Check to make sure Rose ain’t leaking—nope, dry as a bone—and then drag traps out to the end of the dock and lower ’em into my skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the Terrible Things threw their terrible nets down into the depths and they dragged up the dripping frogs and the shimmering fish and carried them away. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long he had been dragging his wounded body along the ditch bed he could not tell. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And now Mikey Sanders is here, looking at me like he’s thinking of dragging me from the back of his pickup truck, too. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They are tired, dragging their muskets as they walk. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She grabbed at the younger woman by her braid, cursing in her language and dragging her back to their room. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The villagers dragged them out into the courtyard, where they tried them next to the beheading machine. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged her feet past the crowd toward the northern road. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

My dress drags on the wet and dirty floor of the handicapped stall. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of hands drag me up before I can see properly, and I scream as my wounded leg tries to take some of my weight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He watched them drag him into the light from the coals. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The weight of his pack was clearly dragging him backwards and keeping him from gaining an upright position or even successfully keeping his head above water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Lucy’s hand and dragged her out to the center of the dance floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Taking in a deep drag of the musty, cool air-conditioning, I used the rear seat to prop myself up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t have happened anyway: The force of the current pushed me backward, dragging my body under the bridge. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He dropped the spool and took off running, the hem of his green chapan dragging in the snow behind him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He drags himself backward on the ground, using his forearms. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, the familiar and unmistakable squinch-squanch, squinch-squanch of the DYNNE’s heavy footsteps could be heard plodding over the hill, and when he finally appeared he was dragging an incredibly large sack behind him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

While everyone laughed and carried on in the front yard, I sneaked around, grabbed Momma and Nan, and dragged them into the house. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The second it moves, we get up and drag the trunks from the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Other people’s worries do not necessarily have to drag you down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I shake my shoulders like the drag queens, they laugh and clap. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s like a yoke around your neck, and it’ll drag you down, even kill you if you let it.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

With a sigh she got to her feet, dragged the skin to her house, and laid it out to dry. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lit a fresh king-size cigarette abruptly, dragged on it, then stood up, exhaling smoke. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted all of them to enter; he wanted to run through the streets and drag all sinners in to hear the Word of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Nothing to do but drag it out of her, name by name, starting with the least likely. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took Evan half an hour to drag his loaded wagon to the town center—a distance he usually traveled in less than five minutes by bike. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He heard that they were then dragged outside and forced to kneel on a concrete floor for several more hours. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

More significantly, Ikner testified that he'd been asked by Pearson, the trial prosecutor, to testify that Morrison's body had been dragged through the store from the front counter to the spot where it was found. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They watched a bandit loop a rope around my youngest aunt, Lovely Orchid, and prepare to drag her off. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dragged their remaining stores and gear to the beach, waving their arms and shouting to the ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He was yelling, clawing at the ground, but the winged shoes kept dragging him toward the pit, and it didn’t look like we could possibly get to him in time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at what the cat dragged in,” a sailor calls. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

By the time I got down the block, Ms. Lee had Sasha up and was half carrying, half dragging her aimlessly down the block, toward Lewis Ave. Somebody shouted, "Call the ambulance!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They dragged the people out of their shelters—and they pulled the pieces of tin and cardboard down. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to rise from beyond the veld when Granny and my mother dragged me to school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could they drag their bodies over a hundred miles, even to plenty? The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I dragged my eyes inside the car, found the glow-in-the-dark Jesus dangling from the rearview, but he was bobbing and weaving on me, bobbing and weaving. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her stick thumped on the wooden floor and the foot of her flawed leg brushed the boards with a sweeping sound, as if she dragged a broom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed his arm with both hands and tried to drag him down, but she could do no more than dangle from it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He could not stand, Shun, & w'hen we raised him between us, he could not move the one Leg, which dragged after him, bobbing across the scallops of the Mud. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s great,” she snaps, and practically drags me away by my sleeve. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He gripped the lute roughly and dragged his fingers across the strings with no thought for rhythm or tune. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s really not a good time,” I said, backing away before she could drag me into her apartment by force. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Inside the house, Jude sat on the living room rug and ate fish sticks, soggy from the microwave and dragged through a sludge of ketchup. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Trying a new approach, he grabbed Alby’s arms again and started dragging him along the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Not long after it became known that Cora’s womanhood had come into flower, Edward, Pot, and two hands from the southern half dragged her behind the smokehouse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I know where there’s another big log around the point that would make a good totem. If you want, we can drag it here for you to make your own totem.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The boy I had dragged across the river scrambled up the bank, and I followed on my hands and knees. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drag my sweating palms down my thighs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As his mother was about to try to drag a firmer commitment from him, a bestickered Toyota Prius zoomed up his road and screeched to a stop in front of his house with a honk. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We have to keep dragging the bag or we’ll never have our Christmas dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Come on, I want to introduce you,” Tab said, dragging her by the arm. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt lingered a moment on the bridge, staring after the plane as it continued on beyond the skyline, dragging a white vapor line behind it like a string. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We dragged our boats across the beach toward a sea cave, its entrance a black fissure in a hill of rocks. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself up to my room and had a sudden spasm of anxiety as I put my hand on the doorknob: What if it had gotten out? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was only when I reached the narrow dark stairway that led to Mala’s room that I dragged my feet. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Marshall met them at the door, dragging Security by one of his eight legs. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck the tip of the knife into his chest just deep enough to break the skin, then dragged it down past his navel as Cheetah screamed, calling her crazy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I tell the women,Thank you, and on the way out I hear the thin one, Jesus above, Maureen, who dragged in that specimen? and they laugh along with the telegram boys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The tongues of water licked into all the crevices, dragged at my hand and at my bare feet gripping the ledge. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the hallway, some kids were dragging their sneakers across the floor and laughing about the squeaking sound. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was a dry and bloated bag of skin that all the ants in the world were dragging toward their holes along the stone path in the garden. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He dragged it with him as he slammed into her chest and knocked her over backward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Parents ran to find children who had just left for school, dragging them home to safety. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt drags me with him to the chapel. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I ran back to where he’d landed, pulled him to his feet, and dragged him by the hand through the field of sharpened sticks, to the safety of Rose Hill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I drag one of the target dummies out into the middle of the room and, using some chinning bars, hang it so it dangles by the neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On April 24, amid the escalating battle over school desegregation, with the city still dragging its feet nearly a decade after Brown v. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As we carried him toward the Golden Day one of the men stopped suddenly and Mr. Norton's head hung down, his white hair dragging in the dust. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dragged a short way and thrown into the back of a vehicle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they got angry; they could not stand my father any longer, they said, because he no longer was able to drag himself outside to relieve himself. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie’s walking behind us with her head down, dragging her left foot on the edge of every step as if she’s marking it with her toe. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would drag the rest of that poem out of Mr. Charrington’s memory. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Your sister used to drag pillows back here and read by the light of her blue Star Wars light saber. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bridey drags on her Woodbine, drinks her tea and declares that God is good. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I dragged the nurse onto the bank, restraining her, fighting her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I half expected Babou to wheel a Ping-Pong table out, like the Rezaeis had in their yard, but instead he had me drag three fabric-topped card tables out from the shed in the corner. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The forces in favor of equality redoubled their efforts, determined to surmount the resistance to integration like a jet engine propelling an airplane through drag. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Doll sprang from sink to range, skidded and almost slipped, and picked up two rags to drag the cauldron off the heat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once he’d dragged me out of Birdsong Creek when I was about to drown and another time he’d given warning in time to keep some raiding Comanches from stealing and eating our mule, Jumper. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have her carnage and her vengeance and drag everyone into it with her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I know just the one,” she said, and next thing I knew, she had me by the hand, dragging me up one aisle and down the other. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He was fat, with a white beard that had turned yellow, kind of like Santa Claus, if Santa had been rolled out of bed and dragged through a landfill. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His hand hit something big and furry—a rat?—as the water twisted and turned him and dragged him along. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” Zahra says, taking a drag from her massive stainless steel thermos of coffee. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was one of those white men she had read about, with strange tastes, who wanted women to drag a feather over their back or urinate on them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dicey had worked slowly, dragging out the chore, but Sammy didn’t see any sense in this. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy tries to escape and she drags him off the wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then, the ones that weren’t carried off in the wind or dragged to the ground by the rain could be removed by people—or by enterprising squirrels. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I figured she was as nervous around the rest of the girls as I'd once been, so I went to her cabin and dragged her out of her room. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He lashed at me irritably with his tail, then seeing he could not dislodge me, broke into a trot, dragging me along. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Blame the girls for dragging me along. That’s the only dying they could agree on. We needed to help you or you’d mess things up.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It's a room for babies, I'm thinking even as I drag my feet across the hall. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She wept and told them she had never done them hurt, yet they dragged her from her horse all the same. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The next few minutes drag on in a tense silence. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I will not follow them into Zimmerman’s Pet Store no matter how many times they try to drag me there. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sat back, tears going down her face, and took a long drag. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a last drag on a Newport. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I dragged him to the trunk and rubbed his nose against it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I swore I thought I saw some Congs dragging a guy through the bushes,” Monaco said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

More wanting to scream but holding it in because screaming gets you dragged away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And then in front of her, at the precise place where the junipers were still compressed from dragging Runt in, a dark brindle coyote emerged, his head to the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There were other sounds, too; raspings and shriekings, like sword points dragged over stones. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And a Nivea tin full of smelly ashes, probably from some Ash Wednesday when Mama had dragged me to church. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still empty, so I drag her from the library. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as the dog started eating, the other fella threw the net over the hound and dragged it off, yipping. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, Riccio let himself be dragged away, his head still swimming with the scent of sweet almonds. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I drag myself out of my bag, make sure my knife is secured in my belt, and begin to make my way up the tree. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tim pulls into my driveway, and El hops out so I can drag myself out of the backseat of the Jeep. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It’s bad enough that she drags us to mass every Sunday morning. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Papa was shouting at me before he got in the house and had his belt off before my feet could drag me down the stairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She drags me to a bookstore, where we flip through some glossy magazines, including one called The Gilded Tween Scene. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Fang weaseled his way to the front, dragging me with him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I turned away and walked up the beach to the path dragging Jasper by his belt. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His wife would not let go and was dragged for several feet before being kicked away. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I watched him punch and kick her unconscious and then drag her home by her hair, her face scraping and bouncing over the rocks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says I’m going to confession and drags me over to the Redemptorist church because it’s Saturday and confessions go on all day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Miles grabbed my shoulders and dragged me to the cars, swung me around so I was pinned between him and his truck. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He yoked me up in some kind of full nelson armlock and practically dragged me to a corner until I calmed down enough for him to let me go. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Later in his reign of terror, “violators” were dragged from their homes and killed; their bodies would be displayed in the Green Square the next morning. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry that I dragged her out of work.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Small creatures rubbing sleep from their eyes in confusion were dragged out into the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Fifteen years ago he was the manager of a mud show: a ragtag group of pellagra-riddled performers dragged from town to town by miserable thrush-hoofed horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I got down from the barstool, dragging my forehead off the bar as I went. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Monaco grabbed him by the other side, and we dragged him along. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was impatient to go see Sam, but of course I had to pretend I wasn’t in any hurry to go anywhere, and the talk dragged on—all about the war and what might happen. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parasail whipped sideways in the wind and Dauntless heeled with the sudden shifting drag. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He walked with his arms limp, shoulders slumping, as if something had hold of him and was dragging him to the earth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After I do my homework in the lobby, I take the last bus back to Yana Urku at about eleven o’clock, arriving so exhausted I can barely drag myself home from the bus stop. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that, I grab my big-mouthed friend and drag her to next period. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The moon was full and bright enough that I found the mangled coyote between clumps of wild blooming buckwheat, where some other creature had likely dragged it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everything was quiet, the only sound the crunching of Jack’s boots and the soft drag of the sled. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At about midnight every night, she’d appear at the club and almost have to drag him back to Brooklyn, the pair taking the one-hour subway ride home together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

How you doing there, Albert, he say, dragging up a chair. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carried Harley to the truck; his legs dragged behind him, wobbling and leaving long toe marks in the dirt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Myers handed out books almost as though she were President of the United States, dragging the distribution process out in senseless signings and ceremonies. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When Yoren had dragged her into that alley she'd thought he meant to kill her, but the sour old man had only held her tight, sawing through her mats and tangles with his dagger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’d be hung if I was going to drag it out of them. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The class seemed to drag on longer than the others. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And he drags himself back to the other side of the curtain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I drag myself away from Ma and catch up with them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was smoking a cigarette, taking long, angry drags. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And that knot keeps growing and growing, getting more and more tangled, dragging the rest of your stories into it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

My knees crumple beneath me, and he grabs my collar almost carelessly, dragging me toward the elevator bank. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nettle was seized by the idea of dragging out some bedding. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then I heard it: a scraping noise, like something large dragging its belly through the leaves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged it out of the water, sat back on her heels, and watched. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did this again three times on the way, and after the third time he was barely stumbling along, dragging the rifle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I lit the end and sucked a grateful drag. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I am so tired from bending to drag the cane, I think, Djo, you are going to fall down and die, beginning with your backside. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo’s head was bowed; his burden was dragging him down again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As time dragged on, she sang to pass the hours. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together she and Reynie dragged it over and braced it against the bottom of the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I drag her away because I know Nasreen aunty wouldn’t approve. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“We will probably need it to get into the house, anyway,” she said, stumbling along beside him, almost dragging him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the rope dragged me, wobbling and balancing, so rapidly I couldn't hope to dissociate myself from it halfway. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s this,” I shot back, “or everyone gets dragged into that death ship over there. I’m doing the only thing I can.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He got up and dragged fresh wood in under the bridge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Students ran in every direction, some carrying or dragging injured friends. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Miles dragged a handkerchief from a back pocket and mopped at his face, and Mae sank down heavily on a rock, pulling off the blue straw hat and fanning herself with it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged a hand down her side before he walked away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In that moment, I would have done anything for a customs agent to appear and drag me away to the airport. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They dragged her over the side of the boat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He drags it up, through his rib cage, to his heart. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And he pushed his way through the crowd crying, “Gangway, gangway!” and dragging Jane and Michael after him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She dragged me inside the house, slammed the door shut and backhanded me across the face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All four of us dragging our hands through the wind. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After dragging the grate aside, she tied her rope to a nearby bench and lowered herself into the drain, using her flashlight to find the pencil in the darkness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched, he dragged himself slowly out of the neck-deep sea. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He knew he’d be dragging the sled through the woods soon, and after a winter of doing not very much, he was ready to get out. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s the storm, or today’s drill, or the sound of thunder, but Axel can’t stop himself from dragging a swift arm across the top of Frank’s desk. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Trucks lined with drag kept rolling in from the ’Glades and other oudying parts, each with its load of twenty-five bodies. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Get out of my sight,” she snarled, and Tata grabbed me and dragged me into the kitchen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Was she going to come and drag me home? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she was strong enough to drag the bag up, but she pushed the thought out of her mind. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then he drags it across his palm with a jerk and holds his arm out to the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now and then the darkness was punctuated by an orange glow as Chuck Day took another drag on a forbidden cigarette. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

However, I did drag my feet as I came out from behind our hogan to see what I knew I would see. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drag the tub of line and the keg along the dock and lower it into my skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The spit caught Edwin squarely and dragged across his faded shirt. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When the crater had been filled, Fiona dragged some shrubs and vines over the raw soil and began to grow them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Bobby dragged himself to the phone, and Kissinger started off in his deep, German-accented voice, “This is the worst chess player in the world calling the best chess player in the world.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The deputy would fall and bounce and drag on the frozen road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She comes over to Mamá Jacinta’s house after school and drags me out, though I’d rather stay in the yard reading. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lenny and Burl helped us drag everything to the woods at the edge of the yard, and then Howard wanted to sit on the porch and draw a plan for the fort. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The pale warriors strode forward and dragged Taran and Gwydion from the hall. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You drag me all the way over here to tell me your name?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the hood will drag you back in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The boy was in his arms, and again the woman seemed to be dragging back, and trying to get her son from him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounded even more tired than usual; each word seemed to drag itself from her mouth. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, they dragged people out of their houses. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One night he bombarded Riohacha from a schooner and the garrison dragged out of bed and shot the fourteen best-known Liberals in the town as a reprisal. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he dragged Felix across the lobby and outside to his favorite small patch of grass near the Grand Regency sign. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other guy, the one who planted my headstone, drags the gravedigger away. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If Rufus decided to make me run behind his horse, I would be dragged to death. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were about fifteen feet away from me, being dragged down, into the body of a heavy current. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

To touch her he would need to pull himself along the ground with his hands, dragging his legs behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was still cooking when I heard the sound of his cane and the dragging thump of his feet; he was holding himself up by leaning against the wall. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

El loves Halloween and drags me to a different party every year. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was bowlegged and his diapers dragged down to his knees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On August 12, he dragged himself out of the bus to forage for berries, after posting a plea for assistance in the unlikely event that someone would stop by while he was away. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little later Meggie heard someone dragging a suitcase to the elevator, but she didn't go out into the corridor to see if it was Elinor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Yelling while they dragged him down the ladder and onto the grass. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They packed the trunks that morning, first dragging them up from the cellar and then — loudly — back downstairs again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes them each by the hand, forcing them to go when they don’t want to, dragging them in a zigzag path through trees that are now made of brick and stone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Men drove swine and cattle, while others hauled massive blocks of ice for cold storage or dragged handcarts loaded with goods. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her slip was torn and dragging the ground under her skirt; she had a dark bruise on her forehead. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took another long drag on his cigarette and let it drop to the ground. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” he says to me, “have a drag.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up on stage, a mannish-looking girl was dragging a boulder the size of a small refrigerator out from behind the curtain. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She drags an empty desk alongside my wheelchair and says, “I’ll get them to deliver a table for you, but for today, will this work?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Jim Brady, one of his graduate students, was tinkering at his lab table on the second floor of LeConte when Ernest bounded in, dragged Brady to the blackboard, and sketched out the equations. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But between third and fourth periods, I’m dragged right back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t figure out any other way that I could leave without getting dragged back.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Only thing I can think to do is drag the fish behind the skiff, tail first. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

On his birthdays he dragged it up and down the alley, to give proper attention to the amusements held in his name. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The thought of our sodden, muck-filled downstairs dragged at me like a lead weight on a crab pot. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men dragged the equipment crates to a nearby hunting cabin, chopped open the locked door with an axe, and slept in their clothes on the floor. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were dragging their feet, and their pace had fallen significantly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The rough rooftop scrapes my knees as his weight drags me forward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The long-haired girl returned, walking slowly toward us, dragging her hands along the tunnel walls. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But maybe Pouncey managed to drag himself through the snow to support me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And he would have had I not dragged him back. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He put a hand on his sword as he ripped back the blankets and dragged her out of bed by the elbow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She drags her eyes away from a retreating bin and up to the next applicant. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

All over America today people would be dragging themselves to work, stuck in traffic jams, wreathed in exhaust smoke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They shoved past me and went looking in the back bedrooms, and a minute later they dragged Bobo from his room, shaking him and sayin' hateful things. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When he came home that time, the city patrols did a routine inspection of our house, then dragged Dad off to the local police headquarters for questioning. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The land was quickly disappearing, the soldiers looking like miniatures of themselves as they dragged another coffle of slaves into another small boat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day as a crimson sun fell below the rooftops, one weary and happy kid dragged his sled back to port. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the past year, June had dragged Ivy and Taryn through a myriad of activities, everything from synchronized swimming to knitting classes at the rec center. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Merry and Pippin dragged themselves forward and lay down with their backs to the willow-trunk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But sometimes he chased us—his fat arms out to the side; his fat fingers opening and closing; his legs stiff like Frankenstein’s monster, like the mummy dragging its foot; growling; laughing- crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stormed into La Casa Nera, dragging the python by its tail like a very strange Santa Claus bag, and dropped it next to the bed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We need your help. Our ox wagon is stuck in the mud a few kilometers away. We need you to help us drag it out.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can,” she said, dragging her cigarette deep into her lungs and then exhaling. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he drags traffic cones onto the court, spacing them a foot apart. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Before I could wheel around, Jasper Muleman Jr. grabbed my bike and Bull grabbed Abbey’s, and together they dragged us backward into a stand of Australian pines. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The horse was steadily dragging a score of blocks of granite, so heavy that the sled made deep ruts in the black earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

If Mama didn’t hear him right away, he’d start braying, and he’d keep it up till she went and loosened the drag. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have dragged that story out for a mile at least, could have spoken in a low voice so I’d have to stay close to her ear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“An alligator will close its jaws on you and drag you to the bottom!” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One evening, bone-weary and dragging through the red-clay mud of still another shallow river they had to cross, they paused to search for crayfish or clams. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd continued to boo as Donatelli and Bud each grabbed one of Willie's arms and dragged him down the ring steps and up the aisle. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the young man dragged himself to his door. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was having trouble dragging oxygen into my lungs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Rowan brought up the rear, dragging his hatchet on the marble, until he dropped it with a clatter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They drag the boys out to the backyard, where there is now a large pile of cement blocks accumulated by my father for some future contingency. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got pulled to my feet by a couple of football players who dragged me under the bleachers and into the coach’s office. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It won’t be like before, like during the raid when I let that Mask drag me about my own house like some dead thing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I heard the legs of a chair dragged hurriedly across the wooden floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I did what I’d done before, and dragged him into my plans. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Tired and hungry, I drag my feet, taking smaller and smaller steps until I am far behind everyone else. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger seized my arm and all but dragged me to the rear of the house. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the overhead lines were first dragged down by explosions, the cables sparked and whipped like live snakes but the current soon ran out. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were leaving tomorrow, if she had to drag them out of the park herself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could walk with help and move the crippled arm some, but her mouth still dragged at the corner and her speech was hard to follow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to drag her out the front door, but she said, “Don’t you want to pack anything?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The short man in the cloak had put down his bundle, lit his wand, and was dragging Harry toward the marble headstone. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Resting up from all the hard work it’s done trying to drag me under. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bristle had dragged brush to the fallen tree to shelter her brother and curled her body over his to keep him warm. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Only then I had to drag him out of the water — because it turns out, he can’t swim! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

She heard footsteps—soft dragging footsteps coming up behind her. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It took all their remaining strength to drag the squealing sow back home. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They dragged in their bedding and the tarp and after a while they slept again for all the bitter cold. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She smiled sympathetically and dragged poor Fig out of his safety zone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of a captor, he became her anchor, dragging her all the way to the bottom. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I stepped aside to allow passage for a bustle of men who dragged a wooden howitzer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He tightened his hold and dragged her out of the car. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Flux’s new second in command, he was required to wear a suit, like when Grandma dragged them to church on Sundays. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“For heaven’s sake, Harry,” said Hermione, exasperated, as one of Ron’s bishops wrestled her knight off his horse and dragged him off the board. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After my father was done showering, they dragged a cooler across the floor in the kitchen, dumped in a bunch of ice, and packed up stuff. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

No more could Milkman run up the stairs to his room to drag him off to a party or a bar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground gave way beneath my feet, dragging me downward, spinning fast, like sand rushing through a hole in the bottom of the universe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My feet drag, as though they’re weighted, and because my back is stooped I end up looking down at my slippers framed by the walker. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Staying close to the floor, he snaked himself down the first flight of stairs, gently dragging the limp, unconscious body of Angel with him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sapo looked at me and nodded as he took a long drag. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The soldiers drag me out of my cell. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Fifteen more American planes were shot down, the crews killed or dragged to prison camps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On the streets she dragged us to the counters of each and every jeweler, peering into glass cases, seeking our opinions of tiara designs and locket settings. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jay and I dragged the tub over to the water pump in the back and filled it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was dragged away and never returned, and suddenly I understood why the Plaszów tailor shop needed new workers, and always would. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The James Caird still towed the clumsy Wills for safety, and the Docker dragged itself forward in the lead. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We dragged our filthy belongings from the train. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“They were supposed to drag me and the backpack into Tartarus.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The other rusalka had arrived and was reaching for Anya, no doubt attempting to drag her into the river to her watery death. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They sneak off to make out in a stairwell until Zahra finds them and drags Henry off to get camera-ready, and soon they’re being shuffled to the Diplomatic Reception Room, and it’s time. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her wet clothes and gear dragged at her, but just as her lungs were about to burst, she broke the surface into the maelstrom. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

For a second, he thought he saw a shadow before he dragged Tad again and rounded the corner. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The wind blows the eucalyptus trees, a buoy clangs, a boat horn toots, Natalie drags her toes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dragging his left leg and trying to hide it because he was ashamed. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night, I dragged Dad out to go tarantula hunting. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One group of men dragged a cannon from the town hall and trained it on Hygeia’s bottling plant. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’m half dragged, half carried down long passages, up and down elevators, and deposited on a carpeted floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Thus a man might bring his family down from a hill ranch in a drag—a big box nailed on oaken runners which pulled bumping down the broken hills. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sheer exhaustion of the day felt like a weight that dragged her toward the ground with each passing moment. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Louisa had dragged a table over to the left side of Sal’s bed so that he could reach it with his good arm, and there was a stack of sports magazines and stuff on it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Trina seemed disoriented, but Mark didn’t relent, half dragging her to the other side of the dead coals of their fire from earlier that night. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

One of the cops dragged the big clothes-washing pot over to the side and stuck his pistol down in it and shot four more times. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It drags me up out of a dream: a shriek like a demon’s cry. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She had to drag herself across the clay floor on her belly when I saw her in the prison cell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The silent waves brought new blue bottles to be broken, and dragged the old ones away in the undertow. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snows began to melt, and the wet mud that was exposed was thick and heavy, the kind of mud that clings to your boots and drags you down. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

At the sharp bang, I burst into a run, dragging Caleb with me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I dragged a chair near his desk and sat, motioning for the commander to be seated. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ash began to pull it shut, the hinges squeaking, and the bottom of the gate dragged against the ground until it lodged in place, still partly open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged one foot to give an impression of great innocence and nonchalance. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry limped down into the clubroom, dragging his crippled left leg, the perpetual grin spread across his skinny face. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dragged our sleeping bags out from the tent so we could lie on our backs and watch the atoms being freed in the knackery above us until we fell asleep. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Gritting my teeth, I drag the blade down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“If I had me a dagger, you’d be less an eye by now,” he snarled, before Horse and Iron Emmett dragged him off the lord commander’s chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I found myself drawn more and more to the big house just to make sure Edmond wasn’t waiting for us there, or had managed to drag himself that far but no farther. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom bends down, slips his hands into the waistband of my jeans, grabs hold of them and drags me along the floor into the kitchen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a crazy urge to grab Elizabeth and drag her out of wisecrack range, before she got hurt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We saw the biggest snake you ever clapped eyes on. The father of all serpents! He had poor Ragear’s body by the feet and was dragging it along backwards.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They did not bestir themselves for us, but watched as we passed, dragging our cart, Jocko motionless behind us on his berth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But after a while it got to be a drag. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and knelt and blew at the coals and dragged up the burned board ends and got the fire going. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

With infinite weakness she climbed slowly to her spindly legs, dragged herself to the door, took four laps of water and collapsed on the floor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another wolf snapped its teeth around his wrist, and they dragged him off, away from the fire, until I couldn’t see them anymore. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I drag myself out of bed and put in my headphones. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The old woman dragged a finger across her bottom lip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And when she tried to pull herself from the tangle of rotting limbs, she’d been dragged down into a pile twenty bodies deep. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lashed to its sides were two barrels, a few lobster pots, and an old, battered trunk complaining at being dragged out onto the water. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I manage the old man’s shave—a task that usually involves all three of us—and then drag him out to the area in front of the horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He clapped his hands, and two giants lumbered forward, dragging Charles Beckendorf between them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He dared ask nothing concerning them, but he dragged his load doggedly, and he ate hastily his bowl of rice, and slept the day fitfully through in the hut behind the straw. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She let go of her book bag and dragged me by my arm. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The installations in the square see plenty of action as people are dragged in and punished for offenses so long overlooked we’ve forgotten they are illegal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe had tied stacks of boards together in order to drag them into place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

An hour later, when Marshall came in sleepy-eyed and dragging Security, several of the other paper families had been brought into the plot. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might as well have been a corpse, Pima commented as she grunted and dragged the girl out. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Mouse at her bath, licking the back of her paw and then dragging it over one ear, again and again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

One evening while dragging myself home after a day of excruciating hunger, I stumbled across a group of boys my age who were pacing briskly and excitedly in front of the compound. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy, regaining his balance, dragged Sounder off the porch and to the corner of the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan walked off a few yards, stretched his body, and dragged his claws through the soft bottom soil. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate the bereaved,” Rand said, as she stabbed a fresh piece of meat with her fork and dragged it to her plate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He let his weight rest against his rake as she began dragging the statue toward an oval bed of myrtle, beside the lamppost that flanked the brick pathway. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Although Bobby had received numerous requests to give a deposition, he continued to refuse, so the case was dragging on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lizard dragged the priest’s body back to her nest, and her children feasted very well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sky was broken now into scudding patches that dragged their swift shadows up out of the shabby garden, over the broken fence and across the yard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The appetite for oxygen is such that objects heavier than housecats are dragged into the flames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He sighed, dragged himself to his feet and walked across the court. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The beast dragged him off into the forest, where it ate a good part of his head, the flesh off his right leg and all his innards. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama cried suddenly and leaped from the fence, dragging Little Arliss down after her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to tell her which streets to avoid, which way the traffic came, tell her to wear her sari so that the free end did not drag on the footpath. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I feel dizzy and nauseated, but I am still able to stand, and so I help to drag the bodies outside the fort and dig graves. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Multiply these daily frustrations by a few billion, and you begin to see that the curse of knowledge is a pervasive drag on the strivings of humanity, on a par with corruption, disease, and entropy. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Back to Capricorn—she had to bite her lips to stop herself from bursting into tears as Basta dragged her to Fenoglio’s kitchen door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hazel jumped to one side, dragging Leo with her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Enough already. Just try me. Now, don’t you drag this out, Harrison.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took four people to drag her out of the pew before she hurt herself. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He drags me to where the chain bolts lie, then releases me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Pompey would resent being ignored, and Caesar might blame Egypt for dragging out their conflict. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

By the time I woke, Dad had already used the tractor to drag the deer into the garage. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lyra barged open the door, dragged her rickety chair to the window, flung wide the casement, and scrambled out. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

One minute I was spinning, and the next minute my mind was dragging itself around in a circle, like an old, arthritic dog trying to lie down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can do that a little later and lash the oars to make a drag at the same time. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That whole business with the psychiatrist that dragged on forever. 10TH JUROR: NOW don’t start with all that phoney psycho- whatever-you-call-it-stuff. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drag the stool closer to the workbench. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They found her on her stomach by the for- sythia bushes calling Hannah’s name and dragging her body through the sweet peas and clover that grew under die forsythia by the side of the house. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I had just dragged Chen’s body down. And all Makalu could say was, ‘O.K.’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged that thing around with us everywhere we moved. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the wet hole had a good grip on the box, and it took help from Miss Maggie, too, before we managed to drag it up out of the hole and onto level ground. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I talked with Kristina, too. She told me you had to drag her there.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then a dragging hop with the single back leg. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Of course he was still upset, but I didn’t want to drag this out any longer. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The guards dragged him away, and I never saw him again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged her to the door and pushed her out the steps. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt leaped on his father’s chest trying to drag him off the bed by attacking Bull close to the center. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the looks of things, it must have been dragged off in the tide. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They passed through the mouth of the wolf and up the stairs, and dragged her down the walkway through the corridor with its giant glass enclosure. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As the branch dragged him out of the water, the vodyanoi howled and leaped back into the safety of the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then, without warning, he began to punch and kick King until he was pulled away, wrestled across the hotel lobby’s red carpet and dragged to a patrol car. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

White strings of gulls drag over it like beads. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She dragged her bags upstairs and made herself at home in the second-best guest room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You are not saying anything. I think,” said the eagle, “I will drag you over some more rocks and mountaintops. Perhaps I will also drag you through some deep rivers this time.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Late at night sleep dragged us away from the stories to a cozy bed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noisily, laboriously drags an entire bench from a neighboring table over to the children's. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He acted this out, his great shoulders bunching as his hands dragged the specter of lightning and shaped it, and held it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My body stopped in the water, but the water pushed and pulled and tried to drag me back down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then he was seized by the belt and dragged from Melynlas. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid fights with Richard, especially the kind that ended with the two of us rolling on the floor, him pulling my hair, me dragging my fingernails through the softness of his face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was then that Frear could drag himself to a bedroom, climb into a bed, and pull a quilt over his head to shut out the fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You can either get up or I can drag you down the hallway. Your choice.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Why did I drag poor Diana into that house? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They say she bawled bloody murder and refused to come into the house, so Uncle Herm finally had to drag his whole family away before they even had a chance to take their coats off. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He followed behind, dragging his feet, afraid to see what his heart already knew. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We broke into an adrenaline-fueled sprint, flying those boats into the cave like they were on rails, while Miss Peregrine hopped lamely alongside us, her broken wing dragging in the sand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

While the other girls pulled their chairs from the table and scraped them about to form little circles in the parlor area, Lyddie dragged herself from the table and up the stairs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A few grunts later and the girl’s lifeless body was dragged out, across the edge of the door and onto one of the stone blocks making up the ground of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“True, Jess, neither would I. But mayhap he has vital information, otherwise why would he drag himself ’ere in this state?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her only child’s wedding—die culmination of all she had been, thought or done in this world— had dragged from her energy and stamina even die did not know she possessed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It landed between the two does, grabbed one by the neck and dragged her up the bank in a flash. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly and with what seemed a great effort, the man dragged his eyes away from Doreen's shoulder. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Papa half dragged her to where his wife was mixing batter for cheesy bread. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Lyra dragged her foot from side to side on the floor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

With all my strength I dragged the heavy animal into the woods. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the days dragged by, the Egypt gang grew more and more impatient. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband grabs her by the armpits, lifting her off the tiger and dragging her into the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He dragged Ear to a table and laid him out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A male secretary tried to make them stay in the waiting room, but Blanca pushed him away and proceeded with a firm step, dragging her daughter after her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs Christina’s arm, yanks her to her feet, and drags her out the door. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then I come and drag each suck up to the track, so the charette-man can pick it up. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bawled with terror, trying to tear myself away, as they dragged me back toward the truck. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But finally there was nothing to do but drag him out like all other dead brutes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He expertly dragged the man in and out of the tables. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was too heavy to drag near the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Yet I'll wager you did not drag me here in the black of night to discuss the eunuch." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It's the main drag, happily crowded with cars and horse-drawn buggies for tourists who want to ride in moonlight by the seashore. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I detached a strut from the MAV platform and dragged it over to the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ray and Leda drag their feet; holding their hands, I tug them out the door and down the hall. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I poke the comers of the clothes in between the wringers and they are grabbed and dragged through, the arms of the shirts ballooning with trapped air, suds dripping from the cuffs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He caught her by the sleeve, dragged her after him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption dragged the bench over and levered half of it so it was at a right angle, a narrow L. Pet lifted Hibiscus easily with one hand and deposited him in the seat. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The drag on Jumper’s foot saved the corn but it didn’t save Mama from a lot of work. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suspect she made up that rule for my benefit, so I could grow unfettered, without the weight of wet rags dragging me down. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Malcolm shouted to Alice, and scrambled over to seize the painter of the canoe and drag it down over the grass to the water’s edge. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She dragged a torn handkerchief from a pocket and mopped her eyes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She lifted her head to give him a withering glare, but everything spun, dragging her down with it, and she retched again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was a long journey for Kira, dragging her twisted leg. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one I had been dragging around with me for how many days now, forever forgetting to give it to her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Then sense came back to Maddie for a minute and she realized that Queenie was dragging her to the nearest antiaircraft gun emplacement. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Twice, I was told that such a one had just been dragged along. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The man took a long drag on his pipe, exhaled, and said, “Who wants to know?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Malcolm dragged himself to his knees, dizzy and weak and almost totally confused. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She dragged me through the streets of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On some nights, he’d drag his bedding into the yard to sleep alone. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kayak, clearly frustrated, took a lunge at Seabiscuit, dragging a groom with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged the rest of the brush in under the bridge and broke it up, standing on the limbs and cracking them to length. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Cora dragged herself into the circle, checking the Randall brothers’ reactions on every turn like everyone else. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He was moaning: “I can’t anymore . . . It’s over... I shall die right here . . .” He dragged me toward a pile of snow from which protruded human shapes, torn blankets. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a few of them were on the small side, and I didn’t want a current to drag them back to where the bone ships waited. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Next Hendrik put a collar around his neck, snapped a leash to it, and dragged him, protesting, all the way to the barn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” I said, dragging out the word, “I was thinking maybe I could help her out.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Thick vines were joined to the cubs’ prison, and it was dragged onto the back of some unalive thing that nonetheless moved. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had gone out alone to drag a load of stone down to the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And then they drag all of their pieces of wood together and use rope to build a huge awesome raft. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Nhamo dragged the boat out of danger and sat down to catch her breath. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed, grabbed my arm, and dragged me toward the kolkhoz office. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was not hard to find foot- and hoofprints in the grass and soil, as well as the imprints of many drag poles. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

For one good enough reason, Advanced Writing 24-A loaded me up with thirty-eight short stories to drag tearfully home for the weekend. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She dragged me into a hug that smelled of cigarettes and perfume and made my nostrils itchy. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He insists there should have been complete compensation in the undamaged part of my cerebral cortex, and that my dragging right side is merely holding on to a habit it learned in infancy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The electron storm that’s coming up. Do you know it’s heading straight dead center across the Earth beam? I had just figured that out when that robot dragged me out of my chair.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He shuffles into the living room, dragging his feet and slouching with his head pushed forward in a new walk that reminds me of a vulture. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Links of broken chain dangled from its bloodstained neck, dragging along dirt roads and clanking as it walked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t save my teacher, at least I might rescue her child, but a young debil dragged me out kicking and screaming. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“John dragged me to some high school party. Our dad’s out of town, and John’s supposed to be watching me. He’s gonna get so in trouble when I tell on him.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Greyback seized Harry and dragged him around to face the light, forcing the other prisoners to shuffle around too. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sam drags me in and out of stores for the rest of the afternoon. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Real casual, he allows as how if I was to drag a grapple along the bottom, I might hook up on my traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Granny hit Eye one last time before she was dragged away. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he kept the third, her conviction for “assaulting” an officer who had lifted her out of her seat and dragged her off the bus. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I dragged her out of the way just as Bull Number Two freight-trained past. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth says she hates that Cheryl was “dragged into this” and asks what she can do. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She dragged aside a slab of stone from a smaller, dry hole in the rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to find my good-for-nothing father and drag him back? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns and goes to the corner of the greenhouse where several bags are stacked, and she begins dragging one across the floor. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

In the dying sunlight the people dragged, rather than their empty cotton sacks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter, meanwhile, her face in its furs a frozen glare of intense feeling, was dragging Lyra to the back of a motorized sledge, and Lyra struggled as hard as her daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She wears a long handmade dress that drags at the hem, and little heeled shoes that probably leave sores on her big toes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Someone dragged Smith over to the mike, and he muttered something about credit being due to horse and rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more cowboys had to hustle in to drag him out. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sling one over my shoulders, loop two more over my arms, and still have a free hand to drag my wheelie cart. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself to the kitchen and made grating noises. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sam gripped him by the jacket, and dragged him from under the root; and then with difficulty hauled him on to the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He comes down Jonagold Path dragging the two buckets on the road. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

This poor creature was dragging forth yet another! The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I feel like following them out and apologizing and telling Mrs. Roberts that it was all my idea and my fault for dragging Dee out. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lyra dragged the locker to the corner, jumped up, hauled the furs out of the ceiling, felt for the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She goes over to the projector and drags her fingers over it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I drag the mousey chair down the old steps. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She yanked me from my chair and dragged me to her treatment salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Ring that hung upon its chain about his neck grew heavy, heavier than a great stone, and his head was dragged downwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

With a deadly effort, like wrenching a piece out of his own brain, he could even have dragged the thing into the open. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Seventy years later I can still see him in my mind's eye as the Nazis dragged him from the room. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She grabbed my hand and dragged me to my father’s bedside and told him what I had done. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brings it to her mouth and takes a deep drag. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Another craft had dragged its anchor and gone ashore on a mud bank. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d let Aunt Daisy drag him to a fancy clothes store for a new pair of boots. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

My bare feet dragged along the carpeted hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry that I dragged you out of work.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In Woods Hole, the port town, Mummy and I let the goldens out of the car and drag our bags down to where Aunt Carrie is standing on the dock. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

A few of the louder protesters are approached by street police, cuffed, and dragged away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

People go running past, men and women, and I grab Katherine by the arm and drag her off the boardwalk in the direction of the church as the men start to scatter. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She dragged me all the way out here to say that? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the canoe was free, and the men slowly dragged it up to safety. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I would drag myself into a tree and take cover now if I could, but the smoke is still thick enough to kill me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Nobody would have to drag me or my brothers to the Bahamas—we’d swim there if we could. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Laila began to protest, then to yell, and he had to summon the help of two more men to have her dragged out of his office. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I already spent a whole childhood thinking I’d wrecked the life of my twin sister, dragged after me into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gently pushes my head down so that I am looking at the scarf and drags the brown plastic comb with its micro teeth through my hair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher had dragged in some chairs from the dining hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They dragged him out feet first, leaving several broken teeth and a trail of blood behind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I nod and drag my index finger and thumb across my lips. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Getting through it was painful, like dragging myself over page after page of broken glass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As the war dragged on, the Soviets found these repeated night attacks also affected the morale of the German soldiers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“So are all of us. You’ve bitten through a bigger peg than this one I’m dragging. Tell us what to do.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladybug’s shell split, turning into wings as the house came unmoored; neck straining, Grover was dragging it behind him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I drag my chair right next to Mrs. Fisher’s messy desk without saying a word. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Alex grabbed her by the hand and dragged her sideways out of the pipe. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Will hoists himself into the car with some difficulty, landing first on his stomach and then dragging his legs in behind him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She broke off, her mouth working strangely, and dragging at the corners. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She barely stopped herself from crumpling onto the street as the giant shadow creature dragged itself forward, towering over her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

So he walked outside, tasting the cool wind, and dragged his secondhand canoe from the garage and righted it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Thankfully he won’t have the opportunity to drag anything out of me tonight: Daddy’s coming over. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Behind him, he dragged the burden of heavy shackles. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

One side of her nose is bending lower, dragging her cheek with it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came upon him shuffling along the road before them, dragging one leg slightly and stopping from time to time to stand stooped and uncertain before setting out again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

His senses were disordered; all he knew was hold tight and drag down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She swats at the encroaching servants, but she's restrained and dragged out, kicking and screaming. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The door was opened and a huge hand reached in and dragged Sammy out by the shirt. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman dragged the thin broom with slow, deliberate strokes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Genie could hear a dog chain dragging across the ground, then popping when the slack was up. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lelia immediately dragged a mattress and a floor lamp in there and went to work on the rest of the house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not understand why men were hanged in effigy, or a boat dragged through town and burned on the Common, as if on grassy swells. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now he dragged himself painfully to the curtain at the entrance of the tent, pressed his cheek against the cold ground, and tried to peer out. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

We also dragged out Dad’s C-3PO stepladder, which we definitely didn’t need, but it just looked cool. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not taking no for an answer,” Mom says, and she proceeds to drag Ellis from the chair and up the steps. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Strapping him to an aluminum ladder, they managed to lower, drag, and carry him through the Icefall, and he was now resting from the ordeal at Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the show was over, my teacher had to drag me out of the planetarium. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He dragged it out of the heap of fence posts, hauling it loose from the ones it was stapled to, and began to work on the paddle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I finally drag my tired butt into the house, it’s four in the morning and my dad ain’t on the TV couch, he’s sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I drag myself into the kitchen and put in some toast. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I think Fm going to like it here, I said to myself, and started dragging my plastic bags down the hallway to my new bedroom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“They’re just little girls, dreaming up an adventure. I can’t drag them down to Mexico. I can’t sacrifice them to follow my path,” I whispered fiercely, still holding the ear pendant in front of me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Shrieking and screaming for mercy, the foxes were dragged away. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Gitl dragged her back to the barrack’s door, slid the bolt open with one hand, and shoved Hannah inside with the other. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as if after dragging up roots, she has finally managed to yank them free of the soil they have clung to, she finds she can move her own feet toward the car. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“And then we had to drag you back like a dead fish. Almost got us all zapped.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever had made die tracks had some kind of flat dragging bottom in the middle and was apparently pushed along by the legs that stuck out to the side. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, you had to drag him out of the apartment to talk. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my dad came over and dragged me to the bathroom. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Still, it hurt to fold the linen and set it aside, and hurt even more to drag the mattress from the frame so that I could dismantle it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He left her and wandered through the darkening camp, dragging the heavy block of cement behind him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis drag their arms across their damp foreheads, looking strangely flushed, exhilarated. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s taller than I am and super heavy, so I drag it out into the daylight. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I went very slowly, for I had to crawl on my hands and knees, carrying the food tied to my back, and dragging the weapons. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had him by his legs again and were dragging him down a hall, over smooth carpet. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I called him so many times that I finally saw him, but when he came he was covered with dried blood and rags, dragging streamers of barbed wire across the waxed parquet floors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, one after another, I roped the others, dragged them up into the tree, and worked them over. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hung with both arms to the mule’s neck, but he was caught and being dragged away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the shuttle was full, it backed off, dragging a thick electrical umbilical behind it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to carry a heavy chest, he put it on a mattress and dragged it up the stairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A memory dragged up in his mind: the Alameda County Fair. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I dodge my way through the chaos to the bedroom and drag my sack from beneath the bed, bringing it out to the kitchen while everyone is occupied. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

While I was locked up, her parents had dragged her to a doctor who washed her brain and weighed her down with pills and empty words. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When all had been done as he had commanded, he dragged himself on board and lay down on the bed. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything that was rotten inside him, I would drag into the light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Gram told me she and Ruth had to drag Gloria to the doctor, where she got medication and therapy to help her feel happier again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A moment later, there was thunder and a flash of lightning, and I dragged him away from the tree again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Numbness was beginning to creep up his arms and legs, and he was being dragged away from the corner of the house. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Crazy, lying, out for the reward. I don’t know what to say. He always seemed sane enough, though he did drag me off in a corner once and start talking about Christ’s kingdom on earth.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That new medicine is wonderful. You look dragged by dogs, Joe. Don’t you feel well?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not do one of those drag pageants, win money that way?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

My finger dragged across the phone’s screen, tracing the spiderweb-shaped cracks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We each take one, pull him one hundred and eighty degrees around, and start to drag him into the saltwater. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Pia reluctantly put a foot down, dragged her sneaker along the concrete to slow down, then stomped the back of the skateboard, flipping it up into her hand. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Please,” the grandmother pleads, her bony fingers dragging the snot from her nose onto her cheeks, “please give me some medicine. It hurts very much.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flatboat dragged along the little deep-rutted roads that wound through the bush. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The vet dragged Sir Fig Newton out of his carrier and plopped him onto the cold exam table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

After making sure they were securely bound, Leo dragged the Kerkopes into one corner and began rifling through their treasures. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When he neared the end of the hill, he dragged his sneakers like Fred Flintstone and came to a full stop. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t get sick. Someone”—Iran cleared her throat and went on huskily—“someone came here, got the goat out of its cage, and dragged it to the edge of the roof.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Having no better idea, Palmer dragged his sled down to the basement. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I watch with dread as Bradley drags his chair over to my desk. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The hours drag on into evening, then night. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You went and got your girlfriend, you beat me out of bed, you dragged me out here. So spare me, Luke.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

So Dad let me drag it home, and I spent the rest of the day fixing it up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

These heavy things she dragged by herself, even though I know for a fact that two months ago she couldn’t have moved them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged her across the threshold, and pulled the door after him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the ground I see drag marks where the girl musta pulled the bodies out of the crash and brought them here. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Put that bag down,” G’ma orders, and as soon as he does, she’s dragging him over to the kitchenette sink by his good arm and washing her hands. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The elephant tears up living trees, dragging their precious roots from the dirt they love. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dream I was alone in a small wooden boat, hooked up to a humongous tarpon that was dragging me out to sea. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He pointed at my hands as he dragged me out toward Old Familiar, and I watched with growing horror as their dark brown color slowly turned transparent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

An Yi turned pale and ran to the crowd, dragging me with her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they cuff him, blindfold and gag him, and drag him into one of the waiting jeeps. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Thus, a step at a time, I dragged myself upward. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yanked my arm, and dragged me through the desolate orchard. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to take the raft back around the lake, and possible—though certainly not easy—to drag Derek back up to the shelter. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, they drag him almost in a circle, to a door underneath the stairs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Hated her for spooking and dragging me into that wagon wheel, for bouncing me around like a sack of rocks. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged the bucket to the center of the room and got to work, sliding the mop over the floor in long, easy strokes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Who had inveigled the child with promises, and thought of the hiding place under the willow tree, and persuaded her — no dragged her against her will — to meet Hannah? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He could see the pages coming from the forest, dragging the yule log and branches of holly to decorate the Hall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Sigurd dragged her under the shade of the willow tree and said, “Hope the dragon’s hungry.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She dragged Luster out of the corner, shaking him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold dragged a finger across the charms that dangled from the golden hare medallion. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m all right,” I tell Mom once I’ve managed to drag myself to the kitchen. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I dragged the bathing tub into the front room and filled it with boiling water. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps creatures of the deep dragged them overboard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And then for some months she had been a drag on him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about as long as I am tall, but I dragged it out of the bushes eventually and got it upright. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He dragged his dirty clothes hamper from the closet and dumped it on the floor. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because sometimes it’s easier to start over with a clean slate than to drag the baggage of your past with you wherever you go.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Blackavar’s weary, dragging gait was like that of no other rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After catching his horse, Light Hair tied drag poles to the bay. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He dragged far behind everyone else through most of the summit day, and he didn’t arrive at the South Summit until around 1:00 p.m. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tired but relieved, we dragged ourselves to our shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He stopped paddling and let his pirogue drift, taking up again only once the current dragged him backward. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged out the suspense, poking around at the bottom of his bag until we yelled, “Uncle D!” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Angie watches them awhile until she gets too bored and drags them away with her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was dragged forward, face to face with his master. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nita beckons my arm forward and drags the orange- stained gauze over my skin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If my pals see my mother dragging me through the streets to an Irish dancing class I’ll be disgraced entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She swooped in, grabbed John by the elbow, and dragged him toward the back door. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

They stumble and drag and scoot over to stand beside him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The government men dragged Mom out of the house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the swoosh of a drag, like a bag or maybe a body. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dazed as he was with pain and weariness, Sam woke up, grasped quickly at his chance, and threw himself to the ground, dragging Frodo down with him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He dragged everything back to where the hull was cracked. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I drag myself over to the honeysuckle bush and pluck a flower. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Weasels and stoats jostled past them carrying baskets of earth or dragging rocks and roots. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They would drag up the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school integration. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up my bedroll and dragged it over to where Annabeth was sitting, keeping watch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She walks toward me, one foot dragging as it scrapes against the marble floor. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Here’s what I don’t get: why that dog would trust me and follow me anywhere after I’d dragged him up the mountain in that storm. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

One by one the women were unchained and dragged, screaming and kicking, to a distant area of the ship or a corner of the deck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My illness has dragged us all through the trenches, and although my trench was, well, the Marianas, I won’t discount what my family has been through. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Meggie thought they would tear him apart when he dragged them off Mo, but instead they licked his hands, jumping up at him like an old friend, and almost knocking him down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ones that wouldn’t drag and reveal her lost two inches. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They pretty much dragged her to get help. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They went up, dragging their gear along with them, and Ishmael felt wide awake now. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now everyone knows my mother dragged me along, and that I was doing everything but homework. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mother looked up to see the police dragging in the disheveled Mellower. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rough claws seized Matthias, dragging him from the nest only half awake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That weekend, I’m in the laundry room throwing my dirty clothes in one of the washing machines, when Miles walks in, dragging a laundry bag behind him, plus a small container of detergent. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine that I was dragging the ocean all the way to Denver. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Others in hoodies yawn as they drag themselves through the door. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Only Maria had to be dragged off, complaining loudly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indenting the plane’s body inward along that joint reduced the drag dramatically and resulted in an increase of as much as 25 percent in the planes speed for the same level of power. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He had been observed singing “White Christmas” and dragging a plastic disposable cup top around his cell with a string, calling it his “car.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the brittle staghom coral snapping off against our bow as the sail dragged us up and onto a reef. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Except the truth is closer to the slight drag in Henry’s voice and the half step of hesitation before he speaks that’s been there all week. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hyena had bitten it off and dragged it to the stern, behind the zebra. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I arrived in Endovier, and they dragged me into the center of the camp, and tied me between the whipping posts. Twenty-one lashes.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Bizarre sensations bombarded Cole as his body was dragged and bumped across the rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I woke to the sound of heavy furniture being dragged across the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could get used to this,” Sookie said, taking a drag off his straw. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She lifted her hands, and Matthias felt his eyelids grow heavy as she dragged him into unconsciousness. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When my alarm goes off on the first morning of school, Boomer lets out a small groan and burrows deeper into the covers as I drag myself out of bed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They sailed through it for hours until the main mast cracked and dropped the sail into the water, threatening to drag the whole ship into the sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I try to drag him, but despite the fact that I know he's doing all he can to keep quiet, sharp cries of pain escape him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With Jamison leading the procession, the night riders dragged the girl to the great oak in the middle of the park. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Scipio angrily bit his lip, but the dogs began to growl again so Prosper quickly dragged him away. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kennedy was talking about working to make the country great again, when Emily Sue dragged me away. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As he walks, his left foot drags a little. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They had to drag him to the lorry. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly Mama had me by the hand and was dragging me out from under, yelling in a scared voice: “Run, Travis, run!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our horse had dragged it nearly a hundred yards down the road before he died. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Brian hated the job of treasurer because it was such a drag but mostly because it brought him into personal contact with Brother Leon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ignore the English letters—I’m just showing you how to use the mouse to click and drag. The basics.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Grishnákh flung himself on the ground flat, dragging the hobbits under him; then he drew his sword. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Balthamos seized the moment to stumble forward again, and the priest felt himself dragged after him as another brutal pang wrenched his heart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The soldiers reappear in the doorway, this time dragging another man. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m a little frustrated,” Debbie fumed as the case dragged on. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Comer refused to go down, dragging- the player along for several yards to the 15. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like she’s dragging a concrete block around all of the time. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Monday, Abby had shown up right before the live broadcast and almost dragged me out the door. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Then she dragged him into the bushes, took his gun and walkie-talkie, and kept moving. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust except the floor, where a wide shiny stripe had been made by something being dragged upstairs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We’re beneath the execution dais; she must have dragged me here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then they’re on me, dragging me to my feet and back to the screaming crowd. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It took hold of me; it wrapped itself about me, dragging me deeper. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She could drag me to this thing, but I didn’t have to talk to her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the cane pole jerked in her hands and bent into an arch, its tip dragged down nearly to the water’s surface. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny came out to the barnlot when she saw him dragging home with the tired team. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dragged me from the second place to the third place, every voice sowing the wind, all things summoning the whirlwind that would sweep us all away to drown in the deepest sea. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tray Amah had placed over the gang’s opening clattered to the floor, and in seconds Yishan was dragging Pinmei out of the gang. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Right after we left the Pigman’s, John dragged me down to Tony’s Market, which is on the comer of Victory Boulevard and Cebra Avenue. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Imagining a fire, he dragged his way forward again1 on his belly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Good grief,” said Sticky, “do you have to drag out everybody’s sad tales? Why don’t you leave him in peace?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry’s legs were seizing up with the effort to keep swimming; his shoulders were aching horribly with the effort of dragging Ron and the girl. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We got up early in the morning and dragged ourselves to the kitchen, eating cold porridge that the cook gave us with a scowl. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Jesus Christ!” she hissed as she dragged me inside. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We don't drag people out of their beds in the middle of the night and lynch them. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the song, the wedding party was asked to join them, and Felix’s mom dragged him onto the wooden dance floor. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the thing’s hands—her mother’s hands—jerked, and the scrape of its claws dragged Jam’s attention back. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have a talk with this boy, Uncle. He’ll be by more often—even if I have to drag him into the store.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged her up over the edge, and slowly they crawled onto more solid ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I drag my desk chair to my door, and then down the hall to the elevator, where I push the button for the top floor. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You shut up. Everyone knows he’s psycho. He probably dragged you into the river, right?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The two zeroes drag down the two A’s. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My hopes crushed, I wipe my forearm across my nose, dragging snot all over my cheek. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still drank like a crazy fish, but liquor did not drag him down as it did some men. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When we dragged them out, the girl kept dancing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand by the window, I cannot drag myself away. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the pickup’s tailgate and tried to drag Dad out, but the man was right. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Washington drags her stool to the back of the class and sits. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Zu woke with a gasp, coming up from her nightmare for a long drag of air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If he had had the use of his claws he could have dragged it down easily, but with the leather foot covers it was not so simple. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘Here they all come now. They having to drag him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The riders were thrown free, but their panicked horses dragged the golden chariot diagonally across the track. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was in the street now, being dragged over snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, me too. I think that’s my favorite hair. A drag queen out in Odessa styled that wig for me. Took him a week to get it just right.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Bob grabs paintings with his teeth and drags them to me. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Turn to look at Coop as he drops into the La-Z-Boy and drags his hands over his cheeks. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He dragged me out by one foot, kicking and squirming. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Its hem was frayed from dragging up and down the rough stone steps of the stacks, and it was large, so the shape of him was quite lost within it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He backed into Teresa, staring as the man dragged the woman away, her legs kicking out weakly, her eyes on Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, cool. So, we can do this again, anytime you want,” Alex says, dragging the back of his knuckles down Henry’s shoulder. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ma huffed, dragging my suitcase in the house. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pictured it grabbing me and dragging me down to the bottom, holding me there too long, or maybe long enough, depending on whether you looked at it from my perspective or the fish’s. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I can go out without having to drag Jeff Garnet into my life,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They hauled him out, still struggling, and dragged him through thigh-high snow to his new home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not hungry, but I know Mom will just barge in and make a fuss over me if I don’t eat any dinner, so I drag myself out of bed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Another, but over and over, with a collective sigh, the company was dragged back to its apparent fate, congratulating Old Chao on having received a tenure-track job offer just that afternoon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rarely ventured into the water near the village, preferring to stay in the area near the swamp, so only the foolhardy were at risk of being dragged into the Sogozha’s depths. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He took a last drag of the cigarette and tossed it out the open window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was a simple mix-up: some other Laura Moon’s body had been dragged from the highway wreckage. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When he looked over his shoulder and saw that Evy was trying to drag Flittman out from under, he started to walk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those shoes had been cursed to drag their wearer into Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The boys dragged out the cake and ice cream as long as they could. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed like an hour passed dragging her suitcase up the stairs, during which all three of her family members passed her going up or down and none offered any help. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her classmates congregated at the gazebo at its center and used the square as a turnabout when they cruised the main drag, ending up at the Walmart parking lot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were moving wildly—a dozen black-bristled appendages roughly the size of his own arms and with pincers for grasping prey and dragging it toward...its mouth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They had to get out and drag the men aside to avoid running over them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With that, Kate was off, faster than she would have thought possible herself, perhaps spurred on by the tremendous bang and clatter and scrape of the ladder dragging behind her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nell takes a drag from a cigarette and blows the smoke from the side of her mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Working swiftly, she chopped off the best pieces and dragged them to her refrigerator. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless you want your little girl to see you dragged.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were setting up a lemonade stand together, and Evan had been grumbling about dragging the cooler across the street and down two houses, just like Scott. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

As if something were trying to drag her down. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“As I was dragged from the room, I could still hear my mother’s screams.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged it up the tunnel as fast as he could manage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged what papers he could out of the newsstand and got a bucket of water to douse the rest. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others, in homespun clothes, dragged fence posts to a barricade. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bottom was covered with fine silt and mud that was half water and in this the two rabbits had made furrows as they dragged themselves to shore. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men dragged the prisoner away while people were pushing and shoving around them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Peacekeepers ignore me completely as they drag Cinna’s limp body from the room. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wind seemed like a live thing determined to drag her out of her hiding place. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dragged it out beyond the patience of the people who were standing waiting to occupy their seats. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together the three men dragged themselves up to the third pass. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But he’d specifically dragged her over here to see this, to delight in it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I barely have time to drag myself to a seat when the driver speeds off again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He relaxed and let them drag him wherever it was they wanted to take him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“There’ll be trouble now,’’ one muttered, as he dragged the remains out from a half-opening while others held the survivors off with pointed sticks. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Griever had grabbed him with two instruments, had started dragging him backward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Laughing triumphantly, Cluny seized the little fat friar by his tail and dragged him from his hiding place. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I know I hurt her, dragging out that lamb, and she lay on the ground, as motionless as death. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

They would all do better to put their faces on the curbs and wait for the boys who come through the city dragging sledges stacked with corpses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The denticles decreased drag and made the shark able to swim quickly and quietly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid felt a tiredness drag her down. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to drag on his cigarette, and exhaled the smoke in a thin, sibilant stream from his mouth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Even after the slow drag of years, I remember the sense of fear which filled my mouth with hot, dry air, and made my body light. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab his hand and drag him back under the awning. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As the September days dragged on without word from them, the grieving regiment had to assume that Nina and Aleksandr had been killed in battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It had been dragged some way up a tree. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every minute, the medical staff added drag to the back wheel until each woman's pulse reached 180. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged himself to roll call and, using all his strength and determination, continued to work. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I saw, not far from me, an old man dragging himself on all fours. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another large hand grabbed both her arms and pulled them behind her in a viselike grip, dragging her off the main roads. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Those few days dragged on and every little thing I looked at nearly turned me into a crying baby, thinking I might be leaving. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Mom took a drag from her cigarette and blew the smoke at me dismissively. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her steps dragged as she and Mama moved to join the queue of beastkeepers waiting to enter it with their assigned beasts. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But as it happened, Lexie and Trip were so involved in a spirited argument over which guest had better hair, the drag queen or his embittered ex-wife, that no one heard the commercials. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ll knock you out and drag you with us,” says Homes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At the words a dragging numbness came upon her, her feet seemed rooted in the earth she had been so swiftly speeding over. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma drags her palms from her eyes down to her cheeks as she describes Keav to us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced over her shoulder at Archer, but before she could say anything, Redbeard leapt out from behind a crate and grabbed her by the collar, dragging her painfully to the center of the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Once the animals were inside the trap, it was easy to drag the gate across the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

About ten minutes later, Werfel followed, huffing and puffing and dragging his sheets. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Kermit, Lyra, and the camaradas had the remaining five canoes down to a point where they could be dragged over land. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to drag them. And how can we do that?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you hadn’t been enjoying yourself so much, I would probably have dragged you out. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Art school was getting to be a drag anyway, cutthroat and backbiting, with everyone seeking praise from the instructors. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t tell your mom a lie, which she then told the whole town? About me dragging you to Atlantis...almost against your will? That lie?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was afraid he might smush her with the car, but instead he got out and dragged her back, legs flailing, and threw her into the car. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped into despondency, dragging himself in from the junkyard each night, silent and heavy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She is dragging by the hand a little boy in short pants and knee socks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dinging bell dragged Ophie from her musings and back to the icy day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I hear Finnick groan and manage to drag myself off the others. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several soldiers drag a struggling boy out into the center of the yard. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I clung to a bedpost and was dragged over the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the air currents stopped dragging her down, and she flew high enough to locate her mountain, but the entire western horizon was swathed in clouds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He explored every inch of the region, even the riverbed, dragging the two iron ingots along and reciting Melquíades’ incantation aloud. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It looked as though his temple had been dragged on the asphalt, scraping away skin, then bone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself out of bed in the morning and to the bathroom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mustafa jumps up to get the suitcase and drags it over. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A rat scuttled from the shadows, dragging a glistening chunk of meat or viscera. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sergeant doctor in my squad dragged me into one of the houses and tried to remove the bullet. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Back to drag Day out into the yard. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Jesper whispered as they dragged the guards’ bodies out of view behind one of the stone slabs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He dragged his chest protectors alongside the old man’s mat and lay down, and only then, when he closed his eyes, did he cry. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick breathed on the glass, watched it fog up, then dragged his knuckles through the slick grayness. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A group of men had harnessed themselves to a fire wagon that held a large tank of water, but one of the wheels broke and it proved too heavy to drag. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I dragged the pots outside so we could have water.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“With pleasure,” the soldier replied, and then he stood, dragging his hands up Emma’s torso as he rose. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The first day, three sailors dragged Lucy Burns out of the line and into the street, where they shredded her banner. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The toe of her right boot can’t clear the snow, hence the dragging. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was dragged the entire length of the block, bouncing along behind the cab, past the sewers, past parked cars, and all the way to the corner, where the cab was stopped by a light. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They dragged the horse through the gate and up to the temple of Athena. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhaustion finally dragged him into a stuporous sleep. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She experienced this whenever her mother dragged her to parties. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No. This isn't a resistance mission. This was us messing up. Our own idiocy. We’re not going to drag him into it until we try to fix it ourselves.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once the chute was exposed, it dragged the MDV all over the place, smashing it against every rock in the area. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struck the beginning chord of Savien’s verse and I heard a piercing sound that pulled me out of the music like a fish dragged from deep water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had dragged me on foot from the ice-encrusted sprawl of Lake Michigan to the slaughterhouse district, which bustled with life even in the dead of winter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I drag a chair over to sit next to her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The air outside the house was cool and fresh, and we dragged it into our lungs to clear the heat and smoke from the kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Between the two of us, we push and drag and tug that coffin out the narrow door, upend it, turn it around, and put it in the room next door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

William tried to drag the beast forward by its halter, but it would not budge. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Show me how to play with fire!” he had said when his men dragged Dustfinger before him, and Dustfinger had obeyed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Aru only just managed to dodge out of the way, dragging Mini with her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He half dragged, half walked her back to the kitchen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea...So peaceful today—sometimes so cruel...The sea that dragged you down to its depths. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Brother Andrew he knew, because he dragged one foot a little. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He bent down just in time to grab Crookshanks by the end of his bushy tail and drag him outside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I go back to the main room and drag Cardan and the chair into Dain’s office, propping it against the open door so I can keep an eye on him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They grow on the floating kelp leaves and there were so many of them that much of the kelp near the reef had been dragged to the bottom. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught hold of the back of Fang’s jacket and I shoved my way toward him and together we jerked upward until Fang was wedged between us and we started dragging him away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He slid down and dragged his kangaroo-leather saddle off of Seabiscuit, so angry over the foul from Count Atlas that he could barely speak. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My sorority sister invited me to visit. We’ll probably go to a cookout, maybe a movie. She’s a die-hard Braves fan, but I’m not about to let her drag me to a game.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was nearly blind in her left eye and walked with a severe limp, dragging her Ieft foot behind her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina slams her palm into an elevator button and slips inside before the doors are fully open, dragging me behind her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was dragging them all around the corral. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day dragged even more slowly than usual, with this prospect glittering at its end. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He took a long drag of his cigarette. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She crosses the room, dragging a hand across the top of the small table as she passes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Fifi began to cry, so that right away, my aunt's suspicions were confirmed: I had dragged my little sister against her will to this dirty place. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She watched him make his way along the path, his feet dragging, one after the other. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A few weeks earlier, Brian and I had dragged an old mattress up there because we were thinking of camping out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She flew into a fit of concerned, if drunken, motherhood, and dragged Teapot home. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I shrugged back into my pack and dragged my feet to follow Miig, upset that I had news I couldn’t share, especially with Rose, who looked at me now with curious dark eyes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Once or twice they thought it might be a brown cow or mule, dragging its hooves in the sand and raising and lowering its weary head. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been wrenched from her seat and dragged off a bus by police in front of shocked witnesses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t sleep for days, convinced that every squeak or rustle meant that La Llorona was coming to drag me by the hair and kill me in the river. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My aunt teetered on the pieces as she dragged Mundín by the arm towards the door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But he went on dawdling and dragging the sides of his shoes along the pavement in order to scratch the leather. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dazed, she threw off the covers and dragged herself out of bed, pulling on her wrinkled dressing gown as she stumbled through the kitchen and front hall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me this long look and she goes, "Nothing is a drag, kid. Think about it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had to drag the cart while the boy steered from behind and they built a fire for the old man to warm himself though he didnt much like that either. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

On my hands and knees, heedless of my dress, heedless of the way the sheath of my sword drags against the packed-earth floor, heedless of the pain in my hand, I crawl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He dragged the basket out into the floor and set the jars out of it and then tipped over the basket and tapped out the dirt. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The clasp holds, so he ends up dragging her by the neck as she screams. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They were handicapped by a boy who ran alongside yelping, “Free ride! All aboard!” who’d jump on and make them drag him along. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my hair with one hand and used his other arm to drag me back toward the raft. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She patted it gently with her unarmed paw and the mouse squirmed horribly away dragging its paralyzed hind legs behind it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadly, the steamer did not drag its hose to Anderson’s position and he had to watch as four or five houses across the street caught fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Malfoy dragged the Cloak out from under Harry’s immobilized body and threw it over him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“They’re hunting us for some reason. Everyone who’s caught gets dragged to...well, to a bad place, never to be seen again.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Aurelia found herself half led, half dragged into her private bathroom. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The captain leaned to drag her back over the side, and Nathaniel scrambled in behind her without any assistance. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

About five houses down, two men were dragging a woman with black hair by her feet through the front door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After setting up half of them, I figured out I could drag them rather than carry them, and that sped things up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also dragged in more wood— endless wood—and then relaxed and watched die sun set over the trees in bade of the ridge. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men and the women who were too sickdrunk to stand up were dragged away, one cop on each arm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Workdays dragged by with nothing to look forward to at the evening bell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first few classes drag by, but I’m excited for lunch, so Ethan and I can catch up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Pinch kept tossing off his covers or dragging at Mama’s. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Next moment he had sped up, dragging Hermione along with him; she slipped a little on the ice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was their parents’ wedding anniversary, and for once Habib didn’t have to drag Zafoona out of bed so that they could go out for dinner. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I saw the trail where she had dragged herself through the leaves. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been alone before Rachel came, but she had not known what loneliness was—this sharp pain in her breastbone dragging down into a dull, persistent heaviness. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But no animal was big enough to drag Sounder’s body away. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Saturday wouldn’t mean nothing to you, either,” I says, “if it depended on me to pay you wages. Get those things out of the crates now and drag them inside.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think he’d want to see it being hooked up to the big monster truck and dragged away. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He dragged the sack away and hooked it over the side, so that the Chicken’s body was half in and half out of the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo dragged the boat to the reeds and packed it with her stores. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t drop at the right time, the moving cars and metal scaffolding will drag at my body and carry me with them, and then I will really die. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I snapped my head back and dragged Kevin out of the lunchroom. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He's so smug with his half explanations, and so cavalier about the fact that he's dragged me into this. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a fistful of my hair, a large clump, his grip fixed near the root to give him greater leverage, and dragged me into the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She dragged hunks of meat across her plate, sopping up sauce before lifting her fork to her mouth. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It looked tired and dragged out like those big workhorses do, but it had a teeny-tiny body with a big sag where most horses have a straight back. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A man in a suit jogged past, dragging a black bag that rolled behind him like a reluctant dog. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Could Big Tony really drag me back to that dark cellar where I lived all alone and didn’t have any friends, let alone a family? Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She drags out a bright yellow bike and shakes her head at the price tag. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The case dragged along for a year, and the charge was finally dropped. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drag a stool in front of the workbench, drop my backpack to the floor, then sit down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He tried to drag me by the arm, but I pulled away. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The twins, two hats for two heads now, whooped and hollered while they dragged the Recruiter off to the rocky outcropping. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray was obviously all out of cigarettes, because this was definitely one of those times he would’ve been sparking one, taking a drag, and blowing the smoke high into the air. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His captor dragged him around the bonfire and dumped him in front of the two rows of people. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I move fast, dragging as opposed to lifting it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the wind is knocked out of me as a pair of strong arms wrap around my waist and drag me back toward the alley. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her boubou was too long for her short body; it dragged along the ground and Olanna feared that she would trip on it and fall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They levitated off the ground and started dragging him away from us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t drag my friends into this. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were dragging goats, carrying yams and boxes on their heads, chickens and rolled-up mats under their arms, kerosene lamps in their hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Noodle drags me to the edge of the crowd, away from his friends and mine. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Hanako dragged a big bag of wheat all by herself! She was scared—I saw her face!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Minho yelled, already dragging Thomas away until he was able to get his feet under him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself home at the end of the day, lagging far behind my brothers, who had given up trying to cajole me out of my mood. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Together they dragged on Boots’s throat till he felt his air cut off, felt himself choking. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The superintendent dragged out the asphalt-baking machines and slowly dried the course. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Sunday, Jean Louise and the congregation were in all innocence clearing their throats to drag it accordingly when out of a cloudless sky Mrs. Clyde Haskins crashed down on the organ. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to drag you away from anything.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was merely trying, that sigh suggested, to drag us all toward enlightenment through the marrow of our own poor female bones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a drag on his cigarette that lasted an age. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But then Tom Yew said he thought it'd gone on a bit long and everyone agreed that though the film was classic it'd dragged on for ages. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In two strides he is by my side, grabbing my hair and dragging me across the living room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I begged God to stop Dad from dragging me to Arizona. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Brother Gerald dragged his teeth back and forth across his lip. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged Riccio into an alley so narrow that Barbarossa would certainly have gotten stuck in it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Esperanza’s house wasn’t far from the main drag, but he was glad she’d chosen a neutral location for them to meet at. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They started dragging him down the slope of the mountain. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I remember falling forward, and a warm hand on my arm, dragging me inside and pushing me onto a couch, and pounding, pounding dance music and a glass being thrust into my hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

What if I were injured and then had to fight the wild dogs as I dragged myself homeward? Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes it is. There’s no substance. Look—” I say, dragging my fork through the gravy-covered heap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My legs labor to lift and drag me forward. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was only by a horrible effort of will that I had dragged myself through the first half of the year. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She, hopped off the couch and ran toward me, almost tripping over her oversize socks, my socks, dragging behind her like two tails on her feet. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I drag it the rest of the way, ignoring the banged-up floor’s protests, and place it under the window. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Usually he ran to join Baba, but today his feet dragged. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her wrist and dragged her back into the living room, where I made Dr. Agar explain everything again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day he was to put in the new floor, Papi dragged our belongings out to the yard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The twisted foot dragged in its familiar way. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

As Otto’s swollen foot was dragged upward, he was forced to stand on one hand. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The light spiraled around her, dragging her farther and farther from her own body, until she could feel the edges of her consciousness beginning to unravel, dissolving into the endless sea of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself up on his knees and dragged himself off the road to the ditch that kept it drained. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rest dragged themselves off down the alley. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We watched a wave crash onto the rocks, dragging part of the shark out with it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Six months later, when the job was done, McLean dragged his feet on payment. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I dragged my feet to the kitchen, where Mom was almost finished painting one wall a bright tangerine color. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The upper part of his body was floating but I knew his feet were dragging on the bottom. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pepperhorn was dragging Valley down the aisle to the door, handling her as if...as if she were a rag doll. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Guards grabbed the boy and dragged him to the front of our lines, where the Nazis had built a gallows for hanging prisoners. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We must have made a strange procession, my mother leading the group with her swift, proud walk, Deborah and Theresa skipping around her, my father muttering and dragging behind, and finally Ultima and myself. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was simply no other conclusion: the kidnapper had dragged his Princess into it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He could have dragged it along the path had he wanted to. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was only vaguely aware of what was happening as Jerome Paisley grabbed her by the ankle and dragged her away from the safety of the bed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

These arms have rows of suckers underneath them and they can drag you under and hold you there until you drown. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trainer twirls a long wooden stick in one hand, drags it along the ground, and then hoists it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know how the moon could drag the ocean in and out from such a distance, when it couldn’t stir the milk in Miss Maggie’s tea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He looks nervous, but not as nervous as I am when I see the first line dragging across the monitor. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I thought he meant to abandon us here, but Frankie took my wrist and dragged me in pursuit of the man. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Now we’re done for,” I said, and I had visions of all fifteen of us being dragged away by the Gestapo that very night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I squint ahead of me to figure out who’s dragging me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least you dragged yourself out of bed.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I like to hug some memories close so I can pull them out when I need them, like the blanket I used to drag around when I was a kid. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Through the mist before his eyes he was aware dimly of Frodo’s face, and stubbornly he fought to master himself and to drag himself out of the swoon that was upon him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

By using only its front teeth to chew down one tree at a time and dragging each one into the water, it eventually made a home that could dam a whole river. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They came here for refuge, to a city untouched by the fighting, and here I turn up to drag them back into the war. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Behind us, the sounds of dragging footsteps and heavy breathing echoed down the corridor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She tried to stop the desk guard but was dragged back by the soldier behind her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

More like dragging a stick on the ground. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But everyone knows it was Mikey Sanders’s white pickup truck that did the dragging. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He had dragged out from the comers of his memory some more fragments of forgotten rhymes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A tall man—probably the guy who’d dragged him down there— put his big boot on Mark’s chest and pressed him back to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He could no longer use his webbed hands to propel himself forward; he worked his flippers furiously, but Ron and Fleur’s sister were like potato-filled sacks dragging him back down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Because the prince dragged me into a council meeting that lasted for three hours,” he said, a muscle in his jaw feathering. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

How many days and nights had I spent perched up there with Sam, steadfastly ignoring Vanessa’s attempts to drag us into some stupid, pointless conversation? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The quiet one hurried along behind, dragging the wagon. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the sheep were found dead in the stream passing through the pasture, and the remaining sheep were repeatedly driven out of the stream, several having to be dragged forcibly from the water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Take both boys and the queen’s men will ride after you and drag you back. The boy will still bum ... and you with him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Behind us, Laleh clung to Mom’s hand, dragging her feet so her shoes squeaked on the tile floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They’ re strong now, leaning their weight against my hand, dragging me in circles. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Powerful arms encircled me, dragging me from the dark lagoon and onto the cold porcelain floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He dragged the machine into the room and walked around it a few times, trying to figure out the best way to lift it up with his injured hand. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

All three of them stuffed their faces until they dragged their very full stomachs to the car, groaning all the way, much like Templeton the rat after his night of indulgence at the fair. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A man leaned against the bumper, taking a drag off a cigarette. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“My father stopped dragging his feet about drawing up your contract. You’re to sign it in his council chamber tomorrow.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the door, he paused, took a long drag, crinkled his eyes against the smoke. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It took six Brazen Beasts to pull them apart and drag them from the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t care what the buyers thought of her, dragging about in her bathrobe, her hair unset. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since the Prince had dragged her to her room she had spent the intervening hours thinking of ways to make Westley happy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I fell, faster and faster, dragged back through the air into my body. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But when they reached the lowest point, and their hands were busy with bow and arrow, they were vulnerable, and the bears would explode upward with raking paws to drag them down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

An octopus, when you drag one from his chamber, comes up with suckers full of tiny stones: Odysseus left the skin of his great hands torn on that rock-ledge as the wave submerged him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was ’bout this time that the door flewed open and Mr. Chase came busting in toting a broadaxe and dragging a screaming, kicking Johnny Wells behind him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then I made the pile steeper and made sure I could drag the lander up and down. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed me by the arm, dragged me into the mess tent and served up a mug of steaming tea and a plate of biscuits. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

June dragged me down the hall and Maggie pushed me out the front door. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He took one last drag of his cigarette and put it out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The beast dragged my brother into that cave! ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

That nightmare drags me in its gritty wake and leaves me broken and thrown, pieces missing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Poillon’s initiative, the patent case would drag on for another four years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Triple Crown winner was a hellion, repeatedly barging through the gate and dragging the assistant starter with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex becomes progressively lost to point where he must push canoe through reeds and drag it through mud. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assistant reached her long, bony arms inside and dragged out a limp, defeated Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When they wanted him to go from one place to another, they caught him by the wrist and led him; he went without resistance, walking always with dragging feet, head down. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Behind a silver horse the bloody corpse of a naked man bounced and dragged. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your foolishness?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Theon watched a wounded man drag himself painfully across the ground, smearing his life's blood in the dirt as he struggled to reach the well that stood at the center of the market square. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So it’s back downstairs, to the market and back again, her wide behind swinging in my face all the way up the stairs with me dragging a heavy cart step by step. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She gives me a look filled with loathing, like I’m the biggest drag possible on her life. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And if possible, were going to beat him up, bind him in. chains, and drag him to Mount Olympus.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Musa threw him a groundnut shell; Kanei moved his foot to kick it, but then realized that it would hurt and abruptly swung his foot back, dragging it against a stone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I dragged my cot over to Emilia’s and settled in next to her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Don’t she see dragging it out only makes it worse. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What in God’s name are you doing in that bizarre outfit? You look like Charles Laughton in drag as the Queen of the Gypsies. What are you supposed to be? I really want to know.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dragged our stuff through town looking for something called the Priest Home, where my dad had booked a room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then he dragged out a mattress and laid it over the hatch and from inside he pulled it up over the plywood and carefully lowered the door so that the mattress covered it completely. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The cold days dragged mechanically: up early and to my job, splitting wood, carrying coal, sweeping floors, then off to school and boredom. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had brought him back from the dark; it had been the tether he gripped and used to drag himself back to some semblance of sanity. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Nobody knows that about me, they just think I got rheumatism. But it was that chain and after nineteen years I haven't been able to stop dragging my leg." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butler unzipped the black tarpaulin, dragging it back across the cargo. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“If the passageways are that confined and narrow, how did the cabin boy ever drag the pirate’s treasure down to the chamber in the first place?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She flattens out the creases as well as she can and drags the floor lamp closer and places the print before her son. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As the seconds dragged on, my body grew heavier and my movements turned sluggish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Strong arms caught her, half pulling, half dragging her out into cooler night air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Another set of hands grabs my hair, pulling it back, dragging me off Rarnie. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drags me out of the room and down the hall. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She bent her head to her knees; he caught hold of her arm again and dragged her to the window. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not know how you think of all those jokes,” Ranofer said as he dragged the mold forward. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Fatima and Mohammad go back to their work, and the morning drags. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The trailer, attached to the rover with a tow clamp, was dragged along. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the dolphin warriors dragged Coach Hedge up from below. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The teacher dragged them out of the room and I sat until she returned. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gilly grabbed the back of the striped pajamas with both hands and half dragged, half supported the faltering frame toward the couch. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

One had been stricken by polio, keeping up with his friends by agilely dragging forward with his hands while his ruined legs trailed behind. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

South of the Blackwater, Davos saw men dragging crude rafts toward the water while ranks and columns formed up beneath a thousand streaming banners. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had to know why it meant so much to Mo that, for its sake, he would drag her all the way here. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t even roll the log over, much less drag it to the water—which receded farther from the work site every day. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind dragging the whole way down his arms, across his open chest, over his face and into his hair. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ignatius searched his room, flinging Big Chief tablets around, mashing them underfoot, dragging them from beneath his bed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been dragged along by Pappa and Ma to some Indian acquaintances wedding in San Diego. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And he dragged one foot along the floor, so his sneaker made squeaking noises. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She was washing up when Brooke clomped downstairs and dragged her duffel bag into the living room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She drags a damp rag along the back of the kitchen countertop. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry for the Jews getting thrown out of Egypt and having to drag themselves across the desert to find a home. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large hand grabbed her upper arm and dragged her back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I drag myself over to the bed and rest my head on the pillow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Its hands dangled, the metal talons dragging mild grooves as Pet moved to get comfortable on the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

From around the far side of the Homestead, three of the bigger boys appeared, literally dragging Ben along the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The laughter echoes again as I hurriedly break off the arrowhead—I’ll be crippled for life if it’s dragged through my leg. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It followed Redemption out of the library, and Jam ran after them, dragging her heavy heart with her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Donal MacGregor took a slow drag from his pipe and let the smoke curl out of his mouth like the story itself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Mask drags me down the hallway to the front room as casually as a hunter drags his kill. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I dragged my pants out of the little hammock and got a quarter out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very early on, Nhamo dragged her off to stay with a family at the other end of the village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep drag on his cigarette, squinted his right eye as he exhaled. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet dragged against something solid as we neared the bank, and I attempted to stand, holding the little boy in my aching arms. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“They use those to drag off their victims.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Matt and Lance don’t try to drag me down. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She was ready to grab the twins and drag them back down the trail. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet dragged on the concrete as he led her to the basement. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We felt it dragging us back to earth,” she said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Back upstairs, Mom is in the living room dragging the couch away from the wall. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Stubbornly, Arya dragged all the harder, pulling the crying girl along. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And the path that I had to drag the wagon on wasn’t exactly mowed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Foreign newspapers relayed stories of “Jew hunts,” where Hitler Youth and Storm Troopers plunged into nightclubs, theaters, and cafes, dragging out every customer who looked like a Jew and beating them bloody on the sidewalk. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Henry let go of Naomi and dragged Beto out of the car and slapped him hard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to drag this guy inland, as fast and far as we can.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

On the second drag, the flavor changed subtly, turning bitter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And with that,” the girl said, “he took my brother and dragged him to his cave.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I moved toward the door, grabbing the front of her sweatshirt to all but drag her out of the RV. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Like at an all-you-can-eat buffet, or at the DMV, where her mother sometimes dragged her, and the workers looked equal parts smug and furious. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just before the sound reached her, Tally dragged herself into a full hoverskid, her momentum crushing her down into the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He dragged the steak across the floor and laid it across the inert bunny. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The president is sitting down right now with as many members of the Office of Communications as we could drag out of bed at three in the morning,” Zahra tells him, ignoring his question. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself out of bed and went to see her anyway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled me out of the seat and tightened her grip on my hand as she dragged me down the aisle, and I kept bouncing from side to side and touching some people. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I come home that night, Max has several planks of the wood in the living room, because he’s talked Helena into dragging them through the door for him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t believe a word Ignatius says,” Mrs. Reilly called after them as her son dragged Mr. Levy through the door into the musty chamber. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now he was going to cut her loose before he dragged her down. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the back gardens the gophers push up the morning mounds of fresh damp earth and they creep out and drag flowers into their holes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking backwards and dragging the bottle behind me, I managed to reach the edge of the mattress. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He drags me along to a table with a lot of others. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drags that dead leg around like a useless burden. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His finger dragged across the touchpad, bringing to life a video that took over his whole screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She is then so sick and weak that she has to drag her body to the supervisor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stabbed a chunk of French toast with my fork and dragged it through the gooey syrup. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mateo walks backward, dragging his feet, and waves bye to his sleeping father. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Thumps came from behind the police car, where Collins had dragged Doc after he brought him to the ground. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We needed desperately to change—the extra underwear and dresses were dragging us down—but there was no chance whatsoever for that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuesday morning's newspaper articles contained reports of angry cries to drag Guiteau from his cell and hang him on the spot. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Because of her tender age, her captors did not immediately force their urges upon her, but eventually some of the more seasoned mates dragged her from the hold six weeks into the passage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It would have been easy to roll over the side, fully clothed, and let the weight of denim and cotton drag me to the bottom while my last breaths escaped my lungs. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

With his big briefcase practically dragging on the floor, Quentin couldn’t get anywhere too fast, but he caught me while I waited for the other students to file inside the door to history class. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom spent the week dragging me around the city to explore. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The men burst in and dragged them out to a cook fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged my desk chair to the window. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We need to be self-sufficient,” I imagined Dad would say as he dragged the panels across his titanic house. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I...guess,” Natalie said, as if the words were being dragged out of her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My skirts are gathered between my legs and tied like pantaloons so they do not drag in the dirt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Another wave surged over them, but he was braced this time, and when it passed, he clawed his way out with Nita dragging him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked and dragged wood around until the wall was once more in place—crudely, but he could improve it later. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And judging by the way he was skinning and grinning and frolicking ’round this one colored girl, he wasn’t holting on for the ride, he was getting dragged foots-first by anything the girl done. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The horse dragged an empty stone-boat behind it, a low sled that it pulled across the soft earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I’m trying not to think about that news report, Megan’s body being dragged out of the mud. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silent moment dragged on, and then Esme’s phone vibrated in her hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He dragged Mulch across a grassy verge to a cluster of cherry trees. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I was being dragged through an alley by Derrick. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

So here I am dragging Calvin at the end of a Sonotube form. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I kicked my feet, trying to drag us up and away from the presence lurking below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The last glimpse I had of her was her hand dragging the curtain back around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She only moved forward, walking past Ben and out into the night, dragging the cushions behind her into the path. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then, with a tense expression, she dragged deeply on her cigarette and, exhaling the smoke through her nostrils, said—or, rather, erupted—“Oh, I wish I knew what I’m supposed to do with that child!” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He hauled Ben out of the chair and dragged the chair around facing the stove and opened the door to the firebox and shoved Ben into the chair. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

To admit what I’d dragged Beau into just because I didn’t want to be alone and I knew he’d follow me anywhere. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“But what if Nsukka is not recovered? What if this war drags on and on?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I made it through three entire drags before I felt nauseous and dizzy and only semipleasantly buzzed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Oh, no—I was on the edge of panic when a familiar voice sounded inside my skull: If the front gets through, the rest will drag. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When she tried to shoo it into the air, it only hopped a few steps, dragged a hurt wing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I slowed still more, my shadow pacing me, dragging its head through the weeds that hid the fence. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the cat drag a large gray bird almost up to the nose of the unconscious dog, then slowly and deliberately begin to tear at the bird’s flesh. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if she were dragged away at this moment and put in chains, she would still have these miles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We started off, with Little Arliss crowing at what a fine ride he was getting on the dragging hide. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later when the boy was asleep he went to the house and dragged some of the furniture out onto the lawn. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She dragged him to the bank and rolled him on his stomach and mashed on his back. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She held the gun on Noa and backed away down the hall, dragging her suitcase as she aimed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Fifteen men in harness dragged one boat at a time across the wet snow and over the ice, stopping every quarter mile to rest, before going back to haul the second boat forward. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Frank gave Leo a confused smile—like he couldn’t decide whether to gloat or to thank Leo for being a doofus—but he cheerfully let Hazel drag him along. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was Wishbone, wagging his tail as he trotted toward us, dragging his leash on the ground behind him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Norman Bates went to the back, grabbed him, dragged him to the front, and literally chucked him off the bus. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ayesha takes my hand and pulls me out of the crowd; she drags me against the stream of people heading toward the main exit, and we reach a side door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He clapt his hand on my mouth and his arm ’round my waist and dragged me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then they stepped to either side of the dude on the floor, yanked him to his feet and dragged him into the back, where all the other people who got busted were laid up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I almost had to drag him out of the cab and into the store. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“After stealing his magic books! Or perhaps you may drag your dagger across his throat.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Dazed and unable to rise, the man was dragged away by the kapo, who continued to beat him. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once you do drag his mind off bacteria and injuries, he’s okay. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You talk like that," Josh said, dragging himself off the couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a fistful of my hair, again near the scalp, for leverage, and yanked me upright, then dragged me toward the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"But let's get one thing straight. You're going back to school if I have to hitch a rope to the bumper and drag you there, is that clear?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “I’m okay,” and we crowded onto the ride, shoving past some preppy parents who dragged their whining, disinterested brats alongside them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He puts an arm around my shoulders and pretty much drags me forward up the path. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But we knew from that experience not to go dragging the carcass into the Hob. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’d lie there a few minutes, enjoying, in a way, the strangeness of my situation; then I’d groan and drag myself up to get Ob and May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He woke to the Sergeant, bowlegged Corse: the man dragged drearily by on a spattered horse, raised disgusted eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sneaker dragged across the sidewalk, leaving a streak of dirt. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Shawn grasped a fistful of my hair—using the same method as before, catching the clump near my scalp so he could maneuver me—and dragged me into the hallway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The trailer doesn't do anything but get dragged along and fed air. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she coerced Papa into dragging the tree to her sisters and brother. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Only he doesn’t throw me out, he keeps dragging me, spitting and cursing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fifteen kids are on the real team, and fifteen kids are dog meat. I was dog meat last year, and it was a drag. I don’t want to do that again.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if I were standing on the sidewalk on the main drag of my existence, looking through the glass at all of life’s goodies, but could not find an open door. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice helped, in an apron of Grandma’s that dragged the ground. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But a second later, he was up again, streaking through the tall corn, dragging a broken wing. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I’d taken more than three or four drags, I felt, without actually glancing up and over, that M. Yoshoto was looking at me. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I drag him down the hallway, not the way I came, but another way, toward an emergency exit. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But he said nothing, and after the disputants had been half carried, half dragged, from the lunchroom he returned immediately to the math problem we had been discussing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stood still as I watched him take a long drag, drop it, and rub it out with his black boot. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled and ran behind the sun, not following but dragged with it across arroyos, over mesas and hills. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They was dragging Pete in the direction of the post office. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar frightened the horses to such an extent that some galloped off in panic, dragging the ploughs in different directions, and others collapsed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took us a while to locate the other bundle of treasure, since the storm had dragged it some distance and torn away the buoy that had marked where we’d left it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Arya grabbed his leg and tried to drag him back down, but he wrenched loose and ran forward, waving his arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But perhaps in part because inmates cannot be “broken” as quickly as they used to be, their sentences in these segregation units now drag on and on, sometimes for years. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the way down Seagull Beach, I drag those thoughts of the abandoned pup. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

These had limbs and he dragged them down to his work area at the water’s edge and fitted them together. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remained seated until I heard him begin to drag the tub across the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to drag you off,” he whispered. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He yanked her forward, almost off the ground, and the two guards dragged her across the square at an awkward, lopsided pace that made her stumble over her own feet. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The day drags on turning into evening and there's no break in the weather. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was panting, dragging Morosina by her pigtails like a dog on a leash. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The essentials were now being dragged laboriously over the ice by Endurance's crew. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

There was a box fan tucked into the corner, so I dragged it away from the wall and turned it on. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Scrambling forward, I wove and dodged through the crowd, tables and stalls, just in time to see the soldiers—with Aycliffe—drag Bear through the open doors of a large building. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In a vague fashion she moved toward the door to the hall; her steps dragged and she seemed depleted, her store of energy fading almost out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Right then, he’d swing around and head for the cabin, dragging down corn with the plow and paying no mind whatever to my hauling back on the reins and hollering “Whoa!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Use your sneakers to slow down, then stop. Just drag.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We gotta help out Ignatius before they come drag him off.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe some big ladies will come along and drag me inside kicking and screaming too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I need a dress, and I know I’m dragging here. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Harry was several streets away before he collapsed onto a low wall in Magnolia Crescent, panting from the effort of dragging his trunk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nina dared one more glance over her shoulder, watching the guards drag Inej away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I give up and drag myself back to my ICU. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s dragging her down the hall with his hand covering her big mouth. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and pushed forward, trying as hard as I could to drag my left leg up and out of the mud. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You good people,” Mike says, and then he takes a drag off his joint. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged Lady Seymour north, then east, away from the course of the wind, which blew like a bellows and fanned the flames. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night I thought I heard his feet dragging around the house, scraping gravel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself out to moonlight and found a nightmare vision of dark red, boiling ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after Reginald left, I dragged out the wildest zoot suit in New York. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged Curzon across the street and down the last two blocks to the wharf. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appears that Indonesia is very slowly drowning, and dragging Australia down with it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Celia half drags her son to her bed, the bed in which he was conceived, and for three days he sleeps wrapped in blankets and his father’s frayed pajamas. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards grab her arms, hoist her up, and drag her limp body out of the auditorium. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They marked the days as they dragged by. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Phenotype, in short, drags genotypes behind it, like a cart pulling a horse. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He carried Inigo inside, placed him upstairs on Falkbridge’s feather bed, then hurried away to the entrance of the Thieves Quarter, dragging the wagon behind him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She could even drag it behind her, bumping it against the ground and raising a tiny cloud of dust with each step. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo was dragged across the deck, half-conscious and groaning, and dumped on a pile of ropes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I watched as Vivian took a long drag on her cigarette, pursed her lips as if blowing kisses, and blew out the smoke. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had been annoyed when the red cloaks had dragged a half dozen of the scabrous prophets down to the dungeons without consulting him, but they were not important enough to battle over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When me and Ma is working the fields and the time’s dragging, I learnt to make myself think on things so’s I won’t go dim-witted. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Your friend always, Rahim I dragged the hospital gown sleeve across my eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before we left our apartment, my mother had me help her drag out the pieces of our furniture we hadn't used as fuel to the balcony and push them over the railing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Two older children discovered Mudgett’s fear and one day captured him and dragged him “struggling and shrieking” into the doctor’s office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The prison is only lit with a swinging lightbulb as our characters drag their feet into the darkness. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He took the bag and dragged it down the sand dune through the fog. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She slouched through our front door, dragging her sloppy trash bags behind her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Agnes jerked the cafeteria bench closer to the table and started to roll up her dragging shirtsleeves. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I dragged out my response with a raspy voice. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The hanging plastic drapes swayed and dragged against the dirty floor, sending up gravelly whispers. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the darkness a fist thudded; a body hit the deck; a slurring scrape said someone was dragging the sleeping Corey forward. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” said Sam, when he caught sight of the strange beast, its many legs dragging in the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they’d try to drag her into a field or behind a house. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The two prisoners holding Jack dragged him into the main part of the camp, far from Moniek. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you know about the tree,” I tried to let my face fall guiltily, but it felt instead as though it were being dragged downward. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to scream at her, to grab her and drag her down. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning on my cane, dragging my feet along, I followed her with great difficulty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The butler robot dragged him inside and dropped him at Mother’s feet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Someone yanked Harry up by the hair, dragged him a short way, pushed him down into a sitting position, then started binding him back-to-back with other people. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself to the kitchen and flipped on the light. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He could fix pretty much any sort of car that sputtered or was dragged by a mule up to his garage door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Are you waiting for someone, my dear?" asked a pleasant-featured young woman, as the afternoon dragged on. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I remembered how that little boy scratched and kicked me, and that we ended up so far downriver before I could finally drag myself toward the shore. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The thought of Peacekeepers dragging Gale away starts the tune playing in my head again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And he left the man and dragged the tablecloth back to his nest and considered it. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m nearing the young man, reaching down to help him, when he drags himself up to his knees and trains his gun on my head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He lit his cigarette and took only one drag before he ground it out. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Beryl was there to catch the dragging weight of the pilot’s senseless body. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And then it’s Abby’s turn, and she emerges from the wings, dragging a skinny black music stand to the edge of the stage. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

By the time he had grasped it, two more grindylows had risen out of the weed, had seized handfuls of Harry’s robes, and were attempting to drag him down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I drag myself over to the window and push aside the curtains. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you thinking? That the sheriff dragged them out to the edge?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She considered dragging the log to the water in its present state. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he’d seen the Taliban drag his parents out into the street. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the side of the court and dragged a lawn chair over to the foul line. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My legs and arms feel like they’ve lost their bones as I drag myself outside the house. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Even I, with my snooty attitude and my ladder out, I was dragged into events. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen the kicking feet and the two in black who now seize hold of them and drag downward with all their weight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real drag about being stuck on the water is the monotony. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and took a long drag before saying, “What the hell happened to your face?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rimas slung the canvas over her shoulder and we dragged along, our hands cramped, still locked on to the shovel blades we had gripped for nearly twelve hours. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She awoke with a start and then decided to drag herself off to bed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged Will to the corner where our Regiment had resided an hour before. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When Osh stirred the porridge, the spoon made a sound like a boat being dragged across the beach. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Most people find it disconcerting being woken in the middle of the night and dragged off for questioning, but I simply could not take it seriously. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In the bedroom, I drag a comb through my hair and pull on a plaid dress that Mama loves but I hate. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was, in fact, two weeks since they had dragged their last haul to Carney’s. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the weight of it like a millstone around her neck, dragging her down. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They dragged him across the floor; he fought them, squirmed, yelled to be left alone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But they were all so eager to try it that soon its rigging was broken and its pennant dragging. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He woke coughing and rose and took a drink of water and dragged more wood onto the fire, whole logs of it that sent up a great cascade of sparks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tata and I helped her drag the stuff out to the sidewalk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can stop double-checking,” Connor said, “because the only way I’d go into a crowd like that would be if someone, like, tied me up and dragged me there.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s still odd to drag open the front door with an empty game bag, with nothing to trade, and instead feel the heavy pocket of coins against my hip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Full of fear, he paddled and struggled, got his head up and took a breath, scrabbled his claws against rough bricks underwater and lost them again as he was dragged on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far to his right, Werner can see a woman in blue taffeta drag a great overstuffed suitcase over a curbstone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The guerrillas tied a rope around his neck, bound his hands, and dragged him with them as they ran into the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nothing would induce her to drag that festering memory into this beautiful mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He stepped closer to the trunk, dragging me with him, and peered into the branches. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It dragged at the chain and clutched the Ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His body jerked around like a rag puppet being dragged by a dog. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Crepuscule’s crew protesting the proximity of the sick, we have dragged the pallets of the afflicted fore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He moved in slow motion, dragging himself up to the pencil sharpener and carefully slipping in his pencil and then grinding away forever. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of my periods drag painfully long. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I had to drag them off the mat by their legs and slap them until they woke up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He lets me drag him into the hallway and up the stairs before Cathy unlocks the door. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The days dragged slowly on, growing shorter as autumn set in. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

On dragging feet he padded into the storeroom, felt his way to the big water jar and drank thirstily. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And as she listened it seemed as if she heard something else coming, shuffling and dragging itself slowly along the faded carpet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Malcolm dragged La Belle Sauvage out of the water and under the lean-to at the side of the inn and hurried inside, his arms aching, and raced up to his bedroom. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She gathers her things and drags her desk back to its place, grumbling about how I’m a pain. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Being in that store with all those shoppers laughing at me dragged me back into the gym showers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I drag the paper towel down my face. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t tell them I helped you when you get dragged back here.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mother was going to drag me out of Africa if it was her last living act, and it very nearly was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drag him offstage, and once we’re behind the curtain, I look him in the eyes and he smiles like he knows what’s about to go down. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Some went submissively; others with shrieks and -protests as they were dragged away. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was dragged to the side of the road, hoisted like a sack of grain over a low hedge, and flung on my back in the grass. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He drags me off the bed, which makes Robin bark. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I dragged Brooke outside, Gay—who had been waiting for more than a half hour—was seething. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We worked all day long each day, with Mama and Lisbeth dragging up the wood and me feeding the stinking fire. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself over the edge onto the tin roof of the container. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I saw her look at the brazier, then at me: she gasped, and without uttering another word, rushed over and grabbed and dragged me outside where a heavy downpour was falling from a blackened sky. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, they took over the girls’ bathroom, where they dragged on cigarettes as they did their hair until the air was unbreathable, thick with smoke and hair spray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that the sounds might attract predators, and so she dragged unburned chunks of wood together and rekindled them with the still-hot coals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks if we drag them out to the porch and pour boiling water over them it will kill the bugs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t mean it,” said Emilia, who was dragging Maria along behind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can let go of my arm now,” I finally said after he’d dragged me around a corner. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the dog has forgotten, it starts dragging its master along again, and again gets beaten and sworn at. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I flew to Detroit, arrived late in the afternoon, dragged myself home and went to sleep. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Either way, my daughter dragged a fifth of the town’s Homecoming Court to a gay bar and got them all arrested.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Outside, you don’t hear a single bird, and a deathly, oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me as if it were going to drag me into the deepest regions of the underworld. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I hung back, but Cressie took my hands and dragged me over to Mary, slapped them down in the muck of sun-warmed honey, right on top of Our Lady’s red heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His legs drag behind him, his heels scraping the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Quickly she dragged the dead man from the pathway into the shelter of the brush. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged the cart into the hallway, relieved no one had noticed, and found Julie standing by the service elevator, keeping the door open. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Drum, who had now seen both parents eat this new food, dragged what was left under the overhang. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Pearl and Moody, looking on in bemusement, didn’t even glance at the screen, and Lexie had interrupted before Trip was halfway through his case for the drag queen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dwight had his hands around my neck, he was already squeezing, by the time a few concerned customers finally came rushing out of the pharmacy and dragged him off me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He now had a plantation; inside of two years he had dragged house and gardens out of virgin swamp, and plowed and planted his land with seed cotton which General Compson loaned him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself off the bed and plopped down in front of the wallscreen, pulling her hair back from her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“If you had not dragged the name of the Communist Party into this murder, I’d not be here,” Max said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were deep furrows dug in the earth where the lizard had rolled or dragged its heavy body across the turf. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Harrison and Ikejide came in and began to drag the two packed suitcases out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I scream as the Director’s men drag me away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But it was better not to drag Belle into all that. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

If her mom were down here, she would drag her away by the ears. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t trust you. I have this gut feeling you guys have been trying to drag my name through the dirt over in Cal-i-for-nia.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The dead man was dragged out by the feet, leaving a long scrape in the sand. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He held onto her hands as though he were in the middle of the sea and her hands were the lifeline that would drag him in to shore. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Man, they can hardly get him loose, the way he's stuck deep in that mud, and before they drag him to shore they're all covered with slime and mud. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she slid her fingers back and forth across the rough grain of the table’s underside, letting her skin drag over the unfinished wood, working out a kind of counterpoint to Henry’s rambling. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was being pulled along by two policemen, each tugging at one of her arms as she dragged her feet. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Klava’s boots were dragged off in the air by the force of her fall. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In the room he could hear the woman dragging herself about and the cry of the child was incessant and piercing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I know if I can’t get free I will be dragged into the narrow space between the copper planks, and crushed—digested by the pitch. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

By three o’clock the beach was in sight, and with a last effort they dragged themselves through the breakers and hauled the boats out of reach of the waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Your new worker dragged out three file storage boxes. I found all sorts of information on your birth family, foster homes, schools. . . .” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Zooey gave a great guffaw, then took a drag on his cigarette. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Other workers dragged his mother to a shaded rest area, where she regained consciousness. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt finally get up from that wall vent, drag herself on in the kitchen, flapping a Chow-Chow Chinese Restaurant fan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As I wrestled for control of the rope, a second pair of hands dug into my shoulders, trying to drag me back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then Pima was dragging him up into the trees, scrambling through the whipping branches and the roar of the storm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Along with my split-body drag I lost my ability to read in the old way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friends drag me along to our table, but I keep glancing over at Esther. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you intend to drag me across all of Chicago in search of some disgraced rabbi?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth grabbed his collar at the same time Franz grabbed the biscuit, and she used all her strength to drag him toward the bathroom and into the tub. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Finally she dragged him into the tent, their disappearance encouraged by a cheer from the entire troupe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a crate and dragged it below the hole. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Mwanza shouted again and clapped her hands, bringing a reluctant son out of the house, dragging the flat, pinkish soles of his feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Killdeer, dragging false broken wings, ran screeching ahead of him on the shaved ground. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having got there, he collected two successive loads of stone and dragged them down to the windmill before retiring for the night. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The sound of the approaching grain teams was louder, thud of big hooves on hard ground, drag of brakes and the jingle of trace chains. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm’s wake dragged it along with us in clumps. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he speaks, two Exclusion Guards yank the woman from her seat and drag her to the aisle. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I drag a french fry through some ketchup. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them came the other captives, dragged along like them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Francie took his hand and with slow dragging steps the children walked around the corner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan Harrington, wounded in the skirmish, had been able to drag himself thus far to his own house and die upon that threshold. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses to take a final drag off her cigarette. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hanako concentrated on looking like a normal person, just out for a stroll while dragging a big bag. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His feet heavy, Chaol followed after the prince, hoping Dorian wasn’t about to drag them all into serious trouble. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He dragged up the specially reinforced chair that was his, and folded gently into it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The rusty hinges cried as we dragged the doors open wide enough to slip through. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He abandoned the manufacture of little fishes, ate with great difficulty, and wandered all through the house as if walking in his sleep, dragging his blanket and chewing on his quiet rage. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Zooey reached for his cigarette again, dragged on it, and then said, “There’s another, similar line in Timothy—‘I will therefore that men pray everywhere.’ Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself away, limping as fast as she could, and the terrible fury of the man came after her, thrashing and beating with his stick, and the frenzied laughter-like agony filled the air again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Some old farmer dragged me and Philbert out of his yard by the elbows, so screaming mad we thought he was going to kill us dead. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it would have been disrespectful to complain, or to let the ribbon with Don Berto’s name drag on the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In fifteen minutes flat, all that will be left of a zebra is the skull, which may yet be dragged away and gnawed down at leisure by young ones in the lair. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged the sparrow stumbling and tripping to the crack of light. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I cringed against his arm and dragged my feet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“She always drags me past the bars around here and makes us wait nearby while she listens to whatever anthems they’re playing inside. I don’t know. Must be a girl thing.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He dragged himself along the ivory floor, blood pumping from his wound with each fierce beat of his angry heart. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles yawned as he dragged his tall self across the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

What I’m after is out of reach, so I drag over a sawhorse and climb up on it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They say his dad stood up, grabbed Rahim by the hair, and dragged him across a lawn to the first tree on the forest’s edge. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Hazel dragged Percy out of the road as a demigod rode past on a full-grown pachyderm covered in black Kevlar armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A whistle started blowing, and soon I felt the coach’s big hands yanking me off him and dragging me away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was only immortal in the territory where he was reborn—Alaska. But not in Canada. I wish I could kill all the giants by dragging them across the border from Alaska into Canada, but...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They got themselves in a mess, trying to lift it Then Gawaine suggested that it had better be dragged with rope. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad sighed and dragged his hand through his hair. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I drag my hands away from his butt and up to his shoulders to slow us down. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ned was often dragged along for company, whether he willed it or not. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I feed my rage with bloody images of Pol Pot’s slain body being dragged in the dirt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like my mind was dragging my heart along, and it and the rest of my body didn’t want to come. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m tempted to drag my feet, but then I’ll just run into someone in the hall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The days dragged on, and they grew heavy with waiting. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

This time Kit succeeded in half dragging the sobbing woman through the underbrush. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I ask finally, unable to drag my eyes away from the paper. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Ay,” he says, dragging an extra chair over to the desk and passing out beers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I dragged my feet along the gravel of our driveway. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Right now the shadows of clouds are dragging across it, and patches of sunlight are touch ing down everywhere. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to walk again: I dragged my exhausted limbs slowly towards it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Others yell down the block at the men dragging me away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s scared, real scared,” said Trapper from the sidelines as he watched Boobie drag his leg a little bit and get up slowly from a pile of tacklers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his mind Kepler stretched an ellipse out more and more, dragging one focus farther and farther away. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

How could I think that, knowing other families of rootworkers had been dragged out of their homes, beaten, and jailed? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I have no intention of dragging her into anything. I just want to make it plain to her that none of us have seen Bunny for three days.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Four cables, attached to tracks on the buildings, break through the stones, dragging up the net that encases Mitchell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Chuck had to drag Thomas out of his sleeping bag in the morning, drag him to the showers, and drag him to the dressing rooms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Tsukiko takes a long drag from her cigarette before she continues. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“My mother’s dragging me out for school supplies.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Worry and regret are both useless weights that provide no drag. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She felt a faint wave of nausea, and looked up immediately and dragged on her cigarette. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Most were destroyed with arrows, but one got hold of an Apollo camper and dragged him away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I trip over my dress skirts as he drags me forward. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Strong arms close around my chest, dragging me back, away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They stripped off their shirts, dragged them through the Hudson’s foul water, and put them back on, but that only seemed to make the humidity more unbearable. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Now he dragged Chuck Day, Stub McMillin, Don Hume, and Shorty Hunt into his office, slammed the door shut, and gave them hell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I drag my feet getting to Instrumental, but I grow an inch just walking into the room. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She dragged a large green log over the flames. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what they were saying, but I was pretty sure Miles was dragging the game out on purpose. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We followed him, quietly dragging our bodies on rotten leaves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Carabinieri had dragged him to the police station like a common criminal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the raft next to the boat, the dragging effect was gone, and there was nothing to steer the boat head into the wind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was awful as he dragged the vibrating needle over my skin, but I knew better than to cry out or beg him to stop. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She'd take a long drag, lifting her chin and closing her eyes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Soon I'm dragging a few plastic sacks down Peach Street. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then, one-handed, I must drag him away from the house. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Several steps from the landing, the whip caught me around the ankle and dragged me off balance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself in and helped her use the chamber pot. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My eyes keep going back and forth between Edie—dragging her fork through her food, her eyes glued to the table—and Ruby, who is talking to one of the Graces. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After awhile, the others dragged mattresses and blankets into the room and made a nest around me, and we packed together for warmth against the encroaching chill. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Ear and Eye tore the door open and dragged Arm inside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harlem said that no one dragged the white women in there. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Attendant’s charge has passed out, and the woman’s serving girl is trying to alternately drag her or revive her with smelling salts while the Attendant provides a distraction. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She fell stunned, and the President broke free and hauled himself bleeding into the cage, dragging the door shut after him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He’s wanted to go to college since kindergarten, when he used to drag around his plastic doctor kit. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She sparked her lighter instead, taking a long drag and speaking through the exhale. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His first words, painful and dragged out, were, “Phill-eep . . . you ... all right ... be true?” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands and ankles were cuffed, his feet dragged along in a defeated shuffle, and his ocean-blue eyes, sadder than ever, focused only on the ground before him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, mistress,” the girl said, and with no apparent sense of urgency she ambled away down the tunnel, dragging her hands along the walls as she went. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

By this time, they'll have dragged him out of the control room for interviews about us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Muddy waves crested, dragging along branches torn from trees upstream. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Not long after that Kerwin had come creeping to the captain to complain that four of the crew had dragged him belowdecks and used him as a woman. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They saw the lion—its body the size of a cow—drag his grandmother into the thorny trees, then toss her body into the bush like a mouse. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

R.C. lit another cigarette, snapped the match at me, and took a long drag. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Toregg wrenched the knife away from his attacker, dragged both men from the press, and sent them back to the wildling camp to start again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I dragged my backpack out of the darkness, onto my lap and slowly pulled the zipper. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The kids all snickered when I dragged myself into school after everyone had come in and found their places. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a scraping sound inside, like the dragging of a chair across the floor, followed by a scuffling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I drag my eyes away from his chest and up to his face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Roughly she dragged the mouse by the lead from the chamber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He took a drag on the cigarette and passed it around. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Then, amid much shouting and splashing, he stumbled out of the water and dragged the thrashing salmon up onto the gravel bank. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I drag myself up the walkway and unlock the front door. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Two white men grasped him by the arm and dragged him down the steps to the main floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My coat is so heavy, the water clings to it, dragging me farther and farther down into the deep. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The bird flew low, so Loki’s feet were dragged over stones and gravel, over mountainside and over trees. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

They dragged parallel in the current, like as many pencils in a desk furrow. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew the trainer would drag ’em outta here soon as he saw the cottonmouths. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged a chair away from the fire and flipped it around. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

By mid-morning they had dragged the matchmaker’s servant over to our house and extracted her terrible confession. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drag Dylan into the kitchen to make sure the birthday cake is good to go. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I piled some rocks near the lander and dragged it up the pile and back down again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struggled to wrap it around Taisin’s waist, and several desperate minutes later, after they had been dragged another twenty feet downstream, she succeeded, and Con began to pull them onto the bank. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’d dragged his desk into my room, and while the choir sang I would settle into his chair and study, just as I’d seen him do on a thousand nights. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jam didn’t believe her, but the silk of Bitter’s nightgown was soft against her cheek, and Jam felt a wave of exhaustion drag over her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of perfect silence as the sweet, sticky bun hit part of my eye and most of my cheek and then dragged, slowly, down my chin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The eyes of the chinless man kept flitting toward the skull-faced man, then turning guiltily away, then being dragged back by an irresistible attraction. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Jay lifted the can of paint with both hands and dragged it to the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“At any rate we could drag and push it like that so long as it was downhill.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prudence laid down the quill with a long sigh, and plopping down on the hearth, dragged the limp drowsy cat into her arms. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I run back from the edge to a dead tree, throw myself against it and break it off and drag it back to the cliffwall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother sparrow shushed soothingly and dragged Matthias off to the safety of her nest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The gods began to drag the net upstream, toward the place where the huge silver salmon was biding its time. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She took me home with her and dragged out a CD of Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York and played me “Something in the Way.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying that I could have convinced you much sooner if only I’d dragged you out here?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas heard the creak of an old wooden door, and then Minho was dragging a cardboard box across the floor; the scrape of it sounded like a knife on bone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As she marched back up the path, dragging the squawking Loo behind her, Jinny found herself filled with a mix of feelings. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He found blankets of rich wool, damp but still warm, and dragged them out with the rest of the scavenge. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I took a drag on my cigar, squinting, and caught sight of my reflection in the glass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t care if soldiers find us in this railway car and drag us away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you want your children going to a school that’s been dragged down to accommodate Negro children?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I come to, Sheriff Snyder and Bill have me by either arm and are dragging me through the dirt of the street. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Furious, Harry threw his ingredients and his bag into his cauldron and dragged it up to the front of the dungeon to the empty table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t lift it all the way up, so we dragged it along from the marsh to Doc’s cabin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Butler rolled the unconscious troll onto an armored trolley, dragging it to the devastated doorway. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Rocky and Other-Emma bounced along behind him, half running, half dragged. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

You and the boys hurried back to the park with Kutti, but my feet dragged. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Much as I tried to drag them away, my thoughts slid to the bodies I’d seen in the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Adam went on, “I came out of the army like dragging myself muddy out of a swamp. I wandered for a long time before going home to a remembered place I did not love.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged me out of sight into an alley and dropped me like a sack of coal. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When the skiff floated empty, Edwin stepped into the water, and all three dragged the aluminum boat out of the surf, over the rocks, and well above high-tide mark. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The same school that her parents wanted to drag her to this morning. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The young Latvian woman who gave birth was screaming in my face and dragging me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Children are dragged away with promises that they may return the next evening, though the circus will not be there the next evening and later those children will feel slighted and betrayed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I read from the story of Persephone, the girl Hades dragged into the Underworld. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan dragged a sleeve across his face, wiped snot and tears. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His mother and father struggled bravely as they were dragged off. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Rain soon,” Amari commented as she clutched Tidbit’s hand, almost dragging him along. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drags me home by the ear and makes me kneel before the Pope. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knew, she was dragging me down the hallway, my feet tripping over themselves. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Two years ago, he dressed in his finest clothing and dragged us to the square early. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We saw them surrounded, and observed as they begged and importuned; we saw them towed to the island and dragged ashore, the mob awaiting them, engorged with victory, armed with brickbats and bayonets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They crept down Main Street, dragging their feet, each having one ankle completely limp and dangling behind him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He saw them cut the legs from Jory's mount and drag him to the earth, swords rising and falling as they closed in around him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The days, in spite of all that went on in Room 5, dragged, but the nights passed more quickly. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar told the children how he got the small scar over his eyebrow, dragging a finger across it: He was caught by a slave catcher in North Carolina but got free. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was so keyed to go that if a paddock official rang the saddling bell, he would lunge from his stall and drag his handlers toward the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few paces in front of me Camilla struggled on tiptoe to pull down her umbrella, which dragged her along in little skipping steps—Mary Poppins in her black funeral dress. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Chess thought time would drag until they could finally meet and pull out the computers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Puzzled and luckless, she dragged herself home clutching stalks of anything that blossomed along the edges of lots and other people’s gardens. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We ought to drag him down to the water,” he said shakily. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Eventually Poppet drags him forcibly from the room to prevent him from spending the duration of the party reading. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pepperhorn said, dragging Valley to the front of the room. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

George started to introduce Aunt Daisy, but before he could get three words out, Enzo was dragging him down the hall, elbowing his way through the crowd like a pint-sized bull. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

And if he got really angry, he might drag Mama and Doc off to jail, leaving me and Jay alone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yes, she would pay too, when her only son and support was dragged away in chains. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He dragged some towels off the rack and laid them inside it, ready for her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She's always trying to drag me to the rec room for the daily game. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin’s eyes stung from the heat, and she felt weak, exhausted—as though something wild had been dragged through her body. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I drag our rolling cart into the elevator and jam my earmuffs back on. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She had hardly turned around before Gregor had already dragged himself out from the couch, stretched out, and let his body expand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt was dragged there twice a year to undergo painful and humiliating tests. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Masvita kicked open the door at once and dragged the mat out before it could set the whole hut on fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hand grabs my arm and drags me to the side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A hand closes around my arm and drags me backward, into one of the aluminum lean-tos. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I squeezed inside and dragged the heavy lid back into place. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hastily throwing the hare on the caribou skin she was dragging for just such a purpose, she walked on. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is unfathomable to me that he was able to move, let alone drag himself a quarter mile through fields and over ditches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She remembered all too well how time had dragged without him, how she had shuffled about feeling waylaid, out of balance. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

While they were busy playing, I dragged up several large timbers and built a fire which would last for hours. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I was able to drag the burning bundle away from your barn before it went, too.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They drag me kicking and shouting back to my cell. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Quentin, I’m sorry if she tried to drag you into her little game. You can imagine how . .. just how embarrassing this is for us. You’re such a good boy, and she . . . well.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he turns and recedes down the street, dragging his fear like a cart behind him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Half way down the drive he dragged the boy into the field. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I crawled, dragged myself, weakly leapfrogged to the tree. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mother dragged me outside toward the rear of the building, out of sight of the white man. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl doesn’t listen but drags her mother toward the elevators. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their road was on a long slow rise, enough to be a drag on the legs and increase the pain in his side. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hermione seized Harry’s arm and dragged him across the hall to the door of a broom closet; she opened it, pushed him inside among the buckets and mops, then slammed the door behind them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

T. P. was falling down the hill and Quentin dragged him up the hill. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lia: Dr. Parker is dragging out my therapy so she can keep getting paid. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes if they were in a hurry, I’d be given toys to play with and dragged along. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The night dragged on, the heavy sense of anticipation like a weight on his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He directed a truck to bring a big, live trap to within about three hundred feet of the dead hound, which was then dragged across the ground and put into the trap. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer dragged all their possessions over to his father’s inert form. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Down the corridor—way down. For Pete’s sake, stop pulling before you drag my head out of its socket. I’ll give you your chance to look.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t try to kill a poor old woman whose only crime is decency. You don’t drag her off to live in a moral sewer.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were dragging big bags—Mama clutched two. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The famous one, famous only in hindsight, was the stick person dragging a square by a rope—a suitcase with wheels? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When the voice drawled TEN I was lifted up and dragged to a chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Mr. Thirsty’s across the way, a bouncer dragged a patron to a Dumpster and fed him in. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As he turned to walk away, dragging his broom behind him, he mumbled that he guessed the Epsom salts hadn’t worked after all. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, too, there was the noise of the rats going about their business, their sharp nails hitting the stones of the dungeon and their long tails dragging behind them, through the blood and muck. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Before she had a chance to absorb it all, a man dragged her to what looked like a goat pen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking what might have been measured as a halting half step and then pulling a stiff, dead leg forward, dragging a foot turned sideways in the dust, the man limped into the yard. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was awakened by the waves dragging at my feet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blanket was torn from Pollard’s back, dragged away, and shredded by eager hands before he could pull out Agnes’s promised blooms. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet dragged like a sleepwalking zombie’s across the plush carpet over to Fig’s bathroom. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She screamed at him without fear of waking Nikki as he dragged her across the parquet floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t a hope of fighting them off, and he didn’t want Maria’s last image of him to be of a terrified farm animal being dragged off to slaughter. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To save precious time, they decided that instead of dragging the heavy canoes over land, they would let them run down the river empty. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He tries to plant his hands beside him and push himself upward, but the action only drags him farther down. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be stubborn, to stay mad, but my stomach growled at the smell of tomato and melted cheese, and I dragged myself into a sitting position and reached for a slice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So it was she got through breakfast and dinner, but by supper she could only manage a few bites of stew before she dragged herself up to bed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She suddenly remembers her cigarette and takes a long drag. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He went to the trunk and eased the top down and dragged it over the rug to the middle of the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, two more corpses are dragged out of the tents. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The rat returned, dragging the key behind it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They dragged her off their screaming companion and beat at her with their spear butts and cutlass handles. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was now beginning to feel it as an actual weight dragging him earthwards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My dressing-case looked unfamiliar as I dragged it from the back of a wardrobe. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Em dragged her feet and stopped her swing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He reached into the boat and took one of the crumpled towels and dragged it through the grass to moisten it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

For an agonizing second or two, Shin had to drag the man who had inspired his desire to escape. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That day, Jeremie, I am so happy I drag cane like angel, like superman, I am fast; I am magic; I have wings to work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had grabbed Hassan by the ankles, dragged him to the murky bottom. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad,” I called out, dragging myself down the hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Big Tony dragged Duke out of the doghouse. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You look like something the cat dragged in.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged her finger down, splitting the skin on Hazel’s face. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He dragged a deep, rough breath, that rattled over his fear like the sea over pebbles, and stiffened himself. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They dragged the body onto the beach and rolled him over. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“That’s where the first cabin was, and that’s where I dragged myself to after trying to swim away from the island. The tide pushed me back to shore. I slept there in the hot ashes.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I walked aimlessly, dragging my trunk behind me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still feeling worn-out and achy, I dragged myself out of bed Friday morning. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I took his arm and tried to drag him up the drive, but he was a man in a huff with a bicycle, and he wasn’t very draggable. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Dad’s going to drag me to school, and my name will be mud for ratting them out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

By pulling hard, Jumper could move his drag along enough to graze and get to water; but any time he tried to rear up for a jump, the drag held him down. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davi sobbed loudly, begging them to let her stay with her mother, but the soldiers dragged her on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nameless guards started dragging away the body of the unfortunate guard. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The job here was to drag him about fifty feet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line made a scraping sound somewhere deep in my skull and I felt the skin dragging across the bone to cinch together. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The train leaves promptly at six, and we are dragged through the early-morning dark to meet it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I ordered Florah and George to drag Maria and follow me to the communal tap. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of passing cars are like the tines of forks dragged along his nerves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Alfred dragged himself into an alley, and crawled painfully behind a garbage can. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its leering, gaping mouth taunted him, and the cauldron dragged at his strength as he heaved and struggled along the ascending trail. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden, terror-stricken thought he might that second drag me out to his truck and hightail it straight back to the peach farm, where I would never be heard from again. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought Newton was dragging your dead body off to bury it in the woods.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He makes a production of getting out of his seat, then drags his feet up the aisle like a condemned man approaching a noose. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He managed to drag it back to its hiding place, grimacing in pain the whole time. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself from beneath his heavy body and tried to stand up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a thread tugging me again, but this time I know that it isn’t some sinister force dragging me toward death. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The twins came, dragging a great log and grinning in their triumph. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They crowded after as the man in the yellow suit dragged Winnie through the kitchen to the door. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slight limp causes Ashoke’s right foot to drag almost imperceptibly with each step. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s suspended between them, his legs dragging behind. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As the hours dragged by, we became colder and colder. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Catching Jonathan’s foot, he dragged him back and whipped him upright. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The draper sat upon the cobbles of the street, his hair lank, and a daughter of perhaps my age wandered about through the wreckage, picking up silks and attempting to drag them back inside. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She took a long drag of air, turned it into a big windy sigh. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That’s been on the TV too: raids at night, secret hoards of Jewish things dragged out from under beds, torahs, talliths, Magen Davids. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arnold had made the hippie tea that was sweet without sugar and I sipped it while we dragged out the notebooks. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Grabbing her by the arm, he dragged her back to the park and cuffed her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid dragged Dallas in through the back door. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jack dragged his sled around the corner and down the ten long blocks to the good park. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“How did you ever get them to follow you inside the house? A week ago they had to be dragged into the barn with a rope!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

There could be no upside for the Rad Lab if it got dragged into the controversy over Oppenheimer’s past and behavior. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Aunt Chipo switched her across the legs with a stick before dragging her back to the village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she lit a cigarette and sucked on it so hard for so long that I thought the entire thing might burn off in one drag. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She dragged one hand free and wiped them away, drawing a ragged breath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the back of his chair and dragged it out from under the table, like he’d been told a thousand times not to, but never remembered. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

As we walk back to our seats, Luke begins dragging himself across the screen with complete, desolate desperation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As one of the protesters was being dragged out of the room, her bag caught on the arm of a chair. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Didn’t sleep much last night How you doing there, Albert, he say, dragging up a chair. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desmond and Fat Tom had dragged the man to the stump. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Cressen had thought him another corpse, but when Jommy grabbed his ankles to drag him off to the burial wagon, die boy coughed water and sat up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She would drag him back with her bare hands if she had to. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m wishing I would’ve dragged some of those survival crackers down here with me.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged on it and said, “He wanted to come over here for a drink.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Michael. That’s a drag,” I say, but he doesn’t seem satisfied. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He dragged blankets off Ron’s bunk and threw them over Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A man leaned against the bumper, taking a drag off a cigarette. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

One is being practically dragged out by a second, and the third wanders in loopy circles, as if deranged. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I dragged the hose out and washed the roof, the trunk, the hood. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Tristan Strong. Hmph. Well, Tristan Strong, what are you doing flopping about in the Burning Sea? You could’ve dragged us all down into a right nasty time trying to rescue you.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, he crawls back under the fence, dragging his loot and grinning. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Yakov’s father dragged me to the front of the chamber, I searched for an exit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Blue Monkey strode along with its leash dragging in the dust. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"If the unicorn will let you. Otherwise you'll just faint or something, and drag me onto the ground with you. And we need to go somewhere so that you can get food." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’m dragged roughly out from my hiding place. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We heard grunting, and slow feet dragging, until finally Needles stepped out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn finished dragging the rock to the middle of the stage, and for an awkward moment she just stared into the crowd, as if someone had told her to pause for dramatic effect. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

So I drag myself out of bed, throw on some clothes, and present myself in the kitchen. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

That thirty minutes turned into an hour, and that hour then dragged into two. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I opened the front door and dragged the two of us out to the street. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver hushed her, then grabbed the records from Laney’s arms and dragged her upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z