He smiled, a facial expression I didn’t know he had. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My head is still on his shoulder, so I can’t see his expression either. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was staring at Fern with a worried expression on her face. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I smooth my expression and turn my attention back to the introductions. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sticky managed a grimace that resembled a smile, though it also resembled the expression you might wear in a sandstorm. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frank’s determined expression said he never wanted that to happen again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

To live between the prospects of an unknown eternal sky and a dark, enveloping Earth must have been glorious—for how else could it have given rise to such magnificent expression? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Capricorn looked at the fairy with an expression of distaste. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We normally think of the expressions on our face as the reflection of an inner state. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led the way into the line, still not speaking, though his eyes returned to my face every few seconds, their expression speculative. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When we pulled into our backyard, Grandmother India was waiting for us with an anxious expression. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was texting vigorously with a faraway expression on his face. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He's standing with his arms folded, and the expression on his face—well, he really does look like a pint-sized Darth Vader. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

On top of his computer is something from George Bernard Shaw: Dance is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

His expression tells me he’s not going to change his mind, so I set my face to show him I’m not budging either. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was flattered, it was true, yet his expression clearly showed that he agreed with Reynie, that he rather thought someone should have given him such a present before now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A playful expression came on their mother's face. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A mixture of fear and guilt gripped Harry at the sight of their expressions; if any of the others had died, it was his fault, all his fault. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And when Bobo realized he wasn’t going to get any more peanuts, you should have seen the expression on his face! The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

By her expression, I know she doesn’t want to tell me the truth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The queen’s face moves through a series of expressions, settling on a terse frown, as if she’s found something unsightly on the bottom of one of her kitten heels. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And he stared hard at Shasta again with that curious expression, almost a hungry expression, in his steady, grey eyes. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

But he regained his composure and conjured an expression of honest outrage. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring into my eyes and had a very contented, almost half-smiling expression. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at my hands in my lap, too ashamed to look up at my dad, too embarrassed to see what expression he might have on his face. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The ugliness of me had to be given expression. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He can't let it all show up on his face so that they don't misinterpret his expressions. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Something brittle and false seeped into her expression. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I would listen to the words and watch the facial expressions and reactions to figure out what things meant. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Henry’s friendly expression shuttered, his eyes going hooded. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I study her expression and decide it's a combination of fear and shame. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I look up at him, hoping I can school my expression to be as blank and pleasant and dreamy as that of the mortals in the kitchens. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dad derived considerable pleasure from reading these interviews aloud at the supper table, with exaggerated gestures and facial expressions that were supposed to be Mother’s. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression of the Count’s face was so hellish, that for a moment I feared for Harker, though I saw him throw the terrible knife aloft again for another stroke. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Now on eye level with me, his expression grew concerned behind his matte-black eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I wish I had a camera of my own, to get your expression.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

His face was grimy and his beard , tangled, but his expression seemed kindly. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes my mom would look at me and start to cry, and I wondered if it was because I had unknowingly done something—made a gesture or a facial expression—to remind her of Deborah. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was wisdom and sweetness in her expression. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to look at me with a wistful expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rishi couldn’t help but see the slight admiration in her expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was talking in rather a superior tone with his eyes half shut; that was why he didn't see the changed expression in the faces of Hwin and Aravis. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She knew from Lane’s expression that she had asked the wrong question. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The baby turns his head with an expression of extreme consternation and yawns. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The question stuns me, as does the expression he wears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I went on watching Miss Lucy through all this and I could see, just for a second, a ghostly expression come over her face as she watched the class in front of her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter looked at him with an expression of mild and virtuous concern. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas shook his head, trying to squash the terror Minho’s expression had given him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The man winced, but just as quickly a pleased expression crossed his face. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Today, the expressions “Fertile Crescent” and “world leader in food production” are absurd. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of the lion was deep, animal, terrifying, and Tristran was close enough to see the beseeching expression in the unicorn's black eyes.... Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Constantin was much too short, but in his own way he was handsome, with light brown hair and dark blue eyes and a lively, challenging expression. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face was impossible to read. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

James and Victoria exchanged a surprised look at the mention of the word “home,” but Laurent controlled his expression better. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The annoyed expression on her face matched the one on Mother’s, letting me know that maybe I should have prepared a speech. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t read the expression on his face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For the student, music not only strengthens emotional and cognitive development, but also allows a new outlet of expression, and a new means of learning through listening and making sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They reached through the nostrils of the pink plaster gnomes and blossomed in their hollow heads, giving them an expression half surprised, half sneeze-coming. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced up, apprehensive, and saw that his expression was pained. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The idea of a peaceful, democratic revolution with complete freedom of expression was a contradiction in terms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look at me like that,” Mama says, that familiar sadness creeping into her expression. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If, for Italians, the supreme expression of their love of music was the emotionally charged operatic aria, for Russians it was dance. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

His expression was dark and very stem, square and forbidding. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He paced the room with a stern expression. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Justice Strauss had on a dreamy expression, as if she were about to be crowned queen, instead of just having some powders and creams smeared on her face. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He could imagine the expressions on the faces of the law officers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Sunjin’s house was busy, North Korean soldiers coming in and out, Sunjin’s mom serving them, but with a strained expression on her face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Ah, good evening Harry,” said Dumbledore, looking up at him through his half-moon glasses with a most satisfied expression. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She knew it wouldn’t take much bitterness to sour her expression and make her look exactly like Queen Marie. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His expression changed and he looked like he drifted away a little, lost in the memory. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her white arms gleamed in the firelight; her eyes glittered so brightly that even the farthest witch could see the play of expression on her vivid face. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watches me with the same expression she had on the tournament field, as though if she concentrates hard enough, she can will me into not offending Locke. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The flickering light played over his face, but there was no play of expression in his strong features; he looked grim and sad. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He touched his fingertips together, the thick fingers meeting delicately, his face without expression. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His narrow little face wore a worried expression. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the middle of the storage yard, he dropped his high-priest expression. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The round head just rolled out into the center of the stage near where Red stood and he looked down at it with a puzzled expression on his face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kym’s alien features took on an expression that almost resembled sympathy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But then the color drained from Mr. Curtain’s face, his frown changed into a satisfied expression...and he even smiled. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The foreboding in her expression was so strong that Ekon felt it emanate in the air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His expression unfathomable, he returned to the party. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The golden monkey’s expression was as subtle and complex as it had ever been in all their thirty-five years of life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stared at her, dumbfounded, but her expression immediately soured. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She cuts me off, spinning around to face me with a surprising amount of desperation in her expression. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We looked at each other then with identical expressions, like, When is all this standing around with world leaders going to finally wrap up? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had barely resumed his seat, and arranged his face into what he hoped was a relaxed and unfazed expression, when bright green flames burst into life in the empty grate beneath his marble mantelpiece. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He is truly a picture, wearing an expression of bewildered panic and absolutely nothing else. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wants Dr. Guarino to like him, but he is terrified when he sees the expression on his mothers face. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I studied his flawless features in the limited light, waiting for my breath to return to normal, until it occurred to me that his expression was murderously angry. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He turned and saw that Sam was now standing beside him, looking round with a puzzled expression, and rubbing his eyes as if he was not sure that he was awake. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She scrutinized him with a mixture of pleasure and pity; or so he read her expression. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The boy was lying in his lap with no expression on his face at all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Though not nearly so spectacular, this manifestation of grief for Bunny was in many ways a similar phenomenon—an affirmation of community, a formulaic expression of homage and dread. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right. You can tell me,” he said, noticing my worried expression. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Garfield called to Lucretia, using an expression common during his childhood in the Ohio woods, "Why, the child fell like a log!" Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The youthful writer addresses a stranger, the Other, with ‘Dear Diary’ and tries to give public expression to what is intensely, privately felt. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after a long moment, the monk's expression turned to disappointment and then despair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She turned to look at him, that same strange expression still on her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I can see him trying to read my expression, to figure out my transformation. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His expression begged me to drape him with plaudits. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at my lap while I talk, too ashamed to look at Mae and see her expression. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“They start it, and they can’t see any of these expressions. Thirty-five minutes later, they can see them all. What that says is that this is an accessible skill.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Whatever your initial thoughts, you stood up with a blank expression. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Often these images emanate from BET or black-themed reality shows and thus are considered “authentic” expressions of black attitudes, culture, and mores. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Isobel looks up, the surprise clear in her expression, but the surprise is quickly replaced by a bright smile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her dark expression made me wonder what she’d been dreaming about. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then she looked up at me, her expression unreadable. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the conversation continued, Chronicler’s expression had grown by degrees more puzzled and more intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could see by his damp eyes, set chin, and steely expression that I was in trouble. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep a neutral expression, but he went on. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wore an odd expression, one I couldn’t read. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I watched as Henry scowled at the glass with a Why won’t this darn window cleaner work? sort of expression, his arms crossed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A favorite farmer expression in these parts is “Next year it will be better. ” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I spent more hours than I can count a quiet witness to the highly mannered, man­ifold expressions of life that grace our planet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They all remembered his desperate expression during their last meal together, and how not even Hornet had been able to cheer him up. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s expression was sympathetic, but that just made Frank feel worse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Kaisa laughed at the expression on her face and said, “I take it that means I can expect you to join us?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not read the expression on her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Simon broke off and turned to Piggy who was looking at him with an expression of derisive incomprehension. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The cops exchanged a look, but Moss couldn’t read their expressions. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what he saw in my face, what he’d caught in my eyes or in my expression but he seemed suddenly different. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It looks as if it’s died,” said Hermione, with a nauseated expression. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But one look at the expression on her face, and I knew better than to speak. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Lane was shifting restively in his chair, and there was an expression on his face—a matter of raised eyebrows, chiefly—that she knew very well. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s lost the pathetic, luckless expression on his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her expression grew a little gentler, and she reached down to smooth my hair, “Always think about what you’re singing, honey.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Feh! So drab! Nothing clashes, but nothing matches, either. TantpisT This was a French expression Penelope understood to mean “too bad, tough luck, that’s the way the croissant crumbles,” or something along those lines. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I watched the master’s expression, hoping he would give some sign when he had heard enough. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her expression was as hard and dark as iron. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t tell tales,” replied Laurie, with his ‘high and mighty’ air, as Jo called a certain expression which he occasionally wore. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw them die with anguish too great for expression. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As ‘this sort of thing’ is rather a vague expression, would you kindly explain?” returned Amy, knowing perfectly well what he meant, but wickedly leaving him to describe what is indescribable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

L’Hôpital’s rule took the first crack at the troubling 0/0 expressions that were popping up throughout calculus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know what they say: Finding the right analogy is as hard as ...” I put on a thoughtful expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then, seeing the expression on Thor’s face, he said, “Her name is Elli, and I have seen her defeat men who seemed stronger than you when she wrestled them. Do not be overconfident, Thor.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dunwoody did this Why am I wasting my life? expression. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Devi’s delighted expression faded to something closer to distaste. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I shall never forget the expression on her face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at me with no expression, blinking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Despite Seanie’s tortured expression, I found myself suddenly thinking about the deeper meaning of the last statement Annie had made there. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He never tried to touch it, though, not since the first time he’d grabbed the metal and gotten hurled backward, left with frizzed hair and a shocked expression. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Particularly? Let me remember, then, what he said as to that. His expression was, ‘a round score o’ year ago, and a’most directly after I took up wi’ Compeyson.’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

For Jesse—careful to avoid language that suggested emotion, never angry but “irritated,” never hurt but “disappointed”—this came close to an expression of grief. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the expression on her face and jumped down from the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Drogo tossed in the belt and watched without expression as the medallions turned red and began to lose their shape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The expression on her full face cut into me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour did not speak for a moment but his expression hardened instantly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I should have been watching him, watching his eyes, his expression. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Petit fours,” Cecilia said, smiling indulgently at the expression on Pita’s face. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She turns around, her expression indistinguishable in the dark. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A couple of days later, I was reading by myself in a quiet corner when my ten-year-old brother, Travis, wandered up with an odd expression on his face. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Conscious of her mother watching her, Cecilia adopted an expression of amused curiosity as she unfolded the sheet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When our car stopped, a tall slender man with a stern expression on his face came directly over to the window on the passenger side. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was a strange mix of frustration and defiance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were simply asked to score the emotional content of the expressions of these three men on a 21-point scale, with the lowest being “extremely negative” and the highest point on the scale “extremely positive.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled, but with an expression of remorse or shame. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They played it over and over for dozens of hours, examining in slow motion every gesture and expression. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I could see all of this in her face, the way it didn’t quite settle on any one expression, but hovered tentatively. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the facial expression is exactly like her dad. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The first day of class he had looked up from the podium when he came to Gogol’s name on the roster, an expression of benign amazement on his face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drew himself up and gave a haughty expression to no one at all. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Even in my own heart I could give no expression to my sensations—they weighed on me with a mountain’s weight and their excess destroyed my agony beneath them. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even three stories up, Luke could see Matthew’s hangdog expression. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She scowled as she looked at the confused expression on the girl’s dark face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression reminds me that she and my father have not followed their children all the way down the path to full Americanization. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at me, his expression inscrutable. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She drank little, ate less, and began to assume an expression that no longer matched her years. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His wife, a well-preserved woman with afflicted eyelids and expression, scolded his mistake. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

L’Hôpital’s rule states that the value of the fraction was equal to the derivative of the top expression divided by the derivative of the bottom expression. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was still staring at me, but she had a dreamy expression on her face. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It really was creepy, seeing that expression on Aunt Rosa’s face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As rattled as I was, I took some satisfaction in the expression of total shock on his face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

His froglike face grew calmer, and even took on a slightly sanctimonious expression. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was looking down at my hands, so I couldn’t see his expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Papito didn’t say anything, just sat on the stool, staring at the hot coals with his stony expression. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its expression was confident, as if assured of its devotees, the unyielding lips sensuous and full. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But it was useless, only a few facial expressions told me I had gotten through. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On arrival they found the hatchery head, Glen Wesley Gore, standing beside the lunker pool with a hurt and extremely puzzled expression on his face. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick stared up at me with a panicked expression. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Certainly, all the guards we passed in the halls had adopted blank, tough expressions that betrayed no weakness or curiosity, no disgust or delight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, a young, camera toting Anna Archie entered the auditorium, wearing a perplexed expression. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Didu leaves the room without a word but I catch her wistful expression. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had short hair, was clean-shaven and had that serious yet helpful expression on his face, just like the reverend at our church. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry goes silent, and Alex wants so badly to see the shadows of expressions moving across his face, to be able to touch them with his fingertips. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They died with their eyes open, and with staring expressions on their faces. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression flickers cold for an instant at the mention of his brother, but then he’s back to normal, giving me a little laugh. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then finally, at dawn, the grieved expression on the face of the mine captain that could only mean one thing. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I had never met anyone like her, so direct, so easy in the expression of her feelings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a dour expression on her face, she pushed past Basta and put a mug and a thermos jug on the floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I tried to copy his walk, his expressions. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Our cabby was craning out of his window with a furious, purple expression. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I keep peeking over at her on the ride home, but she has a sort of pinched expression on her face. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He had to work to keep his expression smooth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She looked up and met his gaze, her expression so assured of her own equality with the Grand Elder that he found himself speechless in the face of such blind insolence. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her expression said a bit of damage control was in order. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In contrast, Mr Harry Smith was a small man with a rather intense expression that furrowed his brow. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I really like that expression because in general, I think people don't give this contracting muscle credit for how much work it does. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley fell back against her husband and watched Fleur mopping up Bill’s wounds with a most curious expression upon her face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“When people watch the news, they don’t intentionally filter biases out, or feel they have to argue against the expression of the newscaster,” Mullen explains. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you were about as sensuous as a dead fish,” she shot back, her expression darkening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He smiled wide at Chronicler, all the vagueness gone from his expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He dropped his arms, defeated, his expression was no longer full of rage, but guilt. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I kept my expression nonchalant, not wanting to give him any satisfaction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Another reason for the strange faces was that the parts of the brain that control facial expression had also been destroyed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was pale, his expression utterly dejected. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always looked exactly the same—same clothes, hair, expression, midway between bored and aggrieved. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

We repeat so often we lose count, propelled by Mother’s wild eyes and pressed mouth, frightened of what her expression would be if... Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She looks at me sidelong, with a weird, probing expression. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His arms were as thick as bridge cables, his expression as welcoming as a brick wall. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My face got drenched as I looked up at his expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His expression apologizes for the fact that we have to see this. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He had an absolutely terrified expression on his face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seating herself on the bed, Rachael smoothed absently at the spread; her expression had now become one of moodiness. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The expression first came into popular use in the 1970s to describe the flight to the suburbs of whites living in the older cities of the American Northeast. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed into people’s eyes and became an exasperating expression. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, his face showed an expression other than pain or despair: curiosity. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And now I recognize a familiar expression on my father’s face, the expression he wore so often at the dinner table, the faraway look of a man who could never stop thinking about business. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The cop’s expression changed, morphed into shock and confusion. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hear it,” she said as she sat behind the desk, her expression suddenly businesslike. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had a happy, helpless expression on her face, which was flushed and hot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to tell if she was old or young, but her expression was austere and compassionate, and both Will and Lyra felt as if she knew them to their hearts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His brown eyes were wet-looking and wide open with a dazed expression. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She turns to him, and he sees from Lydia’s expression that after all these months, she herself isn’t sure. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And each of them saw their own expression on the other’s face. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what she brought back was familiar, the dried fish even saltier, and she sang, with an amused expression, the song the women sang at the center. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t struggle when they caught him, but Melanie was familiar with the expression on his face. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, on the edge of emotion, his expression frank and humble. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it is” Abruptly, his expression turns more serious. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The suffragists received letters of complaint, as well as the occasional expression of gratitude, sometimes with a donation enclosed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Beside the decapitated rat, a smug expression on its face, was the black cat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The paper lay open on the breakfast table, and it was clear from my mother’s expression that she’d already read the story. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, lean man with a thin black moustache and narrow blue eyes, and a perpetual expression of distant and sardonic amusement. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Father’s stunned expression sucked the fight out of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their opulent clothing, elaborate and glittering, could not hide their disfigurement, and their unpleasant expressions made them hideous. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then I realized he was making some sort of joke and endeavoured to smile appropriately, though I suspect some residue of my bewilderment, not to say shock, remained detectable in my expression. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when he looked up at her again, his expression had not changed, and she knew he hadn’t remembered. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Same serious expression, a slight gathering of the eyebrows, lips held tightly closed, cheekbones high and prominent. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Carla soon knew her school route by heart, an expression she used for weeks after she learned it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Kvothe laughed, a fond expression wiping the irritation from his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The old walrus in fact managed to instill in me a great and burning ambition; it had simply found expression in an unintended pursuit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another flash of lightning lit her face for an instant and Winnie saw an expression there of deep concentration, tip of tongue protruding, brows furrowed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression makes him look uncomfortable, like he’s squinting directly into the sun. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered around the pod and touched it delicately with those powerful, flexible trunks, and she found herself interpreting the soft chirrups and clicks and hoots they were making as expressions of disapproval. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now the lantern was shining in my eyes, and it was hard for me to look up and see their expressions. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath, Kote’s expression was haunted, eyes half in this world, half elsewhere, remembering. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was something about their facial expressions that reminded the schoolmate of your mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have the result,” she said after a while, holding the unsealed paper, her expression disappointed because it was negative. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Piper guessed that Percy hadn’t meant to cause so much damage, but his glowering expression made her want to leave the ship as soon as possible. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Digger frowned and his lips parted as a scared, hurt look softened his steely expression. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She smiled at him with an expression of the most sympathetic understanding. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hideo stands there for a moment, breathing heavily, his expression hard. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wished he could read her expression now. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He hefts the porcupine, propping it on his shoulder, expression thoughtful. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He had set his features into the expression of quiet optimism which it was advisable to wear when facing the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then, seeing the expression on his guardian’s face, “Is she all right?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

His expression was intent, but his body was relaxed, as if he had just stood and stretched. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t have the energy to meet his eager expression that night. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They’re waiting for a response, and I’m studying his expression so I can understand him when he talks. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were as red as ours, and even though they wore civilian clothes, they looked dirty and had intense expressions like us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His apologizing surprised her, his expression so earnest and sincere that it seemed as though he had done something more offensive. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Red Lady’s expression softens so that she looks more like the woman who fought for me yesterday. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She had that expression that made me wonder if she was serious or not. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I see a kind of thirst in her expression, the same one I saw when she told me about her brother in the back room of the tattoo parlor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s mouth falls open into a very unflattering expression of drunken, bewildered arousal, like a hot halibut, at his reply several beats later. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He caught her expression at once and understood exactly what she meant him to do. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ekman and Friesen decided, then and there, to create a taxonomy of facial expressions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

His instructor looks at him for a moment, his expression as inscrutable as ever. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jack gestured to the hallway lined with painted portraits of famous San Francisco writers wearing somber expressions and silly costumes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jackson stood in the doorway, staring at Reynie with an expression of wild impatience. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked exasperated: The expression was so endearingly familiar that Harry and Ron grinned at each other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The expression tugged at my lips, taut and mirthless. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sounds heard in a wilderness at night by the trembling traveler were supposed to be made by him, so that it is easy to see how the expression “panic” fear arose. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now alone in the house, I look for Grandma and find her sitting on the sofa, a blank expression on her face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was a poster for a movie called But I’m a Cheerleader, a young white girl looking at Moss from the center of it, a pensive expression on her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She always implies we have an accent, by repeating our words and expressions like little jokes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Kerry was a short man with dark eyes and a serious expression. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Frank’s angry expression started to unknot, replaced by curiosity. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he opens his eyes, Henry’s looking back at him, expression unreadable. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I worry about what I’ve said today, the expression on my face, how I walk, what I wear, because all of these things need improvement. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It is always the same way,” she said, her expression helpless in a worn, weary face. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

What are you hiding, Elias? her expression asks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I used to believe that the expression “caught by the short hairs” meant a captive held with a depilatory string. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve; he keeps it in a locked box with all of his dreams and expressions because he doesn't want to share them with the rest of the world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But then his facial expression changes and he’s gone again, just like that. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looks, though, his expression turns stony. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Brick stares at me, his expression a flashing mix of things I can't interpret. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some of the expressions she heard every day astonished her, jarred her, and she wondered what Obinze’s mother would make of them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’s asking for a loan— subtextually, a fraternal expression of trust. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was a practical expression of the self-aggrandizing impulse that inspired other megastructures in the new Hellenistic kingdoms, such as the renovated Temple of Apollo at Didyma, or the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

She had a Pennsylvania Dutch accent peppered with German expressions that he didn’t understand and, typically, laughed at. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes were still full of that weird melancholy, like he was in two places at once; but nothing about his expression indicated any kind of joke. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Gottman has taught his staff how to read every emotional nuance in people’s facial expressions and how to interpret seemingly ambiguous bits of dialogue. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The tiger was large, but Dragon was bigger — though the viciousness of the tiger’s expression made them seem evenly matched. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Wear innocent expressions,” Mom told us kids the first time we dropped Dad off in front of the bank. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor looked at me with a disgruntled expression. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple raised an eyebrow and looked at Ashish, who looked back at her with an agonized expression on his face that pretty much yelled HELP. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I opened my pack, rooted through the contents, and then looked up with that confounded expression that comes with the discovery of a reversal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Styx had a teakettle expression on his face, like steam was filling up his head. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I know, it’s an expression. One I just made up. And babies sounds better, right?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He took a step back, startled by the expression on my face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thanks to his studies in London, Headmaster often shifted back and forth between Bangla and English, but he always seemed to mangle English proverbs and expressions. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

An expression of something very like tenderness spread itself across Mr. Corcoran’s face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Atlas had the same regal expression as Zoe, the same cold proud look in his eyes that Zoe sometimes got when she was mad, though on him it looked a thousand times more evil. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Looks like she’s been dead a long time,” he said softly with a puzzled expression on his face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t use such dreadful expressions,” replied Meg from the depths of the veil in which she had shrouded herself like a nun sick of the world. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kim looked at my red and teary face and her expression softened into a gentle smile. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked forward to showing my creation to Jennifer and seeing the expression on her face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Just an expression. I was brought up Sanctified. Listen, what you say your name was?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But there was an expression of pain in Bernard’s eyes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that he rather liked Clinton and that he wanted Clinton’s expression to have been no more than a meaningless facial tic. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Hailey looks at me, I look at her, and we have the same deadpan expression that we’ve had mastered since fifth grade, mouths slightly open, eyes ready to roll at any moment. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

This is what fresh expressions are becoming. food for thought. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands dangled idly over his meal, as he looked down with a sober, thoughtful expression. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

By coincidence or out of some malignant expression of humor, the house was located right behind the city morgue, a few blocks north of City Hall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her expression went from angry to terrified in a flash. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My hair isn’t the greatest today, so I tie it up in a high ponytail, staring at my unsure expression. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t be sure, but Naomi thought that her mother’s expression was already tinged with regret. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Charles remembered marvelling at how my father showed not one hint of discomfort or anger, but continued to drive with an expression balanced perfectly between personal dignity and readiness to oblige. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then his expression lightened as he looked me over, and he laughed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I peeked at him from the corner of my eye, and he was still staring at me, but not gawking like the other students had today — he had a slightly frustrated expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked at us with a weird expression on his face, but it wasn't the usual "I hate my life and I wish I was you" look. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Standing at the bar, Kvothe filled his mug and began to add pinches of spice from several small containers, then walked toward the great stone fireplace, a thoughtful expression on his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had a grimacing expression on his face, deep grooves by his eyes and his nose and lips, as if he were trying to go but was real constipated. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Madame’s expression didn’t change and she kept staring into my face. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older boys—the ones who’d stayed with the men—had styled their hair into puffy ducktails, and they wore expressions like they were not afraid of anything in the world, and never would be. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I spin around and see Liz's mom, her hands on her hips, and the expression on her face not a happy one at all. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to make his face look old but had no idea which expression he possessed made him look the oldest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all wore the same proud, silent expression. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Color rushes into Four’s face, though his expression does not change. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I followed his eyes and was amazed to see the varied expressions on the patients' faces as they silently returned his gaze. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had, on her sharply defined small face, an expression of sullen distaste. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was scarcely two feet tall and almost twice as wide, and he wore a blue uniform with white belt and gloves, a peaked cap, and a very fierce expression. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bear­ing an expression profoundly sad and mournful, she began to look about, slowly turning her head from side to side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Polycarp Okuku sat on a rock with his gun across his knees, gazing at me with a carefully neutral expression on his face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grim expression just reinforced his unfortunate resemblance to a sumo wrestler. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His expression changed, softened and saddened by the subtle ache in my voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My creative expression also extended to my own personal fashion, often color-coordinating my hijab and sneakers. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’ll make it all right,” he replied, but his expression said otherwise. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was not a phrase my mother often used, but it was a true island expression. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

June’s expression changes from pinched apprehension to pinched dread. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He did not look up and spoke without expression, as though he had answered this question many times before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As his father lectured him on his foolish behavior, Fadi tried to put on a sufficiently sorry expression. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She had never heard that expression before and it caught her fancy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning around, Mr. Larson managed to put a neutral expression on his face. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Now, seeing the newchild and its expression, he was reminded that the light eyes were not only a rarity but gave the one who had them a certain look—what was it? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he slowly looked around at the others with the expression of dazed determination he used when the object was to carry people along with his latest idea. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression, as well as his words, seemed to belong to a much older man, a man whose hot blood had cooled, who was at peace. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had been schooled to present an unalteringly smiling face and I continued to do so despite the fact that my environment allowed more open expression. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father, Ares, had worn the same expression when I’d fought him in single combat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It came to a rest by the group of gentlemen nearby who were watching us with appalled expressions. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As the scent of the bogweed worked on her, her smile faded, and her expression became vacant. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps her cry was meant for a nearby neighbor, or was simply an expression of fear. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He pulled back abruptly, his anxious expression turning to relief as the monitor reported the restarting of my heart. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked about with a wild, pleading expression. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they flashed by, Gregor could see their expressions ranged from amusement to outright hostility. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

With their broad, muscled bodies and determined expressions, it’s clear that they are men, and everyone treats them that way. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never seen such a grave expression on her face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time Matt had realized he wasn’t human.The fierce man had been Mr. Alacran, and he had the same expression of loathing on his face now as he looked at Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a lot of heart emojis, lots of expressions of love and support. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His expression—blank and hard—never changed as I answered the attorney’s questions. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But after the warden asked if he had anything to say, his expression was sober. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t bother turning away or try to control his facial expressions. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He wore a flat cap on his head, a caterpillar mustache below his nose, and a grim expression that pulled down the corners of his mouth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Those sitting around the fire grew perfectly still, their expressions intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One time he gave a lengthy tour to a tall, stoop-shouldered man with a lugubrious expression on his long face, whom Lawrence introduced with unusual deference as “Dr. Nicholas Baker.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

At long last Mr. Dussel's fury was spent, and he left the room with an expression of triumph mixed with wrath, his coat pockets bulging with food. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face shocked both mother and daughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The stranger had rumpled gray hair and an anxious expression, and was wearing a strange mixture of clothes; a pinstriped suit, a scarlet tie, a long black cloak, and pointed purple boots. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I realized he wasn’t particularly old when his face wasn’t locked in a stern expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jody looked at his mother, and knew from her expression that she was not listening at all. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His usual easy expression is replaced by something more intense and removed that suggests an entire world locked away inside him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said, trying not to laugh at Grace’s outrageous expression. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

An almost dreamy expression came over his disorderly features. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I feared what Mr. Norton would say to me, the expression that might come into his eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is dark and wrinkled and her expression is fierce. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the expression on his face seemed pleased. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

David’s mother forced a serious expression onto her face, but the smile stayed in her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And he shrank from the expression in the boy s eyes, from his knowingness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I know, baby,” Grandma said, her expression sad. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her expression and tone of voice told me she wasn’t happy about my taking that job. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start to say when she picks up, my voice trailing off when I notice the dejected expression on her face, her full lips turning down into a frown as she stares at her phone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He laughed, but when he saw my expression, he cleared his throat. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly Fadi turned his attention to a group of men huddled near the butcher’s counter, dour expressions on their faces. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Mother studied Granddaddy with a puzzled expression, and then turned her gaze to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling’s expressions were like a closet of pressed gray suits. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Three-quarters of his vocabulary is derived from these regions, and they give an intimate flavour to expressions of his greatest joy as well as of his deepest indignation. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell from the expression on her face. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was no expression on his face at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I ask before Dad reads into my expression. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hussein came to a halt, and his expression turned to confusion as the other players ran past him, suddenly quiet. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He watched the expression of coyness on her face change to one of amazement as she counted the bills. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Your numbers were chosen to fit this remarkable total: One Gross, if I may use the expression. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Looked at another way, it is a work of art, an expression of the human spirit, with its unbounded hunger for the ideal, for beauty, for purity, for grace. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even his face was different around animals, with the expression of polite distance he always wore for humans replaced by something concentrated and alive. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze went to Jude, and his expression hardened. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Wrapped up in his tale, Alex didn’t seem to notice his parents’ befuddled, slightly horrified expressions as they tried to follow along. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

His mother fiddled with the sugar bowl, a blithe expression on her face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He had a worried expression, as though he were trying to remember some name which began with Chol but which was pronounced in quite a different way, possibly Menzies or was it Dalziel? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six-Fingers, the chairman of the new Neighborhood Dictatorship Group, presided over them, wearing a red armband and an expression of importance. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what kind of expression I was wearing, but it erased his exasperation in two seconds flat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I think we’re ready for more pain medication,” he said calmly, ignoring my furious expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Snape stood for a moment, watching the headmaster with an expression of deep resentment on his face; then he too left. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Why did he—?” He paused, as though something was dawning on him; then his expression contorted with rage. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They both have these expressions that look more clueless than menacing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I see the expression in her eyes as she reached up to me: a careful, curious look that caught my breath. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I can tell by her expression that it's not that uncommon an occurrence. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His skin was sad, with the bones almost exposed, and he had a pronounced round stomach and the expression of an old angel, which came more from simplicity than from goodness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Doha could see an angry, almost anguished expression on his father’s face as he turned away from Mrs. Jeong and rubbed his eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was one of those Chinese expressions that means the better half of mixed intentions. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She likes looking at that Muggle,” said Morfin, a vicious expression on his face as he stared at his sister, who now looked terrified. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He's looking at me with a pained expression on his face. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She gave me an anxious expression, but the wide grin kept spilling out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her calmly regal high-priestess expression faded and she frowned as she read each side again. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thalia’s expression was dangerously close to Zeus’s, the one time I’d seen him get angry— like any minute, her eyes would shoot a million volts. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Katherine's expression shutters and she bends back down to her magazine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Her face was in shadow, so I couldn't make out her expression, but I felt a sort of expert tenderness flowing from the ends of her fingers. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Thomas said, hoping his expression didn’t give away just how depressed he felt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Tats is walking over to us, a curious expression on her face, and I cringe. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He sees the intent in my expression, pauses, spits the nails, drops his tool belt, and comes toward me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As he stood before them, his expression changed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the smoke the expression on his face seemed lost, vague, absent. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her words were stern, but the expression on her face wasn’t anger. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My head swivels, but his expression is completely without guile. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dimple looked at Celia, trying to keep her expression as nonjudgmental as possible. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Judging from their expressions, I could see that the other side of the class was entertaining the same question. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She wore a simple white dress and a hard expression, her face strikingly pretty even though she appeared to be giving serious thought to gouging out my windpipe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The killer was the direct expression of all his country’s beliefs. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Even more palpably, the fullest expression of his best energies always occurred when the long-term public interest, as he understood it, clashed with the political imperatives of the moment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear thought that Min looked pleased for the briefest instant; then his usual cross expression returned as he took the branches. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

This was a dumb expression to begin with. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t, but it’s harder to suppress gestures and expressions than words, with this weight in my veins. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was still sitting before him, but now her expression held amusement. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He gets to his feet, holding out the spoon for me to take, the expression on his face pained. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was being served coffee and hot rolls by Kreacher and wearing the slightly manic expression that Harry associated with exam review. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A fleeting expression that might have been unaccustomed mirth, or might have been a twinge of pain, went across her grandmother’s face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again his mobile features transformed, his expression became soft, warm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked around with a dazed expression, spotted Annabeth, and gave her a drunken grin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He watches her expression as she flips through the pages, a mixture of confusion and curiosity. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Bernard turned with an expression of indignant innocence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It lets you see what you’ve got in there, without having to undo the zipper,” he explained and looked at me with an expression that invited staggered admiration. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Megan! What the hell . . .” The expression on his face is pure rage, but he beckons me to go to him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he now ground his face into a deliberately pained expression—a form, apparently, of self-criticism. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even from the office, Arm could see their dreamy, contented expressions. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pictures passed around the table, and were examined with the noncommittal expression you see on the faces of people looking at pictures of somebody else’s family. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through the Death Mist, he couldn’t read her expression very well, but he saw the alarm in her eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He laughed and pantomimed gutting an enemy while Frank listened, his expression polite but queasy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His expression was grave, and it seemed to her that he was searching her face for information. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When it, or he—Mr. Popper had already begun to think of it as he—got to the bathroom, it looked around with a pleased expression on its face. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly pack up my lunch bag and wave goodbye to my friends, who are all looking at me with similar expressions of concern. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But even though the alchemist had put his hand in the hole, and had surely already been bitten, his expression was calm. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been funny if the men hadn’t had such severe, heartless expressions. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He's signing autographs for a teenage girl, his hat hiding the expression on his face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His expression turned somber, and I was instantly sorry I had asked. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment, August looks as though he’s going to come after me, but then the expression on his mashed face shifts. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But his expression told me there could be no more discussion; he had said as much as he could. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Hannah!” her father said again and her mother stared at them so fiercely over the seat that they drew themselves into opposite corners, staring out their windows with expressions of injured innocence. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid the phone back into her pocket and took a deep breath, trying to rearrange her facial features into a not guilty of snooping or any other illicit activity expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t looking at him, but at the Shetani, and her expression managed to be both tentative and calm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But I tried to keep my expression from showing how clearly I remembered the feeling . . . the fire in my veins. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Both faces were grave, and when the Paqo was done, the messenger’s expression was fearful. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He folded his hands together on the table and sat there, his expression serene, showing neither expectation nor resignation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on her white face was one of concern. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Harry arranged his face into what he hoped was a puzzled expression. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She finally looked at me, her expression smooth and withdrawn. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sharpness of his expression softened like a flower blossoming, his small smile gentle. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Of these, she liked best one that showed them sitting in a leaf-dappled light amid picnic debris and looking at one another with expressions that, though unsmiling, seemed mirthful and full of delight. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could almost make out the placid expression on Adam’s face, which had two blooming gardenias for eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean?” he said, a baffled expression on his face. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She looked at me with the pained expression again. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not a change of expression, nor of complexion—it was more as if a sheer curtain had suddenly been drawn across his face. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He wore a faintly confused expression, as if he couldn’t see why he had to leave the Institute, why he couldn’t just keep on being a Messenger forever. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He froze as the others gathered next to me, their expressions ranging from confused to disgusted to furious. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Children’s expression of emotional meaning in music through expressive body movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I smell fresh bread and turn my stiff neck to find Peeta looking down at me with such a sad expression. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled back, and Mary thought his expression showed more perfect trust than she’d ever seen on a human face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The expression was haughty and severe, like that of an ill-tempered old man who has complaining on his mind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched closely as the expression drained from his face. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If he was challenged—and he usually wasn’t—he would play the part of the ruffian, a hardened “Whatcha gonna do about it?” expression disguising his face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His face assumes a deferential expression and he gestures broadly toward an entrance on the opposite side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“But that expression of ‘violently in love’ is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

In creating such checks on authority, the league was just the most formal expression of a region-wide tradition. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She recognized the sagging features, the bitter expression. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Banner looked at me now; his expression was skeptical. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was much too dark to make out his expression. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the morning Serafina dressed his wound again, and he tried to see from her expression whether it was healing, but her face was calm and impassive. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her worried expression slowly turned into a grin. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She was a frosty girl, plain and colorless, who protected herself against a world she disliked by a mask-like expression and a hypertrophy of intellect. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But a fraction of a heartbeat later the expression had faded and she gave Cook a wide grin. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His expression was a portrait of wounded resentment. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And then he looked at me, and something about his expression made me start laughing, which made him open his mouth wide like he’d just realized something. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nor did Major-general Kallner, who headed the project, even once forget to maintain a hunted expression. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Master repeated her expression as if he somehow disapproved of it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She loved their little old man faces and their sad, wary expressions. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The only expression I could manage was a dull, dead look. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Wiki sniped, somehow making her voice sneer—her favorite expression—because her face couldn’t. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Chronicler’s chin lifted a bit, his expression hardening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Terminus made a straining expression, like he was flexing his nonexistent biceps. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looked you straight in the eye with a simple, earnest expression. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In their zeal to purify usage and safeguard the language, they have made it difficult to think clearly about felicity in expression and have muddied the task of explaining the art of writing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

With blank expression, I slide down into the visual details. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The old man clears his throat, and his face takes on an expression still more holy. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were at least fifty people, and all of them were wearing dirty pajamas and had the same shocked expression on their faces as Ivy’s dad. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had her phone in her hand and was turning it end on end, her expression halfway between dazed and happy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My friends looked over at Justin, who had a pained expression on his face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Speaking of redundancies, think twice before using expressions like advance reservations, final conclusion, foreign import, free gift, prerecorded, refer back, or safe haven. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my expression firmly under control, expecting the swift flash of his eyes to judge my reaction that soon followed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He turns away slightly, and in the shadows of the night, it's enough to mask his expression. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The use of music to build characters through sound expression; create tension in the narrative; highlight important moments in the plot, and so forth, are examples of the high compatibility between words and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

When he saw Percy, his expression went through several changes in a matter of microseconds—incomprehension, surprise, outrage, then a mask of calm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you? Shall I come?” he asked, looking down at her with an eager expression which she did not see. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor went back to unloading the dishwasher, her expression grim. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

What they had in common was not religion but mathematics and, of course, a need for freedom of expression. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When he sees the bodyguard’s expression, he nods. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And even though I’d rather take the elevator by myself, it occurs to me that you can’t have a conversation about math expressions or state capitals or trombone positions with friends in books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

White people passed and looked on without expression. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked straight at me, his expression grim. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My body is tight as a spring, but I flatten my gaze and keep my expression emotionless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But my hope was that with our gazes locked as they were for those few seconds, she’d read my expression exactly as I’d read hers. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stands up and plays, sometimes he has that absent expression which violinists get when they close their eyes, or again he sways the instrument to the rhythm and smiles across to me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening to her testify that morning he’d been keenly aware of his private knowledge of this woman: he’d understood what each expression suggested, what each pause signified. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

One day—but “one day” was not the right expression; just as probably it was in the middle of the night: once—he fell into a strange, blissful reverie. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure if it was the plea itself or perhaps the way he said it, but slowly Ekon watched something in Kamau’s expression waver. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Brer hopped back a step with a smug expression on his face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were downcast, her expression thoughtful, almost sad. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Poor Wickham! there is such an expression of goodness in his countenance! such an openness and gentleness in his manner!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

And what I saw were eyes that were sixty-percent-cacao chocolate, a face that was cafe au lait, and an expression that was so familiar it made my whole body ring like a bell. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jack’s a performer, waving his arms around and using goofy expressions to tell his stories, and it makes me crack up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

His expression couldn’t have been more horrified if he had found me carrying a freshly severed head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you having problems?” asked a school administrator, wearing his look-how-calm-I-am expression. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was constantly second-guessing herself, reading too much into Jason’s expressions, his moods, his offhand comments. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was common knowledge that Snape wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job, but even Harry, who hated Snape, was startled at the expression twisting his thin, sallow face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She looked belligerently at Trotter, but Trotter was so busy making the meat platter and the salad bowl switch places that the expression was wasted. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

His dark eyes flashed up to me again, their expression unreadable. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Koffi watched the scowl slip from his face gradually, watched his expression soften to something like wonder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He smiled to himself, the expression that is called inscrutable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But now that we’re moving on, my mom looks at me with that steely expression she used to give me whenever I acted up. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

From the expressions on their faces, I could tell there was serious conversation about what to do next. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression suggests the parochialism of the Catholicism in which I was raised. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flipped through Clarence’s thick stack of papers with serious expressions on their faces. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

One odd ambivalence was how some letters, otherwise all but championing Mr. Muhammad, would recoil at the expression “white devils.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see from your expression that you have heard the term. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression didn’t change the whole time I talked. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve walked around the campuses nearby, seen all the buttoned-up students with their books and their satchels and their studious expressions. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expect to see a smug or sarcastic expression on his face, but his look is strangely quizzical. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother sat quietly, eyes focused, lips tight, her whole expression momentarily solid. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he saw the roomful of bare scalps, though, he immediately got kind of a grim facial expression. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

By January 24, it had entered Room B, and monkeys in that room started going into shock and dying with runny noses, red eyes, and masklike expressions on their faces. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zau started to turn away, but hesitated; his scanty brows drew together in a puzzled expression. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I kept my expression polite as I waited. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and watched him disappear for a moment and return with a companion, a short, scholarly looking man who stared at me with a blank expression. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her eyes lit up with an “I have it” expression. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression of terror that crosses her face only adds to my confusion and unease. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His expression didn’t stop Big Ma from apologizing on my behalf. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was Andrew, smiling nervously, but with a righteous smugness in his expression too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She darted a glance at Hari and almost laughed out loud at his expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"What’s amazing," says Carine as she studies these images of her brother, “is that even though the pictures were taken ten years apart, his expression is identical.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Desdemona, puzzled, but then his expression softened and he put his arm around her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was being weird again, his expression closed like someone had shut a door inside him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ekman paused, then reconstructed that particular sequence of expressions on his face. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My expression must have been a delight to watch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

While the farewell lunch was going on, the family concealed its nervousness with festive expressions and they celebrated with exaggerated enthusiasm the remarks that Father Antonio Isabel made. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had been interested in emotions and expressions in people and in animals since his first notebook jottings, through the observations of animals and his own children. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could answer her eyes fastened with an awed expression on her little finger. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She too seemed to be waiting for Papi to do or say something, and when he didn’t, she walked to the kitchen shed, rubbing her stomach, a pained expression on her face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It must have shown in my expression, for her face congested to high pink. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry went back to the castle later that afternoon with Ron and Hermione, unable to banish the image of the happy expression on Hagrid’s whiskery face as he had imagined Harry winning the tournament. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I recapped all of this to Trevor, who now stared at me with a pained expression on his face. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

At the sound of it the expression on the faces of Miss Fannie and Miss Annie, sad before, became even sadder. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was quiet for a moment, turning the ashtray in her fingers and being careful not to look up and see Lane’s expression. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She strolled into my room with a funny expression on her face. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

His expression, always so calm before, was filled with such a cold, terrible anger that I took a step away from him without meaning to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee sneaked around my table and stared at my blissful expression. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While the knives sliced away behind her, her somewhat irritable expression softened. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I saw the surprised expression on Atal’s face that I realized how strange I must have sounded. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t often resort to such a typical island expression. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing the expression on my face, she says, “Did I get that wrong? Or do you have a nickname?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Behind the turtle, I drew Tobias as a big ugly pig in clothing that’s too tight, with a mean expression on his piggy face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I turned to look, first at him with his shocked expression, and then at her with her expression of exhaustion. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

From the expression on her face, I’d say she might want to claw me to death like a big cat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Many of them were wearing the same shades of orange and blue as Mrs. Childers, but their grim expressions made it seem more like they were headed to a funeral than to a sporting event. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tally looked at her father, and for a moment she saw something other than wisdom and confidence in his expression. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her dark hair pulled back into its too-tight ponytail makes her expression look hard. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Kohl’s expression shot to higher horror, as if this error somehow sealed the deal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I just— Sister Ailan—” She sat down in one of the armchairs, a miserable expression on her face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He raises an eyebrow when he sees my shocked expression. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wore the same expression she’d worn in the woods at camp, the moment she drew her sword against the hellhound. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had trouble reading the expression on her face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She smiled with her all-knowing expression, because she was fully aware of how much it delighted us to view and touch her trunk treasures. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he looked up with a surprised expression. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It tickled us to mention her name to strangers and watch the expressions on their faces. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The second kind is called a remote conditional, from the expression “a remote possibility.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She turned to look at him, with an odd expression on her face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was staring across the room in a daze—how long, I don’t know—when gradually I became aware that Francis was looking at me with an intent, fixed expression on his face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The redhead was still standing there with the most innocent expression, his hands folded neatly behind his back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just that there was a new tear on his face; his whole expression had changed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing apprehensive about her expression; she remembers Otto and seems excited to get out and greet her old friend and his new companions. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her expression had gone hard, and Ophie leaned back in her chair, her full attention on Aunt Rose’s next words. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That is very crucial too, my dear, because the lips determine the expression of the face.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He remembered Asclepius’s grim expression when the doctor had examined Leo. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the books, realization slowly seeping into her expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sticky’s horrified expression shifted into one of anger. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The expression in her eyes made me want to cry. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is backlit and too far away and he cannot read her expression. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I took the solemn expression on her face to mean that she understood my need to know why her stomach was so big. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What?” she said, looking up at the young man, his hair disheveled and in his eyes, his skin tan and his expression bored. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Miss Love was pinning her red hat on straight again, so I couldn’t see her expression, but I could see Grandpa’s, and he didn’t look contrite or guilty, either one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Of course, I have heard that expression, but fact: Mrs. Olinski cannot stand on her own two feet and further fact: she obviously..." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry took the hint and sat down next to Percy, who was wearing brand-new, navy-blue dress robes and an expression of such smugness that Harry thought it ought to be fined. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He took in her words with a befuddled expression, his cup of coffee forgotten in his hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His expression is neutral, and he stands behind the glow of firelight, where he is difficult to see. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His hair had fallen forward, so Lina couldn’t see the expression on his face. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry saw, in his mind’s eye, the expression on Hermione’s face if she ever heard about this abuse of house-elves, and decided never to mention it to her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Coach glanced over to the track just for a moment, then turned back to me, his expression still stuck as if he was wearing a plastic Halloween mask of his own face. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And just who are you thinking about with a dreamy expression like that on your face?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then with an expression of concern, he asked, “You don’t be captive here, do you?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on the mask was like a frozen scream. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His features burst into a radiant smile, big eyes flashing beautifully in the early light But when he looked closer, his expression changed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His expressions changed, became more fluid and dynamic, more complex. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her little voice was perfectly clear and low, her expression confident. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Gherland, thinking fast, affixed a kindly expression on his craggy face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Convulsions made the man dance flappingly all the time, made him change his expressions, too, as though he were trying to imitate various famous movie stars. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekman then began to layer one action unit on top of another, in order to compose the more complicated facial expressions that we generally recognize as emotions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

His expression was stony, and he made a little church with his fingers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, no fewer than four million letters, telegrams, phone calls, postcards, and other expressions of support poured into the Republican Party’s headquarters. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The brothers, Kyle and Kevin, hadn’t said a word since we’d sat down in their makeshift encampment in the freezer aisles, but now looked at each other with identical expressions of knowing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Joseph laughed at the expression on my face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His expression was hard to read, but I got the feeling that the fruit-stand ladies were something much, much worse than Mrs. Dodds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression was part amazement, part nausea, like she’d finally managed to swallow that mouse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

On the faces of the people around us, I could see a universal expression, among the young and old—a look of hopelessness, a sense of resignation. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms over her chest, an unreadable expression on her face. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Trying to read his expression when he saw the money tucked between the pages. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was a monkey with long golden fur, and if there was an expression in his black eyes, it was unfathomable. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He looked at Will first, and then at Lyra, and his expression changed a little. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper, however, paused at the door, his expression a trifle shocked. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Father finally looked our way, though the expression on his face made me wish he hadn't. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The man grunts, his expression uncertain, and awkwardly nods his head. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The forty-nine-year-old Bobby Fischer was described by a reporter who was covering the match for The New York Times as “an overweight, balding, bearded figure, unmistakably middle-aged, whose expression sometimes seems strikingly vacant.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As far as they could tell, he was looking at them directly, but it was impossible to read any expression on his face. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see that expression on his face, because Rocky had always known what he was doing, without asking anyone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Conversation was my way of avoiding expression; my words were reserved for those times when I sat down alone to write. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Will, and in his eyes Will could see nothing, no expression, just a bottomless black brilliance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The expression on the skydiver’s face was really funny. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything, but his expression was clear: He’d meant what he said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was still no trace of emotion discernible in his expression, and his hands on the back of the chair appeared perfectly relaxed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d turn to see their expressions and laugh and clap his hands together with a smile spread all over his face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uriah glances at me, but I cant read his expression well enough to know if he succeeded or failed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju’s friends came, and The General’s friends came, too, their expressions determined, as though to say that no matter the circumstances, their friend’s child was their friend’s child. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They sat with their eyes closed and expressions of complete peace on their faces. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression grew distant at times, the same thinking expression she had worn earlier while she was working. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d seen the same expression on kids spotting a birthday cake with their name on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His jaws were the only tense part of his facial expression; everything else seemed calm. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Director’s voice vibrated with an indignation that had now become wholly righteous and impersonal—was the expression of the disapproval of Society itself. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth drooped like a hound dog, and his expression was more worried than scary. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When you were with English you got into the habit of using English expressions in your thinking. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Their expressions told me we were in the kind of trouble I hadn’t even imagined before. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his eyes; his expression was wistful, pleading. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had watched her expression become a little more drawn with each passing day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grinned like a fool, then cleared his throat, and his stern expression fell back into place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She stared at the empty space where her bacon had been, and then she stared at the dog, its expression smug, and all the frustrations of her life boiled up in her head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had an earnest, honest expression, like he really expected me to debate him on this, when all I really wanted to do was tell him to scram. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She looks shocked and I think her expression is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It finds hard expression in the faces of those who would love you most. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He trailed away, sat smoking for some moments, an expression of frustration and vague irritation on his face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and I think it will last,” added Mrs. March, with the restful expression of a pilot who has brought a ship safely into port. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her expression and her tiny frame, she looked closer to four than eight. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I am suddenly glad of the dark, so I don’t have to see Cardan’s expression. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he stepped back to lean against his desk, the two women again followed him and stood closely on either side, watching him with alert expressions, as if worried what he might do. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was consternation darkening every expression, and Captain Black yawned deliciously, rubbed the last lethargy from his eyes and laughed gloatingly each time he told someone else to eat his liver. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He leaned over Victor with a worried expression on his little face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Garcia’s expression is complicated, all mixed up with sadness, excitement, and dread. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her toenails were painted red, and she was wearing red, and she was also wearing an expression of intent that would have alarmed him had he looked up—which he didn’t. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Typical expression,” said Ralph absentmindedly, and went back to talking to Helen in Chinese. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a severe expression he turned back to the children. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now his expression was almost angry, like Nate had hurt him somehow. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

His expression is compressed as a pug’s, as though he’s trying to close his nostrils through facial muscles alone. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He checked his father again, who stared at him without expression. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face seemed a mixture of astonishment and anger. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At school the next day, Phoebe wore a fixed expression: a sealed, thin smile. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“What’s wrong—?” He looked down at her, his expression deadly calm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Reyna’s expression looked the same as it had at Camp Jupiter when she realized Jason had found another girl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The awed expression on my mother’s face was wonderful to see. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This expression closed in New Haven. glass ceiling. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Franklin’s back was to me, but I imagined I could see the determined set of her jaw, the same resolute expression I’d seen on Jesse’s face a hundred times. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“The ball is an expression of our feelings,” she says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He studies my expression again, and slowly, slowly tips my chin up. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I really hate it when a teacher has to show that she isn’t behind the times by using some expression which sounds so up-to-date you know for sure she’s behind the times. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even in bad situations he had a soft, dreamy expression on his face, which was what he wanted, a kind of escape. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew from the expression on his face that something was definitely up. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson starts to work on the lock, glancing up at me, his expression nearly unreadable in the dark. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Linda tried not to look hopeful, but she didn’t have much success at hiding the expression that flitted across her face. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Count Olaf had a great number of very long speeches, which he performed with elaborate gestures and facial expressions. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The hopeful expression on her face betrays her own wishes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a troubled, secretive expression, and after a few moments he looked up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he faced Arm again, his expression was again powerful and confident. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled over to look at her, and her expression seemed ambivalent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mom sees the expression on my face as I’m reviewing the photo I took. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She grabbed him and kissed him right, left, and full on the lips, laughing at his surprised expression. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Toomer rose again to face Red his expression had changed and his eyes seemed akin to those of the pack for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did see the glance that passed between his parents: an expression of muted alarm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I can't read his expression, so maybe he's making fun of me as he says: "I'm putting all my hopes and dreams into this one seed. That's how I want it." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But the man just nodded politely—his expression never changed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had stopped laughing and there was a hurt expression on his face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid shook his head; his expression was disbelieving but sympathetic, and Harry knew that Hagrid thought he had sustained a blow to the head, that he was confused, perhaps by the aftereffects of a jinx.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t read the expression on his face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Thorn were suddenly at the base of the tree, looking up with matching worried expressions. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face is like he’s showing me a frill-necked lizard or a leafy seadragon, not a plain old hunk of nothing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks are flushed, and she wears an expression that says she'd like nothing more than to smack someone. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I pressed, trying to ignore his angry expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“A nervous breakdown. I dislike that expression, it has a very old wives’ tale vibe to it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The second officer was a tall, thin man with a melancholy expression and dark hair thinning above his forehead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Here Mr. Curtain paused, his face adopting an expression of fond reverie. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She found his expression decidedly unpleasant and made a point of averting her smoke-stung eyes from that harsh, heavy- lidded gaze. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Gay was staring out at a jet that was coming in for a landing with a constricted expression on her face. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He wore a harassed expression, like someone who has got to catch a train. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A serene expression settled on his face and then he quietly smiled and said, “So, by choosing to give you the line, I do not lose it.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Eels always have this expression like they just told a joke and they’re waiting for the others to laugh. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Mother Lois had come over, and the expression on her face made me more frightened. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Hercules’s expression was like the cliffs of Gibraltar—a solid, unforgiving sheet of stone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lily was sitting with her chin in her hand, gazing off in the same direction, but with a wistful expression. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Other times, he asked her what unfamiliar expressions meant. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Moved them to Muriel’s. The Death Eaters know Ron’s with you now, they’re bound to target the family—don’t apologize,” he added at the sight of Harry’s expression. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Children’s expression of emotional meaning in music through expressive body movement Journal of Non-verbal Behavior. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His expression changes to one of interest, the back of his hand still raised to his mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, the greatest fun,” he answered, but in a voice so mournful, with an expression so profoundly miserable, that Lenina felt all her triumph suddenly evaporate. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how to read the expression on his face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit cracks a smile, the only noticeable change his expression has displayed the entire evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mark slammed onto the metal of the hatch and stared into the man’s face—he had absolutely no expression, not even a sign of fatigue or strain from the climb he’d just made. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I acknowledged her offer with that facial expression that says, Really? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

His face morphed into an expression I recognized—shame. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Queen Mary glides in wearing slate-gray separates and a stony expression, her gray bob arranged with razor precision around the edges of her face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was livid, a sad expression on his face, trying to cover the hole in his throat with a plug made of esparto grass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mom stopped walking and her expression got serious. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the foolish, abashed expression on Wrestrum's face and relaxed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard read the next issue of Lagos Life, and when he saw her photo he searched her expression, looking for what he did not know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boy looked at him with an injured expression, as if Dustfinger had taken his hand and thrust it into the fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We all—” began Loki, but he saw the expressions on the faces of all the gods in that hall, and he fell silent. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She wondered, in spite of his composed, brooding expression, if he were the type to throw a tantrum. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Professor Dumbledore was now looking down at Harry, who looked right back at him, trying to discern the expression of the eyes behind the half-moon spectacles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She was tall and bony, and wore a perpetually severe expression. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, of course there isn’t. When somebody’s sent here, there’s no . . .” Startled by the expression of distress on his pale face, she suddenly broke off. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that photo she wears a slight smile and a combined expression of hope and accomplishment. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turned back to the desk, my expression resolute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Audrey looks at me and asks whether I’m okay just by the expression on her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Chrysaor’s golden gorgon mask snarled at him, though it was impossible to tell what his real expression might be underneath. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As well, ingenuity, a feeling for incongruity, and a sense of economical expression are crucial to both mathematics and humor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was changing, resuming its usual expression of gleeful malice. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s no anger or judgment in her expression. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ida sidles up to me, her expression worried. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mrs. Baker realized Lily was ignoring her, her expression hardened. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to make out their expressions, but the tension in the air was like the hot static buzz you feel before that first clap of thunder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Imagine if there were a switch that all of us had, to turn off the expressions on our face at will. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In among the press of all the ghosts, there he was, his familiar features wan but his expression as full of delight as a ghost could be. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She liked his more animated expressions, and the way it was easy to hug him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now, as Pasiphaë glared daggers at her, Hazel realized why her expression was so familiar. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then I looked at Charles with a stumped expression and said I gave up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were students of the expressions of young women as they went in to confession, and they saw them as they came out and read the nature of the sin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Winston that a synthetic face was perhaps incapable of changing its expression. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The expression on James’s face told Moses to start explaining. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Her expression was that of a mother watching a doctor remove bandages from a severely burned child. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She nodded without altering her calm expression, and her husband nodded back in silence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe it's the expression in her eyes, something at once coolly logical and fiercely defiant. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A picture: the expression on Rafael Luna’s face when he looks up from his paperwork to see Alex standing in the doorway of his office. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My father may have been terrified for our safety, but he kept his feelings hidden behind an impenetrable expression. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The girl at the register looked at me with an expression of utter and genuine sympathy that I'd never seen on another human being before, and quietly whispered, "I'm so sorry." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Group singing played a major role in society, for emotional expression, entertainment, social cohesion, and so forth. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s tense, listening expression changed to a slowly dawning smile. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But from Paul’s horrified expression, Nate realized he must look worse than he imagined. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

They have difficulty interpreting nonverbal cues, such as gestures and facial expressions or putting themselves inside someone else's head or drawing understanding from anything other than the literal meaning of words. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then he dropped the superior expression altogether and coughed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I want to remember it in Jazzhole,” he repeated, smiling as though only she could have come up with that expression. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Several people moved away with expressions of dismay. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes just as Dana Matherson was being lifted away, arms flailing, a stunned expression on his pug face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes him off, returning to her pizza with an unreadable expression. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whatever he read in her expression made his shoulders sag. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Comparable economies of expression can be obtained by comparing the high safety index associated with nuclear power with the relatively low safety index for burning coal. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could even see in his mind how her expression would be one of panic at her question. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Major Major’s father had a Calvinist’s faith in predestination and could perceive distinctly how everyone’s misfortunes but his own were expressions of God’s will. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It is a genuine expression of hatred for the poor, who have no one to blame for their misery but themselves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The campaign had taught me that my every move and facial expression would be read a dozen different ways. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Reynie stared pleadingly at Sticky, whose expression was impossible to read. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on her face now looks to be a question. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The idea seems to be: use an expression only as long as it doesn’t mean anything to anybody. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could remember Gideon’s face, his expression, his calm but commanding voice in the subway. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I wish I could take the words back as Soojin’s expression instantly sours. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His expression seems to say, “Stay. Ride me.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You must have had the experience where somebody comments on your expression and you didn’t know you were making it,” Ekman says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He looks over his shoulder, and for a second his expression is full of longing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Naheed was scanning the room for Eliza, but she began to notice the teachers standing around the outside of the circle of students, their expressions solemn. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Fadi looked at his father’s untroubled expression and paused in confusion. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Roza dropped into a seat next to a girl wearing a sad puppy expression on her face. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Rus began to growl, and the man regarded him with an amused expression. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was knowledge in his expression, and enjoyment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, they trudged by, their heads down, their expressions sullen. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She was “nervous,” she suffered “little spells”—such were the sheltering expressions used by those close to her. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky had become dark behind her, and the only light in the room came from the coal fire in the hearth, so he couldn’t see her expression. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if you have the—pardon the expression—guts for it.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I trust you,” I say, surprising myself, and from the expression on his face, him as well. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“No, Harry, I am speaking the truth,” he added, as Harry pulled a skeptical expression. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a sadness in her expression tempered by hope. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa came in, a wary expression on his face that he quickly converted to a warm smile for the visitors. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought of the expression I had seen on Rufus’s face as he looked at this man. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Something inside of me coiled at his expression, but it wasn’t fear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I glanced at his face, but his expression was unreadable. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stole a glance at Javier, whose concentrated expression seemed a little angry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Obviously, the wound was still bothering her, but she saw my expression and rolled her eyes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And the expressions on both their faces got to be upsetting. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The severity of her expression did not alter, and there was no telling whether there was insult or humor or a hidden message in her remark. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Parallel syntax is just the Rule of One Variable applied to writing: if you want readers to appreciate some variable, manipulate the expression of that variable alone while keeping the rest of the language unchanged. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He responds with an expression an Eagle Scout type like Kelton shouldn’t know. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It is an expression. We say it as a greeting,” zhatapH said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

This time, their expressions are full of silent alarm. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy never wanted to see that expression again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She meandered about, hands thrust in her skirt pockets; on her face a sour expression, almost righteous in the degree of its displeasure, appeared. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The disappointment on her face was palpable, but it was Moss who wore the most pained expression. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” he said after a moment of silence, the expression in his eyes inscrutable. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t cry, you could tell from her expression she had made up her mind she wouldn’t. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me with an expression I know too well—pity. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When Con came out to join them, Taisin and Kaede hastily scooted apart, but the expressions on their faces were so plain that he laughed out loud. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, we were kind of hoping to go home as soon as possible . Adina started. Ladybird Hope’s expression changed to one of disapproval. “ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She must have seen the expression on my face, because she waved me to come to the other side of her desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Piper recognized that brooding expression on her friend’s face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But the Huntsman only raised his eyebrows, and Kaede thought she recognized his expression. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I became nervous and fearful that some heedless word, some turn in a careless conversation should bring that expression back to his eyes again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There is hunger in her gaze before her usual expression of disdain returns. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, Tao closes his book, his expression softer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Class awareness, if you could call it that, seemed to fall more along the lines of aesthetics and experience than any bald expression of affluence. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He’s watching me with an expression of mild curiosity, as though he’s looking forward to seeing what happens next. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At first, when I look at Tris, her expression is like still water—like the images we just saw caused no ripples. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I arrange my face in an expression of pure irritation. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“When I saw that expression on your face, that grief. I look for that.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Frank had the same expression as the monster catfish head—wide glassy eyes and an open mouth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Growing up in Syria he had often heard the expression “If your hand doesn’t work for it, your heart doesn’t feel sorry for it.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He turned to look at me again, his expression irritated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He brought in a ton of old magazines: Time, Sports Illustrated, People, Good Housekeeping...the ones I always see in the doctor’s office waiting room, the kind grown-ups look at with very serious expressions. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The expressions range from pleasure to distress, from sorrow to satisfaction. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The officer in front swung his head around swiftly with a quarrelsome expression. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But she could see farther than they could, and there was a calm hope in her expression, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He looks at the small cubes of bone with a horrified expression on his face. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the fire with a dour expression. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But those had been open-fisted, more pats than punches, self-consciously friendly, comfortable expressions of anxieties that were both perplexing and thrilling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hermione turned the pages with much the same expression of distaste she had worn when handling Secrets of the Darkest Art. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He stood in the hallway, looking ahead with no expression on his face that I could decipher. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But staring at my parents’ expressions right now, I saw they didn't look disappointed; they looked crushed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The clarity of his features made all these expressions vivid and bright, as if a light shone on him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could see from the expression on Trevor’s face that he was trying to figure out exactly what time to text his mom so she would think he’d gotten out of the movie. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Harry looked at Ron and Hermione; their expressions reflected the mingled shock and gratitude he felt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She looked at Khione’s smug expression and she realized the goddess was hoping for that. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Only Locke is watching us, his expression troubled. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His serious expression softens at the sight of me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She frowns with an expression just like one I might make if she was being particularly thickheaded. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sounded reasonable and supportive, but his expression was pained. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His hand remained suspended between us, and he had a goofy expression on his face. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Olive’s expression looks like she just stepped on a tack. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I picked up a breadstick and began nibbling on the end, measuring his expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the same expression she wore the very first night I met her—hopeful, curious, and fearful all at once. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But something about his expression reminds me that he does know something about loss. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He must have thought the expression on my face was fear inspired by his story. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Most of their faces were downcast but, again and again, their glances strayed over to Resa with expressions of pity—and dread. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mom’s eyes lit up, too, but then she saw something in my dad’s expression and answered me in her usual measured way. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’s taken off her glasses, too, and is staring at me with the same shocked expression I’d seen on Jena’s face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walked drearily between the trunks, his face empty of expression, and the blood was dry round his mouth and chin. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The others look at me with an isn’t-she-adorable kind of expression, which ticks me off. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he finally reached out his hand for the money, his haggard expression was the same one I was used to seeing on pawnbroker’s faces. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She’s giving me a look like she’s seeing something for the first time, and I school my expression to blankness, worried that I somehow gave too much away. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Some Gethenians, I thought, are like such animals, with deep bright eyes that do not change expression when you speak. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But she had such a dazed expression on her face, she didn’t even look like herself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Hyperion is a bad Titan,” Bob announced, his expression grim. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What Will could see of his expression was petulant. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s clear from her expression that she thinks this is a sad story I’m telling her—a very sad story. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Brisen, standing rigid, as she had stood to bear Sir Lancelot’s glare, looked at the closed door with an inscrutable expression. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shot was cropped well—the Saint Bernard’s eyes looked up while the kitten looked down, drawing the viewer’s eyes to the expressions on their faces. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Her welcoming expression turned into one of nervous surprise. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” he said, a dark expression crossing his handsome face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to see the expression on Gay’s face. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I shift my arms slightly so I can see his expression through the crack. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Kamau was staring at him, his expression a cross between mild amusement and genuine concern. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Snape had his wand out and was blasting rosebushes apart, his expression most ill-natured. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The emperor stared at Amah, his expression slowly transforming into a glare. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

After a moment Jorge looked up with the kindly expression of a beloved teacher. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood, facing the door with a puzzled, business-like expression, biting his fingers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now he noticed the moving ears which gave expression and even inflection of expression to the face. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not really taking Jack’s side in the boy war, are you?” said Savanna, making an eww expression with her lips. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The Ancient’s seamed face appeared through the fringe of reeds, and his one eye rolled from Ranofer to Heqet with an expression of exaggerated stealth. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Seeing, I suppose, some expression in my face strange to him, he added:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The expressions on their faces said “Take that!” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

With a resigned expression, Mo took hold of one handle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Malecki’s expression darkens, and he gets this strange, wild look in his eyes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Something in my expression, or maybe the fact that I’ve made no attempt to conceal it, makes him go easy on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was clear from Maddie’s expression she hadn’t considered the flip side of this wager. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Guilt crept into the expressions of the two men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio handed him the receiver with a gloomy expression on his face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Something about his expression makes my stomach clench.“Did you—did you take a screenshot or something?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He was just sitting there, behind that vacant expression, riding it out. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Caesar made a quizzical expression at her bulging sack of yams but didn’t speak. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A dozen Marcuses press into the circle of light, all holding the same belt, with the same blank expression. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ambrose looked up at me, his expression growing suddenly amused. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she told him in the Italian restaurant that she was married, his expression had not changed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, sitting in the shadows with a gloomy expression, Thalia looked a lot like one of the Hunters. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Causey was a master of half expression, half smiles, and half glowers, for all nuances of expression stopped at the invisible frontier that marked the dead sector of his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. No. Now it is Bon who watches Henry; he can see the whites of Henry’s eyes again as he sits looking at Henry with that expression which might be called smiling. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may be useful as an expression for the ‘unit factors’...demonstrated by modern Mendelian researchers.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A moment later Lord Asriel’s expression was bland and virtuous, just as his daughter’s could be, and from then on Lord Roke was more careful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

You may have heard the expression that humans are a carbon-based life form. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The mother, who was still incapable of breathing properly, began to cough numbly with her hand held up over her mouth and a manic expression in her eyes. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think we're both hungry. We better eat something before we make another big mistake," Max says with a pained expression. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Baba asks as he places his empty glass dessert bowl on the coffee table with a satisfied expression. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s a very old expression,” Scythe Goddard told him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Goddard’s gleeful expression faded, but only a bit. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Asclepius’s expression softened, like he was easing himself into a hot bath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Carlisle’s expression distracted me from this train of thought; he was gazing meaningfully at Edward with an intense expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As he watched he had an immovable expression on his face, composed but alert, as if someone were giving him directions to an unknown destination. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She listens to me with a frozen, stunned expression and her lower teeth biting her upper lip, a habit I never imagined for Mirjam. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He saw concern and something less easily definable in Hermione’s expression. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He looked down, his expression distracted and impatient, but full of excited satisfaction, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In his mind, Nathan could see his father’s expression of surprise and concern, eyebrows raised, mouth shaped like an O. “I don’t know how to respond. I mean, did you ask your mother?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Alec took a step back, his face pinched with an expression Mark didn’t quite get. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was a powerful, dark-faced man, and now that she could see him in daylight Lyra saw a sad grimness in his expression. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ekman calls that kind of fleeting look a micro expression, which is a very particular and critical kind of facial expression. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Bach was a kind of expression I could connect with. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Pi is spelled like the mathematical expression, not the pastry. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses dramatically, his expression changing to that of a child about to reveal a very big secret. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But her eyes glittered in the firelight, her expression unreadable. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

As she moved stiffly, she saw Ginika in her side vision, watching them, her expression puzzled, mouth slightly slack, as though she did not quite believe what had happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He has a funny expression on his face, like he’s doing math in his head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As it fell, the snake’s expression was one of surprise, as if it had shown up to work only to find someone else sitting in its desk and using its stapler. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The beginnings of this insight came when Ekman and Friesen were first sitting across from each other, working on expressions of anger and distress. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This time a man turned around, and he had such a terrible expression— your mother said it looked like death itself—she shivered and looked away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bob looked at Percy, and Percy wished he could read the Titan’s expression. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When she reached the door and did look up, what struck me was her expression. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sympathetic expression, he knelt down and put a hand on each of their shoulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I’d had a camera to capture the expression on his face when I suggested we trade spots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As in a polar expedition, every expression of life must serve only the preservation of existence, and is absolutely focused on that. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand went to the side of her head, her expression outraged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But then her expression twisted and she bared her teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Rachael stared into the light rigidly, the expression of extreme distaste still manifest. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

His expression soured a little, but he shrugged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a flash of anger there, but it quickly melted into an odd expression of surprise or confusion. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When you have an infinity in an expression, or when you divide by zero, all the mathematical operations—even those as simple as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—go out the window. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In response to what was surely a wildly confused expression on my face, he went on: “You know...it.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Celia saw her son age in these photographs, watched his mouth acquire his father’s obstinate expression. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered Nico’s grim expression, his fingers digging into her arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They're talking to one another when one of them looks over in our direction, an expression of curiosity crossing her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And while the words were clear, they matched his expression, as if each one was rasped with a rough file before it left his mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His horrified expression seemed to be asking: How could you? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His face had the crumpled expression of disrupted sleep. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Vogel stood with his mouth agape as a shocked expression swept across his face. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the look on her face abruptly, the two emotions warring with each other in every inch of her expression. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Tex John Smith Family picking berries in Oregon, 1933” was the caption under a snapshot of four barefooted children wearing overalls and cranky, uniformly fatigued expressions. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack gives a slight nod when I look at him; Mom watches me with a hopeful expression. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Kvothe stared at his student for a long moment, his expression solemn. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could see from Chestnutt’s expression that she wasn’t eager to hop through. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He is of medium height, lean, with slightly shaggy dark hair, a mustache, and a little bit of a hangdog expression. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression—and my word for it came straight out of a French edition of Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu books—was inscrutable. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Dozens and dozens of strangers stopped to stare at him and to admire his silky white coat, his curly tail, his kind and radiant expression. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I just remember looking at your face for a second. Awfully funny expression you had. Very shocked, like you have right now.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was shaking her head and she wore the exact same expression that Mikayla’s mom had last night, and I wanted to shout, Don’t say it! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the teen’s smug expression dropped, as if all the muscles that held up his face failed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

To her dismay, his expression went from alarmed to distinctly confused. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she wanted to get as far from this god as possible, but she tried to maintain a calm, polite expression. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Both dogs sat up immediately and, to the astonishment of the elderly couple watching, wagged their tails in unison, wearing almost identical expressions of pleased and doting interest. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared without expression at the half-page newspaper photos of himself, taken an instant before the wreck, showing him coiled over Fair Knightess’s withers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet dragged over the wooden floor and her face held an expression of tense effort. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They sound alike. They use some of the same expressions—‘You’ll always have each other’? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I told Gaur what Miss Lieberman had said, I noticed his expression change as he listened, just as you can see a mischievous idea enter the head of a child. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s expression goes from dreamy to droopy again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I looked like to her, because I don’t think there was any expression on my face at all, and it didn’t matter. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

What Madison actually thought about the most frantic expressions of Virginian mistrust is difficult to know. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She seemed younger than Mary herself, though Lyra had said she was hundreds of years old; the only hint of age came in her expression, which was full of a complicated sadness. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His expression was so intense, his life might’ve really been in danger. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at him with absolutely no expression in her pale eyes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For those who believe the smallpox is but the expression of the Christian God’s will, there is no cause for aught but celebration in a death, which is a liberation from this flesh. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Yet the expressions on the faces of the sick were not sad. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was able to read Mary’s expressions by this time, or the most obvious of them at least, and she laughed at the way Mary’s jaw dropped. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the second net with a disdainful expression. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For the first time I truly appreciate the expression, because the salt in the water makes the pain of my wounds so blinding I nearly black out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On her face was an expression I hadn’t seen from her before: concern. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They were emotional expressions of inarticulate people with small vocabularies; they made a kind of dialect. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the second person looks at the first person with a gleam, a kind of can’t-believe-my-luck expression that promises all kinds of vengeance. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a very strange, shocked expression on his face. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I looked straight ahead of me along the drive, but I could see his face was turned towards me, as though he wished to read my expression. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Lily quickly to see the expression on her face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Olanna laughed, grateful for the warmth in Okeoma’s expression and the way he held her hand for a little too long. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sorry about your pencil—it’s a shame,” she said, but already her sympathetic expression was fading. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Madoc’s grim expression, jaw locked, doubtlessly unused to children, no less human ones. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face is exactly the same as the day he found a dinosaur bone buried beneath the elementary school playground. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

My lip curls, but otherwise I keep my expression as masklike as I know how, as cruel and cold as the face that reoccurs in my nightmares. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wore jeans and a T-shirt, and with his brooding expression he looked almost human—like the younger version of Luke I’d seen in the vision, pleading with Hermes to tell him his fate. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And for the second time in their lives, but not the last, each of them saw their own expression on the other’s face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stood looking at me with no expression and did not answer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gran’s expression softened as she leaned closer to the window. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He has a walkie-talkie at his waist and a suspicious expression on his face. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, the man changed his attitude and expression, took his hands from his pockets and smiled a smile that Bigger did not believe. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His sister peered at him with the same expression of faint distaste she had worn since the day he was bom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He usually had such an angry expression on his face. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Eventually, though, they found out that there was a good reason for Finn’s odd expressions, his strange distraction, that annoying way he had of creeping up on a person. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When she saw my stricken expression, she tilted her head to the side as if to say, You okay? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression is placid as he examines his cuts, turns off the water, and dries his hands with a towel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He can’t understand how it feels to scan a crowd of faces, searching for the expression of sympathy that says it’s happened again. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s why they call you—” The words leave me when I see his expression. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She pulls back, opens her eyes, and laughs when she sees the expression on my face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Fox-eyed Locke, standing silently behind Valerian, his expression schooled to careful indifference, has a chin as pointed as the tips of his ears. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Samar just sat on the steps with her parents, a quizzical expression on her face. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Manet lay down his fork, his expression serious for the first time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was striving for a level of expression that matched those of the novels I read. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression was grim, her mouth turned down at the comers, but her voice was soft and low. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A strange expression passed over his lean hungry face. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jack gestured to the hallway lined with painted portraits of famous San Francisco writers wearing somber expressions and silly costumes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I laughed at his expression, but it was cut short when dull pain blossomed across my back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The young woman was still staring, her expression inscrutable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They talked some, then at a certain point Martin would stand with a solemn expression and Cora clambered back into the nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The new guard’s expression was the same as his predecessor’s, seeming to take for granted the guilt of the men in the cage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

No one else said a word, most of them staring at Chuck’s body without expression, as if they’d moved far beyond feeling. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As we floated closer to the lights, we could make out Luno’s gloating expression. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her voice was louder as she peered at me with a mischievous expression. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, as she fussed and fumed about my wicked desires, I kept my expression pleasant, the same as 1 did in the halls of Central High in order to avoid expulsion. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger paused and looked round the poolroom with a wild and exasperated expression, his lips tightening with resolution. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The insults bounced off their carapace of thick stupidity; they stared at him with a blank expression of dull and sullen resentment in their eyes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I totally respect your freedom of expression, Charles. I just think you might be able to express yourself more clearly if you didn’t use big words on all your signs. See ya!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was sound asleep, in fact, knocked out cold in the backseat, his mouth agape, his expression blissful and unworried. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As I left the shop I was careful to keep my expression neutral, but inside I was wearing a wide, satisfied smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pastor trailed off, and from the expression on his face, Ophie didn’t want to know what those men had done to her daddy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His expression is most striking in the Easter photo because it contrasts so strongly with the exuberant grin Carine wears in the same frame. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was one of rapt concentration, of triumph, almost, a high diver rushing to the end of the board; eyes tight, joyous, waiting for the big splash. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the intense expression on her face is normal. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Liam’s expression was grim as he leaned over and pulled my hair out from where it was trapped beneath the collar. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was an expression of raw pain that came from an inability of my body to express that pain in any other way, shape, or form. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor had a blank expression on his face, and with a pencil he was poking holes in the tide page of his case file. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He looked taken aback when he heard me speak, and a good portion of the grim suspicion faded from his expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His expression is blank, but there’s a glint of something in his eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She was staring up at it with a puzzled expression on her fece. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As I examined them, the youngest, one of the Cullens, looked up and met my gaze, this time with evident curiosity in his expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wore the same bright, hopeful expression with which she had arrived at Warings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The man's expression didn’t change, but Luke thought he saw a flicker of interest in his eyes. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

And—the thought wiped off her grin—there was also her mom...now frozen with a worried expression on her face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And sometimes no. Completely depends on the circumstance. If you want to defuse an emotional situation, use the neutral expression. If you're under attack, dominate with the eyes. All right, Mila, you’re next. Ready?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the mouse was separate; there was something of Lyra in his expression, but something else too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression looks blank . . . but behind it, something flickers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At the same time the expression on her face suggested that she and the artist shared an unpleasant secret. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper simply stood, and in that moment his expression held no fear, no anger or surprise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her expression was clear: She had to get out. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looks back at me as she stops in front of a pair of frosted-glass doors, her expression unreadable as she punches a code into the keypad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She watched him put on his socks, with a mixed expression of injury and the ungovernable interest of someone who has been examining laundered socks for holes for a great many years. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Cardan looks over, and I can tell from his expression that she has failed to please him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then I relished her nauseated expression when she swallowed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was his family, looking on from the distance, with expressions that ranged from disapproval to fury but held no hint of concern for their brother’s safety. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

An armed guard with a grim expression let us in at the wrought-iron gate. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I look over at Dad, whose expression hardens. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Kamau offered a half smile before his expression grew more solemn. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I studied her expression to see if she approved. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Hermione’s expression could not have been any smugger; she had loathed being outperformed in every Potions class. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We spent the rest of the walk dissecting sentence structures and most of Spanish on a minute description of Mike’s facial expressions. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Annabeth couldn’t read the expression on Percy’s ghoulish face very well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We smile at expressions like these out of relief, because were braced for the numbing cliche that fails to arrive. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash must have looked startled, and Gwen misread her expression as apprehension. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a very small stir; shoulders turning slightly, quick glances, expressions of surprise. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression of delight on her face was a very bad thing to see. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They turned to stare at me, their expressions flinty and spiteful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tried to read his expression, but it was a clean slate. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But on the following Monday he was back, looking at her with an expression that stopped just short of a leer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, find out when the expression was thought up, and then adjust for inflation.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Again I waited for Zooey to smack me or scream, but her expression was serene and never wavered. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Arms crossed, her expression just as smug as when she tricked her grandpa into buying her that expensive bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

At once it swings back, knocking me over almost, and Rex Rollins looks me in the eye and is full of some kind of unreadable expression. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe I still had the balls/haiku expression on my face, so I guess Joey thought I didn’t trust his evening beverage selection. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This Surya had a tired expression, weary after a hard day of work, sitting astride a horse with folded legs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A fake kindly expression lit up his face. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a very agreeable face, despite his severe, somber demeanor and his frequently sour expression. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression is calm, but he’s angry—the terseness in his voice betrays him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stood staring at him from the doorway, her eyes blinking, her expression a total blank, like he had just spoken to her in a foreign language. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

As he read, a startled expression came across his face. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless of perspective, what was important was the message imparted by one through posture and expression and interpreted by the other: You may get the better of me, but it will cost you. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He set the saddle down on the ground and looked at her with a grave expression. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He is clearly wearing shorts, and his bony legs seem almost skeletal while the smooth profile of his face conveys a detached and sad expression. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Was not all of creation an expression of the harmonies in the mind of God? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was solemn, like he was holding something that could shape fortunes and mold destinies. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had glanced often at Blaine, like a student at a professor, gauging her performance from his expression. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But then she caught sight of Ron’s expression. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His expression was distracted again, and I didn’t doubt that his vast machine of a brain was busy thinking about a half dozen things all at once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She fumed, then realized everyone at the table was staring at her again with matching expressions of shock and embarrassment. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The sleepy waiters moved toward the kitchen with resigned expressions on their faces. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was smooth, the anger reined in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

What was that expression my father used for easy kills? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I skewered him with my most severe expression. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The old man's expression was no longer quite so forbidding as he inspected Mo. “How extraordinary. You must be really keen on the book,” he murmured. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Each time, I would be handed the same set of note cards to read, be faced with the same expressions of hope and deep grief from the crowd. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t so bad, but what Macon Dead remembered most was the expression on her face. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

These soldiers all wore the same stern, tense expressions and handled their bayonetted rifles nervously, as if they were in the camp of the enemy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression, which had been so hangdog a moment ago, now glowed with joy. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could look at him and see little save his movements, expressions, the mundane sounds of his eating. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poe’s expression is unreadable, his dark eyes serious. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Despite the pain and the blood, Roza took in the icy-eyed man’s expression of frozen, stony horror and reveled in it, delighted in it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He moved from one topic to the next, making no concession to their bewildered expressions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t read her expression, but her voice told him she was deeply worried. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their chests rose and fell hard, and her expression asked a thousand questions he didn’t want to answer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He did not curry favour; rather, he was seeking a relationship with destiny: his music yearned to be the expression of humanity's deepest desires and anxieties. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell from the way he kept trying to tame the expression on his face each time he opened his mouth. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

His expression after he says this makes me laugh—like he’s surprised by his own words. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She looked up, dismayed, hoping to see by his expression that he was making a small joke. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed then, watching Theodora’s expression as she stood in the doorway of the green room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

When we burst from the locker room and begin our halftime warm-up, I spot Erin staring at me with a very concerned expression on her face. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bram stares at the photo, eyes crinkling around the edges, and something about his expression makes my heart twist. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Her heart hurt, physically, truly hurt, but she forced herself to keep her expression firm, unmoving, as he spoke. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Quite a ride,” he’d said, never taking his eyes from the book, never once looking outside at the lightning or craning his neck to see the scared expressions on the stewardesses’ faces. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sees the expression on my face. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stared at me, bewildered by my tortured expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His expression was full of concern, and Luke knew, somehow, that he was trustworthy. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They exchange an expression I try to understand. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The expressions that have blended together since I came out of my coma are beginning to emerge into patterns. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

By this point Sticky had turned his shocked expression toward Mr. Benedict. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I came with my basket half-laden and saw my husband sitting on the floor staring out before him, a dazed expression on his face and his lips trembling loosely. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand expressions when I was six. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice lacked expression; each word was flat and dull, like pebbles dropped, one by one, into a deep well. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She was so giddy with relief it took her a moment to notice Nico, standing by himself, his expression full of pain and conflict. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The expression of dismay burst from Lupita as she looked at the border checkpoint. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

You can tell by the expressions on their faces that the sea lions are saying things like “Don’t dump the fish in!” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The distance in form, intention, mood and expression between Schubert’s songs for voice and piano and those of, say, Adele is remarkably short, considering they are separated by two hundred years. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Edward sat still as stone as she took in my expression with a practiced eye before turning to the monitors. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I would say her expression right now was definitely remorseful. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He had kind eyes like a grandfather’s and listened to my whole story without an expression on his face. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to see his face, but I knew what it would look like: a kind of sad, wincey expression. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The general sat back with an expression of pain. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The expression was so sudden, so perfect, and so obviously right that I almost laughed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My face set to a grim and determined expression. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until we established a supportive classroom environment in Room 203 and were allowed freedom of expression that the students realized violence is never the answer. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He looked like Max, but with an expression I wasn’t used to. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, and I could see the explorer’s excitement stirring beneath his calm expression. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The result was a face that looked like the wings of a butterfly and bore an expression vaguely old and Chinese. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I could picture was Mom’s glum face after finding out about Dad’s pricey plane ticket, and Dad’s crushed expression when he’d admitted that he didn’t know when he could replace my broken phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His expression is lost on her; she smiles back at him, unaware of what she’s done. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His expression suggested that the spectacle before him, the emerald grass, the white wooden bleachers, the school in the distance with its blue slate roof and ivy, pleased him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’d forgotten,” said Maxim, and his voice was slow now, tired, without expression, “that when you shot a person there was so much blood.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mother finally sits and steeples her fingers, her expression remote. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If you use one of these introductory expressions, remember: One is is enough. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes and saw his guarded expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"That's a great expression of yours, isn't it?" said Tom sharply. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“There are other ways to express ourselves. Today we’ll take advantage of nonverbal expression.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His normally placid expression was fierce and hard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stared at Dill with an acid expression. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A fragment of beetle was sticking to her lower lip, and there was no expression at all in her black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

A fruit vender was crying his wares in the street Edna looked straight before her with a self-absorbed expression upon her face. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to make my expression bright but I’m no actress. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now he rolled off his huge wife, whose rapt expression did not change when he departed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never paid attention to that expression before—neither joyous nor somber, but as if she were trying to tell me something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I don’ know, Harry,” Hagrid sighed suddenly, looking back down at him with a worried expression on his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I said the name of the band, he smiled crookedly, a peculiar expression in his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I actually start to worry about Boy21, because the expression on his face makes it looks like he’s about to cry. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft expression on her face quickly gave way to her usual brisk efficiency. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The scorching malice of his expression was enough to make any normal person quail, but Lord Roke merely smiled. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I do not know where Patrick finds his expressions. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at me and his expression turned all serious again, like he’d remembered something unpleasant. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I might be able to tell from her expression whether it was okay for me to go in. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I see Mama’s concerned expression and try to smile. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That is the one and only Mississippi expression he has ever picked up from Mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walk, I glance over at Gale's face, still smoldering underneath his stony expression. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Caesar had noticed the man before, strolling among the colored vendors and pausing by his crafts with a curious expression. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Sciola’s expression did not change, but a wisp of smoke curled from his nostrils in a manner subtly indicative of surprise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As SJ disappears around the corner, Mama’s expression shifts to a frown. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Somewhere behind David’s exhausted, haggard expression is something harder, stronger. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His expression seems more lucid than when he tried to strangle me, but it’s still not one that belongs to him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The stocky man did not smile, or change his expression. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest listened passively, with the bland expression of one who has heard it all before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He registered Wylan’s panicked expression, but it was all he could do to stay on his feet as the guard shoved him into line for an ice-cold shower. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His face was without expression, I could not tell whether he laughed inwardly or not. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His face had lately adopted an expression of playful contentiousness. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She could see the trepidation even on Basta’s face, although he was doing his best to hide it by assuming a particularly bored expression. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He did not turn his head or move his eyes, nor did he change his expression. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His mouth seemed inhumanly huge, like his jaw had twisted itself out of place to allow for a wider expression of fear. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It’s the same seriousness I always see on his face, but this is the first time I feel a sense of foreboding from it, like it’s more than just the expression of a quiet creator. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jacob stared at me for a moment, and I couldn’t read the expression in his dark eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I look over to see Poe standing in his doorway, his expression unreadable. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I see,” said Milo, and began massaging his black eyebrows together wearily with an expression of interior pain, as though waiting for some stinging discomfort he was experiencing to go away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They were still in the rear of the room, their face in an expression of bewilderment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There’s an expression on his face that chills me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

An expression of some sort passed over his features, but she did not recognize it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got to the door he stood in it and stared down at Bunny, with no expression on his face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pollux’s face breaks into an expression of delight and he has a series of melodic exchanges with the mockingjay. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Schlesinger was a man of thirty or so, lean, with fair hair cut very short and a vivid alertness in his expression. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I lift the sheet and she looks down with a questioning expression. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

His expression revealed nothing as he went back and forth along the windowsill with his paintbrush. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The solemn expression on her face wiped the smile off mine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was the old, cunning expression on his face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was learning rapidly how to watch white people, to observe their every move, every fleeting expression, how to interpret what was said and what left unsaid. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third principle is that indirect discourse is not always introduced with an expression like he said that or she thought that; sometimes it is implicit in the context. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even Cockerell had forgotten his knife and the tongues he was supposed to cut out and was listening with a faraway expression on his face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The air flashed with so many coarse expressions that my ears were ringing with “Anne’s bad this” and “van Daans’ good that.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mama’s expression didn’t change, save for a subtle blink that was longer than usual. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I look at him, really look, watching the way his hair falls into his eyes when he draws, the look of concentration on his face, no more smirking expression. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He gave her an expression that made clear that she was the one he’d been looking for all day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother was looking at him, with a contradictory expression, half amusement and half interest. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only expression more trite than tongue in cheek is tongue firmly in cheek. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression softened just a fraction of a degree. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something in his expression that makes me ask, “So that’s it?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He adopted a shrewd expression, which, on S.Q., looked rather as if he had severe indigestion. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would be impossible to describe the expression of hate and baffled malignity—of anger and hellish rage—which came over the Count’s face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I was hated and resented,” Ignatius said, casting a hurt expression at the brown walls of the kitchen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed my walk a bit, my smile fading into a more serious expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But then her expression dulled again and she sank back into the chair. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When he turned around Jean Louise saw amusement banish the indignation in his eyes, then meld into an expression she could not read. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But when she says, “Charlotte’s always the first to sign in,” with that eww expression on her face, it’s more like she’s saying, “Charlotte only gets what she wants because she’s first in line.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His expression was the only one that contained hope. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Anger passed over the man’s features for an instant, but his eyes shot to the camera again and he kept his expression neutral. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The expression on O’Brien’s face did not change. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I look quickly at Ren and notice him watching my face with a thoughtful expression. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wore a pitiful expression and stood with arms outstretched in the direction of the harbor, many blocks away, but also toward the Priest Hole, which was directly across the street. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But when Lyddie was finally able to rouse herself from her own pain, she saw that Diana’s face was drawn, the expression grim and set. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid looking at the faces surrounding me; I could not bear the expression of fear and anguish written on them, as they realised that yes, I was leaving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see the earthquake in his expression, the concern for my safety turn into concern for my sanity. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His expression cleared, now that he was satisfied that I was planning to answer. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I felt that God was calling me to be part of this effort to bring people together, to demonstrate a tangible expression of interracial progress. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene’s expression soured considerably at this development. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Crane-man’s normally placid expression was replaced with a frown of worry when Tree-ear stumbled into the space under the struts and collapsed in a heap on the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Daddy glances back at me, and there’s this expression on his face that I’ve never seen before. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe Frank was concentrating, though it was impossible to tell, since koi don’t have many expressions. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Percy kicked the dust on the rocks, his expression grim and dissatisfied. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She stares at me long and hard, and something about her expression stops me cold. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At each bar, Nali returned with a sad expression and no information about where Uncle Jet might be. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so Specials stood in a cordon around them, watching their captives with empty expressions. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I thought my older sister might be mad at me, but her expression was one of concern, not anger. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

His expression softens as he looks down at me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His expression didn’t change, but I saw Digger’s chin lift up a little. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Actually, it’s a silly expression, and I am surprised that I used it at all. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He has an odd, wild expression on his face, and a muscle is jumping in his jaw. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had the exact same expression Will did when he didn’t get his way. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

These are nice old expressions that could be with us for a long time if they’re treated gently, but only time will tell. scream bloody murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stubbornly refused to be the first to break it this time, fighting hard against the temptation to peek at his expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Will hadn’t taken his eyes off Mrs. Cooper, and his expression was desperate. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite right, Malcolm. Treat it like a question for the alethiometer. See if we can work out what it all signifies. What she did on the path was an expression of contempt, wasn’t it?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The ancestor in front was a thin older man, with a heavily beaded blanket across one shoulder, short curly hair, and a stern expression. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His closed expression told me I had walked in on something I wasn’t supposed to see. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Our server approached with a cheery smile that disappeared the moment he saw Audrey's grim expression. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

However close they were, it was not possible to read expressions. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The girl looked at her grandmother with a curious expression. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Indeed we have,” said Hallgrimsson, and if Coram had had to describe his expression, he would have said that the scholar was preening himself just a little. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face when he’d said Don’t dig yourself in deeper on account of me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I let him run out of steam before I couldn’t take his pitiful expression anymore and had to stifle a laugh. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The paper lay open on the breakfast table, and it was clear from my mother’s expression that she’d already read the story. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her expression sent a message so clear she might have been speaking in his mind: Thank you, demigod. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I looked at my classmates for help, but now their expressions had changed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her eyes met Rowan’s, but his expression gave away nothing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There was, in his expression, a veiled amusement, as though he did not see why she should be so upset but was better off not saying so. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The girl glanced back over her shoulder at me, her expression somewhere between surprise and exasperation. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She also saw that Capricorn did not care for that expression at all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I saw the horror of how I must look in the eyes and expression of the man who opened the door. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore was standing there, wearing long green robes and a mildly curious expression. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She fiddles with the zipper on her sweatshirt, then looks up and has a weird expression on her face. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She reads my bewildered expression and raises both hands to her face, mimicking a gesture I immediately recognize. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ron looked around at Harry, his expression very serious indeed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of chairs being pushed back, polite expressions, a door closing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm took this in at once, and then saw the expression on his father’s face. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” his three kids said in unison, their expressions blank. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to look at me, his expression incredulous. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her hand, held by his, twitched like a fish on a hook, and he recognized the astounded expression in her eyes from earlier incidents in his career. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the older woman did not have that old standoffish expression, did not speak stiffly with her eyes focused somewhere between Olanna’s face and the hand-carved paneling. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s quiet, his head bowed so I can’t see his expression. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Next to me is Craig, gentlemanly in a little bow tie and suit jacket, bearing an earnest expression. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His expression twisted to a sneer when he reached the back and surveyed the Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Experience had carved new expressions in his features and given him a worldly manner. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The wounded expression in the children’s eyes broke what was left of Charlie’s heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ash went outside to meet them, and her new stepmother, Lady Isobel Quinn, looked at Ash with an expression hovering between resignation and impatience. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

An expression of utter astonishment appeared on MacQueen’s face; then it darkened. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cora couldn’t see Lovey’s face for the sun behind her, but she knew her friend’s expression. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed normal to all of us, but the majors expression grew stormy throughout the courses. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The old man listened with a puzzled expression as he held an unlit cigar in his delicate fingers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was copying the superior, bored expressions of the high school girls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The warehouse was filled with more statues—people in all different poses, wearing all different outfits and with different expressions on their faces. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw him on the road near my faculty building, and there was an expression on his face that really annoyed me, so I followed him back to Imoke Street and told him off.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could all too easily picture the smug expressions of condolence I’d receive from those who’d been certain of my failure from the get-go. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you!” said Mrs. Weasley, but it was with a slightly softened expression that she started cutting Harry bread and buttering it for him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Caleb’s expression is placid as the bus sways and jolts on the road. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She looks at me with cold eyes and an unsmiling expression, a gaze that sends a chill through me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t want to sing in the concert, but it would be wonderful if you could play piano and accompany the singers,” she asked with a hopeful expression. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“In the west, they have an expression for that,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kainene was inspecting her plate with that arch expression of hers, as if she were mocking the avocado. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, as the audience broke into applause, his angry expression turned to one of joy, and he walked back onstage. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

From that unfortunate expression came the appellation of Widge, which stuck to me for years, like pitch. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking at him like a painter seeing one of his pictures again after many long years, and judging by the expression on his face what he saw pleased him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I am,” Ash answered, schooling her face into a blank expression so no one might read the tension within her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head twisted around, her eyes locking on mine, their expression still strangely blank. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Thank you, sir," I said, seeing Dr. Bledsoe looking at me with no change of expression. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he must have had a certain look on his face, because after she assessed his clothes and hair, she fixed on his expression. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When his eyes drifted toward the kitchen, she smiled, but his expression did not change. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do I look that bad?” she whispers, seeing the expression on my face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At other times he would respond to a question by staring straight at a reporter with a blank expression for as long as three minutes, saying nothing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not in impotence but later, when the hatred could find sweet expression. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caputo’s grim expression told me that this was not a request. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The boys were joking with one another as they approached, but when they got close enough to read Luma’s expression, they sensed that her mood was gloomy, and fell quiet. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I stared at her, tried to see her expression. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when June asked me, she had this weird expression on her face, like she was actually asking me another question entirely. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The two women arrived in New York on a Friday afternoon, and upon greeting them, I noticed an uncommon expression on Alisha's face. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He watched the game with his glass eye and his true eye, with an expression that betrayed nothing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I can’t get any lobsters, so you will have to do without salad today,” said Mr. March, coming in half an hour later, with an expression of placid despair. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression was disdainful and amused: it was all in the lips and the eyebrows and the set of the nose. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She sees me down the hall and gets this smug expression. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Step, flick, pause...step, flick, pause….There was an expression on its face of such great disgust that I laughed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Across the room, through the glass, Mom’s expression shifted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bogrod submitted once more to his will, his befuddled expression changing to one of polite indifference, as Ron hurried to pick up the leather bag of metal tools. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Even Dad and Mother had pained expressions on their faces as they chewed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looks disappointed, but slowly, her expression changes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Cook’s expression went far away then, almost as if she was looking through Ophie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We easily parse complex distinctions in facial expression. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t read his expression, but I felt exposed under it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Darryl looked me up and down, a threatening expression on his face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But the Chevalier’s expression, as he looked at Will, was displeased. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you play?” she asked, turning to Laurie with a respectful expression. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say nothing, steeling my expression to blankness. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He slapped my hand over our burritos, and I watched Annie’s expression to see if that was the wrong thing to do. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They talked, and the mute’s expression changed as he watched them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My pleasant, placid expression, combined with forward momentum, gets me to Prince Dain’s chambers without so much as a second look, even though I lose my way twice and have to retrace my steps. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at the vacant-faced woman lying in a bed, her hair cut off short and her hazel eyes staring at the camera without any expression, as if the camera and photographer were not there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t mind them,” he said, seeing my expression. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice lost all expression, became the hard mechanical voice of every day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing my expression, he added, not unkindly, “You didn’t really think they let any of the kids like us live, did you? Not Oranges. Yellows, yes, because their threat can be contained, but not Oranges.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At last he managed to control himself, and sat with his great eyes fixed on Harry in an expression of watery adoration. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

His face took on a sour, skeptical expression. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Long, tangled masses of hair fell over her shoulders and cheeks, hiding her expression. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was also the village storyteller, and she loved to watch the expressions on his face as he acted out the stories she had heard since childhood. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In answer, a shadow passed over Kamau’s expression, visible even in the faint light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Blanca spent the entire evening sitting in a chair staring at the cake with a dazed expression, tears running down her face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But everyone was watching her, even Blaine, whose expression she could not, for once, read clearly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was young and beautiful, with flowing black hair, but her expression was one of absolute terror. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then she sees me watching her, and the glint disappears, her usual dull expression taking its place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then, with a satisfied expression on his face, he climbed up to the chair that had replaced the altar. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mom wakes me up earlier than usual the next morning with a serious expression on her face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t turn to see his expression, but she heard his disbelief. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He laughed and tipped his hat down over his eyes and changed the angle of his cigar and the expression of his face. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her steady beam of love was unsettling, and she had never dropped those expressions of affection that had been so lovable in her childhood. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I divide the hundred usage issues into points of grammar, the expression of quantity and quality, word choice, and punctuation. adjectives and adverbs. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We walked in silence to building three, and his expression was distracted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was something so incarnately evil in the man’s expression that Ben looked toward his father for assurance that they were indeed supposed to be there. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing gentle about the way he held my hand, and no expression at all in his face. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, the grin slipped off Brother Ugo’s—or Fedu’s—face momentarily, and for the length of a single second, he saw something else in the old god’s expression. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The car pulled up to the main gate and Ben pulled down the sun visor and tried to age his face five years by assuming a stern, no-nonsense expression. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baaz stared at her blankly for a moment before his expression split between irritation and incredulity. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And keep my eyes peeled, as people say—which is a very weird expression when you think about it. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to calm her as I explained, but the expression on her face turned from astonishment to fear. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has decided to keep going, as anyone could tell by her closed eyes and calm expression. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A subtler expression of this geographically varying ease of spread is the phenomenon termed preemptive domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the Shadow emerge from the ground, he saw the old man disappear with an expression of infinite amazement on his face, and he saw Capricorn die the death Fenoglio himself had summoned. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My helpful expression must have changed, There was a little pause, after which the stranger said, “Estrayen, the traitor. You remember him, perhaps?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her face blackened, she practiced expressions of amazement and wonder in front of the mirror so she’d know what to expect when she met her heathens. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Ralph looks at Molly, and in his expression she sees something new. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was looking at Darnell with an expression of half disgust and half amusement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Ophie watched as the old woman’s spirit appeared over her body, her expression slack and confused. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He stroked her forehead, and, with a woebegone expression on his face, asked if she needed anything? anything1?—he said it like that, twice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could see from their staggered expressions that he had never unleashed his talents on them before. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And nothing about her expression looked like she was playing a game. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It was an expression of utmost indifference,” a reporter for the Philadelphia Public Ledger said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He looked up at her with a pained expression on his face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression, too, changes, becomes more mobile and animated. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now he too had become a man without an expression. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips tug upward at my stunned expression, but there is little warmth in his smile. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When Belet saw my expression, she added, "You will again, when it gets cleaned up." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My preoccupation with curbing my impulses, my speech, my movements, my manner, my expressions had increased my anxiety. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Think of those people at Warren, the empty smiles, the blank expressions, everyone laughing at them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt so many different things right then: elation at my father’s strange expression of tenderness, and despair for his defeat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For hours and hours he sang these folk songs he had picked up over there; really significant songs that proved my theory that music should basically be an instrument of social protest and expression. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pardon the expression, but there is only one good way to put this. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I was watching his facial expressions, and I said to my wife, ‘This is Peck’s Bad Boy,’” Ekman said. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Some letters—both his and hers—were confiscated for some timid expression of affection. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He tried to twist his mouth into a disappointed expression, but it ended up looking like a smirk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But then Axe muted the volume as he replayed my stump speech, removing my voice so that we could look more closely at my body language, specifically my facial expressions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“That I’m not!” acquiesced Laurie, with an expression of humility quite new to him, as he dropped his eyes and absently wound Jo’s apron tassel round his finger. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

His warm, open expression gives me the out-of-place feeling that he can help me somehow, maybe even save me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was slumped down, with his right elbow on the armrest and index finger resting on his forehead, his expression unreadable. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Fflewddur sat with his head bent close to the strings, a curious expression on his long face. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Snape loomed behind them, half in shadow, wearing a most peculiar expression: It was as though he was trying hard not to smile. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He knew the answer, but Beatrice’s expression said it all: Mind your own business. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always thought that was just an expression. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

While Mariam spread cheese on the bread, her expression turned serious. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She began to understand this idea slowly and doubtfully, an expression of distaste coming over her face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face cycled through a myriad of expressions, one after another after another. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With horrified expressions, they looked at me as though I had lied or sassed Grandma or grown a second nose. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d give him no access to me, or my expressions, even my body language, if I wore a huge, tentlike outfit. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The expression in his eyes was hard to read. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“About seven o’clock. I want to get to Heron Lake before nightfall,” he shouted, noting with amusement the scandalized expression of the cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Weston’s expression had changed from one of relief to one of dark suspicion. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

At the next-heaviest atom, helium, the model began to break down, creating the anomalies that drew from Max Born his expression of despair. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Fadi looked at him under his eyelashes and was surprised to see a deflated expression on his father’s face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Elisabeth strides through my bedroom entry with her arms crossed and her signature pinched expression. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The streets quieted as they neared the road that led to the temple, but just before it, Kamau's expression hardened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His face glowed greenish in the light of the screen, and was reflected in the glass: long hair, serious expression, deep-set eyes that scanned the terrain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing in his expression to indicate he’s recently taken a circular saw to Oscar. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, I forgive you,” I say, and his expression turns into a smile. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Her expression is so sour I bet her mother might not even love her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The look he gave her was without expression. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Out of all the available options, it was the most apt expression of how I feel about our friendship. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, Penelope was unfamiliar with the expression he used and was, therefore, none the worse for hearing it. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Ivy groaned and rolled over, only to find Taryn watching her with a funny expression on her face. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She looks at it and her expression changes slightly. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He could tell because they wore expressions of pity. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her elbows are on the table, her hands in front of her mouth so I can’t read her expression fully, but 1 know' she thinks I’m lying. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father glanced up with a pained expression, shook his head, and resumed work. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Z. had a stern expression when she was working. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Resignation crossed her face; it was not so much an expression as something that appeared to emanate from her pores. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw anger flash across Diana’s face for just a second before it vanished into an expression of concern. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I saw the witches all looking at one another with deeply troubled expressions. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

A fleeting expression crossed the Special’s impassive face— annoyance mixed with suspicion. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was the cold expressions of the Specials, beautiful though they were, that seemed horrific to her now. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell if his expression is angry or sad, so I shrug his question away. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They were extraordinarily alike, except that while his father looked beside himself with excitement, Draco’s expression was full of reluctance, even fear. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

If they hadn’t been in such a bad situation, Percy’s expression might have made her laugh. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the man in a blue uniform and a bored expression finally calls us up to the desk, I hold my breath. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was gazing down on us with his best haunted expression. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Robert would have stood there, that wooden expression on his young sheep’s face, brushing the crumbs from the snowy-white cloth, picking up the table, carrying it from the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shay looked at her, but Tally couldn’t read her expression in the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The expression of pain and concentration returned to Piggy's face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tendai saw the little boy’s expression change from fear to surprise. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But his father was not disposed to leave him in peace; Nicolas’s followers began to appear in the newspaper with shaved heads, indecent loincloths, and beatific expressions, bringing public ridicule to the name of Trueba. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression darkened, and he said, “Has someone...been...after you?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

His expression changes from contempt to concern as he turns to talk to his wife. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe something in my expression set off an alarm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She looked at Bernard with an expression of rapture, but of rapture in which there was no trace of agitation or excitement—for to be excited is still to be unsatisfied. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, I see . The doctor’s expression said, I am so, so sorry. Leo’s heart filled with cement. If he’d harboured any last hopes of avoiding what was to come, they now sank. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And then he catches sight of my expression. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My, isn't that impressive? their expressions would say, and I reveled in it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If the expressions on the others’ faces were any indication, they were all having the same thought: Just what are we getting into? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Maycomb County High School principal was a Mr. Charles Tuffett, who to compensate for his name, habitually wore an expression that made him resemble the Indian on a five-cent piece. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When he saw me, he resumed his usual gruff expression. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They left the table one at a time, Mami taking threatening steps toward them each time they stopped to look back with mischievous expressions and a mouthed “Negi has a boyfriend.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he turns his head, I know he's looking at me, even though his expression is lost in the shadows. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The numerical expression of the graph can be something like 5 being extreme Dumper, and 0 being me. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Remembering the chickens, I wondered at the plausibility of Caravaggio’s scene: no one had that look on their face—that tranquil, disinterested expression—when taking off something’s head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was a strange opposition: the hard-bitten private-eye expression on the face of a girl wearing a uniform for private school. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She liked him, cornrows running down the length of his scalp, and his expression always wry, scornful of sentimentality. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His expression brightens, and he dons his hat once more, settling the bowler into place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Their faces were pinched, their expressions indrawn as though they felt themselves being dragged down the jail stairway, felt their own heads bumping against the steps, experiencing the terror . Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever heard the expression ‘being made’?” asked Scythe Goddard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Kendra unconsciously twisted the sleeve of her shirt, a pained expression on her face. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Every bit of it—its spindly legs, its chronically puzzled expression, its comical oven-mitt antlers—looks like some droll evolutionary joke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the dozen or so photos in Google images, mostly head shots of Sarah with her violin and Rotary award ceremony groupings, she is slim, like Vivian, with an alert, guarded expression. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face was beyond hatred. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson had not yet invented the expression “the revolution of 1800” to describe the Republican ascendancy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I found Raizel waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs, her expression torn between concern and annoyance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Here’s my long expression,” Jax says, and pulls his chin down and his eyebrows up. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Trueba explained that he needed to rent a cart, but she appeared not to understand him and only stood there, hiding the children in her apron, with a vacant expression. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking straight at me and I couldn’t understand what her expression meant. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles turned to stare, lips parted, his expression as blank and trancelike as a twelve-year-old’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were in tucks of laughter at his antics as Sam slapped at his fur and performed somersaults with a comical expression on his face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Found the world over, children’s song repertoires are some of the most imaginative and interesting cultural examples of any genre and are important expressions of children’s lives in different cultures and eras. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His sometimes heavy-lidded, almost reptilian expression vanished; his eyes lit up, his arms would windmill, and his voice rise. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cannot see her expression well enough to read it, though he can tell that she is grinning brightly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But then I see Alex’s expression change, and his grin comes back. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Francie had never heard that expression and it made her thoughtful. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blank bordering on Sullen and when I looked over at Edmond he had the saddest expression on his face but when he saw I was looking he smiled. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was quoting an expression of my mother’s, but she wasn’t intending to be funny. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily looked down the hall at the closed door and her expression hardened. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

An expression of shock swept my mother’s face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut swiftly, and looked up: that other angel from the sky was only seconds away, and his expression was terrifying. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was standing there with her hands on her hips, looking at him with an expression he couldn’t quite place. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Her Dad didn’t have any expression on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He watched expressions chasing each other across Idunn’s face—disbelief, puzzlement, and concern. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s an expression I don’t care for one bit. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As for Mars Bar himself, his expression never changed until the dinner was almost over, when the littlest non-baby Pickwell, Dolly, called him “Mr. Bar.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivan and all his remaining brothers were gathered behind her on the road, watching with matching expressions of concern. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He sat on his bed and began to stare repeatedly at their new friend with expressions of offense and great disgust. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then there’s Garrett, who keeps watching me with this weird, twinkly expression. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Finally my father’s perpetually perplexed preoccupied expression makes sense. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Her expression said, I wish you were there rather than here. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamp by the Master’s chair was all the light there was, but it showed the expressions of the two old people clearly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nailer stifled his distaste at the thought of going back down into the blackness, but Bapi must have caught something of his expression. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat astride a roan mare, a lean and nervous steed speckled red and yellow, with a long, narrow head, whose expression was as ill-tempered as her master’s. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Start there, and move forward. I sort of modeled these sketches after a creative exercise comic artists like to do. It’s called ‘twenty-five expressions.’ When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When he turned back to me, a gentle angel’s smile lit his expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then “Yes,” he said, his voice without expression. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore’s expression did not change, but Harry thought his face whitened under the bloody tinge cast by the setting sun. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

More likely, though, conformity of expression gathered momentum because the record-buying, radio-listening public liked it better, and bands reflected the change in fashion for entirely understandable commercial reasons. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Kalinda is good at hiding her expressions and emotions, as the adults often are. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His expression says that there are not enough mountains to crush, enough cities to destroy. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She must have seen something of this in my expression for she turned abruptly away and ran up the porch steps into the house. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

An expression flashed across Celaena’s eyes that bordered on fear and confusion. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She cracked her knuckles and looked to Ekon, her expression wary. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It is precisely because our criminal justice system provides a vehicle for the expression of conscious and unconscious antiblack sentiment that the prison label is experienced as a racial stigma. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Being recessive, its expression would have been fitful. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When she sees the expression on my face as I’m sitting on the couch next to Dad, she frowns. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her expression clears, and she laughs, unclasping her hands. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He stood in the shadow of the kitchen, his expression flat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan saw his own terrified expression staring right back at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever seen any of these ?” Major Major looked with a blank expression at copies of personal correspondence from the hospital on which the censoring officer had written “Washington Irving” or “Irving Washington.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now, laid up in the basement of Princeton Hospital, Mama Lessie’s expression held neither hope nor accomplishment. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour stopped too, leaned on his stick, and stared at Harry, his expression shrewd now. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The expression on her face tells me she knows exactly who I'm talking about. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And then, seeing the expression on Bod’s face, she said, “Today’s Wednesday.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“No, sir,” the captain answered, without a change of expression. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched two classes of initiates with that expression, but none of them was ever facing what Caleb is facing now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He perked up a little at that, but just as quickly his expression soured. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t look at her, but I could see from the corner of my eye her triumphant expression. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

From his surprised expression, it was obvious he had observed the wolf-girl-bird, too. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She wore a dour, thoughtful expression and hushed any attempts at conversation. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His expression was a little too greedy for Leo’s taste. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mother’s expression showed she felt this was unlikely. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little of the official atmosphere seemed to have fallen away from him with the Newspeak words, but his expression was grimmer than usual, as though he were not pleased at being disturbed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Nadia said, "Stand on her own two feet. Have you never heard that expression, Noah?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny had never seen an old dog fox with a fat pullet in his mouth, but he recognized the expression when he saw it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if something will set him off again and make him get all angry like he did about the carrot dumper, but his facial expressions never seem to change. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were watching Ana as well, but Ash was too far away to see their expressions. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression turned stony and the lines pulling between her brows and at the comers of her mouth seemed to harden. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The expression came and went in no more than a few milliseconds. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Based on Keisha’s expression, I’m not sure it was a compliment, exactly. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But then noticing the mirthful expression on my face, they broke into a laugh, though in a somewhat bemused fashion. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden behind those reflective lenses, Mr. Curtain’s expression was difficult to read. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the Army, there is an old expression that the officers make the orders and the sergeants do all the work; this year, as a cadet platoon sergeant, I was learning how true that was. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Because he believed that, like graffiti, fare- beating could be a signal, a small expression of disorder that invited much more serious crimes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on a semi-neutral, semi-angry expression as I'm introduced to the country by the grinning host of yet another eponymous news hour. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His body seems relaxed, like the kingdom is already his, but the expression on his face...it’s full of worry, and concern he’s trying to hide. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Bast’s normally affable expression sharpened into a glare. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was getting too dark to see her expression, but I didn’t need light to feel the intensity of her stare. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The monkeys showed no facial expression, not even pain or agony. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are so dark now, almost black, his expression haunted. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Birds,” said Mr. Powell, “tend not to have expressions on their faces.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Let's go," I said, listening and remembering and suddenly alive in the dark with the horror of the battle royal, but Clifton looked at Ras with a tight, fascinated expression, pulling away from me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was truly new in the proslavery argument was not really the ideas or attitudes expressed, but the expression itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the thing is, her expression said she didn’t think it was nice at all. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I turned so he couldn’t read my expression, and started getting ready for bed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at her and keep my expression carefully blank. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The child pulled away from the bottle and gave Xan a curious expression. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

There was a curious expression on her face, and she looked at each of the children in turn. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

No bold, swaggering expressions strutted across her face as the glow of the castle rippled in her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I accept it, and his familiar face appears as if he’s in the room with me, his expression elated. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the cook’s expression did not convince her that she would keep quiet, so Ash ran up the stairs to Gwen’s room, not waiting for a response. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on her face says she recognizes me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barris puts down the blueprint in his hand and turns, pushing his spectacles up on the bridge of his nose to better regard Marco’s expression. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He grinned, then he pulled his expression into a neutral mask. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Native Australians kept captive dingos as companions, watchdogs, and even as living blankets, giving rise to the expression “five-dog night” to mean a very cold night. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t come out as a question, but Clara’s sad expression melted away into happiness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mom must see the expression on my face, because she suddenly says, “We’re not getting a divorce. This is temporary. I promise.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I froze, my words withering on my tongue, my face turned up in shock at my father’s expression. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His confusion was gone, which only left more room in his expression for hostility. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Todd13 scowled and his face actually turned red—a sign that he hadn’t bothered to turn off his account’s real-time emotion feature, which made your avatar mirror your facial expressions and body language. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dad is standing there, watching her with a doubtful expression on his face. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I saw expressions on people’s faces that I’d never seen before, something like anxiety and superiority and paranoia all mixed up in one polite grimace. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see by his expression that he's been talking to Haymitch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They were far enough away that I couldn’t hear exactly what they were saying, but I watched the puzzled expressions on their faces. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression served him well when people tried to sell him things. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is terrible, isn’t it?” he said, but with an expression that indicated that he thought it rather tasteless of me even to use it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mother saw my expression and said, “When you are of age, you can go wherever you please. Until then, I still have to take care of you, according to all the law I can find.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quick expression of hurt flashed across Chuck’s face, making Thomas feel bad, but vanished almost as fast as it had appeared. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had a big, fleshy, coarse-featured face, with a good humoured expression. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’d peeked out from behind her coat, and people were looking back with murderous expressions. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he turned to the boy: this time his expression was cold and distant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept picturing the vacant expression, the slack jaw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One last reason, I would guess, is that during individual sessions astrologers pick up on clues about clients’ personalities from their facial expressions, mannerisms, body language, etc. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, some of the students wore pleasant expressions. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck Chester what a funny but likable expression the mouse’s face always wore. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded, but her expression shifted back to one of suspicion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Unlike Hideo’s, his expression is warm enough to heat a room in winter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even the expression “come to lunch” was something people said in books. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We’d better g—” he started to say, but his voice trailed off as he saw the expression on the face of the tense, still frozen boy beside him', then followed the direction of his gaze... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line-up at the bar was silent now, dark faces with a courteous lack of expression. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My nerves were in a state of constant tension, my face took on a stiff, non-committal expression, beginning to look like Brother Jack's and the other leaders'. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed aloof, watching the people in their group with a now indifferent, now mocking expression. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could tell from the expression on her face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

One could not say her face softened, for softness was not in her repertoire of expressions. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face was exactly like David’s when a member of the railroad crew did something thoughtless and dangerous with a vibrasaw. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

You can tell by their expressions that they’re not enjoying the show. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try to guard my expression, though I’m sure it’s still slack. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

These were not the expressions of children who had been kidnapped and secreted away against their will. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I glance back at Dylan at the captain’s wheels and notice his troubled expression. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour looked annoyed, but as before, hastily modified his expression to one of sorrowful understanding. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She waved him away, trying to ignore the pained expression in his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I sat up, blinking, staring into the shadows of the room, trying to see the expression on his face. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to my diatribe, her expression purposefully blase. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You wear your expressions on your face so plainly.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He doubles his pace, if only to get the expression on her mouth out of his periphery. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I looked happy, and yet there was something so sad in my expression that the smile immediately faded from my lips. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Shomari’s voice lowered to a growl, his expression holding nothing but disgust. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Hickock obeyed, with an expression that the detective interpreted as a pleading with him to speak, to accuse, and let the prisoner escape into the sanctuary of steadfast denial. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew now why her face was familiar--its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me from many rotogravure pictures of the sporting life at Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I laugh at the expression on Caleb’s face, his mouth drawn into a slight pucker and his eyes wide. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope pursed her lips before her expression brightened. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But their expressions had fallen in slow motion from joy to confusion to dismay. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think that’s the actual expression, but I get the point. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed her expression change when she got close enough to see my eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep my expression very innocent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked up without expression and said: “It’s something I have to do.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I s’pose you think I cheated?” he finished, aggravated by her expression. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His face was void of expression, a mask I came to know well and could rarely crack. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But underneath their grim expressions you could detect a hint of excitement. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although all the men are filthy, the expression on their faces is of sheer elation. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bade her good-bye with expressions of gratitude for her friendliness and the hospitality of the family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Min wears black and a serious expression, as if she has just come from a concert performance. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her expression was sad, as if she’d been dreading this moment. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The expression on his big slack face was haunted and lost. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Relief floods through me and I break out in a cold sweat as he looks from me to Julie, a sheepish expression on his face as he holds up his fingertip sensor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Gay came into the kitchen with a peculiar expression on her face. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There was a dreamy expression on her face. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His face is beginning to fade, possibly because it wasn’t always the same: his face had different expressions, his clothes did not. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Long Island, dead ahead. Let’s slow down, dear. ‘Dead’ is only an expression.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tobias’s lack of expression; his anger afterward, suppressed for the sake of my sanity. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The MidMerican Conclave is an important one,” Scythe Faraday told them, “because we tend to set the trend for much of the world. There’s an expression, ‘As goes MidMerica, so goes the planet.’ Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That was one of his dad’s favorite expressions, and right now Chet was batting average at everything. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I will not rid my expression of the sudden worry and weight. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z