowers that she arranged in the parlor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not sitting in this traffic. It could cost me my life. You’ll be quicker cutting through the Old City on foot and walking out on the west road.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately he had a belt wrapped tightly around his upper arm cutting his circulation, or he would have been dead from an embolism. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z For thirty yards, the two horses hurtled down the homestretch side by side, their cutting, irregular strides settling into long, open lunges, their speed building and building. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ought to be in bed,” he said huffily, mad at himself for cutting her down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Mom and Grandma discussed the job while cutting: which parts could be used for covers and which parts for cushions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaped back, and the evil blade missed by an inch, cutting a gash in the deck right between my feet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z No one else spoke, so I went back to cutting up the newspaper. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it made its way back to the sea, cutting rivers and canyons into the earth over the centuries. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Squat and round and in a backward ball cap so tight, it might be cutting off circulation to his brain. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I stare at the first plane that’s cutting the sky in two. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Ah! But he would have much,” said Wemmick, cutting me short, “and they know it. He’d have their lives, and the lives of scores of ’em. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “But—” “Tomorrow,” he said, cutting me off and folding my fingers over the cross, “I’ll explain. Just remember, God mends all. Now go,” he said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They worried that cutting into the cancer might kill him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Caton had done himself especially proud on one of them, cutting all the waste metal off it until the converging/diverging angles could be seen from the outside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z On one corner a man stood impervious, cutting a fine figure against the winter sky. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When Henrietta’s cousin Emmett Lacks heard somebody at Sparrows Point say Henrietta was sick and needed blood, he threw down the steel pipe he was cutting and ran looking for his brother and some friends. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Not so much as a stray piece of grass decorated the cutting blade, and the garage smelled not of death but of soap and Armor All. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Or cutting their conversations whenever he walked by, like he was some kind of human mute button. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Nevertheless he worried it as a dog worries a bone while he doled out cutting sand for old Zahotep’s drill. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Cato stands before me, almost at the lip of the horn, holding Peeta in some kind of headlock, cutting off his air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “You can tell your father—!” I dug my fingers into Kevin’s shoulder, cutting off the rush of words before they became insulting in content as well as in tone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were cutting weight,” Toby said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I couldn’t find anything in the document that suggested anybody but Nicole and her Cutter’s Way friends knew about her cutting. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The knife hovered over the cutting board, and her eyebrows dipped to form a V. “Why on Earth would you think that?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “As the sword was cutting me down,” said the ghost, “I thought this was the worst I would ever have to endure. But I was wrong. The worst is on the other side.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Peeta takes the lead, cutting through the patches of dense vegetation with his long knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Anger flooded through me, cutting through the lingering pain in my limbs and any fear I had that he was taking me out somewhere in order to finish the job. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z McIlroy took the scalpel from the boiling water and began cutting away the toes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z First couple of times, he had to sprint to catch up after cutting the ivy, and once he nicked his finger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It’s like the whole town has bought into our project, and if you’re not cutting and gluing, you’re finding other ways to help. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The river wound into the dark forest, cutting its serpentine route into the unknown. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Flashes of ugly flags with skulls and bones, swords slashing at people’s throats, and long knives cutting out our hearts edge their way into my consciousness. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his knife and began to saw at the thick, stiff fabric, cutting out a piece a bit longer than the split in the hull. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A feeling spread through her, a warmth that pushed away the cold wind cutting across the ridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z "And what good would that do? They can't stop him, either, short of locking him up, or cutting out his tongue. All it will do is bring out me own part in this matter." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Each day he kept busy cooking, carving, soaking in the pond, fishing, carrying the ancestor rock, washing clothes, doing schoolwork, and cutting firewood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He didn’t know how she caught them without cutting herself; it must have been an Assassin thing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Improvements in anesthetics, and new drills and bone saws that allowed for precision cutting of the skull, made it possible. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Good luck hitting a skinny little schooner cutting through the waves bound for fortune and glory.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Down below, on the murky peak, the demons were busily cutting the stairway loose with axes and hammers and saws. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He abruptly stops dancing and makes a cutting motion with his right hand, silencing the music. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Some worker must have left one of the cutting tables sticking in a furnace on Friday evening. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was up on top of three pallets cutting the hemp rope of the sacks of sugar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The barbers have stopped cutting hair and are standing outside with scissors still in their hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pressing his Omnioculars so hard to his glasses that they were cutting into the bridge of his nose. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It turned out that Queen Neferbeth felt so strongly about “cutting holes in Petey,” even if he was dead, that it was decided to dispense with that part of the procedure. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As he dashed back to his cauldron, he saw Malfoy cutting up valerian roots as fast as he could. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Down and to his right there was a small sink and alcohol stove and on the left a stand with drawers in it and a tiny cutting board on top. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We make red bells out of construction paper, folding the paper in half before cutting out the shape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was light, sunlight or something cutting the water off funny. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The Marines fired in delirium, cutting down the first advancing wave of Japanese infantry. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether she in effect burned herself or not, Nicole Castro was definitely cutting. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “The longer the war goes on,” Maddie said, carefully cutting her iced bun in half with a tin butter knife, “the older I’ll get.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Navy, California, and Penn now formed a cluster, far out in front, exchanging leads, cutting each other up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They rowed through cutting wind, bitter sleet, and occasional snow, well into the dark of night every evening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was a cutting table marked up with scratches and gouges next to a register, though getting there was like navigating a Halloween corn maze. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Outside, the cold takes my breath away, cutting through my thin clothes like an icy scythe. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Master Underwood!” the council member on the right shouted, cutting off whatever Grover was trying to say. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I can imagine her dark brown eyes cutting to the side, and her full lips pursing. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z On the chopping board in front of her she’s cutting more, with a paring knife, her large hands deft, indifferent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a small, low-ceilinged room, with a cutting table at one end. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Soon, some of them were writing on the envelopes, and others were cutting and curling pieces of tissue, gluing them into flower shapes, and stringing them together to form fluffy garlands. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But she was tired of cell culture, tired of meticulously cutting away dead tissue like gristle from a steak, tired of having cells die after hours of work. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In front of the cutting table sat three five-gallon buckets full of scraps. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Curled up like a Polish sausage, a rope cutting his wrists, he laughed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z For weeks at a time Harriet swung a broadax in the woods as part of Ben’s crew, cutting half a cord of wood a day just like a man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z While my family’s history of mental illness was cutting through my consciousness like a red line, my scientific work as a cancer biologist was also converging on the normalcy and abnormalcy of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It isn't easy cutting down a big tree. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I hung the doe in the liveoak tree that grew beside the house and began skinning it and cutting up the meat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “Time isn’t a line stretching out in front of us, going in one direction. It’s— well, time is just a construct, actually—” “Look,” Julia said, cutting him off. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z His fist was clenched so tightly his fingernails were cutting into his palm. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was pretty out, the sun cutting its way around the leaves and dancing up off the water. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z The woman’s words came back to her like shards of glass, cutting into her: We’ll never stop. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Muddy paw tracks in all shapes and sizes created dizzying patterns on the floor, cutting over sticky patches of red and brown to the shelves of food. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We work hard together, Captain Smith always working the hardest, with some felling trees, some splitting wood for clapboard, some cutting reeds for thatch. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A tiny circular saw popped out of the gold sphere’s head, and it began cutting into Taser ball’s brain. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z From the group around the cutting table there issued neither confirmation nor denial. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Freeman brought in the necessities and she earned extra money cutting poker games in gambling parlors. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t seem to be fully aware of pain any longer because the blood clots lodged in his brain are cutting off blood flow. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned how to chop fish, meat, and vegetables on a butcher-block cutting board from her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, a big cruise ship was cutting across Long Island Sound, its white-and-gold lights glowing against the dark water. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They’d spent the preseason slowly bringing his weight down, cutting pound by pound until he was light enough to be pushed around by even marginal 182-pounders. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As Dad starts cutting the cake into slices, I run inside the cabin to retrieve my gift for Mom. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Harris had waited until he was sure he was alone before angling the Swiss Army Knife from his pocket and cutting through his restraints. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The next two days were a blur of mixing, cutting, hunting, and a whole lot of guessing as we tried to coax Quinby to eat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Then he began cutting; to make fine lines and points he used thin blades, for the stems, large blades. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after that, the batteries to our radio died, cutting us off from the rest of the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He pinches his lips shut for a long moment, and when he finally speaks, his words are clipped and cutting. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z If the kite was the gun, then tar, the glass-coated cutting line, was the bullet in the chamber. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her moths wheeled apart, cutting through the blowing smoke until they found another figure sprawled out flat and still. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He leans over it, cutting here, snipping there, in absolute and total concentration. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Left, then right, he went; and right, then left, went Arya, cutting off his escape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As they were cutting the umbilical cord, he moved his head from side to side, taking in the things in the room and examining the faces of the people with a fearless curiosity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A metal ridge cut into Mark’s back as the pilot pressed on him from above, leaning forward with his forearm dug into Mark’s neck, cutting off the air to his windpipe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I considered cutting off the road across the field to go directly to the farmhouse, but then I decided I’d better stick to following the horse tracks, in case. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If so, the guards would raise the drawbridge, cutting off Maegor's Holdfast from the outer castle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The blades were so sharp they made cutting the grass effortless. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “It is my fault,” Father said, cutting into a sparrowgrass spear. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Ben cheered his spirits somewhat by dreaming of strangling Mary Anne with barbed wire or cutting her heart out like an Aztec and eating it before her eyes in her last moments of consciousness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I slowed down to catch my breath and then continued running, cutting through the thick, cool morning fog. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He said he didn’t want doctors cutting on him like they did Henrietta. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z My leg gets caught on a wire as I climb over a fence, cutting me sharp. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The no-longer-nomads, called the Cealdim by now, were the first to establish a standardized currency. By cutting one of these smaller bars into five pieces you get five drabs.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The nurse was removing the head bandage, and the sister was cutting away the soldiers trousers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As his ship gained on them, Medea herself struck her brother down and cutting him limb from limb cast the pieces into the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the barber cutting hair, the dentist pulling teeth, the man who cleaned ears, and the man with the basket of cobras. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The blue of the lake matched the blue of the water on the map and the river cutting southeast through the green forest looked just as it had on the map—delicate, winding. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “Someone came in on you while you were cutting your face?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Not the kind that would come later, the cutting kind he remembered so well and that still made his mouth water when he walked past a grocery store or fast-food place. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z As a result, the English stuck to Newton’s fluxion notation rather than adopting Leibniz’s superior differential notation—cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Coldhands was hacking and cutting at the circle of dead men that surrounded him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A symphony of grinding, a chorus of popping, an aria of exploding, and finally, the sad clapping of hard metal cutting into soft trees. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was trying—” Mr. McGowan raised his hand, cutting Dill off. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The idea is improvisation: the foil containers that come from salad bars can be reused as dishes; the lone plate becomes a cutting board. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z You weren't afraid of cutting a stranger in the face. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he went back to cutting his sausage with a dagger. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Finding it, learning its name, cutting or pounding or dashing its brains to make it into something my family would tolerate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Fine slivers of green and white circles cover the cutting board. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The track was slowly climbing now, cutting through formations of chalky rock. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “At ease, dependent,” the barber replied, his shears cutting deep swaths into Ben’s hair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As a first step toward cutting costs, Helen volunteered to go to work in the chicken palace, as the cashier. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It swung in front of me, cutting me off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z "This Iron Throne you speak of sounds monstrous cold and hard. I cannot bear the thought of jagged barbs cutting your sweet skin." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sitting next to Longstreet, on a stump, also whittling, was a tall slim man with an extraordinary face, eyes with a cold glint in them, erect in posture even as he sat, cutting a stick. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, six cars ahead, he saw Father Mike dart out of line, cutting off another car and slipping into a toll booth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “He asked for your help. You cutting us out, Dad?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It moves down the rows, cutting the baby greens at the same point just above the crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They went rather hesitantly down into the cutting, half expecting the fiery, thundering angel of Frith to appear out of the twilight; but the silence remained unbroken. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hideo’s story stirred something in my chest, cutting through the fog. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So, sometimes, especially when there were good spring rains, before practice we would be out there cutting the tall grass with a scythe. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one sign that showed a man holting up a fish on a line with a big X cutting him in parts. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Encouraged, the three students enthusiastically began cutting open the shoes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They had fine furniture, and Anna filled their home with flower cuttings from the garden and nearby fields. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He cropped the picture, cutting out the buildings along the edges so that the eye would follow the street down to the water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “The Croft kid has been cutting your traps? Why’d he do a thing like that?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “The men were spooked by the story. I guess the old witch was supposed to live near Loomis Lake, in that old-growth forest, right where they were supposed to be cutting.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z A third inmate waited until the beating was done and the victim was motionless before reaching down with a knife and cutting his face from ear to ear, right across his nose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And to top it all off, I had on the most uncomfortable shoes in the world—stiff, clunky dress shoes, cutting into my ankles, forcing me to walk like my butt hurt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I fell face forward, cutting my knee and elbow. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been cutting and dragging timber all day. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was sitting on the ground, cutting a neat sharp end on each of a pile of fence sticks. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I told Mama that I’d get a haircut next time they had a cutting. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Loki would say something, something cutting and clever and hurtful, but his life will have gone, and all his brilliance, and all his cruelty, and he will say nothing, not ever again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Maya asked her, digging out the cutting board from a kitchen cabinet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I moved my arms as fast as they could go, cutting through the water like chainsaws. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Some people were cutting down the tall papyrus grass by the water’s edge. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent that afternoon cutting out the triangles, planning each patch. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He had been cutting wood for Bonetti on a power saw in the shed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z My brain says: Juan, you are a wonderful, awesome human being and a complete natural at cutting mushrooms, and I love you. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I know you did a lousy job cutting down those gutter weeds and earned your family a ticket.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “And it’s weird, Mama, cuz we don’t have all that much funding this year, and they’re cutting programs and some of the teachers are handing out copies of textbooks because we don’t have enough. Look!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “The spirit told me how my uncle poured juice of henbane into his ears, curdling his blood and cutting off his life.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But I decided not to tell her I knew she was lying, because by then she was already cutting up the cardboard box, and I sort of wanted to find out why. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z One of the dropcops immediately powered up his welder, and when the tip began to glow molten orange, he began cutting through my War-Door’s titanium plating. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "The only things he ever sent were seeds and plant cuttings for me to grow. I tried, but..." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Seven said, making a cutting motion with one arm. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I’m halfway there when I see Zak’s light brown hair and the flash of an arrow cutting through the air. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Yossarian kept cutting through the coveralls to the bottom and peeled open the severed leg of the garment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They're cutting open my knee again, pulling back my flesh to reveal the bones underneath, scraping at it with their scalpels. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then she told me about some other guy, some West Point cadet, that was cutting his throat over her too. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Its innards tumbled out onto the cutting board, red and purple and plum-colored, intestines and vital organs like wet jewels on the dusty wood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The leathery skin at the head end of the shell was easy cutting, except around the flippers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The road descends into the Rift, cutting across wrinkled knees of bluffs, until it hits bottom and unravels on a savanna dotted with acacia trees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the sunlight cutting through the patio screen, my body levitating in the center of the pool. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I stand at the top of the cutting. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The moon was a thin, bright machete cutting its way through patches of clouds. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She enjoyed watching them, because they could discuss without quarreling and cooperate without getting in each other’s way, and because their techniques of splitting and cutting and joining wood were so elegant and effective. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her hands throbbed with pain, as if the blade were still in her, cutting deep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She climbed slowly back to join him and found him cutting the names of the Gallivespians on the little headstone, and setting it more firmly in the soil. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z After cutting the dragon free, Minli’s knife was dull and the skin on her fingers and toes was wrinkled from having been in the dragon’s lake of tears for so long. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of them Will was cutting a window, and he and Lyra waited for the women to pass through so that he could close it again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her skin was already beginning to react to the grass cuttings stuck to the ball, whose sogginess was suddenly explained by the overweight Labrador who now limped into view. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My eyes stared straight ahead, even though I could hear them close ranks behind me, cutting off any retreat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z At the time, he was working double shifts, leading a section deep inside the mine charged with cutting through a massive rock header. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He started chopping again, cutting the aluminum away in small triangles, putting each one on the raft as he chopped—he could never throw anything away again, he thought—because they might be useful later. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who did not carry pistols because they became pistols; did not carry switchblades because they were switchblades cutting through gatherings, shooting down statutes and pointing out the blood and abused flesh. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t cutting the frog open or anything, but I started narrating as Twig sliced, like Twig was one of those doctors on TV. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did a really bad job cutting them.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I feel sharpness, like a razor is slicing through me, cutting one part away from another, a part that can never be stitched or put back together. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The She Elephant made a cutting motion across her throat. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A drone, then a scream, and then a second bike appeared in front of him, roaring toward him, cutting a swath through the grass. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Dude, trust me. You will not want to have diarrheaed yourself for this surprise,” Lydia said, cutting him off. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I remember you cutting a hole in the floor-boards of your truck in order to let the heat from the engine come into the cab. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But she has a real MD and PhD and she’s still stuck by a conveyor belt, cutting big stacks of cardboard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z At sixteen and a half my mom found out I was cutting classes with my twenty-one-year-old boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I scraped the muddy coat off them with the hooked knife I used for cutting grapes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But then, he’d know that was a big, fat lie, ’cause he saw those kids leaving him out of their kickball games and cutting in line in front of him like he was invisible. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Well, she wasn't, he thought to himself, cutting through the alley. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Not far to one side of us was a group of Weylin’s slaves who were cutting down trees. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z After he slapped the cuffs on me, the metal cutting into my wrists, he yanked at my shirt and pants, searching me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He filled a burlap pouch with the potato cuttings and hoisted it expertly to his thin shoulder where a batch of new freckles was just beginning to appear. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z There were needles of all sizes and cutting tools laid neatly in a row. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait wait wait!” yelled the guy with the flashlight, cutting us off. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Mom is chopping parsley on a cutting board. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Tally turned and shot ahead, cutting a zigzag path between the tall poplars, letting her reflexes guide her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Men came from small men, as large trees came from small cuttings. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In one, a young boy is cutting down a cluster of palm fruits with a silver cleaver. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When her mother turned around, the young woman quickly grabbed another leg quarter off the cutting board and tucked it into a box. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z "I had hoped . . ." "He cannot stay here," Catelyn said, cutting him off. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The sun seemed to be stopped just below the horizon, cutting gold bars through the water and slash ing beams of light up, into the sky over his head. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Burnside laughs, but rather than cutting the tension it just adds to it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I did this by loosening all the planks, by cutting the sinews and heating the pitch that bound them together. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He probably would've talked me out of cutting my shoes up and stealing the silver bullets from the sports store too. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As if a giant knife were cutting the tops off the swells and waves. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We got downcourt with Trip on the point and Nick cutting across the lane. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z As Grandma India was scooping up the collard greens onto our plates and Papa was cutting the chicken and cornbread, I heard the front door open and Mother called out to us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was looking pale, cutting his eyes between me and Mr. Brunner, like he wanted Mr. Brunner to notice what was going on, but Mr. Brunner was absorbed in his novel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They instantly gathered around him, cutting the silk off with their swords. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed Stheno’s platter, scattering poisoned Cheese ’n’ Wieners, and slashed Riptide across Euryale’s waist, cutting her in half. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was beautiful, a shiny line that led to the horizon, a strip of silver cutting through the cleanest gold. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When Fruitless Mountain, with its familiar black peak cutting into the pink and orange sunset sky, came into view, the dragon almost stopped flying. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Unlike later tree domesticates, they could be grown directly by being planted as cuttings or even seeds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But even as he spoke, one of those thin black fins suddenly changed direction and came cutting swiftly through the water right up to the side of the peach itself. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He's still two feet from the water, lying there, teeth gritted, tears cutting trails in the dirt on his face. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She urged her board onto the river, cutting into the cold spray and for a moment leaving a laughing Shay behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z All week long, every time I saw J.T. or Digger, we avoided one another—until the day Digger caught up with me after school when I was cutting across the field by the tennis courts. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z On day thirty-one, the chicks’ heads were circling inside their shells, cutting through them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He started down, cutting steps in the ice with the ax. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He didn’t like that noise; it made him feel like cutting something with his knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Further down the long trough of soil, Lena was cutting a large red one. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Will Kilvin go along with it? He’s not a big one for cutting corners.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Two worried about the railway cutting through the forest surrounding Perchance. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z All day long I think about Erin and how strangers are operating on her leg, cutting it open, inserting pins or whatever to mend the bones. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down at a table, facing the cutting machine, and fitted his diamond knife into it, taking extreme care not to let his fingers touch the edge of the knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was coming closer, cutting through the water toward me, gradually becoming brighter. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Faith kept the car in what looked to be the middle of the road, cutting her own path through the snow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Next came the seeders, whose job was to push cane cuttings into the cane holes or the rows made by the plows, and cover them with soil. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Finally, she passed him a cutting board with a loaf of bread and a knife on it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She spends all day Sunday, every Sunday, cutting coupons out of the newspaper. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He barged past Ifemelu into the flat, into the kitchen, and reached up to the electric meter, yanking off the fuse, cutting off what little electricity they had. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This desire, this murderous need that sent my fingers curling inward, my nails cutting into my palms—it was everything ugly inside of Yakov, left to grow inside me like a thornbush. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Inside were tools and cutting sand, no more. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z At the bottom stretched a nightmarish version of the Grand Canyon: a river of fire cutting a path through a jagged obsidian crevasse, the glowing red current casting horrible shadows across the cliff faces. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The plastic shopping bags were cutting into her palms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Pa and Uncle Henry were out in the field, cutting the oats with cradles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed over it too quickly, cutting his leg on a piece of jagged metal. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And with the cutting off of people’s public aid and SSI, basically I don’t see any hope for the people around here. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z To rehearse and refine the procedure, Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Emmett took human skulls home at night and practiced cutting them up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She watched as I finished cutting up the little squids and cleaning out the entrails that had become black with its ink. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing by my trembling hands that I am in danger of cutting myself, Isabel takes the rabbit and the knife from me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z High above the Delhi Bridge, Frightful screamed and spiraled, her pointed wings cutting frantic patterns in the sky. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z That afternoon, I began work by cutting the lawn, which took me about four hours with their riding lawn mower. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z If you want to know the truth, the guy I like best in the Bible, next to Jesus, was that lunatic and all, that lived in the tombs and kept cutting himself with stones. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The smell of the rice boiling, the feel of my knife cutting through a fresh tomato, the sizzle of onions and mustard seed hitting the pan. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That seems grossly unfair, and my first impulse is to say something cutting. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He ran the water in the sink, soaking the knife and the cutting board, and rubbed a lemon half along his fingertips to get rid of the garlic smell, a trick he’d learned from Shoba. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’m sure they’ll only put in a brief appearance. I can pretty much tell you there is only one thing on Saleem’s mind right now, and it’s not cutting that cake.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “What’s ridiculous is the cutting of the art program in the elementary schools this year, sir. And the simultaneous building of a soccer field when we already have one soccer field.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Early on, when I apologize about cutting off her morphling supply, she waves it off, saying it had to happen anyway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It’s amazing how places like this can be here, cutting right through your own neighborhood, but for most people, it’s completely off their radar. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They were nearly as long as the fingers of the old man and they had razor-sharp cutting edges on both sides. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not feel it cutting into my hands, though they bled. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z My taxi was cutting through the back streets of Bloomsbury, past the house where my father lived after his second marriage, and past the basement flat where I lived and worked all through the fifties. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Start cutting rectangles, about the size of the Maps. Newt and Teresa, you can help me grab the first ten or so Maps from each section box.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She lights blunt red sticks of Korean incense he gave her for Christmas and paces in circles, cutting slow butterflies in the smoke with her arms. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat trickled from under his baseball cap, cutting a path through crusted dirt on the side of his face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I was cutting big blocks of snow and putting them in a circle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that she’d spent a day cutting trees herself, the wooden table in the dining hall no longer horrified her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The two women whom Ignatius indicated ambled slowly to the cutting table, gingerly took the banner with their thumbs and index fingers, and held it between them as if it were a leper’s shroud. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They had reshaped his eyes, cutting them narrower against the light, and altered the line of his brow, drawing it forward and knitting it between his black eyebrows in a single furrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I got a cutting tool and put it in the special jig he had fashioned for our nozzles. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The V-cut was Jimmy’s special way of cutting the sandwich rolls. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I could now give demonstrations at the state agricultural college on cutting and threshing grain. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Overhead fans whirled at maximum speed, cutting through the humid summer funk. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I was in the kitchen doing my new job—cutting food coupons out of magazines and newspapers—when I heard my mother yelp. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Nana suggested cutting off his tail to make him more refined, but Clara had a tantrum that degenerated into an asthma attack and no one ever mentioned it again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The great bear stood motionless as the boy darted here and there over his vast body, cutting, freeing, clearing the way. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The older boy was cutting himself a final piece of bread and cheese. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her last sensation was the awareness, painfree, of something cutting into her belly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A moment later, the man ahead began kicking backward, cutting both of Louie’s shins. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z She dreamed of the ship that would take her, a magnificent schooner with sails like angel wings, cutting across the violent sea. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Now it seemed inconceivable to him that he had ever thought of cutting his throat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was the half-hour break after their homework and before their French tutor arrived, and Ojiugo was making jam sandwiches, carefully cutting off the crusts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My heart shatters like a glass mirror, the tiny shards shooting out into every part of me, cutting at my insides, spreading pain. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He learned that the three Fates had spun all of Admetus’ thread of life, and were on the point of cutting it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a touch of rust already forming on the cutting edge of the blade and he rubbed it off with his thumbs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z After the first ten feet of cutting and bending back the wire, his knees went numb; he felt cold air on his skin and knew that his Levis were worn through at both knees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Demand for railcars to carry visitors to the exposition had spared the Pullman Works, but by the end of the fair George Pullman too began cutting wages and workers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He kept right on cutting them over the floor, though. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I went into the hills and began cutting juniper branches. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I come into the living room and explain my plan, which is for us to drive around town and take small cuttings from interesting plants. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I know what that means,” I said, cutting her off. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I don’t register the zing of wood cutting through the air until the Commandant’s riding crop slices into my back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "No, thank you; I'll free myself," I said, struggling to rise from the cutting sand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Pete was seventeen and the hired boy around their farm—picking cotton, cutting cane, chores like that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, the cutting started and the first of the defeated kites whirled out of control. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She was eating slices of bread and jam, deftly cutting the bread from a large golden-brown loaf with a huge knife, then spooning on the purple jam with a wooden spoon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I glanced back at the girl with the glasses, so I could show her that I wasn’t cutting the line, that I knew the owner. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t much more than a meandering dirt lane, one car wide in spots, cutting through the blandness of sagebrush and ducking down to an anemic border river. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to talk to someone about an old college friend, cutting me off completely, and I stood there dumbfounded. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z "And yes, I did ship you a cutting. What about it?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “It is cutting my flesh out to give to him and for nothing except that we are of a blood.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It was hard work, walking around and around the field in the hot sun, and with both hands swinging the heavy cradles into the grain and cutting it, then sliding it into the piles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon was brilliant, the path a track of scumbled footprints in the snow, the air cutting and cold. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was wrapping up my arm while he said all that about cutting off hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I cut off the branches and then started to cutting the limb into fireplace-sized logs. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Days passed working, burning, cutting, gathering food, and each day I cut another notch on an aspen pole that I had stuck in the ground for a calendar. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He lunged with the knife again, cutting through the air with the bright blade, but Dustfinger avoided it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I never thought I’d say this, but I miss cutting up dead frogs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Calm down. You can do what you want but—” “No, home right now,” I said, cutting Danny off. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He could have AIDS. And he is cutting your hair, which is like cutting a living tissue. Maybe I’m being paranoid, being a mother, but you just can’t be too safe these days. ...” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But even cutting the jackets in strips might not make enough roping to tie all the logs together. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I beat down the idea that her cutting of it was a statement intended for me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He also started collecting armloads of firewood, cutting and splitting the wood with a small handsaw and hatchet, and stacking it in a straight pile against the cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Harry turned and saw something monstrous cutting through the water toward them: a human body in swimming trunks with the head of a shark. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My hands are clenched so hard that I can feel my nails cutting into my palms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I made her by hollowing out an enormous boiled sweet! Isn’t she beautiful! See how she comes cutting through the river!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The cop stepped closer, cutting off my view. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Before total darkness, he had skinned them, deftly cutting meat from their sides. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Notice he’s cutting some trees up Vexation way.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Worse, they’re cutting out the bait bags so the traps won’t attract any more lobsters to replace the ones they stole. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z After so many weeks of cutting and looping, gluing and volunteering, you couldn’t get the kids here to show up for a school activity if you were handing out gold bars. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I have a few small cuttings taking root in water glasses by the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Prince had no intention of cutting his hair. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z What with Violet cutting out day work and just doing hair, we did fine. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Westerberg had replied that he could take McCandless only ten miles down the road, at which point he would be turning north toward Sunburst, where he kept a trailer near the fields he Was cutting. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One of my neighbors, Mr. Durfey, is cutting ice out of Wolf Creek eighteen inches thick. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The sound of flying darts cutting through the air to his left and right, finding targets, urged him to hurry, erasing any other thoughts from his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She begins to save cuttings from the fabric station in the store; every scrap goes into a steamer trunk with my name on it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Don’t talk about cutting welfare provision and giving tax breaks to the rich; talk about creating a Big Society where people are given control over their own destinies. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Jethro walked on the warm clods of plowed earth and felt them crumble beneath his feet as he helped his mother carry the tub of potato cuttings they had prepared the night before. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z With the money he made from lobstering and cutting ice out of Wash Pond and selling his paintings to the summer people, Osh had bought nails, a hammer, and whatever else he lacked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The dolphin were cutting through the water below the flight of the fish and would be in the water, driving at speed, when the fish dropped. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The radio was cutting in and out while the announcer gave the weather report and said they would be talking to an FBI spokesman in a few minutes. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I find her on her floor, cutting words out of books she’s collected from around the house, including some of Mom’s romance novels. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She didn’t look once but said, “Don’t go cutting off your fingers. There’s no money to take you to the hospital.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook my head and began cutting up a chicken. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Fab, if you don’t feel well, I have to call the school so they don’t think you’re cutting,” Chantal says while standing over me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I didn't remember which cutting it was; he'd sent so many, some to be pressed when he got home, others to be potted, and some to be transplanted into his garden. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Wind swirled through the yard, cutting through the thin cloth of the filthy rags he wore and raising gooseprickles on his skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He looked wildly around at Hermione, the chain of the hourglass cutting into his neck. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I grasped his hand and pulled him behind me, cutting a path through the strangers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But on the other hand, rosewood would carry better in a crowded taproom, cutting through the murmur of idle conversation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The door came all the way open, cutting off his view for a moment, then it fell back softly upon the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Before Mom, Dad and Ellis get up the next morning, I’m in the garage rolling out self-drying clay with a coffee can and cutting it into rounded tiles. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Edward was in his car already, two spaces down, sliding out smoothly in front of me, cutting me off. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He jabbed and parried and thrust, cutting a path any way he wished. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z These days she took to cutting her hair in the back with her dress-pattern scissors to keep it from growing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The next time she drank, a sweetness had spread through it, cutting the bitterness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And she would summon the waiter to her side, her voice sharp and staccato, cutting the air like a saw. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Guitar could still create the sense of danger and life lived on the cutting edge. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z All four got down on their knees, pulling rope and knives, cutting a branch the width of a wrist, tying it and binding it for the long walk back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Now, look, you have jeopardized our supplies. You are not going to have any tobacco or sandwiches tonight. You have almost lost us these privileges. So we’re cutting you off until you improve.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rats running electric motors that ran belts that ran small circular saws, lathes, drills, grindstones, and other tools Mrs. Frisby could not name; rats hammering, welding, cutting. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z At first, all she saw was darkness—a tight, closed-up sort of darkness, with a single, pale, horizontal line of light cutting across. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Instead, I take my knife and go to work on a pine tree, cutting away the outer bark and scraping off a large handful of the softer inner bark. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They did as he said, cutting the cables, making breathless haste, all as silently as possible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “They said it was over and they were cutting off from each other.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I have my fists clenched so hard my nails are cutting into my palms. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Lucas—the old Lucas—might have pointed out that cutting Mrs. Verne’s class was a new trick, but I still get it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They went forward and in a very short time found themselves looking down from among the bushes and undergrowth on the edge of the railway cutting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Can it still pick up on the scent of the bait I was cutting up and tossing over? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lee was cutting bacon on the big butcher’s block. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Griever Hole would’ve been pitch-black if not for the beam of Teresa’s flashlight cutting through the darkness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As she popped in and out of the water, cutting, she told the dragon all about her village, the goldfish, and how she had just started her journey. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I heard him cutting something with his sharp knife. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew what he wanted to charge, he was just stalling to make it seem like he was cutting them some kind of deal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She felt her wrists pulled back and bound, hard plastic cuffs cutting into her flesh. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z After Woolf dismounted, Azucar butted him out of the way, ran over a spectator, slashed the NBC Radio wire—cutting off the national broadcast—and dragged his terrified groom down the track like a toboggan. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you intend to secure yourself a high rank, I suggest you don’t make a habit of losing to low-ranked opponents,” says Four, his voice cutting through the mutters and grumbles of the other initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z By the time I figured he must consider himself quite a fine fellow and had thought up a cutting remark about how only a mother loves a fat man, he was gone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Jinny felt herself cutting across the beach alone, carrying her limp bundle beneath the smudgy sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His hair needed cutting, and it was dirty. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z By cutting off my hair I was punishing myself for loving someone so much. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Our one lifeline in this stormy sea and Papa is cutting the rope she’s been playing out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I planned to trail off quietly, by cutting back my obsessive practices, not giving recitals. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With the cutting and burning of the forests for farming, its habitat was elimi-nated. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon they came to a place where the Road went suddenly under the dark shadow of tall pine-trees, and then plunged into a deep cutting with steep moist walls of red stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’ve got something you could—” “I changed my mind about this weekend,” I said, cutting him off before he ruined the moment. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I sit on the sofa and listen to the clock cutting up moments so that time stretches out forever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about I prominently feature your store on Dollywould in exchange for you cutting us a break on this?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Anyway if I did say something very cutting and snotty, he'd probably get up and come over to me and say, "Listen, Caulfield. Are you calling me a crook?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Cal said, “Will you take your books for a minute, Abra? I want to unhook this collar. It’s cutting my head off.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Other people, too, had good crops, except for Snail, who spent his time cutting back weeds and examining the ground to see when the corn would grow. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The idea of cutting and sewing a dress by herself was novel and exciting. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Not the day and a half she lasted cutting sugarcane. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks at my mom, looks at me, then continues cutting. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Did I really sit on the floor of Grace’s bedroom, on her braided bedside rug, cutting out pictures of frying pans and washing machines from the Eaton's Catalogue and pasting them into a scrapbook? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But, after what happened with Bryce, the idea of cutting down another demigod in cold blood - even Octavian - didn’t sit well. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They pledged to revamp their menus, cutting calories, reducing sodium, and offering healthier options for kids’ meals. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In my mind I saw them cutting, spearing, shooting Sylvie, her boys, the young and old of the congregation. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s got a big old sickle; is cutting weeds along his side of the road. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I planned a lamp of a turtle shell with a deer-hide wick, and as I was cutting off a piece of hide, I heard a shrill scream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Biblical subjects tilt toward violence: Judith cutting off the head of Holofernes is now popular. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He spent the morning cutting it up, separating the good from the bad and packaging the meat. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His hair had fallen to the wrong side and I could see the long scar at his hairline, all dented and puckered, with ridges of white flesh cutting across it to the browbone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The nights were well below freezing now, and when the wind blew it was like a knife cutting right through his warmest woolens. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It seemed to him that this was better than trying to bring them right at once by such courses as, for instance, by cutting off the lovers’ heads for treason. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside my room I pulled out my phone to text Thomas and apologize for cutting us off. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Don’t go out alone. News from the warfront is they’re cutting power to residences tonight to save energy for the airfield bases. So stay put, okay? The streets’ll be darker than usual.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z At night she stays up late designing and cutting baby clothes to give to seamstresses. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The steel mills that had once provided stability were cutting thousands of jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the evenings, spooning in his stew or cutting up his meat, Luke felt pangs of guilt now. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Over—” Magdalys started to say, but a monstrous growl erupted from the front gate, cutting her off. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Robert held his umbrella over her.As they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filing and overflowing them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He was grilling slices of bacon over the fire, and standing beside him was Brother Luke holding a large loaf from which he was cutting huge slices of bread. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The stone door closed behind them, cutting off the sound of the waterfall and leaving a deep silence. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He ended up having to work overtime, digging a new trench, cutting into the pipes, and attaching the main water line. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “If that were it, I would take you out tonight,” he said, his voice cutting. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He had abandoned his work at the scales and was now cutting out lines on the mirror. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He battles me for it before cutting it in half and nudging the bigger piece toward me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Death has a terrible habit of cutting straight through every careful line you’ve drawn between your present and your future. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was cutting up canned peaches and pears to go in three chilled Jell-O salads. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The ride started off as a high ole time, us laughing loud and cutting up behind Mr. Lias as the buggy racked out of Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When I refused to go along with their plan, Brer started pulling his ears and shouting, John Henry rumbled something, and Miss Sarah and Miss Rose took turns cutting each other off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He carried the diamond knife and the plug of plastic containing the toast crumb of cells into the cutting room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hands and feet they tied with a cutting cord behind him, so his bones ground in their sockets, just as Laertes’ royal son commanded. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The quicker they got Lyra out, the better, and that meant darting down there now before Mrs. Coulter woke up, cutting through, pulling her to safety, and closing again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “But they were cutting—” Lyra couldn’t bring herself to say it; the words choked in her mouth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z His hands are tied behind him with roughly woven rope cutting through the flesh of his wrists. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Now we shall make a half joint, so, and fit it tightly, cutting each piece only halfway through the wood, so the crosspiece will just fit into the upright one.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He’s been looking down at the Skittles on his desk, sorting the reds from oranges, but here he looks up at Alex with a bitter, cutting smile. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They work very hard, some days planting rice and vegetables and cutting lumber, and other days building dams and digging trenches. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had pushed his straw hat hard down on his head before he hooked the fish and it was cutting his forehead. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a turn too early or too late, then tried to compensate by cutting through an alley like a narrow chasm between two tall buildings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I imagined he worked by oil lamp, cutting and sewing leather well into the night. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I followed their trail—footprints, hoofprints, and wagon ruts cutting a wide dirty swath toward the east. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z To make boats, Andean cultures wove together reeds rather than cutting up trees into planks and nailing them together. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “But whose idea was it to do that cutting in the first place?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’m trying to keep you from cutting up your pretty hands the next time you have to save a girl from a pig.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The road angled up to the plateau, cutting a line through more tall houses and shops. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Nelson drew his knife and knelt to help me with the tedious work of cutting through the tendons and peeling back the pelt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I spend all evening cutting up the pumpkins, and boiling them for hours with sugar to make a sweet paste, and then I use my last sucres to buy loaves of bread from the bakery. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He talked a great deal about Truth also, for he was, he said, “cutting down beneath the veneer of civilization.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She told the servants to take all sharp things out of the room, thinking scissors and knives were cutting off her next generation. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The peacock joined in, its tail sweeping the floor and cutting out the legs of an asura right next to it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "But there are tales of him wrestling Enkidu, killing the Bull of Heaven, and facing down some huge demon in a forest—cutting him clean in half, if I remember right." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They were always getting scratched by cats, or cutting themselves shaving, or stumbling over footstools in the dark—reasonable explanations, certainly, but for sedentary people they had an odd excess of bruises and small wounds. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They’re already cutting into my hands as I walk out the doors, so I put them down for vital repositioning. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Stella scuttled farther away, stones cutting into her palms. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I could feel the frame of the glasses cutting into the ridge of my nose as I tilted my hat and squeezed up to the bar. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Right now her sister, Angeline, was digging at the ground near spruce trees and cutting lengths of the roots, used to secure the house better and to finish baskets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z When the wheels finally ceased spinning, I reached for the door handle, a spike of total and complete grief cutting through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Thirty-three Delta females, long-headed, sandy, with narrow pelvises, and all within 20 millimetres of 1 metre 69 centimetres tall, were cutting screws. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I want to watch them cutting that tree. It’s an old maple,” he said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “You have to be very careful,” she whispers, making the familiar gesture of cutting off her head. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z When Frank yelled, “Fire!” they sailed through the air—a wave of death cutting through the six-armed monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a glass-fronted cabinet opposite, filled with plates on display stands and teacups with so many curlicues it was a wonder you could drink from them without cutting your lips. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He picked up the pig cutting board and looked at Aaron. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Well, he’s cutting irrigation water into his father’s piece of property over there on the west side.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Which I can't, they're numb and bloated from the rope cutting into my wrists, and finally I stop trying and just sit there letting my eyes open up in the dark. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The potato is a mess of jagged bits on her cutting board. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Hamlet paused before coming to his point “I wish to discover whether a surgeon, by cutting out the cankered spot, could restore the vital spirit to perfection.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Exactly how much they cut depended on how much their mill could handle—the cutting must never get a day ahead of the grinding, for then the sugar cane would dry up. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Neighboring diners dug into the pig, cutting pieces off it with careless abandon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Reba was cutting her toenails with a kitchen knife or a switchblade, her long neck bent almost to her knees. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing could be in it except tools and cutting sand, as always. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He was “cutting out” of Kansas City tonight, this time really forever. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A roofer comes and can't make heads or tails out of the containers with the cuttings. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I know we stood for half an hour in cutting wind waiting to get our food. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Fresh rose cuttings littered the walkway, the remnants of the ghost’s nighttime gardening. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I like your voice,” he said, almost cutting her short. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’d soon be cutting into my paltry stash of U.S. dollars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And cutting up vegetables are two sunken-cheeked humans, a boy and a girl, both of them with small, stupid smiles on their faces and glazed-over looks in their eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was slow work, puncturing the tank with a hammer and stake, then waiting for the fuel to drip out so the tank could be safely removed with a cutting torch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Yes. Our goal is to take over the districts one by one, ending with District Two, thus cutting off the Capitol’s supply chain. Then, once it’s weakened, we invade the Capitol itself,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Just picks the scissors back up, holds a section of my hair between two of her fingers and starts cutting. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The parachute blossomed open above him and he was jerked back upward, the harness cutting into his armpits and sides. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Dad dumped the chopped veggies from the cutting board into a big baggie. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The previous year my mother had been promoted into a clean section, where she worked cutting drumsticks and thighs off the bodies of the chickens. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In North Carolina, Enrique focuses on working, on saving money, on cutting down even more on drinking and drugs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Ellsberg sat on the floor, cutting off the tops and bottoms of the pages. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Seabiscuit! He’s coming through! He’s cutting the others down like a whirlwind!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He drums his fingers on the table while the other policeman examines Helena’s magazine cuttings on the wall beside the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I mean, one minute you’d see her snapping string beans and cutting corn off the cob. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was a giantess in the kitchen, cutting up onions as big as boulders and cabbages the size of boats. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They keep cutting to an aerial helicopter view as if they’re watching a car chase, but the kid in the well isn’t going anywhere. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Chacho’s father was bending and cutting, bending and cutting poppies all day in the hot sun. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is going to be really scary, okay? But then it’ll be over. Stay close to—” “I’ll be fine,” she said, cutting him off. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He loved getting back into the woods and cutting timber. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The ceiling was slanted, with dark wood beams cutting through the white. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Cade found fresh tire ruts cutting across the muddy shoulder where the car we’d been following had slid from the highway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She remembered how interested Alys had been, hearing her tell her own story, of the cutting. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Don’t talk about repealing safety regulation; talk about cutting red tape. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A paper raven swooped across the room, slicing its wing across Antain’s cheek, cutting it open, letting him bleed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I'm cutting out stuff from the newspapers and magazines. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He was cutting off the man’s beard and the black hair that came curling down over his ears. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We went straight, regardless of the wind, at a steady speed, cutting through the waves instead of riding them, with but one purpose: to get there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A shape bends over him, cutting open his favorite Colombia soccer jersey, which his mom sent him for his birthday, slapping two pads on his chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Instinctively, my hands fold like I’m praying, and then I extend my arms forward, cutting through the splendor as it diverts in either direction, barely avoiding me on either side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sparks gushed into the air, and flames billowed out with a sound like tearing cloth; but cutting through this came another sound, dreadfully close and violent. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Well, first let’s look at your personal gross income from lawn cutting, shall we? It’s really the only figure that counts for this aspect of your operation.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z She went back to cutting the peaches and pears into smaller and smaller pieces. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There was all sorts of sharp and dangerous-looking blades and razors and knifes setting behind where the barber stood whilst he was cutting hair. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z While Antaeus cursed and flailed, I scrambled around the chains, swinging and cutting like I was some kind of crazed monkey. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “How do you keep that in your pocket without cutting yourself to shreds?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the clouds closed in a moment later, cutting off my view, he was within sixty feet of the tents, maybe closer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z My hair fell forward, cutting off everything—Maxine, Mr. da Silva, the greenhouse’s geraniums —except the book. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I saw Dadi straighten at her cutting board in the kitchen. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I know, I know, you’re probably thinking that my new superhuman drum schedule must have been cutting into my homework time. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were wondering, after the end of An Imperial Affliction—’ “I disavow everything in that putrid novel,” Van Houten said, cutting me off. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Louie found a discarded strip of metal, climbed on his friend’s shoulders, pried a vent open, squirmed out, and helped his friend out, badly cutting himself in the process. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Dale stopped cutting his lamb off the bone and put his utensils down. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Over there!” the voice shouted, cutting into the night air as well as Pinmei’s chest. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As the Nikette raised her hand to catch it, Percy emerged from the trench behind her and slashed with Riptide, cutting the Nikette in half at the waist. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I turn to look for her and spot Tristas cutting through the melee, coming straight for me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The liver that he had been cutting was rushed to usamriid for analysis. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father sat next to Prince Con, who suffered the good-natured ribbing of Kaede’s three brothers for cutting off his hair. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sabatini: Quite a few times with drugs and guns and stealing and lying and cutting school. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The main highway from Bolivia Mar to Bolivia itself follows the Osmore Valley, cutting a perfect sectional slice through Peru on the way. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He wondered if Forest had teased Stocktender first, burning and cutting him before the final moments of his hideous death. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “By the way, I think you made a good choice,” I say, concentrating on cutting a suitable size of waffle for the pickle fork. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Athenian juries were notoriously partisan and notoriously eager to convict—showing a chippy preference, too, for cutting the wealthy and prominent down to size. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Sherman’s troops laid waste to much of Georgia, cutting off food supplies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I wrapped the boy under my right arm; and he held on so tight, I could feel each one of his little fingernails cutting smiles into the skin on my chest and ribs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I put on my new dress, cutting off the price tag with Jon’s wire cutters. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “That makes sense. So you’re cutting school in order to check school out?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Mary didn’t realize until months later that he’d been studying her hands, checking their dexterity and strength to see how they’d stand up to hours of delicate cutting, scraping, tweezing, and pipetting. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The force slammed her into the metal locker, cutting her head. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Aerys would have flinched away in horror, likely cutting himself on the barbs of the Iron Throne, then shrieked at his swordsmen to cut the Yunkishmen to pieces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I say, looking at where I been cutting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Over the past weeks in Paris, in the hours between other tasks, he has narrowed a list of seven lapidaries to three, then to one: a half-Algerian named Dupont who came of age cutting opal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “You’ve got a mean slash on your shoulder, Jess,” he said, then took out his knife and began cutting away the fur from the wound. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The caretaker, cutting dry weeds a hundred yards away, heard a whining carried on the wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she had more than one cutting in mind. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The next weekend, Mr. Bykovski met with me and Sherman and O’Dell at the tipple machine shop to teach us the fundamentals of welding and cutting steel so that we could build our own rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Be-fore I went to sleep I went over all the things I wished I had said to that immigration man, and some of them were incredibly clever and cutting. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She made a pretext of cutting up my meat, and as she cut, she whispered in bite-sized phrases: "Please...Señorita...Sandi...you must...come to...my house." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Kelley would do a “cut down,” using his scalpel to cut quickly and firmly into the flesh at the wrist or ankle to locate the vein—without cutting through it—to insert the needle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “He tells Principal Peattie that you have been cutting his class for weeks.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He jerked the boat’s tail up in surprise, cutting off the motor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z What Black said about watching Brother cut became obvious, because while he was cutting Noodles, I realized that he cut exactly like Brother did. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z To one side of her in the distance, standing out against the flat landscape, Minli saw the silhouette of a man cutting down a lone tree, his axe making a thumping rhythm. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Men muttered in small cabals or threatened one another by the fireside, cutting each other with their eyes and hissing, vaunting superiority in their familiarity with the Unseen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She finished cutting and brushed the hair off my shoulders. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She was cutting a slice of white, white bread, and next to her was a block of yellow margarine. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached the kitchen, and it was just as she remembered: the whitewashed cabinetry, chipped at the corners; the tile countertop; the wooden cutting board scored and nicked with age. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Uncle Vernon’s large red face was hidden behind the morning’s Daily Mail, and Aunt Petunia was cutting a grapefruit into quarters, her lips pursed over her horselike teeth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But they were nothing like this quiet harnessing of wind and the sharp keel cutting through silken water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z June came and the hay was almost ready for cutting. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The TV was on, but now she was busy flipping through magazines and cutting out old photos, working on her scrapbook. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Will it disappear if we do something aggressive, like cutting the chains?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mtisha said no, that she wasn’t thinking about cutting me loose, but there was a moment of hesitation before she said it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z There was no guard posted on the bridge, nor at the rusty barrier across the road cutting off the way to the village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Alec’s face appeared, cutting the light off, and he could see more clearly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There were pictures of soldiers cutting through a jungle path. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The flames shot up with startling ferocity, sending up two curtains of fire, effectively cutting off the far corner of the shop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the wood was too hard for cutting once it dried, and the groves were abandoned. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z We exited the freeway, were heading along Highway 6, cutting through the wetlands park, when Faith reached up to adjust the rearview and looked into the back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was a big old tree with tight limbs and it was slow cutting. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I am midway across a vast meadow, tall grass cutting my legs, before I realize I have nowhere to go. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This realization momentarily stunned me, which was unfortunate, because Sorrento’s lightning weapon was still firing, moving in a fast sweeping arc, cutting across the ground, then diagonally up the castle wall, toward me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Pop Pop and his new friend are cutting up in the back of the church, having a good ole time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In an instant, an unconditional silence filled the bus, cutting off from the Chief any alternative but to take up his narrating position. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The door closes behind me, with a little click, cutting the light. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently the dull hours among the cutting tables make a visitor doubly welcome. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I did that now, cutting off the lane to gather some woadwaxen for his yellow. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “So you’re planning on busting us all out of here with your cruel, cutting words? What is brewing in your brain?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There were incidents in bathrooms at first: there were cuttings, drownings. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought the knife he used for cutting reeds, and I borrowed a trowel from Mae and Birdie’s garden. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I wonder if they’re actually cutting down trees and sleeping in tents at that forestry camp. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He switched on Radio 2 for the weather forecast, then began cutting up the 1981 Highway Code with scissors. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a couple of miles there going around by the roads, but by cutting across the fields I could make it in fifteen minutes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So he and Buttercup fled along, both of them very much aware that gigantic forces were following them, and, undoubtedly, cutting into their lead. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The scholars craned their necks to see who among them had spoken, and were startled—even astonished—to see the soft-spoken, dreamy-eyed junior librarian cutting his way through the crowd. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “But I really didn’t—” The man stood up, cutting Zane’s thought in half. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His growing exasperation with her cutting him off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It’s cutting off the carotid arteries, the ones that feed oxygen to your brain. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I moseyed out front and was cutting them down when he furiously pedaled by on his new giant adult-size tricycle that towed a little red wagon full of what looked like shoe boxes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She was hoping they weren’t upset with her for what had happened in the night, for cutting herself on the canvas and not telling them, for having a creature shock them out of sleep. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He opens his mouth to say something, but I hold up my hand, cutting him off I make a beeline for my room, closing the door loudly behind me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She relapsed with the cutting, but this time she reached out to me about it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Tyrion lost half his nose in the Battle of the Blackwater. Slashing her face, cutting off an ear... the Imp’s grubby little fingers are all over this.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I knew that there were ways to improve the sound by bringing up the volume on the good parts and cutting out the static in other parts. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Baugi had nine slaves, giants like himself, and they were cutting the grass for hay with huge scythes, each scythe the size of a small tree. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z One by one, he pulled the lobsters out of the cooler, and laid them out on the cutting board. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was like they were cutting my face open from the inside out. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z After all that designing, measuring, cutting, sewing, pinning, stapling, gluing, and Velcro-ing? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His huge paws dug into my arms and thighs, his claws painfully cutting through my skin. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I busy myself at the sink, washing the cutting board, so I can avoid talking to her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Very well, I’ll untie you, but he can stay in his chains,” he said, and dropped the scarf back in the drawer before cutting her bonds with a clasp knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He had landed on the grass-pile, where the graveyard’s groundskeeper threw the cuttings from the mower, and it had broken his fall. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The other fishermen would have barely pulled in the last net when they would hear a splash and see Mohammed cutting through the sea, racing them to the beach. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The music she played was the kind that sawed through you, cutting into the secret chambers of your heart and setting the sadness free. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands, which were not trembling, were still busy: she had opened the bottle of iodine and was cutting up strips of bandage. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I fought with the only weapon I had, the sharp cutting blade of a double-bitted ax. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The old nun was cutting up a cabbage, and Malcolm took a knife and helped her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I was hot and sweaty, and the earpieces of my glasses were cutting deeply into the flesh above my ears as a result of the head movements that went with my pitching. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “See, he does like my bread,” I said, cutting several more slices. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The sergeant wouldn’t say why we were conducting these “upper-body frisks,” but it doesn’t take a genius: The white-shirts think that at least one participant in the latest cutting exchange, though wounded, escaped undetected. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn, she rose and began cutting buttonholes and adding buttons. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The raft was moving well now and the morning sun was cutting away some of the ache and tiredness of the night. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I was ducking through traffic, cutting through yards. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The knife was good for cutting between worlds, but it couldn’t abolish distance within them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z That would be to take a straighter route, across the farmyard between the barn and the chicken house, going not too close to the house but cutting the distance home by half. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They moved forward, they bore down on the eraser from three sides, cutting off all retreat, pinning it down in murderous crossfire, the lieutenant leading the charge, the captain shouting commands, calling in air strikes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Clove jams her fist into my windpipe, very effectively cutting off my voice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He could smell fresh-cut hay and alfalfa; their immediate next door neighbor, Eusebio Lavadie, was on a tractor nearby starting his second cutting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly because this escapade cried out for a cutting edge to go with its larklike quality. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard work running back and forth between those cutting and those weaving. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Rafik had recently started cutting up onions, which their mother said was a great help to her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s whistling ‘Straighten Up and Hy Right’ and cutting all of Byron’s hair off!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z So I get to work, chopping and cutting. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She was aiming, positioning the blades of the shears, then cutting with a convulsive jerk of the hands. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, my father and mother tended to their garden, cutting weeds from their patches of com, beans, sorghum, and pumpkins. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I understand that the factory is not working at capacity currently, and I did observe that only one of these devices was operating, burning coal and what looked like one of the cutting tables. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, you can tell me! Some kind of executioner, am I right? A man who knows all about cutting off heads.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Which meant that we were supposed to be cutting off the routes the Congs could use to cut off First Corps from the rest of the war. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s like this—I think the company that makes Doritos is cutting down on the number of chips in each bag!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Thank goodness,” Mom said, cutting me a thick slice of leftover lemon cake. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Let a boar hog get grown without cutting his seeds out, and his meat is too tough and rank smelling to eat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I ignored the invisible buzz saws cutting holes in my stomach. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Probably making sure no one got any cutting ideas on the Clemson place. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “The android autonomic nervous system isn’t as flexible at cutting in and out as ours. But as you say, this wouldn’t work for more than five or six seconds.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z There was no electricity in this part of the house, but light filtered in from outside through a bank of windows, cutting bright lines through the gloom. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I continued cutting, aware of both the silence and the sensation of his hands around my waist. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Their claws have been filed and sharpened and they use them for scratching and cutting. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For once, I didn't have a cutting response at the ready. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Isa was doing her own chopping on the kitchen counter, her knife pounding against the scarred cutting board. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z From the dot, I sweep down a shivering beam cutting the darkness. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m feeling just fine. I’m not cutting the rug,” she said, “but I’m not lying on it, either.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the opposite side of the coffee farm was a small banana farm, and there we came across a man cutting down hands of ripe bananas. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Just as he had decided to wait no longer, but to collect everyone and go immediately, Kehaar came flying from the direction of the cutting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope they didn’t waste them on mindless tasks: kindling the evening fire and cutting vegetables for dinner. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The endless cycle of work for Min continued: chopping wood, cutting clay, draining clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He began threading Rosemont through the field, cutting in and out, picking off horses one by one, talking in his horse’s ear as clumps of dirt cracked into his face. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I noticed that the old lady who lives at number 39, which is on the other side of Mrs. Shears’s house, was in her front garden cutting her hedge with an electric hedge trimmer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He strips Lincoln to the waist and continues the search, cutting off the president’s white shirt with a pocketknife. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The world tumbled in on me like hay from the loft door, each blade cutting with knife-sharp pain. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z When Sahil held me, he blocked out the cutting wind, and it felt like everything would be okay. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Nel watched her mother cutting the pattern from newspapers and moving her eyes rapidly from a magazine model to her own hands. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When he said that I remembered the tale I’d heard about him cutting down his father’s mast. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Your voice was like the beam of a lighthouse, cutting right through my fog of pity. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was like a foul pillow held tightly to their faces, cutting off their air, choking them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z We ate off it for days, cutting thick slices for sandwiches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s just get in there and shut that door until we figure something out. Maybe we can keep it—” Alec shushed him, cutting off his sentence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In the morning Dad is lighting the fire, making tea, cutting the bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Only a few days after Hue fell, the Communists had completely surrounded Da Nang, cutting off the main road south to Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be some sort of well-dressed ornament who showed up at parties and ribbon cuttings. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was cutting one of the apples we had just gotten at the farmers’ market into teensy-weensy bites so I could eat it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Occasionally a cop strolled by and saw to it that there was no cutting ahead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He smiled, cutting into his cheese cake with a fork and shoving far too large a piece into his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Him saying what he did about cutting anybody out of his will who tried to interfere was entirely unnecessary. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He had been working, because there were bowls of root cuttings and such on the table, but there was no sign of him now. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Ned rode one down, cutting at phantoms in red cloaks who gave way before him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Four of the male factory workers were embracing Ignatius around the Smith field hams that were his thighs and, with considerable effort, were lifting him onto one of the cutting tables. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Piece of sky-iron of that size, if you take less than eighteen talents you’re cutting a hole in your own purse. Jewelers will buy it, or rich folk who want it for the novelty.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was cutting canvas and my hand slipped. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Neel couldn’t believe it—usually Baba’s was one of the loudest voices on the island protesting the cutting of sundari trees. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z They’d eliminated about a dozen people, cutting through half the crowd standing in front of them, when the rest of the infected seemed to finally catch on to what was happening. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Jinx and Finn were standing in the clearing surrounded by a circle of trees and bushes, cutting them off from the town, from Shady’s place, from help. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was true that I had a slight cold and felt a little under the weather, but Aimee wasn’t cutting me any slack. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I told her this while I was perming and cutting her hair, because when you’re a hairdresser you have to chat with the customers and make them feel good and act like everything is toasty. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But her answer ended up on the cutting room floor. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z If it did, one of us would do some cutting all right. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She starts cutting it with these fancy scissors and arranges her pens next to her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The cutting was in a small airtight box with some soil, still a little damp. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was not easy to gain Americans’ sympathy when you’d spent years cutting off their liquor supply, but articles about a tiny woman bringing gangsters to justice made their departments look like the good guys. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A few cells down, to my amazement, a young Latino inmate was out on the gallery cutting an older man’s hair with electric clippers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knew the girls had spent hour after hour tracing, cutting, and stitching the costly velvet, and that Gerhardt’s Department Store would be quick to reject any that were soiled. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in Ice’s face, cutting him off wherever he went. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I leapt aside, cutting my hand on the serrated edge of a punctured tank. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After cutting the umbilical cord, the midwife began to use a cloth to take off the blue grease that covered his body as Aureliano held up a lamp. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z An hour out of the basement, Fang and I trudged along the dark corridor of road cutting through the wetlands park on the outskirts of town. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Liam shot out an arm, cutting off my warpath before it could start. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Hundreds. Thousands. Some sick, some burned, some wounded. The Cats and the Windblown are swarming through the hills with lance and lash, driving them north and cutting down the laggards.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad made up the next day, and by late afternoon Mom was cutting Dad’s hair in the living room of the apartment we’d rented in Blythe. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They served not only as shields, but as cutting boards for fish and as bowls for mixing food. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the following days, she was mostly silent, withdrawn, as they sat outside and watched the carpenter cutting, hammering, smoothing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Madam asked, her voice cutting like a blade. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I blurt out, cutting right to the point. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He put the tip of the blade into Gus’s shirt and then made an arc with his arm, as though cutting a circle. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As Ben opened the door, Bull began to criticize his play in a severe, cutting voice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He could walk to school, cutting through a field where he would sometimes filch a ripe melon for an after-school snack. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Everyone sang the regular birthday song to me and then my sisters and I sang our version just before the wishing and cake cutting began. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He wrote, “Frank Millet, whom I loved, was aboard her...thus cutting off my connection with one of the best fellows of the Fair.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Do you love her?” asked Degalis, cutting to the root “Yes, I do. She has been good to me. I am fend of her.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You two are home early,” Naomi said, looking up from her cutting board. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There were small white tents all over the field and bigger tents where the surgeons did the cutting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The light shot off the steel and it was like a long flashing blade cutting at my forehead. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Clots are accumulating in his intestinal muscles, cutting off the blood supply to his intestines. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He swatted at her with his other arm, but she moved aside, cutting the limb as well. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This time, she saw an empty highway cutting between fields of wheat and sunflowers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Think, Mo! It would have been somewhere remote, an unlikely place for any flower to grow. You took a cutting and mailed it to me just before you...just before your accident." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z How he would hold them when he was cutting, and even how he would whisper to himself, "Against the grain," or "Go with the grain." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z When he took her arm, she whirled and clenched her fist, cutting off the air to his throat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mom transferred the asparagus to the cutting board. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The spring was not far off and I rested there, though I was very thirsty, cutting a lobe from a cactus bush to chew on. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Those blades would not be cutting into cotton today, but into flesh. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was a cutting from the Daily Prophet: Investigations continue into the break-in at Gringotts on 31 July, widely believed to be the work of Dark wizards or witches unknown. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z That would mean, of course, cutting back on some of his international travel, yet a few weeks later he was back in Tomsk, visiting TB patients and checking out the Russian programs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She could chop fish, meat, and vegetables on a butcher-block cutting board—all with one hand. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I began cutting wood, wondering if I dared to sneak away to Warrups’. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For nearly half an hour they climbed a steep, winding, and stony path, following Sirius’s wagging tail, sweating in the sun, the shoulder straps of Harry’s bag cutting into his shoulders. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He will stand at his desk folding and pasting and cutting until twelve o’clock at night. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Shawn worked long days cleaning, cutting and welding the raw materials for the granaries, and once construction began he was usually onsite in Malad. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Alex slipped out, closing the door behind him, cutting off the sound of the siren. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She makes a creepy gesture of cutting off her head with her index finger. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The only interesting part, but it’s not worth going through forty-four pages for, is that Prince Humperdinck gets more and more interested and mannerly toward Buttercup, cutting down even a little on his hunting activities. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now that she was back Dad started really cutting up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Through Joe, I enlisted the efforts of white Communist Party members who had resolved on a course of violence and had already executed acts of sabotage like cutting government telephone and communication lines. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She took cuttings from her balsam trees near Jericho to plant back in Egypt. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She put her hand to her chin like she was considering cutting Ernie a deal. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I kept cutting wood and piling it like a nervous child biting his nails. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it were olden times, we might think about cutting it up for iceboxes soon.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The Corporation has been accused of cutting costs on its airlines. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was as though freezing water were rising in his chest, cutting at his insides. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Will had pulled his lip, rubbed his eyebrows, scratched his nose, cleaned his glasses, and made a major operation of cutting and lighting a cigar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Gitano ate very slowly, cutting tiny pieces of meat and arranging little pats of mashed potato on his plate. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the old structure remains, the piece has been substantially revised, in some places by severe cutting, in other places by the addition of new material. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure how to form his thoughts into a question, and before he could, Suheyla, busying herself wiping up the cutting board, went on in the same quiet way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A plantation was not a new technology but, rather, a new way of organizing planting, growing, cutting, and refining a crop. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Sean’s voice was honed to a cutting edge when he said, “Going to see your girlfriend?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I even began to worry about the winter, about cutting firewood. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Principal Trask doesn’t look like she cares one bit that people are upset about her cutting off their armbands; she just keeps snipping. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Monday is a teacher workday so between Sunday and Monday I have spent six hours and thirteen minutes cutting that stupid tree. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After cutting the branches, all but a sliver, I held him up to pull them off. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was low, her words cutting into the air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I mean with them cutting off welfare, a lot of these shorties are going to be even more messed up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at her, then at Mr. Nielsen, who lifts his fork and knife and begins cutting his pork chop into small pieces. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He’d fought for tax cuts and credits for the working poor and was focused on cutting prescription drug costs for senior citizens. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Jay climbed up next to me as a horn blared, cutting through the gentle night sounds of the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She thought about Papa’s tree cutting, and the trees from the forest that had stood there probably for centuries. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then he got out his knife and set about cutting up one of the coats and wrapping the boy’s feet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the other settlement that did the cutting off in the first place, cuz maybe Prentisstown really was contagious. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There were rolling pins on the bedspread, dirty cutting boards on the small table, kitchen shears on the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z With plastic scissors, Ray is cutting paper dolls. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z We have to— Before he could finish, Newt walked into the room, cutting him off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Once more Roy Baty sent a laser beam cutting at him, missed, dropped the tube and ran somewhere deeper inside the apartment, to another room, perhaps, the electronic hardware abandoned. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Here the master carpenter supervised the cutting of timber for the construction of scaffolding, workshops, and machines. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Before Ivy could offer her thanks too, June slammed the door shut, cutting them off from Dr. Somerset. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The episode ends, cutting immediately to a short preview of next week’s episode. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Chronicler watched him covertly, finding it hard to believe that this man humming to himself and cutting sausage could be the same person who had stood behind the bar just minutes ago, dark-eyed and terrible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The pain is sharp and cutting, but he bites his jaws together to stop its hurt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nusan yelled from the floor where she was cutting a short length of rabbit fur. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds are the occasional motorboat cutting across the water, screen doors snapping shut. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Momma puts the chops on the cutting board so they can rest, and checks the rice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “You-know-who has been on the warpath all day long,” said Charles, cutting himself a slice of bread. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The next thing I knew, Audrey Mitchell was making her way up the aisle, cutting her eyes from side to side searching for a seat. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Will,” my mother’s voice says, sternly, cutting right through my daydream of fresh powder. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The Spies performed prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers that fluttered from the chimneys. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She would blast eighties music and zip between the stove and the cutting board and the oven. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Bless him,” said Ron fondly, “and when you think I used to fantasize about cutting off his head and sticking it on the wall.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The vibrasaw purred through heavy vines, parted tangled underbrush like a comb through wet hair, and sliced cleanly through metal when the odd misstroke brought the cutting edge down onto the track. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I cannot imagine why in a place with so many sharp instruments for cutting bones and thick tissues, that woman brought me such teeny nail scissors. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I spend the rest of the night slipping in and out of a doze, imagining the cutting remarks I will make to Peeta Mellark in the morning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Wind body back and forth with hands straight and stiff, cutting the air. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In her mind’s eye, she could see in the distance, off toward the west, the grayish smear of cliffs cutting through the forest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z After cutting short their lesson in favor of a stroll, Celaena and Nehemia walked through the spacious halls of the castle, guards trailing behind them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He says he’s cutting back on our food. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Maya had no idea how she could drink out of it without cutting up her mouth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z So many weeks we spent cutting trees, splitting clapboard, tying thatch, making wattle and daub. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Such a cutting or fission of atomic nuclei occurs in nuclear weapons and conventional nuclear power plants, although it is not carbon that is split. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t keep cutting school if you want to get decent grades,” I say. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She gave them both tight hugs, although her arms barely stretched around Miss Spink, and Miss Forcible smelled like the raw garlic she had been cutting. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Balls hissed by, smacking into the trees and cutting holes in the ground. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to be everywhere at once—whacking Romans on the head, stealing their weapons, cutting their belts so their pants fell around their ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They waited by each door, cutting off Loki’s escape, if he was still inside. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z |
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