| 单词 | grasp |
| 例句 | “Who you calling a liar?” and when Jason grasped his shoulder he exclaimed, “Look out, fellow!” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he had grasped it, two more grindylows had risen out of the weed, had seized handfuls of Harry’s robes, and were attempting to drag him down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She’s on Mountainside Drive and suddenly, shockingly, she grasps problem number two. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But Mong spun out of his grasp, delivered three lightning quick punches—boom, boom, boom—all to the guy’s face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Instinctively she reached for the splendor, but it seemed to slip from her, like trying to grasp at water. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “And if it does fall into his grasp,” said Dumbledore, almost, it seemed, as an aside, “I have your word that you will do all in your power to protect the students of Hogwarts?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It seemed like a few seconds passed before light filled the van and the cop in the back pushed each of them out, grasping them by their clothing to direct them toward the exit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Heart thudding to the point of pain, my wrist still smarting where it had been struck, I tried to grasp what had happened. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Certain items supposedly from the estate of President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln have surfaced in a house the bank is forced to foreclose on. Do you grasp what this could mean, Mrs. Dowdel?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z So when my hand closes on his suitcase’s handle, I twist hard—and the suitcase comes away in my grasp. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her son had gone, and her lover, and there was nothing left Even the promise to return had foiled her futile grasp. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath the table, I grasped my hands tightly to still their trembling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A single, skeletal hand shot out of the ground, grasping at the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Sliding partway, grasping tree roots to keep from falling, she stumbled down the treacherous path to the bottom. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dylan’s knees push off—he flies backward, then swings forward, his hands grasping the rope lower. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby did what she was told, first grasping the precious packages of medicine tightly between her teeth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The Pool of Tears does not even ripple, the surface calm and smooth, and she is unable to grasp a stone to drop within it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He grasped my head in both hands and kissed my lips with a passion, letting his book tumble to the floor with a great noise. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Come,” he said, grasping her arm and trying to pull her into the dancing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t—want—to—go!” said Petunia, and she dragged her hand back out of her sister’s grasp. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The prize was almost within its grasp; the goal for which its thousands of boys had died or suffered the agony of prison camps was almost won. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupin grasped the lid of the packing case and pulled. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She’d quickly grasp my hand as I stepped off the bus, ignoring the stares of the black women as she whisked me away. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrote to Obinze about the books she read, careful, sumptuous letters that opened, between them, a new intimacy; she had begun, finally, to grasp the power books had over him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Nimbly, Roy had squirted out of Dana’s moist grasp, and now he huddled on the cluttered floor while Dana stumbled around, punching blindly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She swept past her husband and with elaborate gestures that seemed natural on her, she grasped Mrs. Grantham’s hand and introduced herself. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra reached for the hen, but the flustered bird dodged her grasp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He swings back around and throws his arms around Mom’s neck, grasping her in a tight hug as she laughs and embraces him back. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z "Was I right?" he says, still grasping me close. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I bucked against the crowd’s grasping fingers, growling and kicking like an animal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z For one thrilling moment he actually felt it in his grasp—as cool, and slick and magical as mercury. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, Briony struggled to grasp the difficult thought, wasn't there manipulation here, wasn't Lola using the twins to express something on her behalf, something hostile or destructive? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I scream and try to pull my hair from his grasp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Gregor grasped the sides and hung on as they shot into the darkness. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll be staying in my room,” the maid said to her, grasping one handle of Ana’s trunk and helping Ash to lift it off the footboard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Nat his mind fumbled, trying to grasp the meaning, as cold fingers fumble, trying to untie a knot. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He struggles to grasp the topic of conversation—the euro, Monica Lewinsky, Y2K—but everything else is a blur, indistinguishable from the clatter of plates, the drone of echoing, laughing voices. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For this, he needed equipment to manage intense radioactivities and, as a capstone, a nuclear reactor—the one nuclear technology that had eluded Lawrence’s grasp. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The old man grasped the bowl in his shriveled, knotty fingers, muttering, uttering little grunts. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z But it was so like her to try, to make this doomed, grasping, well-meaning effort. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But all I could see was the red pomegranate and how he grasped it in his palm as though it was already his. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A thin, light-skinned African American woman dressed in a beautifully tailored suit, she was soft-spoken and strikingly serene, with a steady brown-eyed gaze and an impressive grasp of how the city functioned. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Except for grasping the glass, he hasn’t moved a muscle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As Ma releases me from her grasp, Geak crawls over and seats herself between us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this really such a difficult concept to grasp, Officer? Let me try to put this in language you can understand—she needs a potty, okay?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She slashed down hard, and Needle's castle-forged steel bit into the grasping fingers between the knuckles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It is difficult for us to grasp the extent to which this continued to be the case long into the seventeenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She paused, and her hands gripped the wooden arms of the chair, grasping them so tightly her knuckles first reddened, then went white. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It is about a process whose significance can only be fully grasped with hindsight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She, too, invited me to go with them tonight, and I agreed now, grasping at anything to distract myself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I twist from the filthy grasp of one, only to be snared by his comrade, his grip as fierce as my dog Guapo’s jaws. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I toppled over a pile of beams, grasping onto the edge of the pulley in an effort to regain my balance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The girl strained toward them, but they both stayed out of her grasp. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Basta was staring at its familiar blade in amazement, as if he couldn’t grasp the fact that the faithless thing was pointing at his own chest. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I yank my arm from his grasp and walk out of the room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Letting go of his wrist, she pushed him back, grasped the end of the key, and turned it several times herself. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z His mother would be preparing the evening meal now, pounding akpu in the mortar, the pestle grasped tight with both hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z For she never grasped—not at any rate with her mind—what, with such incandescence, he tried to tell her on these Saturday afternoons. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But then a trio of bombs shook the building, raining chips of concrete on our heads, and suddenly Horace was pushing past me, grasping for the ladder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The answer was within his grasp—he knew he was almost there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Yet never could he grasp her wholly, and this it was which kept him fevered and thirsty, even if she gave him his will of her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I yank it out of her—Zero’s—grasp right as she is about to use it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I would sit listening for hours, wondering how on earth they could laugh so freely, trying to grasp the miracle that gave their debased lives the semblance of a human existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Olanna reached out and grasped Odenigbo’s arm and the screams came out of her, screeching, piercing screams, because something in her head was stretched taut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If I had disliked Joyce while she had Bailey in her grasp, I hated her for leaving. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A minidactyl fluttered up out of the boy’s grasp and then shot off into the sky, a tiny roll of paper clutched in its claws. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He grasped my hands, sending a spark through my body that made me feel weak with longing for him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It feels unnatural to grasp hands with strangers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The hands grasp and claw, but I twist free from them and bolt out the door, tumbling down the stairs, into...wetness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Rows of torches burned to left and right, grasped by skeletal human hands jutting from the walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And bouncing around, leap, hop, up around and down, he swings and tries to grab the other monkey’s tail, but the one on the bar keeps swishing it away, without fuss, out of his grasp. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It took a moment for me to fully grasp his meaning—he wanted me to help him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Then, on a soft summer evening, I stood next to Bud, grasping the reins while Shawn held the halter steady, and stepped into the saddle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was clearly implemented to prevent Byzantine grabs at power; but where power is concerned there are always those who find ways to grasp for it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This task was made easy for Mushie, of course, by his long arms and grasping toes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He died in captivity, but the profits of that struggle and others like it are ours, even when the object of our struggle, as is so often true, escapes our grasp. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Ned Stark reached out his hand to grasp the flowery crown, but beneath the pale blue petals the thorns lay hidden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He sat nude on the lowest limb of the tree and balanced himself with both hands grasping the bough directly above. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Even as I began to grasp who it was, Aycliffe shifted farther about. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It would clearly take some time for Fuller to grasp this new environment. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A pail slipped from Penny’s grasp and overturned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Shawn grasped a fistful of my hair—using the same method as before, catching the clump near my scalp so he could maneuver me—and dragged me into the hallway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He grasped one of the quills, held his breath, and jerked. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn off the Midway toward my block and fall to my knees, grasping my stomach, and vomit in the dirt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I grasped at her scissoring feet but she kicked me off. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She grasped its tangled mane with both hands and sat sidesaddle upon it, her broken leg sticking out. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The loss of my job did not evoke in me any hostility toward the system of rules that had barred my first grasp at the material foundations of American life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Anatole could be my father’s friend, if only he had a better grasp of the Scripture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I am no longer grasping great handfuls of time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Now, for the first time, I looked at them carefully, and I grasped what Jenner had discovered. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Look here,” said his father, grasping him roughly by one arm, “look at your brother.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The King reached out and grasped Kaisa’s shoulder and said, “Well done,” and she bowed her head to him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was overshooting the building Flailing in the grasp of the jacket, flying helplessly upward and then down again, she passed the roofs edge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z By grasping it as high up as he could and throwing his whole weight on it, Stuart was able to turn on the light. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Griswold extended his walking stick between the two men, trying to force his way through, but the tall man grasped him firmly by the shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She slips through my grasp and breaks into a breaststroke, clean and strong. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I did as he asked, grasping onto the wall to steady myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Beneath the waves, sucked beneath, the feel of her warm grasp. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the cathode-ray tube glowed like an imitation, feeble TV image; a collage formed, made of apparently random colors, trails, and configurations which, until the handles were grasped, amounted to nothing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Ekon tried to pull out of its grasp, but the creature smiled, exposing a set of pointed white teeth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I try to ignore the raised eyebrows when I say I want my child to learn to speak Farsi despite my loosening grasp on the language. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z With all my strength, I pull it from her grasp and run away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The hand that had held the purse an instant before now grasped his rapier. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Darwin’s incisive intellect would quickly have grasped its implications for the understanding of evolution. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He had been feeling me out, I realized, trying to grasp exactly what I was doing there. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nick made to grasp Harry’s hands with both of his own: Harry’s felt as though they had been thrust into icy water. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "It's easy," Arya said, but the lie died in her throat as a hand grasped the top of the parapet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He howled and rolled to the side, grasping at the bloody wound. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Something came down from above, grasped their prison, and swung it upward! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “What if it does not end in the way you hoped for? You would only appear to be a grasping fool. And even worse, you would be ... you would be false.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Letting go of his wrist, she pushed him back, grasped the end of the key, and turned it several times herself. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The daily routine was blurred to me and I never quite grasped it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt grasped the wall and inched himself upward until he was able to plant his feet against the stone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I grasp my pounding head with both hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I twist out of John's grasp."You didn't have to stand up for me,"I snap."I could've taken it. I'll fight back." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He quickly picked it out, and this time kept it in the grasp of his fingers. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He grasped the scuttle on the hearth and rattled an avalanche of coal on the fire. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As the eagle flew above the firepit, Loki found himself falling, still grasping his spear, and he tumbled onto the grass. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Mark didn’t know what else to do, so he dove forward, wrapping his arms around Deedee and squeezing tightly, letting the momentum of his body pull her free from her captors’ grasps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Viola slips a little from my grasp and I have to kneel to catch her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Or did she mean, her wiser grasp of her own ignorance? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I reached out and clung for life with my good left hand like a claw, grasping at moving legs to raise myself from the dirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can speak anything once I have heard enough to grasp the basis.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There are aspects of ambisexuality that we have only glimpsed or guessed at, and which we may never grasp entirely. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I Finally pulled free of the sergeant’s grasp. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He thinks, grasping for thought and reason again, of birth, and wonders, without fear, in a moment of perfect postcoital clarity, whether what he sees is some kind of illusion. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Her hands grasped the edges of the window. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z James wriggles out of my grasp, heads toward the tent opening. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She leaned forward to grasp a microphone someone had put on a stand beside her; she had to reach with both hands, since they were bound together at the wrists. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I was experiencing an ordeal: a hand of fiery iron grasped my vitals. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His precise, insinuating delivery suggested horrors that Turner could not immediately grasp. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “As I grasp the situation,” said the bard, “I think you’re taking too much blame on yourself. You had no way of knowing Gwydion wasn’t in the dungeon.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And Gurgi, like all of them, would be better off dead than in Arawn’s grasp. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps because he hadn’t watched it all happen but felt it, or perhaps because...it had been easy, he didn’t grasp the magnitude, quite, of the moment. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His brain apparently did not fully grasp—or still disbelieved—that the arm was gone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As I grasped onto the leather hoop hanging from the rods overhead, my skin prickled with the disquieting sense of being watched. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He slips from Al’s grasp, dead weight, and crumples to the floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I study the boy—the gray-tipped hair, the way he’s standing so comfortably in our hall, how his right hand opens and closes as if used to grasping something by habit. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z At the last moment, before we all set off, I wriggled out of Amah’s grasp and jumped out of the rickshaw. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going anywhere!” she says, not grasping the bigger picture. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Emily and James tore at the grass and dug under the beetle until they could grasp it like a knob. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Unable to grasp the potential benefits of the inflatable chamber and terrified of it, Ngawang asked that a Buddhist lama be summoned. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He grasped for anything solid he could cling to. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Thomas felt a trickle of courage inside him—he grasped it, clung to it, urged it to grow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z You don't treat it like a fireman's pole; rather, you grasp it with one hand and stand back at a respectable distance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z At first she had not grasped why Seth was dragging her to the bed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It’s a hard thing for me to grasp. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When we were alone one day, he grasped my hand. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then with one hand Vidar will reach up and grasp the wolf's upper jaw and rip its mouth apart. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Emily and James tore at the grass and dug under the beetle until they could grasp it like a knob. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I did not grasp all these details—and many more—right away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Since for many years he had worked at Cal Tech on the crystal structures of small organic molecules, I couldn’t kid myself that he did not grasp our problem. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Yet he made one effort to grasp the nettle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Astrid screeches and drops to the ground, slipping from the guard's grasp like a piece of silk. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He placed the pistol on the desk and grasped my shoulder. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I grasped a piece of his hair with my left hand and snipped with my right. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It took a moment for his father to grasp his meaning. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Teece grasped the man’s suspenders like two harp strings, playing them now and again, contemptuously, snorting at the sky, pointing one bony finger straight at God. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When he reached down to pull back the empty seat, a hand grasped his shoulder from behind and pushed him aside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Adam said, “Lee was admiring your grasp of the subject.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Because he has spent his life grasping at her and coming up with nothing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z By the time I reached the other building, my legs were quivering so violently, I had to grasp hold of the ledge to steady myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The Spirit Medium grasped his ndoro and began to chant a spell. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She left her hand on the small of my back, and I reached behind to grasp it in mine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The phone flies from my grasp —he has it in his hand before I can raise myself to my knees, before I can take a breath. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “For me especially,” Alice said reaching across Bull and grasping her daughter’s hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Shan stood by the dining table and raised her leg onto it, leaning over to grasp her foot in her hand. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As we talked, I tried to grasp the frame of reference of his words, so that I would know how to talk to him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The very first chance that I got, I evaded his grasp and ran on ahead into the dark, skipping with feigned boyish exuberance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I surfaced, free from his grasp, and started swimming again toward the far shore. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to know something that Omakayas, in her eagerness to hold her pet, couldn’t grasp. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Then, as quietly as she could, grasping both sides, she pulled herself up and into the kitchen. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The Muscogees called the squatters a name that, in their language, means “people greedily grasping after the land.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The forest had been hacked away in patches surrounding a few missing segments of rail, but it held the rest firmly in its grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As one man reached the end, he dropped the rope, and raced back to grasp it again at the end of the line. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z If a showtime crowd liked your performance, when you came off you were mobbed, mauled, grasped, and pummeled like the team that’s just taken the series. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya said as Grace felt the phone slip out of her grasp. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But as I grasp for it, I know it’s out of reach, even though David is right next to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She grasps my arm as she pulls off the other. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z My feet slowed the closer I came, watching as a few of the older boys threw more logs into the fire’s grasping fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was not a lily maid of Astolat they saw, but a middle-aged woman whose hands, in stiff-looking gloves, grasped a pair of beads obediently. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands came up to tangle in his shirt—I needed to grasp something, to hang on before I fell too far. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My mind seizes on her words like a prisoner grasping for pardon. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I’m probably better up here,” he said, grasping Mom’s hand, which she violently shook off. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I twisted it from his grasp, feeling a sharp pain stab through my shoulder. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Minerva, who had seen RiRi dangling from the man’s meaty grasp while her arm twisted at a sick angle, was frantic to claw past and into the clearing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He slipped a hand from beneath the Cloak and grasped the snowy and thickly rusted gate, not wishing to open it, but simply to hold some part of the house. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With great relief, Helmuth finishes his final thesis, turns it in, and on the last day of school, Herr Meins stands in front of the class, grasping the graded papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Almost before I had grasped her meaning there was the flutter of a dress and the crunch of leather boots and Tom and Daisy were back at the table. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Many mundane mistakes in reasoning can be traced to a shaky grasp of the notion of conditional probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He grasped it and realized what it meant. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I break free of Earl’s grasp and stand facing him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He grasped my hand with both of his and smiled broadly as he sat down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It had two grips, one below the elbow, the other for the paw to grasp. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Using her good hand, the woman grasped Matty’s hands with a warm gesture of thanks as she turned away. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He cursed, his grasp loosening enough for me to wrench free. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But the instant was gone before she could grasp it, and the mocking light had sprung again into his eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At that age, fairy tales were dark, simple things, their hidden metaphors worn down so that they fit comfortably in a child’s grasping hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z For the most part I was silent with them, though I knew that I had a firmer grasp of life than most of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her grin became a kind of beam and she grasped my hand, and held on tight; her fingers felt cold and bony. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The tree’s roots, thickly twisted and fanning out like huge, grasping fingers, snaked out from its base. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So I crawl away to the farthest corner and stay there, my eyes glued on him, my hand grasping the knife—ready, if he stirs, to spring at him again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing her father had done on his ascension wgs to expel his own father’s grasping, lowborn mistress from easterly Rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It must also be accomplished quickly enough to be grasped by human memory, and not spread over many centuries. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Diana grasped the metal lever, pulled it toward the loom, and jammed it into a slot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I jerked my hand out of my mother’s tight grasp and spun around, knocking into an old woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I yell, yearning, trying to escape her grasp. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Salmakia lifted her foot away from Pantalaimon’s leg, and at once he fought free of her grasp and changed into a wildcat, hissing ferociously, fur on end, tail lashing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I grasp for a word that isn’t there. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The truly daring, however, gamely climbed into a rattan gondola, felt hats or straw bowlers grasped tightly in hand as a hot-air balloon lofted them skyward. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The lamb spilled from her grasp and tottered around the grass, bleating for...what? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As I watched, he reared back, lifted his head, and reached for a leaf just beyond his grasp. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I tried to sit up, and realized he was holding me against the side of his body in an iron grasp. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Wes nodded but then stood there silent, as if grasping for an emotion that was just out of reach. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z One thing they did mention was the grasping hand of the landlords. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But instead of Frodo hundreds of hideous orc-faces grinned at him out of the shadows, hundreds of hideous arms grasped at him from every side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And as he did, the clump of seaweed reached up and grasped his rifle. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Ifemelu did not quite grasp what it all meant, but it sounded correct because it came from him, the America expert, who so easily said "graduate school" instead of “postgraduate school.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I don’t expect you to quite grasp this all at once; just believe it’s true. You see, I am the Dread Pirate Roberts.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Physically, chemically, historically—” “Historically,” he grinned, “Astound me with your grasp of historical minutiae, E’lir.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It took me a moment to grasp the pun—if you recognized a man's coat of arms, then you knew his family name—but the player laughed appreciatively at once. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She raised her hands to grip Ess around the waist, and felt the girl fall limply into her grasp. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They call to her all at once, grasping here and there for parts of her, hatching blue flames in her brain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as now, world peace seemed something we had only the most fragile grasp of, and I wished to do my part.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Now Wang Lung could not at first grasp what she said thus whispering and he leaned forward with his mouth agape and he said, “What, woman?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She tried not to show how flustered she felt, or how much she liked the feel of his big, warm, blunt fingers loosely grasping hers. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Now we’re standing up again, grasping at each other’s collars and lapels, both blocking and landing blows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Special relativity removes from our grasp one way of reaching the stars, the ship that can go faster than light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time he stretched out his hand to grasp them the wind tossed them high away out of reach. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She grasped one of his ears very tight with her little hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Each mission closed the distance, brought the fruit closer to their grasp. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Dr. Cable’s pendant seemed to grow heavier and heavier, wound around her neck as tightly as the vines, brush, and roots grasping the railroad tracks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z What a hot and strong grasp he had! and how like quarried marble was his pale, firm, massive front at this moment! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Consider our inability to grasp literature and most entertainment from the mortal age. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The girl hung there in her mother’s grasp. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He looks at his hand, opening and closing his fingers, trying to grasp something that is no longer there, though he cannot remember what it was. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I grasped it against my chest with both arms. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the man’s shirt and yanked him upward, tore the Transvice from his grasp and threw it to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I kicked at him and pushed away through the water with my arms, and finally, I was able to propel myself beyond his grasp. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Helene has a hand clapped over her mouth, her eyes comically wide as she grasps for words. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s in your grasp if you spring immediately. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “People’s minds are too simple to grasp the endless nature of God,” he would add. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Still, many people didn’t quite grasp what an impact could do. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z On the deck of the ship the crew lined up, ten hearty men bared to the waist, each grasping the rope, and began a rhythmical march from one end of the ship to the other. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z As Haukelid grasped the man’s hand, his friends grabbed the Nazi, lifted him over the rail, and dropped him into the lake. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the old fool only half grasped what he said. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He thirsted for life and reached out ravenously to grasp and hold Nurse Duckett’s flesh. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I screamed as Beau slipped from my grasp. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I’m kicking butt at the moment—universe domination is within my grasp for the first time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I must compliment you, young man, on your grasp of the English language.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cattermole let out a terrible scream of fear as a slimy, scabbed hand grasped her chin and forced her face back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “The room was still as death,” Burnham said, “save for the low voice of the speaker commenting on his design. It seemed as if a great magnet held everyone in its grasp.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We need to grasp a melody and a drum beat or steady pulse in order to make sense of what we are hearing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Alex laughs weakly again, but he’s got a distinct feeling of something being pulled out of his hands right before he could grasp it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He lifted up his staff, and Gimli’s axe leaped from his grasp and fell ringing on the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Drinking was easier, though he had to grasp the wine cup with both hands to keep from dropping it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, no one in the room seemed to grasp the significance. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A beaver was swimming downstream with a long, thin branch grasped between its sharp teeth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The orange sun slid through their bent, grasping teeth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But looking at Dimple’s open face, hearing her earnest questions, his usual inhibitions turned to puffs of cloud, insubstantial, floating away as he tried to grasp them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Dimple wasn’t completely sure they grasped the concept of college—that, in just a couple of weeks, she’d be living apart from them, making decisions for herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It became the means by which he could grasp the first really big number in his life: five thousand. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z His hand reached out on its own, his fingers grasping for the key chain. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t quite know how to explain to anyone, that it wasn’t so much that she had gotten used to the mill, but she had found a way to escape its grasp. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z As I breathed, truly released from the grasp of all that inhibited me, I began to see how blessed I was. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Volpe never doubts that his kids can grasp the complexities that he sees in their roles and deliver performances worthy of the program’s high ambition and its legacy of excellence. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Root spun sharply, grasping her by the shoulders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The rusty grass brushed against my chin as I slipped out of his grasp. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Only a few twisted shapes of metal remained, rising above the trees like skeletal fingers grasping at the air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I grasp a handful of shirt and the four points of my grandmother’s crucifix dig into my palm. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With my free hand I tried to remove Songololo from my waist, and she took the opportunity to grasp my other palm, escorting me along on two legs. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I clambered out the window and folded upward to grasp the slats on the roof. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Reaching up behind himself, the mouse felt around until he grasped the sparrow’s leg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Without flinching, he brushed aside the grasping branches and ignored the thorns that scraped his arms and face. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The only thing I could see of him was one long arm still grasping his prey. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked him up, but his no-longer-so-heavy frame practically slipped from my grasp. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z When she offered it back to Sean and he grasped the edge, she didn’t let go—for a moment, both of them holding on. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Feeling as though she had something to prove, Ash reached out and grasped the apprentice’s hand firmly and said, “Good morning.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I grasp the sword again, narrow my eyes, and concentrate. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He tore himself free of their grasp and stumbled backward, out of their reach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Her level of verbal expression and her ability to grasp her total situation are way above her age level.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Watching them, Kepler evidently grasped two things more or less simultaneously. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Malcolm pulled his painful body upright and bent to grasp the man’s feet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Harry reached forward and grasped the crystal cup, holding it steady. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He did not complete his sentiment, but grasped his friend’s face and shook it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I grasp the edge of our mattress, dump Richard onto the ground, then pull the mattress on top of both of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His mind tried to grasp and encompass as much of her life as it could, tried to understand and weigh it in relation to his own, as his hand rested on her shoulder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He leapt forward, his fingers curled into claws, grasping for Otto’s neck. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Iphicles screamed and tried to get out of bed, but Hercules sat up and grasped the deadly creatures by the throat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather, the shrewd and ruthless dictator immediately grasped the implications of such a powerful weapon. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Good man,” he says, grasping it firmly and clapping me on the shoulder with his other hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Some things are too terrible to grasp at once. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I grasped hold of the hatch to keep from sliding into the darkness that flooded my vision. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then he swung up on Pumpkin, grasped Seabiscuit’s halter, and led him, bucking and antsy, away from the reporters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized I was grasping my hands together. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Just as I started to get a mental grasp on this, everyone else reached for their hats, too. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally couldn’t believe how much they had salvaged, literally tearing the track from the forest’s grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can save some of it,” he says as he finally grasps the Comet can and pulls it out of the water upside down, dumping even more liquefying powder into the tub. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I twist my wrist from Haymitch’s grasp and head down to my old bedroom, locking the door behind me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Staggering from the examination room, Livingston sought out Lawrence to warn that he almost certainly would be refused his doctorate, due to his failure to demonstrate a grasp of basic nuclear physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His clawlike hand grasped a walking stick carved into the shape of a serpent. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I grasped it hunched by body, placed my bare feet on the rough trunk, and began to climb. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Very briefly, a little guiltily, he tried to grasp it back. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He reached over, grasped Javier’s hand, and then brought it up to his mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sailing past three of the tallest peaks, and just over the outstretched arms of the grasping demons, they reached the ground and landed with a sudden jolt. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z No matter how hard you try you will never be able to grasp just how tiny, how spatially unassuming, is a proton. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I try to wrench my body out of his grasp. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There was some legal jargon, but I grasped this: She committed J.T. and Digger to the custody of juvenile services—to nine months in a forestry camp for juvenile offenders out in western Maryland. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He staggered and fell, grasped vainly at the stone, and slid into the abyss. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She looked down at me and reached up and grasped the orange box of Arm & Hammer baking soda in defiance, being sure neither the clerk nor the cashier saw her. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The murderous mark of the fiend’s grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, our intuitions and perceptions might allow us to grasp these natural laws. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She felt the strangest sensation as she grasped the fingers—and not only because they were slightly sticky. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I was starting to grasp how little value black people had in my country, and I knew it wasn’t right. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A flower was always in his grasp, as was a glacier, or a glimpse of the southern cross. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Four days later, as the German and Japanese anthems played, the ship rose into the grasp of a typhoon that whisked it over the Pacific at breathtaking speed, toward America. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Supposedly they were sworn to the Arcyns of the Vale, but the Eyrie’s grasp upon the islands was tenuous at best. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Now she grasped the pages with enthusiasm, her fingers so black they left their prints in the margins. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Small hands reached out uncertainly, touched, grasped, unpetaling the transfigured roses, crumpling the illuminated pages of the books. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now you have a grasp of the situation. What do you intend to do about this?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Words whose meanings slipped from my grasp like water. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z One of the gravestones flipped over, revealing a grasping corpse; a headstone turned around, flowers replaced by a grinning skull. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Can you understand me, Seth? Slap your flipper three times if you grasp what I am saying.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I grasp the iron rods of my bed with my fists. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor Sprout put the pink, fluffy pair over her own ears, rolled up the sleeves of her robes, grasped one of the tufty plants firmly, and pulled hard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I see my hands grasping the wheel, and I feel strong arms wrenching my legs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I hadn’t yet grasped the rules of this new world. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She just stood there in shock, staring at the key grasped in her fingers and at the keyhole beyond. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He grasped my wrist and thrust the penny into my palm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But as I grasp for it, I know it’s out of reach, even though David is right next to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z On the night of 15 January he suddenly grasped that he was seeing moons orbiting Jupiter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I sighed, grasping on to the idea like a life raft. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was shocked and astounded by her depraved subterfuge as he tore the knife from her grasp and hurled it away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I was climbing a low, crumbly hill and had been about to support myself by grasping a scrawny, almost vine-like tree with splayed leaves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I have never fully grasped the rules of the game, so I am following my instincts instead,” Marco says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The king was wheeling his palfrey around in anxious circles while hands reached past the line of gold cloaks, grasping for him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With a howl of rage, Sonia breaks out of their mother's grasp. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Aristotle shines, in other words, because he was the first person really to grasp that the study of rhetoric is the study of humanity itself. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When I walked through the back door, the first thing I saw was Mother grasping a butter knife, which she was using to pry my father’s ears from his skull. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When Nixon came in, Kissinger launched into a lecture about how the president didn’t seem to grasp the danger of allowing top secret documents to be leaked to the press. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But no sooner did I than I became ensnared in brambles that caught me in their thorny grasp. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She wiggled out of Gregor’s grasp and ran straight into his dad’s arms, knocking him flat on his back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a difficult concept to grasp, but the easiest way to approach space-time is through an analogy: space and time are like a gigantic rubber sheet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z With those of my year this point often came when they grasped the fact of the war. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought through what she said and found a slim thread of hope to grasp hold of. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If you find the concept hard to grasp, think of it this way. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her letter was like a handrail fixed to reality, one I could reach out and grasp when my mind began to spin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His mother stood behind him, her hands grasping the handles of the chair and her head down close to his left ear. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The dream continued as the egg was ripped from my grasp, and I felt myself being torn to shreds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You gotta grasp on to it, hold it tight and use it as ammunition. You use that anger to get things done instead of just stewing in it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was proud, haughty, impatient with less brilliant minds, grasping in its search for knowledge the way a conqueror grasps for power. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She grasped the door handle and pushed, but nothing happened. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Our limited mind can not grasp or fathom this, for it joins infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There were five houses alight, the flames grasping for a sixth. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z With his thumb and index finger, Dr. Spires grasped a fold of Fig’s skin high on the back of the neck and pinched firmly, tenting the skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z We tried to grasp what the specialists were telling us but could make little sense of it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My insides go in one direction while my body careens forward, and I grasp the seat as we start to slow down. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z After the owls, of course, the other birds followed, but by then the mystery had been grasped and understood. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And just as I caught sight of the glasses I remembered grasping Rinehart's girl's hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was baffled by other people’s inability to grasp what he was doing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In these cases the first belief has the facts on its side and the second doesn’t; one version of natural philosophy established itself over its opponent through the superiority of its grasp over nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I open my eyes—my fingers grasp a sleeve, an arm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Time passed too slowly and too quickly; Ralph and Helen and Theresa could not wait to move and yet had barely grasped that they were going to, when they had. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Adler had previously demonstrated a clear grasp of the principles of acoustical design. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, no, Professor, see —” “Harry, Harry, Harry,” said Lockhart, reaching out and grasping his shoulder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The mayor grasps my chin, turning my face this way and that like he’s inspecting a horse for sale. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I grasped the sheets in my fists and held my breath. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Then a thin little woman came over and grasped my hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pulling me back, and my hands, grasping for something to hold, slid backward over the smooth floor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Her mother leaned forward, grasped the woolen jumper and jerked her back, smacking her down with a sharp cuff. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He tried to pull free of Habib’s grasp, but he was already on the back of the truck. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z By his side hung a curving scimitar, a round shield studded with bosses of brass hung at his back, and his right hand grasped a lance. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She imagined Muskrat finally pulling to the very bottom and grasping that bit of earth in its tiny paws. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The title would be easy to suss out for any Yiddish speaker with a half-decent grasp of the Latin alphabet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The boy impulsively grasped the tusks protruding from the mouth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We stare at each other in bewildered silence, like neither of us can quite grasp what just happened. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Ahead of us, Laleh wiggled out of Babou’s grasp and rabbited through a crumpled stone archway that had stood for thousands of years. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And with that remark, my nephew’s life slips out of my grasp to imagine. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand grasped his shoulder, to steady him, and he made out Vikus with a finger pressed to his lips. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Jim took that first step off of the bus, and the mob pulled him into their grasp. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It seems like the simulation is grasping at any fears it can find within him, and it hasn’t found much. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Both his weapons fell from his grasp as he clutched at the wound. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z That was back when he was whole, when he could grasp a sword hilt as well as any man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But in every dream there are always the clouds just beyond my grasp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I can't help it, I'm hyperventilating now, the whole thing is so nightmarish and I'm losing my grasp on what's real. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I grasp Isabel's hand, and her eyes grow wide with expectation. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Cyrus stumped over to him and grasped him by the arm so fiercely that he winced and tried to pull away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She tried to wriggle free, but his grasp was iron. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For we shall always be human, and always vicious; suspended motionless, yet never at rest; trapped, yet without any solid thing to grasp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The stone man staggered forward, his hands outstretched and grasping. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He grasped his mother’s hand, hard, too hard, and he spit out his question. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The Earthman sprang forward and grasped the robot’s metal arm. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He quickly goes for the Comet, but it slips from his grasp, only to float farther away. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z For a moment, she didn’t grasp what was happening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So the evidence of sense is not, as one might think, the testimony of the senses but our confidence that our senses have properly grasped the object. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Her cold, stone grasp was just as I expected. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Without waiting for an answer he grasped Robin’s crutches and swept him up into his arms, because he could see that Robin had come as far as he was able. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I was starting to conquer my disability and grasp my place in the small world I inhabited. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Char backed away, holding the youngster, who squirmed to get out of his grasp. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The tom was scratching and struggling to get out of my grasp, leaving stinging red lines all over my bare arms. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the water, spray struck her face, hands, and feet Tally knelt, grasping the edge of the board with wet hands, flying as low as she dared. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When the Reichstag building burned down, which became the pretext for Hitler’s suppression of political dissent, Szilard was dismayed by the failure of his German friends to grasp the developing reality. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As I choked on the water I had swallowed, strong arms grasped me from behind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My mom pulls me closer and grasps my hand tighter. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His hands were thick and leathery—the hands of a man who’d been hard at work all his life—and they grasped the Bible firmly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As Ryan walked to the front of the room, he reached into his pocket, grasped Ralph by the tail, and dragged him, clawing and struggling, out of the pocket. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z But, as Kuhn also grasped, the fact that even the best-established scientific theories may not endure does not mean that they are unreliable, and it does not mean that science does not progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I feel it when I sit beside her on the sofa, the remote control firmly within her grasp. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This back and forth movement between theory and evidence, hypothesis and experiment has come to seem so familiar that it is hard for us to grasp that Galileo was doing something fundamentally new. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a young bat, quite small, lying stunned in my grasp.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Lincoln steps past the sentry boxes, grasps the wrought-iron railing, and marches up the steps into the Confederate White House. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Esperanza knelt in front of him and reached out, grasping his shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She saw two men with their hands grasping the same spearshaft, each determined to hold on. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In a panic, I tried to grasp at some sound. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Einstein’s equations also predicted something much more sinister: the black hole, a star so dense that nothing can escape its grasp, not even light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When it was our turn, Amah grasped my hand tightly and we bounced across the plank. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And explanations that had worked for other crews were still too hard for these men to grasp. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand grasped the nearly severed leg and he could feel his own blood moving through its vessels. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She grasped the reins as they advanced into a gallop, the tangy smell of horsehair creeping into her nostrils. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Shan paused to exchange the leg on the table, leaning in to grasp her foot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As Rhonda studied the girl’s face, she pulled forth the vaguest memory, and tried to grasp at a name. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They patted her when they felt like it, grasped her hand. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Abruptly, she pulls her hand out of his grasp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One grasped Taran by the throat, the other tied his hands behind him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He sat down on the cot; he had to grasp this thing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He moaned & rolled upon the Dirt, grasping at himself as if he believed he should soon slip away; he tore at his Side. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At last, standing tiptoe on the cot, she grasped the bars of the window, pulling herself up till she could just see through. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I immediately grasped the weak spot in our cover. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Her hand bobbed and grasped frantically at the edge of the ice. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z On the fog comes, silent and steady and flat, except for the grasping tendrils. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It is not too much to say that geologists wouldn’t grasp the full implications of this thought for two hundred years, when finally they adopted plate tectonics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Heavily disoriented, I staggered to my feet, grasping onto a bedpost to keep from falling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I can tell you for certain T. Ray didn’t grasp it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I snapped, wrenching myself out of his grasp. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And she marched back toward the fire circle with the two smallest children firmly in her grasp. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The pup squirmed in his grasp, licked at his face with a warm tongue. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The emperor’s face was frozen in a glare, and his arms were locked in an empty grip, as if even in his final moments he was grasping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Koffi struggled in the warrior’s grasp, and a fresh wave of rage tore from her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I sat up, grasping my knees in the dark as the thought struck home. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Panting, I reached across the bed and grasped a fistful of sheet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Where he had grasped the torch, his skin had cracked and split. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z These ways twisted and turned in every conceivable direction, with no logic that I could grasp. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He grasped the weapon eagerly, his hands trembling so that he nearly dropped it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I lunged at her with the knife and she grasped my hand and tried to twist the knife loose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sophie, crouching underneath the blanket, felt strong fingers grasping hold of her, and then she was lifted up from her bed, blanket and all, and whisked out of the window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Closer still, and she grasped the perspectives; it was her mother’s of course, and she would be waiting for the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Not even when I passed John Henry straining against the grasp of several bosslings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When he held them up to his face he saw that they were scratched and bruised—and the veins were swollen as though he had been grasping hard at something for a long time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Robert stood up, grasping one of the bedposts to steady himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The figure, dimly seen in lamplight, pulled one oar free of the lock and suspended it above my hands, prepared to do violence to my grasping fingers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Fingers grasping my hair, pulling my head back, the twinkle of stainless steel. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Indian Summer was within their grasp, gossip was silenced, discourtesy put down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina was drowsing on a stool tucked into the corner by the table, Inej’s hand grasped loosely in her own. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The Federalists, who were no more a social or economic elite than the Republicans, had come to ruin because they never grasped it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Richard bristled; his fingers felt stiff and he feared his fork would slip from his grasp and this insufferable man would know how he felt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It seems from the little I can grasp, I am not a dead one—just very broken. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Macklin felt he was watching “something colossal, something in nature too big to grasp.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Had it been only twenty-four hours before that she had leapt from rock to rock, had climbed and grasped and pulled herself up the sheer cliff? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He spins around, and before he’s even able to grasp the situation, the container of powdered bleach has already slipped down the side of the tub and splashed into the water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The complexity of a society’s technology has little to do with its level of social complexity—something that we, in our era of rapidly changing, seemingly overwhelming technology, have trouble grasping. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I reach for his hand and grasp his long fingers and lace them through mine, thinking about the fateful steps that led me to him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z After the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, Garfield grasped what the future held. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Keep hold of him while I inform the headmistress,” Emma said to Millard, and I felt his hand grasp my elbow. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She grasped the idea that nothing was ever lost or destroyed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya raised a trembling hand and grasped the wood in unsteady fingers. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When I reached for another, though, the rain-slicked first branch slipped right out of my grasp and I wound up on my butt, nearly falling to the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Vocabulary is the key to success. How one speaks and presents one’s grasp of the English language is vitally important,” Mother said over and over again. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And I was puzzled by the hot mixture of hate and admiration bursting through his words as I thanked him and removed my hand from his crushing grasp. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I grasp wildly, pulling details out of the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The dementors — tall, hooded creatures whose faces were concealed — were gliding slowly toward the chair in the center of the room, each grasping one of the man’s arms with their dead and rotten-looking hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I had difficulty grasping it, my hand was trembling so much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Shay grasped Tally’s hand, and waited until their eyes were locked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As I focused on my breathing, he grasped me by the palm and elbow, and firmly drew my hand back so that it was perpendicular to my wrist. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Prince Brat dodged out of his grasp, and a sour smile crossed his face. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Liam shook his head, trying to snap himself out of sleep’s lingering grasp. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Even at night, the petals were spread like grasping fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This stranger inches his hand over to mine and grasps it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He had hardly saved the Ring from the proud grasp of Boromir, and how he would fare now among so many men, warlike and strong, he did not know. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Rishi stared at her, not fully able to grasp her meaning. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Hero ... cursed blade ...” When my vision came back into focus, I saw Kronos grasping his sword. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The one with the hands slipping from his grasp, no matter how hard he tried to hold on. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Among the chanters was Reyna herself, who held up her hand and grasped Percy’s in congratulation. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In the firelight, the thrones cast evil-looking shadows, like grasping hands. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A few neighbors were already racing out of their homes, grasping buckets and rushing toward the Spencers’. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sergeant gave a grunting cry and fell clumsily, grasping his leg, trying to breathe, trying to call out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Bruno, still grasping part of the sandwich in one paw, followed after me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The Southwest kept a grasp but a slipping grasp on localness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z With Beck draping an arm over Athans’s shoulders and Burleson grasping the Texan’s climbing harness tightly from behind, they shuffled carefully down the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His wrists began to ache from grasping each rung too tightly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I grasped the bundle I carried and pulled at a pale tail. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Magically, Archer’s weapons were wrenched from his grasp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It had been only a year since I'd discovered we were undocumented, so I didn't quite grasp the gravity of the day our Social Security cards finally arrived in the mail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “That’s all I wanted to know,” she said, and she grasped him tighter to her own body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I tried twisting out of her grasp, but she wouldn’t even look at me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He reached out to grasp the lip of the boat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He stared, trying to grasp the reality of what was happening. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z She said nothing, her eyes red-rimmed, denoting deep alarm, as she climbed into the ambulance with his sweater grasped tightly in her fist. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom’s hands shake as she steps behind my dad, grasping the back of his chair for support. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was just that he couldn’t grasp what it meant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands, with long tapered fingers and wide nails, grasped pots and cooking spoons from shelves above the stove and placed them soundlessly on the glowing hot-plate burner. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She runs a quick hand over her face and makes a grasp for Business Mom as she turns to Dr. Katz. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit was fighting hard, but in Richardson’s grasp, he could not break away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stepmother reached up and grasped Ash’s right wrist in a bruising grip and said, “Careful, now. Is that any way to treat your mistress?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They sensed somehow that she lived in the penumbral shadows between two worlds, just beyond the grasp of their power. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He dashed to the right, ducking under the shadowy giant’s grasping hands, and burst through the nearest doorway. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Almost before they could grasp that he was alive, he had recrossed the entire upper slope of the combe in a single dash and bolted in among them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She grasped Rishi’s hand, her eyes wide, her heart hammering in her chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her hand flew to her bosom, grasping at the old brooch that fastened her shawl, and her face went bleak. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well done,” stated the Duke of Definition, dismounting and grasping Milo’s hand warmly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Going swiftly to the candles, they grasped them, two in each hand; Will, smaller, leapt hastily on a chair to seize the last. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z These eyes now darted away from mine as she grasped the handlebars of her bike and pushed her great two-wheeler off the train and toward the elevators. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And the film said that the baby’s translucent fingers could move, that we should imagine them clinging for life, grasping for a chance, this miracle of life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The concepts of sympathy are not entirely easy to grasp. But underneath everything there remain three simple laws.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And with that he took down the lamp and blew it out, and grasping a candle in either hand he led them out of the room. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Oh, I thought as the moon’s light blinded me, and the shadows grasped at me with green-brown fingers, I didn’t expect to see you here. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My cheek slams against the hard, cold metal before I can grasp what is going on, and the voices and bodies blur around me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Sheed tore his arm from the monster’s grasp and pleaded with Mr. Flux. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It depends as well on impressions that build up in a reader over the course of reading many paragraphs and that depend on the author’s grasp of the text as a whole. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Going swifdy to the candles, they grasped them, two in each hand; Will, smaller, leapt hastily on a chair to seize the last. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to shake it away, but still the distance, so great that neither could grasp the emotional tone of the other, remained. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the essential context for grasping Washington’s motives for leaving public office in 1796. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As the crowds thicken, I grasp Baba’s shirt so I don’t lose him. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z My left hand grasped the yellow ripcord for dear life as my right hand pressed against the side wall of the C-130 for balance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Though the man grasping her arm was tall and fit, she could see nothing of the features concealed beneath his hood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I did so, clumsily at first, but under his insistent commands, I began to grasp his method. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He moved to the window and grasped the blanket to pull it down, but Adam was upon him before he could yank. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But the soldiers do not stop and pull Geak out of her grasp as they cling to one another, yelling to each other not to let go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just snip a length of wire, grasp it firmly in the little tongs and—careful now. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He clearly had a good grasp on his own abilities if he was voluntarily diving into people’s minds—the question should have come as naturally as breathing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When the Giant had got Sophie outside, he arranged the blanket so that he could grasp all the four corners of it at once in one of his huge hands, with Sophie imprisoned inside. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bruto!” she howled at him in hysterical fury as he bent her arm up around behind her back and twisted gradually until the potato peeler dropped from her grasp. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mohammed was dragging her, pulling her, his grasp hurting her arm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I take a step back and tug, trying to wrench free of his grasp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I grasped my hair, holding it tightly against my cheek to guard against the shaman’s eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He grasped the rifle even as he wrenched free his knife. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She writhes in his grasp, trying to break his iron grip on her throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I reach out for that peace right now, that strength, but it feels like grasping at air. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Slowly, he pulled it clear and grasped it in his hands. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I remembered Miss Lilian descending the very same stairs, dressed in gray, one thin hand grasping the rail, her head high, her eyes scornful. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z His consciousness grasped at a wisp of another warm memory, and tried desperately to hold it there, to enlarge it and pass it into Gabriel. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Some are distempered out of all reason and nature, and grasp at all who go by with hands emaciated by the deprivations of fever. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The memories of the scary Nino Carlitos slide from my grasp like a wet bar of soap, and all I see is a thoughtful, generous man who is skilled at origami. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She ripped free of his grasp and clawed at his ears, his nose, his cheeks, scratching and slapping. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There was no straw to grasp or spin, but soon I was talking about Island of the Blue Dolphins and how it was about a girl alone on an island. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She’s beginning to get the full grasp of what she did and what it has meant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z To Lidell, it just seemed like the outside world didn’t grasp how easy it was for kids who grew up in poor neighborhoods to take that wrong turn. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I grasped one of the cart handles with both hands. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she can stop me, I dart out of her grasp and sink my teeth deep into her hand. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Talking to her, he realized how easy it was to present an appearance of orthodoxy while having no grasp whatever of what orthodoxy meant. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They’d lower their heads, better to grasp what I was trying to say. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew it was Percy, suffocating, desperately grasping for a chance at life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He would come at it with a bang, deploying his deep understanding of chemistry, mathematics, and crystallography—but more important, his instinctual grasp of model building. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Today, it is hard for us to grasp the enormous numerical odds against which the Spaniards’ military equipment prevailed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He grasps me by the shoulder with something resembling pride. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z His grimy hand went out and grasped the spiked halo and held firmly while the little beast struggled. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachel rises and grasps one of my hands. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Foreign languages throw me—I have a beginner’s grasp of a few of them, but I can’t really access a person’s memory fast enough to pretend to be fluent in any of them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’m fine,” I said, quickly wiping my eyes and pulling free of his grasp. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We can reasonably assume that Brunelleschi had a fairly sophisticated grasp of geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When she didn’t respond, he grasped for something to keep the conversation going. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Somewhere, deep down inside, each of them grasped at shreds of will and strength they did not know they possessed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Twenty-five years seemed to have lapsed between his handing me the letter and my grasping its message. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He dangled there for a minute, grasping the edge, staring down into the water, until he spotted a big board floating underneath. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z She reached forward and began gently to release the volume from my grasp. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The boy grasped the barking animal, and Joseph pulled them both down behind the car just as the man shovelling snow turned around. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I pulled out of his grasp and moved a step away. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Dimple had tried to explain that she didn’t need to do that—that Dimple, in fact, was the one holding back in the non-relationship, but Celia seemed unable to grasp the concept. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia blows bubbles and grasps my finger even tighter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She doesn't have her cane, and she grasps the armrest to balance herself against the sofa. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Other things—naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror—are too terrible to really ever grasp at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He pulled himself along by grasping shoulders, clothes, hair, anything to keep upright. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Straight to the door he came, irked with himself to think a visitor had been kept there waiting, and took her right hand, grasping with his left her tall bronze-bladed spear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Nuwa slipped from his grasp and thrust herself into the hole in the sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Invisible branches grasped at them or slashed their faces. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I look down at our linked fingers as I loosen my grasp, but he regains his grip on me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Six hundred feet of hungry air grasps at my legs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We must lay aside one thing to grasp another. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was nearly always able to throw himself back on his haunches, grasp the springing animals in his great arms and hug them to death one by one, keeping the others off with snapping teeth. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “We could be next,” Stella’s mother said, grasping his arm. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Frank edged closer and closer, grasping his walking stick firmly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Marmeluc reached out his hand to Jacob, and they grasped wrists. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Together, the two words were harder to grasp. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z How did Marajo escape, even temporarily, the iron grasp of its environment? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She’s writhing and trying to kick and twist herself out of the grasp of the Director’s private security guards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The ruins continued under her feet Out here they were almost completely submerged, only a few shapeless masses rising through the grasp of vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Children were wandering aimlessly, staring blankly, not yet old enough to grasp what had happened. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The ships that escaped his deadly grasp banked around and sprayed him with laser bolts and machine-gun fire, but both deflected harmlessly off his armored alien skin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He let himself go dead in Her clammy grasp. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached behind me, grasping onto the cast-iron base to anchor myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As I grasped hold of the cord, my fingers closed around warm flesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He lowered his hands, grasping the edges of the pulpit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I tried to tuck the paper into my wallet, but Sander plucked it from my grasp. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z From his experience at the Interzonal and the Candidates tournament in 1958–59, both held in Yugoslavia, he’d grasped enough of the language to at least autograph his name in Serbo-Croat. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the grand scheme of the country’s blind, grasping fight against threats seen and unseen, there would be mistakes made. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z From what Theo tells him, he’s beginning to grasp that the style is “something different from what I thought it was, but it’s still not entirely clear to me what one should understand by it.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I grasped Hamlet’s forearms to steady myself, and he whirled me around until I screamed with a desperate delight Then he swung me down onto a pile of hay, where I sprawled, breathless and dizzy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then, when Yo-Yo Ma played “Le Grand Tango,” Adam reached over and grasped my hand. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I force myself forward, trying to ignore the maw of grasping air at my back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I pried the charm out of Gum Baby’s sticky grasp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Velia looked at her twin sister for validation, not grasping the full meaning of what I was getting at. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In social studies, in a unit on basic economics, Jake helped Mr. Lyons by describing the difference between satisfying wants and meeting needs to a group that just couldn’t grasp the concept. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Marguerite smiles and reaches out her hand to grasp his tiny fingers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Bran grasped a wall sconce with both hands and used it to pull himself up and out of the basket. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Something grasped my chin and lifted it above the surface. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I try to wriggle out of Zephyr’s grasp. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She yanks another weed free, its thin roots wilting in her grasp. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Despite the cold, energy seeped through his body, letting him grasp thoughts and hold them in his mind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Two white men grasped him by the arm and dragged him down the steps to the main floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “This will do, Harry. If you will grasp my arm.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Annabelle held tightly to her mother’s free hand, the hand that didn’t grasp the carved cane that Kira had always needed for walking. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Afraid to make my presence known, I stood motionless on the threshold of the room, trying to grasp what had happened. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z As I walk with Uhmma now, her hand grasped firmly in mine, I can feel the strength that was there in our childhood ebbing away. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She tried to grasp his wrist, though her fingers closed in the empty air; but he understood and sat down beside her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Nathaniel grasped my hand and we watched as the gold sphere ferried Monsieur Blanchard and his little black dog away on the wind. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I squirm, try to get out of his grasp. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Obviously, he knows about the swastikas, but he doesn’t really grasp what they mean. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It grasped at the land with long yellow fingers and made the mottled trunks of sycamores look like people’s skin. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas’s mind tried to grasp what she was hearing, her heart tumbled into darkness and she could not speak. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It is easy to recognize and grasp the form of some things, because they are small and simple, like a grain of salt, or repetitive, like a wall made of bricks of the same size. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, Today I finally grasped the true meaning of self-reliance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Cluny’s tail fell from his grasp as both victors and vanquished turned towards the Abbey whence the voice had issued. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But even as he grasped at the Talent, the spray from the sprinklers began to melt the stone, right before his eyes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z At the last moment, when disaster seemed positive, he pulled his hands from his pockets and broke his fall by grasping the golden pole. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite being jogged and jounced, jolted and jarred with every one of his captor's steps, Bod managed to grasp the screw in his right hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The recognition that with every cheer, Peeta slips even farther from our grasp. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Finally, he was able to place both feet on the first rung and grasp the second one with his hands. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the summer of 2004, while carrying one up a flight of stairs on his back, it slipped from his grasp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He felt that he had his destiny in his grasp. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They grasp one another’s arms, forming a net of limbs beneath me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The prince grasped the wheels of his chair and pushed himself from the table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Penny looked away, but Nurse grasped her under the chin and twisted her head back around. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By making a picture of an animal they meant to bring the animal itself within their grasp, and in “killing” the image they thought they had killed the animal’s vital spirit. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It is, I maintain, incompatible with any grasp of the achievements of modern science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I know it has. You, Jason,” she said, grasping at him again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The Jacobeans had a sure grasp of catastrophe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Thomas found a vine halfway to the ground and grasped it, his arms almost ripping out of their sockets at the sudden stop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His mind had a hard time grasping names of places, or remembering countries or rulers, how the world was organized. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Towards morning I was possessed by a kind of nightmare; I felt the fiend’s grasp in my neck and could not free myself from it; groans and cries rang in my ears. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Rats screamed aloud and grasped at midair as they were swept from the ladder to the road below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I swivel around to see Logan grasp the edge of his desk, a look of panic on his face. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He sat down on the swing and tightly grasped the chains on either side of him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But they were slipping from his grasp, and she was getting heavier and heavier, the nightmare monster pulling harder and harder. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z More than any scientist before him, Bateson also grasped the idea that the discontinuous nature of genetic information carried vast implications for the future of human genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s the life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s experience as an impresario of Big Science gave him an instinctive grasp of how to scale up a process from prototype to production. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She did seem familiar; he felt a connection to her, though it was impossible to grasp in his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Once he’d grasped that there were jobs, he reasoned that he could compete with anybody when it came to getting one. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were wet in seconds, and he grasped the ring from Anya’s fingers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z But it was not a grasping of a thin and burdensome recollection; this was different. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I see my blood drip, but the locket is in my grasp. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He thus grasps and cries, and gazes, because he no longer fears to waken by any sound he can utter—by any movement he can make. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Meggie was about to rush in when two strong hands grasped her by the shoulders. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If only I had had as many arms as the goddess Durga—two to hold the gaffs, four to grasp the fish and two to wield the hatchets. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She was to reach under the thick twiggy construction for a place to grasp. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Shipman, who was rated among the top twenty players in the United States, grasped the boy’s potential. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The fear of raids by Indian tribes led plantation owners to grasp for an alternative source of free labor. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I shriek, twisting my forearms around and out, breaking his grasp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “You’re awake now?” he asked, still trying to grasp how it worked. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I worked my way toward our stuff and leaned back with one hand to grasp the metal stake. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The former naiad was having harsh words with them in a foreign tongue, struggling in their grasp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He jerked his arm out of Corky’s grasp. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z She grasps each hardened point firmly between thumb and forefinger and pulls one breast so that its nipple points at the ceiling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sirius grasped his hand briefly, nodded to Dumbledore, transformed again into the black dog, and ran the length of the room to the door, whose handle he turned with a paw. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Polly instantly grasped Tidbit’s hand and pulled him into the darkness. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “The goal would not have counted. You had the ball in your grasp.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most listeners will quickly grasp the form of a short and simple piece, or of one built from many short repetitions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Dark but living, living but friendly, friendly but not grasping. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Ralph crawled until he found the ledge of the entry in his grasp. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A few crates away from Bennie, grasping her arm in pain. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Zu pulled away from his grasp and headed for the trees to her left. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I guessed I would have to open it, so I reached out to grasp the handle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The old woman’s hand, when Molly grasps it, is dry and cool. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His feet were up in the air, grasped by strong hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was far from foolproof—and to be brutally honest with herself, it was more like a desperate grasping at straws than a plan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He watched the little novice rolling about on the grass, grappling with large armfuls of the smooth hazelnuts which constantly seemed to escape his grasp. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He grasped Matt’s foot in a businesslike way, doused it with disinfectant, and checked the stitches. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I am no longer grasping great handfuls of time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The church deacons stood properly at the foot of the gangway, their hands grasping the lapels of their dark suits, their hats lifting in unison as soon as Mrs. Buckminster appeared on deck. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z At the door, I hesitate, my fingers grasped around the handle. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The clawed hands still grasped the jeweled hilt of a sword, as if ready to unsheathe it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The only thing she could think about was the thing rushing up behind her, the cool grasp of its hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In one she held its forelegs and with the other she grasped its hind legs and pulled the frenzied hare out straight, its heaving belly upward. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If he goes on like this,” said Henry, “he won’t have to. They’ll come right to us. Reasoning with him does no good. He just doesn’t grasp what a serious business this is.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But she could not grasp whatever it was and finally stopped trying. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep him in my grasp, but my attention is on the center ring. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Trying to grasp a sense of normalcy, he made a weak attempt at a joke. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The father reached over the seat again, and after saying something to his son in a soft voice that didn’t match his hard lie-scent, he grasped the fox by the scruff of the neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Just in time a hand grasped her elbow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He tries to pull his hand out of my grasp, but he’s tied in such a way that he can’t. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “They found you. I could have kept you hidden, perhaps. But once I was convinced of how earnestly they sought you, once I had grasped their true feelings, I allowed you to be found.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And slowly she grasped the full horror of what was happening. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z But the chicken flapped her wings, erupted from Finn’s grasp, and half ran, half flew across the yard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She grasped the quill in tense, careful fingers, and her lips silently formed each letter as she traced the lines. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z With the other he grasped for the bird, who squawked once more and took off into the air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The Horned King paused, a growl of savage joy rose in his throat, and he took a firmer grasp on his weapon. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z What I heard was new, so new that I couldn’t grasp it at first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She pulls her arm from my grasp, moved to anger herself now. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He felt Quirrell's arm wrenched from his grasp, knew all was lost, and fell into blackness, down ... down ... down ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He struggled to hold the bike upright, then gunned the engine, breaking free of her grasp. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Turned sideways on the ledge that was no wider than her two feet side by side, she wriggled the pack around so that she could reach in and grasp the gourd. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Unlike Winston, she had grasped the inner meaning of the Party’s sexual puritanism. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Kaede watched her own hand fly up; it grasped the currents of air that Elowen had wrapped around her throat and tore through them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She lets go of me for a second before grasping my cheeks and pulling me in through her front door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Serenity grasps my hand in both of hers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z This was beyond her grasp, to torture a child like this. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They were moving wildly—a dozen black-bristled appendages roughly the size of his own arms and with pincers for grasping prey and dragging it toward...its mouth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dazed as he was with pain and weariness, Sam woke up, grasped quickly at his chance, and threw himself to the ground, dragging Frodo down with him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Great fat tears oozed out of the corners of Hagrid’s crinkled eyes again; he grasped Harry’s arm and shook it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z For an uncertain moment, neither of them knew what to do with the plastic flowers: Olanna held them half extended while Professor Achara touched but did not grasp them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z These numbers, pulled by the tug of both zero and infinity, spiral around on the equator forever and ever, never able to escape the grasp of either. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Rosa flew at the doctor and raked his face with her nails before he was able to grasp her wrists. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks a million,” she said grasping my hand for a split second, and was gone. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He rushed forward, threw himself on Gaily, grasping with his fingers like claws. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She removed the spear from Matt’s grasp and handed it carefully to the Carver. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She grasped the body, lined with inky streaks, at either end, and notched it at intervals against the blade. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But the many young mothers who entered the imposing gray building each day to apply for aid grasped instantly what lay behind the convenience of geography: the judgment that here sinners came to justice. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Nodding, he said, “You have a clear grasp of the case, I see. And tell me, Mr. Larson, do you agree with the Court’s decision?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Clear and strong as it was, though, she couldn’t grasp its cause. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Thinking of dementors, Harry cast a look over his shoulder and grasped his wand reassuringly in his pocket. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then he grasped his suitcase under his arm and began to run toward the awnings of the main street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It is so simple a fact and one that is so hard, apparently, to grasp: Whoever debases others is debasing himself. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “It was something so startling,” Elizebeth later said, “that I could not grasp it all at once.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Storm surf surged up around his legs, grasping and eager to take him under. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Nor— coming from a humble background—could he automatically be expected to have a confident grasp of classical rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z All of this awareness depends on a basic grasp of what grammatical categories are, how they differ from functions and meanings, and how they fit into trees. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Suddenly there is a scraping, a pain in my hand, and my sword is wrenched from my grasp. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A tentacle whips toward him but misses, grasping one of his trailing pages instead, crumbling it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He reached out to grasp her and drew her to him by the raised calf of her leg. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had, almost within grasp, the story of a lifetime. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Rosa threw herself across Matt’s body and grasped his ankles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z R’hllor spoke to his chosen ones through blessed fire, in a language of ash and cinder and twisting flame that only a god could truly grasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I called again, my mind unable to grasp that she could not answer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer’s hand grew slowly icy, while he knelt staring at the goblet as if it had turned to an adder in his grasp. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I proceeded blindly through the crowded space, patting the space around me, grasping at edges. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Trashman, clenching the meat again in his jaws, grasped each dog by the scruff of the neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As the group shifted the conversation to the logistics of getting the invitations out as quickly and efficiently as possible, Moss reached under the table again to grasp Javier’s hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had an excellent grasp of the Scientific Revolution; indeed, he was the first to survey the field. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Annabeth’s mind split into two different levels: one carrying on the conversation, the other madly grasping for a scheme to survive. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He stuck the book in his waistband and grasped Meggie’s arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His hand was grey and stiff, but blood oozed between his knuckles as he tried to close his fingers to grasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her feet touching the side of the stone tower and her hands grasping the rope, Violet closed her eyes and began to climb. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Feeling on the verge of retching, I grasped hold of the table to steady myself, drawing in uneven breaths. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She wrested her arms free of the guards’ grasp and faced the Council of Guardians. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand shot out of his pocket, grasped the pen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was while she sat there that the flower, which she had been grasping in her hand, suddenly withered. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The rope fell across the flagpole like a cable over a pulley, and as Kate dropped downward, so Constance—much lighter by far—shot up out of the grasp of the astonished Martina Crowe. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I try to grasp at the spark of optimism I felt at the amusement park before Brian attacked me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Zak makes a half-hearted effort to grab Izzi, but she wrenches out of his grasp and runs back the way we came. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Even when I think I grasp it, I open my hand and it’s empty. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He grasped my leg and tried to pull me down. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z At the end of it, a fingerlike protrusion wiggles and grasps. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I thought he was about to say he was sorry, but just when I expected his lips to part he grasped the tip of my toe and yanked. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Frodo was just in time to grasp Sam by the hair as he came up, bubbling and struggling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The stranger twisted about impatiently and, grasping the back of my tunic, hoisted me up behind him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The screecher still hadn’t quite grasped the art of running. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z At least from the outside, it seemed he was grasping for an option that avoided the risk of a longer sentence, and the lifelong stigma of conviction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Her mind worked furiously, grasping for anything she knew about Mithras. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I pretend to watch her do sets of squats while grasping huge weights. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He stretched out his long arms and grasped the platform. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His staff, black yew-wood, all radiance quenched, was grasped in his right hand, and he would not let go of it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “I know, beta. But Mummy can’t seem to grasp that. All we can do is remember that she is ours no matter what. No matter how broken her heart is.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her hand landed on the linen as the rusalka’s hand did the same, and the water spirit’s cold fingers touched Anya’s as they both grasped the cloth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He tells me these tips of survival as if preparing me for his rank, his position, his singular place in the city that he is letting slip from his grasp. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I untied the drawstrings, but before I could take a coin from the pouch, the girl’s bony fingers clamped tight on it, and she yanked it out of my grasp. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But the idea of not talking to them here was so preposterous to him that he had a hard time grasping the concept. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Part consultants and part teachers, computing supervisors had to be top-notch computers themselves, capable of grasping the needs of the engineer and clearly explaining the requirements to her subordinates. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But for now I am beyond their grasp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He grasped for hope in Emerson’s vision of natural polarities, in which all things are balanced by their opposites—darkness by light, cold by heat, loss by gain. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I slid it from his finger and he grasped helplessly at the air, so I took his hand and held it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z If I found the twins so fascinating, I think it was because there was something a tiny bit inexplicable about them, something I was often on the verge of grasping but never quite did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The little light bobbed ahead, while behind him long fingers of darkness grasped his heels. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The very first facts they dispensed, I grasped with awe. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When she realized that the dream she’d clutched for three years had slipped from her grasp, she wondered if she should feel bad that she had lost it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They were just beginning to grasp the task that lay ahead: the task of believing that it had really happened, that the citadel had really tilted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z You have to be a specialist, and even then you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, indeed, she failed to grasp the point of the story. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He grasped her by one of her skinny arms and led her over to where the Sixth Form was standing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Trees stretched up into the darkening sky like yearning giants, their thick branches contorted and mean from reaching out for something they could never grasp. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He grips the iron railing with his left hand and lunges forward with his right, grasping the sleeve of Alec’s shirt before he’s swept out of reach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She looked like those evil geniuses who suddenly figure out a plan to conquer the world and can already imagine earth’s population quivering in their grasp. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The fair was so big, so beyond grasp, that the Columbian Guards found themselves hammered with questions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Massari didn’t consider his quest unreasonable, nor did he fully grasp how many steps down the ladder the drama program ranked from a powerhouse athletic team. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Poppy was grasping the pencil in her fist and making a wild scribble. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The problem of rents is easy for a noneconomist, even a sparsely educated low-wage worker, to grasp: it’s the market, stupid. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard cradled his wineglass and wondered if tightening his grasp any further would crush it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He started squirming his way out of Chess’s grasp to reach for the paper. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My grandmother grasped the arm of her chair to steady herself, but her eyes never left me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Violet was feeling the same way, until she reached out with her right hand to grasp the banister, for balance. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Fists are flying, feet kicking, fingers grasping hair and yanking. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It looked like she might slip from Dad’s grasp or pull him out the window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed his arm, but he pulled it from my grasp. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I almost recognized the melody, but I could not be sure; it slipped like a cool and silken wind from my grasp. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I grasp her around the waist, holding her upright. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But gradually, I began to grasp what it was I’d come upon: the remnants of a village destroyed by the Great Plague of some years back. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z All day long, she realized, she had been feeling strange, and seeing strangely, as though everything was already long in the past, made more vivid by posthumous ironies she could not quite grasp. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Whimpering through a mouth filled with water, he grasped hold of my waist with trembling hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I wrapped my hands around the bin’s top wall, knowing this would give me a ledge to grasp when the bin was vertical. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Slowly, she manipulated herself down the long flights of stairs, two crutches under her left arm, the right hand grasping the banister. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In his chariot drawn by coal-black steeds he rose up through a chasm in the earth, and grasping the maiden by the wrist set her beside him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z On the near side of him lay, gleaming on the ground, his elven-blade, where it had fallen useless from his grasp. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I grasped my brother’s arm and pulled him with me to the piano. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Starry is grasping a chunk of the wet, heavy material and struggling to pull it back out. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Part of her still couldn’t quite grasp it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She grasps for something, anything, that she can ask this boy—a question that no one but Enrique can answer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z At first nothing happened: it was held tight in the creature’s grasp. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He turned to fill the winecup but Hercules seized him—and no one ever disregarded that grasp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He hung limp and vulnerable in the man’s grasp, although he was now frightened enough to nip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He wrested the gun from Camey’s grasp, turned it on him, and pulled the trigger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And yet it was a fact that if Syme grasped, even for three seconds, the nature of his, Winston’s, secret opinions, he would betray him instantly to the Thought Police. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Audubon paints an active cuckoo pair within a community of other species, reaching to grasp a beetle on a magnolia bush in its native Louisiana. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t think you really grasp the situation,” Ben said, stretching his feet almost into the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t sound comfortable saying the last word, as if he hadn’t quite grasped the slang of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He relinquishes Anna from his grasp and takes a step towards me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I realize I'm still trying to fight my way out of the soldiers' grasp. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Questioning these trivial facts, and my ability to grasp them, allowed me to doubt whether anything I remembered had happened at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I think he laid a restraining hand on her, for I heard her say, “Let me pass,” and there was a slight rustling sound as she withdrew from his grasp. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit, like any prey animal, was hard-wired to bound forward at the whip’s brush over his hindquarters, a simulation of a predator’s grasp. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I picture my hand stroking Teddy’s hair, grasping a bow poised above my cello, interlaced with Adam’s. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “My finger is the fork. You grasp it so.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She was terrified, grasping for anything that could save her camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I wrench myself free from the man’s grasp and take off running down the block, turning left, then right, trying to lose anyone who might be following me to the Beverly. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z A feeble gray paw emerged from the pile behind them, struggling to evade their grasp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The window frame sprang free, and still grasping it by the bars, he tumbled backward off the box. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the man seemed to grasp a word or three and replied in Volantene. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jenny grasped the kerosene lamp with a firm hand. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z While he descended the three floors, piece by piece, in clumsy, grasping hand grips, Sheed traversed the debris, nimble as always. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He pulled, pivoting away, his wrist twisting in her grasp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z If you try to grasp Kuhn’s meaning you will find it slips through the fingers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ralph slipped through the window into a bucket seat, made sure his tail was safely inside, grasped the wheel, took a deep breath, and went pb-pb-b-b. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z To grasp the significance of these two discoveries, we need to transport ourselves back to the sound world of that period, one thousand five hundred years ago. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The man bent down and inspected the locket, grasping it perhaps he was Talented at solving mysteries. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z At the same time, an imp darted in from behind, knocking the pouch from Seth’s grasp with a chopping motion. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A quick, swollen rush of love caused him to grasp the black, bony hand on the counterpane and hold it fast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z My hands are too weak to grasp it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I keep trying to grasp at it, to hold on to it, but the harder I struggle, the fainter and the further away it gets. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Father, whose strong hands always seized whatever came along and molded it to his will, seemed unable to grasp what had happened. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I would reclaim his disordered days and cast them into a form that people could grasp, see, understand, and accept. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Third comes "select,” the process of sliding the razor prior to the fourth Therblig, "grasp.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z So, for example, the child at the window whose account we read first—her fundamental lack of grasp of the situation is nicely caught. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He grasped onto the front of my shirt and pulled me closer, his hot breath reeking of flyblown meat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But this house and this life were what she had, and there was no point in perpetually grasping for something other. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Carl instinctively grasped that the new car culture would forever change America. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z And then she grabs my elbow with her sharp pincerlike grasp and turns me around. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She hung limply in Mormont’s grasp as her eyes filled with tears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She would lean from the opening, throw herself across the steep rock, and make a quick grasp of the hold beneath the nest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her brown fingers trembled, came up, grasped at the air. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give me a solution for this, then: motel rooms have doors. We don’t have opposable thumbs. We have paws. We can’t grasp and turn a doorknob.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Yet long before Leeuwenhoek such creatures had existed in the imagination of those who had grasped the full implications of the Scaling Revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I wondered how he would adjust if Mother were forever cutting his food for him; if he could live a happy life if he wasn’t able to grasp a hammer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The next time I used the subway I'd always be sure to enter with my hands grasping my lapels and I'd keep them there until I left the train. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I inch closer, and Phil raises his hands to grasp my arms and then pulls them away. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The confusion in his eyes was gone in half a heartbeat, but not before Tyrion grasped what it meant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He stuck his hand into his pocket and grasped the piece of quartz Sefia had given him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Rachel never does grasp scripture all that well. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ishtar gently frees herself of her daughter's grasp. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In his heart there was a savage violence, and once he grasped the poker from the hearth and struck down his wife. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But as we watched, the cloaked figures sank to the ground without breaking their grasp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For the first time, he grasped the awesome responsibility that lay in his hands. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Derby grasped the handle, drew his arm back, and fiercely brought the braided lash of it across Amari’s back. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Sesame Street is best known for the creative geniuses it attracted, people like Jim Henson and Joe Raposo and Frank Oz, who intuitively grasped what it takes to get through to children. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hilly,” Celia says, grasping Hilly’s arm, “I’ve been trying to talk to you all night. I think there’s been some kind of mis- communication between us and I just think if I explained...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Angry Arms of Death gives me a knuckle-tap and says “stay real,” which is ironic in ways that neither him nor his skulls can grasp. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then, grasping the two side ropes for balance, she carefully stepped onto the rope bridge and began to walk. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He grasped the little hairy man's free hand in his own larger hand and pulled him forward. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I recognized his dirty brown shoes immediately as the woman wearing the bright white coat grasped the metallic handle and yanked hard to slide the body out from the silvery wall. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She grasps his shirt in her fists, moaning with each thrust. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z With the other he wrenched the dagger from her grasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ambudrones began to descend from above, grasping his victims and spiriting them away to the nearest revival center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z His arm stretched, and he grasped the Time Suck’s tail, yanking himself away from Sheed’s grasp while aiming the camera at him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In their deprivation, inmates would grasp at anything. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The need was so great, the satisfaction so complete, I grasped for the vessel, lest it be pulled away. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z If you are one of these, and if you are acquainted with the code, then I assure you the answer lies within your grasp. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He grasps the man's elbow, guides him home, helps him off with his coat, hangs it on the hook behind the door. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “So it is wrong,” Luke said, trying to grasp the point. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s wrong. It’s not safe. I’m dangerous, Bella — please, grasp that.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She raised her left hand and held it in front of the moon, so that her forefinger and thumb seemed to be grasping it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Irrelevantly, she wondered why they didn’t snap off in her tight grasp. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Their bodies were smeared with oil so that their hands slid as they tried to grasp at each other. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She leaned inside to grasp the edge of the door. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran drowsed with one hand on the iron brooch, the other grasping his sword. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Huffer already has his grasping hands on it,” she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Nox couldn’t find a hold on the stone wall, and without a nearby ledge or gargoyle to grasp, he had nowhere to go but down. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She was more than that, but the title of Lucera didn’t feel real to Sierra yet; it was still some strange inheritance she couldn’t fully grasp. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I can see his legs kicking, hear him gripping, grasping, trying to cling on, stay in the stall. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Malia would ask me sometimes over the months that followed as we stood on one stage or another, with celebratory music blasting around us, her young mind unable to grasp anything but the larger purpose. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But try as she might to reach for that anger, that rage that had sustained her all these months, whenever she grasped for it, she saw Palo Kanta. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She tried to straighten her gown to cover herself when we walked in, but her hands couldn’t grasp it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Nugent made it, still knee-deep, and grasped the handle of a door on the landward side. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z More bits of knowledge to grasp and hold in her memory. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Molecules do not interest her, she doesn’t seem able to grasp the Periodic Table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Flint and Wood approached each other and grasped each other’s hand very tightly; it looked as though each was trying to break the other’s fingers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t say anything, but he grasped Annabeth’s hand weakly as if to say, Be right with you, as soon as the world stops spinning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was too excited to concentrate fully, but she did grasp that the lopsided pasteboard star was one that Chadwell had made in the third grade. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z This time the knight grasped her beneath the jaw and held her head still as he struck her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His fingers yearned to grasp, his legs to run. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They looked shell-shocked—the younger ones especially—as if they hadn’t fully grasped the unfolding nightmare. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Into each child’s hands O-lan thrust a rice bowl and a pair of chopsticks and the two little boys grasped at them eagerly and held them tight as a promise of food to come. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He jerked in the air, then reached up and tried to grasp the knot in the snare. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She went and grasped Mademoiselle’s hands up from the keys. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to shove him into the sand, but Nailer ducked out of her grasp. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Sefia grasped for answers, her vision flooding into the darkest corners of his past, invading his history. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Tally grasped his hand, wondering what it was like to see your childhood home reduced to a smoking ruin. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Poor, dead boys in army uniforms from every era, their pale skin even whiter in death, clung to bridges and passenger cars, their grasping fingers reaching out for the memory of life. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z What he grasps very well is that the scholarship boy must move between environments, his home and the classroom, which are at cultural extremes, opposed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Waldseemüller, perhaps, sitting at his desk, for he was the first to grasp fully what Columbus and Vespucci had done. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “He believes the school will soon be in his grasp, yes.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “It is!” said Ron, clearly frustrated that Harry had not grasped the brilliance of the plan. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She handed a picked flower to Elen, who grasped it in a fist and waved it in the air. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Here, he grasped at once the best way to approach the beech hanger without being seen or smelled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer is yes, but the lesson was not grasped until recently. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I grasp wildly with my left until I ensnare the other side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The hollow tumbled away from us, grasping at empty space as it fell. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A further irritant was the inability of patent office examiners to grasp Lawrence’s work, which resulted in skeptical questioning of his patent claims. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She broke off crossly, for Michael had grasped her skirt in his hands and was shaking her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She would grasp my hand until she couldn’t wait any longer for me to say something, and finally she would fall asleep. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I grasp my mother’s armlet, but touching it makes me feel worse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z What I grasped seemed mostly about the days market, and that it was a glorious day. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z His grasp of English and Bangla is superior. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I can sense something out there, just beyond my grasp, hovering, waiting—and God help me if I’m not skidding toward it again, mouth open wide. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 If I returned, it was to be sacrificed or to see those whom I most loved die under the grasp of a dæmon whom I had myself created. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z But then the bird jabbed at Miss Wren with her beak and Miss Wren’s grasp slipped, and with a big flap of her wings Miss Peregrine nearly escaped from her hands. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I didn't have a basic grasp of the complex appeals process that shaped death penalty litigation, a process that would in time become as familiar to me as the back of my hand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He grasped the arm of his friend and tried to steady himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I struggled to my feet, blinking the stars out of my eyes, but Kronos had already grasped the handle of his scythe. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Coming from places that had suffered many such experiences, Europeans fully grasped the potential consequences of smallpox. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Glanvill would presumably have been shocked to learn that Boyle and Newton did not share his views, but it was he, not they, who had grasped the relationship between alchemy and the new science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He must have known, with a kind of certitude that he felt in his gut, that he finally had in his grasp what had eluded him for years. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They would come suddenly in a wave of supernatural lucidity, like an absolute and momentaneous conviction, but they could not be grasped. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He lies in a cloud of dust, wheezing and grasping his throat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Samsa married couple sat upright in their marriage bed and had to get over their fright at the cleaning woman before they managed to grasp her message. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Unsteadily he fell against the front window of the bus and his right hand grasped for the handle to the front door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When I grasped the frame of his saddle, I could shuffle along with less effort. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He felt strong hands grasp him under the arms and lift him back to his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He tried to grasp the memory, hold on to it, complete the picture with faces, names, a place, but it faded into obscurity. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I grasped the gold picture frame and took it out of the suitcase, staring at my father’s face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He slung on his backpack and carried his two suitcases and guitar with a precarious grasp. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The truth is I’m not sure that the patriarch himself completely grasped who we were or why we’d stopped in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And before she knew who and before she knew how, Minya grasped the full ramifications of Lazlo’s existence, and understood that this changed everything. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He heard a warning being issued to Peanut Abbott and he felt the hands of his teammates grasping his shoulders and asking him if he was all right. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His arm was frail and thin in Jason’s grasp. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the age of twenty-three, personal mortality—the idea of my own death—was still largely outside my conceptual grasp. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But it bristled with Lawrence’s self-confidence and his manner of intuitively grasping possibilities well ahead of realities—in this case, the production of sustained resonant proton beams with a million volts of kinetic energy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In Darryl’s case, he had written a paper on the novel Deliverance and social Darwinism, the kind of thing a high school boy would grasp on to. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I grasped his neck and pressed myself against his chest, smelled the minty fragrance of his aftershave, tickled my fingers through his kinky hair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “And you could not tell Hamlet of your discovery, for he was immediately sent away,” said Horatio, grasping the situation at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He now understood the issue of displacement in terms of volume, and it was an easy step then to grasp it in terms of weight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The major had not grasped that he was being mocked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He stretched out the hand still grasping his wand and just managed to close his fingers over the small, struggling Snitch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The train jags around another curve and I grasp the rails, looking toward the engine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I grasped it with both hands and brought it down as hard as I could on his head. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, merely a superficial grasp was needed to see why the TMV X-ray picture suggested a helix with a turn every 2 3 A along the helical axis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I reached out with my right hand, grasped the neck of the guitar, and pulled. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She was holding the phone out; I knew she wanted to give it to Jaja, but I was closer and I grasped it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Ralph grasped the idea and hit the shell with air from his diaphragm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Yes, you, my friend I will never forget,” Yishan said, and his wrinkled hands grasped hers. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She said nothing, her eyes red-rimmed, denoting deep alarm, as she climbed into the ambulance with his sweater grasped tightly in her fist. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph threw his leg over his motorcycle, adjusted the rubber band that held his crash helmet in place, and grasped his tail so that it would not become tangled in his spokes. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I grasped hold of the bannister and pulled myself to my feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He sat back in the seat, his hands grasping his knees, his knuckles bloodless. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just able to grasp the tips of Mary Lou’s fingers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z This time Dr. K seems to have grasped the concept of Skype. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I couldn’t grasp the fact that I was talking to Oprah face-to-face. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I listened intensely, aware of the form and movement of sentences and grasping the now subtle rhythmical differences between progressions of sound that questioned and those that made a statement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Taran stumbled down the riverbank and leaped to a boulder, feverishly grasping for his weapon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Mama grasped the scissors from her sewing kit on the table in one hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He grasped his friend by the arm and looked intently into his eyes as he used to do each morning when they parted for work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z So, taking a deep breath to steady himself, he grasped the twin handles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The mate saw one of the oldest trees in the grove topple, groaning, branches grasping at its neighbors as if they could stop it from falling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He knew there was a word, but the pain kept him from grasping it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He wound up with the middle of my arm and I had to grasp the side of the carriage with the other hand for balance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Reaching for my father’s hand, I grasped no more than the edge of his cloak, its folds fluid as water. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Soon the number of people who could grasp relativity had been reduced even further in the popular imagination–and the scientific establishment, it must be said, did little to disturb the myth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He took my flashlight so I could grasp my hands together in front of him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded as Fig wriggled from my grasp and landed on the floor with a loud thud. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Otto rode on my back, occasionally reaching out to grasp a leaf or twig whose beading water interested him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They had dropped some distance behind the others when a purposeful hand grasped her own elbow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Her grasp of analytical geometry was as good as that of the guys she worked with, perhaps better. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When introduced, he grasped the sides of the pulpit and took a moment to collect himself. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z His little feet resting upon a velvet pouffe, he was sitting well back in a comfortable winged armchair, one hand grasping a small glass of wine, the other searching through a box of crystalized pineapple. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Using her walking stick as a prod, she pushed the man away and wrenched her wrist free from his grasp. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya slashed at the nearest, but he blocked her with a steel-clad arm, and someone else slammed into her and dragged her to the ground, and a third man wrenched the sword from her grasp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In trying to grasp why Communists hated intellectuals, my mind was led back again to the accounts I had read of the Russian Revolution. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrenched the flashlight from his grasp and pushed off him to regain her feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Or at least a straw to grasp at. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Had to?” he said, his grasp so hard I thought my arm would snap. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Thomas quickly gathered his thoughts, grasping for the right words inside the swirling cloud of frustration, confusion and anger in his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I picked up the syringe, grasped a fold of Fig’s flesh high on the neck, and pinched firmly, tenting the skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I devour each scrap of newspaper that falls in my grasp. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She clung to the wall, but it was purpose she grasped at long last, and that carried her upward. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her body tumbled forward, hands reaching out to break her fall, the container slipping from her grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Hodor was leaning forward, grasping at rocks and trees with his hands as he climbed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She imagined them fighting, her mother grasping the front of her father’s shirt in a tight knot as women often did to cheating husbands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dozer snarls and grasps a thick cable with his teeth. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z My throat is dry, and I feel like I’ve been given bad news, but I still haven’t entirely grasped what that bad news is. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Almost at once his theories of relativity developed a reputation for being impossible for an ordinary person to grasp. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He presses his black hat back down onto his head, then removes the derringer from his coat pocket and grasps it in his right fist. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the subject is a ladder of the train that Beast Riders grasp for their lives. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I was drawn to observe the various manners in which men touched her, the grasp of their hands, the motions across the looped skirts and petticoats of her gown, the intricacies of her bodice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He jumped up, trying to rescue Sunny from the grasp of the Count, but he was holding her too high to reach. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The crow wiggled away from the girl’s grasp and soared upward, circling over her head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Ignatius steadied himself by grabbing the cowboy, who broke from Dorian’s horrified grasp and toppled to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Hobbes and Wittgenstein, they want to argue, grasped that a form of knowledge implies a form of social order and vice versa. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Her eyes flew open and she reached through the fence to grasp his hand. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She staggered back out of his grasp, the ground rushing beneath her, and then fell—hard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As irritated as I was by all this, deep down I was beginning to grasp what my parents already knew: no matter which path I chose, I'd be giving up something. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Her eyes were the yellow of crookneck squash, and the nails of her grasping hands had been broken down, her fingers covered with dirt. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z ‘Why do you choose death, Lord Gwydion?’ she cried, ‘when I can offer you eternal life and power beyond the grasp of mortal minds?’ The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He led the way out of the hall, smiling and waving at the many hands that reached out to grasp his white tunic as if touching him would heal them of an illness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I knew students in college then barely able to read, students unable to grasp the function of a sentence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Its finger grasps stray pieces of hay from the ground and then drops them again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The scientists never grasped the potential of machines to free people.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith grasped Seabiscuit’s rein and led his grand little horse down the avenue of guards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She panted as she grasped another window ledge and hoisted herself up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My eyes grasp at the prisoners corralled behind the soldiers, locking on each row, desperately scanning for sky-colored material. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I must have seemed like an idiot to them, but I couldn’t grasp what was happening well enough to respond to it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We have to go,” I said, still grasping the little seed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I stared blankly at her, as if completely failing to grasp what she was passive-aggressively implying. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I squirm out of his grasp, laughing nervously. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She grasps his ear in her fist, letting it slide through her fingers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But neither man grasped how crucial their research would be to the outcome of the conflict smoldering halfway across the globe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She grasped the oar and was swept with another fit of dizziness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he awoke with a feeling of fragments afloat in his sleep, but he couldn’t seem to grasp them and put them together into something worthy of telling at the ritual. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Jinx took a step to the right but Burton grasped his shoulder. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then a thin little woman came over and grasped my hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried, in his mind, to grasp the concept. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z "Come on," I say in exasperation, extricating myself from his grasp but not before he gets in another kiss. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She tried to grasp at the barn wall, but her fingers only grazed against it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Griswold extended his walking stick between the two men, trying to force his way through, but the tall man grasped him firmly by the shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In a flash, done so quickly that she did not realize it until afterward, the one wearing a blue beret grasped her basket, took the tin of corned beef, and ran off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ivan’s hold around her was getting weaker, and she grasped him, praying he hadn’t given up and taken a breath. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Time to grasp the handles, he said to himself, and crossed the living room to the black empathy box. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I pull out my little dagger, grasp it fast and bury it in my hand once again under the mud. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was nothing here to save, nothing to grasp. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I shivered in the warm sun, seeing my memories anew through his eyes, only now grasping the danger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dorothy wiggled and giggled out of his grasp and went to play with Nipper. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She twisted her wrist out of his grasp. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Cold fingers grasped her shoulder and tugged, rolling her to her back again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Though the weather was chill enough to turn their breath white, their clothing was drenched with sweat and nearly ripped to shreds by the grasping brambles. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Finnick grasps my hand, to give me an anchor, and I try to hang on. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I grasp The Beast, balancing the best I can. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Still grasping it Ged was pulled back as the breakers streamed back from the shoal, so that he was in deep water and saved, till the next wave, from battering on the rocks. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I tried to pull away from him, but he grasped hold of the tzitzis that bound my wrists. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But I watched as Luke grasped the hilt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He sat back, his huge hands grasping his knees. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Struggling in his grasp, she watched in horror as the rest of the impressors appeared from their hiding places. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Thor shrugged, grasped the cauldron by the rim, and flipped it so he was inside it and the handles clattered at his feet. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean it,” he said, releasing Julie from his grasp. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Only after you were able to prove your firm grasp of sygaldry to him could you move on to a loose apprenticeship with one of the more experienced artificers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I grasped his hand and pulled him behind me, cutting a path through the strangers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Back in the Honeycomb, Groundsel immediately surrendered himself and his fugitives to Fiver, who was still bemused from his long trance, and scarcely restored to his senses sufficiently to grasp what was toward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he’d grasped the notion that he could get a job anywhere, he bolted from Idaho in a matter of weeks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t grasp how plausible the idea was to some people. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The thing was, Joe had never had a firm grasp on anything, he had never really understood his own motivations, he had never had an idea where he was going. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment she would slip from his grasp, no matter how tightly he held on. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z But then he turned and I saw RiRi, her throat grasped under his thick arm, legs kicking the air. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z To grasp this point one only has to think of Pascal and Newton, the first a Jansenist and the second an Arian. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Their hands were clenched into fists or open like claws, as if they were grasping at something, and their faces were expressionless masks, their eyes glazed with frost, staring at nothing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I read hard, discarding a writer as soon as I felt that I had grasped his point of view. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Laertes grasped my hands and looked me up and down. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But he was grasping at straws—it was merely coincidence. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I stared, trying to grasp the point of the picture and the captions, wondering why it all seemed so strange and yet familiar. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Nine months since I pulled my hand out of Chou’s grasps. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I get a firmer grasp on my bow and go on. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I searched her face closely and found her expression entirely lacking in the grasping quality that Minerva Goodacre had displayed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He placed her on his shoulders so that she could grasp at a cashew leaf above and then put her down, thinking how tiny, how light, she was for a six-year-old. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Letting out a loud shrill cry, I squirm out of his grasp and kick to get away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With that eagerness I grasped at every straw of kindness, wanting to give a good report. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His fury was wrought to the highest: he must yield to it for a moment, whatever followed; he crossed the floor and seized my arm and grasped my waist. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He grasps my hand in one quick, firm shake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Regiomontanus grasped that an astronomer does not have to travel in order to get two observation points that are, in effect, far apart. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He pulls back, his fingers wrapped around my fingers for as long as they can be until the Dauntless traitors pull him from my grasp to escort him elsewhere. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Tendai suddenly snaked out his foot and tripped the Wart- hog, who was grasping him by the arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Skeletal hands grasped the air as the dead clawed their way into the world of the living. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Galileo, for example, despite performing exquisite experiments, never fully grasped the power of the experimental method, dismissing Gilbert’s work as not sufficiently philosophical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Anything as hard to grasp as the fact that those two over-die-hill players, permanently on the disabled list, were once in the starting lineup? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By the time the sun touched the wall, he was in its grasp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I pulled the covers down and grasped his fingers. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, Garfield didn't grasp how serious his wife's condition was. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Laertes grasped my hands briefly, holding me away from him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Colette grasped the edge of the table and pulled herself to her feet, knocking over the cream pitcher. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In one claw he grasped a long pole with a ferret’s head spiked to it, while in the other was his thick, enormous tail, which he cracked like a whip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z By the large round door at the top of the steps from the wide yard stood Mrs. Cotton and Rosie, and Nibs in front of them grasping a hay-fork. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Sefia eased out of the boy’s grasp and settled more securely among the branches. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When her feet touched the ground her knees almost buckled, and she grabbed at the horse’s mane for balance, her other hand still held firmly in his grasp. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Horrified, I break free of my mother’s grasp. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The arithmetical problems raised, for instance, by such a statement as “two and two make five” were beyond his intellectual grasp. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But then I feel Adam’s grip tighten, so that the grasp of his hand feels like it is holding my entire body. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Republicans had been the first to grasp this elemental fact of American political culture in the 1790s. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I had to pull free from her light grasp. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z One eluded our grasp and toppled through the dark, a thing flapping, but too ungainly to fly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I jumped, grasping a low, sticky pine branch beside me for balance. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z So accepted now around the world is the idea of the implicit equality and liberty of all people that it is hard to grasp what a profound change in human society it represented. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I ought to kill her,” said Thor, still stinging from his own failure to launch the ship, and he grasped the handle of Mjollnir, his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The Reverend kept on throwing out phrases like home-run balls and Sister Monroe made a quick break and grasped for him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion put his heel on the grasping fingers and felt a satisfying crunch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lazlo’s grasp of the spoken language was tenuous, but he managed to answer, in uncertain grammar, “I want to come with you. Please, let me be of service.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He swam the fingers of one hand around in the air, clumsy in his grasping. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Sarai directed a score of moths to it to grasp the weave with their tiny feet and shift it back just enough to uncover a slice of light. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So when you grasp what Aristotle’s about—that his theory of rhetoric is also essentially a theory of human nature—you cannot but find yourself in awe. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z As Dallas climbed the steps, he saw Florida standing beside Mr. Trepid, trying to wriggle out of his grasp. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Roz frantically clawed at the ground, grasping for anything she could hold on to, but the flow only carried her faster toward the edge. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In the Port-Royal logic it is a bit hard to grasp what the evidence of signs is internal to. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z ‘Here is the dream-catcher,’ he said, grasping the pole in one hand. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Prendergast read widely and possessed a good grasp of the grip-car wrecks, murders, and City Hall machinations covered so fervently by the city’s newspapers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Victor slipped their grasp and was off, running into the night. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The beast grasped the stake, pulled it out of his eye socket, and cried out, a wounded, demented howl that raised the hair on the back of my neck. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I sat with him for a shorter and shorter time each day as my fear took over and the grasping whiteness of the garden blinded me. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was a kid, it was easy to grasp: Bullies were scared people hiding inside scary people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I twist my neck away, trying to free myself from his grasp, but he only grips harder. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She could not grasp exactly what to do next, but she kept moving as if her life depended on it, which in some ways it did. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One jellyfish had a paralyzed ten-foot-long swordfish tangled in its grasp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By instinct or by study, he had an exceptionally firm grasp of the human imagination and how to appeal to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I still hadn’t quite grasped what had happened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She put her spatula down and grasped my hand, asking again and again. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The zebra’s thick, strong, black lips grasped the carrot eagerly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I reached over, grasped the back of his sweat shirt, wrenched, and it came away in my hand. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Before my disbelieving eyes, the particles weave together, coalescing into large, manlike shapes with grasping hands and holes for eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Men and women run here and there, seemingly aimless, while shamblers walk the street leisurely, grasping for whoever gets close. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Styx stuck his hand down and grasped my wrist. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Mr. Kvothe here has assured me as to his complete grasp of the principles of sympathy. In doing so, he has offered to give today’s lecture.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As if the river agreed with him, it surged over him, dunking him and loosening his grasp on the boat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The pitchfork’s tines bent and stretched like claws, grasping Håkon around the neck and yanking him to a stop. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Your fickle hands, much like your tiny brain, have trouble grasping things,” Darkness said to Seed Collector. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was difficult to find it there, difficult for fingers accustomed to grasping the handle of a broadax to pick up an object as tiny as a needle. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason tried to grasp him in both arms, trying to prison the puny fury of him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She hung in the air for a terrifying moment, and then her hands grasped the lantern’s base. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Fortunately my quiver has caught in the crook of my elbow, sparing both itself and my shoulder, and my bow is locked in my grasp. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A man stood surveying these works, his thin arms akimbo and his fists, one of which grasped an authoritative-looking stick, propped on his skinny hips. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Although it was surely an illusion, the city, with Table Mountain looming behind it, looked agonizingly close, as if one could almost reach out and grasp it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacquel grasped her heart, cut it at its top, turned it about in his hand, examining it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z By 1505 then the relationship between experience and philosophy needed to be rethought, but Achillini was incapable of grasping the problem. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Aurelia turned faint from relief and her mother grasped her by the arms. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He grasped the bars of the window firmly, ready to pull, and stood poised. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And it may be noted that Oresme had grasped the crucial principle, that a combination of circular movements could produce the appearance of rectilinear movement, apparently independently of any Arabic source. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This is a family, he reminds me, grasping it with both hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The young man waited like stone, his gloved right hand grasping the chain that led the bear. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Later she grasped something of what power means. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Question for the Notebook: When does the young human organism get a grasp of time? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A natural writer, he quickly grasped the difference between e-mail chat and the more formal and grammatical prose the school wanted, and labored over his essay. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I grasped hold of the rope, toes skidding across the floor before I regained my balance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He fell to the ground, grasping at my pants as I tried to back away for a good, clean swing at him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z My imagination at ten years old didn’t have the capacity to grasp what had taken away the happiness of the refugees. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The rods on the right wall seemed to reach like stretched-out arms for their home, grasping for those little holes that would serve as their resting place for the night. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z This in itself was scary, since the scope of Bernal’s brain was legendary and I could never hope to have his grasp of crystallographic theory. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I grasp it with my eyes as with fists. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Fezzik reached back but the man in black was hard to grasp. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When he sees me in the daylight he will not know it was I who wrenched out of his grasp in the dark shop. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She was feeling awfully smart when she grasped the scale and sat up, but she stopped when she saw her mother. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Once he got to Chicago, he grasped another elemental lesson: All geek jobs aren’t alike. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is often difficult for military officers to grasp the fact that the civilian world does not hold them in shivering awe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Chess reached down and gently tugged Mom’s cell phone out of Emma’s grasp. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “No,” his mother sobbed, releasing him from her grasp. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The book’s spine bends easily in my grasp, folding over itself. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I gag, grasp the disc in my fingertips, and pull one last time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Freed from Luke’s grasp, the bottom of the shade banged against the windowsill. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z He pulled his arm out of Rashid’s grasp and started down the hall, trying hard to ignore how much hotter the air was with every step. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Looking at Vincent's paintings, he tells Jo, “One first has to relinquish all ones conventional ideas in order to grasp what he means. But one day he will be understood. When? That is the question.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My cheek slams against the hard, cold metal before I can grasp what is going on, and the voices and bodies blur around me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Few axes had ever swung in that black wood, where even the moonlight could not penetrate the ancient tangle of root and thorn and grasping limb. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Instead, Bear went this way, now that, following no reason that I could grasp, other than we moved farther and farther from the steward. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Leaning his weight forward, he made the end fast round his waist, and then he grasped the line with both hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He grasped the blade be-tween thumb and forefinger, drew it back over his shoul-der, and threw it across the room with a practiced flick of his wrist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For four mortal hours she sat on a wooden bench and struggled to grasp the tricky process of carding wool. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Lyra had stopped crying and found her thumb, and she lay in Malcolm’s tight grasp quite happily, interested in everything. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “As hard as ...” I made an inarticulate grasping gesture. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "They're leaving any moment! Come on!" she shouted, grasping Miss Honey's hand. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z In some respects he repeated the error of his ways in the third game as well: letting a potential—or at least a possible—win slip through his grasp and drift into a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I grasped the base of one to pull myself up. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Scrimgeour grasped it briefly, his eyes scanning the room, then pulled out a wand from under his robes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His grasp of physics enabled him to establish a theoretical foundation for almost any new experimental finding. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I asked, still pulling against Jacob’s grasp, desperate now to find the sun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was a good chance to send an arrow into the young bull, who lay on his back with his teeth still grasping the other’s neck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But every Englishman can grasp it if only he cares to. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In their penchant for ceremonial public slaughter, the Alliance and Europe were more alike than either side grasped. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The dense undergrowth came up to his shins, grasping at his ankles with every step. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Listening to a priest I could often grasp the general sense of what he was saying—but I didn’t always try to. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Using my fingertips to grasp small edges and bumps, I began to move slowly up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I lower my camera, grasp it tightly in my right hand, keeping it running. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I felt something pressed into my hands and I grasped it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Missus Whitworth grasps my arms and looks me in the eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He grasped the pistol in the drawer without turning his head. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z You bite into it at its widest point, because it’s easier to grasp with your teeth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Dulles, who immediately grasped the potential for tapping into the Soviets' secret communications, approved the plan immediately. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He is still not entirely sure he grasps the meaning of the term. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Educators love to talk empowerment, but few seem to grasp what it means. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I grasp at the thoughts ricocheting through my mind, trying to corral them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But even he did not, and could not, grasp what truly lay ahead. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The words seemed to fit her, though I could not grasp their meaning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He went straight to the Mother, grasped the sword with his gloved hand, and wrenched it free of the burning wood with a single hard jerk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She found the knobby handhold there and grasped it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It saddens me how little you grasp,” the woman responded. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Even once they were released, California youths seemed unable to escape from the prisons’ grasp. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Always, in the dream, it seemed as if there were a destination: a something—he could not grasp what—that lay beyond the place where the thickness of snow brought the sled to a stop. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a scrabbling sound from the roof outside the arches, and he ran to the windowsill to see the first pair of hands grasping the edge of the pantiles and pulling up. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Marlena grasps the head halter with both hands, and as they approach I catch my breath. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was a sharp grunt, and the man’s arms went slack, just enough to allow me to break his grasp. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In the age of photography, we have come to see portraits as mere likenesses and we readily forget that they call on all our skill to grasp their meaning. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Whoever had thoroughly grasped it would be safe from human influences. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Santiago sits through it silently, his eyebrows furrowed, mouth parted in rapt attention, holding Matilde’s hand as she grasps his more and more tightly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The fingers grasping the chaplain’s arm were hurting him, and he tried in vain to squirm loose. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The dark creature curls a second tentacle around the bowsprit in a powerful grasp, and tears the bowsprit right off the bow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Ordinarily, Root would have blown his top at this point, but he knew that Cudgeon was grasping at straws, desperately trying to save his career. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This is a contradiction I can barely grasp. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped to my knees by the fire, feeling around the edges until I grasped die end of a stick. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But soon he sits in the back of the boat, grasping an oar. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Many educated people have little grasp for these numbers and are even unaware that a million is 1.000. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She grasped my hand even tighter as she glared at me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I told my arms to move, told my hands to grasp. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was so fast, the descent of the kite and the gliding away with the chick grasped in hooked claws, that Olanna thought she might have imagined it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I looked into his eyes, abruptly grasping that this was every bit as new to him as it was to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Another fairy grasped a scabby beast by its mane of white hair and hurled it through a window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In his hand, he grasped a snake by the tail. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My script flew from my grasp and hit him. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Dad’s hands were full teasing her, but she managed to grasp two carrots and pop one into her own mouth and one into Dad’s, much to his surprise. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Let me hold you once,” he said, grasping both of Shin’s hands tightly. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In Newton’s time it was possible for an educated person to have a grasp of the whole of human knowledge, at least in outline. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She yanked her elbow out of his grasp and waved her fingers in front of him, displaying the amethyst ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Tell your men to stand down,” I shout, scrambling out of his grasp. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "A smooth pot is more apt to slip from a man's grasp." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The snow fell softly—tiny stars yielding their grasp on the sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For the first time, Lawrence heard a physicist with a solid grasp of subatomic behavior express support for his idea rather than smothering it in quibbles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z |
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