| 单词 | hang on |
| 例句 | In the breast pocket of a dark coat hanging on a wall peg, they discover a ledger book from a bank in Montreal. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She looked like the fate of the entire world hung on his answer. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when you’re losing someone, you hang on to whatever tradition you can. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the last remnant of indigenousness I’ve hung on to. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They pushed out through the back door, the boy hanging on to him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 Now, huge doctrinal differences hang on the placing of this comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Scrape it off her shoe or just keep going with it hanging on. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Ignoring the staring men hanging on the bar, she had come straight to where McGarrity was. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Down around the bottom, some green fronds are still hanging on, perking up a little in the sun. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was a great believer in maps, and his offices always contained many maps hung on the walls, showing locations of outbreaks of virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Both men had hung on to their rifles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I hung on tight, and then I saw my sister and brother. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Below us, Wazir Akbar Khan’s white- walled, flat-topped houses gleamed in the sunshine, the laundry hanging on clotheslines in their yards stirred by the breeze to dance like butterflies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s funny, how you can go years seeing only what you choose to see, and picking your outrage like you pick out a slip, leaving all the others hanging on their slim mesarthium dowel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I hang on to the banister and feel my way down like a three-year-old. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Oh no — hang on —” A bag of sweets had spilled out of Fred’s pocket and the contents were now rolling in every direction — big, fat toffees in brightly colored wrappers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was another lynching, yet another Black man hanging on a tree. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Up and back, up and back, eighteen laps, and when I’m done, I’m hanging on in the deep end, panting away, and over swims this starlet. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Baby Girl’s got red sticky all over her face, hanging on to her mama’s knees trying to get her to look at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The bed was made, the clothes that hung on a post were ironed, the shoes were properly lined on a rack, and the brown tile floor was shiny. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “This is so horror film,” I said, pointing to the rusty saw hanging on the wall in the back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Dimple sighed and grabbed a few kurta tops hanging on the rail next to her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z All my crafts, from the large-scale collages hanging on the walls to the decorated toilet paper dispenser, were what Nan called “pack-worthy.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Little Charlie, who couldn’t possibly reach as high as that, put his arms around Grandpa Joe’s legs and hung on tight. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “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 A pair of captain’s bars ulcerated with rust hung on the man’s ragged shirt collar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Look now, Ophelia. You see how she hangs on him? It is unnatural. Is there no shame in her? No strength, only womanly frailty?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They each hung on their pole beneath the wooden canopy, and seemed to float. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A bare bulb hung on a wire from the ceiling. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There, just inside, was my compass, hanging on a single nail, daring me to take it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘Many men have been hanged on far slighter evidence,’ I remarked. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My collection bags filled with red-rimmed leaves, the ground cover, and even the huge leaf samples hang on a rod in a glass refrigerator. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It hung on cold and wet and windy long after its time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was watching him intently, hanging on his words. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She grabbed for it, pulling herself across it, hanging on as it careened wildly down the river. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The Lord of the Flies hung on his stick like a black ball. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I don’t need no weak little boy can’t say no to his daddy hanging on me. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Marco reached for my hand, but I hung on to my fourth daiquiri and stayed put. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She teases a part of her scarf that’s hanging on her shoulders and lifts it across her face so only her eyes show. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He broke down the issues with the death penalty simply but persuasively, and I hung on every word, completely engaged by his dedication and charisma. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We bought fresh new cloth diapers because my mother liked to see diapers hanging on the fine outside. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z But I'm thinking of those three kids hanging on to Cecelia when they took her away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Johnny guessed there were many in that crowd who, like himself, were hanging on those words. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Only two hanging on it today: one Catholic, not a priest though, placarded with an upside-down cross, and some other sect I don’t recognize. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll just have to drag the stupid thing. It’s going to make an awful racket, though, so hang on.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The padlock that hung on the back door was open, barely balancing on its hook. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As we came in, he handed us each a clothespin and our graded family trees to hang on twine that had been strung across the back of the room. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She spun, felt the moment push her along, guide her steps, and then caught a glimpse of herself in the full-length mirror hanging on her closet door. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Blackavar hung on and Groundsel—a heavy rabbit, like all the Efrafan officers—dragged him forward a short distance before he could rid himself of his grip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He 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 In that room where you were lying, a cross hung on the wall above the sofa, like the one we’d seen in church. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was all he could do to hang on. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In fact, she kind of hung on him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the town had shown up to see Resilient Helenwood, and all the artwork that usually hung on the walls was replaced with a cornucopia of colors and mediums, words and photographs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Course, it wasn’t only crops they got. I left my good jacket hanging on the fence post. Danged if those hoppers didn’t munch their way through that, too.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mine hung on a strap over my shoulder because my arms do not circle well. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Can we just hang on four more months and then it will be over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s 1:06 p.m. on Good Friday and we’re doing our yearly “be quiet from noon to three because that’s when Jesus was hanging on the cross and we need to show him respect” thing. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They hang on to what they have be it ever so little.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered himself through the hole until he was hanging on by his fingertips. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She looked at the alarm clock hung on a nail on the wall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I try to hang on to it, but before long Marlena has replaced her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her long silver hair hung on both sides of her face. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z My pack hung on my back behind me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I can’t hang on to it for much longer without attracting more suspicion. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The metal roof, which was hanging on by what looked like two flimsy joints, was swaying and bouncing under the combined forces of rain and wind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But if I can hold down Greasy Sae's concoction of mice meat, pig entrails, and tree bark -a winter specialty -I'm determined to hang on to this. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Now one of those photographs hung on the wall in Blaine’s apartment, opposite her writing desk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, man. It was weird. He bought a few beers and some loosies for that drunk that always hangs on Albany. The one with all the nasty holes in his face.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "I don't want to talk about this," Park said, hanging on to the back of his neck. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When I’m feeling better, I look at the library letter hanging on the wall next to Daddy’s poem and the picture of me and him together. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Posters hung on the walls everywhere, yellowed by the sun. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I want coveralls too,” Laney said from the ground, where she still hung on to Papa’s leg. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Keenan sets a spark to a lamp hanging on the wall, and as the light flares, he turns and looks me full in the face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “So how long do you think you’re going to be able to hang on?” one new office mate teased, referring to the black engineers who had washed out. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z 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 Saw Leda hanging on to her raggedy baby doll. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “Just hang on, I’m going to get you out of these ropes. I just don’t know...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Photographs of past Granger classes hung on the walls. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Daddy’s words hang on the walls, and there are six writing stations with brand-new computers. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Just remember, people have never heard this story. They will be hanging on your every word,” she said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A woman, a boy, and a girl, hanging on to one the ’nother’s hands, stepped out of the woods and started heading slow toward us. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Strips of newspaper hang on a roll on the wall. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His fingers, swollen-knuckled and twiglike, fumbled with the topaz that hung on a heavy silver chain about his neck. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside, a silver key was hanging on a hook. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His first impulse was to withdraw his fingers, but the prince was hanging on for dear life. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I nearly pulled my own hand away, but he was hanging on to it hard, as if it were keeping him from falling over. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh,” Frank begins; the hurt hanging on this one word feels heavy, like a fallen tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Surely she didn’t mean the long fork that hung on the wall behind the kitchen stove—a scary million miles away. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to right herself, hanging on to a boulder for balance. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He would come in from his tramping through the snowy woods with tiny icicles hanging on the ends of his mustaches. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We tried to give our uncle breathing room but we hung on to him every minute of the day. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There was no doubt in Mack’s mind that a dark cloud had hung on the Palace Flophouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept a small pouch hung on a shoelace around his neck and tucked into those sweaters. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They all hung on tightly as Appa pedaled his bicycle to take them as far away from the war as he could. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Heavy draperies with brocade and tassels hang on the windows and separate the rooms; paintings in gilded frames hang close together on the walls. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z 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 “This is good. Quite detailed. Why don’t you let me hang on to this and reformat it into something more acceptable?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “The princesses can ride on my back, Milo can catch hold cf my tail, and you can hang on to his ankles.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Micah is hanging on my words like a hungry man visualizing a banquet. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly from the grass comes a streak of movement, and a lion is among them and hangs on a zebra’s throat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His underwear is hanging on a hook, so first he lumbers over to get it and then lumbers back, past my bed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “And if you go in those swings,” said Mrs. Arable, “you hang on tight! You hang on very tight. Hear me?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z And so the boat hung on the waves, swung by their great slow swinging, but going no direction. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Can you hang on for just one sec?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He was gripping my body like he’d never let me go, like he was hanging on for dear life. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Hari had to hang on to the cot to keep from slipping off. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Not hanging on to the side of the house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You guys were so different: generationally, culturally, so many ways. You wouldn’t have wanted to hang on to every word. Being kind of just there for each other was amazing.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Except my hands are so tired and achy from hauling traps, I can barely hang on to the fork. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z So Set had to settle for some spiders and snakes painted on the wall behind him, and a dry bone that hung on a string above his head. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He gestured us back into the living room and then moved down the hall to the room at the far end—the one with the black curtains hanging on the side of the entrance. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The smell of smoke hangs on his coat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “They can travel by fire — only you’ve blocked the fireplace — hang on —” He approached the fireplace and called through the boards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The room which she found most to her liking had a bunk bed with brown corduroy spreads and models of airplanes hanging on delicate wires from the ceiling. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I’d seen it at my mom’s sanctuary — young bonobos spend years hanging on to their mothers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It has to be exhausting, hanging on a wall like that all day and all night, listening to so many people’s complaints and prayers. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The soles of his feet ached pleasantly It was not very cold; he had been sweating in Nicholas’s wool coat, which now hung on the back of his chair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 Sophie had to hang on tight to the side of it to save herself from tumbling out. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “You have to get better. Please. Mr. D will be back soon. He’s an expert in madness. Just hang on.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I try to make out what he’s saying, but I can’t focus, so I just stare at his face, doing my best to hang on to my sanity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But Ruth May was not up to snuff, so she was being quiet, hanging on to Mother’s hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A herd of miniature bronze hippocampi hung on wires from the ceiling, so it looked like they were swimming through the air. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z 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 Just a whiff, hanging on that gust from the orchard, or blown down the ghostly alleyway of what used to be the street we lived on. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach my hand to the side, but I can barely touch the edge of my book bag hanging on my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Even if he drove off at one hundred miles an hour, she would hang on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We head to the back, where the dresses are hung on gold-colored hangers. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Kids were asking him about the bus-driving incident and the Halloween dance, and hanging on his every word. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He hung on to his backpack to hold himself back. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When I’m finished, Rabbi Gold is silent for a long time, and I hang on, actually shaking. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He sawed off a good chunk from a carcass hanging on the gallows, causing the swarm of black flies to circle once, then land again. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z A few dusty suits hanging on a rack. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Do you see Him hanging on the cross sporting shoes? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 Twenty years, like I said, she hung on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Already, harsh words were being hung on him: arrogant, inept, overconfident. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I hang on as the plane navigates around the S curves, and my hands grow stinging paper cuts. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I watched him lift his head and arch his back and stretch his arms so wide it seemed he was hanging on nothing but blue sky. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Huge tapestries depicting landscapes hung on three walls: green farming valleys, the wild coast of the sea, and the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounds like Miss Hilly’s barely hanging on by a thread. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z 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 A color picture of Jesus Christ hung on a wall with the prettiest paper flowers fastened on the frame. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z All she could do was memorize vocabulary each day and try to hang on. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At one big house the mailbox by the road had a lighted lantern hanging on it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She listened, and she heard what he said: “My wagon stands in the barnyard of the next farm, right across the way. The horse is in the stable. The harness hangs on a nail.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He was hanging on to the idea that somehow the horse might race again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A large photograph of an elderly man in yachting costume attracted me, hung on the wall over his desk. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He sipped his soda and pointed at one of the pictures hanging on the wall. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z His skin looked brown just under the surface, unlike the slate-gray color of Sookie’s shark that hung on the dock, or the one that washed up on the Cape. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Instead of letting them start separate new lives like the Japanese, who could become samurais and geishas, the Chinese family, faces averted but eyes glowering sideways, hung on to the offenders and fed them leftovers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was wrong to expect her to get restless; instead she hung on to every word. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They struggled like this, the girl hanging on, pleading, Rasheed trying to shake her off, keeping his eyes on Mariam, who was too stunned to do anything. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Old black-and-white pictures hung on the walls, and a weathered wooden shoeshine stand sat in a corner, collecting dust. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There all my shipmates, friends were drowned, while I hung on the keelboard of the wreck and drifted nine full days. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, Mama finally stood up, hinting that it was time for people to be thinking about supper, but R. hung on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The other troublesome word was “here,” no strong consonant to hang on to, and so flat, when “here” is two mountainous ideographs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The book drops to the ground and I still keep hanging on tight, till I see tears coming to Lymon’s eyes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I stare at the dry-erase board hanging on the door directly above his head, noticing a big heart drawn on it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Yet he had and he hung on the raft for a moment and felt sorry for himself. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk out that station house with my fambly hanging on to my hands. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We hung on, on edge, through eight long rounds of the fight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Phoenix Riders manage to hang on to victory by a millisecond!” the announcer shouts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I gave him a hug and just stayed there like I was hanging on to a buoy. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z 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 wish I’d seen her alive, if only to have a memory to share with her mom, now that the memories of her daughter were suddenly finite, things to be collected and hung on to. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help noticing the staring young man riding at the rear of the tractor, hanging on to a handrail. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He would have continued, but I stopped dead at the end of the hall, staring incredulously at the ornament hanging on the wall above my head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Swiftly Jason lifted the golden wonder from the tree it hung on, and hurrying back they reached the ship as dawn was breaking. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Or was it the long mean pole that hung on the wall behind the desk that commanded respect? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z There is an ancient-looking air conditioner hanging on to the ledge of the bootlegged window, and the glass above the machine has been covered with a piece of decorative cloth. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She squealed with delight and a little fear and hung on to his neck so tightly he looked to choke. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Every window on its facade has been broken but the walls are hardly scorched; two of its wooden flower boxes hang on. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mom hangs on to the dashboard for dear life. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 A large painting of horses jumping over a high hedge hung on the third wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Amil in front of me, hanging on Papa. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A pair of ancient skates, hanging on a coat stand. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I wanted to hang on to the sides, but pictured a cotton month rearing up and sinking fangs in my hand. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As we came level with the shop we saw a cardboard notice hanging on the door: Closed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z All of ’em made of orangish-brown clay and hung on a warped wall so you could get a good view as you sat in traffic waiting to get back to America. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Max silently points out a sweatshirt hanging on the back of a rolling chair. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I looked out and, seeing no one in the schoolyard, ran outside to climb the fire escape upside down, hanging on to the metal stairs with fingers and toes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a small tapestry that hangs on the wall of the front room and that’s it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I read one of the posters hanging on the wall. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The spotted toad launches us into the air, and I hang on. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The floor glistens like it’s permanently wet and tall paintings hang on the walls. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z His eyes had just fixed on a large tapestry hanging on the wall behind the two warriors. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She looked cautiously at the dried animals hanging on the walls, the heaps of withered herbs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She has been hanging on to the hope of him for so long that she doesn’t realize there isn’t anything left to hope for. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Pollard managed to hang on, but when he asked him to run, again the horse didn’t respond. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I hung on to the counter with one hand. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was meant to hang on the side of the dresser and hold hatpins. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And a picture of me that hung on a wall in our house mysteriously shifted overnight. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At Rani's command, the man tears down the pink scarf that's hanging on the storefront. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The words hung on the air, verbal flags of battle. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A Japanese scroll hung on a wall; it was a picture of Mount Fuji. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The train is crowded and at first she stands, struggling to hang on to all the bags and the stroller and the overhead strap, until a young girl asks if she’d like to sit down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, this is crazy and impossible and doomed, even if she’s a long-distance runner and has two marathon medals hanging on the doorknob of her room. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z From far and wide people came to admire the wonder, and always wreaths of flowers hung on the branches in honor of the pious and faithful pair. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z All five bodies were hung on the trail and nobody made much of a fuss over the breach in protocol. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The flies were on the ceiling now and on the electric light bulbs that hung on wires. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He was a tall, thin man, and his clothes hung on him loosely. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The metal farm instruments hanging on the walls quaked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “You need any help with that hanging on,” said Perilee, “you say the word.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The smile hangs on desperately “Sometimes we’d push our luck and stay till the sun came up. .. .” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She acted like she didn’t have one single trouble hanging on her line and she didn’t care one bit about me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Translated, it might read something like this: "The first one who figures out this secret message should look in the right hand pocket of my linen knickers, hanging on a hook in my room. Daddy." Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Matilda de la Rosa, who lives by the tracks, recalls a migrant who came to her door with an eyeball hanging on his cheek. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I grab one of her old cardigans that’s hanging on the back of the door, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I hung on to the towrope and tried to make my body go limp in the water on the shady side of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat down on the chair in front of a table where there were nurses’ reports hung on clips at the side and looked out of the win-dow. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But Raymond asked me to hang on and told me he could have passed on the invitation that evening, but he had something else to tell me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z At the base of the captive balloon, Manager Morgan ordered his men to grab mooring ropes and hang on tight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And the houses, left soulless, died—windows glassless, doors hanging on single hinges, some of the clapboard already pruned. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z 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 As I quickly made my way into the sanctuary, I glanced at the large antique clock that hung on the church wall. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 Women with not a lot of clothes on were hanging on to the men. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z 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 But after she leaves and I see the dark suit hanging on the closet door, I piece it all together. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It was enshrined in the proclamation from the city council that hung on a bulletin board, honoring one of Permian’s state championship teams. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched her mother walk around their flat, collecting all the Catholic objects, the crucifixes hung on walls, the rosaries nested in drawers, the missals propped on shelves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At home, Trujillo hung on the wall by the picture of Our Lord Jesus with a whole flock of the cutest lambs. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as the doors rise higher, a barrel-like chest, each one different in design, with powerful arms hanging on either side. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sleep hangs on my eyelids, I work my toes in my boots in order to keep awake. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Maria hung on his words as though her life depended on them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see no difference,” replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The lights were brighter than the ones back home, and I kept looking for the utility poles that the electric wires hung on, but I couldn’t see any. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He looked at the clock hanging on the wall behind the cash register. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Lots of kids at Welch High wanted customized posters to hang on their bedroom walls—of their boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s name, of their car or their astrological sign or their favorite band. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We hang on each other the way Amity girls do, glancing at the Dauntless and then giggling again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was another lynching, yet another Black man hanging on a tree. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And she proceeded to unwind her muffler from her neck and to take off her hat, which she hung on one of the bedposts. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The framed poster from the Playhouse’s production of Little Shop of Horrors, signed by the cast and crew, still hangs on the wall above where Grace’s bed used to be. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “We shall hang on as long as we can,” the Boss replied. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z 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 To the cat, Isidore said, “Can you hang on until we reach the shop?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z There might be a few that hung on the edges, not the regulars, that might choose to cause trouble. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her to hang on and not to give up for I was going to save her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Years ago, from a raid on the continent, the rolling ships had brought this woman over to be Alldnoos’ share—fit spoil for him whose realm hung on his word as on a god’s. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam says we should bring the poor Pope up to hang on the wall opposite the window. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Our evening clothes hang on racks against the wall. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Dicey looked at the clock hanging on the kitchen wall. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s already going through enough, hanging on a cross, crown of thorns on his head, without having to listen to us too. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Four of its six flower boxes hang on. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His dance spreads to his arms, he lets go of my feet, but I hang on, my toes flat against his back. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was spitting tacks, trying my hardest to concentrate but thinking, Doesn’t he see the Botticelli hanging on the wall behind me? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Had she been hanging on to her dream of being a writer, but only barely hanging on, and something made her let go? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z There are safety ring buoys hanging on the walls. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The electric current freezes us in place, and this time I'm glad because I'm not really sure Peeta can hang on for the whole ride. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I stopped caring about whether I’d say anything dumb because all of them were hanging on my every word. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Some scampered about and hung on to one another; some were sluggish and did nothing but eat. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z What was more frightening was the unknown: the occasional corpse hanging on the gate without an explanation, the swift kick by the blokova for no reason. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on my cleanest dress and the pinafore, which I hung on a branch by the side of the house to dry after we did the washing on Sunday. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I looked up, and there were strings connecting a lot of the windows with clothes hanging on them. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z To get a lamp, a miner presented one of his medals, which Mr. Todd hung on a board. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ernie asked, pinching a pod, then leaving it hanging on the stalk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z And every regular day, we would just hang on the stoop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Everything in his uncle’s room was just as he’d left it earlier, except his apron was hanging on a hook by the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z With small bundles on their heads or draped on their shoulders and small children hanging on their backs, the villagers wade across the chest-deep stream, desperately reaching for safety. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Huh. But. .. hang on. Doctors? How old were they when they ran away?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The man’s body was a bony shell inside rumpled clothing that hung on him like a disorderly collection of sacks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A couple of guitars hanging on another wall. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It’s impossible not to watch him, to hang on his every move, to wait for him to arrive... I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z 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 A necklace of wooden beads hangs on his neck, the pendant disappearing into his white T-shirt. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z While we were doing our warm-ups, I kept hanging on the docks to scan for her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux hung on for all his worth. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On the thirteenth of that month Farmer Cotton found Frodo lying on his bed; he was clutching a white gem that hung on a chain about his neck and he seemed half in a dream. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Harpoons hung on the wall, and under the window was a long couch of furs. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed his words like they were a rope to hang on to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z 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 Far below, I can just make out Finnick, struggling to hang on as three mutts tear at him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They hung on tight to each other, longer than Maya had ever hugged Joaquin or Grace, and then let go. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When Sass was busy elsewhere, we hung on to the rope and swung ourselves into the treetops. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Nearby, garden tools hung on the wall and lay on a long shelf, clippers in four different sizes, shovels, hoes, stiff metal rakes and long-fingered leaf rakes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z All I can think of is the gilded figure hanging on the wall in Lily’s church. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There's a clipboard chart with a ballpoint hanging on a hook at the end of the bed, so I write "Christopher Carter" in the space for the patient's name. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Red-and-green Christmas decorations are hung on the streetlights and in all the stores. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Looking in the mirror hanging on the outside wall of the bathhouse, I wrap it stylishly around my choppy hair, with a careful knot in the middle, the ends hanging down over my right shoulder. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And hanging on the wall were several sets of bronze and silver wings. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I hung on to her, afraid that when it was time to leave she would forget me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The cook kept his gun hung on a nail behind the bake-ovens. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was this man who held up the topaz and said four words in a long-dead tongue, words which hung on the air like the strokes of a huge bronze gong. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The thing I liked best about Anna’s place was the artwork hanging on some of the walls. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z My bronze shield still hung on the wall, dented and unusable. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 Roy Lee grabbed its bumper, falling onto his sled, and one by one we formed a chain, hanging on the feet in front of us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Three men climbed on top of the truck, hanging on to the cables that fastened the canvas roof to the metal sides. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z 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 But I just wanted to hang on to the moment as long as I could. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For the rest of the game I hung on him like he was a dog in heat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The man grunted and flung himself sideways, but Will hung on even tighter, and his opponent roared with pain and anger. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I stop by the row of metal mailboxes that hang on the wall. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Shoba walked over to the framed corkboard that hung on the wall by the fridge, bare except for a calendar of William Morris wallpaper patterns. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I expected to find Dr. Martin Luther King’s photograph hanging on the wall, but I was disappointed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My dry mouth tried to hang on to every last drop as I swallowed it down. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Ready?” she’d asked as we both hung on to the edge of the pool. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Or really, not me, but my sisters whose pictures hung on the wall behind me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You had to climb up there and hang on. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z His broom was vibrating so hard, it was almost impossible for him to hang on much longer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He found the spear and bow where they were hanging on the pegs of the shelter wall and brought his weapons to the bed he had made of pine boughs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked off a pair of black silk socks that were hanging on the towel bar and carried them over to the radiator. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I hung on, standing on the deck, reaching inboard for wheel and throttle and clutch with my left hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z So I hang on as it thrashes around. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There were two little kids hanging on to her skirt. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The pencil clattered onto the table, but I hung on, maintained eye contact, let her come on in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He could hang on to horses' tails and make them rear, tumbling their riders to the ground, where it was easy enough for Sigemund to finish them off. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir,” the animal salesman said, “our asking price is already a thousand dollars under book. Check your Sidney’s; I’ll hang on. I want you to see for yourself, sir, that our price is fair.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Like my brain is not hanging on so tight to the way it all was. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Pax flew at him and bit a mouthful of brindled fur and hung on. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Making words in Arabic is like planting a field with seeds, growing an orchard—words hang on the vines like grape clusters, leaves throw shadows of meanings to the ground. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z But Winnie, though she was half charmed, was suddenly reminded of the stiff black ribbons they had hung on the door of the cottage for her grandfather’s funeral. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In the hallway outside, an old woman called a dezhurnaya, or "hall dragon," stood guard over all the room keys, which hung on hooks behind her desk. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Meantime, on the opposite tracks, trains for white people passed by, almost empty except for an occasional passenger relaxing on one of the cushioned seats, feet hung on the opposite, unoccupied seat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Down to the first floor, where her knapsack hangs on its peg. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Every so often, she’d change the layout of our living room, putting a new slipcover on the sofa, swapping out the photos and framed prints that hung on our walls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 Big three-by-nine-foot painted canvas banners hung on the buses’ sides, to be read by the highway traffic and thousands of people at home and on the sidewalks of the towns the buses passed through. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The one that attracts Celia’s attention rests on a table rather than hanging on the wall or sitting on a shelf. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She gave the pump handle a few quick jerks, hurriedly splashed water on her face, then headed over to the barn, grabbing the feed sack that hung on the fence as she went. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mo's pressed flowers were hanging on the wall. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Come morning, she'd woken red-eyed and dry, and could not have shed another tear if her life had hung on it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 I veered away from him, hanging on to the clumsy ball. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m searching for something to hang on to, some sign of the girl and boy who met by chance in the woods five years ago and became inseparable. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z ‘She said he was too old for me and she knows he’s too young for her, but he’s a clever smith and she’s going to hang on to him— come Hell and high water.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We took to it the horrifying news that the Irgun had hanged two innocent British sergeants in retaliation for the three Irgunists who were hanged on the twenty-ninth of July. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He had a favorite stick that hung on the wall behind his desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He had locked the door of the restaurant and hung on the outside a white wreath of lilies. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He hung on to his straps and shrugged. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The howling stopped; the man had no breath left for anything except hanging on. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I wandered into the kitchen to find Elle at the table with a group of seniors hanging on every word she said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He did not arrive until after midsummer, when hard young fruits hung on the boughs that had shed their blossoms at the king's death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They rustle in the ditches, they tug and hang on the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked to the red stocking that hung on the fireplace. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Framed photographs of their children hang on the walls, along with Chagall prints. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His sleeping shift, hung on a nail by the door. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A hairdresser waited to style me; my gown hung on a rack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 had been standing up the whole time we were in the study and I crouched to a squat, hanging on to the arm of Vern’s upholstered chair. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z There are several watercolor copies of famous paintings hanging on the walls. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 The toddler goes backward, hanging on the handrail and cautiously moving his squat legs down plank by plank. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They were large white beads that hung on a hoop. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z As my body swung around the end of it, I plunged my right hand down underneath the docking collar and found some wires to hang on to. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you hang on for just a minute while I ask my dad?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z A white patent leather purse hangs on a long strap from my shoulder. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “As for the rest,” Styx suggested, “why don’t we stash the wagon at your place, and I’ll hang on to the cash.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They fussed for a long time with their front hair, holding up the lamp and looking at their hair in the little looking-glass that hung on the log wall. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Reaching for the trowel in his back pocket, he had realized that the textile was still in his hand, and asked if I would mind hanging on to it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had the same feeling he got when he rubbed his face against the sheets that hung on the clothesline every Monday. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I told Houston: “O. K., world, hang on to your hat. I’m going to turn you upside down.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He stumbled into the room, hanging on to the wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The art books, the AffloVest hanging on the edge of the bed from when I shrugged it off as soon as Barb left, my open sketchbook on the table. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Think about a painting hanging on a wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 The numbered keys to the little white houses hung on a board. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z An unlit oil lamp hung on the wall beside the door, the patch of will behind it was singed soot black. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time it happened, Roger whispered a little prayer of gratitude that so far his own family had managed to hang on to their house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah. You’ll have to trust me. Put your arms around my neck and hang on.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ever since then, Celia said, Maria had hung on to things. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure if I could see him and hang on to my resolve. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My mother’s blue sweater hangs on the back of a chair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “No, Hring-kaaalle. You have to hang on the last syllable a bit.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When he got there, he saw a bag of trash hanging on the handle of the Beiderman’s apartment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her floral print cotton dress hung on her rail-thin body like a discarded flour sack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Beyond Bo’s head, hanging on his doorknob, is an oversized ring full of keys. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I had the clean, new feeling that one has when the calendar is hung on the wall at the beginning of the year. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My knees were shaking, and I hung on to her hair to stand up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher was laughing and joking and the grownups were hanging on his words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Shirred white lace hung on the walls behind him and in a canopy above the coffin. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z With him there she didn’t mind facing the whole circle of them, although she did hang on to Mr. Chris’s big hand. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “I read that book like...four years ago. And there aren’t any soldiers in it,” she says, pointing at a picture hanging on the wall of the room I made. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I try to hang on to hope, but it's the worst night ever, because I also feel like I have to hang on to the tree to keep from falling. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Frederick, honestly. You’d lose your head if it weren’t wrapped inside your aviator hat. The keys are hanging on the peg by the front door.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Nancy turned to the right, into an antechamber, and found her space suit hanging on a rack. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His clothes were tattered, barely hanging on; a bloody, thick bandage covered half his head and face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A struggle to hang on to them while Osh pulled the lobster pots. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 A boy’s cap hangs on the wall; at the back looms a massive wardrobe, mothballed shirts hung inside. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The tractor tires spun and I hung on to the wheel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 Grandpop wasn’t hanging on Genie’s shoulders anymore, but he stayed brushed up close. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I loved him; but I did not want him hanging on me all the time, so I went out of my way to avoid him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Locked glass display cases held rings and necklaces and brooches, and a few guitars and banjos hung on the pine-board-paneled walls to diversify the merchandise. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The thought has cheered me, and I’d like to hang on to that. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Just hang on to that puppy,” Alec finally said when they couldn’t turn it any farther. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The Tickler hung on the wall as well, the black holes that were his eyes swimming with malice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 The fire alarm key was hanging on its hook. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because I was in bed and my sponge bag was hanging on the door handle.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Enough muffled moonlight fell down it for me to make out an old photograph hanging on the wall. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z This time, I manage to hang on with my right hand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 In the hall, a sweat- stained gray Stetson hat—Herb’s—hung on a hat peg. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Heavy velvet curtains hung on either side of the window, like the curtains in a theatre. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Pollard somehow hung on, Howard kept his grip on the lead rope, and they pulled Seabiscuit to a halt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never had an audience before and he felt the courtroom hanging on his words, believing him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At the door, the father took down a lantern that hung on the wall beside a possum sack and shook it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers land on a sign hanging on her door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The manticore howled, turning in circles with his tail flailing as Annabeth hung on for dear life. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z His teeth caught my sleeve and he hung on until I shook him loose. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a thick red rug on the floor, and he had bought a beautiful cloth of Chinese blue to hang on the side of the wall where the cracks were worst. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Leah, of course, was about to fall out of her hammock, hanging on his every word. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The current master of Ashton Place had the same long and narrow nose, sloping forehead, and prominent, somewhat pointed ears depicted in the ancestral portraits that hung on the wall behind where he sat. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Ben remained at fixed attention, his eyes not moving from a crucifix that hung on the wall opposite him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus it was that he learned about the war in Europe and was able to follow the advances of the troops on a map he hung on the school blackboard, which he marked with pins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He’d had a cordial, lonely, persevering face, and Ishmael turned now to stare into it, for there was a portrait of Arthur hung on the wall just to the left of a bookcase. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She stared at the picture hanging on the wall: no, it wasn’t exactly the same. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z As Ansley Matthews kissed him and Janice Sanders hung on to his sweating arm, Ben caught a glimpse of Mary Anne watching him from her seat on the bleachers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Posters quoting Shakespeare and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Oliver Twist hung on the walls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A tractor came across the meadow in my direction, and in addition to the man at the wheel there were two others hanging on the rear. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t completely sure what you were supposed to hang on to, but I liked the message—the idea that things would get better eventually. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The audience is frozen, hanging on my every word. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But many of their favorite pictures and photographs were still hanging on that movie theater wall, above the empty mattresses, along with their homely scrawls; and scribbles. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 And the rod with the plastic hangers, my dresses hanging on them, the red woollen cape for cold weather, the shawl. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Their new weapons they hung on their leather belts under their jackets, feeling them very awkward, and wondering if they would be of any use. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Nothing except what her body needed to do to hang on, to never let go. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Rows and rows of fat red and orange tomatoes hung on our vines. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He showed them, as he had the day before, a cabinet inside which fourteen coffee cups hung on angles from brass hooks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Most of the girls wore skimpy dresses and hats or animal ears, though one had transformed herself into Princess Leia; another, dressed as a fembot, hung on the arms of an Austin Powers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 One young woman lost her footing and nearly fell out of the train in the middle of a toilet break, but fortunately her friends hung on to her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I notice how dingy and graying his smock is, like all the others that hang on hooks around the studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The homeboys hanging on the corners keep trying to step to Beatriz. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 He shared his latest aphorism: “Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally looked at him, gorgeous and hanging on every word. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A huge black rat squealed and leaped at Bigger’s trouser-leg and snagged it in his teeth, hanging on. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Inside, Anya went straight to where her bow and quiver of arrows hung on the wall. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “And when we do, hang on to your hats.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He mailed most of what little he did make to his father to help him hang on to the family house. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Armpit noticed his Raincreek cap hanging on the back of the door. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Ms. Raz's glasses hang on a thin chain around her neck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 They recorded their history in fabulous tapestries that hung on the palace walls, and had skillful knives and swords and such, which they used to conquer the neighboring tribes and enslave them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The kind Mexican people like my gramps hang on the front of their houses to bring good luck and welcome guests. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But Jennifer hung on anyway, and her father pretended to try to shake her off, which made her laugh and laugh. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I was hanging on and leaning on his shoulder now, sobbing into his back. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 Even though he had a picture with some of his war buddies hanging on the living room wall, he never talked about that picture or the names of his friends. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He can feel the circus all around him, as though it hangs on him like mist, like he could reach out and touch the iron fence despite the distance from it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There’s a dull lightbulb buzzing over my head, hanging on a skinny wire from the ceiling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Although I doubt he can hang on much longer without medicine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Or Helena, who is hanging on my skirt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He hangs on to his thoughts, swallows hard, and fidgets with the dial of the walkie-talkie. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 There was even an old wood and leather harness hanging on the wall of our own barn, though I had never seen it used. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z "Forests is creepy things," said Jemmy, hanging on to the basket as best he could. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z And don’t forget you have to hang on to the roof for dear life. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Roy managed to hang on as he felt the boy lunge. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 They hung on to Mamá’s legs like two children who had just been found after being lost. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. You know how when you really want to get to know someone, how you make it a point to hang on to their every word?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Now he hung on the edge of existence, detached from the real world, weightless and moved by the wind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 A huge octopus of a furnace reached across most of the ceiling, and cobwebs hung on its tentacles, drifting up when I walked beneath them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Aunt Docia pulled as hard as she could on Aunt Ruby’s corset strings, and then Aunt Docia hung on to the foot of the bed while Aunt Ruby pulled on hers. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man, still carrying the lamp, was standing in front of a picture in a rosewood frame which hung on the other side of the fireplace, opposite the bed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Freeman hangs on to everything a normal person would throw out: Happy Meal toys, lost playing cards, grocery-store receipts, keys, dolls, a saltshaker, trains . . . how does he know this stuff could be art? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Her dress hung on her thin frame, her hip bones protruding at the belted waistline. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They are not locked into their usual the-world-is-beneath-me sneer, but hang on his face like melting cheese, creating the illusion that he is an actual human being and a sad one, at that. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Er — hang on — yeah, I forgot, I finished it last night!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z This would have been during the holidays, five months earlier, because I remembered the porch banisters all decorated with pine boughs and an enormous, sweet-smelling bayberry wreath that hung on the front door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He comes to Billy Campbell and me to ask if we’ll go around the corner to St. Joseph’s Church and pray for Brenda to hang on till September. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Some of them, like Cherie, even called her Mom, bringing her their grades, photographs, and artwork to hang on her walls and writing her apologies when they ran into trouble. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The wind blows and the few dry, brittle leaves still hanging on to the trees rattle. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Paintings—all of them with images of places and people and animals of Africa—hang on every wall. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Jethro regretted the melting of that glacier; if it could have hung on another hundred miles, life might have been very different for him and his family. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I knelt and wrapped my arms around her and hung on. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then he’d let out a growl and set teeth into it and try to shake it and hang on at the same time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Even now, converting this much money physically hurts—what I wouldn’t have given just a few months ago to hang on to this much for the rest of my life. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Tapestries still hung on the walls of the living room and my mother’s books still crowded the shelves in Baba’s study. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In spite of his confusion and pain, he still managed to hang on to Angel. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was wearing a pair of trousers I had recently found hanging on a pole in an abandoned village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I soon realized that if Mrs. Ortiz yelled at me, I could stare just above her head and she would still think that I was looking directly at her, hanging on her every word. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Maybe... I guess. But you should hang on to those vials for now. There’s a battle coming. We may need them to save lives.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 But as spring rolled around that year, I found myself barely hanging on to that side of the ledger. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Hanako hung on the outskirts of the conversation, hoping someone would include her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It had one large bed, a detailed tapestry hanging on the wall, a carpet, and a chest of drawers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I walk-trotted back to my own street, where, hiding behind Mrs. Steck’s sheets hanging on her clothesline next door, I made sure Zed was nowhere in sight. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, trying to hang on to the train of thought. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed the pen that was hanging on a string next to the sign-up sheet and wrote my name on a blank line. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Stockings are hung on nails from the mantel, the one put up for Moushumi last year now put up for Ben. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But these girls, who were hanging on her every word, believed she was Chaya. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It could still be hanging on the back of the closet door at home. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 He saw a bulb hanging on a wire from the ceiling. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Woke up hanging on my back in the cockpit staring at the stars and wondering how long before the Bang. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 Jon’s cloak hung on a peg by the door, his sword belt on another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The glitter dots hang on tight to the rug hairs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The dark brown unfinished walls and the lightbulbs hanging on their wires had reminded him of something, and suddenly he knew what it was. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z There were assorted milk pails hanging on the barn wall; I poured the milk into two of these, dividing it evenly, and put one of them on the back porch for Mr. Loomis. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The woman two racks from her has a purse hanging on her left shoulder. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He donned an old, well-worn doublet, in case his niece had a mind to throw another cup of wine in his face, but he left his sword belt hanging on the back of his chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It was sensible of you to bring protection. I’d hang on to it, if I were you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The sharp-dressed young “cats” who hung on the comers and in the poolrooms, bars and restaurants, and who obviously didn’t work anywhere, completely entranced me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of the cooked meat hung on the still evening air. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Abbey had sunk her teeth into his left earlobe and was hanging on like a starved alligator. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I did not look at anybody’s face; I focused instead on the picture of Grandfather that hung on the opposite wall. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He changed buses, continually hanging on the back, until he reached Jerusalem. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I searched for something to hang on to, something familiar that would comfort me or make sense, but there was nothing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen the cape hanging on the back of the door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She takes her seat as she’s told and holds her head so high and proud that she reminds me of the paintings of African queens my mother left hanging on our living room wall. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A huge calendar with a picture of blue-green water hangs on the wall. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Who is still hanging on—no more lucid than he was when I tried to show him his box, but still alive. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Fern and Avery were standing in the body of the truck hanging on to the sideboards. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I’ll go take it off, hang on . He stumped out of the cabin, and they saw him washing himself vigorously in the water barrel outside the window. “Eau de cologne?” said Hermione in amazement. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He slipped a quarter into the tin, hanging on to a dime and a few pennies for himself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was impressive to see, but what was even more impressive were the things hung on the walls around him. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes rise up to the ceiling and stay there, glued to the dried-up wet-tissue bombs hanging on for dear life. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Gum Baby hung on to the other strap, and the weirdest game of tug-of-war ensued in the middle of the clearing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A great deal hung on the brief interview. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Together the boys aimed the staff at the ring of keys hanging on the peg. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The squeaking of chairs as his listeners bent forward, hanging on his every word. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The piece of curtain Victor had cut off was hanging on the wall Ida had put a carpet on the bare floor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The room lacked furniture, but countless paintings hung on the walls. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z On the days he succeeded in getting outside the gate, he waited for a bus to stop, then hung on its back rails. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z It had printed curtains hanging on the inside, hiding its contents. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of times she noticed me hanging on the dock, and she waved, and I waved back, and it was this secret between us that thrilled me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z A picture hung on the wall, a childish picture of a boat sailing on blue water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Each of the hundreds of shiny baubles that hung on the tall Christmas tree caught the flickering light of the fire and reflected it in miniature, until the tree itself seemed to shimmer and glow. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I climb out the window, hang on to the ledge. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He opens the padlocks, leaves them hanging on the doors, and jumps down to the gravel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A certificate is the fancy diploma that one frames and hangs on the wall; it is not something that an attorney ever carries with him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 While the rest of the class is hanging on every syllable that comes out of Mr. Landau’s mouth, I’m looking at the false tongue poster and I’m kind of wishing it wasn’t wrong. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z You see him, just whistle, then hang on to him and I’ll come pick him up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And also, I wanted to hang on to them for as long as I could. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She cannot light a candle on the Wishing Tree, though the wishes that hang on its branches continue to burn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Strange brass implements hung on either side of the stove. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The only question now is: How much can I hang on to? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Y’all best hang on,” High John called back, and then the crow gave two powerful flaps and rose in the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He went up and slammed with me hanging on his arm, but the ref didn’t call the foul. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z With Geak hanging on to her leg, Ma takes me into her arms. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 With this body, I had other girls hanging on me at the time. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel’s mind repeated, “Something—something—can’t find what it is. Something wrong,” and the silence hung on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just hang on for a few more days.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Whenever I caught any resentful feelings hanging on in my mind, I would be ashamed of myself, considering it a sign of weakness in myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid aside the dream-catching net but hung on to the suitcase. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have room for them, or should I hang on to ’em?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In an agony of thirst He hangs on the cross and what is He offered by those perfidious Romans? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Usually it hangs on a hook by my bed, my version of a dream-catcher. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Instead, he hung on, through a tough afternoon, through a dark night. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The board flipped over and then back upright, Tally hanging on with both arms as the world spun wildly around her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I ask Dad if the baby in the crib is dead and he says, No, He was thirty-three when He died and there He is, hanging on the cross. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He checked out the Rocky the Clown poster that hung on my wall. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I ran out without a thought for overcoat, hanging on to the rope I’d just strung. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He held on to the camera he’d been entrusted with because there was nothing else to hang on to. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Two lanterns hung on the wall, and a small basket sat next to the stairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “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 As we walked through the front door, I spotted a fire key hanging on a hook. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Young white girls with piles of golden hair hung on the arms of flashily dressed men. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The rifle hangs on my back a foot from the ground, its butt bouncing lightly on my calf. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I tie the cord tight; the pants hang on my hips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A large oval locket hangs on a gold chain around her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 He could hang on for a little longer, getting weaker and weaker, but eventually his fingers would fail and he’d slip off. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He turned hard left while I hung on. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I said, looking around at the photos hanging on a string at the far side of the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s my father’s soga hanging on the wall, his farm tools, my mother’s broom, the eucalyptus stick she smacked me with when I misbehaved. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen was larger than the Locktons’, with a tiled hearth and copper pots hanging on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she asked that a wreath of violets be hung on the front door of her house. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Finnick grasps my hand, to give me an anchor, and I try to hang on. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In that animation, hanging on the wall behind Anorak, you could see a large painting of a black dragon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Nonnie slipped her glasses on and off her nose, trying to take in the sight, and finally let them hang on the ribbon around her neck while she clapped her hands like a little girl. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z That one sad picture hanging on the closet. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z 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 She pauses and gazes at the big framed photo of Grandpa that now hangs on the living room wall. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He leaned forward and hung on every word, reacting at appropriate intervals with astonishment, sympathy, dismay. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The memory fades, and I’m left hanging on to the ghosts of his words. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There are two more men hanging on it, killed for leaving the ghetto to buy from the outside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The New Crew was standing with Marcus, hanging on his every word. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The screen of the empathy box now showed rushing streams of bright formless color; taking a breath, his wife hung on tightly to the two handles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “My people. Yeah, ship breakers like the lucky eye. Not much else to hang on to when you’re on the wrecks.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Four of his accomplices were convicted and hanged on July 7, 1865. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He hung on while Silver attacked from the side. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you decided what color you’ll be? And what jewels you’ll have on your robe?” a girl asked, suddenly hanging on his arm like a fast-growing vine. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Madge says we will and hangs on my arm, ready to go. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Tom and I, making plans: what we’d plant in the garden, what we’d hang on the walls, what colour to paint the spare room—already, even then, in my head, the baby’s room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s all hints: First Officer: Look how the ice is just hanging on his, ah, back, back there, see that? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The tires hang on ropes from a bar. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers wave overhead, looking for a branch, a limb, something to hang on to. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A huge wooden cross hung on the wall behind the pulpit, right above the choir members. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s a luck charm Auntie Aggie gave to me before I left Rose Hill, and it hangs on a string between my bosoms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Stuart’s eyes hang on mine while Mother waxes on about the heat, how Carlton’s finally met “the one.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His hands would turn numb and callous after hours of hanging on. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She jerked her head sideways, and Lennie’s fingers closed on her hair and hung on. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to remember the map of Congo hanging on the wall of the UN station. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But Duff was no Matt Jacobs who hung on her every word. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I just need to hang on long enough for my new skin to graft. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The back door of the truck was left open so we could breathe, but people had to hang on for their lives and be careful not to tumble out onto the road. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Ralph pushed back the tangle of fair hair that hung on his forehead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z There was an open space behind it and a wooden plaque hanging on the back wall with letters burned in: “Front Desk.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In pretend embarrassment, Mary scolded her husband for his boldness, “What will Miss Harris think of my hanging on to you so?” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Tawantinsuyu, it was a patchwork of satrapies rather than a unified state; indeed, several large groups within the Alliance had managed to hang on to their independence despite being surrounded by hostile forces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The baby hung on, kicked her legs again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He doesn’t want to hang on to anger any more than he wants the terrible smell to hang on Byrd, but it is hard to let go of Byrd’s visit to the school today. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Maya asks, hanging on tight to her mom’s hand, like she could levitate and float away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He was waving his arms, and he had the strangest thing she ever saw over his shoulders—a kind of yoke, with a bucket hanging on each end. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z My entire plan hangs on him helping me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There were always stockings and pink rayon knickers with holes in them hung on a string across the room to dry. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I can see the notes hanging on her frozen breath. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All you can do is close your eyes, hang on tight, and wait for it to end. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z And I’m left staring out the window, watching District 12 disappear, with all my good-byes still hanging on my lips. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The first principle of wrestling is to hang on to your opponent come what may, so I clung to Nick's breeches like a leech, though he kicked madly and pummeled my back with his fists. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, half of the PT boat floated for a while as they hung on to it and made a plan. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The woman opened a cupboard to show Liyana dozens of lovely necklaces hanging on nails. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He had all these fun puzzles on the edge of his desk, and artwork from kids over the years framed and hanging on the walls. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Her hijab hangs on the back of a chair. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Elizabeth is literally hanging on my arm, eyes wide. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Grandmom’s green rosary beads make a V on Pop’s chest and Jesus hangs on a black cross right around Pop’s outie bellybutton. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They were watching poker on a huge, flat-screen TV hanging on the wall. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Matthias tried valiantly to hang on, but his larger and heavier opponent kicked him viciously in the face, again and again. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Nothing hangs on the freshly painted ivory walls. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 “But first, we have to avoid those floating rock lasers. Everybody, hang on tight—I need to be sure you’re not rolling about, getting sick over everything.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I sat as still as one of her still lives that hung on the walls around me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z At that moment, Shed caught the wing of Mareth’s bat in his teeth and hung on. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I see my worn old cap hanging on the back of her chair. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There's our obligatory portrait of the Elector hanging on the wall, surrounded by a handful of our own photos, as if he were a member of our family. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A watercolor by Ashima’s father, of a caravan of camels in a desert in Rajasthan, is framed at the local print shop and hung on the living room wall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Something like this, you need to hang on to it. Don’t go throwing it about.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A dozen or more superstars would be framed and hung on one wall of Hoo's On First. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to hang on to her tongue so hard it practically ached. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z If I had grabbed Dismay myself—if I had just hung on—Dismay would be here right now. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z One day we sat on the grass after lunch, listening to the wind snap the sheets Rosaleen had hung on the clothesline. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You would forget to hang on to your tails, and you’d get them tangled in my spokes.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z A small wooden sign hung on the outside of the fence: The Enoch Washington Memorial Tennis Courts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They grinned from pikes at the back of the stands and hung on chains from the ceiling like horrible chandeliers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Billy had an extremely gruesome crucifix hanging on the wall of his little bedroom in Ilium. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z So I hang on with both hands and pray everything will be okay. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z That’s nothing compared to hundreds of people hanging on your every word, even though they haven’t got a clue what those words mean. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z A red lantern hung on a hook just inside the door, and a greasy black candle flickered on an overturned barrel serving as a table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Inside, clothes hung on two poles, and underneath were boxes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He had spent much of the night simply staring at his gold medal, contemplating it as it hung on the end of his bunk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Nodding her entire body, she hung on to the pastor’s every word. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Harry jumped to his feet, caught Quirrell by the arm, and hung on as tight as he could. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, as long as I possibly could. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I left the cormorants hanging on the fence and went to the rock on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands came up to tangle in his shirt—I needed to grasp something, to hang on before I fell too far. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The floor was also rough and the way was lit by old-fashioned bulbs, hanging on wires. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The boy hung on to his coat and he kept to the edge of the road and tried to feel out the pavement under his feet in the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 I look at the framed words hanging on the wall. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I know it was foolish of me to hang on to the past, but there was something about the place with its white brick walls browned by oven heat... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Like everything else in the closet, the shoes still have a tag hanging on them, accompanied by a small greeting card. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The seat cushions were done up in an obnoxiously bright purple, but they, like the small TV hanging on the wall across from them, were coated with dust and dirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “For years, I felt terrible. I’d look at that outfit hanging on the wall of my Montana cabin.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Whispers, like a heavy fog, hang on in my mind. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Garlands of dried flowers hung on the backs of the chairs, and a couple of them sported squash. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 I was making leaps in my mind now, but once I’d hung on that word “fear,” I remembered the time I was a freshman and I saw a senior walking down the hall. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Flags, with various designs of blue and gold, hung on poles. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 Even this late in the year, the lawns were still a fresh-looking green and flowers hung on in the gardens. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z "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 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 “I don’t think so,” Matt said, shining the light on a long, greasy-looking tentacle that whipped out of the flood and struggled wildly to hang on to the shore. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When it cleared, raw winds swept down from the north, whistling through corridors and hall, sending up whirls of dust in the courtyard, billowing the tapestries that hung on the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Dozens of power tools hung on the walls. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I snuggle down in my sleeping bag, hanging on to my water bottle for dear life, which, of course, it is. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “However, the legend of which you speak is such a very sensational, even ludicrous tale —” But the whole class was now hanging on Professor Binns’s every word. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But still, I wonder if maybe everybody gets names hung on them for only a little part of who they are. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z A wave kicked up, but he hung on, and soon the house was drifting down the New Meadows, heading out to the coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Isa’s eyes followed Jessie as she walked slowly around the basement, running her fingers through thick, nubby carpets hung on the wall and gently touching delicate silver stars strung above. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The bridge is still burning like you wouldn’t believe, hanging on the opposite cliff like a waterfall on fire, flames having leaped up the entire length of it, angry and greenish yellow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It was right near the end of her term—but she was hanging on to Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z May’s head was angled to the side, and her eyes were fixed on a cross-stitched picture of a birdhouse that hung on the wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard felt transparent; she was looking at him but he felt as if she could see the wood carving that hung on the wall behind him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She touched a white sweater hanging on the back of a chair. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z A bland, phlegmadc smile hung on his brown face with its heavy- bearded cheeks, and he was buffing the facets of his bald head gendy with the palms of both hands. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t know why the townspeople loved her so, or why they seemed to hang on her every word, but she enjoyed their admiration. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I ran back to the cottage, with Duuzuu hanging on for dear life. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Sweet, sweet . . . And if you wanted me too, why didn’t you ...” The whip was hanging on a nail by the door, ready to hand against the arrival of reporters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She had made it for Charlie because he, too, was outgrowing his clothes, and the old wool shirt their father had left behind hung on him like a nightdress. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z These bodies hanging on the Wall are time travelers, anachronisms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Was I always to hang on the fringes of life? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita went into the bedroom where the family’s clothing hung on nails. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z But behind her, hanging on the wall, like emblems in the Renaissance, or those heads of animals, moose or bear, you used to find in northern bars, is another face, covered with a white cloth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He scrambled back over the rails and jumped to the spot where Hen Wen was about to emerge, planning to seize her and hang on until Dallben and Coll arrived. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A rosary of dark wooden beads hangs on a wall. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I hung on to my riales in my sweaty fist, my stomach growling as I pictured the little pile of riales growing in a cloth bag at the bottom of my cardboard clothes box. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They hung on a big round rack from the ceiling. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He felt how his suit hung on him, sodden and heavy; still, he was happy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Japanese lanterns with candles in them hung on bamboo sticks at the corners, and red crepe paper twisted in scallops from the center to the corners to give the effect of a tent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And he hangs on to my every word. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Arya could not have spoken if her life had hung on it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Through the door of Jesses bedroom, hanging on a closet door knob, was the corduroy porkpie he used to wear to Middleton High. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With loud complaints he hung on doggedly until the other two had climbed out over him and pulled him up, somewhat dazed and discouraged. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The soreness from the bruised ribs, however, promises to hang on for a while. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z 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 Nights watching TV together, gasping when MacGyver was hanging on the edge of a cliff and sighing with relief when he rescued himself. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The red flannel nightshirt sailed up and hung on the chandelier. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor grasped the sides and hung on as they shot into the darkness. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 I wanted to grab Rowdy and hang on to him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z A room with more biohazard suits hanging on hooks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Entire court cases could hang on her testimony. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I can drive you,” Mom says, stepping forward to reach her purse hanging on the hooks by the front door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They watched films together in her flat, and then in his house in Oniru, where arch paintings hung on his wall. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She didn’t realize it at the time, but Grace liked him just because he liked her, and that wasn’t a strong enough tree to hang on to when the storm came. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He had the good sense to hang on to his glasses, so at least he can see. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They were hanging on the walls all around her, sitting, roaring, grim-faced, along with peaceful lions with and without wings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We're hanging on to him from either side, but even if one of his arms were available, he wouldn't touch Ma. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He starts forcing himself to only check his phone once every two hours instead of once an hour, makes himself hang on by his fingernails until the minutes tick down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Tired women with crying babies in prams stared into windows, hawkers shouted, small boys hung on to the backs of lorries. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The door is vacuum sealed, and hazard suits hang on the walls. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The free wing crashed into his face with the force of a club, but he hung on. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z There will be others this year, they know; yet they hang on. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But even small insects like us knew that ‘Captain’ was not a very exalted rank and only a man with little else to boast about would hang on to it in civilian life. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z There are some wooden fish hanging on the wall and a poster of a Portugal map over the couch. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The car skidded as I turned and the rosary my mom had hung on the rearview mirror knocked against the glass. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In the meantime, while I watch the thin, beautiful mestizos living glamorous lives on TV, and the fat, ugly indigenas serving them, I try hard, very hard, to hang on to Jose’s slippery words. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He was thin and wiry so his Greek armor hung on him loosely. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The cloud of girls hung on and hung on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He washed as best he could and then dried himself on the tea towels that hung on a line by the stove. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The mute never smiled until several seconds after the funny remark had been made; then when the talk was gloomy again the smile still hung on his face a little too long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The coats of mail, the helmets, the lances, pikes, bows and arrows were being put in order, and the great two-handed sword hung on the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z On the other hand, how was she going to hang on to the book if Basta decided to take it away from her? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Ivy looked at the paintings of flowers and mountain scenes already hanging on the walls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was all the madwoman could do to hang on to the laces of his boot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z His face is gaunt, his voice shaky; his once fancy guayabera is soiled and hangs on him, several sizes too large. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, my father came home before I could pick up the book again, but he told me to stop “hanging on his shoulders like a monkey” because he wanted to watch the hockey game. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z "Then Mohammed came to me. He knew I was sick, and he told me to hang on, hang on and wait, because you were coming to save us." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Despite being sopping wet, Mr. Flux had managed to hang on to his stovepipe hat. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Thrown off-balance, Booth got tangled in the framed portrait of George Washington hanging on the front of the box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I hung on it with all my weight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Besides, there was always the additional hazard that the mouse might hang on to him and shout for help until it came. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z An iron knocker hung on the front door, a squinting goblin with a ring in its mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Fear hangs on the wall and shame, sometimes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z How to hang on to the feeling of power. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Our all-weather coats hung on their six pegs; possibly they were meant for all weather but this. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The tones seemed to echo and hang on the air so that each word sounded twice. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Some of her paintings are hanging on the walls between the bedrooms. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Later, Onofre Martinez’s powerful three-legged German shepherd charged off its porch like an enraged water buffalo, jumped over the picket fence, and hung on the volunteer’s heels. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And I saw the fig tree at the side of our house, alone in the field with one early ripe fruit hanging on a hidden branch. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Each time we had to stop work and hang on. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Two of the four T-shirts that hung on the pegs by the door are gone. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Isa and Jessie supervised the decorating, moving ornaments around so the larger ones hung on the back of the boughs and the smaller ones hung from the tips. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I hung on to the sound of my girl’s new heels clicking away beside me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One stallion reared, screaming, his rider cursing and hanging on desperately. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were some pants hanging on one of the hooks. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Diana nodded, even though she knew her father’s career hung on getting the bill passed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The zmeyok hung on to his horn, digging its teeth in viciously. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Look how they hang on you, waiting for you to speak. Still. They’re not your magic.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He fumbled in his shirt and grabbed his dog tags, hanging on a chain around his neck. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “You have to hang on to the handle up there so it doesn’t slide back and forth too much.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He was swinging upside down off the starboard rail, using his massive strength and his flexible feet to hang on while he untangled some broken oars. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was a sign hanging on the door of Mo’s workshop, a small metal plaque. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I had it hanging on my bedroom wall. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Bleeding carcasses hung on hooks the length of her arm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On the back of the painting, as on the back of many paintings, was a small piece of wire to hang on the hook. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z 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 I can see why Daddy is hanging on to his thread of hope. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The light flickered back on and the smoke cleared and I could see that hanging on to the other end of the shoe was a giant gray hand with cold, hard square fingers. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope could tell this by the way the children hung on her every word and demanded “More, more!” each time she reached the end of a canto and tried to stop. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Justin appears to be hanging on my every word, but he isn’t listening at all. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Oh! My brother got that picture hanging on his wall at home next to our mother and sister,” Deborah said, then looked at Zakariyya. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z From all the Shakespearean paraphernalia hanging on the walls, I’m guessing we’re in an English classroom. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z At eleven, I got dressed and fixed my hair in front of the mirror that hung on the door of my closet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Christmas decorations still hung on the walls, and a few strings of coloured fairy lights blinked on and off, like a secret code. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She folded up their clothes hanging on the rack, except for her own, and put them in a pile on the sofa. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Two shiny gold medals hung on the left side of the uniform. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Afraid that he might lose it, he had bought a second one to keep in his shirt pocket, and then a third one, with ivory beads, to hang on Theresa’s headboard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I spot Oscar’s leather jacket hanging on a hook—yes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If you hung on, everything would be all right. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 I’m hoping the pain will help me hang on to reality the way it did for Peeta. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 Among us scratches and lumbers Vishnoo, the shipboard tortoise kept so that he might dispose of the roaches that hang on the beams and scuttle into the straw of our mattresses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Portraits of all the mayors of the city since the beginning of time hung on the walls, staring solemnly from behind pieces of old window glass. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I hang on as tightly as I can and try to climb faster. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It hung on the horizon like blood spray. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z W’e’re supposed to look: this is what they are there for, hanging on the Wall. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look in the pantry and tear a piece off of that rag hanging on the nail.” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It scraped the skin from the back of my knee as I hung on to Peach and pulled him up. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Two other soldiers stood nearby, hanging on his every word, laughing when they were supposed to. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Climb on my back. Quick. And hang on.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “You tell them boys in the jail to hang on. There’s plenty of us out here trying to help.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My skin is darker than even the paintings of African queens hanging in tourist shops, same paintings my mom would buy so she could hang on her bedroom walls. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Searchlight sprang forward with such force that little Willy couldn’t hang on. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, she managed to hang on to the drawing and keep it in her locker. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But today, despite the bright banners hanging on the buildings, there's an air of grimness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Nettle had been hanging on to one rock this whole time. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Stanley had a poster of him hanging on the wall of his bed-room. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The sun came out and brightened the clean saucepans hanging on the wall above the stove. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I think maybe I’ll hang on to this box,” she says, as if she hasn’t said that about everything they’ve gone through so far. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “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 Luna’s mother scooped up Xan as tender as could be, and instructed Antain and Luna to hang on to her shoulders, as the crow hung on to Luna. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Old-fashioned biplanes hung on strings from the ceiling, tilted at crazy angles like they were in the middle of a dogfight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I want to scream when I see the witch’s costume hanging on a hook in the corner like somebody’s in it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I hang on to the phone with both hands so I won't get thrown out against the walls. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This last instrument was a common sight in Tudor barber-surgeons’ shops, hanging on the wall for customers or resident entertainers to while away the time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "Do you still . . ." He hung on to the backpack straps across his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Jethro took down the lantern that hung on the outside wall of the kitchen and started down the path toward the barn. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When I focus my eyes back on the earth, I see two men in black walking toward us with their rifles casually hanging on their backs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them were coming unstuck, hanging on by just one or two points. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 I think fitting the pieces together would be just like a jigsaw puzzle, except it wouldn’t be cardboard pasted together and hung on a wall. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Several guitars hung on the wall behind the counter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z There was a dipper hanging on the wall, made from a gourd, and around a deep dark pool of water were set those same flat stones. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She tried to pull away, but he hung on, and she looked toward the ship, steeling herself against the pain and the nausea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “No. He carved this himself. It hung on the wall above the pulpit in the vicarage where he preached.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her dress, to her dismay, hung on a chair near the fire, behind the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z All the entrances faced west, and each door consisted of a wooden panel hung on ox-hide loops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I reach for my backpack hanging on the rack near the front door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He studies the pictures I’ve hung on the walls and the unfinished pieces wedged under books. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was Pumpkin, his military tunic off hanging on the fence. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right. Now use the keypad to tell the hover ladder the call number for the book you are interested in and hang on tight.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Then she sat on the wicker chair below the moldy, button-eyed bison head and the portraits of the Little Blessed One and Aleyooty Ammachi that hung on either side of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 I can feel the audience listening, hanging on my words. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I take photos all around: an herb garden planted in a giant cowboy boot; bicycles chained to the fences; a nautical steering wheel hung on a rail, splitting the sun into triangles on the ground. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z On May 6, the prescription was still hanging on the kitchen cabinet door. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He hung on with the talk and the singing and the memories, and then suddenly, and it not midnight, he tired. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His overcoat and trousers seemed older than he was, the way they were patched and hung on his body like the bark of an ancient tree. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z But I could see the Phantom Brakeman’s old overcoat hanging on a peg. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the marble statuette from her visit, and one of the rugs hanging on the wall remained mysteriously untouched. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Still dazed, with her head ringing, she hauled herself up to find Pantalaimon desperately fighting the monkey still, with wolverine jaws fastened tight on a golden arm, changing no more but grimly hanging on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z All summer, I marked off the days on a calendar that hung on our kitchen wall. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She went up the wide marble steps at the end of the hall and passed a set of huge mirrors hanging on the wall that reflected the burning light of the chandeliers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 His sword and the scepter of Diocletian hung on either side of his belt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She had a really pretty voice, and she sang about hanging on when you felt sad or alone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Fresh flowers jutted from a vase and paintings of farmland hung on the walls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Oh hang on . . .” said Harry slowly, halfway down the corridor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I used to follow the progress of the Nazi troops on a map I had hung on the drawing-room wall, while Clara knitted socks for the Allied soldiers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s slumped in the chair, his long hair brushing his shoulders, his shirt hanging on his skinny body. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He was unleashing a stream of curses, asking the driver to let us inside with his family, and to let as many people as possible hang on to the tanker for the journey to Jordan. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 This day, the rebels again changed guard full in sight of our fleet, as if to mock us for our inactivity; they paraded with their hats hung on their bayonets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z So I walk down the stairs to the fourth floor—slowly, hanging on to the handrail. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The door to the Boys’ Quarters hung half open on crushed hinges and he pushed it back and remembered the shirt he had left hanging on a nail on the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Five o’clock would come round and she’d be hanging on my Dr. Scholl shoe, dragging over the floor, crying like I weren’t never coming back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She hung on to Ma and sobbed, “Oh, will he eat Sukey?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Didu gets up and goes over to the picture of our grandfather that hangs on the wall, which she keeps decorated with strings of fresh jasmine or marigolds. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The way a picture that’s been hanging on a wall for years leaves a shadow of light behind, Bodega had kicked the door down and left a green light of hope for everyone. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 Next he will point to a woven cotton bag hanging on the south wall. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 Eight or nine seconds was an eternity on top of an angry bull, but Roy imagined himself hanging on so tightly that the animal couldn’t shake him no matter how furiously it tried. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Any number of perfectly harmless things could be hanging on a barn wall, but what they really looked like were human heads. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As we bump along, I hang on to the wooden bench with my mittened fingers so I don’t fall onto the floor when we hit a rough patch. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was simple enough, a penny with a hole in it so it could hang on a string. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z My nose had been cut almost clean off my face as I went through the rear windscreen and now it was hanging on only by a single small thread of skin. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told them to hang on to their tickets. Double Red! You’ll lose your place in the queue!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Each time he broke off with one of his young mistresses and returned to her side, he demanded that she marry him, in a desperate attempt to hang on to her love and find forgiveness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling from which round, greenish lamps were hanging on chains. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I stop, hanging on to a fern to keep my balance against the steepness of the hill. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z 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 Chief Joyi was so old that his wrinkled skin hung on him like a loose-fitting coat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An arras hanging on a wall billows, as if stirred by a strong wind, and from behind it scurries a creature with the face of my father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The tiny apples hung on that way; they didn’t seem to fall, even in strong wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She was afraid she would start crying if she didn’t hang on to something, and Maya wanted to remember every single word of this conversation. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z 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 David and Shay were hanging on to every word. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Monkeyman was in the hospital for three weeks, hanging on between life and death, but finally he made it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then tie me on to the back of one, or let me hang on a stirrup, or something,’ said Merry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The sullen shrivelled leaves of a past year hung on them, grating and rattling in the sad airs, but their maggot-ridden buds were only just opening. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "I might as well be stuffed and hung on the wall like a stag's head—for all he notices me." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z And when I show the lists and the time line to Dad after dinner one night, he says, "Hmmm. Interesting material, Bobby. I'll hang on to it." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When there’s someone hanging on it at least you know the worst. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z One of her barrettes is down by the side of her face, hanging on for dear life and banging against her cheek. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It all hung on Baty—had hung on it from the start. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Luna didn’t have very many memories that were as tenacious as this one—her memory, typically, was a slippery thing, and difficult to pin down—and so she hung on to it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I see many meanings in his eyes, but he talks in code because Alan hangs on every word. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I walk over to the desk because hanging on the chair is Oscar’s leather jacket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I’m shaking so bad I can barely hang on to the oar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z 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 And by slightly, I mean there are several oil paintings of single coffee beans hanging on the wall. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Some of the rooms were brightened with artificial flowers, and gaudy scarves hung on the walls. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And jeans and underwear and a thin leather belt and a T- shirt with a windbreaker so tom it hung on him in tatters. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was hard to balance, and I had to hang on to a railing for support. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The boy hung on to his father’s coat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Ishmael had hung on to it in part from sheer inertia, in part because driving it reminded him of his father. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Every night, before I fall asleep, I touch the pictures hanging on my ceiling. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was barely hanging on as it was. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z |
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