He liked the oak brown of her eyes and the grip of her long toes on the rocky ground, the tilt of her head like a sail catching the wind. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

In spite of his advanced years, Methuselah gripped Matthias’s paw and ran so fast that the younger mouse had difficulty in keeping up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I remain committed to my eyes-on-the-shoes strategy, so I’m not sure but believe he’s released his grip on my arm so he can accompany the ranting in Spanish with flailing hand gestures. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"Love and hate and a little bit of courage and lots of fear would all rush over me at once and grip my throat and tighten me up," Dasch described. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Annabeth gripped one of the bronze shields that lined the starboard rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Stray pieces escaped my grip and blew across the street. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But all the luxury in the palace did nothing to dull the sharp clarity of the emotions that gripped her every time she remembered her vision. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She gripped the remaining well stones, holding herself from being swept away by the water. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He felt that he had been in the grip of a weird spell and was now free. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He grips a small bundle and doesn’t look strong enough to outrun border guards, yet that’s exactly what he did. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The development is described in history books as regrettable but predictable, given the virulent racism that gripped the South and the political dynamics of the time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He gripped the skewer like a baseball bat. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The colonel released his grip and rolled over on his back giggling like a schoolboy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But today he only saw one of the river’s secrets, one that gripped his soul. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shayleen says, “And Mason, I know you are upset. You have good reason. But you need to get a grip. Because that lieutenant is way off when it comes to you. Okay? You hear me?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

When she tried to shoulder through them to the door, they gripped her arms—right over the bruises they’d made the day before—and hauled her back. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Otto tugged lightly on the fur he gripped, turning it in a different direction. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My fists grip the rails as I inch my way over the trickling creek to the opposite bank. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I gripped the armrests and waited for the barber to do his work. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ten years ago he had lost his grip climbing a tall rennel tree to pick fruit for a girl he fancied. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly but surely, they were on their way out of Antarctica’s grip. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I was quickly coming to grips with the reality of the situation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s a boy about my size behind the dogs, holding the twisted leashes in one hand and trying to keep a grip on the banister with the other. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He felt dizzy and gripped the railing tightly. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I called, then lost my grip on the wet stone steps and fell flailing and tumbling into the dark. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

With each step, her grip on the strap of her burlap shoulder bag reflexively tightened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A migrant knows that if he doesn’t run fast enough while grabbing onto a moving train, he can be jerked forward, lose his grip, and be pulled under the wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Faint with horror, I loosened my grip and dropped to the ground. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She's gripping her white cane with both hands, ready to use it like a samurai sword. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after a good deal of patient effort Hazel succeeded in working out enough of the stump to get a grip with his teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Best garden pond in the village it'll be, Mr. Broadwas said, once my shrubbery's got a grip. Have a pleasant tootle round Tewkesbury, did we?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I grip the edge of the table until my knuckles turn white. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Denna gripped my arm for balance and I held up a hand to shield my eyes from dust and leaves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I grip the end of the bag and tug it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The track was overgrown with vines and stunted trees, every wooden cross-tie in the grip of a dozen tentacles of vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hazel gripped her sword like she was tempted to pommel- whip the old man. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Betty turned to her, gripped her arm, and made her appeal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I heaved back and he slid loose from the ice’s deadly grip. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His grip on her hand remained tight as though he were aware of her presence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I snake out of his grip, he grabs me by the shirt. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He selected a short silvery dagger with a rubber grip, then one with a long black blade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Cari,” she whispered, gripping her sister’s arm, “you know better than to pry.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They gripped his coat hard enough to tear it from his body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the song he’s back up on his feet, gripping the microphone with both hands and singing with abandon. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the sin of pride took hold of me with a fierce grip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He adjusts his grip and then tosses a wobbling pitch that sails way over my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I turn my face to one side and grip the sash. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Oscar stepped to a telephone pole at the curb, braced his left elbow against it, gripped his right wrist with his left hand, and drew a bead on the entrance to the little alley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My grandma might look skinny and frail, but I know her grip is strong. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A sharp cramp gripped Cole’s leg, then his other leg started cramping. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His grip was not hard, but his icy look hid from me any tender feelings he might have harbored. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“It’s things like making the handles smaller and the grips closer together,” she said. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Harry and Hermione tightened their grip and dug their heels into the forest floor to stop him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Citra could see her gripping the steering wheel tighter as she thought of it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I gripped the chain-link fence and edged down the mountain until I stood on the precipice of the ditch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Voldemort’s hand was trembling on the Elder Wand, and Harry gripped Draco’s very tightly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She grips her arms like if she doesn’t they won’t stay on. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

June gripped August’s back, and her hands trembled. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst for me was the painful aikido grip where you placed your thumb between victim’s pointer finger and middle finger, grabbed his thumb, and twisted his hand up under his armpit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A splinter dug into his hand as he tightened his grip on the board. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“They told me my son had died,” his father said, gripping his shoulders. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He leans forward in the driver’s seat, gripping the steering wheel with sweaty palms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I broke out of his grip and didn’t look back. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sticky had stepped into a shower stall without undressing and was trying to grip the faucet handle, but his slimy hand kept slipping off. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth felt like she was hanging over the pit again, unable to pull herself up, unable to maintain her grip—left with no good options. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He paused and gripped the pamphlets in his black fingers as his mind filled with a cunning idea. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the beast stopped, Mr. Flux remained in motion, flying forward, losing his grip on the tufts of fur, shooting across the stream, colliding with Otto in midair. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He walks over to what I thought was an enormous closet, grips the two handles near the top and pulls to reveal a bed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A mixture of fear and excitement gripped him as he stared at the dark ceiling; how could it be moving upward? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I swallow and grip the crown more tightly. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A coughing fit gripped Rahim Khan and went on for a long time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the smooth porcelain, looking at myself in the mirror, standing there in my bra and underwear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Citra found herself wanting to grip Rowan’s hand in anticipation and squeeze it until it was bloodless, but she restrained herself. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As I tread water, I have to wrench the coil of wire from her fingers, because her final grip on it is so tight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made to shift his grip on the handle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jay lets out the rope inch by inch as my feet and arms move, search for any grip, any edge. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Chubs’s grip on the letter nearly crushed it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His arms are tight around me, his hand gripping the back of my neck. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands caught the cold steel bars in a hard grip. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There were maybe twenty of us at most,” he said, gripping my hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He shifted to a two- hand grip, quick enough to deliver a stroke of his own, but the big ranger brushed it aside with contemptuous ease. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mary had been so busy that she was completely unaware this story had gripped the city for days. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And afraid, finally, because when I tried to pull away he just tightened his grip. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Pypar is his real name. The small boy with the large ears. He saw me working with Grenn and asked for help. Thome had never even shown him the proper way to grip a sword." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She’d been gripping it hard for so long the linen cover had left an impression on her palm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She screamed, gripping the handle harder even as she stumbled, vaguely aware that keeping the weapon was her only hope for staying alive. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The hands that gripped my waist were bruised and calloused, but his lips were soft as velvet, yielding against my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She drove intently, both hands gripping the top of the wheel, peering forward. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It had a glittering golden tail as long as a peacock’s and gleaming golden talons, which were gripping a ragged bundle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

With trembling legs, Bigger rose, feeling in the grip of a nightmare. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds Fig promptly squirmed out of my grip and leapt onto the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Normally, when you lift someone, you expect their arms to tighten around your grip, but Morrie could not do this. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip my bat and set my feet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was a good thing Ma was gripping on to it with both hands; the recoil sent the gun jumping o’er her head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They did not even bruise, so controlled was this grip that said “Drop the bone.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eye lost his grip, and Knife wriggled free. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped it hard in both fists and rose to his feet, still staring. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His grip on his throat tightened, as if to silence the words that fought to come out, and the ebony ring on his finger gleamed dully. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her grip tightens around my hand, and her jewel-tipped nails dig into the skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She ran to the fountain of Bacchus and gripped the rim of the basin, staring desperately into the water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Skimming down closer, they found themselves ignored, for the first time, because something more interesting was gripping the minds of all the ghosts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Toby reached out and gripped the steering wheel, already exhausted by the conversation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She gripped my shoulders tight, as though if she let go I would disappear. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped the saddle horn and squeezed my thighs together, curving my legs around his bulging belly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They did not shake so much as grip like fishermen who know they can go no further with words and must communicate in another fashion. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I gripped the pages in my hand, almost crushing them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Just before she was pulled under again, she saw Tiller lose his grip and disappear beneath the boat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

One man stepped in front of them, but his captor gripped the hilt of his longsword and drew it just far enough to show a foot of naked steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I grip my pen as though it were the hilt of a blade and forget to take notes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A slimy white hand had gripped his wrist, and the creature to whom it belonged was pulling him, slowly, backward across the rock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He adjusted his grip and guided her until she was standing all the way upright in the middle of the chaos around them. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Quinton grips the first wheel with both hands and the ship surges forward. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sitting back down in the driver’s seat, Cabot gripped the steering wheel and placed his forehead down against it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But here the river was pulling her downstream, and she was trying desperately to elude its powerful grip. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I gripped his arm, forcing him to silence. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low rhythmic moaning came from his throat, and his dæmon gripped the edge of the basket, equally entranced. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we return to the car, Apa slumps in his seat and grips the green-card renewal forms with his brown callused fingers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cora nodded as much as his grip permitted: She would not cry out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His companion had shifted his grip and now had one arm across Tree-ear’s throat, throttling him so he could barely breathe. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He wants so much to believe he is in control that losing his grip only enrages him more. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I roll onto my back and hold up the ball, still gripped tightly in my hand. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

How can you describe my bright eyes, the strength of my hand as I gripped my mother’s thumb? Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down and see Aibileen’s gripping her black pocketbook like it’s the only thing she has left in this world. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Over the bed of the truck was a protective canvas cover that was closed by grip fasteners. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I wince in pain and grip the seat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t get a candle because I have my poster in one hand and I’m gripping Momma with my other one. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Smart boys make useless men,” he says, twisting his gripping hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, I caught sight of Barack across the room, in the grips of what looked to be an endless conversation with the woman, who was doing a large portion of the talking. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Hold tighter. Your grip is loosening,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He had his desktop in a death grip. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The punch knocked the wind out of me, and I went limp as a noodle in Bull’s grip. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I raised my hand and gripped the wall. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jinny felt Ess trying to wriggle her fingers and realized that her own grip on the girl’s hand had become too tight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I rowed with weak arms, watching my hands to make sure I kept hold of the oars, for I could not feel my grip. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Amagqirha’s face had gone pale, and she gripped my wrist and tugged me to the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I gripped as tightly as possible as he took off, the others close on his heels. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He raised Longclaw over his head, both hands tight around the grip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she even climbed the trees and danced among the upper branches, her toes gripping the limbs as she moved back and forth, teetering a little less every day as her balance returned to her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I reach up my other hand into a two-handed grip, but it doesn’t help. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Behind Cole sat Garvey and Edwin, joking with each other and gripping the gunwales to brace themselves.There had been a heavy chop ever since they left Drake an hour ago. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Somkit gripped the bars of the stall door in both fists. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Let her go,” I said, my grip on his throat tightening. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The man kicked and writhed for a while, trying fruitlessly to pry loose the captain’s grip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sam had fallen to his knees by Frodo’s head, his senses reeling in the foul stench, his two hands still gripping the hilt of the sword. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Without releasing his grip, Corporal Mace pulled him away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We released our grips at the same time, hands shooting down to our sides. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He clutched Mark’s upper arms, gripping his shirt to keep himself from plunging to the earth below. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A hand gripped on to the stakes of the wagon bed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She spun on her heel and tried to pull away, but the grip was too strong. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Yasha, don’t you dare let go of my hand,” a man said, gripping me tightly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Char reeled back, losing his grip on the rope. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went to my father and releasing his hands from their grip on the edge of the trolley, eased him down on to the carpet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

His other hand is wrapped tightly around the grip of his sheathed gun. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I gripped the edge of the boat and leaned forward and thought, Now. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the corner, Bigger stopped and made her stop by gripping her arm again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Runaways who hadn’t showered in a grip and probably smelled like week-old sweat and seaweed and sand from the beach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"I have to fight!" she yelled, squirming in my grip. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Hugo let go and dodged the old man’s grip. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The plan is to travel back the way we came, but even before we get started, something across the street grips my attention...the sound of shouting voices. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stopped gripping the chair, but my heart still goes on thumping hard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers gripped the book and I knew that every pupil in the room was watching. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white coat’s hand still gripped the back of my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She gripped Percy’s hand and steeled her nerves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When we’re backstage again, he releases my grip on his elbow. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I grip the knife harder and hold it out in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It held on to the surface of the water like fingers grip­ping the edge of a cliff. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I push it in front of the door and sit on the edge of the bed, gripping the mattress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check my seat belt at least four times and watch as Baba grips the seat so hard his knuckles turn white while Mustafa backs out of the driveway. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She yanked her arm out of my grip and yelled at me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy slipped out of Red’s grip and disappeared, leaving Ben to face the menacing crowd alone. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sinking feeling grips my stomach as I look around, hoping no one sees the food stamps, hoping there’s no kids from my school watching. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And, soon, they both were in the grips of a hopeless attack of laughter. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She crouches over my sports bag, one of her filthy hands on the zip, the other gripping her rifle. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The black gun hit the deck, its grip fracturing on impact. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I want to jump up and scream, “No!” but I just grip my chair and wait it out. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t gotten very high, maybe ten toadstools or so, when she felt herself losing her grip. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He and Rita found themselves in the grip of tense silence. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

With a surge of anger, I twist and snap my left leg out of his grip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora Baumbach tightened her grip on Turtle, who was nestled in her arms. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing?” she’d asked Lefty, eight or nine at the time, and gripping the post, moving his knees up and down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I release my grip and shove him hard enough to make him fall to his knees. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I say, tightening my grip as the cat’s claws hold the strings on my sweatshirt. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Hatchet holstered the gun, but didn’t loosen his grip on her throat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The awful nightmare had now gripped the great brute to such an extent that he was tying his whole body into knots. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She darted forward and gripped the beast by its shell, then raised it into the air, claws waving furiously. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The vine snapped, and Thorn tumbled over with half of it still uselessly gripped in her hands. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Yet no matter how tightly you grip the wheel, no matter how hard you try to drive straight, something keeps jerking you to the side. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And so she stood there, unable to hear his words so long as he was gripping her fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she has also realized that even if she guards over me like a hawk, terrible things can still happen, so she has loosened her grip and let me be free. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He pulls away, grips my shoulders with both hands. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bucked against his grip, struggling to break free even as the pungent, sickly sweet fumes clouded my thoughts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I grip the trigger, feeling the gun’s weight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The goat can’t baa, Because his lips Are gripping the pipe — A funny sight for The chickens, Who stay clear. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped The Gold-Bug tightly in her hand and tried to think of it as a baton in a relay she was desperately trying to win. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The manservant fought against the narcotics in his system, struggling furiously in the troll’s grip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

His grip is firm, but I manage to untangle myself. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin tried to pull back, but Mona’s iron grip was bruising in its strength. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He saw his fist tightly gripping the clump of white matted hair he had ripped off the bear. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Welding my fingers to the smooth wooden seat and planting my feet on the floor, I tried to get a grip. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Derby, shrieking and twisting like a madwoman, fought to get free of her husband’s grip. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long count of five, the jacket gripped Tally. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Dill said nothing but nodded and gripped his armrest. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I gripped the flashlight so hard it hurt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

An indignant squeak followed when Aru gripped the knob a little tighter. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“A grim mood has gripped the country,” the opponent had concluded, barely concealing his own broad grin. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s hand gripped the edges of the case. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Fighting off both the sickness and the fear, Frodo gripped Sam’s hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like the flowers on the grips.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He put his right hand on her face over and over, gently, while his left slid around her side and gripped the small of her back more firmly. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Someone is coming to steal your lap, Colorá,” she said, as she passed Norma to Doña Zena, who held on to her with an iron grip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Harry gripped his flanks with his knees, feeling the great wings rising powerfully beneath them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I set my lantern down and tightened my grip on the ax. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked, she released the triggers on the sheaths at her forearms, feeling the grips of her daggers slide into her palms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her wrists were bound and his grip on her was tight—probably too tight—but he needed this to be convincing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He held his hand higher and tightened his grip, and they could see the tremor in his fingers exaggerated by the bar. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Connor slipped away from Luke’s grip and was on top of him before he could move. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Sunday night after my solo performance at the Woodcrest, I wake up at three in the morning gripped by the theory that Pete had deliberately set me up. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to free myself from his powerful grip, but Coach was too strong for me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I catch my breath and realize that it’s Darius who has a firm grip on my arm as my sisters surround me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The man’s arm slipped from its grip around Mark’s neck and he plummeted to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They keep talking, without moving, without seeing me anymore even though I am still gripping the tunnel opening. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Decades later, curious onlookers in the grips of denial would wonder aloud, “Where have all the black men gone?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could still feel the grip of the chasm monster around my chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I switch my grip on my weapons as I run up behind the one closest to me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I grip my sickles, ready to swipe at anything that comes out, but nothing does. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was not just a stick, but a true wooden sword complete with grip and guard and pommel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Just as she reached the edge, an iron grip fastened onto her shoulder. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A boy held me once so hard, I swear, I felt the grip and weight of his arms, but it was a dream. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped tight to the boat's tail, hoping that when the time came, he'd know what to say, and that he'd have the courage to say it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We, however, have been gripped by it and do not know what the end may be. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was dry, his hands shaking as they gripped the powerjack. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Just as I got inside the door a stolid-faced man gripped me by the arm and looked stonily into my eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trembled in the grips of terror even greater than what had engulfed me the moment Grigori’s hands closed around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The grip of her wooden sword was slick with sweat, and Arya was breathing hard when she reached the turret stair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It is sad,” said Sir Mordred, “how the poor King seems to lose his grip, since all this business started.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands were hot and dry and she had to grip the porcelain all the tighter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tom Owens reached a calloused hand and almost broke Nat’s fingers with his grip. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah . She gripped Annabeth’s arm. ‘But first there’s something you need to hear.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She fumbled in her lap and come up gripping the pistol with both hands. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She gripped a canvas lunch bag and moved along the wall, as if trying hard not to be noticed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They apologized to Aarfy for intruding and led Yossarian away between them, gripping him under each arm with fingers as hard as steel manacles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was kicking against his grip, but he was persistent, holding her tighter, saying, “Baby, stop. You don't understand.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But he did not long escape from pain; soon the iron grip of merciless hands was on him again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He gripped his walking stick and slung a backpack over his shoulder. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped the rail as the ship fought against the suction. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can still picture her gripping the knife, her eyes fixed, focused, but where my father should be, there’s an aperture in my memory. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hermione had taken his hand again and was gripping it tightly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His hold on Sam’s mouth slipped, and Sam ducked and lunged forward again, trying to tear away from the grip on his neck. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I wrenched my right foot out of Zeep Creep’s grip and kicked him directly in his meaty face. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her hands went to her staff, and I gripped the gloves in my pocket, just as two large balls of sap pelted us both between our eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They arrange themselves at four corners around me, unlatch the hitches, grip the levers jutting from the sides of my glass ball, and lift me off the wheeled bottom like I'm only a soap bubble. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Instead she tightened her grip on his hand and looked to the horizon. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

For a second, I stand there, gripping the bottle a milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I gripped the buckets tight, holding in the pain. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we are,” he said, a new note of excitement in his voice, and I gripped the leather seat of the car with my two hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in Kraków, the Germans tightened their grip on us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her hands grip the rifle tightly to her chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head whips around to the chair where Will was sitting, fear gripping my chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Hermione called to him, and she took out her wand, still gripping the back of Harry’s robes with her left hand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

One arm was livid with bruises, red turning purple, the clear, brutal marks of a big hand that had gripped her hard and not let go for some time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He holds a bottle of ÁguaViva in one hand and grips the banister with the other. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When finally Ifemelu let go, slowly loosening her grip on a quieted Morgan, Morgan went back downstairs to her book. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A longsword had been thrust through her heart, and its leather grip was alive with flame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I must’a stood there for at least fifteen minutes, one hand grabbing my ladder, the other hand gripping the top of Blaze Tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She cut four strips of rubber from the tire, then wrapped them around the crutch tops and grips and secured them with twine in silence. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m moments away from my meeting, I’m suddenly gripped with the feeling that maybe I don’t want to be here after all. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a classic spire-fighting move, she gripped his wrist in both her hands and twisted his arm back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Almost without thinking, Jess grabbed hold of the twins, gripping their arms with all her might. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped the railing and looked at Robin on deck. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I gripped the sides of the truck, fingers digging into metal, the giant in my chest growing larger until it seemed I would explode. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I gripped the knife, felt myself much more eager to chop him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The thing in the pit tightened its unseen grip around me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stood with my arms folded, feeling the grip of sentiment and time. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rush had, in short, announced that Philadelphia was in the grip of a deadly, unstoppable plague. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“It is not! It absolutely is not! How dare you? First you cancel the party, and when I told you—” She strained against his grip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After vomiting for some time, I felt the grip around my throat loosen, as if whatever had been strangling me had been somewhere in the vomit. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around in her chair, and gripping its arms she bent over backward, dipping the back of her head to the plate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A great wave drove at him with toppling crest spinning him round, in one tremendous blow, and he went plunging overboard, the oar-haft wrenched from his grip. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rifle fired off and violently kicked out of my grip. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She wanted to look down at her son and tell him that it wasn’t his father, but she immediately recognized the spindly arms, in a bright flowered shirt that she had made, gripping the cables. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Nine hours of gripping the crutch handles had stiffened his hands to claws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Longstreet reached out, gripped the young man in a metal clasp. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the hands lifted the squawking monsters in a liquid vise grip. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She took my hand as we walked, her soft fingers gripping the edges of my palm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She gripped both boys’ hands tightly within her own. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I grip Daddy’s notebook in my hand, and I already know I’m not letting go of it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Edward had to grip my elbow and pull sharply to break my trance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I try picking it up with my cleats, I can’t grip it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

While the rest of us were gripped with shock, Alyssa was already calculating our escape. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My grip on the bladeless hilt tightens, and I summon the splendor from the earth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Panic gripped her throat like a giant's hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She tightened her grip and leaned closer to me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I sit in my chair, frozen, with one hand still hovering over the painting and the other gripping the edge of the table. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Several times he tried to find a grip and at last sat back on his haunches, at a loss. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His cold fingers gripped mine tightly as he steadied himself. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He took my other hand, held it between his own in a grip that I knew would only be gentle until I tried to pull away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I felt a hand grip my ankle and drag me under the water. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But when he stirred his food listlessly, she held Theresa’s hand; when he lost weight, she felt it lose its grip. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry bellowed: He could feel the locket quivering in his grip and was scared of what was coming. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One of them grips my arm when I bring her ham steak, whispering, “You’re a good person, you know that?” and repeats the accolade with each item I deliver. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane landed at last, its wheels screeching, while Salva gripped the armrests and braced himself for what was to come. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas, his hand still gripping Teresa’s, ran with them, bunched up in the back of the group. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Koffi felt a tug, felt her taking back the splendor with a viselike grip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Whitby’s handshake was firm but not forceful, his grip softened by his kidskin gloves. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She grips her hand and does not let go. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I can’t, Stella,” he says softly, and I see his hand grip the doorframe through the crack. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I started to walk off again, but JT gripped my arm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights of the chamber flashed off the silvery surface—a wicked- looking dagger, gripped tightly in his fingers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ayanna gripped the carved end of her staff and narrowed her eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a fistful of my hair, a large clump, his grip fixed near the root to give him greater leverage, and dragged me into the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I am done with instructions about fuel, and trading, and staying in school, I turn to my mother and grip her arm, hard. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She shifts, but her grip on me never loosens. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mark gripped the handle of the axe tightly and leaned in, taking little chops instead of full swings at the small but stubborn brackets. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The next day, I stood on Thomas’s old front porch, gripping a bunch of flyers. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her stepmother came toward her and grabbed her by the shoulders in a bruising grip and propelled her through the doorway. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran to the door and caught the cold steel bars in his hot hands and gripped them tightly, holding himself erect. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Others lose their grips on their wineglasses, which shatter musically against the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

During that summer, as the temperature climbed, Milton tried to come to grips with the predicament he found himself in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled at his hand to loosen him, and each time I managed to get a few fingers up he’d switch his grip somewhere else. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just the quickest of grips, maybe, then a slide away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bear felt the robot release his grip. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His hand gripped his wand under his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Desperately, she reached for the lip of the next crate again and gripped it, fighting through an onslaught of pain as the container under her dropped away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Marguerite grips her pen and her eyes meet mine for a moment, revealing anguish, before she looks away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I blew my nose and with a great effort got a tenuous grip on myself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” she said, gripping me, breathing like there wasn’t enough air. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched the blue sky of Mars as if it might at any moment grip in on itself, contract, and expel a shining miracle down upon the sand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip it hard as his arm goes around my waist, to ground myself in what’s happening, to convince myself that I am here and that this moment, high above everything, is real. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To lose your grip out of terror after such a dangerous and difficult day, to fall at the very end of it—that was what Einar feared. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s still got a good grip,” she pointed out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her mom turns into Simon's driveway, and Abby slides out of the passenger seat, gripping her skirt in one hand and holding a clutch in the other. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The neighbor’s cat is climbing awkwardly on a high branch, its claws gripping the wood as if it’s petrified. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A moment more and Volta loosened his grip. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She nodded and looked down at her hands gripping her knees. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, a little colored boy in overalls watches me, wide-eyed, gripping a red ball. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She leans back and closes her eyes in the grip of some emotion I don’t understand. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I press my forehead to the glass and grip the windowsill. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Must have squeezed it too hard. Did the same thing at Colonel Fubster’s the other day. No need to fuss, Petunia, I have a very firm grip...” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was because she was gripping it so tight. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I follow the line out with my other hand and try pulling on it, maybe get enough slack to slip it off, but the line slips through my fingers and I can’t get a grip. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought my father’s rough grip had surely got the better of that poor native creature, and that it would fall to the ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crunched one of the French fries he gripped in a greasy bag on his lap. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I was gripped by fear, but I wasn’t sad to leave the ghetto. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt Kat’s hand in mine, gripping hard. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Montag faltered, got a grip on the books, and forced himself not to freeze. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to speak but a cold hand clamped down on it, gripping it shut. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Those who did try to get help felt they were being told to “get a grip.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, like a brutal punishment, Lourdes feels the grip of her mother’s hand on her bare infant leg, hears her mother’s words before she left for the asylum: “I will not remember her name.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But worse, the jumble of ice that stretched for hundreds of miles in every direction gave the wind a grip on the ice pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Miss Lilian held us both, her grip too strong to break. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In his excitement he had lost his knee grip and had dropped to his mother’s belt. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the smooth bannister to steady himself. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You never understand things the first time,” Eilonwy murmured, her grip firm on the weapon. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I was making a noose to throw over the turtle’s head the next time it surfaced when Frightful lit on my shoulder with a thud and a hard grip. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip her tightly, scanning the crowd for August. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Once I’d finally swatted it close enough to grip, I pulled the raggedy box from under the bed frame and set it on the mattress. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Leaning back in the soft chairs of their offices with plenty of time on their hands to talk and reflect, they said they had come to grips with the hard reality of the world. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came to the tower, held so tightly in the embrace of the house, in the straining grip of the house, and walked slowly past its gray stones, not allowed to touch even the outside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s fingers finally found a long bar, and he gripped it tightly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His eyes flashed as he gripped the arms of his throne, daring us to speak. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His hands were numb with cold but he did not dare attempt to shift his grip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We lift the weapons up into the ready position, adjust our grips, take a breath, and slash them across the space before us in time with Miss Duncan’s count. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He grips a baseball bat in each hand. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Beneath their cool exterior, however, was a rugged breed of black man you did not want to cross—tough, grizzled men whose strong brown hands gripped hammers tightly and whose eyes met you dead on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women in the boat rose and gripped the stays. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She gripped it tighter at the last minute, but she was almost positive Layla and Gigi heard the crinkling of the paper. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Sleeper had lost his grip on Vajra. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I run up the aisle with my eyes gripped to the shadow in the projection room. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her second hits me in my chin, and I lose my grip on her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Marble fever was gripping Key West, and we were the best crew on the island. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studied her grip on the trapeze in the hope that the camera would record her fatal plunge to the sawdust far below. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she kept losing her grip on the edge of the boat and being flung sideways. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I undress and lower myself into the silky water—my mother has poured in some kind of oil as well—and try to get a grip on things. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia gripped her knife harder, its cold curves reassuring in her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I grip the platter as a roomful of eyes settles on me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the grip on my arm relaxes just a little. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He drew back the folds of his coat, exposing the revolvers holstered at his thighs: one ivory grip, one black. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. Between your golf club and my grip, I think he’s headed in the other direction by now.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I sucked in a big gulp of air, got a good grip on my suitcase and walked into the light of the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They still looked frighteningly close; he took a better grip on the vine and loosed one foot to search for a wider crack. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get a grip on what was happening, but it was all my fault. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s called grease. This is how it is in America. Certain American palms require a certain American —” “Understand,” Ralph gripped the wheel as though removing himself to some other place were a matter of steering. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his hands are on my waist and my hands are gripping his shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But this discomfort was worth it because when he gripped the mattock, a digging tool that looked a lot like a spear, his blisters thanked him by not erupting in pain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Conor thought again of his mother’s hands, of the grip as he let go— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Jinny stared at him as she adjusted her grip on the cushions and began walking. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Perry gripped the edge of the washbasin and hauled himself to a standing position. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his hands is in my hair and the other one is gripping my waist. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My arms sting from the insistence in Noodle's grip, and I don't know how many times I have to say it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Cold and hard it seemed as his grip closed on it: the phial of Galadriel, so long treasured, and almost forgotten till that hour. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Undeterred, I moved around to the other side, gripped the padlock with both hands and pulled backward. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He threw off Minho’s and Newt’s grip, ran to the limp, lifeless body of his friend. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She fell backward, and he followed and gripped her hair with his left hand, feeling no pain, feeling only an immense and shattering despair. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled to free myself from the strangers’ grips, snarling words I didn’t know, in a language I had never learned. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With one enormous push, she made it to the other side and ran to Thorn, who was quickly losing her grip on the root. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

One by one, boys were stepping out of the crowd and walking over to the long pole; they grabbed it with both hands, gripped it as if readying for a tug-of-war match. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So I stood limply in his grip until the sirens came, and the policemen in their little black caps chained my wrists together and shoved me in the back of their car. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was gripping a handful of pamphlets, and his gray suit and pale skin made the blood dripping from his head all the more vivid. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“There may be one or two others here at the University, but Elodin has the surest grip of it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s gripping the paper so hard it’s crinkling in his fingers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Waited for the steel hands to loosen their grip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he kept a grip on me and looked me up and down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She had to search out small toeholds in the glacier wall, and then she had to find places to grip in the ice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I gripped the reed and wires and waited for the miracle. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her toes gripped the board, and she vowed to take the next turn more slowly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I shake her hand, but I don’t grip hard enough and I let go too quickly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I started walking, and dragged her for a step or two, then her grip loosened and she fell away. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Henry whirls; in the same motion he hurls the pistol from him and stoops again, gripping Bon by both shoulders, panting. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost wanted to tackle the guy into the sand and get his big head in a vise grip for saying something that actually made sense. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My cold hands grip my instrument between my legs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She launched herself up the cargo crates, scaling them like a nimble insect, her rubber-soled feet finding grips and footholds. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I spun out of his grip and whacked his hand away. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Max caught Bigger’s shoulders in a tight grip; then his fingers loosened and he sank back to the cot; but his eyes were still fastened upon Bigger’s face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Four grips my shoulder with one hand and holds my head steady with the other as I push myself up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He found it, gripped it in his hand and tiptoed back to the pallet. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped his trident loosely in his right hand and stretched his left hand out like he was blessing Leo, or possibly attempting to levitate him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I grip my toes, and with each heavy push, I move faster and farther than before, so that soon I’ve made another two loops around our yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You are meant to feel disorientated and in the grip of mysterious powers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Carefully he unwound the chain, then gripped it firmly in one hand. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mark lost his grip on the flashlight, which went tumbling end over end outside; a clang and the crack of glass signaled its demise. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The deck tilted abruptly as one of the foils lost its grip in the foam. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mark gripped the log in both hands, then hammered it backward in desperation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dad steps to the table and grips the back of a chair. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

They hadn't liked that, and neither had her arm, but she'd needed the other to drag the toddlers: their two little hands gripped in her one, slick and slippery with sweat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He tightened his grip on the door facings and shoul-dered in close to block me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he noticed that the man had fallen still, though his hand still gripped as tight as ever. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seth gripped with his legs and leaned the other way, regaining his equilibrium. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She managed it, too, but Basta had a strong grip on her legs, and hard as she fluttered she couldn't break free. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Although it was the other way around, Ferns fists wrapped around the bottom of my top, I loosened Fern’s grip on my clothes and pushed her forward. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She was white and she gripped the table with her hands to control her shaking. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mars stared down at her, his grip tightening on his M16. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now she sat in the clinic gripping McKusick’s book, not even trying to read the words. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He gripped the edge of the rim tightly, then began to swing his legs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His thoughts were purely focused on the man in his grip and on making him pay for everything. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Genie gripped the big paw tight, shook it hard, and nodded. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, grip the knife handle and bear down as hard as I can. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My wrist still hurt where he’d grabbed me, his grip was so tight. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione’s grip on Harry’s arm was so tight he was losing feeling in his fingers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The grip yanked at my arm, the voice shrieking in anger, but I was free of my body. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nergal smiled as he steadied his grip on his weapon. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He gripped the armrests of his chair as if he was about to stand right back up. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I grip tighter the morral with my food and pat the places where I have hidden the precious phone numbers and pesitos. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before she could brew another pot of coffee, people were knocking on our door, wishing us Merry Christmas and gripping bottles of rum in their gloved hands. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Me,” said Coraline, and she gripped her knees under the table, to stop them from shaking. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Jane, your grip is faltering,” Miss Duncan says, those eagle eyes locking on me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Brian reached out and took the wheel in a grip so tight his knuckles were white. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the sink and try to look in the mirror, but everything is blurry. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I grip my hands and shake my head. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She narrowed her eyes at me, gripping the bag like it was evidence in a murder trial. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Real terror gripped Koffi's voice as she stared upward too, her mouth barely moving. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get very far before she lost her grip and fell back down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The third time he managed to get a better grip, but it still took all his strength to yank the handle down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I felt a grip on my shoulder as I lowered her into the small hole in the ground. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

One minute, I feel like I’m not gripping hard enough, and the next, I’m squeezing too hard. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He grips the wheel tightly, looks straight ahead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Turned out, Heritage was in such bad shape that he was no longer of any use to the army, and the soldiers released him from their grip. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Most of them were scared, for if you lost your grip and rolled off the edge it would kill you. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I crawl to the lip of the horn and hang over the edge, I feel Peeta's hands grip me for support. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

Pollard somehow hung on, Howard kept his grip on the lead rope, and they pulled Seabiscuit to a halt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his fingers around the grip of his driver and said, “Yes.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

My hand tightened its grip on my father. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab Seven’s shirt, stretching it until I have a good enough grip to pull him back and get ahead of him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and loosened my grip on the string. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he struck, Archer flinched, gripping his sword tighter and tighter and tighter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cole pitied the scared little mouse, but he held on, gripping with all his strength. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They became motionless, gripped in each other's arms, four unwinking eyes aimed ana two mouths open. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I gripped the cardboard with my best hold, dipped my knees a little, and let the Frisbee fly. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Pray, I begged him silently as I gripped the arms of my chair. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So did his grip on my ankle and shirt, and in a burst I was out the door and running, my shirt rent down my back. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The way he stared up at Pastor Emerson, looking like he’d cry if he heard the word “father” one more time, all hunched shoulders and gripped hands, made me shrink up inside. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

By degrees he lowered the laser beam; he sat gripping it and then he shrugged and returned it to the desk drawer, locking the drawer and restoring the key to his pocket. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Archer gripped the handle of his hunting knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I grip the ball, plant my feet on the line, and shoot the first one. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

With an iron grip his arm instantly went around Jonathan’s neck as he yanked him up against his body like a shield. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stand, gripping my bow, waiting for the bad news. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He gripped handfuls of its fur and dug in his heels, riling the docile creature into a rage. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He gripped his hanjari’s leather hilt in one hand and tapped his fingers against his side with the other. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She gripped the feathers on his back, felt the beat of his powerful black wings, felt a dizzying upward surge, and shut her eyes tight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A sadness gripped him as he realized how many pairs of new shoes were bought for nothing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slapped his left hand back on the weapon and gripped it as hard as he could. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sadna’s own fists gripped the machete as well, fighting to keep the edge from pressing home. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I reluctantly released Dad’s clammy grip and clamped both hands on to Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I gulp, because she's really got a grip, and if she's going to try to get this guy to call a cop or something, then I'm going to have to work to get loose. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she finds out, will she lose whatever grip on herself is left and go for me with a steak knife? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered as I gripped the hoe, scooping the dirt to one side and then the other, making a gully in the middle. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Get on — there’s not much time,” said Harry, gripping Buckbeak firmly on either side of his sleek neck to hold him steady. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I gripped onto the edge of my seat, curling my fingers into the gaps between the wires. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But before he could pull himself up, he lost his grip on the slime-covered wood. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I grip my hands tightly together and wait to see how Mama reacts to this mispronunciation. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The snow fell deeper yet, and in its grip Old Tallow had the best of luck. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I tighten my grip on the pool cue as she comes up gasping for air. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Harry, following the beam with his astonished gaze, saw that Voldemort’s long white fingers too were gripping a wand that was shaking and vibrating. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her hands have a death grip on the steering wheel. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I look over just as Javier’s grips his hand to steady a tremble, then slides the toxin casually to the opposite side of the bench with the defoliant. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She muttered her sister’s name; she gripped Suri’s shoulder and shook it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was still smiling to himself but now instead of a real smile it looked like he was gripping his teeth together to get ready to bite something. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corridor happened to be empty, and I walked along it in the grip of a kind of fatal exhilaration. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry watched, terrified, his hands gripping the rim of the basin so hard that his fingertips were numb. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sefia tightened her grip on his hand, and together they waded into the throng. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Feeling my hand stir, she gripped it tighter as if she had to finish her story before she could let me go. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fear gripped her as she crept to his side, put her hand to his lips. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My breath caught when she gripped my finger with her fist. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His grip relaxed, and he pushed me roughly toward the stairs. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If the outside of the Hema reflected what the old tent had once been, the interior clung to its former grandeur with a desperate grip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His hand slips down to the back of my thigh and he grips it, hard. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mai sits next to me, and her hand grips my shoulder. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Lydia maintained her grip on Dill’s arm and gave the stink eye to a guy who glanced over as he walked past. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Shinnying out onto a perilous but hidden spot, he gripped the roof with one hand and his stopwatch with the other. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new terror gripped me and froze me by the window, my head still sticking halfway out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as she gripped me closer, I cried out and pushed her away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man reaches out a gloved hand and grips the rim of his cart. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nok dropped her grip on him and lurched back, nearly tripping over a mass of blankets and bones. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A cool fear, mixed with an intense curiosity, gripped him, and he had to remind himself to breathe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We fly back up, the panda’s face coming onto the screen, Abby’s voice, breathless and giddy as she grips the panda tightly, screaming out, “Happy birthday, Stella!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But after he pours, he hesitates, gripping the counter and closing his eyes, wincing a bit. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Two hands were gripping my throat, and they’d been shaking me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I still wasn’t used to the fact that I could walk as I pleased, that I wasn’t gripped by thirst and hunger every second. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thor and Tyr gripped the thimbles, which were the size of buckets, and they drank the beer with enthusiasm. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He knows his hands will soon get frostbite and then he won’t be able to grip the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He takes my arm and grips it hard. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I grip the straps of my backpack hard. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Crouch was pulling him closer; Harry tried to loosen Crouch’s grip on his robes, but it was too powerful. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He shook his head again, gripping the hilt of his sword so tight his knuckles turned white. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her grip on my skin only tightened the longer I waited to answer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Uncle gently loosened Salva’s grip so he could take the boy’s hand in his. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He faces the windshield and grips the steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ron let out a noise between a whimper and a groan and dropped onto the sofa: Hermione joined him, gripping his arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But Beowulf stood firm, holding the monster in a grip so tight that it almost made his own big fingers crack and the bones poke out of the straining flesh. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ford is gripping two of my fingers with his five tiny fingers. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The revelations of the arrests and the horror of the crimes held the nation in their grip. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Rowan tightened the grip on his blade as he looked into the curate’s bleary, half-conscious eyes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I got a instruction book here in my grip, and you got plenty time to study it. You won’t have no trouble, son. You’ll drive jest dandy.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She had a grip on that cane in one hand and the picture of her parents in the other. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When she came to Rosa’s door, she stopped, gripped by a premonition. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Alex’s heart doesn’t spread itself out in his chest, and he doesn’t have to grip the edge of the settee to steady himself. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But with each word that left Lev’s mouth, my grip on the sponge grew tighter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If not for the grip on my arm, he'd be on the ground, but as it is, it takes all my strength to keep us both on the curved back of the horn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And my hands stayed gripped to my seatbelt, thankful we only hit a sign. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I fear my chance at winning the Excelsior Award might be slipping out of my grip. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He bent over, gripped the rim of the boat with one hand, turned backward, and stepped in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My grip on it broke, and aware that I had struck the devilfish, I quickly dropped the coils I held, for when the string runs out fast it burns your hands or becomes entangled. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the edges of the tank again, digging his fingers into the snow and ice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The meat hook fell from her grip, though she never loosed her hold on it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I gripped the family photo of us at Disneyland so hard that the edge of the glass frame pressed into my hand and I wished I could escape into the memory. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s going at a good speed now, Luke is gripping the wheel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself gripping the wheel, as Shoba turned around to hand the children juice boxes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When it come out, it was gripped ’round his six-shooter. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Although I am seventeen and old enough to control my fear, I grip his hand like it's the only solid thing in this world. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His good hand gripped the arm of his chair as if to rise, but he did not stir. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Achren seized it again, gripping the sharp blade itself until her hands ran scarlet. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

For me, it revived an old internal call-and-response, one that tracked all the way back to high school, when I’d shown up at Whitney Young and found myself suddenly gripped by doubt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Separating itself from the grip keeping me in the pool of water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, my mother grips my elbow as Mallory rushes past her to reclaim her spot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She hauled hard and kept me from falling long enough for me to catch a grip and scramble to the top of the stone with her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss swooped down and gripped my brother’s shirt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I writhed in the grip of the fiery torture, the movement making the pain in my leg flare sickeningly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But they were already tearing the chaplain from my grip and the guards were threatening me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I get a grip on the edges of the table I'm seated on and nod. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But in her fury, Ivy had stared straight into the witch’s eyes, and suddenly, she found herself unable to struggle against the old woman’s grip. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun and Frank sat still, gripping either side until the waves subsided. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He tightened his grip on the stick and swept away at the leaves. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Usually with strangers it wasn’t, so he was surprised when his hands relaxed their grip on the crutches a little and his throat eased open. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He had been trained to get a grip at once and to hold it at all costs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the air in the room disappeared for a moment, and Moss gripped the edge of his desk hard, sucking his breath in as he looked from Hull to Shawna. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was gripped all over again by a sense of how special he was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His face looked like he was terrified, as if he were gripping the edge of a cliff or something. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once you got it gripped good, and believe me, you gonna be surprised how strong one them cats is, grab his tail right at his butt and stretch him out. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I pull more ice from the back of the truck, but find, even in a thick plastic bag, it’s hard to grip now that it’s starting to melt. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Holly twisted in the troll’s grip, but it was useless. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But still, my hands hurt from gripping that iron. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Celia grips the wicker armrests as if the entire swing would fly off of its own accord. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped my hair and pushed my face into my puke. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I thought the nickname Torito fit him because he had a strong grip. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his head from the sink in the corner of the room; he gripped both sides and he looked up at the doctor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the small sparrow firmly with her paw, she gripped the arrow in her teeth and yanked it clear from the bird’s leg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Thalia gripped the wheel so tight her knuckles turned white. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I relax my grip on him and he steps back, out of my arms. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She’s still holding my hand, and I don’t know what to say, but I’m also afraid that she’s going to let go, so I grip her fingers in mine even tighter. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ivan retreated with her, hand trembling as he gripped her forearm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He tightened the rag on the handle of his fiberglass knife to give it a better grip. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what else to do, so I ran practically the whole way home, gripping Aaron’s photo and nearly slipping several times on the icy sidewalk. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I grip her arm and catch her so she doesn’t fall into the pit, which is only a couple of feet deep, but lined with nail boards, like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She gripped her knees and felt her eyes glittering in the low light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Toby shook free of Jimmy’s grip once they were outside. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The pen grew in my hands until I held a bronze Greek sword about three feet long with a leather-bound grip. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A pair of hands reached out and seized the back of my uniform shirt, twisting the fabric for a better grip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I had to look down to make sure my fingers were gripping it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That only loosened his grip, so I jammed my knee up into his crotch. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The only way I could make the ground stop moving was to close my eyes and grip the tree. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the grip she got on the phone, sound like she trying to crush it in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I loosened my grip and tugged on the string, dipping and dodging the green kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maya tightened her grip on the bottle and said nothing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I grip the wheelchair handles as we go down the ramp, my muscles tight as rope. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manager walked around the bar, gripped their backpacks, and pulled James and Emily down from the bar stools. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Breathing heavily, he gripped the switch with his thumb and forefinger. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Carefully I slid my hand down the barrel until I got to the stock, gripped it, and gave it a little pull. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a revolver with a walnut grip, simple but true. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I sat gripping my brief case, my eyes closed, feeling the bus sailing swift beneath me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke paced in front of the swimming pool, cursing in Ancient Greek, gripping his sword so tight his knuckles turned white. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

At last, he drew out the first of the vases and his face grew purple with fury “Useless!” he screamed, gripping the mouth of the vase with one hand and waving it about. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

My hand is gripping the bag that’s stuffed with the money I collected from generous relatives excited to see me for the first time in eight years, and I try not to bump into people. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And in the grip of terror— the worst storm—you yet feel boredom, a deep weariness with it all. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its corners are worn and weak, bending easily beneath my grip. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Red Jack pulls his arm from my grip and adjusts his hat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The cat struck back, but the tree was waving wildly, and he lost his grip with the movement, and fell. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he was looking into her eyes, but still she kept her grip on his cheeks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He saw Ellidyr seized by a black beast that sank its claws into him and gripped him until Ellidyr cried out in torment. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was unaware that Lydia knelt beside him, gripping his arm like she would plummet off the Earth if she let go, doing the same. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He landed in a pile about twenty feet away from the boys, the camera knocked from his grip. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He has a bag of fast food clutched in one fist as he comes through the front door; the other grips his keys, which he yanks free from the doorknob. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pong gripped the throttle and tried to push it forward, but it jammed. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Instead she caught his hand in her tightest grip and ran. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d completed two or three rotations when, suddenly, my grip slipped a little and I started toppling to one side. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted to grip something in his hands so hard that it would turn to food. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His arms ached, and his grip on the dog’s collar was beginning to feel clammy and wet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mass paranoia so gripped the ghettos, reminding me of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, that I could not even trust my own mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She straightened her shoulders and tightened her grip on the gun and fired. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She’d thought she was holding on to her life, when really she’d been strangling it, gripping it so tightly it shattered. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even as he spoke, he started forward, gripping the knife and aiming the spear at the Spirit Bear’s broad white chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The amulet gripped in her hand, she slept more soundly than she had in months. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She gripped at my breast and collarbone and tore me down to the carpet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as we watched that pirogue drift away across the Kwenge, Mother gripped my hand so tightly I understood I had been chosen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes grips her nightstick with one hand and pulls on her flashlight with the other. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles’s arms went around the little ones, and Lyddie put a firm grip on her mother’s shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Several times, as we made our way over the rocks, he nearly fell, and I knew I’d have bruises on my shoulder from his grip. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I gripped the bottom of my chair and held tight and watched the second hand on the clock sweep around and around. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto copied Sheed’s one-handed grip on his own bulky box, took it a step further, balancing the crate on one finger. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They shot out from under him as the hand tightened its grip and pulled him upright, until he was staring into the cold, blank eyes of Jordan McCreevey. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He grips my shoulders for a last time. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Shaking her head, she tightened her grip on the little girl’s hand. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her hands hurt from gripping the banister spokes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotle still had a firm grip on the church, and its finest thinkers still rejected the infinitely large, the infinitely small, and the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her grip is firm and strong, and I know that as long as she’s still considering, she won’t let me fall. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Sir Fabian heaved Jeanne higher to get a better grip on her. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A normal Thief would—but instead, Hammie tightens her grip and continues fighting me in midair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I squirmed in alarm, but she only tightened her grip around my furry belly. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie uncurled the gripping earphones and microphone and passed her headset to the pretty little blond wireless operator, who adjusted the phones to fit her head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was hard not being able to grip strongly with his right hand. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The Orc’s clawlike hand gripped Pippin’s arms like iron; the nails bit into him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I grip the railing and take one step down. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Emily gripped her backpack straps and looked up to the front door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Tally gripped the board with both hands and jumped from the river to the ridge line. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Twig, wait,” I said again, gripping the phone so tightly that my fingers started going numb. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Its point rested on the floor, and his hard bony fingers curled around the crossguard on either side of the grip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her fingers slid over the nubbly surface of the grip, and it fit comfortably enough in her hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After the rescue team dispersed, I sat in the snow for a long while by myself, staring at my boots, endeavoring to get a grip on what had happened over the preceding seventy-two hours. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He saw their fingers flex, grip, release, and grip again. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He tightened his grip on the fighting stick; Sophie readied herself to spring. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She feels Geak’s small hand gripping her neck yet she is quiet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officers sip from coffee cups and grip lunch bags as we make the slow march up to work. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s a small, serious woman with carefully bobbed hair and pressed slacks and a pendant necklace you see on church ladies, but she grips Annabelle’s hands and looks her dead straight in the eyes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I saw her grip relax ever so slightly on her handgun with her focus torn, and I took my chance. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Beefy pulled on his father’s ear, and Talis cringed; the baby’s grip could be painful. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It is hard to imagine now, but geology excited the nineteenth century–positively gripped it–in a way that no science ever had before or would again. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he gripped them in his fist so the short ones looked like all the rest. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even the back of his head was gripped in some manner. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I bend down to get a good grip on the wood and hoist the plank onto my shoulder. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He was carrying a small fork-horned buck across his shoulders, steadying the load by gripping the antlers in one hand and the hind legs in the other. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The purple-haired giant toppled backward and Otis lost his grip on the mountain, which promptly collapsed on top of his brother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The moment we step off the elevator, Peeta grips my shoulders. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to wriggle past but Wilcox got a firm grip on my wrist and tried to pull me down. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She gripped her fingers as firmly as she could and lunged up toward the light. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She tried to kick him, but he only tightened his grip. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When the monster gripped Harry’s shirt, Conor felt the material against his own palms. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

But he was also a brawny man, and his grip was as inescapable as Falconer's. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His spread fingers gripped the mountain, and his bare toes found support through contact, and even his chest lay against the stone so that he would not slip. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bushra holds her scarf in place with one hand, grips my jacket with the other. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione had managed to free herself before the plant got a firm grip on her. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“This is insane,” Lindsey said, reaching for one, half of it collapsing as she gripped it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He gripped the soap bar and his pain reawakened with piercing stings. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She grips the steering wheel and avoids my eyes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He tore out of my grip and rushed forward. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nok gripped the bench in the back of the speedboat as it rocketed across the water. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Talking that loud must hurt, because she grips her throat and her eyes water. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The head-splitting pain released its grip on my brain, leaving me feeling like my tank had run empty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

What he did notice was two hands gripping the window-sill from outside. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I—” Hazel tried to back away, but the woman’s grip on her arm tightened. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The armrests was carved in the shape of a couple of snarling lions and the wood was shiny and wore down from so many folk gripping on to it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

At which point he launched himself at me—we don’t usually bind these men—and took my head beneath his arm in a grip of iron. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

King pushed his written speech aside, gripped the lectern with both hands, and gave his country seventeen of the most memorable minutes in its history. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

“The rubber sole helps you grip the terrain.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When at last she had regained a grip on herself, she, Harry, and Ron went back to the castle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He gripped my wrist a different way—the way an attacker might, he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He used both his hands to grip Faraday’s in what was meant to be a heartfelt greeting, but felt forced and artificial. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, not exactly. But obviously it’s important, or else why would it be called key grip instead of average grip or not-so-critical grip?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I try to answer, but she’s still gripping my face, and even if I could answer, I don’t know what I’d say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He leaned in farther to get a better grip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were perfectly fitted to her feet and gripped any surface with surety. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You are not mad, Lanre. What grips you is something worse than madness. I cannot cure you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The curate struggled in his grip, and Goddard slammed him against the stone basin hard enough to knock him out, then let the man fall to the ground. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A sort of pad gripped his head from behind, forcing him to look straight in front of him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was dazed for a second, and Nereus’s grip slackened. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Thirty seconds to go!" cried The Grand High Witch, gripping Bruno by the arm. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I feel the other box—the cigar box from my dream—and grab it, and just as I’m pulling it out of the hole, I tip it against the edge and lose my grip. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

This year for the first time he sold his grain as soon as it was harvested, and when he felt the silver upon his palm he gripped it hard in defiance. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

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

His ears buzzed and he had to grip the saddle strings tightly to stay erect. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the ladder I grip the sides and swing my feet up to the bottom rung. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The desire felt so strong I had to grip the windowsill to keep me in my place. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mark gripped the end of the grappling device just as it pulled him off his feet, yanking him skyward. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the rearview, I see him gripping the door handle with one fist, clutching his own thigh with the other. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Chaol pulled her to his side, keeping a firm grip on her cloak as the Crown Prince approached. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My grip had slipped and I’d begun to slide when the spike finally ripped from me and fell away, smashing into the trailer with a tremendous crash. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’m yanked backward, lose my grip on Boggs, slam into the stones. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Its coolness soothed the throb, and its wetness loosened the cloth’s grip on the wound. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I yank the knife out of the table, get a grip on the blade, and then throw it into the wall across the room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my shoulder pad and was about to say something else, but I swung around, ripped out of his grip, and pushed him against the locker. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled me out of the seat and tightened her grip on my hand as she dragged me down the aisle, and I kept bouncing from side to side and touching some people. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using an oven mitt, he was gripping the plate of smoking grapes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Olakunde no longer bailed, for fear of the element roiling all around him; he gripped the gunwales and sat inclined as if the dinghy barreled down a slope. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When Hoover met with White, his grip on power remained tenuous, and he was suddenly confronting the one thing that he’d done everything to avoid since becoming director: a scandal. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The door was stiff and it was heavy, and she could not get a good enough grip on either it or the cage wall to exert much pressure. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The thinker, slowly going on his way, suddenly stood still, gripped by this thought, and another thought immediately arose from this one. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful did not feel the grip of the arctic cold. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I grip Fina’s gloved hand and drag her with me, weaving through the crowd of strange and familiar faces. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

His large hands gripped the bags in his hands and he turned toward the men. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And the wind blows, but it’s outside, not trying to loosen your grip on the branches. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grip on me went slack, and I freed myself from her fingers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had my head down on the table, close to her hand so I could watch while she drew, and my right hand was up in the air, gripped tight around the marker. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the sides are hand grips enabling one to shift them about. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped Beau’s collar tight and whispered in his ear to calm him. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Nemean Lion’s skin was wrapped around my back like a cape, and I was running somewhere, being pulled along by a girl who was tighdy gripping my hand. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I grip the knife and squeeze Viola’s hand once, hard, for luck. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mama grabbed her by the shoulders, her grip almost painful. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When she opens her eyes and sees the guard, she gets out of bed carefully, eyes on the security guard’s baton, which is gripped in a meaty hand. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the door whizzed open, Otto got scared and climbed to the top of my head, gripping me by covering my eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gasping for breath, I seized hold of his fingers as his grip tightened. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hearing this, I grip his arms tighter, refusing to let go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole gripped the spear so hard his knuckles hurt. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Something in his grip, in his step, in the fullness of his voice, made her bloom again—it was their last partnership—into the Rose of England. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When humans died, their souls clung invisibly to their bodies for as long as they could—a day or two—and then they lost their grip and were claimed by the natural pull of evanescence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Angry enough to pull away from his grip and put some space between them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The weight of her legs pulled at her, threatening to make her lose her grip, which was slick with sweat and probably blood. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She looks up finally, her grip on her phone tight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I locked the porter in his cell, prefatory to keeplocking him, and tried to come to grips with the splitting headache that had crept up on me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had relaxed my grip on the shotgun. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started toward the door of the dressing room, his briefcase gripped. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was black, with a wooden grip and a short muzzle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Loneliness gripped him so that his breath quickened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He laid down his fork and his strong black fingers gripped the edge of the table; there was silence save for the tinkling of his brother’s fork against a plate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan took a deep breath, gripped his blades tightly in both hands, and with a guttural war cry that drowned the alarms blaring in his soul, he launched himself forward. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“What?” said Ron loudly, looking around into the pitch-dark, and gripping Harry’s elbow very hard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Stamp, stamp, he went, striking the wood he trod on with a convulsive grip at every pace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond one door, a drunken tenant wailed and sang in the firm grip of either gladness or grief. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuttered and gripped hard at some fresh croton leaves, pulling them off, watching the viscous liquid drip from their stalks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms screamed from the effort, but her grip was steady. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In all, some ninety thousand people came to Mars, and more, on Earth, were packing their grips. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loosens his grip on my hand, but I notice he doesn’t let go. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When her soul had shaken loose from her body she’d had nothing to hold on to it with; no arms to reach with or hands to grip with. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I secretly wanted to play, ’cause it’d been a grip since I even touched a ball. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He gripped the flashlight, wielding it like a short sword, ready to fight. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The anxiety that gripped me those first few days at the 6 is finally beginning to ebb. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took his cold hand, and Deen gripped her fingers tightly, laced them with his own, but didn’t turn to look down at her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then they went over the side, leaving Endurance to die in the grip of the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t fully let my baby go, but I did have to loosen my grip significantly. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When she heard him come into the house and close the kitchen door, she realized she had been gripping the windowsill with white fingers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped the naked stems, the iron wires the blacksmith had drawn out on the anvil last week, just for her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He gripped the shovel handle firmly and got back to digging. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

Afraid of his own strength, Armpit tried not to grip the elderly woman’s hand too hard, and was a little taken aback by the firmness of her handshake. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Cas pulled harder on the desk, lost her grip, and fell backwards. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Deborah screamed, her hand shooting out of the dishwater, gripping a serrated steak knife. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He turned and caught me by the shoulders in a grip that he probably meant to be painful. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol picks up a pencil, grips it tightly, and forms the letters of the only word he has learned thus far to write from memory, getting the “L” backward due to nerves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His short fingers gripped the arms of the chair. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She threw her wreath with such force it knocked Percy’s sword from his grip. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about the blue jumper and the hair grip. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel turned and gripped his arm with fingers that all but bruised him to the bone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my arms around her, and I could feel her hands gripping my back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"No problem," I said, struggling to get a grip on the sides of one of the bigger cardboard boxes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Our life in New York was so bleak, and we clung to it with such an unsteady grip, that I doubt my da had much he would want to report. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Losing a sense of time is an easy way to lose one’s grip and even one’s sanity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrice nods and releases me but keeps a tight grip on my hand. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mummy stepped forward and hugged you, her grip so tight it left bruises on your shoulders. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He gripped a low horizontal branch, then swung himself around it like a hinge. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I grip her waist and pull her upright. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I dry my hands on moss and get a shaky grip on my bow with my damaged left arm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His grip immediately went slack, and I crashed to the ground, sobbing as I was finally able to breathe again. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I grip him tightly and try not to cry out when he stumbles over broken bricks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the Stun Stick at my waist. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He felt Garvey’s strong grip tighten each time they hit a big wave. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When I had a good grip, I turned it over in the water and at­tempted to pull it onto the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Jess, get a grip. It’s not like I’m going to wear this when I walk the dog.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take my arms off the trunk and fold them to my chest like a mummy, loosen my thighs from their grip, and fall in a backwards swan dive to the bottom. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Finn gripped the handle so tightly he could imagine crushing it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The gap isn’t wide enough for me to get a good grip. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Go get your baby sister,” he said to me and eased the grip on my arm. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Beto started to protest, but Naomi shook her head and tightened her grip on his shoulder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The inside of the furnace breathed and quivered in the grip of fiery coals. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the corridor, Frank suddenly became aware that the hand gripping his walking stick was slippery with sweat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His gripped his dagger tighter, then signaled for Koffi to take the other side of the tree. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As it happened, Butler never had time to finish his expletive, because he wisely chose that moment to relinquish his grip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Its fingernails scraped her skin, but it was too slippery to grip, and Coraline pulled away successfully. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I started to leave but he grabbed me hard by the neck as if to shake me and I flung my arm back and knocked off his grip. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man ran up and gripped his hand and slapped him on the back. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain speared my heart and the threat of tears blinded me, so I tightened my grip on Juanita’s hand, fighting the urge to scream, to cry, to run away from it all. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Chess’s face was red and sweaty as he struggled to keep a grip on the chain that linked the Gustanos’ handcuffs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I search online for hunting gear to add to my Christmas wish list—still not gripping my attention. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I gripped the joystick tighter, refusing to let this wreck my concentration. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her hands are gripping the edge of the table, her entire body rigid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy had learned how to ride piggyback—she wrapped her legs around Lina’s waist and gripped Lina’s throat with her small, strong fingers. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The smooth stump had no grip, and it slipped around on the forest floor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When she got to the ledge, she stepped sideways, gripped the hand Doon held out for her, and, with a deep breath of relief, came into the entryway. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alex’s hand gropes across the space between them under the table, and the moment his fingertips catch on the back of Henry’s wrist, Henry’s hand is gripping his, hard. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once more he brought the collie down, this time taking a firmer grip on the throat, shaking his powerful head until the dog below him was choking and strangling. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lita grips her pendant smiling, and tiny wrinkles form around the corners of her eyes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took a better grip on his sword. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Samuel was asleep in his chair, dreaming that he had gripped a red-hot bar of iron and could not let go. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bull’s grip was wrenched loose from Lillian’s throat and Ben saw Mary Anne and Matt fly off and away as he drove his father into the refrigerator. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally gripped the edge of the table, trying not to show any emotion. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Aru squeezed her eyes shut and gripped Mini’s hand even harder. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Salmon are slippery fish, and Loki was the slipperiest of salmon; he wriggled and tried to slip through Thor’s fingers, but Thor simply gripped the fish harder and squeezed it tightly, down by the tail. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then something strong—fiercely strong—gripped my right arm, still sunk inside the belly of the doll. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her palm is warm, her grip nearly nonexistent. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The grip no longer quite so firm, the hand no longer quite so large. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he eased his hands back, a little at a time, until he had a firm grip on each side of it, and then lifted it up, squeezing a little. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He gripped the plant just enough to slow him down as he slid to the ground, ignoring the horrible burn. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It rocked in my grip and began to feel heavy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped The Gold-Bug tightly in her hand and tried to think of it as a baton in a relay she was desperately trying to win. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She took his arm, clutching it in a dead rigid hard grip as if her fingers, her hand, were a small mass of wire. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lets out a strangled whimper, and I can feel him sweating under my grip. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She gripped my fingers so tight they turned purple, but she stayed still, like Will asked. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But Baba's gripping tightly, encasing her hand with his warm palms. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Harry reached for the lamp on his bedside table, gripped it firmly in one hand, and raised it over his head, ready to strike. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I knew I didn’t have the strength to get my body loose from this grip. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Darkness engulfed them, along with the sensation of compressing bands, but something was wrong....Hermione’s hand seemed to be sliding out of his grip.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“People lost everything,” she mutters, gripping the back of Mary’s chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I kick out, and she tightens her grip. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Chas loosened his grip, and I was standing again, but he held on to my necktie with his left hand as he raised a fist with his right. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A few stalactite spears lost their grip on the ceiling and plummeted, shattering on the rock-strewn floor like falling icicles in a thaw. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep my balance, but my penny loafers had no grip, and a second later I lay in the mud, too, my flowered dress splattered with gunk. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a wreck, thumbed and gripped to the point the cover was coming off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Taking a firm grip on her packets of medicine, Mrs. Frisby went under the fence and set out toward the farmyard. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She gasped with relief when she felt her passenger’s small hand gripping her shoulder through the gap in the armor-plated bulkhead. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Me and Rondell have stood outside a grip of different spots over the past week and we’ve already made back more than fifty bucks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Those holding Harry loosened their grip, staring behind them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I see his Adam’s apple move like he’s gulping, and his hand muscles are flexed from where he’s gripping the steering wheel so hard. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I set my jaw; as soon as we were back on the driveway, I yanked my arm out of Art’s grip, grabbed his huge shoulder, and spun him to face me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ron raised the sword in his shaking hands: The point dangled over the frantically swiveling eyes, and Harry gripped the locket tightly, bracing himself, already imagining blood pouring from the empty windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mom’s fierce grip on me felt strong enough to last forever, but I knew the system hated us and would keep on tearing us apart. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The words of this wizard stand on their heads,’ he growled, gripping the handle of his axe. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This was New York City in the 1980s, a city in the grip of one of the worst crime epidemics in its history. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing to do now was to dig out in front of the wheels, put in brush so that the chains could grip, and then push until the car was on the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Moss could see her gripping the edge of the pulpit, her fingers tense and rigid, and he moved back to stand next to Javier. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I cowered to the back of the cage, which was just what he expected me to do; one hand pressed me flat against the wire wall; then his fingers gripped my shoulders. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tad lost his grip, and everything inside fell out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was terrifying to see your child in the grip of unknown forces. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Merry was trapped: another crack had closed about his waist; his legs lay outside, but the rest of him was inside a dark opening, the edges of which gripped like a pair of pincers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He holds me fiercely, like a little lion cub, so tightly that I have to loosen his grip. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been home about a week when the mountain was gripped by an intense cold spell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He would then find himself in the grip of illogical certainties. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I grip the armrests of the chair tight. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sierra tightened her grip on the bat and stepped toward one of the charging corpses. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It felt as if an iron hand had gripped his heart and was pulling it out between his ribs, so that he pressed his hands to the place and vainly tried to hold it in. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I just grabbed my grip bag, pulled on my black track pants, and strode out of the gym to my car. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My wound burns, but I grit my teeth and maintain my grip on her arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Losing my grip on the saddle, I fell to my knees on the hard dirt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed entranced, unable to help it The unicorn did not seem, able to move from the soft grip of her hand on its horn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grip on the goblet was slackening; the potion was about to spill from it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Behind her back, she tightened her grip on her keys, points out. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their grip was solid, and there was the blood from Carl’s cut palm in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bull began to squeeze the boy’s hand in a pincerlike grip until the boy attempted to pull away. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It filled his eyes and gripped his body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Luna felt worry grip her heart in its fist, and two hot tears came tumbling down, hitting the paper with a splat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It is the kind of material that grips high school actors and audiences but terrifies school administrations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Celaena gripped the hilt of a dagger so hard that it hurt. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He would never be able to throw the ball, never be able to get a grip on it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was his gun they were staring at: silver filigree, and an ivory grip inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Grabbing at limbs with her feet, she fell several yards before she got a good grip and flapped herself upright. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The horror that gripped her as she watched its funeral pyre. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She got a grip on Tino’s arm and hustled him out into the hallway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s fingers gripped the arms of the chair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Going over to the empathy box, she quickly seated herself and once more gripped the twin handles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He stepped back, gripping his backpack like a mace he was prepared to swing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The old dog's feet had barely touched the ground before he sprang again for that terrible throat grip, springing as if the years had dropped away and he were back in his fighting prime. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped tighter on the hilt of his sword and went on doggedly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Since tennis shoes don’t have a lot of grip on the ice, Larry would go into the fence hard and couldn’t control what part of him hit first. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nods and then grips his cart to steady himself as he gets to his feet. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Littlefinger hefted the knife lightly in his hand, testing the grip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was about to select her favorite throwing knife—a bright steel dagger with a black leather grip—but Fin bent down and pointed to a different one. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His father smiled down at him and gripped his hand tight. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I watched for him to wipe it on his pant leg or grip the hot bowl of his pipe, but he didn’t. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She gripped the rain gutter with both hands. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’m losing my grip on the icy ledge, when I see I’m only about six feet from the corner of the pod. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Ron waited for him to vanish, then tugged the Frisbee from Hermione’s grip. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The salad master dropped his pan, and the chief cook lost his grip on the cleaver. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll fall,” Luke said, and Eleanor gasped; she brought her eyes down with an effort and found that she was gripping the veranda rail tightly and leaning far backward. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Tag couldn’t catch a cold,” Roy Lee said, gripping the steering wheel and turning it back and forth to dodge the pot holes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She walked nearer to them, gripping a cane made of wood and seeming unsurprised by the sudden visitors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a firm grip on the mitten, he flattened his ears in spirited fellowship, dashed down the slope and up to his den. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stay where I am, gripping the shaggy strands of the carpet between my toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my arms around him and pressed myself even closer, gripping him tightly, feeling his body heat completely envelop me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard he realized he’s gay and he’s coming to grips with it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Behind the iced windows, drivers gripped their wheels, swearing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly Deblin gripped my slightly big ears in her fingers and thumbs and steered my mouth to hers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Cole tried to pull away, but Edwin gripped him like a clamp. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He gripped the fang that was spreading poison through his body and wrenched it out of his arm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He gripped the leash tightly, holding on, let Grover lead him to all his favorite spots. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment he pulled back and relaxed his grip. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The car gained speed, and Roza had to grip the door handle to keep from sliding in her seat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I grip a length of rope tied to the side of the boat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had gone one day and one night with their elbows on a chalk line on the table and their forearms straight up and their hands gripped tight. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier, they had watched a sparrowhawk overtake a small bird, in mid-air, reaching out and pulling it back with its claws, and then gripping it to death as it flew on. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His grip on the knives tightens and his knuckles turn white as he turns to face Al. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I can still see that huge, friendly, freckled face, the grin, and the feel of the bearlike grip of his hand.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked my head, tightened my grip on the sack, and walked on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time it hits a patch of uneven pavement, it jostles me from side to side, even though I’m gripping the seat to keep myself still. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And so, she turned back around to see Cabot still sitting there, his hands gripping the steering wheel, his head leaned down. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Neither Claudius nor Laertes had seen me yet The king gripped my brother by the shoulders and spoke intently. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But as I flung open the bedroom door a new and more dreadful fear gripped me and made me turn and run back to the front door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tightened his grip on my arm and lowered his head some more. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Any glass had long since shattered, any wood had rotted, and nothing remained but metal frames, mortar, and stone crumbling in the grip of invading vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I grip the steering wheel hard with both hands, feeling sure he’ll race up to pull us over. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a crushing, viselike grip clutched my left armpit and jerked me up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Headmaster stalked over and grabbed Neel’s shoulder with an iron grip, ignoring the two other boys. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He spun out of my grip and skipped ahead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to get free, to wriggle out of Kamau’s grip as his brother grabbed his wrists and pinned him down. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were in the grip of a current that held them off the island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Two were soldiers, each gripping the arm of the small, shuffling figure in the middle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She did her best to square her shoulders and grip the mistletoe in her fist as she paced away from the path. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The old soldier responded by tightening his grip around his neck, making it hard for him to breathe. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The organist switched over to a waltz, and the lights dimmed, but JT gripped my arm, and we kept skating. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Javier grips the side of the pod and tries to get up. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Trey laughs, and one of the other guys lifts his shirt to reveal the handgun grip sticking out of his waistband. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then Marco gripped my hand in such a way I had to choose between following him on to the floor or having my arm torn off. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I grip the handle and flush a few times, alternating filling the toilet and flushing it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was a fearsome, sickening drop should she lose her grip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m surprised by the strength of her grip. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He went to help his children unload the car, gripping the suitcase handles in his bony fingers, his bony wrists locked. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grip finally came loose, the player slipping to the ground as if he was sinking into a swamp, and Comer broke off into the end zone. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears had begun to form in my eyes, but I struggled to hide them and gripped my gun for comfort. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His fingers on the brick began to ache; he had been gripping it for some minutes with all the strength of his body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now, avoiding the red, oily nails I gripped her wrists and pulled her up, toward the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bars don’t begin to warm under my grip, not like a subway handle or a railing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon I had to use my hands to grip the stairs above me, or I'd’ve fallen back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His voice shook and he gripped my hands tightly. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were sure to be new fever cases until summer’s grip was well and truly broken. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted one of his hands into an ordinarily painful aikido grip, but Massey was oblivious. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whereas both Haydn and Mozart aimed to reveal human emotions through the filter of a gentlemanly, well-bred composure, the funeral march in Eroica is remarkable for the unflinching grip of its mood. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Jinx felt Finn’s grip loosen, then heard a loud snap. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to get traction; with each movement the muck would grip their feet and hold tight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued to lay unwanted kisses on me as I struggled to escape his grip. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ram settles his glasses snugly and grips the book. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

From outside came a heavy grunt, and the handle was nearly yanked from my grip. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As they argue, the feeling that grips Charlies insides becomes greater. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His grip on the dagger tightened, and he took a step forward. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She’s about six years old, in a plaid jumper dress, white T-shirt, bobby socks and shoes, her hair loose from its braids, right hand gripping something against her chest. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Grace didn’t think it could be worse than that night, her mother gripping her hand, nurses urging her to push, but it was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Guilt kept its cold grip on that pleasure. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frenzied fairies mobbed him again, and he lost his grip on the side, vanishing in another pulsing succession of colored flashes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes for a second, told myself to get a grip. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The mercenary on the gargoyle below only had time to lean into the wall as she slammed onto the creature’s head, gripping its horns to steady herself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her foot slipped on a slick rung, and Celaena barely stifled her cry as she gripped the bars, cursing as her knee banged into the gate. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The grip of the strong force reaches out only to about 1/100,000 of the diameter of an atom. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She gripped the stone, digging into the cracks, Kaz’s gloves bunching around her damp fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was stiff and sore, but at least his anxiety had relaxed its grip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Winnie leaned against the fence, her hands gripping the warm metal of the bars, and thought about Mae behind another set of bars in the jailhouse. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time there were captains in the Owsla who said privately to each other that the General was in the grip of an obsession. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

How Jack and Connor cheered me on as I dug in with my bare hands, clenching my teeth against the cold as I gripped its slippery shell. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was writhing with all his might, trying to break free of Ron’s grip. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It hurt Nailer’s stitches and Nailer winced in the man’s grip, but he didn’t fight the embrace. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fig whined and shimmied until he wrestled from my grip. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In one quick movement, Roz pulled in the branch and gripped the fish with her two hands. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She grips my fingers together so hard, it hurts. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rimas slung the canvas over her shoulder and we dragged along, our hands cramped, still locked on to the shovel blades we had gripped for nearly twelve hours. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’d like to walk away, too, but she grips my hand so tightly I would have to pry off her fingers, and I don’t have the strength for that kind of cruelty. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus gripped the steering wheel so tightly that his knuckles turned white. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jaunty adjusted his grip on the wheel, extending his index finger ever so slightly to feel the wind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My fingers are still gripping the back of his jacket so tightly that when they take him away it tears leaving me with a fistful of black fabric. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Madam Hooch, the Quidditch teacher, asked Flint and Wood to shake hands, which they did, giving each other threatening stares and gripping rather harder than was necessary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Her hands shake, and she grips the counter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he ran, he even loved the pain, the hurt of the running, the burning in his lungs and the spasms that sometimes gripped his calves. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy took a tighter grip on the handle, but was ready to fly if he had to. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then half of his body was out, up to the waist—he gripped the window frame to stop himself from falling completely. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then some 600 million years ago, the monopolizing grip of the algae was broken and an enormous proliferation of new lifeforms emerged, an event called the Cambrian explosion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a cross between a bow and a nod, said, “That’s kind of you, ma’am,” stood behind her, and gripped her shoulders. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Nathan gripped the black circle with his sweaty palm and then reached to turn the keys. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The gun seemed to be kind of vibrating in Ernie’s grip. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sigurd managed to keep his grip on Anya while he swung at the house spirit. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Daddy gripped the steering wheel like he was driving in a snowstorm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped her flashlight tightly, fitting her fingers to its ribs, though in fact she didn’t need it at all. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy gripped her hand and jolted her back to reality. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His hands grip my arms, but he releases me a moment after I stand upright again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I renewed my grip on the canoe as it accelerated up from the depths. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I felt the grip on my heart relax. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then positioned the fingers of her other hand on the wood before lightly gripping her wrist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I gripped his arm and when he looked at me questioningly I spoke with firm intent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The bar I’m holding shudders, and I scream through my clenched teeth as I fight to keep my grip. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin studied Tom’s earnest face for a moment and then loosened his grip on the boy’s shirt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, willing herself to be rooted there, in that chair, and she gripped the armrest until the pattern carved in it rose up to meet her fingers, solid and reassuring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the person remaining would have one thing left to grip on to. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I picture Mom bucking her spine beneath the grip of the welfare men, who claimed to know better. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riots have almost always been the result of poor prison administration or operation, not inmate knowledge of our top secret aikido grips. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded slowly, trying desperately to get a grip on the situation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Standing awkwardly, still gripping the hilt of the man’s sword, the scribe tugged harder and the sword pulled slowly free. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I squirm, just like the leech stuck in the grip of the tongs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I gripped the red fruit in my palm. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He held out a cable at the end of which was a leather grip, deeply marked by his dæmon’s teeth. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Butler expertly gripped the informant behind the neck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

His left hand gripped her shoulder, pressing her head tight against the hard, flat plane of his stomach. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He cupped his palm at the back of my neck and held me there in his anxious grip. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I grip the curved pages, bending my book open too far. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

My stomach flipped over and my eyes watered and I gripped the lap bar with both hands. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I gripped my pistol and searched through the trees for light. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Only when she’d heard him cross the hallway, heard his door open and close, only then would the metal fist gripping her belly let go. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But the other gun remained in its holster, with only its black grip showing beneath Reed’s restless thumb. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and gripped his ankles, holding his feet still. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nergal hoisted a white van over his head, the metal groaning in his grip, then hurled it at her. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She needed to get a grip on this thing, whatever it was, before it got out of control. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At this point, I had already come to grips with the fact that this group project was going to be a Patty project. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I tried to tear away from him but his grip on my arm was firm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped my sleeve, and I could feel the heat of his skin like a fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mark twisted his body around so that he was facing front, gripping Darnell by his shirt behind him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as I lessened my grip on it, it slid out, and the distance between the lifeboat and the raft in­creased. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guard loses his grip on him for just a second, and Tobias crumples to the floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my pulse in my palms as I grip the steering wheel. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He sat gripping the arms of his great chair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Kaede curled her fingers around the grip again, and this time, she felt the core of her belly engaged in the movement of her arm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She tries to get a better grip, but now her hands are wet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Stepping to the ground, he opened the car door for Miss Love and reached for his grip, which was beside her on the back seat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Not today, Em,” her mom said around the nail gripped between her lips while she hammered another one into the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He lost his grip and leaned outwards, teetering and waving his paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I grip my obsidian pendant in my hand—and then I hear it. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was an urgency to Mama’s voice that Ophie hadn’t heard since Georgia, and she squared her shoulders and gripped the tray as hard as she could. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My head ached from staying too long in the sunlight, and my hands had no grip. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade caught the charging horse in the throat with a meaty thunk, angling upward, and Tyrion almost lost his grip as the animal screamed and collapsed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Because late that same night he borrowed a pistol, gripped it by the barrel, and used it like a hammer to break his own nose. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the pod and gasp for air. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As we head to the platform, I grip my wrist like someone has cut me with a knife. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He swayed and nearly lost his grip on the trunk. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I lean against the wall and grip my helmet and rifle. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful felt the jesses go taut as Sam gripped them between his thumb and forefinger. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

For they imagined as they wished—that it was a wild shot, an unintended killing—fools, not to comprehend they were already in the grip of death. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben’s wails grew, and his father’s grip tightened on him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Mighty blocks of ice, gripped between meeting floes, rose slowly until they jumped like cherrystones squeezed between thumb and finger,” Shackleton wrote. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I gripped the sides of the buggy with all the strength I had, ready to wrench free and leap if the buggy slipped deeper into the river. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she has my wrist in an iron grip. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But in the end they decided to loosen the grip they had on their seventeen-year-old boy. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

His grip on his Transvice was a little tighter than Mark’s. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“This is bad. This is bad,” I whispered over and over as I desperately gripped the tabletop. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He gripped the edge of the cot and sat up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to pull away, but she didn’t get far, because Lina had a firm grip on her scarf. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the ghost of one of Mrs. Caruthers’s sons finally appeared, in uniform with his hand tightly gripping a bottle, Ophie laid a hand on his arm, which was naught but chilly vapor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I remembered that Branwell had told me that she called barrettes hair grips. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet found their strength, and I took off at a full run, Nell bouncing painfully and gripping my shift for her life. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The victim was seized by Hound and camera in a great spidering, clenching grip. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little Rumpelstiltskin figure, contorted with hatred, he gripped the neck of the microphone with one hand while the other, enormous at the end of a bony arm, clawed the air menacingly above his head. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Still standing on the chair, she was able to get a grip on the wooden molding, and she pulled until the panel had come off in her hands. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward, gripping the arms of his chair. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Likewise, Frankie,” he said, gripping my hand and shaking it several times. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

To protect myself, I gripped the cross of lead in my hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I got a tolerable grip and the rocks didn’t hurt as they had on my bare feet. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He draws back a few inches, still gripping my arms—and suddenly, our eyes lock. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Fighting to maintain a grip on reality, I started talking to myself out loud. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment’s hesitation, he braced himself and gripped the man’s wrists. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the front of his shirt and hold on tight. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Betty took a firm grip of her hand and was leading her in as her mother and brother went forward to collect the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She breathes a few times and gets a grip. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door slammed shut, Grandma relaxed her firm grip on my face. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was a straight piece of metal, with thin leather wrapping the grip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She gripped the pistol by the muzzle and brought it down as hard as she could on the man’s face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The other dæmon changed, too—Will felt it happen, like a little grip at his heart—and became a cat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Inside the elevator, she pressed against Zakariyya, one hand leaning on her cane, the other gripping her tattered dictionary. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then, when his grip held, he would lean back on the vine and swing his weight against it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may not be too late and it’s only how my chest rises and my throat grips that makes me realize all along I’ve thought I was too late. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His grip was clammy but mercilessly tight, cutting off all airflow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was gripping a fistful of my jacket in one hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He cringes and adjusts his grip on her legs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Brotherhood, darling," she said, gripping my biceps with her little hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gripped each other but didn’t dare make a sound, and for an unbearably tense moment we heard only the bleating of sheep and the clop of staggering hooves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I felt no need to lead or leave them; was glad to follow; was gripped by a need to see where and to what they would lead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annoyance is a fact of life; one ought not to lose one’s grip because of it, and in doing so Penelope realized she had made a grave and potentially catastrophic error. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Werner tries out various theories on Frederick, but Frederick, he’s learning, moves about as if in the grip of a dream, his trousers too big around the waist, the hems already falling out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once I finally got a grip, I pulled up the Scoreboard and made myself stare at it for thirty solid minutes while I mentally berated myself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

My best friend’s voice just kept repeating that phrase, and I gripped my skull as panic and confusion and helplessness pulled me in seventeen different directions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I gripped the handle of the chamber pot tightly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my grips against the communicating door last night. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife is gripped in my hand, undulating in the moonlight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It's a powerful grip for such delicate- looking fingers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perilee’s grip on my arm tightened as each step drew us closer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The two gripped each other's arms to keep Beck from bouncing away. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, the dog, unexpectedly scratched and bitten, showed a certain reluctance to come to grips. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time the steely fist never loosened its grip. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the flask was full to the brim, and Snape looked as though there was no blood left in him, his grip on Harry’s robes slackened. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Otto kept a tight grip on his precious time travel device. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A little big for his hand, but it would fit comfortably in the grip of a normal man, he knew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You loosened your grip and let the nightmare take her. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

She got a good grip on each kid and thrust them at her aunt and uncle one by one. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He quickly squats down in front of me, one hand gripping the back of my neck, the other covering my mouth and most of my face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the clammy air, his palm was hot and dry, like that of a man with a fever, and his grip was painfully strong. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Henry’s voice on the phone was a tether, his body is the gravity that makes it possible, his hand gripping the back of Alex’s neck a magnetic force, a permanent compass north. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The minute she was free, the water had her in its grip again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian gripped one of his teddy bears, strangling it with shaking hands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

First, we walked to the corner and back with Ty and Lucky, Safer gripping a leash in each hand. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“When we sell. Do you think the house is really worth anything? The neighbourhood’s a bit . . She didn’t finish the sentence. Joseph held his breath and gripped the bird medallion around his neck. “ The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Director tightens his grip more, and a grin escapes his purple-red lips. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My heart tightens like a claw grips it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The deputy told me to empty my pockets: two quarters, a penny, a stick of bubble gum, and a roll of grip tape for my skateboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She tugged against the night riders who gripped her tight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Horses do too much shaking of your insides when you ride ’em and they’re a long way up if you lose your grip and fall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I could see him trying to come to grips with the situation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It had gripped him, then consumed him like a living thing, and it wasn’t the first time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Dull-eyed, shaking and numb, one hand gripping the rain catcher, the other clinging to the raft, I continued to wait. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took a fresh grip and lifted it, his nose wrinkling. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He gripped her arm as he led her through the shining building in which most of Endovier’s officials and overseers were housed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I sat there, my fist that gripped the brief case bruising against the street, my head slumped forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crying out, the Assassin dropped to one knee, her hand caught fast in Tanin’s viselike grip. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As Mom hands Ben the plastic bag with Javier’s clothes and favorite book, Dad picks Javier up and grips him into a hug. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In 1605, Paul V had been elected Pope, and he made a determined effort to extend the authority of the Church and tighten the papal grip on Catholic states. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The young mouse knew that he had been born for this moment, his grip causing the tremor of the steel to run through his entire body. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t realize how hard I’m gripping my seat until the flight attendant taps me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She gripped his hand more tightly, which he found singularly arousing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But, instead, knowing she loves clean desks and things just so, I grip my pencil with a hard fist. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Two Step yelled, covering his nose with one hand while keeping a tight grip on his dactyl with the other. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She wiggled her toes into the cold, wet earth, to get the grip, and then began to run. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She gripped both Harry and Ron tightly around the elbows. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Some scowled and gripped the hilts of their glowing purple swords. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Moving suddenly, the woman seized Pantalaimon, and holding his mouse body in a fierce grip, she touched the tip of a spur to his leg. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Alfred Gregory, Mine Medical Staff The Spanish influenza is nothing more than the old grip or la grippe, which circulates from time to time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Father gripped the frame of the wing tighdy with his left hand and pulled back sharply with his right, so that the front rudders angled skyward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

You held my hand in a crushing grip. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As we walk, the preacher keeps my right arm in a bruising grip, but I can’t shake him off without dropping my dinner. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Fear grips me as I notice the silver machete in its hand, gleaming sinisterly in the moonlight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Close-ups capture different hands gripped around tools, and sawdust flying like confetti. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

His grip tightened until my hands felt numb, but I would never tell him to let go. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, going to sleep, he would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his face muscles, in the dark. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Press your thumb and index finger against the grip. Thumb and finger control the blade. Not your wrist or arm.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The coach curled his fingers around the grip of his baseball bat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Isa stepped back, her fingers gripping the bag so tightly her knuckles turned white. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Usually I ignored his lecturing but today I was gripped by it, and by this strange, thirsty terrain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I strolled to where she was and dropped my grip bag onto the mat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The water stroked my chin, its chill seizing my lungs in a viselike grip. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He runs his hands through his hair, gripping his scalp, his neck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Aravis felt Lasaraleen grip her arm—that sort of sudden grip which is almost a pinch and which means that the person who is gripping you is very frightened indeed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

T's got fingers in my brain, gripping tight. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He sat impassively, claws gripping the chair arms, visor lowered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lyra cried out in alarm, and then in fear and pain, as Pantalaimon twisted this way and that, shrieking and snarling, unable to loosen the golden monkey’s grip. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me more of the vine—I can’t get a good grip!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

Z spotted Mr. Casey walking from the faculty parking lot toward the school, and he gripped the edge of the window frame. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But here, now, an instant of missed footing or a lost grip on a handhold would mean certain death. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He caught Buddy’s arm in a tight grip. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I let him keep his possessive grip on my arm, guiding me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Feeling the cold grip my bones, I continue walking, disputing with myself this question of disobedience and punishment. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The leather grip pulled on my hand like a bowling ball. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I slept an hour and woke in the grip of a nightmare about explosions, invasion, murder, and conflagration. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I dare to release the rope I’ve gripped since we left Turkey. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop released his grip and Genie, happy to finally have his hand back, massaged his fingers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His grip on her arm loosened, but he didn’t realize he’d actually released her until she stumbled back from him and began to run. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the end of a silver lead with a leather grip held tightly in her hand was the white dog. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Not only are we in the districts forced to remember the iron grip of the Capitol’s power each year, we are forced to celebrate it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look beyond Brian—if I can break his grip, I can make a run for it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The leather grip fit his hand like it had been custom designed for him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He gripped the icy ledge with his fingers, thinking that if he had been running any faster he would have gone right off the roof, hurtling four floors. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tad tightened his grip on the black backpack. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I grip the edge of the seat and try to organize my thoughts enough to ask a question. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They fidgeted in their seats, subtly adjusting their grips on the oars, shifting their weight, adjusting angles, trying to keep their muscles from knotting up and freezing in place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then she hugs me with one arm, her hand gripping my shirt. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lean forward on the ledge, so far that Tess grips my arm to make sure I don't topple to the ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He always rode belly down, arms spread out, and hands gripping the T bar. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Cecilia gripped him tighter, he twisted his whole body away from her, and they seemed like wrestlers as she reached up and tried to turn his head toward her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“They are a gift,” I said, clinging to Mamá’s warm, loving grip. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He kicks back, lowers his grip, over and over, until he’s on the ground, smug, cocky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She nodded, adjusting her grip on the rope tied to the back of the cart. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning I hitched up Big Jack to the buggy and took Grandpa and Miss Love and a mountain of grips to the depot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He gripped his wand tightly again and took up his position in the middle of the classroom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Biddy turnt her grip on the spoon so that she wasn’t holding it in her fist, but on her fingers, and spoon her soup just like Lizabeth did. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He called three, four, five, six, seven, eight, his fingers jerking, unable to grip the receiver. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both hands tightly gripping my bowl, I take my two ladlefulls and walk to my shaded spot underneath a tree, away from all the others. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we tried carrying him, Noodles gripping under his arms, and me at his feet. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I get to my feet and take a step towards the door, but he’s there in front of me, his hands gripping my arms, and he pushes me back into the chair. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tendons in Bast’s hand creaked as he tightened his grip on the circle of iron. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stop worrying about my computer being stolen or cooked, I sleep through the night, the sick little plucking habit loses its grip. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He averts his eyes, but tightens his grip around my back. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Mayor Barry Trent stepped up to the podium, and he gripped both sides of it, hard enough that Moss could see the whites of his knuckles on his already pale skin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was so tiny, but her grip on me so tight, as though she knew I would always protect her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I twist my neck away, trying to free myself from his grasp, but he only grips harder. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He held out his hand to be gripped. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The Klan portrayed itself as the patriotic defender of law and morality in turbulent times, but the group actually caused much of the lawlessness and terror that gripped the region during those postbellum years. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A violent coughing fit gripped Rahim Khan and rocked his gaunt body back and forth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We sank in a hurry, and his grip tightened, choking me, as soon as the water closed over our heads. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Their mother gripped Sal’s steering wheel and leaned forward the way she always did, like she was so excited to get where they were going, whether it was the grocery store or California. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She remembered the dream of the mahalath, when the mist unmade her and all sense of physical being vanished, but for one thing, one solid thing: Lazlo’s hand gripping hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They shook the young men’s hands to see if their grip was firmer than usual. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He found the knife she’d left and wrapped his palm around its smooth grip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Milo was deaf and kept pushing forward, nonviolently but irresistibly, sweating, his eyes, as though he were in the grip of a blind fixation, burning feverishly, and his twitching mouth slavering. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finding a grip, I hoisted myself up in hope of escaping by climbing and hiding. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the fork in my hand so tightly it leaves a chrysanthemum-shaped imprint in my palm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Cecilia gripped the cool porcelain in both hands as she stood on one foot, and with the other hooked the French windows open wide. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His hands, the size of oven mittens, were gripping the sides of the wooden podium. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sweet air rushed into his chest as the arm loosened its grip. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The grip was polished bronze, studded with dials and buttons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"I hope you are better at filling cavities than making false teeth," Turtle said, gripping the arms of the dentist's chair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were out together, he walked alongside her, one hand gripping her by the elbow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He gripped my shoulder and stared at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I grip Keav’s hand tighter and suddenly notice the smell that hits my nostrils. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The architects worried that anyone who joined the fair would find himself in the grip of innumerable committees. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

These days, the habit has become an addiction: we are hooked on living; the tenacity of its grip on us, and ours on it, grows in intensity. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a grip stronger and colder than iron seized him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The cold winter of 1957-58, when freezing temperatures gripped northern Florida, gave an unexpected opportunity to start the program while the screw-worm populations were reduced and confined to a small area. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I took my place in the stem and sat gripping the gunwales with white-knuckled hands while Falconer climbed in, rocking the boat sickeningly, and the wherryman cast off. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They grip their sticks and smack a black puck back and forth across the street, until one of them shouts, “Car!” and they scatter. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at her, my cold hands gripped tightly in my lap. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport says the fevers gripped us because we stayed so long in the fog and cold of England’s winter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Hence any attempt to understand the origins of the modern world must come to grips with the question why the Fertile Crescent’s domesticated plants and animals gave it such a potent head start. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then a hand gripped her wrist painfully, forcing her to drop the blade. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One was suddenly gripping under the body of the van, and something was dragging me, swinging my legs around like a rag doll’s, till they hit the tire of the tan car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was slender but had a surprisingly powerful grip when she grabbed your arm to force your attention. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Blackavar hung on and Groundsel—a heavy rabbit, like all the Efrafan officers—dragged him forward a short distance before he could rid himself of his grip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed into the stone ahead, losing his grip on the vine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

You are just jealous, I thought, and tightened my grip on the steering wheel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled away from the grip Mama had on my arms, moved and stumbled, almost falling on my backside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Leroy drove in silence for a while, resting his elbow on the door and gripping the wheel lightly with his fingertips. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They let go and gripped the stall bars on either side of them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She turned and gripped the dory and pulled it higher, Turner pushing, and then she stood, hands on hips, and smiled. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen for a few precious moments, taking in this horrible scene, watching the inexorable march of the shamblers, when a strong grip on my arm jolts me out of my shock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard and grip the straps of my backpack as I follow Sneaky in. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I reached up to loosen his grip, but he wouldn’t let go. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was gripping them tighter and tighter together. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gimli rose and planted his feet firmly apart: his hand gripped the handle of his axe, and his dark eyes flashed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She felt a fist grip her stomach as she understood. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He slung his spear off his back and gripped it uneasily. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I end the call, but am suddenly gripped by the completely irrational fear that the phone could ring, that Tom would hear it from upstairs, so I slide the French doors open and step outside. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporter had his chair arms in a death grip. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad gave me a look like he was questioning my grip on reality. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He gripped the tree tightly in his jaws and looked up at Roz with wide, frightened eyes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hold him, but then he is gripping me around my shoulders and clenching the back of my blouse, my hair. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She gripped my arm and I pulled her into the boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We sink to the ground, and the grip is as tight as iron. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I can walk, thanks,” said Harry irritably, jerking his arm out of the Auror’s grip. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My hand reaches for something, and I grip it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She gripped a chunk of my hair and jerked me toward her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He immediately tightened his grip on Finn’s shoulder and looked both ways for cars. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Just so, yes. Do not squeeze it so tight, no, the grip must be deft, delicate." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Its harsh skin afforded such a marvellously good grip that without thinking about what I was doing, I pulled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Give her a round, thin perfume bottle to grip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’d failed to appreciate the grip climbing had on my soul, however, or the purpose it lent to my otherwise rudderless life. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I lost my grip and my avatar was sucked directly into the Black Tiger game’s monitor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Just by Robbie’s armpit, a little man in a three-pointed hat and a colonial jacket stared suspiciously off to the side, one hand gripping his sheathed sword. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I tighten my grip on my remaining knife. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Stanley jerked back against the seat and tightly gripped the wheel as the truck accelerated. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She kneels on a cushion to pray, and a vice grip tightens around my heart. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Jasper’s voice whipped, and then he was right behind her, his hands curling over hers, loosening them from their grip on the table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They ate and the old man sat wrapped in his solitary quilt and gripped his spoon like a child. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

My mom takes a deep breath, gripping the edge of my bed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Matthew waved a hand as if their bus, with the lone man gripping an oxygen tank and the Sharpie-scribbled seats, was what constituted his “cool.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He could feel Piggy's head against his shoulder and the convulsive grip of a hand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I tightened my grip on pencil and books. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to stay standing, but gripped the door of his truck for support. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I see a gun on the tile near a drinking fountain and lurch toward it, breaking my grip on Matthew’s hand. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As her fingers gripped the rim, she felt a piercing pain beneath her arm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her mother's hands grip her tightly under her arms and her body slides up, out of the pool, out of the ring. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The apparition grips his trophy under an arm and turns out his palms as if to say, “I don’t know,” or maybe “I’m sorry.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His two thin hands are gripping the edges of the table as if the floor were pitching beneath him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

After sliding one on my back and getting a grip on the other two with my hands, I turn to find a group rapidly forming behind me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She tightened her grip on the rope and lifted her second foot from the ledge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was gripped with seasickness from the start. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I grip the sides of the mattress to steady myself. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You stop that noise,” my mother said; and she caught my arms in so tight a grip of fury that my crying ceased because of the pain. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew from experience that this was how to grip the jar so it didn’t cover his nose. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He gripped Pima’s face with his bloody fingers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I set the lantern down and tightened my grip on the handle of the ax. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace gripped her pen and wondered when Max had become such a weakling, with a spine made out of cotton candy. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I felt the invisible grip on me slacken suddenly, but fear kept me still as the dead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dalton’s face turned slightly toward him and her fingers gripped in his coat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel it in the relaxing grip on her arm and in his silence, and she could see it in his raised face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She collapsed to the wooden slats, a ladder up the sky, her fingers so weak she could not grip the rungs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I gripped the penknife really hard and I knocked on the doorframe. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At their waists, their sword hilts and gun grips glinted in the gray morning light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sparse strands of ginger hair gripped the irate customer’s balding head like a claw. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She had no illusions: old plans, if one could ever remember them, the plans that time had overtaken, tended to have a febrile and overoptimistic grip on events. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I feel like my grip on Gram is slipping away faster than ever. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

James’s grandmother gripped a wooden spoon in one hand and pursed her lips, waiting. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had drawn his fists up under his chin—he was still gripping his cap—and his shoulders were hunched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He gripped the can tight, trying to squeeze away the shaking in his hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That saved them—for a brief moment he simply stood there staring at Basta, who was still struggling in Mo's grip. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Amelia grips my shoulder and whispers, “What should we tell her?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once, I lost my grip and-I found myself dangling by one hand from a ledge fifty feet above the rocky surf. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When it was half open, he winced in pain and lost his grip on the door for a second. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I watch her carefully, one hand still gripping the zipper in case I need to pull it up quickly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The smith’s prentice shifted his grip on the iron bar selfconsciously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a direction to aim for, the engine man hunkers down and grips the controls, motoring our little dinghy through choppy water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

You aren’t really “stuck,” but it sure feels as if there are hands gripping your feet, and not letting you go. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ophie stilled her expression to blankness and gripped the increasingly heavy tray tighter. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And through all this his mother’s eyes were on him; her hand, like fiery tongs, gripped the lukewarm ember of his heart; and caused him to feel, at the thought of death, another, colder terror. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I grip at the sheets as a different kind of pain takes over. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They leaned down and gripped the metal handholds on the near edge. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He held out a hand and gripped Speedy’s metal paw. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Even now, free of the Whisperer’s metallic grip, Reynie found himself longing for that sensation of perfect security, of not being alone... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And now, taking a firm grip on his two ears, she lifted him bodily out of his seat and held him aloft. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The centaur struggled to get up as the giant approached, his javelin ready, A taloned hand gripped my shoulder. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I saw them sitting in their shirtsleeves, leaning forward, gripping their crossed knees with their hands, I wasn't surprised. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it was the oldest and most shameless trick in the book, he reached over her and put his hand on top of the one that gripped the cue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously they walked forward and hugged, Harry gripping the still-sopping back of Ron’s jacket. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, he gripped the hilt of his hanjari, and a long beat passed before he braced himself to step through the trees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth to speak and the man gripped her hand. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The prison guards grip their truncheons, pulsing pulsing pulsing. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the curb seems miles away, and I’m suddenly gripped with fear. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It took Hazel some trouble to learn to grip half a carrot in his mouth and carry it, like a dog, across the field and back to the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped the grate, pressing her face against it to get a better look. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Robert tightened his grip on the wheel as he steered into the parking lot. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even in the grip of agonizing pain or complete debilitation, most jockeys clung to their illusion of invulnerability. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take out the syringe and grip it in my hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped the arrow as the girl bounded away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Theon gritted his teeth and gripped the rope tightly as he made his way across, pretending that it was Asha's neck he was clutching. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He gripped her other arm with fingers that felt like iron. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the bars, shook them, felt them move. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Thanks to severe thunderstorms, I spent the whole flight gripping my seat, worrying that I was going to plummet to my death. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stand between my parents, gripping their hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She holds our hand through even the most bone-crushing grips of pain like it’s nothing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled his pet back to him and gripped his baseball glove more tightly. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My head spun like a carnival ride, but I twisted myself out of his grip and pushed him away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She released her grip on Bull’s ear, stepped back, and began spitting vigorously into the bushes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It crawled up to my shoulder, adjusted its grip, then pulled harder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He tightened his grip on the heart and shook his head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Hard hands with rending nails gripped and lifted him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t dig their fingers into his fur—they had to grip the armor between their knees, and his back was so broad that both of them kept slipping. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She grips the stone and kind of props herself against it and then lifts her leg up and over so that she’s sitting on the railing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He catches it, breathes it in, and it grips him, won't let him go. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the County Road, she speeds up to fifteen and grips the wheel like we’re doing a hundred and five. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I mean to let it go, but my grip around the sheet of paper only tightens. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The key itself was marvelous—the oldest I’d seen in Sing Sing, thin and short, with two circles cut out of the grip and the edges softened by a million touches. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put one hand to my eyes and with the other I gripped Ultima tightly as we struggled against the wind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day as I was gripping the bars, my face straining toward the light, a guard came in and told me I had a visitor. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ayanna tightened her grip on the staff and glanced at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Meir’s grip tightened around my wrists, hard enough to send pain shooting up my arms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I squeezed his hand, increasing my grip until I’m sure he felt pain, and threw the invisible dagger toward him, diving in as fast and hard as I could. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His hands gripping the wheel, his keychain dangles from the ignition. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I slipped my fingers between hers, and she gripped my hand good. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls started closing in on him like the sides of a vise grip. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Taylor gripped one end of the baton, sharing it with Shanti. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His long hands unexpectedly gripped my waist, and his foot pushed mine off the gas pedal. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The cliffs at their left were overhung, and they could not be seen from above; but the path made many bends, and at each bend they gripped their sword-hilts and went forward cautiously. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His hands stayed clenched—one on the crutch grip, one on the toy soldier. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Haymitch grips my wrist as if anticipating my next move, but I am as speechless as the Capitol’s torturers have rendered Darius. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom stands next to me and grips my hand again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers flexed around the leather grip, probably itching to give me a cut to match the one I’d dealt across his face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I saw his hands grip the steering wheel so hard that his knuckles turned white. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the grip on his windpipe grew ever tighter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once she’d seen them go inside, she gripped the braid tight and stumbled back to the closet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Deborah gripped her cane and stared him in the eye with a look that just begged him to mess with her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I got a good grip on my football bag. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He walked away, and the hobbits made a lane for him to pass; but their knuckles whitened as they gripped on their weapons. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I can see her stiffen and tighten her grip on the handle of her briefcase. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tighten the grip on the abaya still gathered around my hips and look at her. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, Van Helsing’s eyes never blinked, but his hand came out and met mine and gripped it hard. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Celaena’s limbs trembled so violently that she had to focus on gripping Nox, and her stomach turned over and over and over. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His hand left the bridle and gripped the hilt of his sword, and with a red flash he drew it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two hands, right above my head, gripped the fence. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She’d been gripping it hard for so long the linen cover had left an impression on her palm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I need to get on home,” I called, but after I put the grips down I went back there like he said to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes for a moment, in the grip of a despair as icy cold as the water. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yanked my arm, but his grip was tight. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He still held the gaff gripped tightly in one hand, and he became aware of it now. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the music, enlivened by unscored dissonances, swelled to a raucous climax, she gripped the wooden sides of her chair, closed her eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The board inched downward, metal-detector fights flickering off one by one as the magnets lost their grip. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ekon had only changed her grip slightly, but the result was profound. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My legs gripped her flanks securely and she started briefly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He strapped the nest box to his back and, gripping the lowest limb of the hemlock, swung hand over hand to the tree trunk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The man’s voice is tender, barely a whisper, a short knife in the tension that grips the house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Ginny’s hair flew as she pulled her arm out of her mother’s grip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His grip underwent a similar transformation and I regained my hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He plunged the haft of his hammer into the ground, gripped the metal head, kneeled down, and closed his eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Turner was thinking this when Nettle gripped his arm and pointed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Panting like an animal, with my legs shaking and my hand gripping the knife, I attack at Met Bong’s cue, charging at my dummy, I yell, “Die! Die!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Help me get him into the boat! Quick!’ cried the ancient half-sister, gripping him under the armpits. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minerva was half asleep in the twins’ grip, and Chi-Boy had sweat through his outer sweater by then. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He looked forward again, his iron grip tightening. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Wearing a dark uniform and a full-length rain cape, he stood for a few moments gripping the hand of FISA’s Italian Swiss president, Rico Fioroni, as the two smiled and carried on an animated conversation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With both the Fleshlumpeater’s hands gripping his ankle, it was a simple matter for the BFG to tie the ankles and hands together with a tight knot. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His back arched as he felt something pulled from him, something with a viselike grip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Magdalys tightened her grip on the reins and pulled hard, yanking Missy back into a straight-ahead dash out into the darkness of the bay and away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Alex gripped the handlebars and pedaled as hard as he could. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Backpack straps gripped and head bowed, she bent forward and charged. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He scrabbled for a grip on the slippery hull. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The metal ladder had rusted, which made it easy to grip. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There were gloves on his hands, not knitted gloves such as those she was accustomed to wearing in winter, or the coarse gloves that had helped her grip the rope as she climbed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Freddie shook out of my grip as I eased up on him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My aim is on the mark, my grip as tight as his. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I asked, but Mamá’s eyes were glistening with unshed tears and her hands were trembling as she held the keys in a tight grip. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Wednesday held the grip for another half-minute, and then he let go. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The light crackled and went back out with a loud pop, but I still threw myself forward, out of Liam’s grip, straight for the spray-painted message. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Like gripping a ball bearing as hard as you can. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I try to yank and tug away, which only makes his grip tighter. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She clasps my hand in the air with the healthy grip of a mother holding her newly engaged daughter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dicey stood up and reached out for a firm grip on the wood. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria had a tight grip on Fani to keep her from swaying. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a book that’s been written on!” said Harry, tugging it out of her grip. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As the raging water loosened her grip on the boulder, she gulped in air and closed her eyes. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Images float through my mind, but they do not grip me, they are mere shadows and memories. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands joined Stick’s, tugging to loosen the man's grip. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When the cops came, he was still gripping the broken bottle in his hand, and watching his own blood flow between the fingers of his fist and drip on the Mexican’s oiled wood floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had a button nose and a hard little set-back chin, a gripping jaw set on its course even though the angels of God argued against it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

William caught the hatchet by the handle, gripped the fiend’s arm, and broke it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In a real sense, he’d lost himself—his grip was slipping. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corners of his eyes Harry saw Bellatrix bearing down upon the werewolf, the sword of Gryffindor gripped tightly in her hand, her face waxen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I said to Lourdes, pulling away from her grip before she could stop me again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The contents of Mr. Hardman’s two “grips” were soon examined and passed. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The container of half-n-half slips from my grip and clatters to the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

With a quick movement I slipped my purse over my head, gripping the strap with one hand, ready to surrender it or use it as weapon as need demanded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

One day I just notice that I’m not gripping so tight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And though her throat was parched with thirst and her feet burned with pins and needles, it was a long time before Mariam gently freed her finger from the baby’s grip and got up. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And if I notice that his hand grips his wineglass tightly enough to turn his knuckles white, then I imagine I am the only one who does. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Quackenbush had clamped his arm in some kind of tight wrestling grip around my neck, and I was glad in this moment not to be a cripple. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s almost stooped over, as though he’s in pain, and when he shakes my hand his grip is weaker than before. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven straightens up and stares ahead, barely blinking and gripping the steering wheel. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Nails had a grip on one hind leg. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were vertical bars, smooth and no thicker than match sticks, which made them slippery to climb, but by turning more or less sideways, she was able to grip them fairly well. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nowhere on middle-earth, I realize, have I encountered a grip like his. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, easing my tight grip on the receiver. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Chronicler gripped the blankets bunched around his waist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The chain parted like a cobweb in the old man's grip. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She grips her water glass in both hands, pulls the glass close to her chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nyx gripped the rail of her black chariot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her grip on her purse slackens and her neck makes a nice curve. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nausea gripped her, but Chaol took her by the elbow and escorted her to the far end of the veranda. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His hands grip the chair, I can tell he is losing patience. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to hear what he’d said back to me, to see that softness in his eyes when he looked at me, the gentleness of his hand when he gripped mine. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She writhes in his grasp, trying to break his iron grip on her throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The crime rate in fact began to fall—so unexpectedly and dramatically and thoroughly that now, from the distance of several years, it is almost hard to recall the crushing grip of that crime wave. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth in his seat, gripping the frame of the Diplomat, trying to propel his body out of the vehicle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister rescues me from Du Barry's grip and inspects me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In half a second, I held a shimmering bronze sword with a double-edged blade, a leather-wrapped grip, and a flat hilt riveted with gold studs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled us inside with a grip that was pretty strong for an old lady’s. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Maddie glanced at her friend, grinned, and took hold of the finely manicured hand that gripped the edge of the copilot’s seat. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And at the same moment Will felt a grip on his right arm. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped and experimentally raised her hands to the side of her head and gripped her hair in bunches. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He kept changing his grip on the shovel to try to avoid the pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In their clawlike hands many of them gripped hatchets and maces with spiked heads. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jacob was gripping the side of the cart and his nails dug into the wet wood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I gripped the handlebars of the big green bike and leaned forward, head down, built for speed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

December bolds us all in its thrall; not even the fires in the stoves and grates can loosen its icy grip. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He waved the fingers of one hand, gripping tightly to the rope of his crab trap with the other. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His grip hardened on my shoulder so it hurt. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press my fractured elbow, grimacing through the pain, then grip it harder still to see how much I can bear. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He broke from my grip, but only briefly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had to yank his arm free of her grip. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Senator sighs, nods as I grip the handle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He tightened his grip, and the metal spear shrieked. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon’s sharp nails were pressing into the flesh of her upper arms, and she gripped his fur for reassurance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The writing cuts deep, as the fear of whoever could do something like this grips me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Painful shame gripped Cole as waste slipped from his body and a raw stench filled the air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Natural history, the subject that gripped Darwin at Cambridge, was not particularly poised to solve Herschel’s “mystery of mysteries.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly, as she sucks on the milk, Jasmin loses her grip on the bottle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She thwacked him with the maroon book still gripped in her hand. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I try to pull out of Dalton’s grip, but I can’t get free, no matter how hard I try. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I tightened my grip on my father’s hand. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly lurches forward, grips the boy’s wrist, and all in one motion, twists his arm behind his back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She caught the judge's arm and the grip of her athletic fingers made the old gentleman wince. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He was gripped by the kind of anger that passes itself off as wonderment. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She gripped her cell phone in her hand; Mamma and Papa had already called three times just today to find out the results. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Pima shuddered in Tool’s grip, but she didn’t flinch as Richard touched her cheek with his blade. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And as they sank down and the infused shapes of our own world began to appear, the grip of that finger and thumb grew stronger. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Facing the stern of the boat, each boy began with his chest bent over his knees, his arms stretched out in front of him, and both hands gripping the handle of his one long oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As I read the words they’d left behind, I finally began to get a grip on the situation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The figure stood over Mrs. Caruthers with a look of rage twisting her features and a pair of scissors gripped in her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He got a couple of fingers on it, but I jerked it out of his grip. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth looked up at me anxiously and gripped my hand tighter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when she looked at him she felt gripped by proud possession. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But instead of trying to struggle free I got a firmer grip on his wrist and flung him off me, straight into Ant Little and Darren Croome. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jon let go his grip on the girl's hair, and she scuttled backward, away from them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the same time, he loosened his grip on my shirt. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grip on my hand is tighter than it was yesterday. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I still had the butterfly hair grip in my sock drawer at home. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man gripped his grandson’s hand tighter, picked up his suitcase, and walked away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

The Station Inspector saw the bandages and loosened his grip, at which point, like a wild animal, Hugo escaped. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He landed, still gripping the top of the crutch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I kicked my legs, tried to get up, but my feet kept slipping in the mud and I couldn’t get enough of a grip or a foothold to move away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every time I squirm or fight, his grip tightens. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was afraid, he realized then, because as he sat there, gripping the six-fingered sword for confidence, he was suddenly back to what he had been before Vizzini had found him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A queasy feeling grips me as I watch the villages pass by. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry noticed he gripped his pink umbrella very tightly as he spoke. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It finally got so compelling that I was forced to grip my fingernails into my palms in order to control it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to peel the loosened ropes off my left hand when I felt the warlock’s grip upon my shoulder. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her knife's handle was warm and a sticky from her grip. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

Sam nodded as he gripped the pole to see if it was firmly planted. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The quick stream of pure white bolted forward and hit the closest man, who’d just been pulling his arm back, a bloodied hammer gripped in his hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later his shoulders ached like nothing else and his fingers had grown almost numb from gripping so hard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He gripped the steering wheel and stared at the bulldozer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her slow, careful progress down the steps, her back bent, both hands gripping the rail, as if she were blind and had to feel her way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He gripped her upper arm in his hand, hard, and jerked her toward the car. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth Cuthrell recalls being fourteen years old, a high school sophomore, and in the grip of turmoil and unhappiness in her home life when she first encountered Volpe. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The effect on Cecilia was to cause her to tighten her grip. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he moves to beside the door, gripping the knife’s handle tightly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was disguised as a crazy old bag lady, smiling and singing an Ancient Greek lullaby as her leathery hands gripped Percy’s neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could see it clearly, that it was chrome and that it had pearl grips on it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I grip my knife and I look over at Viola, her face looking straight back up the tunnel, so much fear on it my chest begins to hurt. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Frankie tightened his grip, closed his eyes, and counted—one, two, three. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She squirmed and gripped my arm, trying to kick the disgusting thing away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

So Shasta settled himself firmly in the saddle, gripped with his knees, clenched his teeth, and punched both the horse's sides with his heels as hard as he could. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, we think you are Menda?” asked the smith, gripping his hammer tightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Grunting, Trey lifts up, grips, and turns me over like I’m a sack of potatoes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I looked at her in surprise and she gripped her kierie and spear tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But gradually, as winter gained a grip on the island, the sightings ended and the fresh tracks disappeared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The man behind me tightened his grip on my neck and shook me hard, just once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had finally let go of the Magpie, who was now standing with her bony hands gripping the back of the chair where Meggie had been sitting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My books dropped to the floor, and before I knew it I was holding on to her hands, gripping the wrists tight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I slipped out of Guzzo’s grip and got to my feet. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So even though the wok trembled in my sweaty grip, even though I could hardly breathe for the fear gripping my chest, I charged. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She gripped it, paused a second, then pulled it clear, firmly, but without jerking. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Ivy said, tightening her grip on the straps. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Beau’s teeth were locked onto the rope and I prayed he wouldn’t lose his grip or let go. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I gripped the sheep’s wool more tightly, and the animal made a grumbling sound. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m like a tree with vines wrapping their way slowly around me, and nothing I can do to escape their grip. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then the other rabbit, still keeping his grip under Woundwort’s shoulder, thrust upward with his hind legs braced against the floor of the trench. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to get a grip, but still, he sounded pretty choked up when he started talking. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I tightened my grip on the dust rag, my ready excuse for why I was here. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Two warring nations gripped Poland like girls fighting over a doll. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She gripped the side of the boat fiercely and shrieked with every swell of the water, with every spray of water in her face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped my hand as the gates got closer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her grip is tight and I think she won’t let go but then she pushes back my shoulders and she smiles. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Pong's fingers gripped the edge of a sheet of plywood. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then I wrap my legs around him, grip his back, and inhale. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

He gripped the end of his spear with both hands, squeezing tightly as he lowered the knife-laced point to the ground in front of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She watched as he gripped a blue crayon and drew the outline of an airplane. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sefia gripped the straps of her pack and took a few steps to the side. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She puts one hand on one side of the table and her other grips the far side. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without even thinking about it, Chess tightened his grip on his mother’s phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

By June more than half the United States was in the grip of severe heat and extreme drought conditions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m kind of glad,” Winnie admitted, easing her rigid grip on the butt of the pole. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Grindylow has very long fingers, which, though they exert a powerful grip, are easy to break. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip my earmuffs, wishing I could snap them on right now. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The only thing on it that wasn’t rusty was the wood grips. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

It had lain there for years, and the seams on strap and grip had rotted away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked betrayed, and she stomped out of the room, her staff gripped tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He took a fresh grip on the glass and pulled the door tighter and tried again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When she felt lonely, she could feel their hands gripping hers in their secret handshake. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

She tried with all her will, but her arm would not obey her, and the knife fell from her grip to embed itself tip down in the mattress, just beside Sarai’s hip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Madam HoOch then showed them how to mount their brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows correcting their grips. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Dave asked, gripping her shoulder and sort of leering, but he sounded a little creeped out himself. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When Aziza first spotted Mariam in the morning, her eyes always sprang open, and she began mewling and squirming in her mother’s grip. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dill gripped the ladder, raised a foot, and scraped his boot on the column before stepping on the bottom rung. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Rereading each sentence in pieces, she began to get a grip on what Fort was saying: Depending on how you looked at things, your world could change completely. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped the pencil so tight, it made a mark on her middle finger. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Taking a grip of himself, he squared his shoulders and called out boldly: “Come out here this instant and show yourself!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I shut the door behind me, trying to think clearly through the terror that gripped my brain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Elevate the injury if you can,” he said to her as he wiped his hands on his pants to get a better grip on the bar. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With unusual awkwardness he grabbed a juice pitcher, lost his grip, and ended up sloshing an entire quart of juice all over Kate’s feet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, I gripped the tree tighter and wrenched my gaze away from her saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sirius’s grip on Harry’s shoulder was now so tight it was painful. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the two vehicles swung back in line, and then the docking latches pulled them together in a tight grip, and all was well again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice was gripping the gunwales and peering as hard as she could in the deceptive light. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You know about that?” she says, squealing, probably almost losing her grip on the tricky third branch from the top. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

An inextinguishable elation gripped the room and the voices of the young aviators were fleshed with bravado. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped her hands together, and the panic grew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The manager walked around the bar, gripped their backpacks, and pulled James and Emily down from the bar stools. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, Inej gripped the arm that Jesper offered, and they made their way out of the cabin and up to the deck, Nina trailing behind them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I know my hands are shaking from all the nervous energy inside me, so I tighten my grip on his shoulder so he won’t notice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, green golf slacks extended from the hem of his white coat and a pair of tinted aviator-style glasses gripped his hairless head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then, gripping Eilonwy’s arm, he pulled her deeper into the protection of the trees. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

In his left hand he still held the flashlight, gripping it for sheer life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had two grips, one below the elbow, the other for the paw to grasp. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I display the quarter once more before gripping it between my fingers like the book said and slapping it into the side of the bottle and through the crack I had created. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Vivian, gripping the porch rail with one hand, puts her other over her mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She gripped it tighter, until its edges dug into her palms and the flesh of her cheek, and then she took it with her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her forearms thudded against the branch, the bark scraping her skin as she scrambled to get a firm grip. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I tottered in the aisle, desperate to preserve my balance—and my dignity—as well as a grip on my bags and my cat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was a woman, rather short, with a rolling walk, wearing a floral print dress and gripping what looked at first like a stick but was in fact a man’s umbrella with a goose’s head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My grip on Alan tightens until he wriggles and looks at me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, sir, but I got to catch the train to Atlanta. I better get on back to the ho-tel and pick up my grip.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She took hold of me with a fierce grip and pulled me through. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels hands grabbing his arm, gripping his shirt and elbow, pulling. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Just before Christmas the snows and winds of the llano locked the land in an icy grip. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally wrestled myself out of his grip and told him: “All right, all right, let’s not get crazy, man.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There stood Stella Armijo, a two-foot piece of lead pipe gripped tightly in her brawny fist, over by the bunny bin, methodically annihilating the cute little critters. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip his arm and kiss his forehead. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He gripped her shoulders with strong, cold fingers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His fingers are too weak to even grip the pen and write his name. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even if she were the athletic type, she’d never be able to grab hold of anything with a strong enough grip to keep her from splattering against the concrete below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When boys came over, Kaprice and her stepsister would be sitting at a table with brush, rod, and cloth, expertly taking the guns apart, spinning the barrels, polishing the grips. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His big hands gripped the steering wheel loosely. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My body hung in the grip of the wind for a long second before my feet touched down. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Teresa placed her other hand on his arm, gripped his bicep. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Alex watched as a crane swooped down on one of the cars, seized it in a metallic grip, and dropped it into a crusher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s right hand gripped the steering wheel and he wondered if he ought to shake hands with this white man. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a long time before I begin to relax the iron grip on my body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were clammy, and he found himself comparing his mother’s frightened, weak squeeze to his father’s iron-hard grip. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Today, when I grip my US passport and walk through airport security to travel overseas, knowing I'll be allowed to return, I always remind myself that this privilege came at a high cost. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The furious claws almost lifted Matthias from the weather vane as the King gripped the belt, trying to drag it off him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But since written English is more formal than conversational English, anyone who wants to write correctly will have to get a grip on whom. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped one hand with the other, hoping to disappear. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His father leaned against the wall behind the door, watching him, a nearly empty bottle of booze gripped in one fist. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At some point a knife had made an appearance, gripped in his right hand. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I put one hand on her shoulder, on her rubbery coat, gripping the fabric in my fist. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I look at the grass gripping my feet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z