“Of course there’s hope! I mean, of course I won’t . . .” He left the sentence hanging. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I saw Lewis's suit hanging right where it belonged. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We followed the crowd into the school, hanging back so nobody would spot us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Both past tenses have been around for hundreds of years, but since the sixteenth century it’s been customary to reserve hanged for referring to executions, and to use hung for other meanings. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaori hung up, leaned against the wall in the hallway, and chewed her bottom lip. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was nothing hanging from her hair or magpie-tied to her wrists. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The bell-shaped sleeves hung loose around her arms, and the floaty hem stopped a few inches above her knees. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

No one had ever invited me to play soccer or hang around on rooftops or stand around a Ping-Pong table eating lettuce. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He hung his hammock in the room they assigned him and slept for three days. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I get up and lean around the truck to see the compound, half my body hanging over the road. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand to look at him standing in the doorway, his body hanging from its frame with nothing but its own useless hands for company. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon as we hang up, I dial Minny quick as I can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Without the threat of death hanging over us, we finally have the luxury to melt into the music. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I can see why Daddy is hanging on to his thread of hope. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My fingers fumble at my belt and find the spile still hanging from its vine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was something hanging over all of us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The window was open, my bed was made up with blankets and my things hung on the wall, the gas mask in an oblong tin can, the steel helmet on the same peg. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I hang up, sighing loudly, and as I’m sitting up, my gaze falls on my nebulizer. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The streets had that worn dusty look of August, and the leaves hung listless on dull trees. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed the rope that hung on the wall and disappeared through a hole in the ceiling. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The man at the other end listens to my whole story, wishes me good luck finding a lawyer for free, and hangs up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My mouth hangs open and I forget to breathe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I knew the lunchroom wasn’t a possibility; Hunter Schultz and some of his friends hung out there in the mornings, playing Magic cards until homeroom. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and pointed to the pink dress with the white eyelet trim hanging on the door of the closet. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

That I would love to hang with him but I couldn’t. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Because he’s not going to want to hang out again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There was about a dozen people hanging out in front of the store by the time we got there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Theresa’s lashes caught at the corners of her lids; and as she closed her door and began to undress, something about removing her layers and hanging them up proved too much to bear. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small army of soldiers took two months to catch and hang Nat Turner. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” she said, as I hung back. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a photograph of her on the next page, her mouth in a firm line, wisps of brown hair hanging around her face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was a courtyard behind them, open to the sky, and stars hung in the night sky above. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the air hangs the unmistakable smell of rubbing alcohol and stale flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball of smoke hung in the sky like a shrapnel burst, and as I watched, another rocket came up to it, trickling smoke in the bright sunlight. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Icicles hung from the collapsed roof of the fire-mined building that had housed Black Muslim Mosque Number 7. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Is that drunk fool still hanging around downstairs?’ she demanded. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The women washed the sheets in the galley and wrung them out, and we hung them to dry upon the rails, so our ship flapped gray in the winter breeze. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A goblin lady was heading home from work with gold chains hanging from ear to huge, pointed ear. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

In his spare time, Houseman enjoyed going to the theatre and hanging out with friends who worked as actors, writers, and artists. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The man reached to his belt and grabbed a bullhorn that hung from the right side, raising it in front of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Blue flowers hang down in clumps over where she sleeps, making for a richly perfumed bower. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They don’t question me about why I want to hang out with this person I barely like or what we’re planning to do or when I’ll be back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They put a rope around his neck and hung him high. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do remember to call my mom, and as I’m getting ready to hang up, Rosa’s mom says she’d really like to say hello to her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

All his clothes were here, neatly hung up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on the locket that hung around her neck. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Two able young men helped the matrons hang a banner over the bandstand: Friday Festival. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I can’t. It’s my dad’s weekend. I have to hang out with him and his new girlfriend.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Evil-looking masks stared down from the walls, an assortment of human bones lay upon the counter, and rusty, spiked instruments hung from the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Aaron acted like he wanted to kiss the heels of Newcharlie's shoes, hanging on to Newcharlie's words like they were something special. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The closest bathrooms were to the right of the media center, but there were too many people hanging out in that direction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were hanging the family motto her dad had years ago stenciled onto scrap wood: LIVE, TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, BLESS, AND DON’T BE SORRY. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I set the phone down to dance around and quietly squeal, realizing too late that I’d accidentally hung up without saying goodbye. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He hangs out there, under the avocado trees, with a group of guys my age. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They recommended hanging metal buckets of ice from the ceiling. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hanako hung her head, then asked, “I thought those people owned their land?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He found Kehaar just inside the trees, snapping and tearing with his great beak at a foul-smelling piece of flaking brown flesh which seemed to be hanging from a tracery of bones. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It watched her through the mirror, its mouth hanging open, smoke puffing out in short breaths. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Caleb says that ever since him and me started hanging together, the kids teased me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was one sly bunch of fairies, hanging around for God knows how many millennia and still not one photo, not one frame of video. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take the stairs,” I say, as if there’s some other option to get outside, like a rope hanging from the hallway window or one of those aircraft emergency slides. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He knew that if he went in they would ask one another: Who’re them white folks Biker’s hanging around with? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It came from hanging out with my dad after church on Sundays. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Dag, it’s not my fault my sister left you — ” I hung up on her and went to wash my face. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dill shut the window, almost having to hang from it to close it all the way. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I passed by the taffy pull in the window of the candy store, I thought about calling Fred to see if he wanted to watch the game or hang out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As I lay there, I remembered Goodwife Peregrine’s pouch that hung about my neck. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A longsword hung from his hip, and his deep-dyed scarlet cloak was fastened at the shoulder with a heavy silver brooch in the shape of a mailed fist. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he says, his voice low and quiet, “I know the kind of people who do horrible stuff like hang nooses.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

After that they hung the hog in a tree, took out the insides, and left it hanging to cool. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue was hanging out from twixt long yellow and brown teeth that were ’bout the size of bear claws. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It hung open slightly, but only darkness showed through the We listened. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She stared at the copper Jell-O molds that hung on either side of the window over the sink. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shreds of mist hung over the shattered tower. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Aimee begs me not to hang up and I hang the hell up anyway. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She looked around her, at the dishes drying in the kitchen, the banner hanging on the curtain, the door to the bedroom where Nunu was sleeping, safe and sound. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ben was lying on his bed studying the cracked geometry of falling plaster that hung above him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dialed, listened for a moment, hung up, dialed again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“So, I take it he’s not hanging out here anymore?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“So you don’t just walk in there and hang around and walk out. And gum’s already cheap.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And she hung up on me, so there was nothing I could do for Sam but pray for him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she just hangs it back up again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I nodded; knowing that the copies would be even further from these scribbled originals which hung upon the wall. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I hung back, and could in no wise continue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was more the way we knew each other, the way we could be hanging on a corner and almost know what each other was thinking. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mom hangs up, hands me the phone, and hops down from the haystack. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And right away, I saw the shark, still hanging over the water, like a torture victim. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm gonna run this food next door to Needles. Probably hang for a little bit." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In her black shirt that hangs below her bottom and pants that are frayed at the hem, she looks smaller than the rest of the group. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hang on as tightly as I can and try to climb faster. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He spoke for a few moments, then hung up again. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The little door hung open, like a dog’s tongue. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru reached for the hilt of the sword hanging above her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If I was going to do this, I had to let it all hang out. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the heavy block rose from the hole until it hung two inches above level ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And although he had never touched them, they haunted him; all he could think of, all he dreamed of, were these white shell beads hanging in that tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My reflection in the mirror catches my eye; my makeup from the tournament earlier now looks smeared and smoky, dampened by the rain, and my hair hangs in wet strands of color. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They hung open as though abandoned, and as they approached they saw there was no one in the gatehouse. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Duff was no Matt Jacobs who hung on her every word. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I longingly imagined him, Skid, Aaron, and me in Perk, just laughing and hanging out. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I like to see old people hanging out together. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Fujiko, when it was her turn, hung her head and emptied her bowels with her arms wrapped around her stomach. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The New Crew was standing with Marcus, hanging on his every word. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It had just rained, and the streets were covered with wet leaves; their earthy tobacco scent hung in the air, mixing with the spice of wood smoke. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Mama and Nokomis hung the smoky woven bags of rice and tools and medicines from the willow poles above. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn’t hang out with those women anymore. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I’m getting the hang of it, and fast, I tell him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Norris, the caretaker’s cat, was hanging by her tail from the torch bracket. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt sigh, hang up the phone like she just don’t know how her brain gone operate without Miss Hilly coming over to push the Think buttons. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So we hung near Cradle’s office, where there was a ledge over our heads, then migrated to the gym and used some of the inmates’ exercise equipment until Cradle called us back to her office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hanging upside down from the top bunk to see if her hair would touch the floor, but her golden-blond locks came three inches shy, as she had suspected. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A tin roof of a building hung from the branches by electric wires and the wind swung it back and forth like a mighty ax. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The conversation died down and the men who were just hanging around seemed reluctant to go. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took a winding lane up toward the Forester farm, and the crescent moon hung white in the sky and the stars burned in the darkness above them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wrapper casually tied across her chest hung low, exposing the birthmark, a little black bulb, above her left breast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

One litde snake was hanging out of a hole in the plastic. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He hung suspended for a moment, holding to the end of it as it stretched straight up through the Snow Sand to the security of the giant tree. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Its head hung, floppy, on its broken neck. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We hang our boots around our necks by their laces and hide them, pull on silly shoes to replace them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

CFCs also hang around for a long time–about a century on average–wreaking havoc all the while. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could even smell China, and it was the smell of food cooking, of steam rising from so many rice bowls it hung in a mist over the land. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, what? You were going to leave her hanging?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, Angela. If he was forcing you to hang out with us and taking you to his house all the time—” “Then it would definitely mean he didn’t like you,” Ben finished. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even though he knew the blind man wouldn’t see his gesture, he pointed to the nearby wall, which was decorated by a colorful wall hanging, a gift from the blind man’s talented daughter. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead with it,” I said, and he hung up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Hercules hung us upside down once, you know. Oh, revenge is sweet!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

To the north the fog still hung over the heavy river, but it was the first time for days that there seemed to be a promise of clearing it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though two of Morgant’s warriors stood by it with drawn swords, Taran could not shake off the sense of fear and foreboding that hung like a dark mist about the cauldron. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ben was still making assertions of affirmation when I hung up the phone. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Towels, underwear, and faded saris flapped on clotheslines hung across the balconies. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A van lurched by, with schoolchildren in uniform hanging out the windows. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You should come see me in Forks. We could hang out sometime.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I seemed to hang suspended in air at the peak of my climb. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over 11th now, right past the spot where a bunch of the older boys hung out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Plants hang in the corners to “bring in some nature,” as Lola would say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I hung up and stared at the phone. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

DuShawn, Tonni, and Royal are the only black students in the seventh grade, and they are partial to hanging out together for this reason. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you need help of any kind? That could mean support through talking or hanging out. Whatever.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The trap door opened, and Hickock hung for all to see a full twenty minutes before the prison doctor at last said, “I pronounce this man dead.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would a white girl hang around Harlem unless she was up to something bad? The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Platforms hang at all levels: some low by his knees or his waist, others stretch high above his head, overlapping in irregular patterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I mean, the only person he hangs out with, other than me, is Summer. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the bridge’s center span, the severed hands of thieves and cutpurses hung like strings of onions from iron stanchions along the roadway. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They looked like hooded giants; somewhere within their haze, Sierra could make out the edges of long robes draping down from hoods that hung over their faces. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Piper relayed their commands to Coach Hedge, who was hanging over the side of the ship, banging out dents in the oars. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Same boat,” repeated Citra with deadpan dullness but daggers in her eyes as sharp as the ones that used to hang in Faraday’s weapons den. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But guys like Jonah who hung out at Rainbow Park didn't associate with the popular crowd. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We heard from some of our men that the most senior PAC prisoners had expressed regret that we had not been hanged. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood on either side of the clothesline; he handed her the garments and she hung them. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Half a mile up to the raftered ceiling hung with red, dusty drapes or banners all ragged with the years. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is enough space to hang a painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a wooden carving of the map of Honduras, and a small American flag. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

After the cuff deflates, she removes the apparatus from my arm and hangs it back on the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So if you want to be stubborn and hang this jury, go ahead. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tags hang by each compartment door, marked with handwritten names. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I waited for ages, and was just about to leave when finally she hung up, and I dug in my pocket for a quarter and dialed the twins’ number. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Everything was black—except her hair, which she often wore in two long, thick blond braids that hung on either side of her head. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I had new friends from my school, too, but I didn’t stop hanging out with Auggie. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He would even show Joaquin how to punch the bag that hung in the garage, which was too packed with stuff to park any cars in it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I turned away from the hanging trees and left her standing alone. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“It is a rat. I told you that it was a rat. He was hanging from the chandelier, and now he is in Mama’s soup!” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Once the music starts he goes right into the Jimmy-verse, banging against his washboard and letting it all hang out in a piercing falsetto that’s surprisingly on key. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He then became quiet and asked one final question before we hung up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sun was hanging in an unblemished sky, turning the Red Carpet Inn and the surrounding woods—perfect for stashing a body—into a real winter-wonderlandish affair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Patrick tried calling once, but when Brad’s father answered, he just hung up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A small hanging glacier extends out from the lip of the ice cap, leading up and across the north face of the Thumb like a catwalk. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim, wavering light, a page hung. open and it was like a snowy feather, the words delicately painted thereon. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa had shot the deer the day before and Laura had been asleep when he brought them home at night and hung them high in the trees so the wolves could not get the meat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's just that I see you hanging out all the time and...I don't know.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hung his head and walked away behind the wire screen. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

So it was between these walls hung with portraits, including El Jefe’s, that the Fourteenth of June Movement was founded. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pall of another, quite literal, sort continued to hang over the larger world as well that month. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For a while I hung around the edges of the Meadow, but finally I worked up the courage to go under the fence. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He lumbers out and removes the little scissors hanging from a clip on his waist. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Graceful arched windows punctuated the walls, which were hung with blue-and-bronze silks: By day, the Ravenclaws would have a spectacular view of the surrounding mountains. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Around her neck hung a strange bronze-and-emerald pendant, like a circular labyrinth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She had thrown it over her shoulders like a cape, or worn it loose, hanging open, her hands deep in the pockets. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If you want to drop out of school and shoot people and hang on this comer all your life, go ahead. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other two did not press the attack, but hung back for a moment. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A fireball hung over Elinor’s lawn, a bright, blazing globe of fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I walked unsteadily back to the bridge where Buck waited, his arms resting on the rail, his head hung over the water. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped to see Perry and his partner hanged—hanged back to back. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darin once drew the Execution Square gallows, complete with bodies hanging from the gibbet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Along the first row they’re groping at the runners and practically hanging from the rail by their feet. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the paper birds hanging from the ceiling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Hams, mutton, even wild turkey hung there in the darkness of the smokehouse, waiting to be used in the winter, when food was not so plentiful. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never needs to watch both of us anymore, but sometimes she comes down to watch Jazz if I'm hanging out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

From the way Pa had warned me, I’d always pictured these woods as having so many bears hanging out of the trees that the sunlight would’ve been blocked off from hitting the ground! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A card hanging in the doorway announced that several languages were spoken in the shop. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

General was a pleasant looking man who wore his grey hair at shoulder length and had a neck hung with beaded ropes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The stench of wine and garbage still hung in the moist June air. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw my pants undone, hanging off my hips. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But the dragon had adopted the strategy of running away, leaving its weapon hanging in the air behind it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A huge pot hung over the fire, which held a delicious-smelling sauce bubbling within it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before, when I was hanging out with August all the time, kids weren’t hanging out with me because they’d have to hang out with him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He takes a bite of his chow mein and adds, mouth full and noodle hanging out one side, “Both geographically and metaphysically, you know?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Torrance sat on the edge of her desk and lowered her head, her dreads hanging down the sides of her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And the old man said, “Surely this was a very evil man to be thus hung.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In deference to his bosses, Theo hangs the more traditional paintings on the ground floor, and the modern paintings on the entresol. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

After dinner they told me they don’t want me to hang out with June anymore. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Every now and then from a doorway hung a Nazi flag, bright red with a black swastika in a white circle. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kids are getting out of their cars and hanging around on the lawn. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His matted hair is sweaty and he hangs his head to focus on his feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his shoulders hung the pure white cloak of the Kingsguard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Most often we had already shot and hung the pigs to drain the blood before they would come over to help. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jumper was always getting his chunk of wood hung up behind a bush or rock, so that he couldn’t get away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to face me as Frankie rubbed his eyes and hung up the phone. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The look on her face said: I’m imagining I see my brother hanging from the roof. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A steward with a sour face stood there, a bundle of clothes hung over one arm. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Far below, I can just make out Finnick, struggling to hang on as three mutts tear at him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Ma’s mouth was hanging open and she was staring at us, like she expected somebody to pull a rabbit out of a hat. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Others had glinting pieces of armor hanging off their chests. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I used to be funnier. I mean, before I hung out with you.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It hung limply from her hand, its neck broken. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His face was white with pain; his right arm hung uselessly at his side. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I know the same sky hangs over Iowa—over Charlie in France, for that matter—but I don’t think it looks like this anywhere else in the world. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

On the wall in front of me hangs a vision heart. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I climbed onto the table and then up into the lowest branches and then higher, hanging on hard. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A naked lightbulb hung from the ceiling, right next to three or four dangling spiral strips of flypaper so thick with flies that you couldn’t see the sticky yellow surface underneath. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The wind kicked up, skimming clouds over the surface of the full moon, which was hung just to make us feel powerful and strong. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Single bulb lamps hung from long cords, creating yellow puddles of light on the polished brown linoleum tile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he got hung up, the boys would politely say their own names, then step forward to declare their jersey numbers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A flap of skin hung limply over the raw stump. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I went by the rhinoceros pit I fancied the rhinos’ heads were hung low with sadness over the loss of one of their dear companions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the pieces home in my pockets and stuck them on a sharp-pointed stick which I kept hanging in the corn crib. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wasn’t hanging out with my new online pseudo-girlfriend, I devoted the rest of my time to leveling up my avatar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When she hangs up, she pushes her hands against her eyes and groans like she’s full of tension and wants to get it out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He looks at the photograph taken at their wedding, in which matching garlands hang from their necks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hung up just as Mother walked into the kitchen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanisha hangs up first, and all I’m left with is the dial tone humming a wordless tune in my ear. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Hermione stopped dead, her jaw hanging; Ron choked a little over his soup. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The captain directed them without raising his voice or moving his hands where they hung at his sides. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sings of the swinging bodies, how they hang among the branches like unnatural, disturbing fruit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba hangs up the call and sits down on the chair I was in, cradling his head in his hands. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I hang in the bathroom to get out of Momma’s homemade rags and into the clothes Charlese brings for me to try on. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looks pretty in a long T-shirt and sandals, her hair hanging over her shoulder in a single braid. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside, the captain removed his cloak and hung it from a peg, so as not to leave puddles on the threadbare Myrish carpet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Flatnose knelt down, pushed the hanging edge of the sheet aside, and poked around under the bed with the barrel of his gun. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if I could see him and hang on to my resolve. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mom says she wants to unplug on vacation, so I can hang on to it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She didn’t yell at Vonetta, Fern, and me to wash up, hang up our clothes, or get our lessons started like she’d been doing every day after school. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She motioned to Håkon, who was hunched down, hair hanging over his face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

While the adults were threatening to hang one of us, some of the Central High students appeased themselves by hanging an effigy on the front lawn. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The bright banners hanging from the tympanum proclaimed the word. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I opened the door the hall was black and seemed empty, but a familiar sour smell of onions and ale hung in the air. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The morning mist twisted and hung low over the field. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they hung around anyway, walking up and down the sidewalk across the street. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I let him hang up first, and then I hung up and lay back in the pillows, feeling grim. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

His trousers hang loosely, his white collared shirt flutters about, so thin he has grown. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She kept hanging around outside the fences, pleading to be let back in, but no one let her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the walls hung portraits of dukes and kings and strange goddesses cavorting with goat-legged men. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Others have a little red lantern hanging outside their door, offering virtual sex. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They walked over the ground where the gallows had been built last summer, where they hung the traitor Hickey. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a stroke of luck, this key had still been hanging from the van’s ignition when I’d first discovered it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Drogo's braid was black as midnight and heavy with scented oil, hung with tiny bells that rang softly as he moved. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It hung in the air for a long moment, a dark cloud over our heads, a curse nothing could dispel. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He walked down the line to point at one of the hanging spheres. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Wart began to hang behind his conductor a little, and perhaps it was as well that he did, for they were almost on top of their destination before he noticed h. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of the lobby were badly damaged, unsheathed layers of wire and wood and corrugated paper hanging out of gouges in the plaster. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made her way along its flank to where a rope ladder hung down from the worn leather saddle beside one of the water basins. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He swerved and nearly put the truck in a ditch two times before he stopped overcorrecting and got the hang of the subtle movements of the steering wheel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Billy was told to hang the tag around his neck along with his American dogtags, which he did. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was okay with hanging out at June’s, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was open on both sides and hung to my knees. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hanging branches of a frosty white willow tree cascading around him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I could hang out on the curtained stage and peek through the opening at the cute boys. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Mom's not on the other line, but I need to hang up, because I can't get talked into anything. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But here too there would be no light, no way of keeping to the path or ducking the branches that hung low over it, or dodging the nettles that grew thickly on either side. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The question hung in the air like a sigh of pain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then, upholding his big-brother responsibilities as “first taster,” he nibbled on one of the claws hanging out from between the bread. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She hung there for a moment, her shiny legs dangling. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to be here today, hanging out with you and your friend.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After about a week, I was hanging out with some other kids from the Tracks, watching garbage burn in a big rusty trash can. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One mother was in a gorgeous red- and-green pagne wrap, her sons drowning in suits whose shoulder pads hung around their elbows. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Every smuggler has friends on the Sisters. Some of them are my friends as well. The ones who aren’t, them I hang. I let them strangle slowly, with their guts slapping up against their knees.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On rainy days, the room smelled musty and dank from all the coats hanging in the back, soaking wet from their owners having walked miles in the rain to get there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I beam a field of stars against a dark blue sheet I hang off Dad’s tool pegboard. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I am welcome to hang out in the Drinker house. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Willis, Miss Willis—the words hung in the still air like a call. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But when I open the refrigerator where my sample bags of red-rimmed leaves were hanging, they’re gone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She forgot every word of it, hung her head, and answered, “I don’t know,” so softly that John had to stoop down to catch the foolish little reply. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They lead such a quiet life. They never say anything and they're always hanging about so." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

During lunch, Dinitia hung out with the other black kids, but we had a study hall together and passed notes to each other there. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding her coat lapels closed, too embarrassed to let her hostess hang it up lest , she see the lining. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an afterthought. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Pollard hung up his tack in the Santa Anita jockeys’ room, he found the riding colony in an uproar. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tractor tires spun and I hung on to the wheel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“When did they last hang a man in this state?” asked Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The morning was like that: hang around, stare at people, distract Jeffrey for a while, meet random new people who know all about my brother, stare some more. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s super quiet when Mr. Tobin hangs up, like a thick secret is floating around. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then huge turkey cutouts were hung up, colored with crayons, brown and black and bright red. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The words were out there now, hanging in between them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Alvarez felt for the ring hanging behind his head and pulled. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This is the last remnant of indigenousness I’ve hung on to. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And remember this, boys, God did not send His only begotten Son to hang on the cross so that ye can go around on yeer First Communion day with the paws clutching for The Collection. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A notable smell hung in the air of the makeshift Pathfinder control room. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apron half hung off the top, and Anya could make out embroidery along it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

On its branches a few dead leaves hung silent and still. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you go and see the prisoners hanged yesterday?” said Syme. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She pulled a long silver chain up over her head, and the last thing to reveal itself was the black circular pendant, a little bigger than the size of my thumb, hanging from it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We wait while a guy takes off his suit jacket and hangs it in a closet by his seat. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They ended up hanging from the rafters by a strand of ivy, to wild applause. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I got a higher-paying job at Gap Kids, he'd hang out at the mall, try on the latest in children's fashions, and eat his way through the food court. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Osh went straight to his easel, where he’d been working on a painting of Mouse curled up in a lightship basket, her tail hanging over the rim. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I slowly hung up the phone and looked up at Mrs. Baxter’s expectant eyes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

There were several scraggly ferns hanging from the ceiling and an unfinished jigsaw puzzle on a small table in the center of the room. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Other times their numbers swelled, and I’d see men hanging out of the windows, relaxing on the roof, urinating against the nursery’s mural wall. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Although she knew she had “done nothing,” she felt convicted and hanged right there in the pew— two rows down from her parents in the children’s section. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His lips had grown to the size of tree branches and hung off his jaws in a floppy mess. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

During the day, turning, we saw the smoke of Drumner’s eruption hang behind us like a gray-brown extension of the surface of the Ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The towners hang around the edges of the lot, growing in numbers as word spreads. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I snap off hanging vines and use my newfound knowledge from training to practice knots and weave nets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I decided that piece of fluorite would look nice, would even look right, somehow, hanging above the fireplace in the room I thought of as the library. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She said I must be hanging out with some hard-butt women. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“She’ll know something is up. Maybe we can hang in her lobby?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it is. Name somebody else you hang out with.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I am surprised, however, at what he is carving: fat Buddhas hanging on the Christian Cross. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From a nearby crab apple tree, a small ball of confused bees hung like a ragged skein of yarn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

If Billy had had to guess as to the source, he would have said that there was a vampire bat hanging upside down on the wall behind him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is an embarrassed silence in which the words her reputation are as palpable as if someone had hung a wedding dress in the air. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Women with not a lot of clothes on were hanging on to the men. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“No. She’s going with Ryan. I’m sure he doesn’t want me hanging around with them, any more than I want to be with him.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Him and his little brother, PJ, lived right down the block, and we all hung out once in a while. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

With a piece of thread he hung it up inside the cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were large white beads that hung on a hoop. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Discharged with or without honor, fired with or without severance, dispossessed with or without notice, they hung around for a while and then could not imagine themselves anywhere else. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saliva curled around the edges of his mouth and spittle threads hung down and glistened like spider threads in the sun. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large lantern, covered above, was hanging from a bough and cast a pale circle of light below. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Star-Telegram carried an excellent and accurate story as a follow-up to the effigy hanging. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other canvases were hung here and there, and the spacious walls seemed to flash alive with warm, pure color. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the lash marks, and again hear the whistling of the whip, see his bloody figure hanging unconscious by his wrists. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Natalie, is good to see my second-favorite girl,” she said as she took our backpacks and hung them on the coatrack. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think she expected me to hang out with someone who didn’t go to church. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Or that maybe he’ll think it’s from hanging my head upside down. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He checked out the Rocky the Clown poster that hung on my wall. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

As I hang up the clothes, I feel a little sad and a little relieved and a little ashamed, all at the same time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the kitchen, I stood on a chair and hung them from an iron hook in the center ceiling beam. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A portrait of an older man in uniform hung crooked on the plaster. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This came chiefly from a blazing log-fire, for the three lamps hanging from the beams were dim, and half veiled in smoke. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I gazed with wonder at thirty-foot-long icicles hanging from the cliffs like crystalline stalactites. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

For example, stunned cows, each weighing nearly a ton, would simply fall to the floor and have to be dragged by three or four men to be hung up for slicing open and skinning. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The door hung crooked on its bent hinges. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I glance down at the yellow headphones hanging around my neck. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A grocery store down the block is opening its roll-up doors for business as the moon hangs high above this bank up ahead. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Church had inspected Smith’s farm home and seen there, hanging from a barn rafter, a length of rope tied with the same kind of knot that was used to bind the four Clutters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Laura put her hands into her red mittens that hung by a red yarn string around her neck, while Ma lighted the candle in the lantern. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the engines and hoses were where he wanted them, Williams turned to one crew and said, “Now, hang on to her here!” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of a chest plate, he wore a vest of tawny fur, and a broad and battered sword belt from which hung two long blades. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He has a black robe, and his beard, as white as the snow all around us, hangs almost to his knees. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea where they’d come from, all these people hanging upside down. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The stars hung in the chilly sky, while the patterned lights of the city spread below him, streetlights and car headlights and things in motion. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It had hung out a sign for all to see: “Welcome to the Third Reich. We are not what they say we are.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The past is the key to the now,” he went on, and the jaguar hanging behind him hissed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Drops of rain hung suspended before my eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The irritating part is, after Miss Celia makes these stupid calls and hangs up the phone, she picks that receiver right back up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She announced the death of her godfather, Don Salomon Valdes, a broker at the stock exchange, who, convinced that he had lost everything he owned, hanged himself from the chandelier in his elegant office. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys got a break from school, and since few had anywhere to go, they passed the time in one another’s apartments, playing video games and hanging out. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Aunt Ruth was waiting for me in my room, her back to the door, new clothes, funeral wear, hung crisp from cheap hangers, in either hand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

With so much death and dying in Vietnam, Kelley’s conviction that he would die in Vietnam grew until it hung over him like an inevitable, inescapable destiny. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just go hang out with them today then,” Hazel said, crossing her arms. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And you, sir, will be hanged when we reach the West Indies,” Master Wingfield says coldly. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He took a step back and Mark gripped the right portion of the ring with both hands and hung on it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Thousands, believed to be working against God on behalf of the Devil, were put to death by drowning, hanging, or burning. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the summer, there were always divers hanging around half dressed by the side of the road. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He yanked on them, pulling them up by the roots, which hung heavy with potatoes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The raft would move with the current, if it did not get hung up. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I lit all the hanging lamps while Granddaddy cleared a spot on the counter and gently placed the barrel on it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

My mother’s question hangs in the still air of memory. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brushed and braided her hair and let it hang behind in one thick pigtail tied with a little white bow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even the potheads who hung out at Rainbow Park entertained the idea of trading in their withered thermal shirts for a tux or a Jessica McClintock ball gown to go to prom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Did you hang out with my brother after school?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were tons of people hanging around Harvard Square, especially right around where we walked outside. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her black hair hung in a shiny veil on either side of her pale and beautiful face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The approach to Earth of Hailey’s Comet in the year 66 is the probable explanation of the account by Josephus of a sword that hung over Jerusalem for a whole year. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine worse things, impossible things—her body hanging from a rope, somewhere deep in the forest where nobody goes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shouted to the clerk of scales to hang on, raced to the bathroom, emerged a moment later with his pants still at half mast, and made weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay with his legs hanging out of the train, clutching at me for dear life. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ask the Coast Guard,” I said, and hung up. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Frog songs and owl calls hang like a sound blanket over this lowland. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pictures flashed on a TV hanging in the corner, but the sound was off. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We hang together all the time, so occasionally we get on each other’s nerves, right? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’d really like to help, so I made a list of names and addresses for you. Joey got me out of that bad crowd. Even washing urinals is better than hanging around with those people.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my slow and undistinguished start, I managed to get the hang of things, and accelerated my program, completing the junior certificate in two years instead of the usual three. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the weekend, we print our flyers out and hang them up around the building. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Red lanterns hanging from the roof and railings swayed, as if pushed by a breeze. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lucy is the only one who wants to hang out with me.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I sat on the front of the dress, my butt hung out in the breeze. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the special way of women, Joyce knew she had made a conquest, and managed to hang around the Store in the late afternoons and all day Saturdays. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the competition for seats still a few weeks off, the tensions of the year before had eased some, and he enjoyed hanging around with Johnny White, Chuck Day, Roger Morris, and Shorty Hunt. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At length, tired out, they slunk under a curtain of brambles that hung down like a mat over a low rock-face. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The other guests in the inn were at the doors or hanging out of the windows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His mouth hung open for a few seconds before he finally answered. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Matthias continued ducking and weaving, conscious that his life hung by a thread. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My dry lips hang open; my voice has finally given out. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I definitely get why Uncle Milton’s hanging out in Martha’s Vineyard all summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And then she noticed that there was a picture hanging on the wall opposite the couch. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

That is, I could have if the compass had still been hanging there. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

With his head down, his dreads hang loosely and make a curtain in front of his face. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I hung my head in shame, expecting a salvo of laughter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hung on, on edge, through eight long rounds of the fight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in a tomb-dark hallway just inside the door, I stared frozenly at what looked for all the world like skins hanging from hooks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Flat on the ground, his shadow was hanging too. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The next day when I went out to the playground after lunch, the gang of girls started toward me, but Dinitia hung back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We might have watched her, hanging by a strap umpteen feet in the air, but, even worse, she had been forced to watch us. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then they saw a silvery-white orb hanging in the air in front of Lupin, who said, “Riddikulus!” almost lazily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had taken the locket from a prisoner and hung it on a thin braided rope. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Matilda and Lavender saw the giant in green breeches advancing upon a girl of about ten who had a pair of plaited golden pigtails hanging over her shoulders. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Honest, it was this exact place, this leafy tree with the branches hanging down, and the creek nearby. What an odd thing, that it’s a real place.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s suddenly very aware they’ve never spoken on the phone before, and so he’s never had to figure out how to hang up the phone with Henry before. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Reporters hung from trees, perched on fences, stood on cars, and darted about with their usual urgency. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older boys always took the dry center of the upper field for their ball games, while the girls claimed the small top section for hopscotch and jump rope and hanging around talking. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

For a heartbeat it hung on the air, then a sharp gust of wind and rain blew it out into nothing at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She hung head-down quietly as Sam thrust her into the box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now, this girl and I had never hung out. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The other three sentenced to hang are all part of Booth’s inner circle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He saw night-gaunts high in the red sky, hanging back, circling. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He kept his good suit in his bag and hung his overalls on a nail. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d placed her things inside the tin box and buried it out there late one night by flashlight, too scared to leave them hanging around in my room, even in the back of a drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vilderling, hung up in his net, struggled as the boy tried to free him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as he comes home from the university the first thing he does is hang up his shirt and trousers, donning a pair of drawstring pajamas and a pullover if it’s cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice and I hung at the edge of the room, too curious to be anywhere else. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp scent of potato salad hung in the air, bin the Ladies’ Circle had cleared away lunch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go too far from the trailer,” he said “There’s no telling who might be hanging out in the woods. And stay away from the old house.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He attached it with film clips and hung it up to dry. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When the smoke cleared I saw that the Mechagodzilla’s right arm now hung limp. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He'd have to wait until he floated out to the river, where he'd have enough room to get the hang of the taxi without killing someone. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was scratched out of one race because the field was gigantic, and the post position hung him out so far that he was practically starting the race from the parking lot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conveniently, one plant hangs just inside the doorway, its vines trailing all around the room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harrison looked at the narrow spring bed in the corner, the table and chair, the shirts hanging on nails stuck to the wall, the two pairs of shoes arranged carefully on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sigh, then remove the canteen hanging at my belt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as she got to the last name and hung the form on the door, Njemile raised her hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This Harris, who came to be known as the “voodoo slayer,” had hung around Temple No. 1. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I slide my earmuffs off, let them hang around my neck like a scarf, and I listen to this tree, to me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Jory's armor was blue-grey plate without device or ornament, and a thin grey cloak hung from his shoulders like a soiled rag. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We’ve been hanging out, doing our best to escape the claustrophobia of living behind a guarded electric fence—gabbing, taking circuitous walks around the camp, meeting other kids who have nothing to do. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His hand shook as he hung his lantern on a hook and opened the grating over the first cell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She hangs up before she can even hear me say that. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Their span was greater than her height—one hand hung over the water, the other reached across the width of the lifeboat nearly to the opposite side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her jewelry hangs there—slices of agate on long chains of raw crystal beads, collars set with moonstones, deep green bloodstones strung together, and an opal pendant, bright as fire in the sunlight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s so cool to hang out here with all these gringuitos.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From this vantage, the distant castle on Aegon's High Hill was directly behind him, with the comet hanging forebodingly over its tow-ers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I glance up and watch her walking to the sink, her hair wrapped in a ribbon hanging down to the small of her back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hang up, go to my room, get Mom's cell phone, carry it to the den, and dial again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entire court cases could hang on her testimony. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The icthyod hung back in the shadows of the tent until she saw that Werfel was free. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Newly successful businessmen erected mansions, filled them with imported objets d’art, hung costly crystal chandeliers in every room, and encircled their properties with groves of graceful maple trees and fragrant magnolias. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was incredibly mus­cular, yet his haunches were thin and his glossy coat hung loosely on his frame. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s short, and the T-shirt he wears hangs from his body, two sizes too large for him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

To hang up the phone and fall back to sleep, wake up the next morning believing my call had been some crazy, late-night, Chinese-food-fueled dream. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They had already started gathering, and half a grain sack of mistletoe was still hanging against the side of the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front door hung askew, an arrow protruding from the frame. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There were no mirrors or pictures, only certificates from different medical schools, with Doctor Gordon's name in Latin, hung about the walls. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

His voice got louder and angrier with each word he spoke, and his fingers did a little tap dance on the gun hanging around his waist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A hammer lies on an anvil, but the other tools hang neatly from pegs on the walls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My mother would say you might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She hung in the vacuum of that lifeless morning for only a few seconds, then wavered and tumbled. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze visited Chief the next week and then the next; Nneoma told him to just keep hanging around until Chief did something for him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He turned the knife so’s he was hanging on to the blade and said, “I’s terrible sorry ’bout this here dagger, sir, but...” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the stairs, I spot the receiver hanging down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls and marble columns were hung with electric lamps that bathed the rooms in plentiful golden light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I hang my arms over the railing’s edge and take a deep breath. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking forward to hanging out with everyone.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Over the next two months the eminent photographer encouraged the boy's uneven but promising efforts at painting and block printing, and permitted Ruess to hang around his studio with his own sons, Neil and Cole. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t say much before she hangs up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dell hung around the cash register trying to be relevant. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And George just lets the words hang in the air between them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After I hung up, I grabbed Dad’s Walkman and hit play on his mix. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There was a leather bucket hanging from a nail so I went and brung it and the drinking gourd that was next to it over to where the woman with the baby was squatted down. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I want you to see the way my mom spread her stuff into his side of the closet, how it looks like his suits were never even hanging there in the first place. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jupiter removes the apron and hangs it on a hook. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The sky was cloudy and hung down over our heads like a blanket. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few strands of her old web still hung in the doorway. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Avoiding the gigantic coils, he walked quickly and quietly over to where the sword hung from the tree roots on the cave wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I hang back and let them walk ahead. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I leaned in close, though it scared me, for the smell of death hung over that bed like a fog. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a threadbare tunic, one sleeve hanging off her too-sharp shoulder, and the skin of her legs and feet was visibly dry and cracked. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Farid shifted on his seat and toyed with the keys still hanging from the ignition switch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Right, but like, a file? A map? A guy who you’re going to hang out the window till he tells you what you wanna know?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then he saw hanging conspicuously on the wall, which was otherwise already empty, the picture of the woman dressed in nothing but fur. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the entrance hall hangs a framed picture of Ganesha, he of the elephant head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This one was formed of a heavy spiral of white shell and had a hole bored at the center to allow it to be hung around the neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mop is there to hang while his parents get everything ready for the drive north. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On it he hung a short sword in a battered black-leather scabbard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I hung up and waited for her to call me, but she didn’t, so I tried dialing her six more times. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A wisp of scented smoke hung in the air, drawing her down the winding path to where the red priests had fired the great iron braziers outside the house of the Lord of Light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What he did hangs over him like a cloud, a constant presence. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And Hazel hung up and shuffled off to her room. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The tiny legs on one side hung twitching in the air above, the ones on the other side were pushed painfully into the floor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can we convince you to open it up and let us hang out there again?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The word “embarrassment” hung in the air like a foul smell. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My eyes roved frantically about the semidark room and came to rest on a heavy black blanket hanging limply from the side of the bed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in fact, the King was barely hanging on, could only rarely tell day from night, and basically spent his time in muttering. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I can hang out here. I’ll keep reviewing my math stuff.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As it snarled, its large teeth glimmered in the moonlight, spit hanging from its enormous mouth. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I cannot sleep—how can I with the terrible danger hanging over my darling, and her going out into that awful place.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Around Small’s, I’m always working or hanging around listening to the hustlers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two seconds later, he opened the door just wide enough for his hand to sneak out and hang a “Don’t Bother the Beast” sign on his doorknob before closing it soundly again. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I hang up as E.J. comes out of the kitchen and into the living room to convert the sofa into his bed. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He says there’s many a young man that was hanged and now moldering in a lime pit that would be glad to rise up and dance the Irish dance. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Could Winchell hang in if the game got tight and they had to have it? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits alone at lunch and hangs her head down in class, barely speaking, even to teachers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Just a local troublemaker. Un alborotador. He’s always hanging around by the Shell station. The 7-Eleven, too. He lives in Capitol Oaks down the road.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I just...are you seriously implying that seeing Hamilton and quote-unquote ‘just hanging out’ are two equally good alternatives?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Jesus Christ and General Jackson,” he said as he hung up. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so people made it that far and now hang from whatever provides a handhold. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

So Death crossed to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand from a branch that hung there, and gave it to the oldest brother. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Albert entered a bedroom where ornate brocade fabrics hung from the ceiling above the bed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

All these foolish inconsequent threads hanging upon one another, because Maxim had killed Rebecca. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't get why a grown man would want a teenage girl hanging around his place if he doesn't have ulterior motives.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In his normal voice he said, “Well, I guess we might as well cut out. If we hang around, somebody’s going to read what’s on Ken’s question before tomorrow and that would ruin everything.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know he’s known them forever, and it's none of my business, but it’s hard to see my boy hang out with dudes who are blatantly disrespectful to our people. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She calls them her Youn dummies and hangs them on trees in the field. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lemures go back to Roman times. They hang around a lot of Italian cities, but I’ve never felt so many in one place. My mom told me...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m not hanging around in that cold new house. Those people are fine without me.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He straps the helmet on, hangs the bookstore bag from the handlebar, climbs on the rear pegs, and grips my shoulders. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mine hung over my jeans like an old art smock. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a little less green than usual, but the blackberry bushes hang heavy with fruit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In the movies, there’s always a dial tone almost immediately after someone hangs up on you. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My question floated into my parents’ sudden silence and hung like a bubble in the air. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

As the silo begins to rise with a fearsome roar, I hang on to the scaffolding for dear life. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was even a grey muslin flag hung at half-mast by the bent bough archway into our spot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the rusty frame of a coal-oil lantern still hangs there on the blade. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something interesting hanging above his head. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I figured this meant she’d be around more, and we could hang out and talk, and she wouldn’t have to go to the lab so much. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A highly polished collection of chains and manacles hung on the wall behind Filch’s desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She spent time with her friends, rode around in cars, hung out at the mall. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take lots of pictures. Uncle Greg says all’s I gotta do is mow his lawn once a week, and I can hang out with the baby as much as I want.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But then, incredibly, she saw something that looked like a thread of light hanging down in the middle of the empty street. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Excelsior!” screams Carter as he races up the hall tearing down other people’s posters so he can hang up more for Ainsley. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

"He went and hanged himself and then there were None...." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A row of fluorescent bulbs hanging from the ceiling. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mom acted surprised, hung up, then returned to her list and called back everyone who had expressed interest. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for her purse that hung on the back of her chair and pulled a few bills from her wallet. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Long white linen curtains hung at the windows; a large pile of fluffy white towels sat in a corner, and there was a single golden- framed painting on the wall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dylan, Harriett, Hudson, and I made it to graduation without killing one another, and our picture in our caps and gowns hangs right beside the one of me and Arthur on his birthday. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

We have nothing but bread and tea and she doesn’t want the tormenting neighbors to see us with our tongues hanging out, suffering over the lovely smells floating up and down the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Above hangs a chandelier made from thin sheets of mica. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The stars in the great star river hung bright and heavy and seemed very close. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He had taken off his red blazer and hung it on his chair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And she hangs up and probably starts to wail again for everyone, and I break through the Chevys back-staircase street exit just as Libby is probably skipping home. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Still hanging on to his skates, Stuart tried to make his way up to the surface of the garbage, but the footing was bad. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

There will be a girl in a white dress and her hair hanging down her back and she will be Fate. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My right hand hits the door handle when, slowly, I stop and turn again to the woman hanging from the rope. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It dropped to the floor, and she picked it up and hung it on the peg beside his coat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We’d then hang the line between the trees, leave it to dry. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Carlos says we can hang out down here now since the old Hideout isn’t safe.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Every morning as soon as she was awake Laura ran to look out of the window, and one morning she saw in each of the big trees a dead deer hanging from a branch. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only minutes after Mr. Boston hung up, four police cars sped up and screeched to a stop outside the phone booth. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Not one. Bound, to come up soon, so I’m hanging an eight on everything.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As David and I were talking, I remembered reading in newspapers about cases of black people mysteriously hanging themselves while under police custody. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead there hung a heavy roof, sombre and featureless, and light seemed rather to be failing than growing.' The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what all the kids do. I don’t want you in there. I’ve seen those boys hanging around there, and they’ve only got one thing on their minds.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the western wall hung a large Marine flag. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He mounted his black stallion, and she considered leaping from her horse and using the chain to hang him from the nearest tree. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby, now hanging on from below, coughed and glared at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“To be hung by the neck until dead, then have your body chopped into four pieces, which are sent to the four corners of the kingdom,” the mayor continued. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron was in a bouncy seat they got from their church’s nursery, batting at the toys hanging from the bar. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The stench of rot hung in the air. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Fang and I spent the rest of the week hanging at his place. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I tie the cord tight; the pants hang on my hips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves on the trees, spring new and kelly green, hung limp. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She still hung on to that old-time Indian spirit, you know? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson slumped back in his chair, his long arms hanging limp at his sides. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Shadows hung over the road and slipped around the trees and stones when Joe flashed the light. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She answered all Howard’s nosy questions without a single eye roll and acted like she hung out with up-down boys every day of her life. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon as soon as school was over she hung around at the corner near the store where he worked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Why are you hanging out in the bathroom with me?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

From the ceiling of the kitchen hang pieces of bacon, and salami, and black bêche-de-mer. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And why’s she hanging around over there with him? She doesn’t know anything about rebuilding a house,” Aunt Nancy adds. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“So I hung up and turned over and went to sleep,” she recalled later. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I try again in the second-floor bathroom with the small group of girls hanging around the sinks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

That it was bare and cold and smoky, heavy bags hanging from the ceiling that Ms. Adams gave bare-knuckle jabs and right hooks to. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I waited behind the door, frowning at Jasper who stood in the doorway looking at me, his tongue hanging out, wagging his tail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him saying, looking straight at me, “Hello, hello, hello—” And I knew that Sophia, taking no chances with the strange voice, had hung up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black shadows hung in the adjoining room where the bed had been spread with Ellen’s newest quilt and the pillows dressed in fresh covers in honor of the guest. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each Sunday she wears a different hat, sometimes one with netted lace hanging over her eyes, sometimes one with a big, wide brim. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bod wandered over to the northwestern part of the graveyard, to the tangle of ivy that hung from a yew tree and half-blocked the far exit from the Egyptian Walk. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Doom hung over them, but they faced it silently. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When she rode close, she saw dead men hanging from the battlements, slumped at the ends of long ropes with hempen nooses tight around their necks, their faces swollen and black. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pledged my love to her every day we hung out together after that first day too, and I meant it more each time. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamp hanging from the center pole lighted the whole place up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose your wife wants to be pointed out as Mrs. de Winter, the widow of a murderer, of a fellow who was hanged,” said Favell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s hanging out after school in Docs classroom to avoid making the call a few days later when SJ busts through the door like she’s being chased by rabid dogs. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We don’t hang out as much lately,” Malik admits. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The clothes hung out to dry were still, stiff, as if desiccated by the hot afternoon sun. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hung back, very nearly resolved to flee and take my chances with Falconer—had I known where he was—or even on my own in that unknown city. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I catch a sliver of a white shirt, the variety of which I’m used to ironing every day, and the leg of a pair of khaki pants like I hang up in Mister Johnny’s closet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Only seven or so blocks from our homes, drug dealers hang out by the town courts and old men sit around drinking from brown paper bags. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tape has pulled out of the cassette, hanging in a long, delicate loop. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hung over her knees, letting drool and bile spill on the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All her clothes wait patiently on hangers, organized by type—skirts together, pants hanging by their cuffs, her sweaters stacked in plastic bags on shelves. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Icicles hung from the brown briar of his beard, and his mustache was a lump of frozen snot, glittering redly in the light of sunset. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hung up with a bad taste in my mouth—I realized it wasn’t Warren’s poetry that would take me to Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We hung in there most of the match, but had acquired a large deficit going into the seventh bout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a wide arch corresponding to the window, and hung like it with a Tyrian-dyed curtain, now looped up. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until after he hung up that it occurred to him he’d miss his economics final. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

What did Maria think of these freshly printed images, hung on ropes to dry? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He dozed for a while, a feather hanging from his mouth, then woke again to finish the last morsel. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One second, there was nothing, and the next, a huge mouth opened before us, revealing the skeletal remains of whales and sea creatures even larger hanging within its mast-long teeth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The third number didn't answer and, at the fourth, the party hung up the minute Joan mentioned it was about a period. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The spy’s face is scarlet from hanging upside down for too long. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Peeled flesh hung down and congealed blocks of blood and particles of sand clung to each hanging bit of skin. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It is not everyday, after all, that one finds oneself, upon awakening, hanging from the jaws of a fellow creature—even so caring and gentle a creature as myself. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The silence hangs between us, empty of all things good. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang on to the good and sober moments tightly. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Piper cries, her mouth hanging open in complete surprise. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hang back for a while on my bed, my head down, gathering my strength. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dicey thanked the voice and hung up the phone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She extended a wrist towards Ifemelu’s father, her thin gold bracelet hung unclasped. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wiped sweat from his forehead on his coat sleeve, slipped off the narrow black tie that hung open around his collar and put it in his pocket. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d gained nearly seven hundred feet of altitude since stepping off the hanging glacier, all of it on crampon front points and the picks of my axes. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Billy let himself down oh so gradually now, hanging onto the diagonal cross-brace in the corner in order to make himself seem nearly weightless to those he was joining on the floor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archer took a seat opposite her, where he could watch the porter, though there was nothing threatening about the man who hung up the lantern—just a silhouette against the starred sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Alex laughs as Henry hangs up, but he returns to his phone again, to the voicemail waiting from his mother. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Stick bombs hung handle down from their belts. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The city hanging there so empty and silent looked new-made, waiting to be occupied; or asleep, waiting to be woken. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He has thick ginger eyebrows that meet in the middle and hang over his eyes and his arms hang down to his kneecaps. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The hams and the venison hung in their paper wrappings, and all the bunches of dried herbs, the spicy herbs for cooking and the bitter herbs for medicine, gave the place a dusty-spicy smell. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took the lantern hanging at the entrance to the hostel courtyard, and it shed a small pool of light as they went down the road. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A pale summer mist hung over it like smoke. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hung there, seemingly self-sustained, as though watching. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unpacked my nice dresses, hung them in the closet, and placed some shorts and shirts on a shelf. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I watch for a minute while he picks up a length of rope, makes a noose, and then pretends to hang himself for my amusement. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His head hung so low that his nose almost touched the straw of his bed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hung up the phone, then retreated to the bedroom without acknowledging any of us. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even in winter when nothing was blooming, people made flowers out of gauze or newspaper or hung up pictures of them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Good question, Isabella. It’s when people decide to be judge, jury, and executioner without following any laws. People were hanged or shot or imprisoned, without ever getting a proper hearing!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But the one that catches his eye is smaller, as is the tent on which it hangs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Passing through the village, the stench of rotten flesh and human waste hangs heavily in the air. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hand over the mouthpiece of the receiver and said, “Go hang up the other phone. And you’d better hang it up.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Maleeka, hang up that phone. You know you on restriction,” Momma says, from the bathroom. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s time for this girl to hang up her reporter’s hat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The ceiling and walls had been draped with emerald, crimson, and gold hangings, so that it looked as though they were all inside a vast tent. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then he handed the phone back to me, but Coach had already hung up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She’s the opposite; hanging out with her is like sitting in an empty church. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And preparing for a hunt, his father would caution a full moon, hanging over the foothills, “Don’t shine too bright, you’ll make the creatures skittish.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This padding to and fro in my room with bare feet, the little furtive bursts of laughter, the stifled exclamations, reminded me of hanging up my stocking long ago. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their corpses hung limply, their faces slack or stiff or swollen with gas, unrecognizable, hardly human. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the opposite end of the kitchen, at a good distance from the heat of the fire, the candle rods hung suspended between chairbacks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I’ve agreed to hang out with him, I’m not really sure what I'm getting into. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And he came at last to the outer barrier where the long leathery brown algae hung down into the water. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt was observing this from behind a wall hanging. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hang on to what they have be it ever so little.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, you don’t hear a single bird, and a deathly, oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me as if it were going to drag me into the deepest regions of the underworld. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And then I go up to my room, climb onto a chair, and contemplate the mechanics of hanging. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I looked over at my bunk, and I saw my old shield hanging on the wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the hall, the door to the service closet hung partly open, providing a coy glimpse of the reeking horror within. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

To expand his lung capacity, he ran to the public pool at Redondo Beach, dove to the bottom, grabbed the drain plug, and just floated there, hanging on a little longer each time. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nearly colorless hair hung in deadened strings over her shadowy, gaunt face. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A fine haze of dust still hung in the air. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then she took a handful of nuts and berries and seeds from a wooden bowl and placed them inside the cage, which she hung from a chain in the middle of the caravan. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bull turned his attention toward the closet, inspecting the arrangement of shoes, the hanging clothes, and the shelves. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain has been dreadful, with cloud at 1000 feet and visibility next to nothing in the river valleys where the mist hangs—no one could land here anyway. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The day Sal got punched, the boys by the garage were hanging out, as usual. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

My knees were shaking, and I hung on to her hair to stand up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hanging in that block of ice suspended over the River Lethe for six months, and we didn’t even get any media attention.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When that veil isn’t hanging down right in front of a person’s face, a minute is long enough to realize a lot of things. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“All right,” Alex said, terrified that the woman might hang up on him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Everywhere the white flags that had symbolized the White City hung at half mast. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Usually, guys would hang out in the common areas, where we didn’t have to wear uniforms—we could just wear T-shirts if we wanted to—watching television until bedtime. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His lips hung open and he shook his head slowly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel wanted to pin her hair up like the big girls in the house, but Lyddie insisted that the braids hang down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I decide to go next door to check with Mae, to see if she’s okay with me hanging them up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I brought out and stuffed into the car’s trunk what little stuff I cared to hang on to. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he hung or hoved, his vast ironic mouth permanently drawn downward in a kind of melancholy, his lean clean-shaven chops giving him an American expression, like that of Uncle Sam. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their faces turn red, veins on their necks stand out, and they sweat despite the icicles hanging from the trees. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It appeared to hang in space for a second, then it dropped like a massive stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She says yes, of course, and hangs up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If she hung a black petticoat on her clothesline, it meant that another member of the ring, Caleb Brewster, a blacksmith and boatman, had arrived in his boat. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was smoking, another new habit, which he’d picked up from the guys Laila spotted him hanging around with these days. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I take the broom back to where it was hanging, my steps echoing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her small breasts moved freely beneath a painted Dothraki vest, and a curved dagger hung from her medallion belt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stare at his neck but see nothing hanging around it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux hung on for all his worth. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It looked like the handyman had been on vacation for the past couple centuries, and the threadbare, watery pink carpet leading to the office was barely hanging on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His lordship gestured at the banner hanging above the cold black hearth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tyson and I spent the afternoon catching up and just hanging out, which was nice after a morning of getting attacked by demon cheerleaders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Naomi turned to him and said in a hoarse whisper, “I don’t want you hanging around with them anymore. I can’t risk them being out and about with a—with a liar!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A pretty place caught Lubin’s eye, but when he suggested it, his hosts balked: a Star of David hung in the window. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The maester was peering through his big Myrish lens tube, measuring shadows and noting file position of the comet that hung low in the morning sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pull the rag up to finish with a flourish, but it only hangs limply from my fingers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the rooms in the White House have a similar hauntedness, a sense of history that hangs like cobwebs no matter how pristine the rooms are kept. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She hangs around with the older girls, up on the hill under the stunted fir trees. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hang there, stunned, so tired that it crosses my mind how much easier it would be to simply let go. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Two of 'em. But nothing to worry about yet. Dark ain't so bad if you know what's in it. Like off to the left. So hang on to me." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of them wore a bright-red stocking cap with a great ball of wool hanging down behind that bounced as he jumped, like a bright omen above his head. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A limp black bow hung by the open door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Max silently points out a sweatshirt hanging on the back of a rolling chair. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some prisoners, his father had told him, were hanged as rebels. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd that hung around the practice field was up and smiling again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around her neck is a white choker with a silver charm hanging from the middle. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Big Time looked up and saw the kid that Sweet Jimmy let hang around. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Trespassers! I’ll have the lot of you hanged, lessen there be a reward out for you. If that be the case, I will get my money, then see you hanged!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the target, they circled it twice in their small plane, heavy with the weight of the bombs hanging beneath its fabric wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Katie’s crucifix hung high on the wall over the mantelpiece at home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They was nice to you at college, Ignatius. Now tell the truth. They let you hang around there a long time. They even let you teach a class.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spotted toad launches us into the air, and I hang on. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane’s name on it,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, sure. The killer can't wait to hand over the clues that will hang him." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davi stood before her parents in front of their hut, hair disheveled, face swollen, shoulders slumped, arms hanging like dead weights. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our wet clothes hung so loosely on us I could have sworn we’d been shrunken, and we had been, I guess. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, the little gray-furred beasts would scurry tormentingly through the branches that hung outside the nursery windows, which threw all Penelope’s attempts to teach odd and even numbers into chaos. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He shook the bags hanging at his side. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Malachy says I should make sure I’m in a state of grace because it might be hard to find a priest to come to my hanging. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Images flash through my mind: the spear piercing Rue’s body in the arena, Gale hanging senseless from the whipping post, the corpse-littered wasteland of my home. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

While I obsessed about who else he might be hanging out with, Audrey chatted about classes and schedules. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I checked to make sure it was legal to pick fruit from someone else’s tree that is hanging over your yard. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

By now, Taisin recognized parts of the fortress—the long, sloping corridor; the cavernous ceiling hung with icicles sharp as swords; the endless ranks of golden cages. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I went back to the postoffice, treading my shadow into pavement, go down the hill then they rise toward town like lanterns hung one above another on a wall. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tía Paloma is a woman so big that her stomach hangs low and everything wiggles when she walks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The flesh on his thigh is burned black and red, the skin hanging ragged and oozing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Up in the attic I carefully peeled apart the sheets of paper that were stuck together and then hung them on the clothesline to dry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My case arrived, I ordered a pot of tea and hung my dress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I left you hanging. I left you on your own. I didn’t know.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Groups of mostly boys, and sometimes females, who hang out together. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The clatter from the forge had roused him from his morning meditation; his robe hung askew over his bony knees. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There, hanging over the sofa, was a big version of the painting on his box. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I put my sweaters neatiy in the dresser drawers, my socks and underpants, too, and hung my pants up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was no rug on the floor and the plastering on the walls and ceiling hung loose in many places. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was a tall fellow with a large mole upon his left cheek, and from the mole hung three long black hairs which had never been cut. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I walk over to the mirror that hangs near the bookcase. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Black silk pajamas hang from her thin frame. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He built a fire in the cabin’s barrel stove, then hung the clothes across the room on a makeshift clothesline. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Lee’s forefinger hung over a bean for a moment and then slowly fell and pushed it to make the 0 into a Q. He knew she was looking at him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Laurence’s ruddy face changed suddenly, and he sat down, with a troubled glance at the picture of a handsome man, which hung over his table. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were hanging out in a skate park at the edge of the Meadowlands. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

You could have booked the crook of your umbrella over it, and it would have hung there. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would like to have it illuminated to hang in the office. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

A marble statuette stood in one comer, and rich rugs had been hung on the walls, lending their colors to the light in the room, softening the edges of everything. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It hung down from a glowering sky behind London’s tower blocks. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The field was quiet except for the thumping of soccer balls against forefeet and the rustling of the balls against the nylon nets hanging from the goals. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Streamers hung from the steel rafters almost to the head level of the tallest boys. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of all the days for them not to be able to hang out with me, why this one? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Shin had not yet learned enough geography to know where Ham- hung was. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There are all kinds of lights hanging from the ceiling that are different sizes, shapes, and colors. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be hanging out all the time again. Everything will be back to normal. Better than normal.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I know. Julie Hopper and I were hanging out after practice. It seemed really funny—we actually couldn’t stop laughing.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of pictures hung up on the walls, he had antlers and buffalo horns and a stuffed rabbit head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It hangs on long poles, which we can carry on our shoulders. You should be very comfortable.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet in the darkness he hung there, and in the darkness he remained. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He got one leg up over the edge and hung there resting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A line of washing which included women’s smalls was hanging out to dry. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A cased sausage hung from a wire beside the binnacle; the cot was neatly made up. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In Boston, on October 21, 1833, William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of The Liberator, was rescued from a mob of some two thousand well-dressed, eminently respectable men who were intent on hanging him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time he saw him maybe he would even hang out with him a taste, rap to him about staying away from the roof, getting home early, and other good-doing stuff. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some manner a big moth got into the room and circled the hanging kerosene lamp. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark fruit hangs among the leaves, ready to drop. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But after realizing the futility of that task, he simply hung up on the calls that began early in the morning and continued long into the night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The question was addressed generally and hung there awaiting a response. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to disappoint James or do something that made him realize he didn’t want to hang out with her anymore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A naked electric lightbulb hanging from the ceiling came on, and Elinor, looking pleased with herself, took her finger off a dusty switch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Good idea. I bet they’d let us hang out in Davis for a few hours.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mom was so happy that I actually wanted to hang out with someone from St. Francis, she barely asked any questions. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Still isn’t, but now he has his things, his sleep things, the hawk eyes and his weighted blanket and the sound of the clock that hangs on the wall. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The scarf had no purpose hanging there other than adding a touch of flair. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do the laundry every morning. Then my uncle comes and picks me up on his way to work, and I hang around his office.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I invited Kenya too, so I could finally hang out with all three of them at once. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m hanging out with my friends and family. Have fun on your trip.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ron yelled as his heel was wrenched upward once more; he dangled helplessly, upside down, his robes hanging off him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes on every move he made and hung on every word he said, trying to see if he was upset with me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A pair of big blue headphones hangs around her neck. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Guiteau dropped through the opening, his limp body hanging from the noose. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No,” Angel says, but she hangs her head, and we all know she’s lying. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

On the first ring, I think maybe I should hang up. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They hung up imaginary receivers and leaned against the wall and laughed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hung a filled feed bag on his neck, then he went to work washing the wagon, whistling, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dirty cobwebs hung in the corners, and a large crack ran from the frame of the southward skylight down to the area where the senior lockers were. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her socks have been rinsed, but they are tinged pink as they hang to dry over the bathroom door. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Alba helped decorate the new apartment, hanging curtains and political posters everywhere she could and even suggesting that she might move in with him, but on this point Miguel was unyielding. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s new. Wears this jean jacket, which, like, I never thought denim could look that good just hanging from somebody’s shoulders, you know?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was always hanging around practice, sucking a Blow Pop. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

For this is the state’s execution chamber; when a man is brought here to be hanged, the prisoners say he has “gone to The Corner,” or, alternatively, “paid a visit to the warehouse.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was so mean to you yesterday about your bag. I don’t like hanging out with people like that, even if their dads are famous.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I took off my coat and hung it from the hook on the wall. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Celeste jumped up, glanced at herself in the mirror hanging over the couch, and did a double take. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He clung to Uncle like a baby or a little boy, hanging on to his hand or shirttail when he could, never letting Uncle get farther than an arm’s length away. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the sweeping, she had laundry to hang. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Torches flickered from walls hung with scarlet tapestries. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Two nights ago,” Jake explained, “Emma and I were hanging out in the greenroom. There was this jar of jelly beans.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

About halfway down the steps, my face runs into a hanging chain and I pull it, illuminating the hideout with a flickering fluorescent bulb. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Otherwise it is naked and the clothes are hanging up in the tree. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Got her mouth hanging open like she done seen a miracle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I hang back in case the man pounces upon me for the little he imagines I have. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two leather sacks hung from a big pole across his back. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He carried a heavy spear tipped in iron, taller than he was, and a sword hung at his side in a leather sheath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The room is lit only by dim floor lamps and a jumble of hanging Christmas lights. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We crossed a dirt courtyard, where pieces of clothing hung like pennants from a wire, and entered a dilapidated hut like all the others. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I picked the paint, the tiles. I hung the flag from the porch.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Izzy, meanwhile, was at Mia’s in the darkroom, watching her pull a new print from the developer and hang it to dry. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But someone would usually slip a piece of hard bread, cheese, jerked beef, or salt fish and johnnycake in the pocket of his jacket as it hung on its hook. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same kind of hooks had been used to hang the shredded tapestries. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat, wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d finally gotten the hang of breathing through my oxygen rig and had moved more than an hour ahead of my nearest companion. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The baby’s room, obviously, but I wonder whether they still sleep in our bed, whether she puts on her lipstick in front of the mirror that I hung. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined all the frogs Stan and I had paid for, beneath the ice, motionless bumps on a muddy bottom, more dead than alive, hanging in a cold, dark limbo until next spring. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Not where you live—where you hang out. You don’t live nowhere. Not Not Doctor Street or Southside.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reckon they’ll go back to school, or hang around to watch the tournament?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The king nodded, his head hanging with great grief. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He saw a bulb hanging on a wire from the ceiling. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lily, how nice to see you again,” he said, then looked at Rosaleen, who was hanging back by the car. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was the enforcer, always hovering, but Dad hung back a little. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She took two of the now-useless fish traps, plugged the small ends, and hung them by long ropes from the highest branch of the lucky-bean trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gray, sullen hue that had hung over everything was replaced by a light that seemed brilliant by comparison to what had gone before. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Paul had a couple of customers when I got to his stand in the courthouse lobby, so I hung back, waiting until they were gone. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you go hang out with Lincoln or Sean instead?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his side, and his gut was hanging out of his undershirt. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I think of the hanged men, hooked on the Wall. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike me, he left the theater two hours later, to find a dead man hanging from a telephone pole at the far end of the unpaved parking lot. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My green-and-purple Wimbledon shirt hangs over the waist of my jeans. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I put my hands on my hips and hung my head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A torn painting hung on one wall: a clipper ship, maybe even this one, painted from high up, looking down on the deck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Reflexively, his eyes flickered to another picture — the most colorful of them all, the most ornately framed, and the largest; it was twice as wide as the door it hung next to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tell Newman the lanterns are to be hung now. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could always hang with me during the drill,” Ms. Dale adds. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I opened the door; the room was empty, except for Catherine’s bag on a chair and her dressing-gown hanging on a hook on the wall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The captains, knights, notable warriors, and others of high birth we shall ransom or make other use of, the rest I mean to hang... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t finish, but the question seemed to hang in the air: Was saving the statue even possible? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They entered a hallway hung with iron chandeliers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Carol invites me to her house after school, where she shows me her cupboard with all her clothes hanging in it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She let that hang, and Briony stared at her, unable to keep the horror from her expression, and unable to speak. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The woman hung her head and mumbled her name, Carmen something. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franco lands another hit hard against Asher’s chest, sending me careening wildly to one side, hanging on by only my arm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Robotically he got into his clothes, though when he reached for his shoes he saw that only one was hanging from the forked bough. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the leather hanging from the post. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When Boomer and I return from the Spinney, the sun hangs in the watery blue sky like a juicy golden apple, ripe for the picking. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Celaena opened the doors to her dressing room, surveying the glittering gowns hanging along the walls. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sets of armor hung under the windows, their bronze plates glinting in the sun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Dylan was admitted overnight three years ago for a heart scare, I was really bummed I couldn’t stay there with him, so I skipped school the next day to hang out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I know Flaca told me ten p.m., but I can’t remember if she said to meet her at the baseball field or on the playground where we were hanging out on swings. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a broken table, two stools, and a vast number of bunches of herbs hung against the wall drying. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now he hung by his armpit from the cross spar, bleeding and listening into the fog, working his knife from its sheath. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had left the blue dress hanging in the closet. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

That would begin immediately above, where the hanging glacier gives way to vertical rock. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I might be wrong, but I think she checked to see if both keys were hanging on the wall. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Chicho and Mark string the balloons together and Mark hangs them from the ceiling. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She moved like a young woman, long, strong strides, her arms hanging easy at her sides. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m dreading being stuck at home, where Mom’s sadness hangs over everything like the smell of burnt toast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Cauldrons — All Sizes—-Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver — Self-Stirring — Collapsible, said a sign hanging over them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Animals of the rain forest: left: The slow-moving sloth hangs out in the canopy; right: Is it a branch or a bug? Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Remind him when you ask,” she said, and hung up. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked his carving knife at the black iron kettles hung over the flames. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If I came with a date, our coats would be hanging together, like Michael S.’s and Lucy’s coats probably were. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He kicked and pulled and pushed, taking the shortest way straight back to shore, hanging to rest many times, then surging again and again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olive hung her head and began to weep pitifully. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I love you, and I am proud of you. And, Wes, it’s time to stop running,” my mother said as I hung up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The towel she had been using to clean my face hung limp on the guardrail, dripping water. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The gold chain with her mother’s name hung around her neck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At my line, I hang back, avoiding Tobias, who is busy picking on some unlucky sixth graders. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

My hair hangs over my face in stringy ribbons. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

To feel the cloud that hung over us lift and disperse—the cloud that dulled the heart and made happiness no more than a memory! Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached the second-floor landing and saw the crowd milling below, she hung back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She really said four, though, so we hung around outside the stage door by the picnic tables and the weeping willow tree. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jacob, meanwhile, stared in wonder at the mezuzah—the tiny prayer scroll that hangs on the doorframe of a Jewish home. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then, I put some of the food from the funeral in the microwave for Chris, which is always an extra reason for him to hang out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Above his head hung the cage of King George, the scraggly green parrot won in a card game. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shouts at you from propped-up windows, it hangs on gold chains out of cars, it lingers at phone booths, peep booths, in every standing line for movies and museums and methadone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I wondered what those smells were. So is that why you two were always hanging out?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Levi stands in the doorway, his camera hanging around his neck. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, sir, feed a little gas....Not much. Just a little bit till you get the hang of it. Go slow now!...Grandpa, don’t wiggle the steerin’ wheel so much!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They came to a low metal gate that hung open but could be shut to prevent access. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And soon, I’ll get to hang out with all of my friends at the bus stop—and in the new Hideout. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The confession box is dark and there’s a big crucifix hanging over my head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In one plant, someone hung a sign on the break-room door claiming the space For White People Only.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The family hung the prizes in their luak, a round Dinka cattle pen with a thatched roof. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke in a way that made me want to hang onto his every word. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had hung their uniform jackets over their chairs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They wash the guts out carefully, and they hang them up to dry so that the sun cures them.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“They call it the heart of Chinatown. A lot of elderly people hang out here during the day. My uncle comes here to play cards.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We have to go downstairs to Ireland to wash our faces in the basin under the tap and try to dry ourselves in the old damp shirt that hangs over the back of a chair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Your work clothes will be hanging in the closet—you’ll see. You’ll want to wash up and shave first, I guess.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The dress was tight across her newly budding chest, and it hung unevenly to just above her ankles in a ragged hem. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sukkah itself was in the field between their barn and the river since there were no trees out there to hang over it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Dayi Jamsheed parked the SUV under the shade of a gigantic walnut tree that hung over the street and thrust its roots beneath the cracking sidewalk. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t go to classes but hung around the playgrounds. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held a bowling ball, attached to a cable that hung from the ceiling, right in front of his nose. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And he was at the mercy of this sea, hanging there with darkness all around him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Did they survive, a fellow soldier explained to me without remorse, they shall by now certainly be hanged or brutally used in some other manner. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then it seemed to leap into the air with me hanging onto one side. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tense and close my fists around his wrists, intending to hang on if he tries to throw me again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Tonight he appeared to be a shadow, hanging on every word from this pompous opinionated man. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid could hear the strain in the other boy’s voice and prayed his new friend could hang on just a little longer. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you really want to send Harry back to school with that hanging over him? For heaven’s sake, he’s happy not knowing!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe, instead, you and I could just, like, go out in the woods that weekend and hang out. Like build a fire or something and go camping.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He hung on to his straps and shrugged. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Icicles hung from the eaves of the house to the snowbanks, great icicles as large at the top as Laura’s arm. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were everywhere, hanging from the mango tree and crawling under our charpoys so that we were afraid to sleep. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their shields hung wearily, not covering them properly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rear of the trailer had swung out and buckled the rail on the other side of the bridge and it hung several feet out over the river gorge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The chair came apart in his hands, the screws which had previously connected its several sections ripping out and hanging loose. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I remember the two of them were in full uniform—Metias with his jacket open and shirt hanging loose; Thomas neatly buttoned up, with his hair carefully slicked back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The paper was covered in her work trying to decode it, which looked like a bunch of unfinished hangman games minus the hanging men. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It walked the length of the corridor and stopped down at the very end, where a full-length mirror hung. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t hooked up with her? I know you two hang out a lot. Seems like a missed opportunity.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She invited James over to hang out, and as they walked up her stairwell, her apartment tilled with skateboard thunder and Matthew chanting Flush lyrics. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His voice said, “I trust you seventy per cent”—and then he hung up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and hang up FaceTime while Hudson wipes his face with a napkin. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Sure, I hung out around Red Witch Bridge in the middle of the night, but that was in the cover of the trees with an urban legend and a baseball bat as weapons. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She proudly hangs four elementary school diplomas her children have earned, including Maria Isabel’s. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The clouds swept down and hung all day over the land and brushed the hilltops, and the winds blew shrilly at night. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of Charles—damp, alcoholic, sweet with the linden-water he used for shaving—hung heavy in the air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It hung with the rest of ours on the spinning bookrack. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

At last she hung there, limp and panting. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jones shook his head and glanced up, as if he expected to see Mr. Beiderman hanging out his third-floor window at that exact moment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet in the car for a long second after he hangs up with Pri. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They hang from the slender branches, they bounce through the limbs, they seem to come from the whole forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orbs hanging off the trees barely hummed, and the music played softly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His tongue would just hang out of his mouth with nothing underneath to block it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We hung up, and right away the phone rang again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Using a “spinneret” gland just below its mouth, it spins a patch of silk on a branch and grips it with strong rear feet, hanging upside down. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The days and the nights were so cold that the pork in a box and the bear meat hanging in the little shed outside the back door were solidly frozen and did not thaw. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dilapidated swing set at one end of the yard, towels and jeans hanging from it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Hazel, stop being a psycho and listen, okay? I’m sorry I was mean. I’m sorry we didn’t let you hang out with us. But you have to believe me.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There were tufts of hair snagged in the barbs of wire, and in some places a strand of wire had been pulled loose from a fence pole and was hanging slack like old clothesline. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

On one wall, someone hung a fabric mural. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

That’s why we could hang tough when we hung together, and why when things broke down and one brother or sister showed wrong we came down so hard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us would just pick a comfortable tree to hang out in until the power shut off, which it always did eventually. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before hanging up, he always asked if I needed anything—money, for instance—but I never said yes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His glasses hung around his neck, and when he lifted them to his eyes, they slid around his temples, as if he were trying to put them on someone else in the dark. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, who hung out with Cap before he ever drove a bus, or masterminded a dance? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

"Do you still . . ." He hung on to the backpack straps across his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They both had dark glossy hair that hung down their backs, and their bangs were straightened and hair sprayed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I help her up, ordering Marge, who’s been standing there with her mouth hanging open, to take her other arm. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hangs up the phone with a soft click, smooths the back of her dress, then walks into the dining room but doesn’t take her seat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Not because I didn’t want to hang out with her anymore. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No, listen, it’s just like you and Celia going out, right? No strings attached. Neither of us has any expectations. We’ll just hang out.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Shrugging, they turned and left their rope hanging where it was. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I told her the whole story—Abbey hung around to make sure. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Great shadows fell across them; trunks and branches of trees hung dark and threatening over the path. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Both men had hung on to their rifles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At one big house the mailbox by the road had a lighted lantern hanging on it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung the last of Fern’s diapers and stretched. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hung back, trying to buy a little time in which to think. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment I was hanging upside down, staring at his knees. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t used to be smart aleck until you started hanging around with my son.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Haley knew it was them because her dad had a bunch of old photos hanging in their family room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to call your dad now,” he says quietly, then hangs up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But for many years afterward, sometimes I would get Marvin out of the closet and just hang out with him for a while—not for me, but for Marvin. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

An upside-down plastic water bottle is attached to what looks like a coat hanger and is hanging above the cake. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s pet squirrel, Chipper, was hanging upside down on the curtains, watching us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While the rest of her family went inside, Emily hung back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Serenity: Imk when you’re done getting braces! dad and i are in the north end. he said we can hang out for a little bit. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her watercolors of speckled mushrooms and bonneted girls were hung with pride in the family room, and her skill was encouraged with private lessons and summer visits to sketching camp. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She had brought them in from the lines in the backyard, where I had hung them to dry that morning. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A kid I’ve never seen before with long brown hair that hangs over one of his eyes raises his hand. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The sealed envelope hangs from the second topmost button of her coat, until Prospero arrives. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The kayak hung from the ceiling, and a little stove glowed in the center of the room. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we’re barely hanging out for five minutes before she starts to interrogate me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Packets of tea were floating in the folds of the crumpled mainsail that hung down through the top hatch, staining the water in brown clouds. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silence hangs over us, but it is a different land of silence, one that lets me breathe. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We hang the fabric mural on one of the blue walls, and the Christmas lights across the ceiling. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And that’s when I saw it, the tear hanging off her chin. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I had an identical backup suit hanging in the MoshWash cleaning unit in the corner of the room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ma would let us hang out at home, but only if we stopped by first. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She smiled to show she was telling the truth this time, then took his hand and led him to the overstuffed orange couch in the corner, under a row of hanging ferns. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The loop tightens and now I got my hands full, hanging on as the tail lashes back and forth. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Antonio: We was hanging out together—but I didn’t go upstairs with him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know which version of the story is true. You either drowned yourself or turned into a flower hanging over the water or—Echo, which is it?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Scott sits, elbows on knees, head hanging down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually I lost interest in school and began hanging around on the streets. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same way one used to hang from the huge old maple in front of Clairmont. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

As I follow Mrs. Hameed out of the office, dread hangs over me, as heavy as the smell of burned popcorn. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He’d hand over his stash of stolen documents, then hang around a coffee shop while the papers were copied. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hung there, flat against the wall, panting as they looked at the ground thirty feet below. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A red and white banner with the school’s motto, “Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve,” hung from the ceiling. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the microphone sat on the table before you, at other times a smaller, cylindrical microphone was hung on a cord around your neck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Rosa would force Leo to stay for a picnic, as if hanging out with dead people were good for his appetite. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The other half is watching a show about sharks on the TV that hangs in the corner. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when you’re losing someone, you hang on to whatever tradition you can. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I came back from school to find a rope stretched across the front room and men’s white shirts, clean and crisp, hanging in a row. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When male pilots flew over their air base and spotted the women’s underthings hanging out to dry—a big clue that this was a women’s regiment—they’d perform noisy aerobatics in celebration. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He’d hang on for a little longer, inhaling more and more of the poisonous air, clinging like a bug to the wall, but eventually he’d get too tired and high, and he’d slip off. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I follow Lucy into an area lined with hooks, where we hang up our coats. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But when the service ended and we all dispersed to our tents, a funereal gloom hung over Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Runt bounded off and came back a few minutes later with a worm hanging from his jaw. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Both hang by straps thin as chicken wire. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The baby was asleep in his hanging cradle, but Mami took him out, bundled him in flannel sheets, and handed him to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

You will hang out with people you shouldn’t. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At the base of the pole from which the light bulb hung were three seeming haystacks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And did you know it’s supposed to be a bad omen to tie shoes together and hang them from a nail?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get caught just hanging out in front of the building, staring through the door glass, so I pulled out my skateboard and knife pliers and pretended to tighten my wheel truck. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They grabbed Hundy by the elbows and made as if to hustle him away but he hung back, reluctant. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

An iridescent hummingbird hung suspended over the pie tin, wings a faint blur. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It hung from a broken chain and the wind knocked it against the post with a muffled sound that made it echo like a funeral drum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many more people on the streets, sitting on the stoops, hanging out, than I was used to. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

No pictures hung on the walls, and I saw a couple of unopened boxes stacked in one corner. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know his hair was so thick—it was hard to tell when it was buzzed short, Abnegation hair, but now it’s two inches long and almost hangs over his forehead. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She would be hanging about among the stalls, pretending to be in search of shoelaces or sewing thread. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, as my mother would say. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As I look at a painting of a woman with a large butt, hanging in the dining room, I remember Olga’s friend Jazmyn, who also has a large butt. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He dropped some quarters in her hand and focused his attention on a point just beyond her left ear, where a picture of a grazing dairy cow hung on the wall. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But the unquarreled evening hung like the first note of a dirge in sullenly expectant air. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother hung a flashlight on a leather thong around Nhamo’s neck. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stretched out before her, acres of dead grapevines hung in rows on wooden lattices, like gnarled miniature skeletons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But then why would he have taken off his tuxedo without hanging it up? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Call that the Deadheads. Graveyard’s back in that corner, in the thicker woods. Ain’t much else. You can go there to sit and rest, hang out, whatever.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I stood there on the sidewalk as the kids poured into the buses, my soccer bag hanging around my neck, still hoping I might see Connor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a high ceiling, with lights shaped like morning glories hanging down on chains, and a plain gold cross up at the front with a vase of white flowers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put my gloves on and dug around on your workbench until I found an old padlock, hanging open on a hook. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The sky was growing brighter, and along the river the mists of morning hung in the early light. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The room smelled like rubber from the loops of fan belts hanging from the ceiling. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was talking to Katie and Mom made me hang up right away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“See, this is why I’m so glad to be single. Because I can just hang out with you and not have to run upstairs to call my boyfriend.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then she burst into tears and hung up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The wet scent of an armpit hung in front of my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

The family map had hung in every kitchen since they’d made it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Now he put out the lantern and hung it against the wall. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neck and neck they hurtled toward the Snitch — all the Chasers seemed to have forgotten what they were supposed to be doing as they hung in midair to watch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Stairs and dark rooms. There were swords hung on the wall, and spears and shields, like a museum. And I saw the young man. He was...dancing.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently, what we had hanging up on our wall was Kilanga’s only looking glass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finishes his tea and looks for a nail to hang our one picture.The man in the picture has a thin face. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She’s a lady down the block who used to hang out in Greenwich Village with the beatniks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like in my dreams, her hair hung loose and shone like platinum. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Samuel lifted down his saddle from the big nail where it hung by one wooden stirrup and swung it over the broad back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I shed my costume and hung it in the wardrobe and dressed in my customary clothing, the light coming through the high windows had faded. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

So half an hour later, when the rope-ladder had been finished and hung, and the forty-second boot had been laced neatly onto the Centipede’s forty-second foot, they were all ready to go out. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Up the way was a bar where fishermen liked to hang out. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother says a jinn made your mother hang herself.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, she kind of hung on him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged me there, and we went to talk to some girls from his street who were hanging out on the corner. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It was pretty easy, really. Once I got the hang of Shay*s directions.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Goodbye, Miss Phelan. I hope you make the deadline,” she says, but before she hangs up, she mutters, “and for God’s sake, you’re a twenty-four-year-old educated woman. Go get an apartment.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

From the branches hang hundreds of wind chimes, which account for the tinkling I heard. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We had heard that John Vorster, the minister of justice, had told friends that Prime Minister Smuts’s greatest blunder during the Second World War was not hanging him for his treason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loose, raggedy shirt hung from his slender shoulders, and white cloth wrapped around his chest beneath it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was a town boy, but he didn’t hang out with them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung up, wishing I hadn’t called back at all. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I hung up and called my friend Ricky for a ride. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

After the funeral home men drove away, August and Rosaleen walked up to the coffin and stared down at May, but I hung back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he wasn’t hanging out at the scene of the crime, Genie was down at Tess’s, using her Internet, obsessively looking up other ways to capture birds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The row of tall parasol trees that lined the inside of the school yard was festooned with more da- zi-bao, hanging like flowers from the branches. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is such an odd reply that, though I had meant to hang up, I stay on. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It was too cold for the boys to hang around in front of the garage. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Tortured and sent off to be used as a lab specimen—dear God. That lovely, clever girl. I may as well—I am wretched. No, you’ll not hang.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Or when we peered behind the coats still hanging there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I can feel my feet hanging off the end of a bed. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

No paintings have been hung yet and the shelves wait empty and cardboard boxes stand open on the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I—I was only thinking of those wicked ones we saw hanging there that day. Ancient, how was their crime found out?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

His mouth hangs open, which makes it look like he’s smiling. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The people in front of me stopped just inside the door to hang up their coats on a long row of hooks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bunches of gray herbs hung like diseased fruit from the ceiling. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She finally hangs up, and I begin my quest: "I'd like to review the documents on file for building projects that come before the city council." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The Woolworth’s has old wooden floors, stained from years of winter slush on people’s boots, and dim overhead lights that hang down from the ceiling on metal stems. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad hung up on me, I held the phone so tightly, I thought I might crush it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she hangs up, Mami wears a cross look on her face. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I kinda hope that if I hang around him long enough, I’ll be a good person too. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I hang out with Mop and Bren every day after my shifts at the restaurant, I see Carmen occasionally around the apartment complex, and I eat a ton of ice cream. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh! hang Kitty! what has she to do with it? Come be quick, be quick! Where is your sash, my dear?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

There’s an embossed photo of the falls, meant to hang over the stove railing decoratively. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And do you remember the deep blatting stroke of the great gong in the Joss House, and how its tone hung in the air so long? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m hanging by my fingertips when the train lurches once again, swinging my legs off to the side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Lets try to hang out after school next week. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was a fine candidate for hanging because not only did he have no alibis, he could not remember what he had done at anytime in his life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama hung a calendar on the wall of our bedroom and circled the date September 13, 1999. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Morengo put a hand on Stanley's shoulder and told him to hang in there. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The apartment door hung open, as did the door to our bedroom, both the locks splintered from the wood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

About his neck a pouch of worn leather hung from a thong. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Here we are on prom night, crying at a Cracker Barrel in Cookeville, Tennessee. I’d say we’re getting the hang of this Pathetic Prom thing,” Dill said, after the server left. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And hanging out in this class would kill some time while I waited for Mom and Hadley. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not true that hung is never right. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except Frank wouldn’t require me to place myself in a labeled box in a public place in order to hang out with me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In bed, he made Laila listen as he described with a queer sort of exhilaration the hands he’d seen severed, the lashings, the hangings, the beheadings. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He hung up, and I took a deep breath. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hung between grief and yearning, and it welled from a deep ache for something that Pax could never divine. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He cleaned off a leg of lamb, readying it to hang on a ceiling hook along with the day’s other fresh cuts of meat. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“If you want to hang yourself, old fellow, it’s all the same to me,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beads of moisture hung from their eyelashes, and their faces glimmered with water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Posters of musicians are hung all around the room: Ella Fitzgerald, Beethoven, Bob Marley, the Beatles, Marian Anderson. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Yet the threat of it hung over my head, along with the more dire threat of Falconer out there, waiting for me to deliver the script. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her breasts were empty sacks hanging against her ribs, but nevertheless she lovingly put them in the boy’s mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was hanging on to the Fleece, which flashed in the water like a wave of new pennies. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just might be getting the hang of this writing business. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Here at last the snow crown began,- Sky's weathered stones were rimed with frost, and long spears of ice hung from the slopes above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hung on to Doctor Nolan's arm like death, and every so often she gave me an encouraging squeeze. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

By this time he had sat down: he had laid the picture on the table before him, and with his brow supported on both hands, hung fondly over it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bodega left my words hanging and walked away toward a small wing that had an exhibition of wooden religious figures. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He came downstairs to tell Dussel it was time to listen to the radio and hung around the bathroom for a while, but when Dussel took too long, he went back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On the wall over his pillow, Mandela had carefully hung a pair of light blue shorts and a jersey of the same color: his old Fugees uniform. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“In fact, he asked me to hang it on his wall.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you mad?' he shouts. He cuffs me hard. “You deserve to be hanged!” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Daddy used to have a signed Isiah Thomas poster hanging in our living room, and he always wore this old Isiah Thomas jersey whenever he watched a Pistons game. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They were just going to hang out at the concert together. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The shadow-boy walks out through the open door and stands beneath the hanging moon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Two guys who hung out together, Big Tony and Ouzi Smith, started yelling out that I was a scout and they should put me out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

One rack with sixteen copper pots and pans hanging over a woodblock table. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He went to each of our homes and told our mothers, who were unimpressed with our ability to hang Richard. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

People hanging out, calling back and forth or gathered in knots in the street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spider hung off the top handle of his backpack, threading their safety line. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A lot easier to hang out with than Zoe Nightshade, anyway. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I was sent for life. It’s death to come back. There’s been overmuch coming back of late years, and I should of a certainty be hanged if took.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I throw my empty game bag around my neck and slowly lower myself until I’m hanging by my hands. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I hung it on its hook, I noticed a smear of chocolate on the left arm, where Trotter had punched me. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They still hanged black people as a form of punishment for the smallest of deeds, but at Bethel AME, every member of the church was welcome and loved. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Portraits of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin hung above the desk. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When they went to court, the suffragists hung their dirty tattered banners on the wall of the courtroom. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Above him, the Christ in agony hung above the altar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When all the players had dressed, they assembled in a small alcove in the back of the locker room where the blackboard hung. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon she made her own sausages, spiced with fennel, and hung them over the heating pipes in the basement. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Percy sat in back, hanging on tight, desperately trying not to slip off the horse’s rear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A high-yellow dream child with long brown hair braided into two lynch ropes that hung down her back. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As close as you can get while still preserving the detail. We need to be able to make out that hooked leaf, that one hanging right there.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The rhododendrons were all loaded down with snow; icicles hung from the eaves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, when I hang around after school and any of the guys ask me: “Yo, Devon, where you going?” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now I would choose to hang out with him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He said, “I’ll have to check with some other board members to see who would have time to open it up to let you see it,” and hung up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they’d come because Mrs. Pohler had refused to give Regina the key to the attic—where we all took turns hanging our wet linen—until her own linen was dry. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dozens of power tools hung on the walls. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Without grain in the silo, jars of olive oil in the cellar, cheese in the pantry and sausages hanging from the rafters, they would starve in bad years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those words would hang in the air for a moment, then everyone would know where I’d gone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was busy putting away the new supplies of bandages and medicines in the cabinets that hung on the walls of the room. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Flags, with various designs of blue and gold, hung on poles. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I am thinking of how all the paintings in Lagos always look crooked, never hung straight,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. We’ll have to hang on tight. But it’s a fair way off yet....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had to squeeze on to the edge of a bench with half my butt hanging off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper sighed and looked up toward the ceiling where the darkness hung over them like a black cloud. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As though he has climbed into a dark box hung inside a column of pure light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The jacket of his brown suit, the one he’d worn to my graduation, hung over him—too much of Baba had melted away to fill it any­more. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm. I’m not so sure I want it hanging over my head,” I said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They make to have a hanging, right there in the road. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The doctor listens to my chest with the thing hanging from his neck. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He hung the bag on the side of a cabinet and flicked the tubing going to the needle, trying to make the saline flow. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She asked, “You saw a child hung for stealing?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And it hung, this determination, like a heavy jewel between her breasts; it was written in fire on the dark sky of her mind. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They flay my skin and hang it to dry. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nondescript grey stone renders it indistinguishable from the surrounding buildings save for a tarnished sign hanging by the door. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the chains hanging from the ceiling, dangling the skulls of his enemies on hooks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It would be nice to have somebody to hang with during the week. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled all his anxious energy up front with him, and when he disappeared into the back he left it hanging there, thick and heavy in the now-silent front seat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A waterskin hung under his arm on a leather strap, and ropes of dried seaweed were braided through his waist-long black hair and untrimmed beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tally peered out from behind a curtain of hanging vines. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then there’s “China Town” where the Asians hang. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I push my hanging clothes to one comer and lay the comforter from my bed on the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mama Tataba hangs the whole big family of bananas up in the corner all together, so the tarantula spiders that use it for their house can just move on out when they take a notion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are my pants ripped all the way down and my underwear hanging out?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But then,” Lazlo added, “if someone managed to steal it from you—” He looked to her bare wrist where no moon charms now hung. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I put a towel over Bertha’s sewing machine and hung my backpack on the hook on the closet door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Only this one wasn’t so fancy, with a clump of saggy old silk flowers hanging off to the side. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You’ll stand on your good leg. Let the other leg hang next to it. No weight on it. Want to give it a try?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I was hanging out the wash and tripped over the clothes basket. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Army Intelligence soldiers, those black spies in civilian clothes, hung around in Harlem with their ears open for the white man downtown. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m going to need to go and see if Mr. Hughes’ picture’s been hanging upstairs the whole time I been downstairs reading his books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

They hung around together in gateways and at the corners of buildings, leaning lovingly on their weapons as they talked. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the week, while Charlie still searched for the perfect tree for his tree house, I hung around and watched TV. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It hung on a nail near his bed—unfrayed, unsullied after all those years, with only the permanent bend in the fabric made by its long life on a nail. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sink nearby, cracked and dry, and a string over the sink from which hung stained surgical gloves. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Percy tried to decipher the banners and symbols hanging in front of the buildings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I grabbed him when the ball came into the paint, and he went up as if he hadn’t even noticed me hanging on. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She did not want the shades drawn or black funeral crepe to be hung. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She took off her black dress and hung it in the garment bag full of mothballs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Stretched across the upper part of the doorway was a big spiderweb, and hanging from the top of the web, head down, was a large grey spider. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Shadow’s coat was hanging from the coat rack. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

An attractive bloodstone fob hung from the center chain, directing the gaze from silver button to silver button, then downward still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The battlements and crenellations were crowned with snow and hung with icicles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She would never get the hang of this new country. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the Shadow Host that had hung back at the last came up like a grey tide, sweeping all away before it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Well, okay, Gordy was white, but anybody can start to act like an Indian if he hangs around us long enough. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Did they hang out at all during my Game Plan hiatus? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Their bayonets hung by the sides of their army trousers as they stood still, with their helmets underneath their arms. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A couple of stores have performance artists hanging at the front door. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I touched my heart to be sure the medal still hung there. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even hung up on Liyana so she wouldn't hear her cry. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi hung up the phone and paced the floor, his heart jittering in his chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Paqo selected a cluster of dried grasses hanging upside down from the roof beam. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I practically rip the garment bag open as soon as we hang up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. We were friends. We hung out, all of us, together. But then Audrey got all possessive and weird.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got to Margaret’s, I started my search for snacks exactly where I had left off—hanging on to the handle of the refrigerator door. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingernails into that other boy’s stomach and hang on tight like a crab. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ron was sitting up in bed, the hangings torn from one side, a look of utmost terror on his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

For four days we’d been in the hospital, family members visiting, talking and hanging out, laughing and crying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Candles filled the wall sconces and the cups of the hanging chandelier. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I bet he hangs out there a lot,” he said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He would hang onto these rocks, all right, of that he was certain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t want a painting like that hanging over my couch. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We both hang up, but it's like there's still a connection. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grey shirt hung in loose tatters except where it was stuck to his body, stained a dark, sullen red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He remembered her making him hand-wash diapers in the sink; he’d hang them to dry, then she’d dump them back in the water, saying they weren’t clean enough. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stared at Newcharlie for a moment, my question hanging in the air over his bed. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was the sense of betrayal that hung all around. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Char says the only reason she lets me hang with her in the first place is to get her grades up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I mostly hang out alone in my bedroom and read books and draw cartoons. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the passing clouds had left a hint of rain hanging over the street, which made it look darker. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to hang out with Adam. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

A huge crystal chandelier hung from the domed ceiling. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I can’t just stop hanging out with her,” she said, stabbing her brush on the canvas, her charm bracelets clinking angrily together. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My hand slides down the screen and hangs limply at my side. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The moon above hung low, eerie as its light cast a silver sheen over the overgrown flowers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then, naked, he washed his socks and briefs and T-shirt in the basin, wrung them out and hung them on the clothesline that pulled out from the wall above the bathtub. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Used to be I could easily fit in with whatever friends I was hanging out with. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He let go of hanging out in the streets. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parker ain’t no bigger than me, but hanging with Tyler makes him think he’s tough, I guess. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His sodden green cloak had hung up on a rotted log, and a school of tiny silver fishes were nibbling at his face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the end it may have boiled down to what the poet Robert Frost once said about a successful education: “Just hanging around until you have caught on.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee picked a scarf from the ones hanging on the inside of her mother’s closet door. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“We’ll hang it in the same location in our new bedroom,” Papa promised. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His shirts were hanging where Mama's dresses used to hang. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Except for the voices of children, a deep silence hung over the place. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t want to talk to Mom and Dad, you can let the phone ring two times and then hang up. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t seem very fair to you. I mean, I wish there were other places we could meet and hang out,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

To Ser Barristan the big knight said, “No need to come and talk if you meant to hang us. So it’s not that, is it?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some were simply standing, confused, others panicked and ran to the church, hoping to find shelter in the tall stone building or the huge iron wheel that hung there, promising them safety from demons. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I made my way through the queen’s gallery, where the tapestries with their wordless stories hung dark and silent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Along what had been country lanes rich with berries, high wire fences and mile-long factories stretched, and the yellow smoke of progress hung over all, fighting the sea winds’ efforts to drive them off. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her bosoms are hanging out for the world to see and she won’t make it to the proper side of town,” the Duchess snaps back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The sound hung over the castle like a flag of mourning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He hung on while Silver attacked from the side. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. But I’m part of the stage crew, so Macy and I can still hang out together.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

At one end is a small stage with colorful handmade quilts hanging on either side of a giant gold cross. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He picked up his bag and hung it on his shoulder, then looked at me again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The old metal gates hanging off the hinges were gone, and the headstones were barely visible through the thick tangles of weeds that had claimed the plot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not into drugs. I don’t like hanging out with other criminals,” he told me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her green wrap dress hung loose on her slim frame. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never seen that kid before? He lives in this neighborhood! He hangs out in the playground sometimes. You have to have seen him. Everyone has!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Is that a chaplain I see over there? That’s really a fine thing when a man of God begins hanging around a place like this with a bunch of dirty drunks and gamblers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A hulking frame in tattered clothing steps into the light of the second doorway, its head hanging unnaturally to one side. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“And it feels weird because I don’t know if it’s the same with him. He always comes off as so carefree whenever we hang out, and I’m always a nervous wreck.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At nightfall they built fires with pieces of old shoes to keep the mosquitoes away, and watched the stars from beneath the big oak tree where they’d hung a rope to swing from. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“But he’s never, like, invited me to hang out with you, though.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if they were fooling, but right then, in the darkness of those same woods, that image hung before me like the ghost itself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Only a few flecks of snowy cloud hung high in the morning-blue sky, and already a woman was hanging wash on a roof. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I dutifully told Gregory my parents had agreed, and he hung up so he could call and let the people who’d found the chicken know I’d be coming for her. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He went up the Pott Street side of empty Riverroad Square, where another poster hung crookedly on the kiosk, and he was headed toward North Street when suddenly the lights flickered and went out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her cream-colored coat hangs unbuttoned, too light for the weather. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You better be ready to prove it,” she said, and hung up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw me he abruptly hung up and gave me a long, studied look. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Chimneys, belching smoke, reached to the low hanging sky. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She paints pictures to hang in the hallways and makes rows of shells along the edges of the countertops. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Ann hung up the phone and went back to fixing dinner. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It hung pale and limp, but the swelling was down and the bruise was almost gone. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Inside the key pound, inside six glass-fronted cabinets, thousands of iron keys hang from pegs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The hotel had these really cool elevators that sort of hang on the side of the building, with the whole car exposed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca hung on his every word, nodding her head and taking sneak peeks at me as if to say, “Listen to this, this is for you.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

After I hung up, I went into the living room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama hurried down the stair steps, wearing a bright smile and carrying her nicest petticoats and nightgowns to hang out for airing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was a real serious man, thoughtful and solid, different from Rocky and the other men I had seen in Harlem who hung around Small’s Paradise. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barack and I had been through five campaigns in eleven years already, and each one had forced me to fight a bit harder to hang on to my own priorities. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was sound asleep, but her arms hung outside the blanket. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the trees that had lined the gracious and pleasant walks of the Common were cut down, and the smoke of countless cook-fires hung heavily in the humid air upon those denuded slopes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know it then, but I was about to spend the next three years of my life hanging out at that very spot. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My right arm disappeared in a strange metal gauntlet, from which hung a long retractable chain with a spiked metal ball on the end. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He looks at her, watching as she undoes her hair, letting it hang loose for a moment over her shoulders before wrapping it thoughdessly around her hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Masks of screaming women hung from the roof. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Above me on the wall hangs the glass case with the coloured butterflies that once I collected. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Brook tells the phone person she’ll have to call back and she hangs up. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heels hung off the back of her mother’s shoes; she could not even buckle the straps. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I kind of like the way the skirt hangs, skimming my hips and grazing the floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

No one saw the pity of its position, hanging there in eternal meaninglessness, silently signalling to those with eyes to see, “I’m a legitimate punctuation mark, get me out of here.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Piggy peered anxiously into the luminous veil that hung between him and the world. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Minutes before darkness plunged, rain started to fall and I had barely enough time to pack everything I had into the nylon duffel and hang it from a tree branch to keep it dry. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He also hung out in the computer room with Gates and shared those long evenings at ISI and C-Cubed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In the final sixteenth of a mile Pollard seemed as if he was about to pass out again, but he hung on for the win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was blinking, her mouth hanging open as she stared at air. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Ghost teaches me how to hang from rafters and not be seen, to line up a shot with a crossbow, to steady my shaking hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis leaned back to me and confided, “Your eyes, sweet child, hang out for all to see like the globes on a pawn shop.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Last night after the guys' basketball game, the five of us were hanging out in Jupiter’s room. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Photographs of past Granger classes hung on the walls. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His jacket and shirt hang open, his cravat is a loose tangle, and his sailor pants are worn at the knees. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“She is. Trust me. She didn’t go through all that trouble bringing her over here just to leave her hanging. We want Aunt Val here, too, you know.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

About his muscular, brown throat Johnny could see a medal hung upon a string. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of years ago, Taryn started calling those times when they’d be hanging out and then got really quiet “pondering mysteries.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad hang around my table a lot, along with Jack’s parents. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Looting was a crime punishable by death, and looters were hanged or shot immediately without a trial. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was called Joe and he started hanging around trying to get my attention by telling stupid jokes while we worked and asking totally duh questions like What’s it like being a Yank? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned off every light but one and hung sheets across all the windows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms in front of himself, letting the sleeves of his black master’s robe hang loosely at his sides. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every day, Vuyisile Mini, who years later was hanged by the government for political crimes, led the group in singing freedom songs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many demons called Tang men John because, they insisted, they never could get the hang of our real names. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I crossed the great arch hung from filaments and I was in the city I knew so well. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janie saw then that he had the gun in his hand that was hanging to his side. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

This kind of freedom is enough inspiration to go away to college and live in a dorm room where I can hang out with whoever I want whenever I want. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Before hanging up, she told me that in a cruel twist of fate her mother had fallen gravely ill as well. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A full moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the parking lot. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If I say no, maybe I won’t get another chance to hang out with her. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up the next morning, my headphones hang lopsided off my head as my dad raps in them. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I think she called my house, because Mama later asked me if I was in any trouble and was I still hanging around with Frank. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Now. Here’s the interesting bit....Nice smooth landing, hangs up the wings. Holly takes off the helmet.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The naked light- bulbs that hung irregularly from the stained ceiling cast a weak yellow light upon the warped floorboards. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quietly he arose and dressed himself, hanging his sandals around his neck by their thongs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A tiny bag hung around her neck—more of his conjure medicine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The silver cocktail dress hung in her closet, the tag dangling from the seam. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Those Sundays after church, instead of sitting on the couch with our parents, Maribel and I started hanging out in the kitchen by ourselves. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The platform was brilliantly lit again, like an operating table, but the stadium was almost empty, a few curious stragglers still hanging around. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hung together—me at my mother’s arm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before long he was flying around the cavern, weaving through the long stone teeth that hung down from the ceiling, even flapping out over the abyss and swooping down into its cold black depths. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There is Life Drawing, for instance, hanging right now on the gallery wall, Josef preserved in aspic and good enough to eat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was tired of hanging around with the kids. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If Jesse didn’t have a reason for hanging himself, then his death was pointless. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And then a couple of months later when she liked Jason Hatami, we hung out at his dad’s hardware store on the weekends, just in case Jason stopped by. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Cloud-shaped mobiles hung from the ceiling, strands of paper raindrops suspended in midair. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had got my parents doing things like taking bus trips to factory outlets and playing a dice game called “bunko” and hanging around the piano bar at the Ramada Inn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

To create a handsome wall hanging depicting our last hours? Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Leathery patches of skin hung off his face, among patches of raw red flesh seeping with pus and crawling with flies. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Usually what I do is just hang around and look at my comic books and watch the tube, or go shopping with Gram if she really makes a fuss. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t make any small blocks, just big ones—the kind of blocks where you’d find lumber shops and factories and bars where Humble would hang out at and work. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Between the roof of the shed and the big plant that hangs over the fence from the house next door I could see the constellation Orion. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It hung above a store that had been converted into a church, and I stepped into the shallow lobby and wiped my face with a handkerchief. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began looking through the sweatshirts, trying to find one that wasn’t too cutesy, but Kaira went straight to a charcoal gray wool jacket hanging on display. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As the train coughed, lurched, and began to pull away, boys hanging from the windows shouted farewells: “Good-bye, Mom!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A warm fog hung in the air, turning the trees into sentinels, tall soldiers shrouded in cloaks of gloom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun hung low on the horizon, crimson as though engorged with blood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That’s one more thing to remember when I’m grown, to tell about the Congo: how the mango fruits hung way down on long, long stems like extension cords. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shackles were locked around his ankles and tied to the chain that hung from the ceiling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was more writing where the shield had hung upon the back of the door. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it might be hard for you to get the hang of a Mexican dance,” Selena said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Scads of minnows flashed like chrome spangles in the shallows, and right away we spooked a snaggle-toothed barracuda that had been hanging motionless near a coral head. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A shifting black mass hung low over Manhattan. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I'm surprised he takes the news so well, and as I hang up, I wonder why he's so mellow, and I wonder if this is a real change. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hung it on the tree and pushed it a little with his finger. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

For a moment it hangs there, and in that moment I realize what else unsettled me about the mutts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Did you ditch her to hang with him?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

At lunch, it hadn’t seemed right to hang out in the library without James, so she went to the cafeteria, which was about as loud as a marching band practicing in a bathroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

What had once been a non-hang at school had now become the hang at school. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There’s a big black curtain hanging across the back of the stage. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

His guayabera hung open, splayed to either side of his gigantic belly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

His friend, a boy with thick hair that stuck up at the top, also hung back, near the trunk of the mango tree. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My mother hangs her head low enough to hide her eyes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A black Santa oil painting hung above the mantel, which was itself lined with black Santa figurines. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I continue until I’m close enough to see a curtain of vines hanging over the black area. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’d wonder what the stars were and what kept them hanging up there so high and bright and if Papa, ’way off up yonder in Kansas, could see the same stars I could see. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still, it was, he had to admit, a highly preferable alternative to hanging by his ears from a post. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The set was styled after a New England farmhouse, with mock Shaker furniture and antique farm equipment, pitchforks and so forth, hanging from the clapboard backdrop. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the sounds of wheel and scream had faded, Encanis hung panting and shaking from his chains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for staying with your brother last night so we could—” Her voice catches, but the reminder of what happened hangs in the air. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His hands would turn numb and callous after hours of hanging on. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The others rush in and I hang back, leaning against the bricks outside the restaurant. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a mistake to hang back too obviously in any group like this; it stamps you as lukewarm, lacking in zeal. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its spine hung only by a couple of threads. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He hung his hummingbird weaving in the open doorway. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was Pumpkin, his military tunic off hanging on the fence. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anytime, baby. We haven’t hung out in a while. Somebody decided I wasn’t cool anymore. I thought I was still cool, so whatever.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He took my coat off me and hung it up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Half of the ceiling had fallen in, and the end of Luna’s bed was hanging through the hole. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Have lots of friends and hang out after school and stuff like that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It's good to see you hanging out with Joe again. You used to be so close.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Along the ceiling ran a single wire from which a light bulb hung every few yards. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

More than a year since Blount had hung around the place on his first long drunk and seen the mute for the first time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At last, exhausted, Harry climbed into bed, twitched the hangings of his four-poster shut to block out a ray of moonlight, lay back, and felt himself almost instantly drifting off to sleep.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

So it was just the four of us Naw, B. J. don’t play on the team—he’s too short, but the four of us hang together. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now the streetcar was on its side and we were hanging from our places. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There’s lights strung across the street downtown, and Santa Clauses hanging from the lamp posts. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Bundles of dried herbs hung from the ceiling, filling the air with the mixed aroma of feverfew and bitter orange. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The adult ghosts hung back, listless or fearful, but the children all came thronging forward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It hung shiny and long, well past her shoulders. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Silence hung in the air, but before they could think to speak, the Gran emerged from the Cursed Forest with the Town Uncle in her arms. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their beds are unmade, underclothes on the floor, clean stockings left draped and hanging to dry from the electrical wires dangling through the window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hung up the phone and turned off the TV, my scalp tingling like the static inside the blackened television. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The moment she hangs up, I’m like, “You got the job?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Helen, meanwhile, hired a plumber, scraped the loose paint so it wouldn’t hang, walked Ralph’s file cabinet into the back bedroom to hide the crack. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, as Olanna lay on her uncle and aunt’s bed, she watched Arize through the thin curtain that hung on a rope attached to nails on the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s really a fine thing, when a man of God begins hanging around a place like this with a bunch of dirty drunks and gamblers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was hanging lopsided over the railing, one leg supporting her weight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt an invisible thread of possibility hanging in the air between them, but she didn’t know what was supposed to happen next. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Their cloaks hung almost to the ground, the heavy wool dyed a rich gold; their mail and boots and gloves were black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then we just hang out doing nothing, which is exactly what I feel like doing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hung up and waited to see if he’d call back. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the words came out of her they seemed to hang in the air in a cloud of desire, and the texture of them surprised even Ash. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She points over to the wall, where my art hangs. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My mom told me this was the first place at the university where women students could hang out. Anyway,” Calder said, “let’s keep going.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You hang with them Dominicans over in St. Nick. What you doing over on the East Side this morning?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The neck and head hung to the side, and Hazel tried to ignore the way her stomach turned looking at it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And now he was whipping through the grass, which had become a green blur, hanging on with all his strength as the quad carried him back toward the footpath. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’d make that boy— I set down the water buckets, removed my cloak, and hung it from a peg near the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Audrey complained about how boring it was hanging out with us, so I brought out board games and we stopped talking about Jenna’s troubles. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, the ancient Wonder Wheel hung over the sprawl of carnival that hadn’t been torn down or converted into fancy shops. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The cop's hair hung on the sides of his face, his uniform was dirty, and I watched him without emotion, hesitated, hearing the sound of footfalls approaching. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hung up the phone and summoned my brother Richie to the kitchen, gave him carfare and explicit instructions: Tell Helen all is forgiven. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall then took the bomb core back to his cabin, hung it up again, and performed more tests. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey looked at the clock hanging on the kitchen wall. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why the hanging body had stopped her. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She gazed straight down at me from almost twenty feet, unquivering, wordless, her hair rubbing against the branches, hanging those narrow bare feet out into the air. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My older friends, the ones I used to hang out with before I met you? Not all of them wound up pretty.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Only the state had permission to hang anyone, people argued, and that was after a trial. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She called the Claiborne house and let it ring a dozen times before hanging up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He hung his hat on his knee and smiled, his eyes nearly closed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dished up a bowl of oatmeal from a pot that hung by the side of the hearth, then carefully set it in front of me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word hung there for a moment in the warm breeze. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thick, yellow light came from lamps hung high on a forest of poles. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She was walking with two other first-year girls, and they hung back when I said hello. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And he thought: “Negligent homicide carries such a stigma. I’m looking at this nineteen- year-old kid, thinking: This is a big burden to hang around his neck.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling that maybe Dad would call me, so I didn’t mind hanging around the house all day waiting for the phone to ring. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Lucy’s okay for a little while. But I don’t know how you hang out with her all the time.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks are now hollow, her skin hangs on her bones, and her eyes are dulled with hunger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I focus on the girl onstage, small behind her guitar, which is hanging from her shoulders as she plugs it into a portable amp. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, I take down my braids, rubbing my hands through my hair until it hangs wild in my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And if the authorities caught you returning from transportation—if an old enemy, or an old friend with a score to settle, saw you and peached on you—then you were hanged without a blink. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Alice filled it for him from a copper pot that hung over a fire that crackled in a ring of stones. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The sails hanging limply from the gaffs like sleeping bats. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Lupita went into the bedroom where the family’s clothing hung on nails. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It had dark windows and a neon pink paper hanging from the rearview mirror. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I whirled, still moving by reflex, back-tracking and stopped and now there was another and another, seven-all hanging before a gutted storefront. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eggs hung in the door, bottles with colored fluids stood on a shelf. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I actually felt like fencing itself was fun, not just the social aspect of hanging with my teammates but the sport itself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then the entire camp, block after block, filed past the hanged boy and stared at his extinguished eyes, the tongue hanging from his gaping mouth. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Sunday evening, June 11, six cars had been hung—an average of two a day since the first turn of the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his legs around his dad’s back and buried his face in his neck and hung on like he’d never let go. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I see my worn old cap hanging on the back of her chair. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She looked like she was ready to catch a movie, have a cool afternoon hanging out together. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He danced on his front paws on the porch, his mismatched eyes smiling up at me, his tongue hanging out happy. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Brushes, screwdrivers, and spray bottles hung on small hooks along the walls. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Over the fire hung a kettle so large that both the babies could have bathed in it together. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fact is, she decided to treat him so cold if he ever did foot the place that he’d be sure not to come hanging around there again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He told us Johnny cut our picture out of the newspaper and has it hang ing over his bed in the prison. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had caught sight of myself in the large mirror that hung over the mantel. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those same policemen had to secretly ferry us out of the basement of the school at the end of the day, past a mob of citizens determined to hang us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And hanging to his tail for dear life—literally for dear life—were Chase and Mattie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After pouring the formulas in, we hang the bags, attach the tubing, and adjust the pump rate for how long we’ll be asleep. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mom called this morning, but Aunt Megan hung up before I got a chance to talk. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Leave that! It’s mine. I have a plan. I’m going to saw that up and hang the hoops for accuracy practice.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

A bird hanging on a grass stem released a happy trill, and Sigurd whipped around completely, bear cloak flapping behind him, as he strode toward them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

From the ceiling, huge lamps hung down and bathed the room in a brilliant blue-white light. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Judith tiptoed across the floor, straining to see herself in the one small dim mirror that hung over a chest. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We pushed through the doors of the community center and found ourselves in the multipurpose room, where only a few kids were hanging out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Others are at the tops of the streetlights, while a bunch hang above the buildings. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Come, you, and gaze upon the tar man! Blackly he reposes, tender face the color of soot, withered limbs like veins of coal, feet lumps of driftwood hung with shriveled grapes!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Someone has hung streamers and tied up balloons. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It hung on cold and wet and windy long after its time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had been grossed out by a string of dead ducks hanging in a window. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Many years earlier he’d been a young man behind the wheel, momentarily distracted, with a life hanging in the balance. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His gun was on his shoulder, his hatchet and powder horn hung at his side, and his tall boots made great tracks in the soft snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad even said I could hang out at home again the next day if I wanted. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They’ll never believe that G. M. Pennington—sorry, “Gary”—bought him ice cream and hung out with him for more than two hours. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He paused, pulled on his long black coat, which had hung in the front hall, incongruous beside Mr. Frost’s tweed jacket and fawn mackintosh. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A bright swastika flag hangs above the teacher's chair. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The early morning mist hung at waist level. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Doña Charito's collected works hung on the walls: mostly pitchers and bowls of fruit, and violins or guitars, I couldn't tell the difference, for we hadn't had music lessons yet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When he was twelve, the body of Russell Charley, a black man from Monroe County, was found hanging from a tree in Vredenburgh, Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He entered a bright green coach, one of George Pullman’s Palace cars, where the air hung with the stillness of a heavy tapestry. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I hung out with Jack in homeroom, English, history, computer, music, and science, which were all the classes we had together. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In his home he hung Nazi flags in prominent locations and displayed airplane models of Messerschmitts and Junkers as well as an oil painting of Adolf Hitler and other memorabilia from the Third Reich. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she hung up, she reached over to a rack and pulled a white chef coat off a hanger. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Her long, dark hair was pulled back into a tail, but still hung down to nearly the small of her back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The only place there weren’t books was in one corner, where there were some large, comfortable-looking chairs and a wooden table with lamps hanging over them, perfect for reading. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

A strand of tiny Violet orbs hung over a charcoal portrait of Ampai. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I stop before I reach the dining room, where another wide chandelier hangs from the ceiling and a long wooden table is pushed aside and covered with snacks, boxes of pizza, and more alcohol. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I say, trying to hang on to the train of thought. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grace Wexler had supervised the decorations: copper pots hung from the ceiling; the pews were padded with flowered cushions and fitted with hymnbook pockets and drop-leaf trays. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently he was something of a fixture on the field, though he had missed several games since he started hanging out with me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Violet looked into Count Olaf’s eyes, and then at the small parcel that was her sister, hanging from the top of the tower and moving slowly in the breeze. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Did she hang around to watch me blow up the supplies? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A large awning hangs over the entrance, orange, the color of our exiled monarchy. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

All they want to do is “hang out” and “talk” at recess. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the left wall, surrounding the windows, hung a huge curtain of African-print cloth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dimple hung her head, guilt and resentment jostling for space in her chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for contacting me,” he said, and he hung up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, she washed out her dress with the cup of water, hanging it like a curtain from her sleeping shelf. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without pausing, I shoulder-roll forward, come up on one knee, and send an arrow into one of the hanging lights high above the gymnasium floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Just “hanging on” turned out to be impossible as Westmoreland appealed to Johnson for more troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll call you back,” she says before hanging up the phone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But the effect of the last couple of months hangs over the building like a bad smell. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“You don’t hang with us anymore. Not since Quinton...you know.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Not many people have,” I said, and told him I’d read that someone had hung a plaque in Henrietta’s honor at Speed’s Grocery. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Pine garlands with red velvet ribbons were hung around the doorframe. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We hung out together during breaks and made jokes, especially since the other three guys hung out together and made their own jokes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Men and boys are hanging on to the sides of tank cars, trying to find a spot to sit or stand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was like a merry-go-round where you didn’t even have a horse to hang on to. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was an enormously powerful man, with a neck as big as Johnny’s waist and huge hands hanging down to his knees. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is Ludwig van Beethoven’s turn to be hanged, drawn, and quartered.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Crab hung out in that house because it was easier to shoot birds in there? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Queenie struggles at the bottom of a ravine, a badger hanging from her leg. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He galloped off fast to his cave with Sophie hanging on tight to the rim of the pocket. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Possibly he was already hanging out in somebody’s home, although they knew for sure it wasn’t the home of either his wife or his lawyer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cloth hung suspended for a moment, bright red and glowing, and then the door was slammed shut again and the light disappeared and the cloth fell to the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I spent a weekend visiting Craig at Princeton, where he seemed to have slipped into a productive rhythm of playing basketball, taking classes, and hanging out at a campus center designed for minority students. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After he hangs up, I call Mom because I’m still not positive everything is okay with Shoji. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pouches of flesh hung from her eyes and jowls. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hung his head, feeling tongue-tied and naive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Mama made this needlepoint sign that says, ‘If all our troubles were hung on a line, you’d choose yours and I’d choose mine.’” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But when my father picked up the telephone on the sixth or seventh ring, his voice, beery and irritated, gave me a hard, dry feeling in my throat and I hung up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Someone had hung up long, thin steel cables, on which were mounted clothespins. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I hung out with them and got along with them, but most of them took minibuses to school from way out in the townships, from Soweto, from Tembisa, from Alexandra. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Miss Love made a big black satin wreath for the door and I went down there and hung it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If they were hanged—for that was surely the fate awaiting any Lincoln conspirator—their four young children would be orphans. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It had started the cut to smarting again so when I went to wash I hung the vest on a chair and lowered the light cord so that the bulb would be drying the splotch. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a man’s shirt tucked into a yellow skirt that hung below her knees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would take near the whole day to wash, hang the clothes out on the line, and iron them, but I loved the way the house smelled clean with wood polish and soap. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She rests her hands on the table in front of her, and the silence hangs in the air between them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Hiroshi looks back at me, a black strand of hair hanging at his temple, he doesn’t say anything. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It made Thomas sick to think people were hanging on to that hope of just one person dying; the more he thought about it, the less he believed it was true. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He went to the barns to see Seabiscuit, then hung up his tack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth hung open like a garden gate. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer went into her house and I just hung out in the backyard until I heard the garage door go up and my mother’s car pull in. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But I stopped, waited, and was surprised to see her slam to a bottom-dragging stop three feet in front of me, eyes bright on my eyes, tongue hanging to the side in a happy smile. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He is assuming that at sunup, Captain Smith will be hanged and I will become another man’s servant. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’s silent again, and for a moment Molly thinks he’s hung up on her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At some point my shoes light up and the hover feature activates, so that I’m hanging upside down in midair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sword and hung it over the fireplace. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy hung on to his father’s coat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’d only told her that I wanted to hang something in Nana’s room at the nursing home as a surprise, and convinced her to delay bringing Nana back after spending Christmas with us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And she could wash her clothes in the stream and hang them on the bushes. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the woods give way to the clearing, I see paper lanterns hanging from tree branches, illuminating the pond. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In this place hung the double-torsion bow and arrows in a quiver, a great sheaf— quills of groaning. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe hung up and returned to the kitchen table, slumped back into his chair, and lazily sipped from a cup of lukewarm coffee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each window is distinguished from the others by a sign that hangs below its counter with the word “Window” and a number between one and five. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sanborn had told her something of its history, said that years ago a Quaker, a woman, had been hanged there and that a mob once tried to hang William Lloyd Garrison there. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found it easier this time, and there was the chough, with her in her own world, perching on a branch that hung low over the pavement. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All kinds of mostly white hippies with long, hanging hair. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I figured, even if we lose, we could still hang out.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Long stems of yarrow hung from the bank over his head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He continued, all fired up, "Because while they're out there sniffing their own butts, I get to hang out with a big man, like you. A future World's Greatest. And that's cool." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Bleeding carcasses hung on hooks the length of her arm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

No girlfriends, because they all hook up with Kings and hang at King parties. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s weird at school now, because ever since Halloween, Julia hangs out with her other friends at break a lot instead of me and Isabella. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her son was dressed in boiled leather and ringmail, she saw, and a sword hung at his waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I skip lunch one day, going to hang out in the art classroom instead, so I can use the paints there. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The scents of pine oil, tar, and sawdust hung in the air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could hang out with some of her friends, show her that I could fit seamlessly in with the silk feathered hats. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I felt we were likely to hang no matter what we said, so we might as well say what we truly believed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nudzahui writing survives in eight codices, the deerskin or bark “books” whose painted pages could be folded like screens or hung on the wall like a mural. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Its masts were shattered and its grimy gray sails hung limp and torn. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kem, the ghost footman, said it had been the butchering room before, and the channel was for blood and the big hooks on the ceiling were for hanging meat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“A ship’s anchor with a saucepan hanging off the bottom. When she flexes her muscles, the pan swings back and forth a bit.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But now, plump red tomatoes grew fatter every day, yellow flowers turned into bright green zucchini, and pole beans hung in clusters from vines that snaked up twine to form leafy tepees. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Away from here because love shouldn’t hang around confusion like this. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We just sat there with our mouths hanging open,” Gow recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

So Debussy’s hanging chords, with the dampers kept away from the strings, represented a kind of return to nature, a move away from the more artificial sound of block chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

"Come on, man. I never seen you hanging with anyone but T. You even got other friends? What are you gonna do with yourself now?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And that bloody thing hanging out of your nose is beyond strange.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was sentenced to be hanged inside the penitentiary, and White, though opposed to capital punishment, was given the grim task of overseeing the execution, much as his father had done in Texas. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Robert W was fun to hang around with too, but I think the main reason I wanted to be friends with him was because his name was Robert. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Of course we won’t kill it. Let’s hang the photo on that wall.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Strings of garlic and chiles hung from the ceiling. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the hydrogen gone, I'm reluctant to hang out in a Hab that has a history of exploding for no reason. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zuraiq’s body hung from a tree for hours as Father slowly skinned him. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I can see him getting a real kick over me hung up on someone enough to ask his advice. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The trees hung over the top and there was nothing to see but a slot of sky and the water ahead and the endless, endless green. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They hung over the golden barrier, singing behind them, light around their heads, weeping, perhaps, for John, struck down so early. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When she got to the far end, though, she stopped, her little dark head hanging a bit. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I know I said I wanted a place to escape, but I don’t want to hang out in a closet full of cleaning stuff. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A fallen cedar log hung with ivy bridged the dell; she slipped under it and turned up a side path that followed a shallow creek where three years before they’d sailed driftwood boats together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My arms and back complained like the dickens as I refilled the wash boiler, kept the water hot, rubbed grimy clothes on the washboard, wrung them out, and hung them to dry. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever wanted to hang out with him or get partnered up with him on a class project. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He fingered the pouch that hung around his neck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He often brings me a gift, something unusual, like a key chain with a Gumby hanging from it, or a crinkly fan with a picture of an old-fashioned lady in an evening gown. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’d have to hang them in the kitchen else they wouldn’t dry till spring. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Grady blinked at the hanging kitten and seemed to rally. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just a couple of guys hanging out on a Friday night. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I always like hanging out in Soojin’s room, which is smaller than mine and painted a pretty green. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He put his tail between his legs and hung his head. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But I manage to get a grip and slowly inch my way out on a limb that hangs above the barbed wire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When there’s someone hanging on it at least you know the worst. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large piece of tar-paper roofing sailed through the air and scudded along the fill until it hung against a tree. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Uncle Leang looks at her, face hanging, eyes blinking rapidly, and blesses Ma for a safe journey. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We lifted her as gently as possible,” Geyer said, “but owing to the decomposed state of the body, the weight of her plaited hair hanging down her back pulled the scalp from her head.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The burning weight still hung heavily within him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“We shall hang on as long as we can,” the Boss replied. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We weren’t quite back to how it was when I’d first become his carer and all the Cottages stuff was still hanging over us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand simply hung in the air in front of her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like, three months ago we were happy hanging out on Saturdays and playing ball all day. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of wheeling your cart out to the parking lot, a cart boy in a pressed poplin shirt hung a number on it and handed you a matching red-and-white tag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She hangs everything out on the clotheslines behind the apartment house and we can watch the clothes dance in wind and sun. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It hung heavy, hung green like the green of Easter eggs left too long in the dye. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The echo of the cry hung upon the still air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I could see the Zeppelin poster of clasperless Icarus hanging over his bed and the framed picture of Richard Feynman on the wall. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Certificates of excellence had been hung on the stairwell wall, alongside mottos that my father had found important enough to frame. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

And one of the streaks fell on the hanging box where Coyotito lay, and on the ropes that held it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took off her hat and laid it down beside her and it hung there in space without any support at all. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He will have to hang for it, like any other murderer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For once I didn’t care that she wouldn’t let us in the kitchen where her papers hung like wings. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll see what he’s going to do. And the way I feel I don’t want to hang with him to find out. You know what I mean?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They’re beautiful and stark against the sky, and I imagine how stunning the moonrise will be if we can see it this evening, a silver crescent hanging above the summit. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“But why worry, tomorrow everyone will have cakes and beer. Aye,” he mused, “Great Osiris is ready to loose his flood over the land once more. Seen any hangings lately?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Before we had gone a quarter of a mile the sweater was wet through and hanging heavily on my arms and shoulders. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then she hung her head a little and wrung her hands as if ashamed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He strode up a hallway where yellow slickers hung from pegs on the walls. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In his blue overalls that hung limp over his skinny little body he was like a blue-and-yellow rag doll. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Brass lamps hung from the walls and the earthy floor was worn and smooth; as they walked, their shadows rippled, fanlike, across the wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Behind the three hung a screen on which had been painted the image of a fog-shrouded forest of trees. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I hung up with a mixture of relief and anxiety, unable to shrug off the notion that I had been tested and had failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A starving Greek community defies Nazi soldiers by hanging out thousands of forbidden national flags. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The aroma of warm cut grass, woodchips, and grilling hamburgers hung in the air. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You were hanged in effigy from the center red- light wire downtown on Main Street this morning.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the main thing, hogs,” Bull said, “you get to hang around me and all my good qualities will rub off on you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My handbag is not on the floor, it’s not hanging over the back of the chair where I usually leave it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing how we had the place to ourselves, we hung out upstairs for a change, eating cereal and watching a bit of mindless TV in the living room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The next morning he hung around the Store until we returned from church. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the broken window hangs a windless night. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In Stromford mere talk of such things was considered a hanging offense. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A long sword hung from his belt, sharp edges gleaming in the sunlight. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And I remembered the death threats hanging over me like Shylock’s knife hanging over Antonio’s chest. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Before I could say a thing, she held up her hand to her lips and gestured towards the wall where her diplomas hung. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You get a good job and you provide for your family. You hang on, and you play for keeps. That’s how it works.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She lets me have this moment of quiet gratitude and hangs up the phone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Onions were made into long ropes, braided together by their tops, and then were hung in the attic beside wreaths of red peppers strung on threads. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gnawed around on some of the deer’s leg bones that Mama threw away; but not once did he ever even act like he could smell the meat we’d hung up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Room 205 buzzed as students filed in and hung their jackets and book bags in the coat closet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

One of the waiting men had a knife hanging from his belt. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The man on the other end hung up. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t we go and see the hanging?” roared the boy in his huge voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He sells the few things he owns: his bed, a gift from his mother; his leather jacket, a gift from his dead uncle; his rustic armoire, where he hangs his clothes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She left it hanging in the air, and then said, “Hey, speaking of tomorrow, as thanks for your hard work and dedication on this remarkable evening, I would like to give you a small gift.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The quinceañera hangs over me like the blade of a guillotine. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I clenched my jaw and hung my head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

According to Kaz, the old man’s exact words had been, “Take all that rope and hang yourself.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Get on. Your shirts are hanging in the kitchen.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hung up, muttering to myself, “I didn’t want to see your silly old synagogue anyway.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z