| 单词 | ankle |
| 例句 | There are long needles sticking out of my ankles! A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z There was a tight pressure around her ankles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It pooled around them so that they huddled ankle deep in cold water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In these close quarters, I was unable to back up without the risk of ensnaring myself in the ropes or breaking my ankle in one of the gaps between the floorboards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The guard said nothing but lifted her so she sat against the wall and locked a long leg chain around her ankle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She still wore the heavy iron shackles around her ankles—a sign that she was not yet wholly trusted—but they did not hinder her sure strides down the steps. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Bells on your ankles,” Kaz said, gesturing to her costume, “but I didn’t hear you. Purple silks and spots painted on your shoulders, but I didn’t see you. And I see everything.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His body clinked and clanked with each step, for he had attached golden bells to his knees and ankles. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She worried that if either action became routine, she could have a bad accident, spraining an ankle, breaking a bone, or worse. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The car stopped; he swung off and walked through snow as deep as his ankles, heading for Dalton’s. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I was left with the choice of wearing the pants either around my ankles or hitched up to my bellybutton. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I looked down at Pita, who was clutching her ankle, wincing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He’d swing me like a pendulum while the water lapped at our ankles. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I took off my white ankle socks and placed my feet on the side of the cold metal tub while I washed them too. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I lunge after him, grab his ankle, yank him back. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Then he jumped down, walked over to Mrs. Popper, and began to peck her ankle. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the soldier and made a grab for his ankle. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It had meant a shot of novocaine during halftime to mask the pain of a deep ankle sprain or a hip pointer. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya races down the stairs, wearing an oversized T-shirt and basketball shorts that almost hang to her ankles. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She gives me a small shove and disappears, the bells on her ankle tinkling. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She poked at Ivy’s ankle and moved her foot around until Ivy sucked in a sharp breath. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His constant nips at my ankles sure made me miss my sweet Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The donkey’s foreleg looked swollen at the ankle, so I crouched to inspect it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Ferns and chicken feathers graze her ankles as she tiptoes in backless sandals toward her friend. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In all my confirmation photographs, you can see two little Band-Aids on my right ankle. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At the bend, where I could look back and see that he was not following, I sat down to examine my ankle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The ankle bells grew louder as she approached me until it seemed as though they were ringing inside my head. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The tufts of the acrylic nylon carpets tickled the ankles of anyone kind enough to walk on them. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The nurse looked at my ankle, then squeezed it, and flipped it back and forth. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d been wearing these stupid gray sweatpants rolled at the waist, rolled at the ankles, too. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But her ankles had swollen, her head hurt, and the heartburn was vicious that day. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They were her fancy ones, trimmed at the ankle with a specially prepared ruff of white rabbit fur. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z And as soon as she made an attack, I followed up by stabbing the monster in the toe or the ankle or the hand. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I can feel her shift on the couch, her ankles crossed. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I rest his ankle on my shoulder, lean forward, and slowly push his leg toward him. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The sea laps at our ankles, the water cold, the foam warm. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Another student tied a shoelace around her ankle as a kind of tourniquet. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The bugs were all over me, eating my skin, starting at my ankles and crawling up under my pajamas till they would end up only God knows where. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Western ankles won’t do what Muslim ankles have done for a lifetime. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A boy on a sled that afternoon broke his ankle against the base of a cedar tree. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The crack shattered from my ankle to my jaw to my knuckles, like an ice cube plopped into warm squash. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They were walking over the deep sun-baked mud-tracks of the lane and you had to watch where you put your feet if you didn't want to twist your ankle. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z My ankles were streaked with dirt from the combination of dust and sweat. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He stops rubbing his ankle for a moment and looks at me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The sores on his ankles are cracked and oozing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “But I would have canceled later — faked an illness or a sprained ankle.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Pearl wielded the tools with expert hands, levering the side panels into place against the headboard, propping them up on one ankle while she bolted them into place. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I scratched at a mosquito bite on my ankle. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I remember he hurt his ankle in gym class last month. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The leeches fall off onto the ground, leaving my ankle bleeding. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She told them that Talus lived there, the last man left of the ancient bronze race, a creature made all of bronze except one ankle where alone he was vulnerable. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If you slipped when you did a straddle jump and a foot went in the water, it would grab your ankle and yank. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She pulled a knife from her belt and, with a flick of her wrist, shaved off a chink from just above where her ankle would have been. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As the bronze man lifted a pointed crag to hurl it at the Argo he grazed his ankle and the blood gushed forth until he sank and died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides the bats and the dripping water, she imagines things on the ground, ready to spring at her ankles. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He didn’t know what to do next, so he stared down at his ankles and waited. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A girl of fifteen or sixteen years, he judged, dark hair plastered across a gaunt face by the falling rain, her bare feet muddy to the ankles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She lets him gaze at the cast on my legs and at the pole between my ankles. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She wraps her arms around her stomach, runs to the bushes, pulls her pants to her ankles, and lets the poison run out of her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Malone sat down again, and hooked another chair out with her ankle for Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she felt the snow’s bite against her ankles like a bad memory. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I tried to find a position where my ankle hurt less but there wasn’t one. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He clamps the irons roughly around my ankles and wrists. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He felt a slender vein of heat, running from the ankle to the knee. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The grandmother cries, both hands massaging near her ankle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I show her the loops near the waist for weapons and how to secure the waist ties and extra strings at the ankles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He laughs and tries to crawl away, even as she claws at his ankle and wallops another pillow at his head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I walk out the door to find Finch lying on the front lawn, eyes closed, black boots crossed at the ankle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The skirt balloons around my hips and hangs straight past my ankles. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It did take a little adjusting to learn to drive with my fake leg, because my ankle doesn’t flex and I have to control the gas and brake pressure by using my knee and thigh. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Touching the bare flesh of his ankles had filled Kaz with revulsion. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Annabeth tried to speed up, but she couldn’t go much faster without losing her balance or jarring her broken ankle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The pain in Annabeth’s ankle was nothing compared to the icy acid now filling her veins. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She sees how the muscle in his cheek works when she unwraps the tape from her ankle and it makes the loud scriiitch. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Dad said a righteous woman never shows anything above her ankle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The feet were extraordinarily small, the ankles were still slender, and, perhaps most remarkable, the calves were still firm and evidently never had been knotty. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Her ankle stabbed at her with every step. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Usually his ankle was fine, but every so often since his accident his ankle hurt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z With her legs crossed at the ankles, she swings them back and forth, and it’s the most beautiful thing I see all day. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I could roll over and grab her ankle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The snow melted and surrounded Nathan’s ankles but didn’t touch them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I push my feet into the boots, lacing them tight, especially around my ankles. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “The princesses can ride on my back, Milo can catch hold cf my tail, and you can hang on to his ankles.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The wind caught at my skirts and swirled them around my ankles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z These things bunched at the ankles and sagged at the crotch so you always felt as if your pants might be falling down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z When we get to the house, Holly lets me look at the ankle, and while I’m bent over it—not that there’s anything to see— she whispers that the pain is really wicked now. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, sir. Well, apart from old Mr. Carson stepping in the hole we had to dig to get it out. He was wandering around in the dark for some reason and sprained his ankle.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Before they could regain their feet, I had picked the locks on the ankle cuffs, snapped them onto the men’s wrists, and bounded down the stairs. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Around my ankles, my forearms, my hips and my forehead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “You can tear off a length of tape from your ankle and use it to patch a hole in your suit,” she said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I thought maybe I ought to spill a little blood for practice, so I sat on the edge of the tub and crossed my right ankle over my left knee. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I grin, I cross my ankle over my knee, I put my elbows on the table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Not with a fancy, splashy dive, but a slow ease, up to his ankles, then his shins. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z From what Mr. Anderson said, they even had to shower with that ankle thing on. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Not in my face, baby,” the young man said, putting his hand on Sybil’s ankle. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z In the same instant, the shackle on my right ankle clicked open and fell off, revealing a band of abraded red skin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The footmen all wore knee-breeches and every one of them displayed beautifully rounded calves and ankles. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Something shifts in my ankle, a crack or a pop. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a pretty little execution, for she was wearing white socks and her ankles and feet were lovely. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “She was just going to find you. She thinks I sprained my ankle.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Under the hems of their skirts their ankles and their feet were as brown as their faces. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Sir Fig Newton head-butted my ankle, aware of my fading excitement. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “If nothing happened to your ankle you must have an egg under your skin it’s sticking up so much. Here’s another egg for your other leg.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The heels of her shoes echoed down the wooden floor of the hallway and her long, thin skirt swayed about her ankles. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His ankles were thickly scarred, more damaged than her father’s face. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was unsteady on his feet too, and more than once he nearly turned his ankle on a loose stone. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He rolled up his pants so they were way above his ankles. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z With both the Fleshlumpeater’s hands gripping his ankle, it was a simple matter for the BFG to tie the ankles and hands together with a tight knot. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The flesh around his ankles had been scraped away. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There was no hint of hesitation on Dr. Begbie’s face as she unstrapped my wrists and ankles. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her hands were bound behind her, but her legs were free at the ankles. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Her shoes were a matching green satin with sequined toes and delicate ankle straps. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was wearing a white polo shirt that emphasized the natural glow of his skin, and pressed khaki pants casually rolled at the ankle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The arms were out, and the legs were crossed at the ankles. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved automatically, grasping the thin ankles as he raised the white man by the armpits and backed from beneath the stairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet and ankles started to swell and I was finding it very tiring to stand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He learns that she sleeps, always, with her left leg straight and her right leg bent, ankle over knee, in the shape of a 4. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Team drama aside, after my ankle healed, I continued to do well throughout the season. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She bent down to adjust the hem so it did not tangle around her ankles. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z At that moment, The Baron jumped at my pants leg, but got my ankle with an awful nip. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They all wore bearweed tied at their wrists and ankles and around their necks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But what about mussing their dresses, what about spraining their ankles on high heels? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In terrible pain, he took a staggering step off the track, twisted his ankle, then lurched back on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah, just a little…” My voice trails off, and I rub my ankle some more. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “But first, let’s get your ankle healed before we mummify you. Okay?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy wanted to run down Cherry Street, but her ankle still smarted a little, so she slapped her notebook shut and forced herself to walk. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Tears for Mom’s swollen ankles after a long day of work, for her jar of pennies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It had been a little small when she bought it and now the sleeves were high up Ben’s wrists and too much ankle showed between his cuff and his shoe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The support team was taping her now, running brown sticky tape around her ankles and wrists, and her blowers came on. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian’s feet were in my face, so I grabbed him by the ankles and started chewing on his toes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His mother cries out, laughing, as she lifts her sari a few inches above her ankles, her slippers in one hand, and places her feet in foaming, ice-cold water. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His left ankle rested on his right knee and he cradled a mandolin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There, among more grain silos and a just-passed threat of a tornado, she twisted her ankle and tumbled onto the road, bloodying her palms and knees. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But when they opened them again they found they were still standing, hand in hand, in the green wood, and hardly up to their ankles in water. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z They shackled his ankles, tied a rope to a hook in the ceiling, and hung him upside down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Say you break your ankle and don’t feel it hurting till you’ve walked another block. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My ankle was numb now; my leg was on fire to the hip. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued, showing her the perfection of wrist, ankle, neck, collarbone—all the thresholds he could reach. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He leaned against the wall and crossed his ankles. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A boy declared, “I should like to see one of you ladies hung upside down by the ankles. Perhaps you would care to guess which one.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Two weeks earlier, on the ship sailing over from Europe, she had slipped on a staircase in rough seas and broken her ankle. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z His face is pale and shiny with sweat, and there is a wide pool of blood around his ankles. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I walked slowly and carefully, expecting at any moment to feel the rope with my cane, or have it hit against my ankles. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Up to my ankles, up to my knees, even up to my hips. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Hubbard's hard body forced him backwards, Hubbard's shoe tips slashed at his ankles, knotty shoulders bumped up into his chin, and the bullet head ground into his eyes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ankle socks looked silly, and so she opened a drawer and found the stockings. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Ignoring the elf bobbing apologetically around his ankles, he fixed his cold eyes upon Dumbledore. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Refusing to argue anymore with my father, she walked on swollen ankles into the sun room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her smile fades away and she sits straighter, her ankles crossed and her hands folded in her lap, like she’s sitting in church. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Brian Chavez, starting both ways at tight end and defensive end after missing the first game of the season because of an ankle injury, walks through the locker room shirtless, his body drenched with sweat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands hold both ends of the stalk, and she swipes the grass down and around my ankle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The coach knew about the injury to my ankle, so why was he calling me out as if I had done something wrong? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Her hands were clasped behind her back, and one foot curled coyly around the ankle of the other. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, brother, I tripped on a log back that way. Really messed up my ankle.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z One Palm Sunday they went into the bedroom while Fernanda was in church and carried Úrsula out by the neck and ankles. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He first took Mother’s pulse, then felt the skin on her ankles and wrists, then peered down her throat and under her eyelids. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out I had severely sprained my ankle. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z More than one scythe slipped, spraining an ankle or breaking an arm. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He reached in front of him and took both of Sybil’s ankles in his hands. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It keeps tangling around my shoes so, of course, I hitch it up, and then Effie swoops down on me like a hawk, smacking my hands and yelling, "Not above the ankle!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Broken ankle or no, every nerve in her body pulsed with fear, telling her to get away from the huge spider hovering over her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I heard that the orientation officer broke his ankle playing basketball.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He kicked his feet back, one after the other, trying to cut his captor down at the ankles. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The dense undergrowth came up to his shins, grasping at his ankles with every step. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Frodo felt something seize him by the ankle, and he fell with a cry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Salt foam rushed around his ankles as the ship tore through another wave and climbed sickeningly. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Esther’s black high heels were shaky, and as she walked past, Ifemelu worried that the shoes would collapse and sprain Esther’s ankles. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Bruised and dazed, Alex stood up, water curling around his ankles. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Although Constance yawned and scratched at an insect bite on her ankle, no one else moved or spoke a word. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A hill wind was blowing dust and empty Camels wrappers about their ankles. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When she looked up from her ankle, she saw June jogging back across the gym, bringing Taryn, Ivy’s best friend, with her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But none of it hurt as much as my ankle when I tried to stand up. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Terrified Pippin lay still, though the pain at his wrists and ankles was growing, and the stones beneath him were boring into his back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Their ankles were crushed when their feet became caught in the starter’s webbing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Eight threes," the Trunchbull shouted, swinging Wilfred from side to side by his ankle, "eight threes is the same as three eights and three eights are twenty-four! Repeat that!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She’d found him on the toilet with his head against the wall, his pants clumped around his ankles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She is sprinting into the underbrush when the woman shoots her in the ankle. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I thought it would of been slippery, but my foot went in about ankle deep and I didn’t slide none at all. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But a kindly goddess was at hand, Ino of the slim ankles, who had once been a Theban princess. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It is my ankles, not hers, which he is binding so tightly and with such masculine charm. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It reached all the way down to my ankles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to trip him with her hand as he scrambled to his feet and scratched an excruciating chunk out of his ankle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Cutwater upturned the prince, holding him by the ankles in the air. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I was not killt nor burnt; I had not even twisted an ankle running from the flames. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When a horse is in full stride, the only parts of the jockey that are in continuous contact with the animal are the insides of the feet and ankles—everything else is balanced in midair. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Park saw her, he climbed out the window and hung four feet from the ground—he was going to break his ankles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He was on the second branch before Penelope could catch him, and she got hold of only his ankle, but it was a firm grip. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I thought I saw Kwang nip the other waitress’ ankle with his finger and thumb. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew she wasn’t talking about my ankle. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It made several more zippy runs—one between my ankles—before I was able to steer it to the beach. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He stops at the foot, his fingers encircling the ankle, briefly, like a bracelet, where the tattoo is, a Braille he can read, a cattle brand. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She was still standing in a puddle of fabric at her ankles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z One of his knees is bent next to my head and the other is curled beneath me so I’m sitting on his ankle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z After giving her a long warning look, he unlocked her chains and clamped them onto her ankles. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “That laser beam near Haley’s ankles probably scans a book’s tag and tells the conveyor belt which of the ten sorting trays to shove it into.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The following week, I forgot about the ankle completely as I raced down the hallway, laughing and chasing Adria in some game we were playing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Her ankles flopped against the hardwood, and she bent her arms into a pillow under her head and slept, the bass from the music drumming into her bones through the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He dodged Bobby Gene’s kicks, then swooped his legs forward—both at the same time, however impossible—and looped Bobby Gene’s ankles, locking the two of them together like a funky pretzel. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He felt something wrong in his left leg, near the ankle, but there was nothing he could do about it now. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was untying the empty sheath from my ankle. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She was so tall that the dress came up two or three inches above her ankles—and the shoes were so short they hurt her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z My ankle ached worse than before, but the crying had stopped; I felt sick to my stomach but my eyes were clear. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “So I took that picture of my foot, right? And he sent me his ankle. I sent my leg, and he sent his belly button, blah blah blah.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Five miles of treacherous roots and loose stones, trying to twist my ankles or otherwise incapacitate me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I see Elsbeth’s slim ankles approach, closer, and my nose is tickled by her talcum powder. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As soon as Jonathan was close enough, the Hessian leaned forward and quickly tied the rope around Jonathan’s ankle, then tied a tight knot. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I washed that foot thoroughly, lifting it by the ankle to soap the underside as one does a baby’s legs in cleaning its bottom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening as I was leaving the house, Papa said, “Billy, be careful tonight. It’s slick down under the snow, and it would be easy to twist an ankle or break a leg.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It could be because Ivy’s ankle hurt, but her chest felt tight, just like it did when she first found out that Mom was pregnant with the twins. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “But then I got lost. Baba tied these bells around my ankles so he could find me if that ever happened, but..She looked down at them. “I don’t think they work anymore.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was pale blue silk with tiny pink flowers, ankle length and sleeveless, with a low, scooped neck. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Girls appeared wearing flowery skirts and ankle socks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She’s already caught me folding the jeans the wrong way—you do them in thirds, with the ankles on the inside, not on the outside—and has come by to check a second time. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Three hours later, scratched, blistered, thirsty, I stepped in said badger hole in the gathering twilight and almost snapped my ankle in two. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Several steps from the landing, the whip caught me around the ankle and dragged me off balance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Every time he kicked, his ankle exploded with pain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was just about then that Kalo had accidentally stepped in an owl burrow and twisted his ankle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He crossed his ankles and stared up at the stars. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z His gallop was so disorganized that he had a maddening tendency to whack himself in the front ankle with his own hind hoof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been afraid that running might break the loose ankle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z One at a time I flex my feet at the ankles, extend my legs, and point my toes to check that the ribbons of my pointe shoes are tied and securely tucked. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z His ankle was a little stiff, but the swelling was gone. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “The woman was mad as a bat, screechin’ and flappin’ about, her black petticoats all torn and flutterin’ around her ankles as she dashed through that big lonely house of hers.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Bridge rotated the phone, trying to make out an ankle. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z As she turned away from him, he spied the manacle that connected her ankle to one of the big cypress trees. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Well, Sir Fabian the Weasel makes her sit on the floor, and he ties the rope around his ankle. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I lean my head against the rear window of his cab and cross my legs at the ankle. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Emily’s mom dug through her purse, the hem of her patchwork sundress chasing itself around her ankles in the breeze. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “It was just a thought,” she murmured, massaging her aching ankles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He undid her ankles and cinched her wrist chains to silence them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The men who’d been chained had to stay with us, because they had to get rid of the fetters on their ankles before they could go anywhere. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She set her bad ankle on the edge of what looked like the bathroom sink she and Layla shared. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I bent backward until I could grab my ankles like an acrobat. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He cut the thongs round Pippin’s legs and ankles, picked him up by his hair and stood him on his feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z After the dog had devoured them and put his great shaggy head across her ankles or in her lap, she would tell him a story. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In moonlight, two acres of coarse bent grass, undulant and ankle deep, tumbled and rough as a horse’s mane, appear like a bay of waves, all shadowy troughs and hollows. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he had slipped on some rocks and said he’d hurt his ankle, and Mama carried him most of the way back home. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The water was still washing around our ankles, but seemed to be going back into the sea now. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she reached across Tristran's sleeping form to touch the silver chain which circled the woman's wrist and ankle and led off into the bushes and beyond. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z My ankles hurt and creak, holding up my body like this. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His socks were gone and his ankles were scratched and caked with mud. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He wore khaki dress pants, a white pinstriped button-up shirt, and dress shoes, with the socks bunched around his ankles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z A white man clamped shackles on her ankles, rubbing his hands up and down her legs as he did. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ankles were swollen, and so were her cheeks. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “It’s about balance, you know? Also, go easy on me, ’cause I sprained my ankle this summer, and I gotta take it slow before basketball starts. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The mosquitoes left welts on her ankles, arms, and neck, so she probably looked like a smallpox victim. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Later, he mounted her and relieved himself with wordless haste, fully dressed save for his tumban, not removed but pulled down to the ankles. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I wake up the next morning with a broken ankle. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I offer my chair, but Kristi sits on the edge of my desk, crossing her feet at the ankles. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He backed away, but there was no escaping it; it was all around him, tickling his ankles. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat Bran thought maybe a root had gotten tangled round his ankle ... until the root moved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A hand wrapped around my bare ankle and tugged me back across the ground—but not before my fingers closed around the handle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He shut his eyes and suddenly saw himself minus everything below the ankle on his weaker side. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The water moved from the center of his stomach to his legs, to his arms, to his ankles, to his wrists, to his toes, and to his fingers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Harry sent Advanced Potion-Making flying in panic; Ron was dangling upside down in midair as though an invisible hook had hoisted him up by the ankle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z After a few more seconds of wrestling, Fig finally wriggled free and head-bumped my ankle, a sign that he’d missed me too. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Dog owners out for a stroll would continuously pass by, pulling on leashes and calling out commands to keep their animals from scurrying under the tables and sniffing the ankles and shoes of the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Shae screamed as the wolf bit down on her ankle; she tried to kick at him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A cold, raw wind whipped dead leaves about the ankles of the four people grouped in the Sunset Towers driveway, but not one of them shivered. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to thank the sour aunt for curing my ankle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Em used her thumb to flip back and forth between her Patrick photos: ankle, knee, ankle, knee. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The one between his ankles was no more than a foot long, shortening his stride to a shuffle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Most of the other girls wear their skirts short, but my skirt is down to my ankles, and I wear a headscarf as well. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He could see that it was the ankle that had gone wrong. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Time sat down on a box and crossed his legs at the ankle. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With ankles so fat I have to wear men’s socks. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Once after I was beat up by Don Little, and once after I hurt my ankle sophomore year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When something soft and furry moved around her ankles, she jumped, and saw it was the cat. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Joana kicked off her shoes and waded into the water up to her ankles. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t stand them another second. I fell off the chair and cracked my side on the coffee table and twisted my ankle on the way down.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A short distance down the passageway, the deck opened like a trapdoor, and a teenage girl stepped out, walking lightly despite the manacles on her ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When the man tried to haul me up by the front of my shirt, I swung a leg around and caught him by the ankles. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But Jonas’s ankle was twisted, and his knees were scraped and raw, blood seeping through his tom trousers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z DeShon, trying to keep weight off his sprained ankle, looks at the ground instead of me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Right, then I left my wallet in school and couldn’t pay for my potato wedgies. Then when I got home I banged up my ankle and found out that I flunked my English test.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure wades forward; the floor of the room is sandy, the water barely ankle- deep. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There are fat black leeches all over my ankles, feet, and between my toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I withstood the urge to scratch my increasingly prickly rash, and instead dug some soft mud from the riverbed and wiped it on my ankles and wrists. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She got up and went to a cabinet for a bottle and two glasses, and when she turned back she noticed that he was looking at her fattened ankles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom helped Dessie into the seat and pretended to peek coyly at her ankle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mist rolled around our ankles, filled the front rows, and obscured the windows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The earth was still spongy, and it was very hard work, walking, because of that, and the wet foliage clinging about their ankles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Abby’s wearing the ankle boots she bought yesterday and a short patterned skirt, and the effect is disarming. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He leans forward to scratch his ankle, and my heart just twists. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I willed them to move, but my conscience noosed around my ankles and pulled down hard. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I follow her legs down to her knees, shins, and ankles. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I’m in an orange maxi dress that reaches my ankles, with a cropped white cardigan. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Soon after the accident, a bacterial infection caused his leg to swell up like a balloon from his knee to his ankle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z His head bounced against the steps making a sound like a series of gunshots as they ran dragging him by his ankles, like volunteer firemen running with a hose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the room, Norman Bright was slumped on a bench with one ankle propped over the other knee, staring at his foot. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He was sheathed in a blue body stocking which had yellow stripes running from his armpits to his ankles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Questions started to fill my head as the grass tickled my ankles. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Mudd made a cut on the boot near the ankle, careful not to cut too deeply and open Booth’s soft flesh. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The businessman was in worse shape: he had no shoes; one foot was covered in blood; he couldn’t put pressure on his ankle and held onto the cop’s shoulder like a crutch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Each time, after he slipped out of her, she pressed her legs together, crossed them at her ankles, and took deep breaths, as if the movement of her lungs would urge conception on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She sat down on Ivy’s other side and adjusted the ice pack on her ankle, which had slipped and was sweating all over the floor. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I do day's work, but I wasn't working that week, because I had hurt my ankle. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I reach the end of the drive, my huaraches and ankles are covered with fine yellow dust. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Coach West talks to Carmetta for a while, feeling her leg and her ankle. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Teresa was by his feet, squeezing his right ankle with her hand. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z People who protested were put on bread and water with their ankles in a set of stocks that he had set up in a schoolroom. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Milkman rubbed the ankle of his short leg. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z So he bowed his head and bit his tongue as the chains were fixed, wrist to wrist, wrist to ankle, ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Because his ankles were shackled and his hands were locked behind his back, Henry almost stumbled when the guard shoved him forward. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Blood gushed from my ankle and shin, and pain flew up through me like fire up the flue of a mountain. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt where she showed him, pressing his large hand against the taut, smooth skin above her ankle, and nodded. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I tolerate having the tracker clamped to my ankle, try to look as if I’m listening when they explain how to use the handheld communicator. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There she is in her violet dress over the green skirt over the yellow skirt, bare feet, orange ribbons around her ankles and in her chippy-choppy hair. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z While she was psyching herself up to immobilize her ankle, she noticed some faded words on one of the wooden crates: hermes express. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Booth isn’t wearing a boot on his injured leg, and his foot and ankle are in pain and quite cold from walking on swampy ground in the thin shoes he took from Mudd. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Water splashes on my ankles when she washes her hair. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z On that last tumbling pass, I'd crunched my ankles on the landing, and now my right one was aching. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She summoned a few hundred bracelets, which leaped at the guards and lashed around their ankles, leaving them hanging upside down from the bottom of the catwalk, screaming like lame little girls. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then there’s Mrs. Kluckowski, short and barrel-chested, wearing a brown blouse and a plaid skirt that reaches almost down to her puffy ankles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I looked up, spotted Mong down on the beach, in water up to his ankles, staring out over the horizon. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They clamp Captain Smith’s ankles and wrists into the chains. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A tattooed man in jeans and a jean jacket—his legs outstretched, his ankles crossed—was sleeping a few seats down. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Coach, she sprained her ankle,” the doctor confirmed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Anything can happen to delay me—a twisted ankle, a storm, a trout waiting to be caught. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at his sneakers and bare ankles. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I kept my feet in the surf, backing into the water up to my ankles. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Her hand touched his feet, clutched for his ankle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Those are clean cuts around his ankles. His tendons were snapped by a knife, to keep him from running.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In a matter of weeks—maybe less—most of the populace would be up to its ankles in puddles. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I walked on, clutching the ankles of my shivering tutor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She was still on crutches because of her ankle, so her girlfriend Ryan carried her backpack. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Before I go in, I wrap extra tape around my ankle, like this.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Nan found out I’d asked for even more help, she might break her other ankle pitching a fit. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z "Have you ever taken a bath since? Filled the tub deeper than your ankles?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Without rising I kicked out with my feet at her ankles. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But a week before we were due to leave, Gran tripped over a tree root and sprained her ankle. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would like,” said I, tying a knot at my ankle, “to play violin in an orchestra. Symphonies of Arne and Sammartini.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When Henrietta tried to move her arm to lift herself, Emmett saw the straps around her wrists and ankles, attaching her to the bed frame. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The way she tucks her ankles up against her bottom. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Out stepped a tiny pink shoe, a foot soft as a rabbit’s ear, then the thick ankle, a flutter of hips, fuchsia roses and green perfume. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his knapsack down between his ankles and hugged himself. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Aru only had a second to glance back and see the dorsal fin that had scraped Mini’s ankle. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He wore long gray underwear that bagged over his knees and hung loose around his ankles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was hate, rather than the pain in his ankle, that threatened to overwhelm him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z My Sunday pants rode up above my ankles while we walked the miles to the train depot. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z There were two small puncture wounds on her mother’s left ankle. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I pull the sleeves of my shirt down over my ankles and take a breath because right now, I’m still thinking about what I said to Zoey or, rather, what I almost said to Zoey. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Rosa threw herself across Matt’s body and grasped his ankles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Mom ask Fina about a dozen times if she thinks her ankle could be broken, and by the time she’s finally convinced them that it doesn’t hurt that much, we’re home. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And J.T. in the background, holding Digger’s ankles so he wouldn’t go down with me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Her leg jumped beneath my forehead, she squirmed in her seat, but I just tightened my grip on her ankle and searched for some way to keep her in my driveway a bit longer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Water tickles my ankles, then my calves, then my thighs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Guided by her big eyes, he paddled as fast as he could, stopping to bail out the canoe when the rain had filled it to his ankles. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z So I pull one over my pajamas and it reaches my ankles. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Uncoiling a length of rope, he knelt over SEEf and began to bind his ankles. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He puts his hands into his pockets, crosses his feet at the ankles, and leans back against the wall. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Something warm and solid grabbed Anya by the ankle, and she tripped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She tried to pick up the trail again a day later when her ankle hurt less, but the rains had washed everything through, eliminating whatever footprints they’d left in the jungle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ten very powerful fingers gripped Mulch by the ankles. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The waves rush back in, the water swishing and rising to my ankles. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She clamped a chain around Tendai’s ankle and fastened it with a padlock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I noticed that he had his key on an elastic cord around his ankle, and I also noticed that he had a key chain ornament that looked like a giant molar. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Now she tied heavy rocks to her ankles and wrists but still performed the familiar motions without effort. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They were dancing shoes—real ballet slippers, not just what Adelaide had, but the kind they have in books, the kind where you can wrap the ribbon around your ankles. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z George Atzerodt goes meekly into custody and is soon fitted with wrist shackles, and a ball and chain on his ankle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She's wearing little white socks, and I can see her ankle when she kicks up her feet to keep the swing swinging. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Absently, he bent over and scratched his bare ankle. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The calluses and aching ankles are all from walking. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Harry was staring unblinkingly ahead of him, trying to discern shapes through the gloom . . . and then, without warning, something grabbed hold of his ankle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When he tried to take a step, he almost twisted his ankle because he could not bend his foot. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He could smell Tuf-Skin and ankle tape, week-old perspiration, moist towels mildewing in forgotten lockers, foot powder, ammonia, and unwashed socks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Branch danced at her feet, his eager nose and tongue damp on her ankles. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Next thing is this piece around your ankles," she says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The two men who came with Doctor Nduoma carried Papa-Nnukwu’s stiffening body in their hands, one holding his underarms and the other his ankles. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In place of the rich robes of his predecessors, he wore a shapeless tunic of undyed wool that fell down to his ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I got there, several debils were holding her down by her wrists and ankles. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The thorns caught Dell's exposed, fleshy ankles and drew dots of blood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Her left foot is propped on a stool with a bag of frozen peas over her ankle. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The cloaked man was now conjuring tight cords around Harry, tying him from neck to ankles to the headstone. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He lifted a pants leg so I could see the Ace bandage he’d wrapped around the ankle he swore was strained. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed it again and again, sinking and rolling with the light blue sheets twisted around his thighs and ankles, and the excitement of wet smells of rain, and their sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The men’s long cloaks flapped around their ankles as they marched. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He takes the keys to the clamps on Captain Smith’s ankles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Jasper s and Cora’s wrists and ankles remained manacled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The ankle twisted under him and he went to his knees, but he got up and plunged into the crowd on the sidewalk, pushing through. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When he splattered the ankles of other people, they gave us ugly looks. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Captain Short wasn’t a hundred percent yet, and there was also the small matter of the thing digging into her ankle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z His large hand trembling, he pulled off his old robes, which were hanging a foot above his ankles, pulled on the spare ones, and laced up Goyle’s boatlike shoes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Then she took an Ace bandage out of a metal cabinet and wrapped the ankle up for me tight so that it felt better. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ankle started twitching and her bare toes tapped the carpet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Her ankles burn, too, but not as badly as they did the day before. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And to top it all off, I had on the most uncomfortable shoes in the world—stiff, clunky dress shoes, cutting into my ankles, forcing me to walk like my butt hurt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I hurt my ankle so I didn’t play much,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Along walls and on top of tables, jade trees, whose trunks were as thick as ankles, stood stoutly, green now and without the pink skin the sun gave them in the spring. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up at Kino when he came back; she saw him examine her ankles, cut and scratched from the stones and brush, and she covered them quickly with her skirt. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She sensed the sand coming up around her ankles and found that it was more and more difficult to lift her feet. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Layla glanced at Ivy’s ankle one more time before walking away with Aaron. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Wash fallen into a grave, his ankle twisted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You can stay until your ankle gets better,” Isaac offered. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “You wear that on your ankle or your wrist, and one of these days, I’m sure you’ll find it helpful.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I took the sight of this all right, I had seen him on crutches the year before when he broke his ankle playing football. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the window over the sink she could see the deweys still playing chain gang; their ankles bound one to the other, they tumbled, struggled back to their feet and tried to walk single file. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Why did he send you a picture of his ankle? And his knee?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It had been the most fabulous party of his career: at the height of it Timmy had fallen from a chandelier and sprained his ankle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she could take much more in, the man in the sledge cut through the cord around her ankles, and hauled her out roughly while the driver shouted at the dogs to make them still. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He puts on a blue jumpsuit every morning, faded where it strains over his huge shoulders, too short around the ankles, and walks to work in big black boots. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, my feet are in the surging water, and then my ankles are, and then my calves. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They look like the legs of fat women as they appear in comic books: no knees, no ankles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “To tell the audience I was singing despite a broken ankle would smack of searching for pity, and I was not there for pity that night,” she recalled. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z That first night, in the drill yard, one of us was pushed so violently by a white warder that he fell down some steps and broke his ankle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She went down first, but her ankle twisted on the last step, sending her sprawling over the dirt floor. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The bracelets on his wrists and ankles jangled. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Once in a while she got a felt slipper for Christmas or her birthday, but they soon disappeared, for Eva always wore a black laced-up shoe that came well above her ankle. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She had three bloody puncture marks above her right ankle, but there didn’t appear to be any missing flesh. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The person sank his teeth into the detective’s ankle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her ankle still gave a stab of pain whenever she tried to put her weight on it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was at this point that Louisiana’s grandmother stuck her hand out of the azalea bush and grabbed Raymie’s ankle. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He was removing the feel of the chain around his ankle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When the roof finally caved, a piece of slate had cut off his foot at the ankle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The workers’ hands would be stained yellow; so would the ankles of the khan’s white horse. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Her dress wasn’t as long as he had thought; it came to just below her calf and now he could see her unlaced men’s shoes and the silvery-brown skin of her ankles. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach Whit stood off to the side, kicking her legs behind her, one at a time, catching them by the ankle and holding them for an extra quad stretch. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I sank back onto my heels, drained, ignoring the pain in my ankle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And in one motion, he brought his jeans to his ankles. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z There’s a tiny tattoo on her ankle, which Abuela would hate. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Ivy took it and pressed it to her ankle, avoiding June’s eyes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And Gregory because the rope is forever tied to his ankle to guide him back to the beginning. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z All this way, just to be stopped by something as common as a broken ankle? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The French girls didn’t look like they’d been through a war; they wore pretty, ruffled skirts, white ankle socks, and silk scarves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His ankles, owing to the sharp steel edges of the shackles, were gouged and bleeding. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He usually does missionary work in other countries during the summer, but in May he twisted his ankle during a Spartan Race, so he’s keeping busy teaching us chemistry. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The side of his calf from his ankle to his knee was darkly bruised and swollen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The steps are breaking under my feet and he's howling in rage behind me, his hands are scrabbling at my ankles and for just a second he has me. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z An electronic bracelet on their ankle monitored their moves. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But after two or three days, my ankle was going to swell. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have thought Tiki Barber wouldn't have ever had anything more than a sprained ankle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She waited until Hagar let the plaid skirt fall down to her ankles before disappearing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment's inattention would be a sure way to break an ankle . . . or his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The fact that the partners were expected to maintain contact throughout these clumsy contortions seemed a certain recipe for sprained ankles and embarrassing collisions. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Keep moving, and then he was on the boardwalk, and he slowed down, the ankle beginning to throb, and he let himself be carried along in the flowing crowd. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to struggle because the moment she had landed, the plant had started to twist snakelike tendrils around her ankles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He reached down and scratched his ankle again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Fallen leaves were ankle deep on the ground. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He can’t climb the rope because of his ankle, but I see he had no problem climbing up the bleachers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He was limping, his ankle screaming in pain, though he had no memory of hurting it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It’s easy to trip and break an ankle on uneven paths and broken stones. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I smiled and stepped forward, Mother Marsh pulling at my ankles. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “The left, then the right. Below the ankle. You will have stumps available to use within six months. Then your hands, at the wrist. They heal somewhat quicker. Five months is a fair average.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The guard slowly unchained him, removing his handcuffs and the shackles around his ankles, and then locked eyes with me and told me I had one hour. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Danielle wears a green dress with a white collar and white ankle socks and white pumps with satin bows. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z But I had tripped over his leg in my dive and before I could get my balance his hand, grabbing blindly, had caught my ankle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Those stiff celluloid collars around their necks and the spats around their ankles. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His feet were bare, shackled around the ankles and also chained. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They’re running down a long hallway filled with water to their ankles, splashing with every step they take. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The tyrannosaurus was still dangling from Stella’s claws and Riker still clung to its saddle with one hand, Magdalys’s ankle clutched in the other. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But I’m worried and I tell the coach that my ankle is hurt and I can’t play. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “A professional ballerina never allows her ribbons to flop loose around her ankles,” one of my favorite teachers used to warn me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now you tell me? After I almost twisted my ankle hopping all over the bridge?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I was wondering what and where it could be when I felt a hard tug on the leg of my blue jeans and a sting of pain in my right ankle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She doesn’t let him in while she’s cooking because he makes such a pest of himself, rubbing against her ankles and getting between her feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The rope—the rope to which Jonathan had been tied—remained tied to his ankle and flayed about like a writhing snake. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z His pants rode up, exposing a nasty scar on his right ankle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My parents scheduled me for ankle surgery a couple of weeks later. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My foot caught on something—a tree root, maybe—and pain shot up my ankle. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Later, as he grasped the still-warm ankles and walked, with Harrison holding the wrists, to the shallow grave at the bottom of the orchard, he did not once look directly at it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She walks back out, now holding a pair of blue jeans, knees stained with grass and dirt, blood caked around the ankles, pockets torn with holes and unraveling. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z My sheets felt woven together with sweat, and now I lean on the wall in the hallway Some sweat reaches my ankle and rolls under the arch of my foot. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Old Sally's ankles kept bending in till they were practically on the ice. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Annabeth shifted, trying to keep her weight off her throbbing ankle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A week later, Walter sat in the van with shackles pinching his ankles and chains tightly wound around his waist. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was Bunny, all right, all six-foot-three of him, looming up behind me in a tremendous yellow rain slicker that came almost to his ankles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Fire zipped across the mudroom exit in front of me and I could see my jeans were now alight as well, from knee to ankle. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I pick up my pace, trying not to turn my ankles in the potholes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have bitten his ankle, but I knew he hadn’t changed his socks for a week. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “No children that you know of,” I said, then let out a cackle loud enough to drown out the sound of her ankle bells. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She said she hurt her ankle, so I helped her carry her things home. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She sat down on the grass next to him, for once feeling the sharp edges of the grass blades against her ankles. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Hazel was drowning in mud, one hand on the bow, Percy’s hands around her ankles, deep in the darkness. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The boot clamps locked into place around his ankles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He left the geysers then, and they waded through water up to their ankles, then calves, then knees. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Even with my bad ankle I was pretty quick and I turned and ran down the sidewalk. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sprinters jogged by, running slow laps, taking care not to turn an ankle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He wore pants that stopped high above the ankles and a cut-off T-shirt, and his bare toes wiggled in the sand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For the first time, the coach looked down at my ankle, like he still needed some kind of verification. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Though we have been living at Krang Truop for two months and my blistered feet have healed, the thought of more walking makes my ankles throb with pain. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I love the feeling of the long grass skimming my ankles as we speed past groups of picnickers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Dr. Leale immediately applies a mustard plaster to every inch of the front of Lincoln’s body, from shoulders down to ankles. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I had a small jar of lotion, and I squeezed some into my hands and began to massage his ankles. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After the assembly I didn’t want to go back to class so I hobbled down to the nurse to have her check on my ankle. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His ankle throbbed again, but he kept moving. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was something digging into her ankle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The knife had come back with me because I happened to be wearing it in a makeshift leather sheath at my ankle. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His long fingers wrap firmly around my ankles, pulling me closer and closer, one hand now on my thigh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat in a chair by the fire, and the animal laid his head across her ankles and drooled on her bare feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There is no way you can become a royal footman unless you have a well-turned ankle. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Swinging on the string this way, with his long bathrobe trailing around his ankles, he looked like a little old friar pulling the bellrope in an abbey. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z As he tried to pull himself up, using just his arms, he felt a claw dig into his ankle. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sidman came out with a dark green poncho that covered her head and reached down to her ankles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Instead of proper joints, the wooden parts were connected by golden hooks at the wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, ankles, knees, hips, waist, and knuckles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Instead, I wrap my hands around his ankle, and lift. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Coach, I sprained my ankle. Remember, I couldn’t even walk yesterday?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Celia walked uncertainly, twisting her ankles on the hard, uneven surfaces, and for a brief moment she itched to go barefoot, to feel the padding of fresh earth beneath her feet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He squatted over his ankles when he walked. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It was tight to the ankles and then flared out in a swath of purple-black silk, and it came with a little faux-fur capelet. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She sprained her ankle but not very bad. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z But no one planned to go into the ocean above their ankles anyway, so it was okay. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She leaned over and gripped his ankles, holding his feet still. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z You sprained your ankle on a dictionary while moonwalking with Michael Jackson. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I could have been killed but I was lucky—the bullet just skinned my ankle. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And the ball dropped onto the granite plate, bounced up against his knee, plopped back onto the plate, and rolled still against his ankle. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I’m walking on a sprained ankle, but the pain barely registers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Francis, sitting in his chair by the window with an ankle balanced upon the opposite kneecap and his teacup balanced on his bare ankle, was looking at Charles rather narrowly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The rope attached to his ankle is stretched to the door of the inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She had an ankle joint now—such a simple thing, to be able to flex. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Now my ankles and calves would turn white too. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Training for my Olympics qualifier, wearing an ankle brace for support with an injury. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When he left, however, she walked over to the couch and sat down, crossing her ankles, resting her hands in her lap, and staring out patiently in black and white across the years. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I sat on my bed next to Fig, my legs crossed at the ankles. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “But my ankle is rather bothering me, you see, and I would like to rest here a moment. I suppose that if Raizel prefers to walk on ahead, provided she keeps at an appropriate distance...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Fig trotted at my heels, his gray fur tickling my ankle. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They had her by the ankles, then by toe hips. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I think I had a fever, though I had no thermometer to find out, and my ankle swelled very large and looked bad—blue on one side and bright red on the other. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Ana had twisted her ankle and couldn't manage the stairs. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When Alex landed, he turned his ankle, causing him to fall and crack his head against the edge of one of the cafeteria tables. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The water near the bank was a clear, pale green, cool over my ankles, and the pebbles at the bottom were dappled with sunlight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A wind scoured through, blowing scraps of refuse past her ankles, and a terrible pit of fear opened in her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The enameled cans on the lower shelf were uniform and Donovan felt a cold draft about his ankles. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She doesn’t know about the touch on my ankle, the holding hands, the almost-shared breath. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he removed the fetters around Asha’s ankles, rubbing the stiffness from her calves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One day he eased her back until she was leaning on the arm of the sofa, and then he scooped her ankles up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s so gentle: sliding his hand from my calf to my ankle, lifting my foot by the heel, unzipping the bootie, and slowly sliding it off. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Almost immediately the hard soil gave- way to marsh, and I was glomping through muck up to my ankles. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She cut her hand; she twisted her ankle; she knocked her skull against a low-hanging branch and burned her leg in a boiling spring. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z At once, Katie rose into the air, not as Ron had done, suspended comically by the ankle, but gracefully, her arms oustretched, as though she was about to fly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I had gray and black skater shoes and dark blue socks with sharks swimming and swimming up around my ankles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He tried to edge to the left, to get in front of the glass without Quirrell noticing, but the ropes around his ankles were too tight: he tripped and fell over. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They left us tied in the kitchen, our wrists and ankles lashed together. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mami stood on the threshold scratching one ankle with the toes of the other foot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We fight to see who will get to rub the swelling from my grandmother's ankles, the smile back onto her face, the stories back into the too-quiet room. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z She sits in front of her vanity with one foot up on its edge, wrapping the long pink ribbon from one of her slippers around her ankle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The overgrown limberjack dived at the golem’s feet, using both arms and legs to entangle Hugo’s ankles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I clutched hold of my ankles as tight as I could and I bit into my lower lip. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of them dangled off the wall on nails in a morbid inventory of manacles and fetters, of shackles for ankles and wrists and necks in all varieties and combinations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Wincing at the pain in her ankle, Sefia sat up and stared at the unmoving tent flaps as the memories of the previous day washed over her again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z After he hurt his ankle playing soccer, they told him to go home until he was better. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I was glad she was in back because I didn’t want to look at my brother’s ankle. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They sailed through the air as the river churned and wailed below them, splashing Annabeth’s bare ankles with stinging brine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Our feet’ll be seen!” said Hermione anxiously, as the Cloak flapped a little around their ankles; it was much more difficult hiding all three of them under the Cloak nowadays. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then, by the ankle bone, Odysseus hauled the fallen one outside, crossing the courtyard to the gate, and piled him against the wall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached down and rubbed his right ankle absently, a brief look of pain flashing across his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She looked like a miniature Pacific Islander with dragonfly wings across her back as well as tiny wings on her ankles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He’s as well groomed and finely dressed as ever, but weighted down with manacles, ankle shackles, tracking devices. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Mr. Klaus is a landlord and also a cat. A large cat. Usually he attacks ankles. This time it was the head. My head. It was a very surprising attack. I wasn't prepared.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Walked with a crutch even before she broke her ankle in the second bombing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He eased himself deeper within her and felt the warmth close around him like river sand, softly giving way under foot, then closing firmly around the ankle in cloudy warm water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They were tied at his ankles with drawstrings. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I sit down next to her and stare at her with my jaw down around my ankles. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Until now he had been too much ashamed of his pale and meager body, with the varicose veins standing out on his calves and the discolored patch over his ankle. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The last time I had stood watching a herd of cattle eat their supper I was standing up to my ankles in cow manure in Poky Feeders pen number 43. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Her feet were bare, and the cuffs of her pajama pants rose past her ankles as she sat in the grass, settling the book in her lap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When she got to the other side, she scrambled up a rock and picked off a leech that had managed to fasten onto her ankle. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He stands there, pants around his ankles, two large pizzas balanced in his right hand and four Sprites in his left. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I tore my ankle away from his hands and kicked him as hard as I could. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She could sit for hours with her toes in the sand, letting the sea foam come up to her ankles. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The water was up past my ankles, and the stink was something else. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She touched her staff to the raft, and the wood warmed beneath my wrists and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And would the dog sink his teeth into Matt’s ankle, for taking him away from Maria? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z First there was Theresa’s ankle to take care of. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat in silence as he washed my cut with soapy water and a washcloth, one hand grabbing the back of my ankle to raise my leg up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It had meant playing with a broken ankle that wasn’t x-rayed because, if it had been known that it was broken, the player would have had to sit out the next game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And I think I’m pretty good at it because I’ve totally sprained my ankle before while playing tennis, so I know how it feels. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I’d recently undergone surgery on that ankle to remove a bone spur. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Every inch of her, even her wrists and ankles, were wrinkled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After I change into my regular clothes, I find him sitting on the bleachers with an ice pack on his left ankle. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The blood gathered darkly, like fruit, and rolled down my ankle into the cup of my black patent leather shoe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Her bare feet arch elegantly, and the ankle bracelets she wears accentuate her graceful movements. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Eventually she was brought back to her normal state of mind by a cramp in her right ankle, which was resting awkwardly in the crook of the fork. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Thank goodness. Put Ma on,” she says, crossing her ankles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Viciously, with more of a whimper than a sigh, he foot-pushed his top sheet clear of his ankles, as though any kind of coverlet was suddenly too much for his sunburned, debilitated-looking body to bear. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z My feet felt like clumps of ice at my ankles; two pairs of woolen socks provided a meager shield against this Montana cold. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The hiss of waves breaking at her ankles is a gentle sigh, as if the sea itself has found lasting contentment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Maybe he twisted an ankle or even broke his leg. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another snared his ankle with a lash and sent him sprawling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Grandpop lifted his right leg and rested his ankle on his left knee, so he could scratch the snake bite scar. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They allowed him to be in the courtroom without handcuffs but had insisted on keeping his ankles shackled. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You know that saying about a wife’s ankle?” she put in softly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob grabs Jeanne's outstretched ankles and turns his head like a swimmer gasping for air. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The creature clicked its heels together, and the silver ankle bells rang out impossibly loud. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was almost full dark, and my tooth hurt and my ankle throbbed and I’d spilled what was left of the tin on the ground beside my legs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He cut the tape around my wrists and ankles, moved me into his office, and gave me a towel, but he refused to let me go home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I grabbed her ankles and tried to steady them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Correctional surgery had left her right ankle as thin as a broomstick. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These require constant attentiveness if you are not to twist an ankle or sprawl on your face—not a pleasant experience with fifty pounds of momentum on your back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She screamed and screamed; Leanne started to scream too and seized Katie’s ankles, trying to tug her back to the ground. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I don’t know if Dusty Muleman ratted him out, or if the electronic ankle bracelet was programmed to send a certain signal when somebody messed with the lock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The men wore white tunics and pants that stopped at their ankles, with no shoes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The fourth is to pick up your feet so they can’t grab your ankles and write on your shoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I struggle and try to kick the soft place between his foot and ankle, but he yanks me off my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Color returned to her ankles and rose up her legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I pointed and grimaced, a clear reference to the cast on her leg, which was there for the ankle she broke during lacrosse practice. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Bamboo poles morphed into snakes, slithering up my ankles, with thousands of people in the audience pointing at me. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I twisted it at the ankle like I’d seen them do at the wrestling match. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If she has no wool for the darning and the stockings are dark we can blacken our ankles with shoe polish for the respectability that’s in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Here and there under the dirt there were the red scars of wounds, and near the ankle the varicose ulcer was an inflamed mass with flakes of skin peeling off it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She feels the rolling pressure of his thumbs against her arches, the soothing grip of his hands on her swollen ankles. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Cregan pushed himself to his feet and kicked aside the furs clinging to his ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We sat in the waiting room, and he picked up one of those doctor’s office National Geographies, propping one ankle over his knee and reading as if everything was cotton-candy-dandy. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He saw again the strength of her legs, the brown of her ankles and calves, the suppleness of her spine, the film of sweat at her throat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I kept my head on her leg and my fingers wrapped around her ankle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z After which the sight of her bare blue ankles and slender calves struck him with a deep allure, so that he blushed and looked away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He got flat on his belly and instructed Roy to hold his ankles. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert was sitting on the toilet with his pajama bottoms around his ankles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer’s ankle burned with pain as he tried to move and stack the junk into a semblance of a tower. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The women wore ankle- length gowns, no makeup, and scarves covered their heads. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I hop over fallen man after fallen woman, over children and teenagers and the elderly, stepping on fingers or stomachs or ankles, searching for signs of pain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She looked like a Kristen-Tiffany-Declaration triplet in matching ankle socks and ponytails. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And the only decoration on the peeling walls was a large and ugly painting of an eye, matching the one on Count Olaf’s ankle and all over the house. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She got a fake tattoo of a butterfly on her ankle. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The willow pulled his sword from him and knocked him back, picking him up by his ankles a moment later and hanging him upside down. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I can't understand how he can be surviving until I remember the body armor protecting him from ankle to neck and I realize what a long night this could be. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They stood with the help of a bit of tape passed around the neck and ankles and through holes at the back of the box. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman reached down and held on to her ankle where the iron band was. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I glance at her to see if there’s more to this, but she’s sitting straight and starched in her light blue dress, her legs crossed at the ankles. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Some of the blades slither around my ankles, sending chills up and down my spine. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, I didn’t go to practice because my ankle had swelled to the size of a softball. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I’ve almost made it out when a hand grabs my ankle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z My guts dropped to my ankles as the chariot shot skyward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z We sat in silence, and I felt an unseen mosquito feasting on my ankles, adding to my general misery. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Reaching for his ankles with dry bone fingers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Pale and slightly pimply face, carelessly dressed; you can tell his boots haven’t been cleaned in a long time; his socks are bunched up around the ankles.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This time while he was there, it was like sitting on a beach enjoying the sun while the tide rose cold around his ankles. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When she righted herself, she didn’t waste any time turning around and running to school as fast as her still-sore ankle would carry her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Shackles were locked around his ankles and tied to the chain that hung from the ceiling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Earlier, farther down, she might have recovered from a falter or stumble, might even have bound up a twisted ankle and continued on. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In my sketchbook I tiy to draw my ankles distorted by pond water, but they don’t look warped and interesting. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Krause being Krause, she has another totem from Falsettos—a tattoo on her right ankle that is a replica of the cover art on the playbill from Broadway. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She held her leg out, twisting her ankle to get a better view of the shoe. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They were completely unfastened at the legs and hung down to his ankles. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, careful of her bad ankle, she got down on hands and knees and crawled inside. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “So you sent him a picture of your foot and he sent you one of his ankle?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Now she unties a ribbon from her ankle and wraps it loosely at her neckle. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “It’s lucky the bullet went straight through the flesh. Any lower and it would have shattered the ankle.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After the surgery on my right ankle, I had a plaster cast covering my leg. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I don't really want to kill myself so I tie the end of our yellow towline in a tight knot around my ankle before diving in. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mack was going to live, but two bullets had torn into his right ankle and just about taken his foot off. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius stumbled into the Night of Joy with such momentum that his smock swirled around his ankles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was twined and twisted and twined again around his right ankle, and she saw she would have to cut through it three times to get it off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The dress was tight across her newly budding chest, and it hung unevenly to just above her ankles in a ragged hem. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Rosa held on to his ankles so tightly, her fingers burned like fire. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked over at her to see if I could read her face, but Jennifer had turned her attention to a mosquito bite on her ankle. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “This way both heads come off at once. Next time, put the legs of your pants down, and tie them tight around your ankles so nothing can get in.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoisted into the air by his ankle, Harry hit a suit of armor and replicas burst out of it like white-hot bodies, filling the cramped space. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He grabbed my ankles and the two of them stretched me out on the metal table. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t say anything as I kneeled by Ayanna’s feet and held on to the rope tied around her ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They put him down on a lawn, and Ear wrapped an emergency bandage around his ankle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He let go of the gnome’s ankles: It flew twenty feet into the air and landed with a thud in the field over the hedge. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Their ankles were covered with the same kind of thick iron shackles as the woman’s. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He writhed, and tried to get his mouth to his ankle and bite the rope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Stuart tucked his skates into his shirt, stepped gingerly onto a tuft of lettuce, and took a firm grip on Margalo’s ankles. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Lets the guards pat him from shoulder to ankle, checking for anything he might be hiding . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Behind them stood a large matronly woman with thick ankles and all the buttons done up on her long overcoat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman reached down with both hands and wiggled the iron ’round her ankle then looked at me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Zola, she is all orange and yellow and turquoise, with three skirts and a blouse and a shawl and a purple ribbon wound around her ankle and green feathers in her hair. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Captain Smith is still in chains, though they have freed his wrists and only his ankles remain shackled. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Mudd informed Booth that he had a broken bone about two inches above the ankle joint. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeds like so many squinty-eyed stars and brush that made your ankles itch and itch until you washed with soap and water. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z One tried to encircle my ankles, while the other went for my wrists. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I love the way that the bells on my ankles and wrists keep time to the mathematical rhythm of the tabla drum. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He felt the sun on the back of his neck, and his ankle was wrenched. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She was still being snotty on account of her ankles when she was skating. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Quickly those lily-white ankles became covered in mud. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Small and wearing a patched-up parka that went down to her ankles. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Now there was only gauze, black with congealed blood, along the length of the wound which ran from his knee to his ankle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z No one helped her, and her ankle ached, protesting her weight. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The snow had been falling on King’s Landing most of the night; outside the drifts were ankle deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He wore an old fishing hat that seemed to cover his entire face, and plaid pants that left about two inches of sock and four inches of ankle showing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She held her leg out, turned her ankle this way and that. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Thankfully, every member of my team does believe Rebecca Murphy slid into my ankle on purpose. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Shadowy shapes streaked past, and—oh, man—something slimy brushed my ankle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Redbeard, whom Lac had seen less than an hour before, lay on the dock, blood at his ankle and at his chest, staining his scraggly beard a deeper shade of red. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then he rubbed her ankles so she could walk. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The Clanker Lords had devised a stratagem to prevent that; they chained their troops together in groups of ten, wrist to wrist and ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His belt and sword kept falling around his ankles for no apparent reason. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Shackles on my wrists and ankles do not allow me to move much. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z If they went outside a certain radius of their telephone, or tried to take the ankle thing off, the authorities would immediately be notified, and they’d be picked up and put in jail. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She pushed the blanket aside and looked at a metal bracelet encircling one tiny ankle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Picked the ankle and boom, it was over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She’d do this weird move with her ankles and the heels would go flying and she wouldn’t even miss a step. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There was a clattering in the cupboard, and Pippo stumbled out in a jacket that came down to his ankles and a hat so large that it had slipped right over his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The man he tripped earlier grabbed his ankle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He just stood there, blinking through the water- drop sun blur, the hydrant gusher smacking his thin, bare ankles. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He could break his head open, suffer a broken arm, twist his ankles, bones sticking out, all that. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He dropped and did three push-ups, his cast resting on his left ankle. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I lay on my stomach, crossing my ankles in the air, flipping through the different novels in the book, trying to decide which would occupy my mind the most thoroughly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I have to lift weights that are tied around the ankle of my right leg. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Let’s see that ankle,” she said, and untied my shoe with her nervous hands, which hurt because my ankle was a little swollen and looked more yellow than it should have. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet were long and thin, too long for his slim, bony ankles; he flexed his toes, looked up at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A sprained ankle instead of a broken one. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The support team taped the boots to the legs of the suits to make an airtight seal above the ankle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He swears but doesn't let go and swipes at my ankles. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I look at her, and she looks at the ground about a yard or so from my right ankle. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I found a nearly dry shirt and a pair of Levi’s that were wet only at the ankles. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z One night he dreamed that he’d unscrewed the bulb, broken it, and with the broken glass cut his wrists and ankles. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind had lifted her skirt from around her ankles and cut through her laced shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat with his left ankle on his right knee, never the other way around. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore slippers, and you could see her thick ankles naked, her naked heels and tendons. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His pants had slipped around his ankles again, revealing his blue undershorts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mixed with sweat, the dust formed a paste that collected inside the boys’ cleats, gnawing blisters into their ankles. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The team doctor taped my ankle as best he could and I left the rest to Allah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z One of the tongues had caught my ankle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Why wait? I beat you once. How’s that ankle healing up?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “One of them’s at the bottom of a deep grave, with a broken ankle. The other three are, well, they’re a long way away.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The light imprint her socks leave on her ankles. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z One old woman held on to an ankle jutting out from a heap. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z "Looks like a fracture," an ambulance attendant said, feeling her right ankle. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Dan came waddling out from under the steps and chewed my ankle. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained that they were terribly afraid for their feet, so that one must make a practice of lifting the legs and patting the hoofs and ankles to remove their terror. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesper hiked up his pants and felt around the thin skin over his ankle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She removes my shoes and replaces them with silk house socks that button along my ankles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One night a lieutenant named Jim Kent recollected how the former radioman had taken an interest in a dead Japanese boy with his pants turned inside out around his muddy ankles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The wrapper that stopped above her calves would stop above the ankles of an average-size woman. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Chip had on his team sweatshirt too, but he wore it with his usual black joggers, the kind with stripes down the sides that taper around the ankles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Steering clear of that crowd was a good way to avoid being dangled by my ankles over a toilet bowl. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z My ankle sang a terrible song like my toothache had sunk to my foot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Cherie got out on probation, a GPS monitor on her ankle. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In my hard bunk in the orchestra barracks, I always used to put the case under my ankles so my father's viola would sleep in peace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then I pop the ball high up, swivel, and end with my ankle flat to the ground. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She had a huge cast that started from her thigh and went all the way down to her ankle. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It had grabbed Hassan by the ankles, dragged him to the murky bottom. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She wore a long, printed skirt that reached all the way down to her ankles and a short, waist-length white blouse with darts that made room for future breasts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bending it sends shots of pain down to my ankle, but it's manageable pain. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He had grown fatter, his varicose ulcer had subsided, leaving only a brown stain on the skin above his ankle, his fits of coughing in the early morning had stopped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She broke the seam of her legs and scissored one back and hooked my ankle with her instep, pulling my knee between hers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This time no opponent broke an ankle, though I’m sure in our desperation some of us secretly wished for it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He felt the wet jeans flapping about his ankles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Most notable is the black tracking device strapped to his ankle—so this is why dude couldn’t meet Jus at a coffee shop. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I twisted downward toward the ankle sheath with him still on top of me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She waded into the stream, water like ice was around her ankles, and as she went forward, it reached her thighs, and then her waist. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as I wonder what the heck I’m doing here and how I can make a graceful exit, I feel a pinch on my left ankle, then my right. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z At least, that’s how it’s supposed to happen, but only if everyone stays synchronized, which seems impossible with so many poles and feet moving, and clumsy cousins like Arwin, who still gets his ankles caught. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Jonathan saw that the other end of the rope was fastened to the soldier’s ankle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z We crossed the same small stream that we had before, and, despite the fact that it wasn’t much more than ankle deep, Denna insisted on bathing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was daydreaming about getting an ankle holster, too, and a lightweight pistol to go with it, when he abruptly performed an involuntary somersault across the sandy scrub. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hands lifted her up, and four laid her on a cold, hard metal cot with springs that hurt her back, and bound her wrists and ankles with leather thongs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her legs stretch out before her and are crossed at the ankles. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Kalinda grabs my arm and pulls me out, but the guard grabs her ankle. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was a body lying on the ground, covered head to ankle with a black tarp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The pastor says something about how we return to the earth the way we came from the earth and I feel the grass under my feet grab my ankles and pull me down. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z His ankles were tied together, but not his hands—or, rather, he’d managed, God knows how, maybe in rage or pain, to break the cord binding his hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There, on the floor, was a man rolled up in a bedsheet, from his chin to his ankles, and tied tight in a rope, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Taryn has on pink jeggings, a fuzzy cardigan, and a pair of ankle boots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ivy scrambled up, her ankle screaming at her as she scurried into a corner so Mom and Dad could get into the cellar. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Papa would hobble home at night, because his back, ankles, and feet ached. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Her pigtails are undone; one sock has squished, flopped down to her ankle. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He had not moved from his position by the door, and the black kitten was winding itself around his ankles and mewling. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The river roars and I feel its spray on my ankles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The cap’n already had the woman shackled at the ankles and the wrists. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Then I felt a hand grip my ankle and drag me under the water. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Cholly stood up and could see only her grayish panties, so sad and limp around her ankles. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z A laurel wreath was stuck around her left ankle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Bugs buzzed around their ankles and past their eyes; brown earth stained their hands, and pebbles got into their shoes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone frill. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Fifi had caught on and lowered her pants and panties to her ankles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He was just starting his hipster- to-square transformation, so he was wearing a vintage suit, with a studded leather belt and black ankle boots. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A slip on the moss, a misplaced step, a turned ankle, and her mission would end before it began. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The shirt was a little tight, the pants showed his ankles. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Terese is wearing two dresses, yellow over blue, and ribbons on her ankles. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Her knees and her hips and her elbows and her ankles and each bone in her swollen feet hurt and hurt and hurt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Your Great-Aunt Muriel doesn’t agree, I just met her upstairs while she was giving Fleur the tiara. She said, ‘Oh dear, is this the Muggle-born?’ and then, ‘Bad posture and skinny ankles.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The pain in his legs and ankles vanished. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z On my dinners of Kraft macaroni & cheese; on my weak wrists and tubular ankles. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Abuelita declared, as she showed Pita’s ankle to the older of the two men. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Standing in the pond, my ankles look crooked, cut by the water’s surface. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Marie Patrice lifted up the long skirt of her habit and for the first time in my life I saw her ankles. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Then at some point he said that his ankle had healed, and he walked the rest of the way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Anna gave me a sharp kick in the ankle and leaped in to make an excuse on my behalf. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A thin gold chain showed around a thickening ankle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know that saying, about a wife’s ankle? Being tied to her husband’s?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama would sit with her back against the trunk, legs crossed at the ankles beneath her skirt. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He thrashes at the men, but they jerk his arms behind his back, tie his hands together, and clamp chains around his ankles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Players fall down like they have broken ankles when they try to guard Russ, because he’s too quick. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally’s board cruised back on its own, nuzzling at her ankles like an apologetic dog. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “We can meet next week at my house to divide up the work. Any day except Wednesday—that’s when I have acupuncture on my ankle.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Jarveys raced around the Council’s chair legs, tearing at as many ankles as they could reach. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I got to the refrigerator to get some ice for my ankle I was crying. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw him waver, rigid from his ankles upward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re still square,” said Harry, testing his leg gingerly; it shook violently as he put weight on it; he had sprained his ankle when the spider had dropped him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She saw them with white flowers beaded on the ankles, woolen balls of blanket thread to decorate the cuffs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z A treetop brushed her ankles as the ground below them started to rise. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Edgar jumped down from Beto’s lap and twined around Henry’s ankles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Kovac. The guy from Sun Valley. The basketball star. The guy who broke his ankle.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A file of men marched past in irons, clanking with every step; they carried spears and wore short swords, but chains linked them wrist to wrist and ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She is on the ground, lying in a fetal position on her side, both hands clutching her leg as thin, red blood pours out from a wound above her ankle, staining her skirt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to go first. My ankle might not make it. When you get up, gimme a hand.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I still followed all the strategies for buses, so I stayed down and held my ankles off the floor, while Kyle told me where he was in Final Fantasy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She didn’t look at anything except her dirty red sneakers, her swelling ankle. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And when I looked back at where I’d walked, saw myself standing there in street shoes, no galoshes, wet to the ankles, I knew. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Fetterlings snapped cuffs around their wrists and ankles and tugged them out the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He saw twisted ankles with the bones sticking out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She wore pleated flannel trousers that ballooned at the hips and flared at the ankle, and a short-sleeved sweater made of cashmere. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I dive at the dead woman, grabbing her one-handed by the ankle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There was a crunching sound and Noa cried out, but her other hand was still trying to grab Jule’s ankle, to tip her off balance. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Though you can’t see it,” my mother said, “a red string around your ankle ties you to the person you’ll marry. He’s already been born, and he’s on the other end of the string.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure I can stand it. It’s nothing but a sprained ankle. I’m not going to die. Build that fire up a little more.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay poured the contents of the jug into the water while Doc yanked me free by my ankles. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Their feet sank to the ankles, but the mud was loose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my understanding that communists preferred beefy, corn-fed girls with thick ankles and strong backs, all the better for threshing wheat and lugging heavy sacks of rice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z One of us always stayed with him, not just to keep him company but also to make sure he didn’t try anything cute, like prying off the ankle bracelet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The vine around his ankle tugged at him, bit into his flesh, anchored itself there, and sent a new shoot upward. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I stretched my leg over and rubbed the toe of my shoe against her ankle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She was only vaguely aware of what was happening as Jerome Paisley grabbed her by the ankle and dragged her away from the safety of the bed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z This is how it feels when her ankles cross. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z All of them bore scars on their necks, wrists, and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A red priestess scurried past, attended by a dozen acolytes with torches, their robes whisking about their ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were thick bands of iron hugged ’round her ankles connecting up to some locks and chains that were keeping her where she was at. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He has on shoes with no socks so I can see his ankles, and he smells way too good. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They plodded over the filthy drawbridge—a butter one, with cow hairs still in it—sinking to their ankles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to keep her expression calm, which wasn’t easy with a broken ankle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I felt warm, furry bodies against my ankles as I looked into a pond. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I have seen that Captain Smith’s ankles are raw from the rubbing of the irons. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Tally took the river down the mountain carefully, the extra weight swaying below her like a ball and chain around both ankles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His associate shackled Cora’s ankles, and then ran the chains through a ring in the floor of the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The elegant ladies from the gallery scurried fearfully down the steps, hoisting their vast skirts above their ankles in an unseemly way. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Be-tween the thick ankle cuffs, dragging heavily as he made his way slowly from the stage, was a chain. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Below her, something grabbed her ankles, but she didn’t panic. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With a flick of her ankle, Xan allowed a mushroom to enlarge itself enough to make a fine stool to sit upon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He pulled off his shorts that had fallen to his ankles, and went into the bathroom. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It strained as it tightened, then withdrew and hauled the magistrate out by his ankle, still screaming, with the vodyanoi clinging to his back. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z His father stood in the soaking corridor with Nita slung over his shoulder, gagged and bound at her wrists and ankles. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A china bowl sat on a footstool and my ankle was crusted in something hard and spongy. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z His loneliness had dropped down somewhere around his ankles. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was fettered at wrist and ankle, each cuff chained to the others, so he could neither stand nor lie comfortably. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When they finished with my hands, they pulled my legs out from under me and secured my ankles, leaving me prone on the wet, mildewed floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She walked the perimeter of the deserted house at least three dozen times until her ankles ached. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Fifty of ’em in a bowl wouldn’t make a Dewey Prince ankle bone. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Since that time, the ankle has never again troubled me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Emily’s mom dug through her purse, the hem of her patchwork sundress chasing itself around her ankles in the breeze. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My heart caught in my throat—the water that had covered my ankles was now to the middle of my calves. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Two of the remaining men were chained ankle to ankle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z You could always tell how much you’d danced at the Dugout if you pulled off your socks that night and looked at the black ring around your ankles from the coal dirt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Sefia pushed herself to her feet, gritting her teeth against a sudden pain in her ankle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She was wearing a bright white embroidered blouse and shoes made of black velvet with square toes and a dainty string tying them to her ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to be everywhere at once—whacking Romans on the head, stealing their weapons, cutting their belts so their pants fell around their ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I twisted my ankle. My boots are too big,” says Bonnie. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Did he break an ankle attempting a hard trick on his skateboard? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Strickland eased his sock over his blisters and up his ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z How could one girl in a Bubble Wrap ankle cast remove this huge statue from its underground chamber? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He cut the cords on Gollum’s wrists and ankles and raised him to his feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Meggie saw that the old woman’s legs were swollen above her ankles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We backed up to keep the water from rolling over our ankles. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Death ain’t caught me by the ankle yet,” Miss Trotter said, but she was shivering. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He took Sybil’s ankles in his hands and pressed down and forward. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She perched on the examining table, ankles crossed, reduced by the setting to an oversize, obedient child. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “She has a bruise or two from when you dropped her, and is a little singed around the ankles. But she came out of it better than you did.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her body was a boy’s body, narrow-hipped, straight-legged, but her ankles were thin and straight without being slender. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, in the guest room, Brangwain Spurge lay, ankles crossed, eyes closed, a foot above the bed, crackling with fire, sending a message of hope across the Bonecruel Mountains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z More tape was wound around the boys’ ankles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There used to be a metal geodesic dome that I’d climb to the top of and leap from, trying to break my ankle so I’d be sent home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And then I saw my friends: Tyson, Grover, Annabeth, and Nico all tossed in a corner, tied up like rodeo animals, with their ankles and wrists roped together and their mouths gagged. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He stretches out, clasps his hands behind his head, elbows wide, and crosses his gleaming black jackboots at the ankles, saying, "The Führer this, and the Führer that." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z A silvery cord raced across my ankles and fastened to the tree next to me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She crossed one ankle behind the other and heard a reassuring click. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I propelled myself forward and grabbed her ankle. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She stood with her back against the door, the little mists of Hill House curling around her ankles, and looked up at the pressing, heavy hills. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Her recently broken ankle throbbed, though she couldn’t tell if it was still wrapped in spiderwebs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But as we were climbing onto the barge, she came running down the landing stairs, clothed in her costume from Love’s Labour’s Lost, her skirts lifted so high we could see her ankles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z As I washed my ankle I thought it was a most peculiar wound, and puzzling. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He looked not at the Englishman’s face but his ankles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I held the heavy plastic collar around his right ankle while he worked feverishly with needle-nose pliers, a screwdriver, and a hex wrench. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The prospects of the war are nosediving— Germany retreats across Russia, across the Ukraine, up the ankle of Italy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Apologized for almost clipping ankles or running over toes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z They were wrapping around Blackjack’s legs, lashing down my ankles so we couldn’t move. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Faizah sat next to me and tried to get me to prop my ankle up on one of my bags to help with the swelling. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I'm in a simple black unitard that covers me from ankle to neck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Luce in his leather chair, with his longish hair and ankle boots, was the kind of adult a kid might open up to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Not too bad,” she said, touching the ankle gingerly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She leapt over the threshold of the house onto the front stoop where she stood, ignoring the snow biting at her ankles, to take in the white street. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z We spend the afternoon wandering through downtown Athens—past music venues and into vintage clothing shops, where Abby spends her food money on a pair of faux leather ankle boots. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z We found ourselves in a different compartment, where the water came up to my ankles and I had to crouch to avoid bumping my head on the upper deck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The remarkable thing was a thin silver chain that ran from the young lady's wrist, down to her ankle and into the painted caravan behind her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if anyone ever jumped from it with elastic lashings wrapped around their ankles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Dr. Somerset started wrapping Ivy’s ankle in a beige bandage. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Their gentle pressure erases the past few months, and I am the girl who sat on the rocks next to the chasm, with river spray on her ankles, and kissed him for the first time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z At first I saw only the shoes and ankles of these women who were surging in through the door, but when I glanced up a bit higher I knew at once who they were. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I'd rolled my jeans down—crinkled from knee to ankle—and I had put my wet shirt back on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They taped my legs together, from ankles to thighs. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Two of them wore beaded headwraps, and the third had bead bracelets around the wrists and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Shaggy's jaws snapped shut beneath her ankle as she swung up and over the limb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was halfway up one of the walls when I felt a hand close around my ankle and pull me to the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And rainbows of ribbons on her wrists and ankles and neckle and in her hair. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Did the sight of my ankle make him lightheaded, faint, at the checkpoint yesterday, when I dropped my pass and let him pick it up for me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Kino could feel the blown sand against his ankles and he was glad, for he knew there would be no tracks. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face first got mad but then when the farmer put me down on my feet and I fell over to one side because of the pain in my ankle she got all worried again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt blisters popping up on his ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I select her gold lamé sandals, which have a thick platform sole and an ankle strap. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z His shoes kicked lightly against the yellow oak wood, his sludge-brown socks, garterless, collapsed in sagging circles below ankles that were surprisingly small and white. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He cried, saying his throat hurt and his ankles, too. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She would slip and turn her ankle, or cut her foot on a sharp stone, and I’d be forced to rush over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Last, I slip on her black velvet shoes—which fit me perfectly—and tie the dainty strings around my ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes off her high heels and rubs her ankles while staring out the front window. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The floor was very wet here, with pools of water rising up to his ankles. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Perfect,” said Helen, and he would have been, if only he hadn’t stepped through a knot in the wood under the shingles and broken his uninsured ankle. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The chadors started at their chins and hung all the way to their ankles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The ankle chains were bolted to the wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As I walk down the halls, I see them shackled to the waxed tile floor, ankle cuffs digging into their skin. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He stood on the sidewalk, awkward and humiliated, trouser legs flapping around his ankles, socks falling down. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I gingerly move my ankle in a circle. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The chupacabras’s mordida had left three ugly lacerations two inches above her ankle, on the outside of her leg, so both her ankle and calf were swollen to twice their normal size. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Angel was a big burly woman with bandages around her ankles because she said standing all day hurt her legs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Gabe moved forward and felt the pull of the current against his ankles. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z While you flicked your foot, turned your ankles for the admiration of the heels, I looked at your knees but I didn’t touch. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks at the ankle and it’s still swollen and he says okay. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Megan said the water was too cold and she just wanted to go in up to her ankles. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I put the ice on my ankle, which was bruised and swollen and a little bloody. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At home he watches MTV with Sonia as she doctors her jeans, cutting inches off the bottoms and inserting zippers at the newly narrowed ankles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had gray calluses on his ankles from the chafing of the rope that Paravans tied around their feet when they climbed coconut trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the twentieth day of the advance when she finally won free of her ankle chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. de Vries nods permission for me to open it, and when I do, I see two oxford shoes and a pair of ankle socks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Buttercup rubbed her wrists, stopped, massaged her ankles. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My ankle is almost well, but the main reason I feel hopeful is that at last I have decided what to do. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Dunstan reached down to the silver chain that ran from her wrist to her ankle, and off away in the grass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Hey, Paine, can you take a bath with that ankle gizmo, or would you get all electrocuted?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Ah no! To both? To my ankle too?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore leather gloves and some kind of heavy canvas apron beneath an open fur coat that stretched down to his ankles. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “The time I broke my ankle in football. I like the way this beach looks now. Shall we have a morning swim?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn burst out, because he saw the cat rubbing against Ms. Morales’s ankles and her high-heeled shoes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I think maybe my ankle was tied to my husband’s and sister-in-law’s both.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She always wins, but only because my ankles are tied to my chair. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Faizah had me rest my injured ankle on an empty chair. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Rimas was a short woman with thick ankles, close to Mother’s age. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She kept threatening to get it tattooed on her ankle when she turned eighteen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A smoke- colored cat curled itself around my ankles, its tail in the shape of a question mark. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked the photographers to take close-up shots of the horse’s left ankle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon Bryn, her baby in a sling on her chest, stopped by the hut to get a remedy for a spider bite on her ankle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They held her by the elbows and ankles and shoulders and thighs, their harsh, meaty hands digging into her softness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My ankles went wobbly, and I felt hot and cold all over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Before they knew I was free, I had knelt down and cuffed the men’s ankles together. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Despite this, I couldn’t resist scratching the flea bites clus- tered at my ankles, making the skin more and more raw, oozing blood and pus. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The skin on my ankles is dark and I'm wearing a pair of brown work boots. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The ones who are asleep have taken off their shoes but tied them to their ankles. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The blurred red glow at ankle level was the coal fire of the double range whose door was kicked shut just then with a great clang and an irritable shout. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sammy gave a gulp so loud everyone in the tent heard it, then he let loose of his pants and they dropped right ’round his ankles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We’d run outside to watch the caravan plod through our street, men with dusty, weather-beaten faces and women dressed in long, colorful shawls, beads, and silver bracelets around their wrists and ankles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I crawled under the tarp and was almost settled in when I felt Dri’s hand on my ankle. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And the match was held to a candle and the candle sputtered to life and Despereaux saw that there was a rope tied around the man’s ankle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z They put a bag-like hood over Shadow’s head, and bound his wrists and ankles with tape, and put him in the back of a truck, and drove him away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He wondered if he might have broken an ankle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A second wave collapsed over my feet, lipped with white froth, and the chill gripped my ankles with a mortal ache. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A breeze brushed against Nathan's ankle, erasing the weird tiny footprints, just as it happened with the larger ones. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There he was, lying by the water in the classic bonobo relaxation pose, an ankle against the opposite knee. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As he stood, it swallowed his ankles and crawled up his shins. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There was a blister on his ankle, rubbed raw by the sandal strap. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then he got to the angry burn just above her ankle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I put it on, loving how it skims my new curves and hangs gracefully at my ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had on full, stiff trousers that reached all the way to her ankles and were tied there. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She hooked her leg around the ankle of the guard to her left. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The policewoman had a little hole in her tights on her left ankle and a red scratch in the middle of the hole. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I ventured farther from the shore, but my left leg sank deep into the mud, well beyond where my ankle would have been. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The bright red pain across Amari’s back and on her wrists and ankles made her whole body tremble. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They were black leather, with steel toes and acid-green laces that ran from ankle to bony kneecap, where they ended in neon bunny ears. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I’ve never been in the hospital unless you count the time I went to the emergency room after I cut my ankle on some broken glass. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The last place I should have been with a tracking bracelet on my ankle was a juvenile detention center, but I had to get Bobbie Lyles to drop the burglary charge. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She wasn’t even sure she could go alone with her ankle hurting the way it was. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I hop in...but miss the beat, and my ankle catches. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The book had broken free from its restraining belt and snapped viciously at Ron’s ankle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When I pulled their gags, they both shouted questions but I paid no attention, unrolling them from the wet sheets and unbinding their wrists and ankles. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Their legs are tied together at the ankles and knees so that they won’t kick wildly after the hangman springs the door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z My father sheepishly pulled up the right leg of his pants to reveal a bare ankle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Alexander’s pants were on his legs, but inverted, with his feet stuck through the bottom ends of the trousers and the waistband encircling his ankles. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It was like he had been standing for so long, ignoring the ache in his knees and ankles, and now, finally able to sit down, felt every pain at once. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I follow the creek bed until the embankment grows into rock walls, and then I wade right into the middle, feeling the water push past my ankles. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She touches her hand to her ankle and laughs nervously. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The only reason he’d pried off the stupid ankle monitor was so that he could leave the house to hunt for Abbey. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Around and around his foot and ankle, halfway up his shin, she wrapped the strips. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her bare legs and arms were bruised and scraped; one ankle was badly swollen and she favored it, limping to the table where Alys had set a bowl of porridge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And then, after all the world had taught them, not to recognize chains when they were snapped to their wrists and ankles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That well-paved world appealed to him, and he missed it as his feet fell on uneven clumps of hardened dirt that threatened to twist his ankles. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Marlena asks obligingly, lifting her other leg and wrapping the broad satin ribbon around her ankle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I could move the toes and ankles, but the knees had turned to wood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His ankle was a bright blossom of pain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They watch for anyone with tattoos, especially gangsters who have skulls inked around their ankles—one skull, police say, for every person they have killed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The cat slunk over and began to twine round his ankles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We sprint after him, our ankles splashing in the sea foam. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The ankle was swollen and soft to the touch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He is wearing short black pants and brown ankle boots that lace up. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan spun about in the doorway just as the rope, still attached to the old Hessian’s ankle, whipped by. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z She added that it was also improper for a lady of Helen’s station to reveal her age, and to wear a dress so high above the ankle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He pushed past the beast, jumped down to the next step four feet below, fell his height, landed on his ankle, which twisted underneath him, painfully, and he dropped, heavily, onto the rock. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Just above her ankle is a tiny black circle the size of a cigarette burn. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it possible he forgot about my ankle, even though I was sitting there with my leg propped up on a chair and a crutch by my side? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Here, Richard,” he said, “get that sock and tie it around her ankle.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In December, a Honduran arrived with both legs and ankles broken. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His wrists, legs, and ankles were tied with cords. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She reached down to her ankle, where she kept her extra tape, and taped the hole for him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had taken her pink party dress off, and was now wearing a modest black sheath that covered most of her body, except for her forearms, hands, and ankles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We all do the same and wade in, ankle deep. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Her bruises were long gone, but she still had scars where her manacles had rubbed her wrists and ankles raw. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She stumbled ahead more recklessly, trying to ignore the pain in her ankle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The teeth dug through Sam’s skin, making a circle of red on his thin ankle. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Taking a swipe at the PSF’s ankle with my hand was pointless—he was so involved with whatever it was he was doing that he didn’t so much as notice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When once I failed, I felt a flurry of starbursts on my ankles. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a nasty hissing noise as Filch swelled with fury; Mrs. Norris had arrived, unseen, and was twisting herself sinuously around Filch’s skinny ankles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It had been strung up, chained by its wrists and ankles so it made a kind of giant X over the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Thin, snakelike cords burst from the end of Snape’s wand and twisted themselves around Lupin’s mouth, wrists, and ankles; he overbalanced and fell to the floor, unable to move. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My ankles and the back of my hand are throbbing from the tubes bringing in the blood and I don’t care about boys praying for me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Her eyes flashed silver, like the twists in her hair and the beads around her wrists and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She watched him scratch his ankle till it was red. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z When the sinister, curling stem—in appearance not unlike the peavines that grew in early summer in their garden—reached his ankle, it began to curl tightly around his flesh. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes she plucked at a thread on her ragged cape or bent over to pull on her socks, which were loose and tended to slide down around her ankles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The blowing snow had covered the ashes at the base of the pyre and crept up the dead man’s leg as far as his ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She can run in them if she has to, jump curbs, traverse the buckled, faulted sidewalks of Brooklyn without twisting an ankle. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She stumbled, twisting her ankle, and Luke scooped her up to carry her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Olanna watched Father Marcel and another man carry the dead woman, by her ankles and wrists, out of the classroom and to the back of the building. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Reverend,” Captain Smith says, rubbing his ankles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t I pinch my earlobe or my belly or my ankle? Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z After the loggerhead swam off, we jumped in and goofed around until Thom cut his ankle on a broken beer bottle that was buried in the sand. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Along one of the streets I stepped into a pothole and severely sprained my ankle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z God knows how I walked up the rooty, twisty path from the frozen lake on that busted ankle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I could feel it dying, the life draining out of it, its tongue loosening around my ankle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Alyce,” she said to the cat, who rubbed and purred against her ankle. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walked out the bedroom door, my father’s wife’s ankle bells began to chime. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He grabbed my foot again and ground both my ankles together. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z If someone sprained an ankle, others felt the pain. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z His socks, which were probably bright white when they were new, were grayish and barely covered his ankles. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When the angry North Atlanta players started hacking away at the Fugees’ shins and ankles, the Fugees brushed them off and scored yet again. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He had a string of bells around one of his ankles and beat time with his foot as he played. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I go anyway through the ankle- deep water of flooded street corners, the brown pools slicked with spectral emulsions of engine oil and cooking grease, soot and sweat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His sister’s thin ankles were exposed and black with frostbite. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And as they climbed, they found the ground firmer, the handholds more secure, the footholds less liable to roll and twist their ankles. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We had used a block and tackle and two hooks to raise the pig by its rear ankles. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I cannot avoid seeing, now, the small tattoo on my ankle. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally I wouldn’t have worried about it, but in my stiff, bruised condition I worried I’d land awkwardly and turn my ankle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Ginny’s great-aunt. At the wedding. The one who said you had skinny ankles.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z While I thus cleaned myself, Dr. Trefusis hunkered down, his thin shanks tucked beside his neck, and he fiddled with the lock at my ankles until my feet were free. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The compound is thick with people this morning, all dressed in green or dark blue uniforms that pool around the ankles or stop several inches above the shoe, depending on the height of the person. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She put her hand on Otto’s ankle, and he released his hands to let her see his foot. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s not exactly the same, given all that’s happened and the trackers on our ankles and the fact that I have to rest so often. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then she crosses one leg over the other and swings her ankle back and forth, back and forth, which makes me feel even more nervous than I already was. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Bramble and bits of leaf were tangled in her hair, and...two tiny silver bells looped on ribbon were tied around each ankle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Hatsue, sitting on her ankles, twisted the salt water out of her hair so that it dripped along her arm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Time slows as he unbuttons his pants and they drop to his ankles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he puts the cat down on the sand, and while the cat does figure eights around his ankles, Henry lets out a sound like a giant with a toothache. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z A new set of ropes leaped out from the top and bottom of the beds, wrapping around Grover and Annabeth’s ankles, then around their armpits. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine, and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She wore a green dress with a round, flouncy skirt and white ankle socks, and as she stomped and kicked her heels, her curls bounced like each one had a coil inside. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Cressen had thought him another corpse, but when Jommy grabbed his ankles to drag him off to the burial wagon, die boy coughed water and sat up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She remembered wispy white tendrils gathering around her ankles, numbing her feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The world narrowed to just her, her ankle, and the agony. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Beach grass grazed my ankles, a flock of birds flew overhead, and then I was passing the warning sign that everybody ignored, even though the danger it warned of was undeniably true. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A jump from this height to the tarmac might have broken a bone or twisted an ankle, but the healing nanites in his blood would quickly release opiates and deaden the pain. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I stare at Audrey’s bare feet, her ankles, her shins, then make my way up to her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Nothing. I twisted my ankle a little in the cellar. It’s not a big deal.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bull, taking advantage of the surprise, yanked the man by the ankles and pulled him into his booth, holding him upside down by the feet. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiny striped barn cat trotted into the kitchen, whirled around his ankles. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was common knowledge that he was always begging Dumbledore to let him suspend students by their ankles from the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z My ankle was throbbing, my feelings were hurt, and I was ready to give it all up and resign from the human race. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Nan sucked in short breaths, and I noticed her ankle was already puffy, swelling so much the bone hardly seemed to be there at all. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “I’m sure they’d be happy to have you,” Greg said, his fingers sliding up from my shoe to stroke my ankle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They crept down Main Street, dragging their feet, each having one ankle completely limp and dangling behind him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z In a flash she caught the girl’s ankle before she, too, disappeared—but then the weight of her two catches began to drag Kate forward into the hole. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z For a split second, Uncle Vernon stood framed in the doorway; then he let out a bellow like an angry bull and dived at Harry, grabbing him by the ankle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z That one dodged his blow, then wrapped around his wrist and shook the axe loose while four other branches wrapped around his ankles, other wrist, and waist. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Holly’s fingers closed around the object that had been digging into her ankle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She moves it in time with the music, rolling her ankle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Dell felt the fur touch his ankles and he shrieked like a startled child. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Because there was smoke and her ankle throbbed and she was trapped on the third floor of a bombed building and whatever phone call Dad made to the mayor’s office wasn’t going to help. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z That’s when she pulled up her pant leg and I saw the black ankle monitor, blinking red in the dark like a buoy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Her sword scabbard came down almost to her ankle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My ankle felt like it was filled with acid, but she gave me some Olympian nectar to drink from her canteen, and I immediately started to feel better. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z His sprained ankle throbbed as he forced the pedal downward in an effort that was almost beyond him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He stretched his legs, crossed them at the ankles. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Either in spite, or because, of his silence, I talked incessantly, with my legs crossed, ankle on knee, and constantly using my sock as an absorber for the perspiration on my palm. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Whatever had happened to him out there—maybe even related to his lingering ankle injury—had been truly awful. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He was so heavy and so ungainly, it would be just like him to break a wrist or twist his ankle getting out of the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Deserting the wreck, Ignatius lumbered down the tracks toward the streetcar, the white muumuu of a uniform swishing around his ankles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands loosely around his ankles. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I watched them tie Travis’s hands to his ankles with a piece of rope before slinging my rifle on my back. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, Mimi, you’re so suspicious,” Isaac told me that night under our duvet, the weight of his calf over my ankle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He got Cora’s ankle chains from the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The fabric plumes around my legs, but down at the ankles I have to tug to get the tight cuffs over my long feet. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a gasp and a thump behind him, and he received a violent kick on the ankle which nearly flung him off his balance. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She shifted her weight from foot to foot, and her ankle bells jingled merrily. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Cas cracked her ankle on something buried in the rubble as she looked for whatever had made the sound she had just heard. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He swatted people’s ankles with his walking stick to clear a path. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z To keep track of his whereabouts, they clipped an electronic bracelet on Dad’s right ankle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The gaoler was dead drunk in a puddle of wine, with'his breeches down around his ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The water laps over my ankles, flowing faster by the second. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Even with her broken ankle, she could manage to avoid a giant silk finger trap. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For breakfast, they had eggs that were not cooked well, so that the yolk danced around, and they wore bouncy straight-hair wigs and maxi-dresses that grazed their ankles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She was wearing a man’s nightshirt, much too big for her, and I found myself staring at her bare legs—tawny calves, slender ankles, lovely, dusty-soled boy-feet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When the ankle had twisted, the searing pain must have made him unconscious. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a small man, his ankles no wider than Amil’s. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sea foam lapped around his ankles, rust and bits of wire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Despite the manacles on his hands and ankles, Elias’s shoulders are thrown back, and he holds his head proudly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Strong arms lift me as I blast the head off a mutt whose claws have just grazed my ankle. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When she is satisfied it is clean, the nurse wraps the ankle up again with clean white bandages. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To hurry here was to risk a broken ankle or worse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Unbelievably at first, my ankle swiveled fine, cured, like magic. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Concealed. by woods, but using the tracks for guidance, they made it to the outskirts of District 12 two days ago, where they were forced to stop when Bonnie twisted her ankle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When Dex and Faris walk away, I rappel to the desert floor, where Helene sits cross-legged in the shade of the cliffs, her feet buried to the ankles in the hot sand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It makes their bald ankles all red, but I like them. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at that guy. He’s wearing sweatpants with elastic on the ankles. Jesus. It’s making me lose my appetite.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Holding the pig by the ankle, I could still feel her warmth beneath the bristly skin. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I hop in and manage a few steps—hooray!—until my ankle catches on a reed. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z As he started forward, some pebbles spat from the path and stung Claire's ankle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We were rising fast and it seemed like the hollow would miss us, but just as it reached the apex of its jump, one of its tongues shot out and lassoed Emma around the ankle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was some three-inch tape on the table and I took a roll and wrapped my ankles. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I want to believe him, but my fear is a tide tugging at my ankles, pulling me under. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A ragged line of chopped nettles on the grass marked her progress, as did the stinging white bumps on her feet and ankles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z So did his grip on my ankle and shirt, and in a burst I was out the door and running, my shirt rent down my back. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Lyra looked down at her, anguished; but then she stepped over her mother’s body and loosened Mrs. Coulter’s feeble clutch from her ankle. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I pumped and pushed, my ankles loose and wobbly in my sneakers, my jeans stiff and hot, the whole time seeing Lu out the corner of my eye like a white blur. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The boys halted and turned, and looked in shame from their ankles to their aunt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “All right” Eloise grabbed Ramona’s ankles and half lifted and half pulled her over to the middle of the bed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Air wraps around my ankles and wrists as the wind gushes up, like a geyser. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Well...some of it with a broken ankle.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then she locked her ankles around his neck, wrapped one arm around his throat, and drew her knife with the other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Fastened together in groups of six, the wrists, ankles, and necks of each captive were painfully connected to the person on either side. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap it around him like a skirt that skims his ankles and then secure it at the waist with a piece of string. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When that was done, Jinny squatted down and, holding each tiny ankle, guided the wobbling girl into her pants. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But he was still just a lieutenant, not a general, a terrier nipping at Rollins’ ankles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She wore a narrow sleeveless dress, salmon-colored, which exposed a pair of pretty collarbones and the sweet frail vertebrae at the base of her neck—lovely kneecaps, lovely ankles, lovely bare, strong-muscled legs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I flung my rag into the bucket, sloshing gray ammonia water all over my ankles. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Something twined about his ankles and he jumped, fell over into a rather fragrant pile of feed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When I try to stand, I realize that I've sprained one of my ankles, too. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Moira, sitting on the edge of my bed, legs crossed, ankle on knee, in her purple overalls, one dangly earring, the gold fingernail she wore to be eccentric, a cigarette between her stubby yellow-ended fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The hemlines stopped exactly halfway between the knee and the ankle, and most of the dresses were cinched tight at the waist with belts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her wrists and ankles were raw where the skin had been worn away, and insects swarmed around the oozing wounds. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Something snagged my ankle and I nearly fell. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z With her beady eyes, sharp teeth, and tapering snout, she stood leaning on her hockey stick, right foot crossed over left: ankle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Yellow bottoms of bells flapped backwards around her ankles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We closed out with Kid ’n Play’s Kick Step until our ankles tangled and we dropped onto the carpet in hysterics. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Come help me,” he said, and Miss Maggie held one side of the loop, Osh the other, so they could more quickly slip it around Mr. Kendall’s ankles and pull it tight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Something caught a firm hold on his ankle, sending him tumbling to the ground. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Olly’s suddenly right next to me, his hands on the bare skin of my ankles, holding me steady. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I picked my way out of the brambles and climbed to the ground, ankles wounded and creaking. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Ralph was so astounded he couldn’t talk, so astounded that in springing up to welcome her, he knocked her over, so that she fell to the sidewalk and sprained her ankle. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z An ant stung her on the ankle and she picked it up in her fingers and looked at it very close. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His pants were flared and on his feet were a pair of ankle boots with zippers on the sides. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He crossed his heavy legs, at the ankles. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I had remembered, searched for, and found in the front coat closet something I had forgotten: a cane my father once used when he had a sprained ankle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Something about the tone of his voice pushed me to stand up in defiance even though my ankle was throbbing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I watched the brown rivers of dirt run down my legs, over my ankles, and into the drain. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He kept up the calm manner, as if I had come to the Clinic with nothing more than a sprained ankle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Kelley would do a “cut down,” using his scalpel to cut quickly and firmly into the flesh at the wrist or ankle to locate the vein—without cutting through it—to insert the needle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I try to regain my balance, to use the strength in my legs to push back, but when my ankle takes weight, it buckles. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She has a cardboard cup by her ankles for spare change. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z We looked back to see a length of rope uncoil itself and float across the gravel at ankle height. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She walked in perpetual fear of tripping and falling, of breaking an ankle stepping into a pothole. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Hila’s voice rose an octave as she moved to stand by Ekon, ankle bells jingling with each step. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She slides her feet between my ankles, plays with my fingertips, and before long the words are pouring out. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The midwife had lost another tooth, and was hobbling about on her broken ankle, throwing copper pots and cooking spoons about the cottage in her anger at age and teeth and life. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He jumped off the palm terrace into the sand and his trousers fell about his ankles; he stepped out. of them and trotted to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Smith was right: It was the ankle, not the knee. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When the elevator stopped again, one of her ankles twisted painfully under her weight, but she managed not to fall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The fibula of Booth’s lower left leg, a thin bone that is not intended to bear weight, snaps just above his ankle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She pointed her toes up and jutted her heels down, praying this didn’t break her ankles. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I undid the water tube, took one, two steps toward her front end, and felt the click/slam/push of a rattlesnake hitting my ankle. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When she was right up close to the great naked hairy legs, she rammed the three-inch long pin of the brooch as hard as she could into the Fleshlumpeater’s right ankle. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With a shy grin, with one foot nervously rubbing the ankle of the other leg, the Singer of the future stood and faced the crowd. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Santa ground the heel of her shoe into Mrs. Reilly’s ankle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s exactly what Jay, already ankle deep in the sucking mud, was doing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then he crossed his ankles on the table and mumbled that it was someone who believed in Karl Marxist. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He got away from there as fast as his ankle would let him, stumbling along with the crowd. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon flew to the floor and instantly became a polecat, arching his back against her little white ankle socks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was black and long, almost down to his ankles, like the old cowboy coats you see in the movies sometimes. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The sour aunt smeared the goo on till it was used up and my ankle completely clagged. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Her ankles and wrists were as thick as posts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of hands tightened around my ankles. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I grab Jacob's ankles and prepare to sink into the sandy abyss. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But halfway through the somersault she caught him by an ankle and held him dangling upside-down like a plucked chicken in a shop-window. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Cecilia went to Briony’s bedroom and rummaged in a drawer for the least girlish design—white, ankle length, with red and green strawberries around the tops. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z POW!—Coby’s cleat, aiming for the ball, finds your—THWACK!— ankle instead. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They stripped the Suli and Kaelish girls down to their underclothes, then bound all the girls’ wrists and ankles with cords from the curtains and gagged them with torn pieces of their prison clothes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I could never swallow my ankle,” I said as a joke. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she sat on the sofa in her khaki slacks, her legs stretched out in front of her, crossed at the ankles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z How my skin fit the whole time, didn’t once bunch up at my ankles or squeeze my head into a pin. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then, bending over like a ballerina taking a bow, she grabs hold of her ankles and pulls her head in between them. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z We tiptoed down the hall, my knees barely bending, my ankles mushy and loose. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The giant’s ankle snared the lines, and blue flickers of electricity shot up his body. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The bandages coil on the floor like red-dotted albino snakes, exposing the grandmother’s ankle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed his gun at me and yanked at my ankle. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And his ankles are stuck under a mess of brambles and boards. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Giants as tall as palm trees waded in the river while singing fish schooled around their ankles. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She worked up a sweat even in the autumn chill, riding until her legs were tired, her ankles aching, her arms sore from being spread out like wings guiding her through the dark forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As Daenerys Targaryen was taking wing, Nurse had been clapping irons round their ankles to make certain they would not attempt escape on their way back to their master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I reach into my pocket and pull out some ankle socks. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Tendai sat with his knees flexed, almost in a lotus position, with his hands on his ankles. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As in: When done right, a crossover can break an opponent’s ankles. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Ernst Somebody is shaking everywhere now, all the way down to his wrists and ankles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Bod tried to stand up, and his ankle betrayed him once again, sent him stumbling down into the sand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He followed the channel as it got wider and wider, cutting a little more deeply into the earth, and the water deeper, first splashing up around his ankles, then his knees. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Her ankle ached, but there was no way she was mentioning it with everything else going on. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His plump hand shut on my left foot, then inched up my ankle, closing and probing, as if feeling for a concealed weapon. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Hawkeye had gone out to relieve himself and had somehow missed the giant gaping hole in the ground. Twisted his ankle and couldn’t climb out of the deep end.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Can I see? I never saw a broke ankle.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It wasn't just his arms and back, but his legs, ankles, and waist also hurt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He’s in the dining room, walking toward the sliding glass doors, with two girls in ankle boots and cutoff shorts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One wolf grabbed Collins’s ankle in its teeth, and the deputy howled with pain. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And my ankle was fractured in three places. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Finally, I reached the last station, where a machine fitted me with a security anklet—a padded metal band that locked around my ankle, just above the joint. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They're putting handcuffs on my wrists and my ankles and they're sitting on me and going, "We'll have to medicate him," and this one cop says, "With what, an elephant gun?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Hans is wearing short pants and ankle boots, too. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The next time I ran into the middle to get the ball, my ankle turned. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Number of additional ankle twists on the rocky grounds of North Dakota’s hills and buttes: four, maybe more. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You did all that alone. With a broken ankle.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Broken, by God’s whiskers. Broken,” she moaned, feeling her ankle, and she set about telling Beetle how to pack the boneset herbs and wrap the rags about the limb. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I start laughing, thinking about James fake crying behind me, complaining about his ankle and limping along. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z That is the weight chained to my ankle, and it is far heavier than any anchor. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I’m only going to use six needles on you today. Two will go at your ankles, two at your hips, and two in your upper ears.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Riker seemed suddenly pathetic, clinging with all his might to her ankle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Actually, she did, so I never thanked her for fixing my ankle.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The cat wound himself around Beetle’s ankle and purred. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Four hours later, they emerged again as man and wife, bound together wrist and ankle with chains of yellow gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The prisoner’s ankles are cuffed and his arms bound from wrists to forearms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Below her feet was a tangle of vines and roots, and she had to be careful where she stepped if she wanted to avoid a turned ankle or wrenched knee. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He flopped to the ground and sat there howling his head off and clutching his ankle with both hands. 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