Both arms were folded across his chest, and I couldn’t help but look around for his massive hammer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was more like some gabby old codger who would sit next to you on a bus and try to show you bits of paper he kept folded in his wallet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before an audience of intellectuals, Swammerdam cut away the skin of the silkworm to reveal what appeared to be a tiny model of the future moth inside, from proboscis to antennae to folded wings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Jake’s heels were balanced on the rungs of his chair and his giant hands folded between his knees in a waiting and childlike attitude. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting at the kitchen table with cardboard boxes all around her, folding a stack of letters and putting them in envelopes. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma asked, folding the blue sheet the same way Ma folded blankets. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She sat with her arms folded, watching Cynthia "Say-So" Sower put on a show in front of the class. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mother Ermentrude’s hands are folded and her face does not reveal her thoughts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I can fold a box in four seconds. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then there's the park that we go to, with a paper bag filled with my mom's spiced potatoes in folded bread and bottles of juice. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At the Ford of Bruinen they left the Road and turning southwards went on by narrow paths among the folded lands. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Celaena grunted as she pushed the chest to the side and folded the tapestry back from the wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His mother stood before the door, her arms folded. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He squatted there with his hands folded into a fist against his forehead, his eyes closed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Van Hopper folded her lorgnette with a snap, and leant across the table to me, her small eyes bright with excitement, her voice a shade too loud. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He took the paper from Bucky and folded it up before I got a good look. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The oldest sister, Aliya, is cross-legged on the carpeted floor, folding a massive load of laundry. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Leroy folds the paper in quarters and tucks it under his thigh. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"No girlfriend, no," his mom said, folding her arms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Filled with gratitude and relief, I seized the hem of her skirt, dusty though it was, and buried my face in its folds, crying like a sorry child that I had ever mistrusted her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He flexed his fingers and folded them on his knee before continuing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you will take a map of the United States and fold it in the middle, eastern edge against western, and crease it sharply, right in the crease will be Fargo. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The five all watched her curiously as she carefully cleaned a corner, blew on it to help it dry, folded up her coat, and set it there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She sat in the rocking chair bent forward, her arms folded at ease across her aproned lap. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling, Sefia laid her head on her folded arms, watching silently as Nin’s fingers worked and the little room filled with the clicking and jerking of teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In a Washington courtroom a week later, G. Gordon Liddy stood with his arms folded, his face impassive, as the clerk read the jury’s verdict: guilty on eight counts related to the Watergate break-in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“That’s exactly how I imagined Capricorn’s mother—that nose, the eyes set close together, even the way she folds her arms and her chin juts forward.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lee folded his hands across his middle and he stood silently—waiting. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He folded some clean work clothes and underwear into a carry bag and grabbed the pillow off his side of the bed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand next to Uhmma, my hands folded, and wait to be excused. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

At night, Mia pushed the bags into the footwells and laid a folded army blanket across them and the backseat, forming a bed that could just hold them both. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was everywhere at once, pushing, pulling, sawing, hammering, improvising, jollying everyone along with comradely exhortations and giving out from every fold of his body what seemed an inexhaustible supply of acrid-smelling sweat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The metal hood on the front of the horseless had been folded back on top so you could see into its innards. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gistan got me a job at another hotel where the tip was folding money more often than coin. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before, Pa stayed home and Uncle Darnell went to church with us in his black suit and kept a pair of white gloves folded in his pocket. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He folds his hands and puts them on his desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She touches Hugo's neck, folds down the collar on his shirt. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie listens to my confession, then sets down his pen and folds his hands. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swung over the side to find herself in her underclothes, and saw the dress and the wolfskin coat folded at the end of her bunk together with her shopping bag. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We would put a strip of paper in the center, then fold the cookie in half and bend its arms back just as it turned hard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man folded his arms and looked rather sullen, the woman stared at Victor's walrus mustache. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his long legs and balanced his arms on his knees, bunching his bomber jacket up around his ears. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Scott stands with his back to me, his arms folded. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Magnus is seated at one side of a long table, his big arms folded across his chest. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He held the paper folded around his book with one hand and the twine in the other and looked from the pair of scissors lying near the book to the twine and then to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Phoebe triumphantly produced a rectangle of folded silvery cloth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Inside there was a piece of paper, folded twice. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She folded the shirt in so many intricate ways and stashed it inside the pants, they too having been folded several times at the waist. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucked close to the folds of her cloak, nearly concealed there, her fingers were rapidly moving—tracing symbols in the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes, almost lost in the folds of leathery wrinkles, had a humorous gleam. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was folding a wad of newspaper and putting it under the wobbly kitchen table. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I take the stack, fold it into the tips pouch on my apron. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Once Mama was out on the porch, she folded her arms across her chest. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A little girl holding folded linens stops in passing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The experimenter folded himself into that cramped space and fixed his eye on a scintillation screen capturing flashes from a bombarded lithium target. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You dropped this,” he said, and held out a small, folded piece of paper. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And for so long I have wanted to escape into the Dream, to fold my country over my head like a blanket. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I just about give up, but then I see a crumpled brown paper bag that’s been smoothed out and folded tight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He dragged up the specially reinforced chair that was his, and folded gently into it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I know,” said Pong, folding one arm under his head. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He folded his hands and looked at them while he talked. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked through the small window of the room and saw Siddhartha standing there with his arms folded, unmoving. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Root tore off the top page, folding it into his pocket. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He folded down the lid of the can and set it in the road before him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At home, newspapers are folded so the pictures face down, television channels are turned when the subject of race comes up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I lean back in my seat and fold my arms. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I continued folding my clothes and putting them in the box. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After they leave, Nino Carlitos slouches on the sofa, folding origami and then balling the paper up and throwing it against the wall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went down to meet him and hastily took the dark globe from the hobbit, wrapping it in the folds of his cloak. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She folds me in her arms straightaway and says, “Welcome.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he stood across from Fern, his legs apart and his arms folded. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The robot’s legs, arms, and head folded inward and locked into new positions, transforming the robot into a starship known as the Marveller. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The storekeeper leaned back, folding his arms, and stared sideways out the front window, faintly whistling a tune. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The uniform is a requirement for members of the fold only,” he said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he came to page 9, he folded the manuscript, magazine-style, and began to read or to study. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Laila woke up in the morning and found a stack of baby clothes, neatly folded, outside her bedroom door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As quickly as I can, I scuttle underneath one of the large leather chairs, folding myself into a tight ball. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I folded up the zoo map and put it in my pocket. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybeth looked small lying there, her curls spread behind her on the pillow, her hands folded over the clean sheets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word Theodora took up the quilt from the foot of the doctor’s bed and folded it around Eleanor and herself, and they moved close together, slowly in order not to make a sound. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Inside were four rows of folding chairs facing the front of the room, which is where Ms. Rubin was standing, waving us in as soon as we walked in the room. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Far down the shoreline, where the rocks disappeared into the folding mist, a white object had appeared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But now the linens are neatly folded; breakables are carefully wrapped. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Always judge a person by their shelves. To fold or not to fold the pages.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then he started to fold up the Spawn comic as a replacement. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Joey just stood there, leaning against the pale green tiles of the wall, his arms folded, staring at me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When at last they reached the top of the steps, Tyrion shrugged out of his shadowskin fur and folded it over his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The recent rains had filled hollows in the rocks, and the little folds of the mountain were green with bear grass. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms in front of her on the desk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For now, she simply folded Bebe in her arms and took her into the kitchen, set a cup of hot tea before her, and let her cry. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Students folded a long chain of paper cranes and sent it to Sasha. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ranks of folding wooden chairs have been placed along the right side, for the Wives and daughters of high-ranking officials or officers, there’s not that much difference. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put the bill back in the fold and held the wallet out. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I am mesmerized by their perfect tiny beaks, their creamy clawed feet, and their layered gray feathers that fold together like a beautiful silk fan. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Engel patted the thick wad of paper folded next to her ashtray, reminding me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I thought that she would fold easily, but when she came outside she did not follow me. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His desk was the folding square card table in the corner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Eberhardt folded the paper and tossed it on the kitchen counter. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Helen Burns, if you don’t go and put your drawer in order, and fold up your work this minute, I’ll tell Miss Scatcherd to come and look at it!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grumpily he folded his laundry, put it away, and straightened his room. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al folds his cards and sets them carefully on the table. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They placed their forks on their plates, folded their hands in their laps, and listened with eyes that betrayed nothing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he shot into the crook of one of Glerk's arms and insinuated himself into the fleshy folds of his body, and was, once again, the happiest dragon in the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A faded blue quilt lay folded neatly at the foot of the bed, and a desk was placed under the only window. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I slipped the folded scrap of paper in my pocket and swore to forget about it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was folding the paper when Therese came in, looking frightened. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the space was a cot and a small shelf made from planks of wood separated with cut logs and filled with books, folded clothes, papers, and some braided and bunched herbs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He taught the newspaper boy a way of folding the paper so that it wouldn’t unroll when he threw it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept a potted plant in one corner and a folding table where students could fill out music work sheets in the other. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then the folded rectangle of cloth went into Jinny’s fetch bag, and they had to run home fast, so that Ben could put it all in the honey pot before it oozed through the sheet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She takes me stealthily into her mother’s bedroom, saying that she’ll really get it if we’re caught, and shows me the twin set, folded on a shelf. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

General Peckem drifted toward the window, laughing quietly again, and settled back against the sill with his arms folded, greatly satisfied by his own wit and by his knowledgeable, blase impudence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I fold the napkin and go back to my seat, where I slip the cookies into my backpack. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He strolled into the room with his hands folded behind his back. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Bucky folded the Panther newspaper and replaced it in his bag. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kendra folded the letter and slipped it hack into the envelope, trying to situate it as she had found it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She folded the paper, slid it into the envelope, sealed it, then wrote her own address on it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Wrapped in a silent, frozen rage, she folded the stepladder and carried it to the basement. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

My clothes were all folded up in a neat pile the same way Momma used to fold them when she’d go to work before I got up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Brother Daniel was shouting, “Fall to the ground, ladies, cover your heads with your folding chairs!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peeled the Post-it from inside the fold. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

In an evil moment the shopman held up the lovely, shimmering folds, and said, “A bargain, I assure, you, ma’am.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded the robe, first lengthwise, then in thirds. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Before going to sleep, I carefully folded the green multicolored ribbon around my medal and put it at the bottom of my backpack. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A little bald man was seated fully clothed at a round table draped in ivory baize, his hands neatly folded beside an untouched silver coffee tray. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She reaches her free hand out like she’s going to stroke my cheek, but then she folds it back in her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I open and close it, folding it back and forth on itself. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But when the tent folded up, I found I had Nathan Price in my life instead, a handsome young red-haired preacher who fell upon my unclaimed soul like a dog on a bone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river was folding gently before her like a silver snake, hissing as the water tumbled across a stony bed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My hands stay where they are, folded in my lap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I climbed back in next to the driver, folded my arms across my chest, and stared straight ahead. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He loved to flash his “Kansas City roll,” probably fifty one-dollar bills folded with a twenty on the inside and a one-hundred dollar bill on the outside. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still remember her, tiny at seven, very pale, but sitting straight up with her hands folded on her desk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It's Mrs. Cohen holding what looks like a folded white tablecloth. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Woolf and Richardson waited side by side on the track, Woolf with his hands on his hips, Richardson with his arms folded on the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andy Beast swoops over their heads, folds his wings, and sets himself between the girls as they start up the stairs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Slopper ran around the table and pulled the sheet off the second one, getting tangled pretty good in voluminous folds and coughing from dust. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then the figure moved, I saw the arm reach up to fold the shutter, and I knew it was Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Work, fool,” I said, folding the bills in half. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her eyes fight to stay open, and when closed, fold so smoothly and neatly in the corners, like creases in paper. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He folds his scarecrow body through the window, bare feet silent on the rushes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As though the creature beneath the cloak sensed Harry’s gaze, the hand was suddenly withdrawn into the folds of its black cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I folded the note carefully and set it on my bedside table. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Again it was flattened, folded and flattened again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms and tried to look tough. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I fold it one, two, three times and put it in the basket when Mr. Daniels comes by. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘The woman who ran it was called Mrs Clonkers and if she caught you breaking any of the rules, like getting out of bed at night or not folding up your clothes, you got punished.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They climbed Parnassos’ rugged flank mantled in forest, entering amid high windy folds at noon when Helios beat upon the valley floor and on the winding Ocean whence he came. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression slowly folded into a mask of ancient sadness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she saw Dill, she folded her arms and glared at him for a moment. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I kept eating, too, wanting every last fold of her, the taste brand new to me, or, at least, a reconfection of what I knew. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her and placed my folded uniforms on the table in the hallway, where Sisi would get them for ironing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cloak was so big on her that she could have hidden several other girls beneath its folds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She stretches out the newspaper lengthwise and folds it in thirds. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Brave, she folded her parasol, hobbled off to the right, leaving the path. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time Linda stared straight ahead, her eyes locked on the blackboard, her hands loosely folded at her lap. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sandy robes shifted and folded, reminding Leo of the undulating fins on that stupid shrimpzilla monster they’d fought in the Atlantic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a heavily folded piece of notebook paper and began to read. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Chess clubs everywhere saw memberships swell; during the match, the Marshall Chess Club’s roster doubled to six hundred, and the United States Chess Federation added tens of thousands to the fold. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He squatted in a chair, folded his hands, and waited. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wet board folded up easily enough, but it felt too heavy when she was done, as if the water was still trapped between the layers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At the house of the Shaper, people come and go, solemn faced, treading softly, their heads bowed and their hands folded for fear of sending dreadful apparitions through his dreams. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took off the kimono and carefully folded it up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Gregor pulled out his math book and flipped it open to where my notes were neatly folded in half between the pages. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

From her purse, she extracts a folded paper map and hands it to me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colin folded his arms on the table and then put his head down. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Ariana spotted me and the huge pile of folded blue boxes on the table and gave me a thumbs-up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As we walked back into the building, a tiny folded bundle of paper dropped at our feet; it was an inmate’s tobacco envelope, which had somehow fallen en route to a neighbor’s window over-head. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold it and put it under my bed. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes were dull, with the pupils shrunken, and the skin of his neck hung in yellow, pulpy folds. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A snowy owl, white wings folded in a plummeting dive, threw out his feathered feet and struck the little gray bunting. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maribel removes her apron, folds it into a compact square on the counter, and leaves without saying a word. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a few random sandwich bags from his pocket, folded them awkwardly, then stuffed them back down. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He folds his blankets and puts them beneath me and Leda’s pillow. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She reached into her pocket and pulled out the folded note that Gwen had given her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the guy in the old vaudeville skit, the guy in the folding cot that won’t stay folded, Jerome flipped straight up, wide awake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He huddled beneath its folds silently, and for once had nothing to say. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He quickly folds his legs and scoots back, shaking his head and laughing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Kat had her arms folded and her hair was tied in what girls call a topknot. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded the map and tucked it inside his robes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes, and it’s a piece of paper folded into a bow tie and colored in with a gold crayon. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Jule stretched her knees straight, one at a time, then folded herself back up in the space behind the seats. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My reply was so unexpected, that Mr. Jaggers put the handkerchief back into his pocket without completing the usual performance, folded his arms, and looked with stern attention at me, though with an immovable face. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I look inside the front cover and there’s the paper folded in just like Ben said. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He takes a folded piece of paper and smooths it on the table. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He leans against it, arms folded, and I look past him, searching for the hidden two-way mirror. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Francie put the bread and pie away and folded the bag neatly to be used the next time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, you’ve given us the horror show,” Emma said to the clown and the folding man, “and we are duly horrified. Now tell us what you want.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She folded up the map and returned it to her suitcase. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled at them all, glad of the folds of her cape. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then I crumple my lunch bag into a ball and carefully fold Madge’s note into my pocket. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Trista joined the fold, slipping her phone from her back pocket to check the time. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She removes a coin purse from the folds of her dress and jingles it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I blush and fold my arms over my chest. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed at two wooden folding chairs facing each other. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of little folding snack-tables, all covered with twisted tubes of paint, most of them crusted dry like shriveled snakes, but some of them alive and oozing ribbons of color. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wickersham didn’t take the folding chair I set up next to mine. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he’s on a folding chair across from your school, sucking on a Slurpee and talking to himself, he’s kind of annoying. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Just as he was turning away, I loosened my braid and let the first folded note fall on the floor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold the flaps back into place and find the return address. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I sat in one of the creaky folding chairs and rested my head against the wall with my eyes closed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once we took our seats the convicts parted the red velvet stage curtain and sat down on folding chairs. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A thick seal of crimson wax had been broken, and part of a folded paper protruded invitingly. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A few dozen people had collected in the living room, sitting on couches and folding chairs that had been brought in for the occasion, while others sat cross-legged on the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A few people are still at stations, folding blankets, cleaning floors and ceilings, preparing bioloaf and mystery diluted juice drink. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Master picked up the paper and folded it, so that one edge touched the other, leaving a hollow between. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I folded myself into as small a ball as I could and pulled the quilt over my head to drown out the frightening sound. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi pulled on the string and opened the paper to find a folded length of yellow fabric with a tiny pattern of white flowers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the while, Helena sat, hands folded together, watching me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He profiled directly in front of the bull, drew the sword out of the folds of the muleta and sighted along the blade. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He was folding slices of ham and laying them out neatly on little squares of waxed paper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I reached into my pocket and pulled out the folded note. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, when my mom’s not looking I catch Crystal folding up the forms and stowing them in the back pocket of her jeans. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered her hands and folded them behind her back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After the movie ended and the lights came on to illuminate the murals of Tuscany and the painted classical galleries around us, Leper still sat amazed in his folding chair. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to Frances, sitting smiling, her hands folded, her head poised on her long neck, her lips pursed ready to start talking again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Inside the hut, I lie on my back, my arms folded across my chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tosses the magazine aside, folding her arms on the table. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the printing was done I folded the sheaf in half so it would fit inside his briefcase. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she plopped into the camping chair and stretched out her legs, her hands folded behind her head. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Francis had his arms folded across the back of the davenport and his chin resting on his arms. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His hands would be folded on the table, and he would be frowning at nothing. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were folded, now, and he seemed of a piece with the split-rail fence behind him—numb, brown and inconsequential. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

After they’d been cleaned, my brother Tyler chose one and set it on a sheet of black plastic, which he folded over the rifle, sealing it with yards of silvery duct tape. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Federal Emergency Management Agency had been its own freestanding agency for decades, but after 9/11 had been folded into the Department of Homeland Security. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But I cannot find the letter, though I turn every stone, every page, every fold of cloth in my tiny cell. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Her hands were folded majestically in her lap—she’d set her husband’s letters on the coffee table—and she was perched with great dignity on the edge of her chair, blinking calmly at her daughter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Today she gave its rim a gentle stroke before folding her hands in submission to Father’s will. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, when I was next called to Mr. Turner’s office, he had his hands folded on his desk and was looking grim. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you didn’t tell me,” I said and folded my arms across my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the note in her hand, sighing with great impatience at its folds. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She stood there with her hands folded in front of her, and the class got quiet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His fingertips didn’t even reach the tips, which kept folding at uncomfortable angles. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They found the sheets in one of the front bedrooms and made up the beds together, folding hospital corners, plumping up the pillows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Grandma even stood by, listening to the entire conversation, with arms folded and a huffy attitude. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms and stared defiantly at Pet, whose face remained still, trained on hers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

No way can she understand what it feels like to go down there, to be folded in. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, thought Loki, the magical ship that folded up like a cloth was every bit as impressive as an unstoppable boar that shone in the dark. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Inside was a folded square of cloth that was obviously a piece of Lin Nai-Nai’s embroidery. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her glasses were on a little Donald Duck night table, folded neatly and laid stems down. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He settled himself back into his chair and folded his hands in front of himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

He unrolled the towel he had used over his eyes, spread it out on the sand, and then laid the folded robe on top of it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I sniff hard—a trick Maria taught me to stop the tears from falling—and look away, folding my arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms and glared out the kitchen window. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He folded himself on the divan seat behind my table with a grace I never achieved in all my traveling. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If someone mentions the Cottages today, I think of easy-going days drifting in and out of each other’s rooms, the languid way the afternoon would fold into evening then into night. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be fine,” she says, dropping a pile of black T-shirts in the bag and standing there with folded arms until he slinks out. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sits on the random folding chair that's set up behind the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The golden shimmer of Edna’s satin gown spread in rich folds on either side of her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yoyo shrugged as her mother tore off the scratch paper and folded it, carefully, corner to corner, as if she were going to save it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She puts another folded box on the pile. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was a piece of paper, much folded over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a white dress and a blue cloak; I remember being struck by their pleats and folds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The flag was folded into a perfect triangle of white stars just like the one in Grandpop’s room, where Grandpop hid his gun—well, before he broke it all apart. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A thick, heavily muscled Asian kid folded his arms as he studied Thomas, his tight shirtsleeves rolled up to show off his biceps. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

By the time I had wrangled myself out of my shirt and tzitzis, I had calmed down enough to at least fold the garments. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wore the same black skirt, the same starched white blouse, and had her hands folded together the same way in her lap. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then neatly he folded his newspaper and put it under the counter along with several others. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Rocking back and forth, her arms tightly folded, she regarded him with intensity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She starts folding and piling up costumes she sewed for Barrio Fiesta. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Breland nodded, and with his hands folded behind his back he walked over to face the jury. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Under its feet he slips folded rags; then he jacks up the other side and does the same. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I have,” the old man said getting up and taking the newspaper and folding it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reminded us that Dwayne Slater had made the ultimate sacrifice for his country, had died for all of us, before the white-gloved soldiers stepped forward to fold the Stars and Stripes covering the casket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel folded her arms and slumped in her seat. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mom sat next to me, hands folded in her lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He yanked the sunglasses off, folded the stems across each other, and slipped them into his back pocket. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Redemption reached over to his bedside drawer and pulled out a folded square of pink paper, handing it to Jam. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I eat my burned toast and Daddy gathers up some papers and folds them into his jacket. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Lastly, I wrote the word “friend” on a piece of paper, folded it up tight, and put it in my bag. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The mute wiped his forehead with a neatly folded handkerchief. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He folds the jacket neatly and puts it inside. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Darren runs to the kitchen and is back a second later with a folded linen towel. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then, like a small circus tent pulling up its stakes and dropping soft fold on fold, the silks rustled, the mask descended, the silver claws tinkled on the stone path. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her chin balanced on the high lace collar, and she reached down into the folds of the skirt that swirled to the floor. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took another long look at the dress, and then he folded the sides in and rolled it down from the top so that it never left his hands. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Robin folded her arms around her legs just like Ivy was doing, like they were two girls sharing secrets at a slumber party. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When she had found him inside, he was folded over in a corner, hiding. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The folds of her midnight-blue gossamer robe fell around her, and her white hair was long and unbound. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I folded it up and used it as a bed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’m convinced the world wants me to shut up, that I’m better off folding myself into a million pieces. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She pulled on the rails of the bedstead, as if she were stretching, but her knees were folded up to her belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Doc lay up there with his rough, dark-skinned feet pointing at me while he folded and braided corn husks into the shape of a rose. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It rose, hovering at the doorframe, before carefully folding itself inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She carefully folded up the paper she’d begun to make the list on and put it in an inside pocket. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The squirrel sat looking at him, its paws folded in front as if it might be saying its prayers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later the owl dæmon swooped with a clumsy fainting movement to his side, and half lay on the snow, struggling to fold her wings. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I did today: I got up, had a chapati and a bowl of yogurt, and sat at the table helping Dadi fold the linen napkins. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then Ma Costa folded her great arms around Lyra and pressed her to her breast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Neatly folded on the top of the case was a thin scarlet silk kimono embroidered with dragons. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing there, arms folded, was the tall blond girl with the red-framed eyeglasses—the one he’d encountered on the school bus. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was humming under her breath, one hand flipping the bacon on the stove, the other holding a folded newspaper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But whenever Stan was around, Fang was even quieter than usual, slung way back, arms folded across his chest, looking all pouty and unimpressed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The kid folded his arms, looking very satisfied. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I folded the sports section back up and handed it to Dad. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold back the sheet, get carefully up, on silent bare feet, in my nightgown, go to the window, like a child, I want to see. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first was it would involve pulling nails out of a wall so they could fold back a section of the blanket that covered the window. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They were unpacking long, slim pieces of wood that folded and unfolded in strange ways, and when they put them together, they formed a strong sledge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

You can barely find it, because the folds of skin hide the opening. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I notice my pocket-size sketchbook lying on my dresser, the regimen crammed into the back of it, neatly folded and just barely sticking out past the small pages of the book. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I tear off a piece of butcher paper, get my pen, and when I’m done writing, I fold the paper twice and walk outside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He folded my mother's fingers over the coin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We finish folding our fifty boxes apiece and start on closing duties. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I rose at six o’clock to prepare for work, Yakov’s bed was still empty, the blanket smoothed and folded. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A shot rang out, then a second, and the folding man tumbled and splayed onto the ground. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She puts down her coffee, folds her arms across her chest. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I folded my survey in half, slipped it into the box, then turned around to leave. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” I said into the folds of her dress. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of folding chairs were arranged in front of a TV screen, and I found an empty one for Mama at the end of a row, near a cracked-open window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"It seemed crazy that I have to still read my books like nothing happened," she says, folding and unfolding a sheet of paper towel. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A single long table is in the middle of the room with about six metal folding chairs around it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then he fixed the stems of his glasses once again behind his earlobes and folded his arms across his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And the folded paper. It’s also in the pocket,” he said. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At eleven, my coworker Quines and I are checking the table, making sure all the napkins are perfectly folded, all the silverware perpendicular to the table edge, the flowers arranged just right. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up from my spot in the back and I fold up the furniture pad. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I took the letters back from her, folded them, and put them in the pocket of my skirt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the center there’s a turkey I made out of paper towels, and beside each plate, I fold pieces of toilet paper into the shape of a feather. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His vast chest heaved up and down and his wings were folded onto his sides. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Toby walked into the trailer, Jimmy folded up a notebook they’d been writing in and nodded at Bo. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Martinez leaned against the wall, arms folded with a half grin on his face. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tightly folded note was taped to it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Francie received a reply on an exciting letterhead: a pair of shears lying on a folded newspaper with a pot of paste nearby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trail narrowed to pass through a thicket, and as I folded myself through I saw Otto at the far side of the clearing, dangling between two trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the bed was an old metallic folding chair. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Delia took off the apron and folded it carefully so nothing would spill out of its pockets. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She takes the blanket off my bed, folds it carefully, and puts it on my desk chair. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my teeth hard together and folded my fist, holding back my anger. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I open the bag, taking the tissue paper out and neatly folding it before I dig in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They’d fold their arms and stare at me, or at their friends, or at each other. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad walked into the kitchen, newspaper folded under his arm, and poured a cup of coffee. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I put my jacket on the back of a folding chair and set the folder down. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Eric stops in front of a wooden door and folds his arms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The former was on his knees; the latter was sitting on a beautiful chaise, his hands folded carefully in his lap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He folded his wet arms about his head to save himself, but soon the steps had pounded his elbows and arms so hard that all of his strength left. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back in my seat, lift my feet onto the footrests, and fold my hands in my lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Tucker folded his hands in his lap as if he’d finally realized he looked like a rabid monkey. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Dana quickly let go of Roy’s face and folded his hands primly, in case the driver was looking in the mirror. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Games of chance. Two to one. Bad odds. Call or fold.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

One little boy picked his plate up, folded it in half, and slammed it as hard as he could into the bag. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Passengers got off, and Carol and Martin moved to occupy two folding seats located beside the door. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“All right—I’m sorry, I’m coming now,” and I made a pretence of turning on the tap, of bustling about and folding a towel on a rail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her true self up and put it away like a dress she hoped to wear again without being sure when. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat back, folding her arms across her belly. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mama folded her beautiful hands in her lap. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was because the name on the folded paper was not Cool Papa Byrd, as he was known on the blues circuit, uptown and downtown. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Abby planted herself in front of the pile and folded her arms. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Collective clothing lies folded at the base of each bed. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Monsieur, arms folded across his chest, is amused. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear,” sighed Major Danby, and began dabbing ineffectually at his careworn brow with a folded white handkerchief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The chairs are folded and moved against the wall. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A fork stuck out of the open bottle of olives that she had placed on a tin tray on top of the covered and folded rollaway bed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will lay faceup in the grass, his hands folded under his head. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I fold a yellowed lace tablecloth and lay it in the bottom of a box. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

At the back of the room there was a large folding screen with Chinese dragons painted on it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Folds within folds, corners and edges both containing and being contained: its inside was everywhere and its outside was everywhere else. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Farid folded the note until it was about the size of a coin, then put it in his pants pocket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I watched from the writing desk with my arms folded across my chest. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I fold the comforter and set it on the floor, turn out the light, and head out the door for my locker. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They dripped from the corners of his eyes onto his cheeks, leaked through the folds of cloth at his neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

All they could do was to follow the fold — downwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I found her lying on her stomach, her hind legs stretched out straight, and her front feet folded back under her chest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie is standing with his hands folded in front of him, staring at the casket. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His arms were folded over his chest, his head bent down. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sliced open the top of the envelope and removed a single sheet of folded paper. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His mother rocked as the mound of kernels grew in the fold of her apron. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the other hand I held my pitiful folding knife, so small it needed several runs at halving a good-sized apple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From a table in the corner of the room he took a stack of folded papers. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The seijeant staggered sideways half a step before his knees folded under him and he sank down to the floor, his whole body shaking grotesquely. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I set the table with paper plates, folded paper towels, plastic cups, and metal utensils. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The space looked much larger with all the chairs folded against the walls. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered the countless meetings in living rooms where maybe seven would be a crowd; the gradually building, building—on up to renting folding chairs for dingy little storefronts which Muslims scrubbed to spotlessness. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain aimed the pistol, fired, hit the man dead center, down he went, folding; smoke swallowed him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you should be folding what we rocket scientists call a glider.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the woman had patched the torn place, she got the walnut basket, folded her apron in her lap, and began to pick out the golden-brown kernels. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, to have such an expensive-looking blanket folded over her knees! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their comers, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not fold herself into the hiding place and wish and wish and wish for Wash to come. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I checked it over for mistakes, folded it, placed it in the envelope, and went to bed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even see anyone carrying one of her signature handbags or wearing a Queen of Neat T-shirt like the one I had folded up tight and tidy in my suitcase. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Holly watched the entire episode through a gap in the tapestry folds. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fitzgerald folded her hands on top of the plastic bag. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Roberto and I stood in front of him with our hands folded in front of us, waiting for a response. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The man folded his arms and raised his eyebrows. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cut the corners off one of the 5-inch sides of the card and fold that end a quarter of the way down, making the face of the squirrel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Next to him, in the back of the incognito van they’re taking to Buckingham Palace, Zahra has her arms folded resolutely. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She began to roll the sock doughnut up the length of her ponytail, folding her hair into it as she went, until all Bridge could see was a big circle of dark glossy hair. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“And fold that laundry for me, would you?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And before I even know what I’m doing all of my tentacles are grabbing at the shirts, pulling them out of their perfectly folded squares, yanking them out and flinging them around the room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The folding man led us into a vestibule where we could talk without disturbing the sleepers, a room dominated by two large wooden doors emblazoned with dozens of bird insignias. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lola leaned forward and tapped the folded corner of her right eye. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As he sat in the corner, Mama wouldn’t sit so close that it bothered him, but she would sit about ten feet away, with her knees folded under herself, waiting in case he needed her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were metal folding chairs along the back wall to accommodate the crowd, but then someone spotted a half-empty pew and we headed for that: Francis and Sophie, the twins, and me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Although the room was dark, light touched the metal fastenings on a wooden box, a fold of blue cloth on the table, the curve of the woman’s forehead, the creamy lemon of her jacket. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Malfoy put his hand inside the pocket of his robes and pulled out a folded page of newsprint. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jaw set, arms folded across her chest, she's standing about ten yards away from the water, staring intently at it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a dimple in the folds of wrinkles and baby fat. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Just fold those fingers up; fingers on the inside, thumbs on the outside. Say something. Honk me back. You’re so tall, and you let me pick on you. “Would you like a hanky? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands together on top of my desk and nodded toward my bedroom door, hoping Miss Smarty-Pants could take a hint. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She folded her towel into a wet square and moved off behind the shed in the direction of a little white house on the next lot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s pathetic,” said Hermione furiously, striding away from Ron as far as she could go and turning to face him with her arms folded once she had reached the wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He folded himself in and looked back at us over his left shoulder. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Love didn’t fold her hands while waiting for word from the Pierce Company. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Twelve bombers fold back unharmed into the blue night. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When she saw that I’d ruined my dress, her mouth folded into a thin line like it always does before she’s about to totally lose it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She stopped pushing the Mason jars around and began dusting off the table where the old shopping bags were folded and stacked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand how I could remain anything except Crow, but the letter was done, so I folded it up and set it aside for the morning. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The lamps were on, making little soft pools of light on the pile of the carpet, and in the velvet folds of the curtains. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She’s opening the folded pieces of paper wondering what went wrong. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He pushed the tooth into the tight fold. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

By the time he sensed something moving between the folding seats, it was already too late. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he was rearranging the stacks, an old sheet of wide-lined tablet paper folded into an airplane fell out of one binder and glided to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This drawer held Mom’s sweaters, neatly folded and stacked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The lawmen noted the position of Roan’s body—“his hands folded across his breast and his head on the seat”—and how the bullet had exited through his right eye and then shattered the windshield. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But the Metropolitans ordinarily played only in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, and when the owner of their arena did not renew their lease in 1924, the team folded. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He came out with fabric folded in his hands, a deep green, and he let it unfurl and I saw it was a dress. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We folded them, put a little water on each one, and then stuck them on the sill. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was sure, Balthamos hauled the body out of the stream and laid it carefully on the grass, folding the priest’s hands over his breast and closing his eyes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Next to a giant red cross was a small wooden table and on it were a folded Confederate flag, a Bible, a glass bottle, and an unsheathed sword. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There the rejected items, which are about 90 percent of try-ons, are folded and put on hangers by whoever is staffing the fitting room, then placed in fresh shopping carts for Melissa and me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too stunned and wrecked to move, I sit with my hands folded in my lap. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I begin to fold back the spread from the corner of the mattress, but a thought stops me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But in the end they had to rattle up the lead line and pull Carl fully into the folds of his net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Starr, I don’t have time for—” I fold my arms. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I poked my finger along under the fold that was fastened down, spread it open, and read it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When the story was over, she sent the boy to bed and continued picking out kernels and adding them to the neat mound in the folds of her apron. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grimaced, his mustache folding into the deep lines of his face. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of throwing away the fragments of the mirror as she had planned, she folded them into an old rag and put the rag into the empty trunk. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Burgess pulled a folded tissue from his pocket. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Through the skunk cabbage, it seemed that the great birds were folding their wings and that flocks of small black messengers arose from their bodies and crawled upon their feathers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert, the pipe clamped in his teeth, continued to fold Joseph’s clothes and put them in his suitcase. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I fold the bread up, jelly to the inside, stick it in my pocket, and go out the front door. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down, folding his large hands together slowly on the table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hassan paged through the front section and finally folded the paper carefully to reveal only a small black-and-white picture of a thick-haired bespectacled white male. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She had a beach towel folded under her arm. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He unlaces his boots and folds his trousers in the dark and sets the tin of biscuits on top. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lizzie reached into the bag and withdrew a tightly folded square of paper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Four guys stood behind a folding table beneath the basketball hoops, dishing up oatmeal to kids crowded around them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He ran back up to the shelter and found the radio in its plastic case and folded the note and put it in the case so that it stuck out slightly. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dad tried to act indignant by folding his arms, but the casts were too bulky. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We all walked over to the chalkboard area and sat on folding chairs. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stands next to me, her arms folded. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They are red velvety seats, the kind you have to fold down before you sit on them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the turn and folded my hands together on top of my head, then gave JP a dirty look. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He reached into the folds of his robe. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A stack of books was arranged near the simple cut-out window, and the few robes Brother Ugo owned were folded on his trunk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Harry Cat folded his front paws over each other and rested his head on them. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, what's the name of that thing...that way you fold paper into animals and all that? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Janssen reaches into the pocket of her sweater and pulls out a folded slip of paper. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The stage was bare except for a half dozen white folding chairs. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I turn the page and discover a folded piece of paper marked with my name. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Master took from his pocket a folded paper and laid it on the table beside the wine. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He folds up his wallet with his big hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Peterson was stumbling by, pushing her folded grocery cart in front of her. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms, ineffectually trying to cover my bare, bloody chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She turns away as I take off my skirt and shirt and fold them up, and slip on the blouse. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold every single one of those stupid undershirts. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He folded his hands under his head and lay staring into the darkness all the rest of that night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore only a sweater, and he was shivering, with his arms folded over his chest. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He takes a folded sheet of paper from his pocket. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out some folded cash. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There’s tan paisley wallpaper and a queen-sized four-poster bed with a knitted afghan folded and draped across the bottom. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Jam leaned against the sink and folded her arms. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

This small, bright-colored thing, looks like a piece of folded paper. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked my remarks into the pocket of my new dress along with a freshly folded Snowberger’s handkerchief. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s washed his face and taken off his jacket, which he has folded up under his head for a pillow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom, you can have a seat,” he added, gesturing toward a row of folding chairs near the door, but within perfect view of all the action. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Taisin sat on one side of it with her hands folded in her lap, and Con sat across from her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he taught me how to fold the dough over the filling and dab the edges with water before pressing the corners together. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stops, glances around, and removes a folded white paper from his sleeve. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, and she almost folded her arms across her chest but stopped at the last second. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Down, down it came, and then, folding its fingered webs, it gave a croaking cry, and settled upon the body of Snowmane, digging in its claws, stooping its long naked neck. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms and stepped backward, away from the door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He finds a small folded square of paper. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa slipped off the sofa and stood with folded arms in front of Ida. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Curtis sits forward, his arms folded on his knees. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She drew out a folded piece of notebook paper and came to sit beside me on the bed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms over her chest and watched. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Dad sits down across from me and folds his hands together. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He has his arms folded across his chest and a pen tucked above his ear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As I folded the blankets, Mr. Robert went out to the privy. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I were folded into the scent of flower nectar, and arranged ourselves around a table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His father folded the newspaper and handed it to him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff, a lanky, red-faced man named Amos Sizemore, stood in front of the door, arms folded across his chest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His heard lay flat on his chest and his hands were folded. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

THE committee was assembled in the hall with the high Gothic ceiling when I arrived, sitting in folding chairs around two small tables pushed together to form a unit. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Alex turned off the machine, then removed the back and hid the folded paper in the battery compartment. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She folded her hands in her lap almost as though she were praying. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran up the steps and grabbed the folded papers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After Johnson left, Colonel Meecham walked to his window and peeked through the venetian blinds at the jet planes, their wings folded, sitting just outside the hangar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Klaus looked distastefully at each ugly shirt Mrs. Poe had bought for him as he folded them and put them into a small suitcase. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Just then Kaltain’s head gave a bolt of pain so strong she clenched her fists, hiding them in the folds of her tangerine-colored gown. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Matty took the packet of folded messages in the thick envelope, and placed it where Leader indicated, inside his shirt next to his chest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Redemption folded his hands against his chest, gathering nerve. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands behind my head and sighed. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The colt tried to get up on its feet, but its fragile newborn legs folded under it and it fell down, looking helplessly up at its mother who neighed a greeting to the morning sun. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a thin fold of bills from the top drawer of his desk, licked his finger, and peeled several off. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mamá said, folding her hands and looking up at the heavens. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I fold up the three dresses I made, one of which, the blue chambray, I haven’t finished, plus my other dress from the Children’s Aid. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I sat by the roadside, head tucked within my folded arms while waiting, I knew not for what. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It slows down, like only a Tuesday can, and Larry and I are standing around in the back, talking and folding boxes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Amelia folded the handkerchief and handed it back to Lyddie with a nod. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Old-fashioned velvet jackets and white shirts hung from silk hangers, and formal trousers and more shirts were folded neatly in drawers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I bit down and folded my hands and squeezed. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brannon stood behind the cash register as usual, his arms folded over his chest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He’d clearly once been strong, but now his skin hung in loose folds and his muscles sagged. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His wife stood, arms folded, in the bright doorway. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silently he would take his bicycle to the riverbank and leave it there hidden in bushes with the clothing folded beside it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

His uncle, having said these words, stepped back and folded his arms with a flourish of his dirty and ragged robes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Check,” Mrs. V says as she neatly folds those two pieces into my suitcase. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After a second of assuring herself that she indeed was being called upon, she laid down her handbag and slowly folded her handkerchief. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sighing, Victor folded his hands behind his head. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The saintly mood lasts until I refill the milk glass of a tiny, scabrous old lady with wild white hair who looks like she’s been folded into her wheelchair and squished. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to where I had put his suit, folded up on a chair beside his bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She folded his hand over the bills and pushed it gently away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, pleased with himself, he folded his arms, sat back, and left it at that. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yakov’s bed was still as he had left it, untouched, the blanket folded back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was lodged there, deep inside some fold or furrow, like a mango hair between molars. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There stood Grandpa Sorenson, wearing a flannel shirt and work boots, arms folded across his chest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She folded up the letters, and he lay on the bed, pushed the cat aside, and fell asleep. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie sat on the edge of his bed while Grandma folded up clothes that she had just washed for them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Zu was in the process of neatly folding a button-down shirt she had chosen for Chubs when I remembered something. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But it crumpled, folded upon itself, and she ripped it from the rock, flinging it outward into the air. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of us collapsed the tent and folded it while the other loaded stove, bags, etc., onto the sledge; the tent was strapped over all, and we were ready for skis and harness. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat back, folding her arms across her chest, accusatory. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mama came in with a basket of freshly ironed and folded handkerchiefs and put them on the table by the door. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the corridor I passed a gaunt, sixtyish woman—print dress, harlequin glasses, sharp nasty face like a poodle—carrying a stack of folded towels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Three white shirts; a couple khaki pants; and the tie, folded neat and clean. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The men sat on rickety folding chairs in the yard. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

We were folding a bunch of WEC flyers on the big stone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A table folded down when it was needed and a brass lamp hung from the ceiling. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some women stood by and spoke in lower tones, their arms folded. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His lips folded upon the glass in a peculiar way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Laura put her tongue quickly to a little bit of the white snow that lay in a fold of his sleeve. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the slip of paper, folded it, and put it in his pocket. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made no reply, but stood with his arms folded, looking on the ground. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was carrying some folded clothes, a toothbrush, and the paperback chess book that I’d brought to Dad in jail. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They sat beside each other on steel folding chairs, on the afternoon of the Day that Sophie Mol Came, sipping coffee and crunching banana chips. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pages are folded down, some with stars and checks in the margins. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shadowshapers’ mythology revolves around an archetypal spirit named Lucera, who apparently vanished mysteriously a few months back, not long after I entered the fold. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She folds her legs up, hugs her knees, and tilts her head to look at me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She handed Penelope a folded sheet of heavy notepaper, monogrammed with a large, decorative A. Penelope opened it and read. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Smith stuffed the folded page inside an envelope, already addressed and stamped, and sealed it shut. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The girl stepped into the hall, closing the door behind her; arms folded self-consciously before her small high breasts, she faced him, eager to understand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Carefully folded, a silk shirt, faded pale and creamy—except at the seams. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer folded her arms across her chest and shook her head. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He pulls a folded map from his jacket. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

August stood beside Our Lady and folded May’s suicide letter so it resembled a tiny paper airplane. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, we sat outside on folding chairs and watched the light show in the sky above us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I folded the map and pass, blew out the candles, and crept down the stairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took out a piece of yellowed paper that had been folded and refolded. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cousins and I, we fold ourselves and try to become small, small. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms and tapped my foot to show I was serious. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the creature rolled, these arms folded and maneuvered to avoid being crushed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward on the table, resting my chin on my folded arms, my hidden fingers gripping the table’s edge as I fought to ignore the irrational longing that unsettled me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His old clothes were folded and put away, but he was permitted to keep the grey cloak of Lórien, though not to wear it when on duty. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I am sitting at the kitchen table, which is really a folding card table someone gave us a year ago. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Kenneth never gave us any trouble,” she just had to add, neatly folding the polishing rag. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’d carefully folded the test and slipped it into the pages of the book Mr. Lawrence had lent to her, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The Abbot folded his paws into the wide sleeves of his habit and stared impassively at the Warlord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were fixed on the Polish girl and the fold between her brow deepened. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Do they bear mel Why don’t they move* She sat, folding her hands in her lap. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Gradually the reason for his silence was hidden away, entombed somewhere deep in the soothing folds of the fact of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady waves me inside, then folds her arms in front of her as we start to head up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then the houses were suddenly left behind, and steep hills with the night already settling among their folds lined the road instead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the sky above Weep, the angel folded its wings, and the moonlight and starlight that for fifteen years had been held at bay came flooding in, seeming sun-bright after such long absence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Keeper selected several more hands after that, and each boy confessed to weird things, like not folding his blanket correctly or using too much soap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Z passed him a folded piece of paper. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands, folded in her lap, were trembling and chilled. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pecola slid in the pie juice, one leg folding under her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did this now, folding the sides in and in until they stood in a raised rim and then making a lid to fit it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He's still looking at me, arms folded across his chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lissa folded her arms across her chest and frowned at the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Mi, I’ve been thinking,” he said, so seriously she almost giggled until he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a folded stack of bills. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes hid in the folds of her wrinkled lids. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ali was folding chairs, setting them along the wall. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Laila examined Mariam’s drooping cheeks, the eyelids that sagged in tired folds, the deep lines that framed her mouth—she saw these things as though she too were looking at someone for the first time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I looked around to see Mrs. Baylor standing there with her arms full of folded sheets. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He closed up his grade book, folded his hands and looked at her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within two minutes, Ron stood before them, as small and ferrety as the sick wizard, and wearing the navy blue robes that had been folded in his bag. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then I look up and I see Jenny Flick, arms folded, glaring at me, and Bill Corso, the school’s semi-illiterate star quarterback, standing behind her. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I folded my blanket up and put it in my suitcase and tied the twine back. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Newt folded his arms again, looked at him closely. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I shifted on the seat, trying to discreetly rearrange the folds of my skirt under a very tired rump. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Frau Elena folds her hands over her apron, and Werner can see she has done so to keep them from shaking. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The folding chair creaks as I lean back, settle in. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She folded the paper into the shape of a hawk. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She folded and refolded her Kleenex into smaller and smaller squares. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But at the shop, if I let my guard down for a minute, I'll turn around to find all the clothes I've just folded knocked to the floor. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We folded ourselves between a woman with too many bags and a man holding a crying baby. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The moment the door was closed both her parents seemed to fold just a bit, as if they had been holding their breath. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They glance at Four like they’re waiting for him to call the fight off, but he stands with his arms folded, giving no response. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It hung and moved with majesty in folds like an infinite traveler upstage in an infinite theater. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanin passed her hand over the hidden pocket of her vest where she kept the folded page. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then all the mothers cleared the tables and swept off the long white tablecloths and, all laughing, folded them together and boxed up the extra food, and there was a lot. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the end of the passageway, before an enormous mural of Saint George and the Dragon over the staircase landing, he folded the ship’s newspaper into quarters and put it into his left hip pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then his body folds over a sharp blade in the hands of my brother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Lily, who was wearing a dressing gown, stood with her arms folded in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady, at the entrance to Gryffindor Tower. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Before he could lay his hands on it, Chester flipped over onto his back, closed his eyes and folded his paws over his chest. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he poured it through a paper cone into a brown bag and folded the top over twice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the box was a stack of letters neatly tied together with string, a few pens, a watch that didn’t work, and a folded envelope. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One of them was maybe seven, and the other, five—little dresses, and white socks pulled up and folded just below their knees. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tyson folded up his tinkering project in an oilcloth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grimly, she folded the paper with crisp movements and ironed the creases. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She stepped back into the shadows, arms still folded. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Clarence the security guard marched into the reading room and, folding his arms over his chest, took up a position near the three envelopes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I fold the worn paper with Matilde’s phone number on it, turn away from the shop, and trudge home. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked to Sohrab, but he was staring at his hands folded in his lap. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Grandmother sat next to him, her posture stiff, her hands folded over the box. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Burres, as one of the vendors, had set up some folding tables displaying cheap, mostly secondhand goods for sale, and McCandless volunteered to oversee her large inventory of used paperback books. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood by the door, her hands folded in front of her, looking from one to the other of us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on the edge of my mattress, one leg folded underneath. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father and my uncle Jim from Pennsylvania were sitting on folding metal chairs and smoking cigarettes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It could expand into a full-size laptop, shrink into a tablet computer, or fold into a wafer of metal smaller than a cell phone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A breeze rustled the folded papers, but none blew off. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He widens his stance and folds his arms across his chest. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I get changed for track practice, I look at my pile of folded clothes in my gym locker, rub my bands on my thighs, and decide to leave my armband on. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

With his thumb and index finger, Dr. Spires grasped a fold of Fig’s skin high on the back of the neck and pinched firmly, tenting the skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sensibly, he had folded his glasses into his pocket. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The newspaper pages make a whispery sound as she folds them. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I disappear into the folds of onlookers on the other side and speed walk away from the race. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From the sky, its black wings folded tightly against it, the parent gull, summoned by its young, dove at her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fighting it out seemed likely, especially a few days later when Dad came home with more than a dozen military-surplus rifles, mostly SKSs, their thin silver bayonets folded neatly under their barrels. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The swoop of the helmet, the curve to the breastplate, the slight fullness of the sleeves that allows the white folds under the arms to show. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Big Rose folded her arms too and glared down at me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The third woman is calm already, she sits with her arms folded, smiling a little. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It bounced off, making a little dent under her earlobe, like a fold in the skin that was hardly a disfigurement at all. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her hands folded together, and watched the Queen passively. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wear long wool coats with tie belts, the collars turned up to look like those of movie stars, and rubber boots with the tops folded down and men’s work socks inside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were almost feverishly bright, and Mia wanted to rise and fold Pauline into her arms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You don't have to think like that, Darius. You already are that. I saw your game from across the street,” I say, folding my arms and turning my whole body away from him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When he was finished it was passed on to Leon who read it, folded it and returned it to the senior inspector. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It would be enough merely to see her, as it had been in the fields or when he’d hid behind the cedar log and watched her fold her family’s laundry. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her hands were folded into two little fists and when I slipped a finger into her fist, she held on. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his hands and brought them to his mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I folded and put away all the laundry and chopped up the onions for dinner. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Seven took the folded black robe as the Uncle crouched down to coo at Beefy. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The leaves get smaller and yellower, folding back toward the bud, and the air crisps. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you mean, do I care?” she said, folding her homework sheet into a paper airplane. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Also the proper way to fold a napkin and dance a minuet. Oh, and you can play the flute. Marketable skills, merchling. Marketable skills.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Director takes a folded piece of paper from his pocket and waves it in my face, then begins to read. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She rolls onto her back, folding one arm behind her head. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She wrote in a plain style and folded the page a moment afterward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She straightened her thin shoulders and smoothed the folds of her coarsely woven shift. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold up the note and leave it with the picture. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jam folded her arms, feeling more defensive than scared. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jon Wood picked her up and folded her wings to her body. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The edges were folded over, sewn, and resealed with resin. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms were folded over the big red flower in the middle of her apron, and she was frowning. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did his smile again, and his heavy cheeks folded like drapes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sat in the front pew in a red dress suit, hands folded in her lap, listening to her husband preach about September 11. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Scythe Curie seemed a mix of many emotions, but she folded them all away, like clothes that no longer fit, and closed the drawer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I sighed and folded my arms across my chest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“This ought to be fun,” said Scythe Chomsky, folding his arms, ready to relish what was to come. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And dimly to be seen were many rows of tables, carved of marble; and upon each table lay a sleeping form, hands folded, head pillowed upon stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mama would make thin, yeasty bliny and then stuff them with cheese, fold them up, and fry them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As she folded up chairs, the librarian said she’d heard the town policemen had enjoyed my presentation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grinned, folded it neatly, and stuck it into the wooden box. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandra folds the form up and hands it to me with a smile before walking back to her building. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Katz lunged behind me and folded his arm tight enough around my neck that the breath exploded from my lungs in one gasp. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He went to her, folding her in his arms, mumbling. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, a folded sheet of paper and two tickets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That made me think about the fact that Papa read the paper every evening and that it always needed to be folded and placed on his chair. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No one would think to look for them before that, and he could just take the laundry up and fold it in the apartment. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in my hard folding chair and began closing all the little windows. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The other mother was waiting for her, standing on the grass with her arms folded. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Arms folded across her chest, mouth knotted up, she watched me go to it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Slopper looked skeptical until Chi-Boy sat on it, tested the springs by bouncing a bit, and then lay down with an exaggerated sigh, folding his hands behind his head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She fanned herself with a folded Bombay film magazine written in English. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He took the rest of his money—seventeen dollars in bills—folded them, and zipped up the cash in his book bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then he folds it carefully and places it back in the drawer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He bolted his supper, drank his tea scalding hot, and folded his napkin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cook folded some skin over the bone. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The same folded arms, the same immobile face, the blank-eyed stare. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fold my hands across my body, grip my twisting stomach, and scan my memory for a moment of reprieve. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Making the precise corners and folds required for bed display took a long time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there, her hands folded across her stomach, a little protruding pot of tummy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was courteous and friendly as together they scrutinized the folds of the outstretched robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Maxim but he was reading his paper, he had folded it over to another page. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was the second biggest ship there had ever been and would hold all the Aesir, Frey could fold Skidbladnir up like a cloth and place it in his bag. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I drop my pencil and flash a look from my unmade bed to the folded clothes piled on my bureau. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pried off a piece of tape and folded open the tissue paper at one end. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He smiled so big his eyes almost disappeared in the folds of it. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, there were sightings: a blur of billowing dress in the periphery of Mariam’s vision, scurrying up the steps, arms folded across the chest, sandals slapping the heels. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Out come the baby clothes folded in tissue paper, the pieces of flowery silver, yellowy-black. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel finished the letter and folded it and put it back in its envelope. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile is gone and her arms are folded tight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once the ink was dry, Jinny folded the letter in half and slipped it back into her cushion. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When we came out of the stall, a cluster of girls in the Senior Division were standing by the sinks, watching us, arms folded, a few still in their dripping swimsuits. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He listened, his clear amber eyes on mine, his hands folded, motionless. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mourners removed their shoes at the door, nodded at acquaintances as they crossed the room, and sat on folding chairs arranged along the walls. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The notes are always tiny and folded up, and I clutch each one so tightly it’s damp with sweat by the time I open it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abuelo would pick her up at the laundromat, and together they folded clothes for her entire family. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Finally I buy a slice of take-out pizza and devour it en route, with my fingers, folding it in two and gnawing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly, he had a syndrome too—a folding syndrome. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The speaker’s hands were folded benignly on his chest. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Taliban had banned all toys that depicted human figures, since they were considered sacrilegious, so Gulmina was hidden away in the folds of the bright cloth. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Aaron asked me, folding his giant pool-noodle arms on the table. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That night, snuggled deep in the soft folds of a feather bed, I lay thinking. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes flapped around on the ground until the wings folded up and disappeared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The canvas hood had been folded back because of the mild weather, converting the car into a magnificent open tourer. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve got a route all worked out, dodging the sofa and chairs, skirting around the folding table that Shorty calls the dining room. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came a long space of time in which he did not move; he lay on his back, his hands folded upon his chest, his mouth and eyes open. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a barbarous thing, a blind clayey hole with folding chairs for the family teetering on one side and raw dirt heaped on the other. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I kept my arms folded when the clapping and hollering started after that first song. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His image folded up like a paper display. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Outside the office were Nasser, Todd, and Ronnie, sitting on folding chairs in the hallway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Her palm lines do not branch into head, heart, and life lines like other people’s but crease with just one atavistic fold. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded up her bloody clothes on the wooden chair and let Ben back in. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I fold my arms and stare up at her. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her arms were folded, her lips were pursed, and she seemed to be chewing her tongue, as though biting back the furious diatribe she longed to throw at Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The door to his closet was open, all of his sweaters folded with precision. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Marcus walks in and sits down across from me, his hands folded in his lap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was already in the Cavendish when Bragg had become keen about how a polypeptide chain folded up. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As they approached the Egyptian wing, they heard the shuffling of feet and a sound they recognized as the folding of chairs and the gathering up of rubber mats. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finds a white pillowcase in an upturned cabinet and folds it into her coat pocket. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She sat quiedy on a chair across from him, hands folded on her lap. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was holding something folded in her arms. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He wore a dark green beret, precisely folded over to the right. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We laughed, and as Noodles started folding the drawing up, the door of their building swung open. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“James left this for you,” Marie says, and hands me a small, folded piece of paper. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Do you have sheets?" her mom asked, folding Hannah's bedspread over. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ton- Ton pulled the arm up and over the top of the shrimp harvester, folding it into the storage position. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate and drank in silence while Log-a-Log folded the blanket and packed it away. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her special scrap of cloth lay folded there. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take off my jacket, fold it over my forearm, and stand there trying to decide what to do next. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And in that same fold I put my papers from the Dragon. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Pointing my wand away from myself into the deadly folds of the creature, summoning the memory of the day I had been voted President of the local Gobstones Club, I performed the Patronus Charm. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the laundry is dry, Dad sits next to me on the couch to fold, stacking everything on the coffee table in front of us. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One of King’s boys hands him a folded gray bandana, and he lays it across Khalil’s chest. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I have use for this money,” I said, folding my pants, and tucking them under the pillow. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tiffin box with tomato sandwiches and his Eagle flask with an eagle was on the little folding table in front of him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the fawn did this miraculous thing: It folded up its front legs, then its hind legs, and sank to the ground where it...disappeared. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A little further north they came to a fold in which a tiny stream, falling and winding, had cut a stony path down into the valley. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There was a folding chair in the corner and I sat on it and put a towel over my head. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I go out onto the small terrace and sit on the folding chair we have out there. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was the one who ironed Babi’s shirts and folded his pants. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Marlena sits at her vanity, her arms folded and legs crossed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Gram sat quietly, with her hands folded on her lap. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The missives piled up—handmade cards, store-bought cards, folded sheets of notebook paper, e-mails. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She sat with her hands folded in her lap, watching as our boat drew closer and closer to the dock. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last of all came a folding camp-bedstead with blankets and eiderdown complete, and this she set down between John's cot and Barbara’s. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, he folded the paper into an aeroplane and tossed it into the air. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In no time at all the frames were back in the hive, and the sheet had been folded up, with each comb nestled cleanly inside. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The last, the under, page of the four-year-old letter was stained a sort of off-cordovan color, and it was torn in two places along the folds. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dave folded his arms on the tabletop and dropped his head into them. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Whit stopped dancing, folded her arms across her chest. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I finish folding up the letters and tie the ribbon. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The great pulpy folds of his abdomen showed beneath his silk pajamas. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the dark, I tore another sheet of paper out of my notebook and started to fold again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I pulled out the letter from Ned to Jinx that was folded in my back pocket. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Seth boosted himself out of the pool and padded over to Kendra, arms folded. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When the handkerchief was folded, the writing was undetectable. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The brocaded hangings beamed on the walls in soft folds—and, on the floor, a desperate and reprehensible luxury, there was a genuine carpet. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We clapped it up as Coach folded the cardboard flaps of the box back. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Sighing, he folded his coat around himself and swept out of the room through a back door, almost hidden behind a tapestry. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She held up the least abominable of the dresses, a floor-length sleeveless peach-colored dress that had a high waist and fell in soft folds to the ground. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For this reason and because I wanted him to help me gather roots and not go running off, I said nothing about the shell I saw or the gull with folded wings. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dirty and had been folded very small and tied in place with a piece of tape. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Without a word, I fold the blouses and stuff them in my cardboard box where I don’t have to see them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles started folding up those pitiful leaves like he folded up his comic book pages. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I told them same thing,” said the folding man. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He paused to sit, folding himself onto the low bench in slow, stiff movements. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Well, said Fujiko, now your father is gone, folding laundry in a camp in Montana, and we all must get by, endure. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He folds the gum wrappers into tiny triangles. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He folds his hands and closes his eyes like he’s meditating. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In less than a minute, all her clothes were dry and folded. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Also gone are her backpack and our water carrier, a square of hide folded in fourths. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura lay with her eyes closed, and her arms folded across her chest. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He now folded his legs up neatly under him when airborne, directing all of his motion forward and back, not side to side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben folded his arms and felt the cracked, lined leather between his fingers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He usually stood in the corner by the cash register, his arms folded over his chest, quietly observing all that went on around him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Haley took off her left sneaker, folded the card in half, and slid the clue into her shoe for safekeeping. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And so she sat stiff-tongued, surrounded by students who were all folded easily on their seats, all flush with knowledge, not of the subject of the classes, but of how to he in the classes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her china teapot only had two chips, and she had folded a piece of red checkered fabric for a napkin and laid it on the side of the tray. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Frank brought out a folding ruler that he had slipped into his pocket a few minutes before, and measured the cuffs of the visitor’s pants. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya gasped, grabbed her backpack, and pulled out a tube of paper that was folded in thirds and slightly bent at the top. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Grandma said, folding her apron over her arm. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As she hurried past, Briony pushed into Cecilia’s hand a piece of paper folded twice and then she squealed her brother’s name and leaped into his embrace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Julie scurried to the coat closet, and came back with a folding cart. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

That switch altered the folding of the hemoglobin chain: rather than twisting into its neatly articulated, clasplike structure, the mutant hemoglobin protein accumulated in stringlike clumps within red cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The Maginot Line put a fat hand on one of the folds of her stomach and laughed. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

May’s arms were crossed over her chest, wings folded in on themselves, a pose I did not find flattering. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he folded a sheet of Kleenex, tucked it in the box, and put the cricket in. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled out a folded blanket and wrapped it around himself. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Out of long habit, she folded her hands and bowed to the King, but she did not acknowledge her father. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Thomas folded his arms, closed his eyes, took a deep breath. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He folded up the limp and rotting pages. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I see in the folds of his eyes a longing for something that’s bigger than myself. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She laid her napkin folded up nice on the table and left. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Every morning, he picked up the Daily Times and Renaissance that the vendor dropped off at the door and folded them on the table next to Master’s tea and bread. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The god of Creativity has folded his wings by your desk too,” she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Picking up her net, Meera shook out the last tangles and began arranging it in loose folds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The man holds eye contact with our uncle for a moment more before folding. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She folded the red velvet embroidered dress that her faraway relatives had stitched for her long ago. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Newt plopped down beside Thomas and folded his legs up under himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He picked the pamphlet up from the floor and folded it, shoving it into his back pocket. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She lifted the lid and folded back crisp layers of whispery pink tissue paper. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was fanning herself briskly with a folded newspaper. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over, and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching for my father’s hand, I grasped no more than the edge of his cloak, its folds fluid as water. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She folded the dirt over a trough of seeds and stood up, dusting off her hands. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Not even halfway up the walkway I see Momma through the screen on the door in her nightgown, her arms folded and her bare foot tapping. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You have a good aim and good nerves,” she allowed behind the sheet she was folding. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We're gathering up blankets from last night and setting them on the coffee table, folding the bed back in until it's only a couch again. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t, because in the gloom beyond the oil lamp, in the shadows, there were metal folding chairs arranged in a ring and on the chairs there were people, with slanting rhinestone sunglasses, watching. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leah barely glances at hers before folding and tearing off the bottom and creasing it into an origami crane. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Mama, I was about to bring them in,” I said, getting up to fold the clothes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We put all the clothes I was taking on my bed, and she folded everything neatly and put it inside the bag while I watched. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And the next day, Easter Sunday, Amaka did not join the rest of the young people who wore all white and carried lit candles, with folded newspapers to trap the melting wax. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He folded it carefully, tucked it inside his robes, then, heart beating fast, both excited and apprehensive, he set off. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She sits at a metal desk with her hands folded, in a location I don’t recognize. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she was alone, Ash unbuttoned her dress and pulled it over her head, folding it carefully at the foot of the bed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I folded clothes and moved another load through the dryer. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can't believe that she has the energy, but Pattie starts to fold Dell's mountain of clean underwear into tight, compressed squares. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She’s folding her napkin into a complicated shape on the table, her shiny black manicure glinting in the chandelier light. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She snaps a sheet open wide in her hands and takes the center with her teeth to fold it in half. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms over his stomach and wished it would go away. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It's been folded many times over, carried in so many pockets, that the creases are soft and tattered. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I take the folded Web address out of my pocket and head into my mom’s office, where we keep the computer. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I glared as that someone shouldered his way past John Henry and stood with his arms folded across his chest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The man I would sit beside had his laptop open and his New York Times folded up and stuffed into the side of his seat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The rosewood handle was charred and scorched, but Will wrapped his hand in several folds of a shirt and did as Iorek told him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Our hampers were in the hall by the bathroom and we took turns doing laundry, leaving neatly folded stacks on the dining room table for the other to take whenever the time was right. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was still wearing her wedding dress; Okeoma’s uniform shirt was neatly folded on a chair. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sat down on some folding chairs and talked for nearly an hour. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stretching his long legs out in front of him, Rishi folded his hands behind his head, a lock of shiny black hair flopping into his eye. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ned unfastened the heavy clasp that clutched at the folds of his cloak, the ornate silver hand that was his badge of office. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He opened one large drawer slightly and she saw the folded robe with its bright threaded colors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost say sure, yes, great, but I feel myself folding in two, and I just hug her and rest my head on her shoulder and let her momness surround me for a few minutes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Carpenter brought the latest Oxford Times out from under the counter and folded it back to an inside page before holding it out for Malcolm to see. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The place smells of wet newspaper, and the entrance is crowded with bags of dog and cat food, old blankets folded and stacked, and empty animal crates of different sizes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m watching the long, fuzzy peel fold down into Miss Celia’s basin, paying no mind at all to the driveway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Instead he was holding a piece of paper folded into a small square. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She folded her gray-blue wings to her body and straightened up. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

With a single finger, he nudges apart the folds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Neville smiled, his narrow cheeks seemed to fold into themselves to make room for that great wide mouth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the back, beneath the farthest eave, Joseph found three cartons marked simply with the letter B. They were filled with men’s clothing, some covered in dirt and mud, all carefully folded. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Under his arm he carried his suit and shirt, carefully folded so that they would stay fresh. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled a very small smile, and then she folded up the knife and put it back in the pocket of her shorts. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The Hab is normally a dome, with flexible support poles maintaining the arch and rigid, folding floor material to keep its base flat. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded the fortune up and put it in his inside pocket. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then he smoothed the folds of his cloak. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I folded it and placed it underneath my desk. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The two other women inside stop folding clothes and move closer together. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s difficult not to let my mind wander when he looks at me with those leonine eyes, when he folds his hands together on his lap, long legs crossed at the knee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ulbrickson rose and folded the document and put it in an envelope addressed to the Times. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Inside, I placed a little note folded in half. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The crowd reacts in astonishment, and I have to bury my face in the folds of my skirt so they can’t see my confusion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The basement was big, paneled in dark wood, with a wine-red carpet and at least one hundred folding chairs. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Arms folded, she moved in closer and pinned me against the fridge. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I would not be brought back into the fold, into her fold, her family. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Mom was standing between the TV and me, her hands folded behind her back. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The photo had creases in it from being folded. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Like a blanket, the shadow folded and revealed a braid of sweetgrass. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She is supposed to tell us the outcome of the conversation, but she just stands with her arms folded, her fingers tapping against her elbow. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Up went the hawk, swooping like a child flung high in a swing, until the wings folded and he was sitting in a tree. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

—Watney The employees carefully folded the sheet and placed it in an argon- filled airtight shipping container. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crouched behind it and peered through the crack between two of the folding sections. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was carrying two laundered and folded cotton bedspreads. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis from the barbershop next door stands out front, his arms folded over his big belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Dad folds his hands behind him and straightens his back. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Ouch,” murmured Ear with his ears folded in like morning glories. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as Selena folded the flyer and stuck it into the pocket of her skirt before going inside the auditorium. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

One night two Indwellers danced, men so old that their hair had whitened, and their limbs were skinny, and the downward folds at the outer eye-corners half hid their dark eyes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, he folded the paper over several times and pressed it into her palm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She sat forward in her chair, her hands folded primly in her lap. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He sits, and the silence hovers over them, his mother’s hands folded in a considering pose against her lips. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jack’s letter was on top, written on half of what looked like a computer printout, folded over several times. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They let us come in and watch the ladies slip fortunes inside flat yellow cookie dough, then fold the dough over. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m seated at the folding card table in the corner that Mom calls our “breakfast nook.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He arched his eyebrows—deep, mischievous—and looked at his folded hands for a moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ice has a car?” she asked, her arms folded in front of her. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His raincoat is draped on a coat rack, his folding umbrella dropped into a stand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fold myself in close to Ollie's body, making sure there's more than enough space for the soldiers to pass. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pictured folded morning papers tossed from cars, landing in driveways all over Mica. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Bod limped up the hill and retrieved a folded piece of paper from beneath a stone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A few of Capricorn's remaining men laughed, but Capricorn himself leaned back and folded his arms in anticipation. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was sort of folded into herself, arms crossed across her gray kurta tunic, curls hiding her face like a makeshift curtain. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I frequently bounced my legs to unstick them from the cold metal seat of the folding chair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed Claire a dry cloth and together they dried and tidied the dead woman, folding her arms finally across her gaunt chest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Vanessa’s mom is watching while she sits in a folding lawn chair, reading a book. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When he walked into the room, Mary was calmly folding laundry on her bed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her hands were folded together on top of her chest. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we go back to the Station, wait for the banks to fold, shake hands, take cyanide, and go out like gentlemen.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Celaena casually hid her hands in the folds of her gown. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I met him at the kitchen door, my arms folded across the front of my blouse. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She quickly folded the board and stepped onto it, not waiting for the yellow light to turn green. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a folded map, took a quick look, and started walking. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits motionless, propped up in bed, deathwhite hands folded on top of the covers: his eyes, once webbed with visions, are shut. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fang folded his jeans, then set them on top of his shirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said reprovingly, folding up the newspaper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He let the paunch of his belly sag over his folded legs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands on the pillow beneath my head. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, member of the fold. Come on inside with me.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We were calling you and you never would come to the phone,” Isabella says, and folds her arms tight across her chest. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She was sitting smack in the middle of the bed, outside the covers, with her legs folded like one of those Yogi guys. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I wondered what it was like for my sister, cramped into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle with the folded and hairy Chit, heading toward the sunset, going off to find herself. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms tightly against his body, not because it was cold, but because he couldn’t actually believe he’d tiptoed down the stairs, unlocked the back door, and come outside. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The folding man crossed his arms in a bony X and said, “I dunno anything what you say,” then walked off the stage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then he folded the cloth up neatly, gave his nose one more confident swipe, and jammed the hanky back in his pocket. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most were folding up their blankets and tossing them into piles in the corners of the room, but some just lay awake on the floor or propped against the concrete walls, staring into space. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She bowed her chin down and folded her arms across her chest, trying to look as if she was asleep. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel him reaching for his weapons as Rajar’s hands swept back the folds of his coat, exposing his guns. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tried folding it between pieces of felt and striking it with a hammer—it did not shatter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He still looked pale as he folded the paper on his lap, creased it carefully in half, and set it on the table next to his chair. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Going through the pockets, she fishes out a folded piece of lined paper, almost worn away at the creases. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We spread them on the tables and folded them carefully, lining up the sleeves of the shirts and the seams on the pants and balling the paired-up socks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Larsen, hours later, placing a cool folded cloth on my forehead with careful fingers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sookie’s brow folded into the center of his face and he looked pained. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to preserve the moment and tuck it away, folded and sealed forever in my memory. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“They are tired, had long journey,” said the folding man. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The gloved hand emerged from the deep folds of the cloak and in the moonlight Gabe could see that it now held a gleaming knife with a long, very narrow blade and pointed tip. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Aibileen comes back with a tray holding a teapot and two cups that don’t match, paper napkins folded into triangles. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She set the tray in the center of the coffee table—the napkins folded into triangles, and the cookies laid out in a circular display pattern. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hades glowered, smoothing the folds of his robes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Brianna chimes in, “The crispy corn dog can fold up into a blanket. You can nap on it!” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

My father wandered over to the folding chairs set up outside the tent for the men under the night sky. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Carefully, I put my chopsticks down and folded my hands in my lap. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was broken, dead-eyed, with my night bag still on my shoulder and the utterly useless folded map in my pocket. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I’d cut and folded squares of fabric for the quilting class and tried to push away the thought of leaving, the box of letters under my bed, and Momma in general. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Her hair spilt over her folded face like pondweed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I folded the letter and hid it under my mattress in case Father found it and got cross. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Werner Pfennig sits on a folding chair in front of a workbench, checks his battery level, and puts on headphones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dad sighed and folded himself back down to sit on the ledge of the roof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

On his desk, he kept a Bible, some folded paper crafts, and a television he had purchased with money he’d earned at Free Venture. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But each time Lelia picked up a shirt or a pair of shorts the woman gently tugged it away and quickly folded it herself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded the note, put it into an envelope, sealed it by licking the flap, and shoved it in his pocket. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby folded his arms across his chest, then continued. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Seems like you're afraid of me," he says, gently pulling at the folds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They stand side by side, their hands folded together in front of their stomachs as proper young ladies should place them, but their smiles aren’t genteel and poised. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were a whole bunch of scraps of paper on top, and there was a folded index card, too. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Smith asked, leaning against the door with folded arms. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was literally folded in half, trying to catch my breath. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She pulled a folded piece of paper from her pocket and slid it across the plastic tablecloth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We plucked the folded Batman square back and forth—a lazy game of table football. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In the front room, Dayah and Bushra fold up the embroidered rugs and beautiful wall hangings, the floor cushions and curtains. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was cracked along the lines where it had been folded all of these years. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The folding is familiar—I once spent two days learning to fold my notes just this way, instead of paying attention in math. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He gave Big Ma the local newspaper with her gossip paper folded within it and Big Ma went back to her room and left the television to JimmyTrotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We entered a large room in which one entire wall was hung with Italian-red draperies that fell in rich folds from the ceiling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled a folded piece of paper from my pocket. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He folded his own arms, staring at her with a smile, suddenly not wanting to leave again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I blew on the paper, folded it carefully into a pocket, and collected my two silver talents. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And something else, a little piece of paper, folded in half. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dicey folded up the map and put it on top of a table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pet was expressionless, and Redemption folded his arms, his eyes glittering. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I was done, I pulled out my zine supplies and a sheet of paper that I folded into eighths. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“He’s nice,” I say, rolling over and folding my arms behind my head, staring up at the folds of fabric gathered above me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She tore a piece of paper from her notebook and folded it into a makeshift card. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Comrade Pillai, in his sleeveless vest, sat on a folding chair and pulled his left foot up onto his right thigh. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folds her arms with a bit of a “humpf ’ but then begins to laugh, too. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The girl slipped her kierie into a holster behind her back, so it could join her spear, and folded her arms beneath her cloak. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She folds her arms and does this little neck movement. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Her hand found a folded piece of paper, but no notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He sits on a folding chair with the huge bembé drum between his legs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In her spare time she also helped her mother fold union flyers. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She with his quick sketch of her as Madonna ascending in folds upon modest folds of garments. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I sighed, and I watched his reverent fingers fold the note and close it in its armor of foil and put it away. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly it looked like a collection of notes or letters, some folded like the one she and James got caught passing in Mr. Quisling’s class. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She chose a sweatshirt and jeans from the piles of clothes I had folded and placed on the floor along the wall. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The angel folded up his giant wings and disappeared as Joseph bolted up from bed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He went to the back of the cell and folded his arms. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Madge jumps up and toots her horn, which makes me fold up like a paper bag. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He folded the poem carefully and put it back in his pocket. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They'd stared at each other, and then Etta had folded her arms across her chest and asked him what he wanted. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Until now, I’d constructed my existence carefully, tucking and folding every loose and disorderly bit of it, as if building some tight and airless piece of origami. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But—” “Tomorrow,” he said, cutting me off and folding my fingers over the cross, “I’ll explain. Just remember, God mends all. Now go,” he said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The chief coughed into his left shoulder, then reached into a coat pocket and pulled out a white piece of paper folded in fourths. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their long necks folded back like egrets’; their legs were sleek and many-jointed, their faces deerlike, with great dark eyes and ears like sheaves of snowy feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I fold my paper and make sure my voice is going into the microphone. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I feel bad that I didn’t fold more shirts for her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She checked the door to her office once more, then leaned against it with her arms folded. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Desdemona, weeping, takes off the corset, folds it back up, and returns it to the hope chest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Whitlaw had already folded her tent with the help of some of her neighbors, and carted it off to the temporary army depot. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was folded up, but had a red wax seal that had been broken. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dawkins folding her lace handkerchief and placing it on her lap just so. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were more than a hundred pages, many of them crumpled, folded, or torn, all of them out of order. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He takes the watch and folds it into a soft cloth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded the little square of paper again and put it in my pocket. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Julia who gave me my first crayon, a stubby blue one, slipped through the broken spot in my glass along with a folded piece of paper. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He turned pale and hastily folded up his magazine. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I fold it up into a small square and tuck it under my pillow for now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She imagines mother and son as they move toward the door, small hand folded in big hand, and her throat wells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Dr. Legs, who was doing that thing she does, where she folds her hands in her lap and stares out at nothing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The truly enchanting part is that there’s a small carpet of sand and a folded lawn chair. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He twisted the cup into the sand beside him and cushioned the folded blanket under his sweaty head and covered him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She had some money folded over that she gave to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bade me join her at her cupboard, where her busy fingers darted through small drawers, poured powders into folded papers, and filled several small jars with essences and extracts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He looked hopefully at Ron, who was sitting with his arms folded, staring over at Lavender Brown. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Tossing our hair, down the aisle we went between the rows of folding chairs borrowed from the funeral home, right straight to the front of the crowded tent for the Lord’s roll call. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I see is customers unfolding carefully folded T-shirts, taking dresses and pants off their hangers, holding them up for a moment’s idle inspection, then dropping them somewhere for us associates to pick up. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Mamou started whispering in Farsi, while Babou sat in the driver’s seat with his arms folded and his chin on his chest. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She even folded her arms and did a kind of half smile, almost like a smirk, but maybe not quite. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I then fold the paper in half and slip it into the suggestion box, which is located next to the water fountain on the first floor. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The way it works is that all the candidates sit up on the stage in folding chairs, but it is only the presidential candidates who make speeches. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He might even now be pulling them apart page by page, folding them into birds, and launching them off his high widow’s walk, one by one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Gale the weasel chittered—maybe a good-bye, maybe a warning—and disappeared in the folds of her mistress’s skirts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bo made a face at his brother and folded his arms defiantly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His only companion is Moushumi’s Plan de Paris, a small red guide to the arrondissements, with a folded map attached to the back cover. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were folded in my lap, and I was leaning weakly against the back of the seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It looked perfect, in its folds of tissue paper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s review the facts first,” Bookman said, and he wasn’t talking to the governor, but rather to Kyril Montana, who was sitting back comfortably with his hands folded under his chin, politely listening. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold my hands like a good boy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She looked at his neck, settled into rolls of fat, and imagined him prying the folds apart as he bathed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Celia takes the bag from him and folds it up into ever-smaller squares while the twins watch, until it disappears completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jason said, and he shoved his plate away and folded his arms and stared off into space. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Crow examined the two pads of spongy folded paper. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scribbled a note, folded it, and got out of the car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The clean, sleeveless white undershirt and cotton pants his sister left for him after school were folded on her mat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad folded his arms on his chest and studied the cheetah. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were comparing furniture, tile work, the structure of a leaded glass window, the folds in a satin skirt. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Captain fetched the pole from the kitchen, and after he had handed it in to me in the stern, he climbed in and sat down facing me, his arms tightly folded across his chest. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m glad it’s dusk; I’m nervous about the backs of my thighs, the wrinkling above my knees, the soft fold across my stomach, not fatness exactly but a pleat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rose and I turned toward our familiar spot, then saw a strange woman sitting at the end of the hall in a folding chair, her eyes on a book, her legs crossed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dub folded the paper, making sure the photo from the ticker-tape parade was front and center. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Low to the ground, folded together with her breasts against her thighs, she wore woven sandals and a red muslin summer dress, its narrow straps running over her shoulders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stood the shotgun against the wall and folded her arms before her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender folded her beautiful hands in her lap. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can remember one morning around this time bringing Lord Darlington coffee in the breakfast room, and his saying to me as he folded The Times with some disgust: 'Frenchmen. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now some of them begin to fold their slips and pass them back to the FOREMAN. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean against a locker and fold my arms. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was folding slices of ham and laying them out neatly on little squares of waxed paper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There was usually some mention of him and his cousin in the folds of the daily paper, some new clipping to collect. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She took one look at him, seemed to recognize him from the train, folded her arms, and firmly turned her back on him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When Jon folded back the window with its thick diamond-shaped panes of yellow glass, the chill of the morning hit him in the face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had ordered a fresh turkey in advance from the farmers’ market, planned the menu out of Food & Wine, bought folding chairs so that everyone would have a place to sit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the hut, Chou folds our spare set of black pajama shirts and pants, now faded and tattered, and puts them in Kim’s backpack. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare between my knees at the bedroll, trying to concentrate on the largest fold of material. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stop by the kitchen and get a garbage bag from under the sink, then head upstairs and stuff my clothes and the blanket and sheets in the bag, not bothering to fold anything. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crouch among the scrub and loose rocks in a small fold among the fabric of the hills. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had a red part inside the bell that could crumple or expand, just like a folding paper lantern. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel folded the letters and put them in the desk drawer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Longstreet, lifted his palms out, folded them softly, slowly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When their Mother had gone, Jane and Michael edged towards Mary Poppins, who stood, still as a post, with her hands folded in front of her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mamá picked up one of my shirts and began folding it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the town house, Frederick pulls on pajamas made of jelly-green silk and folds his glasses on the nightstand and climbs barefoot into his brass childhood bed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He folded the velvet over the alethiometer and put it into his rucksack. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” Nico muttered, kicking folds of canvas off his legs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Photographs of streets and houses, folded copies of blueprints, letters, deeds, contracts, and more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She thought it would annoy him, but he only folded his arms under his head, with an imperturbable, “That’s not bad. Thank you, ladies.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recited those words now, at the dinner table of the French and American couple, while the Haitian poet stared, arms folded. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I bend the legs in and fold the table right into the wall—it works! The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

My sister and I battle the breeze to fold sheets, stepping together to make the corners meet, backing up less and less each time to form the shrinking rectangle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore’s hands were folded upon his chest, and there it lay, clutched beneath them, buried with him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a table, two cane-seat chairs, two folding chairs, and, in the corner, a black, cast-iron stove. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

"They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I know where it is, folded up in a box in her closet. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The newspaper was folded by the register with the Arletta article face up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Adam touched the new bills so that their edges came together, folded the tissue over them and turned the ends up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Xan folded her knotty hands together and pressed them to her mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sheed knelt by the deflated folds of an orange bouncy house. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The other one stood silently with his arms folded across his chest. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The scrawny body came up very slowly, quivering with the strain, folding over until the face and the knees were almost touching. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hooks looked like crowbars or ice picks, and the trainers would grab the elephants between the folds of their hide and then pull or twist. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He signs the letter and folds it, leaving it propped upright in the center of the table, next to a wooden bowl full of apples. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Wicker chairs surrounded the sides, and each had a freshly folded towel waiting. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I folded the letter back into the box, ready to test my courage in more than one way. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms and tapped my foot. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I fold a few shirts, then kick back and take out a book. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She moved away from him when I came out, and he shuffled off to fold up his own tent, leaving her to wind the rope and store her pegs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She could have left it at that: the fold under the earlobe, but that Violet, unsatisfied, fought with the hard-handed usher boys and was time enough for them, almost. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She patted my shoulder and folded the paper. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even Dusty was quiet, folded at her feet, but he sniffed the air, watchful and alert. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

Inside was a folded up map of the city. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It put its front legs on the zebra’s side, reached over and gathered a fold of skin in its jaws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a relief when one of the ten or so men on the stage orders us to stand and start singing, because the folding chair is torturing my overworked back. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all grin at one another, all except for Düwer, who casts his eyes down, and stares at his hands folded in his lap. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s folding up all the white clothes, and Charlie’s hypnotized watching the color clothes go round and round in the washer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Great for a boy who got halfway folded up in a hole. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The room appeared to be in the process of being disassembled: Two long tables had been folded up and leaned vertically against one wall; several empty wooden crates were stacked against the other. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders put his glass down and folded his arms across his chest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I feel as if Tariq himself is folded between her palms, unable to slip away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate that,” Chubs said, folding his hands in his lap, “but it’s not necessary.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She could fold towels, Brave Orchid decided, and handkerchiefs, but there would be no clean dry clothes until afternoon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse went on blithely opening and shutting my drawers, emptying the closet and folding my belongings into the black overnight case. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Each piece of clothing is folded neatly, with reverence, especially the children's clothes, which have the most items and the fewest takers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He didn't have dimples, exactly, but the sides of his face folded in on themselves, and his eyes almost disappeared. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The Abbot folded his paws within his wide sleeves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He slowly pushed himself up along the wall until he was standing, and folded his arms. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“One of the back rooms has a bed that folds out from the wall,” said Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He added his initials below the sentence, tore the memo from the pad, and folded it in half. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders sat back in his leather chair and folded his arms across his chest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The man at the end of the line sits in a folding chair, looking out from under the brim of a bent fedora. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Next she unpacked a large cake of Sunlight Soap, a toothbrush, a packet of hairpins, a bottle of scent, a small folding armchair and a box of throat lozenges. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He’s literally leaning into Bram’s shoulder, head buried in the folds of his jacket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mom reached into her blazer pocket and held out a folded piece of loose-leaf paper. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She stood beside the gray rails that morning with her hands folded beneath her apron. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worn scraps of fabric felt deliciously soft in my hands as I folded them in neat squares, transformed by my imagination into fine clothes for sale. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom passes his hand over his mouth and leans back against the kitchen counter, folding his arms across his chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across from him, a girl carefully used her foot to push a folded piece of paper along the floor until it reached the desk of the girl in front of her. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There, she removed a folded piece of paper and handed it to her dad. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I heard an announcement over the police radio of my capture and the order to fold up the roadblocks to and from Natal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they became more palatable when folded into a total debt package produced by a war for independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I laid two blankets be­neath me, carefully folding them so that they didn’t touch the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a group of old men, two seated across a folding table playing a game of chess, others smoking pipes, eating peanuts, and watching. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father would have sighed and folded his arms and waited. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets up a folding aluminum chair in front of the garage doors and applauds as I take the stage on the oil-stained concrete floor. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The theater consisted of a few dozen folding chairs arranged before a bedsheet or the blank wall of a vacant hangar out near the airstrip. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had got a scrap of paper and was folding it into a note-book. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He flipped through the cash, folding the corners like Grandpop taught him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He threw his gear on the small folding cot in the hooch that was our new home outside of Tam Ky. “You should have known this place was going to be garbage,” Brunner said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my schoolbag and took out my folding penknife that I used for sharpening pencils. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded and refolded the damp dishcloth on the table in front of her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We never folded our clothes at home, but that Laundromat was so warm and cozy, we were looking for any excuse to extend our stay. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I pull the light cord, I see a stack of Mom’s nursing uniforms on a shelf, perfectly folded into neat Dad-squares, with one of her plastic name-tag pins resting on top. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I folded Astelle up, reduced her to a thick square and tucked her in my wallet, so she could ride around in my back pocket like some cursed charm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the fire truck arrives, Saucepan Lynn folds her arms as she looks up at the giant pine tree in the middle of our neighborhood. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Standing a few yards in front of me are two Erudite men with their arms folded. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Quickly I folded it and jammed it back into my pocket. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The three folders had gotten pretty messed up in my bag, all folded over and crushed by clothes and some of the food we’d swiped. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Layla flicked a burp cloth in the air and folded it into a neat little square, scowling at Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Two monstrous women with brick-red forearms folded across their aprons were talking outside a doorway. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Strands of whatever it was stretched and folded like taffy as I rubbed it between my fingers. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She’s been fitted for bifocals recently, and they hang against the folds of her sari on a chain around her neck. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her mountain of notebooks hid under four folded black sweaters. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Today, though, I notice a folded note inside one hole and a piece of red cloth inside another. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He folded the telegram and shoved it in his pocket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to see what would happen if I totally shielded my face, bringing my hijab folds completely in, when I hear keys being fitted into the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

At each turn of the road there were great standing stones that had been carved in the likeness of men, huge and clumsy-limbed, squatting cross-legged with their stumpy arms folded on fat bellies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ariana showed me how to fold the sides up and tuck them into flaps, so the cardboard transformed into a small box that could fit two cupcakes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When George opened it, the folds formed a grid across the page. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I folded her hands together and tucked them under her chin like she was thinking seriously about the future. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she hit the soft folds of the BFG’s black cloak hanging against the wall. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step closer to the rows of folding chairs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His dad stood on the front steps with his arms folded. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He folds his arms across his chest for warmth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He flipped open—that way they do, to shock you—his little folded black leather case containing his identification. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Einar decided to offer free coffee to shoppers and asked one of his checkers, Jessica Porter—who was twenty-two and cheerful looking—to stand behind a folding table and serve. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I folded a piece of linen to busy my trembling hands. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Same as every morning, I folded over my three slices of white bread to fit in my hand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she straightened, she folded her hands before her lips and bowed first to the circle, then to the dark Wood beyond. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He walked over, read the last page, nodded, folded the script, and handed it back to her. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no more to say between a devout farm girl and a mine sweeper, we folded our sheets and our different-colored habits. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the expensive black folds were resurrection and life. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She wanted to show him the treasures in her treasure box—the folded velvets and broken watches and golden buttons. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I continued folding a yellow and blue scarf. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He folded his newspaper and took off as fast as he could. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She folds her hands in front of her stomach. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to go to school,” I answered, folding my arms. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I eat a few more chips, fold the bag, and start doing my math homework. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rab was waiting for the ink to dry on the Observer so he could fold it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a set of folded papers out from inside his jacket pocket. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then she sits down across from me as one adult might sit down across from another, her legs crossed, her back straight, her hands folded in her lap. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray folded the paper and slapped it flat on his knees. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At night she slept on a folding camp cot in the cousin’s place downstairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Reed folded the coarse fabric and crammed it back in his pocket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There is a lot of flesh to her, especially below the waist; there are folds across her stomach, her breasts are saggy and have enormous dark nipples. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me one from his duffel bag, still pristinely folded and in a transparent wrapper. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

His face reddened around old scars as he rejected a folded five-dollar bill. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, my hands fold like I’m praying, and then I extend my arms forward, cutting through the splendor as it diverts in either direction, barely avoiding me on either side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“What’s that?” said Moody calmly, folding up the map and pocketing it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Izzi risks a glance in my direction while she folds a stack of towels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A silver thread of river bisected the field and there, nestling in the fold of a meander loop, was the proud oak. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The divider screens, folded against the wall, look at me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She had an almost undefeated record and frequently found herself in the folds of the New Jersey Star-Ledger, identified as the best female saber fencer in the state. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was folded what seemed like a couple of hundred times, and getting it open was like untying a knot. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to sit down with her notebook and pens and draw every T-shirt folded in her drawer at home. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The doors folded shut like a noiseless accordion. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As it was she felt an unwilling respect that made her hold her tongue and set to work folding and replacing the piles of clothing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Tai sits down on the bed and folds her legs. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

So we had the birthday dinner on a folding card table, which I set beside his bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Gertrude reached into the folds of her skirt and drew forth a leather purse, which she placed in my lap. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the shadows, the solid black wool seemed to shift and boil, forming images of faces in agony, as if lost souls were trying to escape from the folds of his clothes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So fifty cents more a week was scraped up and folded into Blossom’s reluctant hand and she was sent off to take fiddle lessons, too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached forward, without thinking, to touch his folded hands, but he slid them away minutely, and I pulled my hand back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Wooden folding chairs are set up before a movie screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Using his knowledge of the ways from the First World to hide himself, he folded a nearby shadow like a blanket and draped it over his furry body. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t even a couch, just a folding chair and an air mattress in the living room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A sculpture of vertical folds incised by a tapering spiral. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She picked a single page off the top of the pile and carefully folded the top a third of the way down, then the bottom of the page up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The front half of the car had been compressed, the engine arched, curving back over itself, like a fold in solid rock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The wizard folded up the letter with a sigh, stood up, walked past Harry without glancing at him, and went to draw the curtains at his window. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She ate the last bites of their burgers and their forgotten fries and the stubs of their pickles for dinner and folded all the cash into her jeans pocket. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She merely folded her hands in her lap, rubber gloves squeaking, and blinked at him innocently. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My trips up and down the stairs continued until my knees threatened to fold up and quit, bringing dishes down, carrying more delicacies and hot drinks up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small bed in the center of the little room was neatly made, its creases and folds perfectly aligned, as though no one had slept in it for some time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"He folded his hands together and looked at me and said, 'Miss Gilling, we have decided that you would benefit by group therapy.'" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But even things as fine as all that must end sometime, and late on the afternoon of the third day the tents were struck, the pavilions were folded, and everything was packed ready to leave. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Palma has this rule that if you fold down your page, it shows your journal is private. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I put my finger to my lips as I handed him a folded note," Blake recounted. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was draped in a white-and-green gown made of thin fabric, its loose folds billowing around her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grey hood and elven-cloak they folded and placed beneath his head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His dad held up a folded newspaper and pointed to an article. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made a sound like Whoa, but after a second his arms folded around me, and we stayed like that, in a true embrace. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Leale, meanwhile, folds the president’s arms across his chest and carefully smooths his hair. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms and gazed into the distance. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a cloak, in two folds off her shoulders, and sandals bound upon her shining feet. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yawned and folded my legs, Indian style, as we put in the first blinds and Chas shuffled the non-Betch cards. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I'm driving, I'll keep the bedroom folded up near the airlock, ready for emergency egress. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma was there, too, folded into a ball in the corner, semiconscious. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He tugged the folds of cloth of his pants and undershorts free from his crotch and gave Yossarian a limp hand to shake. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Elegantly he folded his wings to his body and stood tall. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the sitting room she shook Aron’s letters out of Volume II of the Memoirs, folded them tightly, and, raising her skirt, tucked them under the elastic which held up her panties. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pa came in as I started folding the napkins. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Someone wound himself in the folds of the red velvet curtain and peered out from it like an exotic spy. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms across her chest, leaned back a little, and gave me a shrewd look. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It always comes early,” I said and put the folded letter in my pocket. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded the piece of paper carefully and put it in the pocket of her pants. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was folding linens, which their mother jammed into a sack. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was careful not to snag them as he took them off the willows, and he folded them awkwardly before he took them back. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d caught Mama humming while she folded some of the laundry. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

What passed for the director’s office was four bare, cracked walls, a mat on the floor, a table, and two folding chairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uneasily, Victor folded his hands behind his back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of us sit together, side by side, in rows of wooden folding chairs on the main campus lawn. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like to sit in the plastic green folding chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She gave one to me and started folding the next one. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

At last I came to the end of the message and gave it up to Dr. Bright, who appended his signature, then stood folding the paper carefully. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in a kind of daze, looking at an old folded lace fan studded with jet and mother-of-pearl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Sana explains what she wants of him, he takes one look at me and folds his arms across his chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I removed the shroud and folded it over my arm as Yakov’s body was lowered into the water. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Harry moved to the window, turned his back on the spectacular view, and waited, his arms folded, his scar prickling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Klaus called out “Sunny” again, and pulled away the top fold of the curtains to wake up the youngest Baudelaire child. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms and told Rondell to get away from the nectarines unless he planned on buying every single one his grubby hands touched. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Booth’s right spur tangles in the folds of the cloth. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Peering at the newspaper folded in his lap, he studied the temperatures of cities around the world. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ben folds the picture, touching the man’s free hand. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands, squeezing them together hard. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The beast was on its knees in the center, it's arms folded over its face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When class was over, I waited until everyone had left the room before I approached her, folding the paper in half to hide the red marks. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I folded the top of the bag and lugged it to its spot behind the counter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I had my own room, and I folded my Precious Moments sleeping bag at the end of the bed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There’s the acceptance letter to the University of Washington, folded up small. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I watch him go, my body folding over my legs, arms dangling in the air below my feet, reaching, dizzy at the height. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He kept his back to me, his palm flat against the folded coverlet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson cleared his throat, noisily folded his paper, and stood up, still holding the rumpled sheets. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed across the water to where Dusty Muleman stood glaring, his arms folded. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Uncle planted his feet firmly on the ground and folded his arms across his chest. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold my hands in my lap, feeling out of place and five years old. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

While most of the after-school was huddled around the borders of Harmonee, playing Maestro, I stepped over to Rose, who had leaned against the far wall with her arms folded. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She added a large stack of clean folded cloths to the bag and pulled its drawstring tight. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The judge folded his arms in front of him and leaned from the bench so that the members of the jury could see, through the shadows, his shaggy, exhausted face. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His arms were folded over his chest and a frown creased his face as he looked at me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled the folded haiku from my pocket and gave it back to Seanie. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You realize I could fold you up and put you in my pocket, right?” she said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mama cried silently, rocking back and forth in the creaky folding chair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I took notes on some of them, writing down the most important facts, then folded those pages into the back of my science notebook. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was folded, ironed, with “A.B.” monogrammed on the front in silvery threads. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the water fold me in its silken arms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t packed much, but I placed my folded clothes in the small bureau drawer. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Safer takes a folded dollar bill out of his back pocket and hands it to her. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The shelves closed in on the car like a monster insect folding in its wings. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

All around him the squat brown men of Sumatra spoke politely—and each carried a creese in the folds of his sarong. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spider pulled from her abdomen a folded white sash that was two inches thick. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Daddy folded his arms around me and I wept into his chest. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down in front of the refrigerator, her hands folded on the edge of the table. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished she could bend over, fold herself in half, but she stood up straight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At Mr. Jacquel’s direction, Shadow carried the folded aluminum gurney up the narrow stairs to her bedroom and unfolded it next to her bed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Beatrice worked a night shift, folding cardboard at a packaging factory that made boxes for takeout pizza chains. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Miss Garcia claps her hands—one, two, three—amazing, kids quiet and sit in their seats, hands folded on their desk. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He took up a piece of paper, wrote something on it swiftly, folded it and sealed it, and addressed it to General Putnam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas stood and started folding up his sleeping gear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Calder folded his arms across his chest and looked sulky. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Donal MacGregor stood just inside the doorway, arms folded across his broad chest, waiting for the image conjured by his words to sink in. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His head was magisterial and profound, his neck rolled above his collar in rich folds. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lanning set his lips and raised his eyebrows in the direction of Dr. Susan Calvin who lifted her eyes from her precisely folded hands for the first time. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When the ceremony is over, I sit on the steps of the auditorium with my scarlet-red graduation robes folded in a pile next to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sitting next to it, he folded his paws under him and half shut his eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maya scribes wrote in codices made of folded fig-bark paper or deerskin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A huge group of parents, siblings, and friends accompanied the Gwinnett Phoenix team to Decatur and set up camp on a sideline with folding chairs, blankets, coolers, and picnic lunches. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The dead man’s hand was propped back on the headrest of my seat, holding a crisp, neatly folded twenty dollar bill between the index and middle fingers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Chester lifted the black wings that were carefully folded across his back and with a quick, expert stroke drew the top one over the bottom. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding out a folded, white handkerchief. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I quickly ripped the cover off of the magazine as the wind tried to tear it from my hands, and folded it in half, and in half again. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erlan’s parents brought out folding chairs, but there still weren’t enough for everybody, so a bunch of us kids ended up sitting on the floor. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not only that, he went all the way to the center of the yard, turned, folded his arms, smiled, and called “Who’s keeping time?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, folding my arms across my chest. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Dawn Celeste sits back and folds her arms over her chest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Eleven hands—everybody contributing one except Mother and the babies—would emerge from both sides of the car; from the front seat, rear seat, and folding swivel chairs amidships. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms in front of himself, letting the sleeves of his black master’s robe hang loosely at his sides. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His hands shake as he folds the leaflet, slips it into his pocket. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It looked flat from a distance, but up close it was made of folds and ridges that got harder to navigate the farther they walked. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

David, with the floral notes of his clean clothes and the minty smell of his soap and the intimate, familiar ways our bodies fold into each other. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Kaz crouched down beside him and produced the folded document from a pocket that had seemed empty just a moment before. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I fold my arms tight in front of me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Home Town Chronicle showed a picture of Mrs. Bigio on the front page, holding in one hand the American flag that had been draped over his casket, now folded into a triangle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His arms folded, he seemed to have been watching the scene at the campsite through a gap in the trees. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And to the east of us, behind the river, a rising rumple of dark green hills folded on each other like a great old tablecloth, receding to pale hazy blue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat there, silent, until he stood back up, shoved all the folded dresses into Anya’s bag, and then pointed at the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She studied the muna with wonder before delicately placing it inside the folds of her clothing. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Told me to fold it up in you, so he could get some peace. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I also learned to fold paper into boats, animals, masks, birds, lanterns, and many other shapes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the whole problem would fall out just by our concentrating on the prettiest way for a polynucleotide chain to fold up. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When I came back into the living room, Grampa was asleep in his chair, The Greenwood Commonwealth folded in his lap. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

To which she responds huffily, “I don’t do returns. My job is to fold. ” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the musical equivalent of dropping a random blob of ink on a piece of paper: by folding the paper and creating a symmetrical double, a pleasing shape is suddenly formed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

My mother looks at the page, then folds it closed. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy folded her legs and stared at her lap for a few seconds. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I ripped the story out of the paper, folded it into my pocket, and ran back to the taxi. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It stopped in front of us and the door folded open. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Pedrito folded his arms and walked off into his cacao fields. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside is a folded print of two birds in full color. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I did so, something dropped from the folds, fell in the muddy water, sank and was lost; but not before I had seen that it was a rupee. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the folded paper with a beautiful sunset did not mention one word about the blues. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I took off my tuxedo T-shirt, folded it nicely, and put it in my red wagon. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat the glass of water on a table and folded his hands behind his back. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A whistle blew and everyone ran to claim seats in a row of folding chairs that faced the stage. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I think she’s mad at your granny, son,” he said, folding his napkin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Malone gave her a tissue to wipe off the gel, and folded up the wires. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max watches intently, turning over the sheet when Volkheimer turns it over, matching his folds, wetting one finger, and running it along a crease. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She’d put out our best tumblers for drinks and folded up paper serviettes into them so that each one stood up over the glass rim like a mitre, our school emblem. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers folded around it like spider legs as he attempted to rip it from Otto. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

With her arms folded on the sill, she looks like a picture. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tucked in like a child, the white sheet folded at waist level, his arms resting on either side of him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With infinite patience the clerk folded the straps just so, located each purse at the center of the brown parcel paper he painstakingly tore from the roll, and commenced creasing the edges. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down by the bed and folded his hands on the edge of the counterpane. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alice seemed to find nothing unusual in our embrace; she walked — almost danced, her movements were so graceful — to the center of the room, where she folded herself sinuously onto the floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She says that as the waitress returns with a big round plate that has a delicately folded crepe on top. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Coach’s eyebrows are pushing the skin on his forehead into folds and he’s swallowing every five seconds now. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We picked cotton, chopped wood, plowed. I never knew what it was to fold my hands. This here is as close as I ever been to watching my hands do nothing.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and quickly handed him the hankie, neatly folded to conceal my writing. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Still, the vision was close enough to the real thing to bring her hands to her chest, to fold them as if in prayer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Black brothers were folding their tents, feeding their horses, and chewing on strips of salt beef. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am on the Pit floor, next to the chasm, and the initiates stand around me, their arms folded and their faces blank. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The two sides of the tiled street are folding down like flaps, slowly emptying the people into whatever lies beneath. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes just a folded map, or a paper menu from a restaurant with an interesting history. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Werner folds the map into his coat pocket, packs up the transceivers, and carries one in each hand like matching suitcases. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In between record changes, while the girls fan blouse necks to air damp collarbones or pat with anxious hands the damage moisture has done to their hair, the boys press folded handkerchiefs 'to their foreheads. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile, arms folded on my chest, and wait, but nobody comes to kill me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tears ran along the sides of Tayo’s nose and off his chin; as they fell, the hollow inside his chest folded into the black hole, and he waited for the collapse into himself. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked Buford to get them laundered and folded while he’s out. Hopefully he will.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sighed, folding my arm over my eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I rolled up his tent around the pegs while he carefully folded his blankets. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Ms. Raz folds her arms across her chest and huffs something about bringing her plants in from the balcony. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The folding tray in front of me would not open out. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my Noise as blank as I can but the world’s closing up in folds of light and shimmer so there’s no chance of that. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She had, folded in her back pocket, an address she had found in her mother’s files, which she had rifled through late the previous night, after packing her bag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had eaten it from a glazed earthen bowl, using a spoon carved from bone, and then wiped her mouth and hands with a folded fine-woven cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a definite shape—a bird with folded wings, like a quail or something. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pull Max deeper into the crowd, back into the folds of people cheering. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds a tiny wave folded itself over at the sea’s edge before sliding back neatly under the next. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood with her arms folded and watched. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In between are rows of wooden tables with wooden folding chairs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His horse and his armor were grey, but his cloak was the rippling blue-and-red of Riverrun, and a shiny black fish, wrought in gold and obsidian, pinned its folds against his shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

M. Minkoff Ignatius folded the letter violently; then he rolled the folded Macy’s bag into a ball and heaved it into the garbage pail. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Mama scrabble around in the kitchen for a bit, and then she came out with a mound of folded tinfoil that she handed over to Susie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She folded her legs beneath her and pulled the furs around her shoulders so that she wouldn’t freeze, and as Con and Kaede slept, she sat, her eyes half open, watching the dark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had lost a lot of weight, the dress hung in loose folds on her frail body, her eyes were dead. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scowled at me, her arms folded across her chest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was full of fortune cookies—thin wafers that had been folded so there was an air space in each one. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the duration of the meal the watch rested on his folded paper napkin on the coffee table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A lady came out on the porch with her arms folded in her apron to keep warm. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She had few teeth and her skin was folded into wrinkles, but her eyes were unclouded. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed my fare to the driver, and silently, on gloved hinges, the door folded shut at my back. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lyra picked up the alethiometer and folded its velvet cloth over it, like a mother protecting her child, before putting it back in her rucksack. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached under the counter and pulled out a small folded brown map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folds laundry, peeking over at me, while I break down some diaper boxes. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I could have slain this one with a slingshot, with a rock or stick—with a folded newspaper, I’d almost bet—and all it wanted was a drink of water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As she folded back the leather wrapping, the chief mate grunted behind her, like he’d been punched in the stomach. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It also contained the old man’s simple living quarters: a cot, a lamp, a work table, a folding chair, a bucket for carrying water, a plate, pots, pans, and so on. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had folded down the corners of several seemingly random pages. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sat back against the seat, folding my arms across my lap. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finn folded his arms across his chest, then winced as a bolt of pain rocketed around his torso. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He sat down, with folded hands balancing his forehead on the balls of his thumbs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay with the buttons of his spine along the edge of the mattress, folded his hands behind his head. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disapproved, she knew, because he kept his flag folded inside the pocket of a pair of trousers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t folded fancy, like some girls do. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mama folded a handkerchief that was sitting on her lap and tucked it into the pocket of her apron. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Gogol had been asked to write numbers on squares of paper, one set to tape onto the gifts and another to pass around, folded up in a drawstring pouch, to the guests. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever she sensed my eyes examining her face, she would throw a folded paper at me without looking in my direction. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The silver hair of his beard seemed to flow like a glowing waterfall and disappear into the folds of his robes, and his dark eyes matched the blackness of the night sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands across my chest, as if to keep my broken heart from falling clean out of my body. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dad squatted in front of us, one knee to the floor, his arms folded across the other knee, cowboy-style. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why this room has to be prepared is beyond me,” Becky muttered as we folded the sheets together. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded the bills and stuffed them into the pocket of her shorts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the clothes carefully, making sure the folded edges were even. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to my room and brought out the box of flyers Miss Winthrop and I had been folding. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melisandre huddled upon a thwart, lost in the folds of a dark red cloak that covered her from head to heels, her face a paleness beneath the cowl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I think, If I fold into a small ball of patience, surely things can't get any worse. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The stench was cruel, insinuating itself into the folds of his clothes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight on the chair, my hands folded on my lap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph thought of all the carefully folded clay- spattered clothes he’d seen boxed up in the attic and the mud-covered shoes in Albert’s room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

You can wash oil off your face and fold paper towels into triangles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I fold the poem and stuff it in my pocket. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the years folded up like pocket handkerchiefs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He calmly folded his newspaper and took a pen from his pocket. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Sixteen arms must begin to pull, sixteen knees must begin to fold and unfold, eight bodies must begin to slide forward and backward, eight backs must bend and straighten all at once. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I part the mosquito netting and climb into my box, arranging myself so that I am facing up, my hands folded on my waist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The rumples in Papa- Nnukwu’s belly did not seem so many now, and his navel rose higher, still enclosed between folds of skin. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some folded the tiny squares into love knots, some into triangles, but most were wadding them, then pressing them flat on their yellow laps. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took hold of the lower hem of the blanket and towed it ofF the bed and shook it out and folded it under his arm. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When she turned to me, I brought mine, folded in crisp quarters, out of my skirt pocket. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She dug a niche in the side of a heave with her man’s knife, folded her ground skin into an envelope, and pushed it into the cave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came free, he stepped back down, folding her to his chest, at once gutted and filled with unspeakable tenderness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You’re the sort of girl who should get married,” he says one day, when I appear with a pile of folded shirts and jeans. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After about ten seconds, my lungs felt like they were folding in upon themselves like flowers at dusk. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Inside the card are a receipt for a yearly subscription to Feminist Monthly, a pressed violet, and a letter folded into the shape of a rabbit: Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She folded the blouse and pulled a dress out of the box. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She folded her hands under her head and stared at the gray patch which was the airshaft window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wheel Sarah up the walk, unbuckle her, set her at the foot of the porch steps, unhook and lift out the grocery bags, fold up the stroller. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want some more cards from the Nabisco Shredded Wheat boxes, the gray cards with pictures on them that you color, cut out, and fold to make the houses in a town. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dub stood up from his rocking chair, folded his well-worn copy of the New York Times under his arm, then finished off his scotch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Dragon Sighs are fierce this year,” Connor said, struggling to fold the map. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As it folded its great wings, Harry looked up and saw it had a long, sharp golden beak and a beady black eye. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At last he folded the letter and put it in the inside pocket of his jacket. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two large photographs, arranged symmetrically above the fold, dominated the page. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

His sister was leaning against the wall, her arms folded. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dumped my own things into a bag and pushed it under Caroline’s bed, and then as neatly as I could, folded Grandma’s things and put them in my drawers. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So did we play, while above us all, the last Illumination folded in Judgment Scrolls across the Horizon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Isn’t this the story of every transformation, though, that the past lies about its feet, in folds, so that when it should dance, well. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were led to a large room with rows of folding chairs populated by only one man. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I went back to my room and began sorting and folding my clothes, trying not to disturb Torito and Rubén, who were still asleep. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Babi ended up sitting alone on a folding chair in the hallway, looking desolate and small. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

His face seemed to melt, folding in on itself. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes for a second and folded his arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She tugs her shirt down and then folds her arms up under her chest. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her branches began to wind back into her spine, one by one, while the folds of bark were devoured, bit by bit, by the folds of her wrinkles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He folded the legs under the little table and slammed down the lid of the car’s trunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she very neatly folded up the wrapping, though it was just cheap, ordinary material. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like an angel of the annunciation, Mother Ermentrude spreads her arms and folds her hands over my head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Erishkigal stood there with her arms folded and a scowl on her face. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms across her chest and stared us down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then by the light of the smoke-sputtering doll I opened a folded page. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Francie spoke to him, he folded his hands in the wide sleeves of his nankeen shirt coat and kept his eyes on the ground. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama stood behind him, where she always stood, hands folded, lashes low, her stillness a mirror for his fervor. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He lifted the lids and stared at the folded clothes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The woman's folded forearms were thick as cables. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Once the pressure is gone, I pull the canvas in and fold it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The completed material was folded four times and glued together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sustained, though, by seeing her once more reel in laundry— elegant hand over elegant hand—drop the clothespins in a bucket on the railing, then fold shirts, sheets, and towels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dimple stepped back, out of his arms, and folded her arms against herself, unsmiling now. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She folds her hands in front of her and leans back in her seat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She set her phone on the counter, stepped back, and folded her arms with a broad grin. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Holly folded her shirt and put it in her backpack, then sat back down again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The whole crowd has stopped, and our three leaders stand in front of us, arms folded. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She spread wings that I hadn’t noticed before—huge bat wings she kept folded against her dragon back. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later April was taking the old-fashioned elevator, with its door like a folding iron fence, down to the lobby. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swallowing down the taste of defeat, Alex folded the map and forced himself on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Someone yanked her to the floor as pieces of the crimson tent began folding in on themselves, catching flame with alarming speed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I pick up the wooden easel with one hand, fold up the legs, and bring it over to my closet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But he cut that too, and inside the smallest little bit there was all the Specters packed in, twisted over and folded up so tight they took up no space at all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white Reverend Sisters stood with arms folded, or lightly touching the glass rosary beads that dangled at their waists, carefully watching to see that every student s lips moved. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I can end argument right now,” said the folding man. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We also bought a couch and two matching chairs, two big beds, a chiforobe with a mirror, and two folding cots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I watched from the balcony as Republican members of Congress stayed seated through most of it, appearing obstinate and angry, their arms folded and their frowns deliberate, looking like children who hadn’t gotten their way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She lifted her wings to chase, thought better of it, and folded them to her sides. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I fold the note in half and stick it between the stem and the white cotton-looking plant they stuck in with the rose. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she folded her arms and dropped her chin. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Clenching clothespins between her teeth, she folded towels, pants, and work shirts before dropping them into the wicker basket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Following the folding of the beer business, the economic situation in the house had worsened. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny folded the letter and looked around for a place to put it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His hands found their way through the folds of the net to the long flanks of dead and dying salmon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But when Mia entered, he swiveled around in his chair and swung the typewriter shelf down and under, where it folded into a cabinet in the desk as neatly as if it had been swallowed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was staring intently at the Sea King, who was looking back at him, the brow above his blank eyes creased in a cavernous fold. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Kamal sits, just as he used to in our sessions, his eyes on mine, his hands folded in his lap, patient, immobile. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reflexively, I sweep the photographs off the table, folding them back into the envelope they came in. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, that was the beyond-me I was waiting for. I opened the door to the bathroom, and there she was in the tub, her arms folded crosswise over her breasts. ‘ Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am queen and you gotta do what I say,” Stella declared, folding her arms across her chest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She handed me my schedule, still folded in crisp quarters. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into the folds of her cloak and brought out the golden sphere. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He unfolds the shirt and starts folding it from the beginning again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I could read and write, but I knew none of the skills needed to survive in the unfamiliar, perhaps hostile lands that lay beyond the fields and folds of our little parish. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The couch doesn’t fold out, and it’s pretty lumpy.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Asking his name drives him further into the folds of the old woman's skirt. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They were bloodstained and compactly folded and packed in the baskets. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Maya picked up another shirt and started folding it with way more intensity than necessary. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms and waited until everybody was done so we could pray. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in a metal folding chair on the edge of the room until the song was over. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Likens, the principal, came rushing in and pulled her tongue out and then put a fold of notebook paper between her teeth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered he was already well adapted to an army regime, to the terrors of kit inspection and the folding of blankets into precise squares, with the labels lined up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With her forepaws and sharp teeth she pulled off a part of the husk from the top ear of corn and folded it double to serve as a crude carrying bag. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

His mom folded her napkin and placed it on the table. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse folded her legs up under her skirt and rested her chin on her knees. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stifle it in the folds of the hanging cloak, clench my eyes, from which tears are squeezing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Alsole narrows his eyes at me and folds his arms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Assef unbuttoned his winter coat, took it off, folded it slowly and deliberately. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The gwythaint hung like a crumpled black rag, one wing upraised, the other folded awkwardly on its breast. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then she copied the list onto a piece of loose-leaf paper and folded it in half, then in quarters, then in eighths, then in sixteenths. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a folded piece of paper marking the last page he’d read in the book, and as I opened it, the bookmark fell to the floor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I fold the paper and put it back in the envelope. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gaily folded his arms and leaned back in his chair, the scowl on his face so forced that Thomas almost laughed out loud. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Our bodies press against each other as the hammock folds over us like a pod protecting its peas. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would smile and put the folded paper in my pocket, pretending that the blank paper was a special note she had written to me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I saw her fold backward as the automatic fire ripped her nearly apart. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were her mother's friends and the newly married daughters of her mother's friends—and Turtle, who was leaning against the wall, arms folded, smirking. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folds his right arm around my shoulders and knits my fingers through his. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The boy reached into his mother’s lap, where the golden half-kernels lay in the folds of her apron. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returned to her room at the other end of the corridor and folded the robe that still lay on her table. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never at a loss, my father reached in the glove compartment, and took out the folded papers and the half bottle of liquor he had left there earlier. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t seem sanitary,” June is saying with a yawn as she folds herself into a chair at the table. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It bent and rippled and folded in on itself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway; he leans against the counter opposite me, his arms folded across his chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

People stood tensely, their arms folded or at their sides. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

We stopped at Minerva’s bed, rolled up the bags, and folded her faded star blanket. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, . . .” He folded his small hands across his chest, his voice no longer pinched and polite, but soft and warm. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I crawled in and held my folding chair in front of me, closing the opening, and praying all the while that the Lord not test me with the loss of my child. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother, who had raised her, sat watching quietly, with folded hands. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A golden Allah rested on her chest, the chain burrowed under the skin tags and folds of her neck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had the cloak hidden down the front of his robes; he had to keep his arms folded to hide the lump. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I watched his soul fold up on itself like a closing door. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She folded the letter and placed it in the envelope, then sealed it and handed it to me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He betrayed too many of his fellow Death Eaters to be sure of a welcome back into the fold.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I folded the clippings and slipped them in my pocket. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But then fifteen minutes into World History and in came Bo with a yellow folded piece of paper. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Celaena pushed back the heavy folds of the work and tucked it behind a chest to keep it aloft. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of answering, he pulled a folded envelope from his back pocket and handed it to me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Please replace the newspaper pages in order and fold it neatly.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In an improvised “dressing room” behind the stage we lead actors sat on folding chairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A pile of folded, crumpled clothes waited to be ironed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded the letters, sealed them with Diana’s wax, and addressed them. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In front of us, there was a pickup truck carrying stacks of folding chairs, the kind you put outside for a backyard barbecue on a sunny day, like this one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We climb in, folding into Cs, Madge squirming to get comfortable, her feet almost touching her head in a full circle. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Rose let a grin flash over her face and folded her hands over her chest. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I took up my customary position on the chaise, my arms folded behind me on the cowhide. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mena opened the door, hopped out, kissed my cheek, and folded her seat forward to let me in. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When we entered, Mr. Das folded his hands and bowed to Mrs. Devi. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Omer folded a small origami ball for him from a piece of notebook paper, and batted it across the table. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Mann’s hands are folded in her lap, and she quietly waits for a response, the tranquil painting of the mountains behind her seemingly waiting, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his toes and tried to stuff them in his mouth while Ivy helped Layla fold the donated clothes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hermione returned a quarter of an hour later with the silvery cloak folded carefully under her robes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He heard the roar, the screams all around him, and he watched Johanna fold the paper in her hands, without ever once looking at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One of the bat’s wings folded in, but the other extended at an awkward angle, clearly broken. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though they have the exact address, written on a slip of folded paper in Moushumi’s evening bag, it leads them only to a suite of offices in a town house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to fold into herself, like a pleated wing. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father is smiling, and the air is filled with the tangy smell of silver, and Judith and Mina have been folded into the Amsterdam underground. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There are three folded screens leaning against the wall, really pretty ones. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Amil,” I said, later in the day while Amil sat on the floor folding and unfolding a blank piece of paper. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Fine linen cloth covered the table, which displayed eight porcelain dishes with perfectly placed silverware and folded napkins on either side. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Instead I turn to where her blue coat sits folded neatly on a table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the pretty wrapped chocolates went toppling from the shelves to the floor, and Mrs. Diamant laughed and laughed, mopping between the folds of her neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he folds the paper and hands it back to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He sits on the edge of the bed and folds his hands together. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to insist,” she countered, folding her arms. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her hands folded on top of mine, her whispered words. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She winks and hands me a folded piece of paper that looks like it was torn from the edge of a legal pad. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I grab my wallet from my back pocket, taking out a tightly folded dollar that I keep in there for moments like these. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Thomas backed into the corner once again, folded his arms and shivered, and the fear returned. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The Bluesmen, the lovely ladies in hats, the people who loved his blues guitar-playing had all read the folded paper and were not pleased. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She held her arms out to me, and I let myself be folded into her all-encompassing warmth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the warm bakery, steam rises from the laundry, and sleeves and skirt folds that were stiff with frost now hang limp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She handed him a glass, sat down, and folded her hands across her middle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said: “Mr. Loomis, the suit is in the wagon, in the trunk. You folded it up and put it there. Can’t you remember?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We aren’t doing anything but folding boxes with the other drivers and telling dirty jokes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

An old woman in a dark red suit and a name tag on her black vest sat in a folding chair, amid a pile of programmes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, maybe I will,” June said, folding her arms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She gazes up at the tree and folds her arms. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

My head bounced along to her upbeat melody as I found my own rhythm to folding and stuffing envelopes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson puzzled over this as she dropped a folded five into the museum’s donation box and headed out to her car, genuinely intrigued. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My hands were shaking so bad that it was hard to fold the letters into their envelopes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a folding chair from the pile and sat next to Ashish. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Chas began unpacking, stuffing his folded clothes into the cubbies stacked like a ladder along one side of our shared closet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At this all the china and cutlery scrambled down off the table, the doth emptied the crumbs out of the window, and the napkins folded themselves up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he thought of her lying on the bed with the two technicians standing straight over her, not bent with concern, but only standing straight, arms folded. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw her in the reflection on the screen, like a white-robed ghost, arms folded. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms defiantly across his chest, causing a break in the Circle. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The long- gone day that would never leave—the suitcase on the floor, how she’d tossed clothes into it without folding them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hundred and twenty folding chairs were taken, and the forty or so people standing near the entrance were told to move near the podium and sit on the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadie was sitting in the front row with her arms folded and her jaws tight. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I folded the paper up and put it back in the envelope. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When they entered the game room, they saw Clarence, his arms folded across his chest genie-style. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Grandpa folded his hands and lowered his eyes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We stood with our arms folded, waiting for him to finish. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother tells me this as we fold laundry, white towels separated from the colored ones. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now she just leaned back and shouted out the answers, her bronzed arms folded across her chest like some great grammar genie. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my wrist and folded it, bending my fingers downward so they reached uncomfortably toward the inside of my forearm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“So her revolutionary lover has admitted you into the fold. We should be grateful. It used to be that he allowed only black lecturers in his house.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was still far away when it folded its wings and bombed the earth. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laid there with my hands folded behind my head, listening to her talk and explain herself and tell me why she had done what she had done. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A fourth was folded in behind the front seat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on folding chairs outside and ate halwa with their fingers from a common bowl. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Celia wonders whether Cuba will be left behind, alone in the Caribbean sea with its faulted and folded mountains, its conquests, its memories. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bronze girl folded up the document and handed it to Brekker, who slipped it into his breast pocket. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To the north, about a mile away through the folds of the city, the top of the Colosseum rose above the rooftops, looking just like it did in travel photos. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in a folding chair with Billboard on my lap and a bottle of sarsaparilla in my hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then he walked away, folding his hands behind his back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He removed his tunic, hung it carefully on a wall hook, and put on the volunteer’s smock that was folded on a shelf. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy once said that’s a King Lord tradition—they crown their fallen comrades by putting a folded bandana on the body, as if to say they’re going into heaven repping their set. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But each man was folded into his thoughts and no one spoke. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’d come from school to find his father napping on a sofa in the den, arms folded across his chest. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was probably in the kitchen folding towels and spitting kittens. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A license plate, dented and nearly folded in half. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Following the instructions, which told him to cut here, lift there, and fold back all around, he soon had the tollbooth unpacked and set up on its stand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Michael, watching her fold up her list, wished he had not spoken. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He folds his arms in front of his chest and shifts his feet. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Mario came in, he stood up slowly, with his hands folded, and bowed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’m doubled over and my wrist is being folded back, bending, bent as far as it will go and bending still. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her mouth folded into a tight, wrinkled stamp. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tess’s mom popped each plastic glove at the wrist, then folded her arms across her chest. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don't think so. Maybe I forgot to fold my laundry.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Bravo,” Lili cheered, pressing her son into the folds of her apron. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He’d park himself on our dusty front-porch steps, fold his suit jacket neatly on the glider, roll up his sleeves, and read to me from the Psalms and Deuteronomy while I shelled beans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded the T into a neat square and set it on the bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And she was surprised to discover that the amount of neatly folded bills Michael-Mary handed her each Saturday at noon was within two dollars of the amount real secretaries took home each week. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man folds the paper and puts it back in his pocket. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pulled on the twine and found a ring nestled in the fold of cloth. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I fold over the towels to reveal his legs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The kid waited patiently on the kitchen table with her hands folded in her lap while her mother worked on her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Lost. Lost. Lost. And after that,” Mrs. Montague said, folding the paper briskly, “there was nothing but gibberish.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gawaine sat gloomily on one of the side benches placed there for petitioners, with his arms folded and his head against the arras. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gulls wheeled in the air and rode, with folded wings, on the waves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heap of folding chairs filled up one corner. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z