| 单词 | hip |
| 例句 | Cady shifted the groceries to her hip and twirled the small bunch of yellow wildflowers in her left hand, watching the petals spin in dizzy circles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It jutted one hip to the side, jammed a fist against the hip, and said, “What are you idiots doing? You’re going to freeze to death.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Four’s cold hand clamps around one of my hips, one of his fingers finding a strip of bare skin just under the hem of my T-shirt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z All the clips on my hips change my figure. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Her hands were now planted firmly on her hips and there was a look on her face which seemed to say, ‘I want no part of this fiasco.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When he awoke he was relieved to see his leg still attached, covered in plaster from hip to foot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She was also wide in the hips and her knees gave her trouble all the time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The ship lurched just as Mark shoved the man’s hips through the open space, his muscles tensed as he pushed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I have to lie on a table on my back with my feet planted down and lift my hips and make a bridge with my body. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The boy puts his revolver away, tucking it back into the holster that hangs low on his hips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Maybe Jess is upstairs in the spare room, painting, or maybe they’re in the shower together, her hands pressed against the tiles, his hands on her hips. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Connors and Basketball Coach talk serious frown talk arms on hips, biceps flexing. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Tariq will be standing there, grinning, one fist on the doorjamb and the other on his hip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Red-faced, he stands with his hands on his hips. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She marches out the door, shoes tap-tapping and hips swaying under her flared red dress. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Eighty-nine, and skin and bones like a mummy, she stood listening at her open front door, hands on hips and very grim of face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I remembered them against my hip bone in Wal-Mart, which felt like days ago. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She gave his green skull an affectionate tap and let him curl into the heat of her hip. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The old colored woman leaned a hip against the prep table that cluttered the center of the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She turns down the radio, cool jazz, and looks me over, hands on her hips, eyes sad and friendly. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips, threw back her head, and called on all the gods and neighbors to come and witness the dog- things in their midst. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands are on his hips, and he looks as though he wants to bash my skull. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He had seen the girl many times carrying her sniveling little brother on her hip, with a bag on her shoulder or a water jug on her head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A third nurse, a pneumatic black girl in pale pink, stands at the end of the table with her hands on her hips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The scorch mark was gone, as was the hole in her nightgown, as was the burn on her hip. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I have a knife in my boot and another at my hip, but thinking of Dain’s command, thinking of how not to disappoint him further, I reach for neither. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I fell to the court, banging my hip hard. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z One holds a baby on her hip, and the other has a little boy of four or five clinging to her skirts. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I’ve come a long way since my hip fracture, and thank the Lord for that. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She planted her hands on her hips and glared at Father. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z So he never stood straight; he slouched or leaned or stood with a hip thrown out, and he never told anybody about it— ever. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the door closed, Mrs. Baker put her hands on her hips and looked at me thoughtfully. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There she was with her belt around her hips and there I was with my belt at the same old place around my waist. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the agent felt some sharp pains, in his legs, in one hip, and under his ribs, he could not tell immediately if he’d been hit or not. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of her hips as a pair of overly frosted crème-cakes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She has yellow hair, wiry legs, the most beautiful crooked smile in the world, and lovely hips, and she watches a lot of movies. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I keep my hands raised and my head down, so I’m barely five feet away from her when I see Anna, standing next to her car, hands on hips, watching me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know, from Easy Rider. Everyone hip stays here. Jane Fonda. Jimmy Page. Bob Dylan. The place is crawling with famous people. Why do you think we're here?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Grandma narrows her eyes and sets her hand on her hip. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z One held by hand, the other on my hip, we set off for market. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Nels, as best he could—he had arthritis in his hips and knees—made his way to the witness stand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My hands go straight to my hips, and I’m so about to let Stacy Chin have such a big piece of my mind, it’ll flatten her, when Julia gives my elbow a tug. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “I Spy with my little eye something tragically hip,” Radar says. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She hoisted him to her hip, bending him double at the waist. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Shin spent all five years of primary school in class with this same teacher, who was in his early thirties, wore a uniform, and carried a pistol in a holster on his hip. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I put my hands on my hips and take a long look round like men do when they’re thinking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Mami raked her fingers through my hair with a sad smile then walked away, the hem of her dress swinging in rhythm to her rounded hips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She was bedridden after breaking her hip, and the only person coming in or out of her apartment was a nurse who stopped by for one hour each day. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I knew by the high-heeled, tooled-leather boots, the big white felt hat, and the pistol in a holster on his hip. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her fists were burrowed so deep into her hips they seemed to disappear. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And these children threw around swear words I’d never heard before, even, and slang expressions that were just as new to me, such as “stud” and “cat” and “chick” and “cool” and “hip.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And besides, one half of my real home is banging against my hip in my satchel. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Lucy dropped her backpack and put her hands on her hips. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Action shots flash across the screen: cowboys on horseback, pistols gleaming at their hips; quiet villages of tepees; violent war scenes; a kiss between a cowboy and a Native girl. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When I try again I fall on my hip and elbow, but then I start to get the hang of it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She walked a few paces away and faced the booth, one hand on her hip and one stroking her chin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z They wear matching workout gear with Sweet 16 stamped on their hips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Outside our classroom, Julia waited for me with her hands on her hips. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z One wore a longsword at his hip, the other an iron cudgel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her face was stern, her hands on her hips. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She was looking at him wistfully, half-leaning against a wall, her hands on her hips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Cara, who is just smoothing a clean shirt down over her hips, jumps back. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She swings her hip to the side and sighs. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z John's hand slipped down to her hips, beating a beat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She was slender and had brown hair, which she wore in a long, thin braid that went right down to her hips and looked like a long stinger. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Charlie planted herself in my bedroom doorway with her hands on her hips, the head of a black bishop clenched between her teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt, she got a hand on her hip, waiting for her sugar. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He reaches down and puts both hands on Henry’s hips, and Henry instantly tenses under the touch. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When she stood back up, her grandfather was watching her with his hands on his hips. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Our feet have to walk lightly, almost tiptoe, while our hips sway a little, swishing in our anacos, and our shoulders have to be held back and our chests thrust forward. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood with hands on his hips and stared as she climbed into the water in her underwear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A hip- hop beat blared from the stereo, and as I reached to change the radio station, someone started rapping. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It made its way up her knees, her hips, and when it reached her chest, she stiffened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I pulled aside Sandy’s pants a little,” Fox recalls, “and jammed the needle into her hip, right through her long underwear and everything.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Her hip did not pain her, now that she was not walking every day, and her feet did not hurt her so much. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I practically jumped out of my skin when I realized that he had a great big gun strapped to his hip. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I watch as her gaze travels over me, and her lips dip down at the corners when she sees the way the fabric stresses against my hips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She props the phone/flashlight under her chin, hefts Hector up higher on her hip, and transfers the hot dog bites onto a plate with a spatula. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She smiled and nudged me with her hip. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Minho stood in front of the door with his hands on his hips. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Henry’s hips give one tiny push up into him, involuntary, surprised, and Alex swears. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But now I saw my mother with both hands on her hips, as if she was going to let Lily have it doubly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z His hands are on her hips, and hers are in the back pockets of his jeans. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The white, twisted bone angled out oddly from the hip. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I think you look very handsome,” she says, placing her hands on her hips and surveying me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She jiggled him on her hip and stared straight ahead. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When I woke up after surgery, there was a plastic ring around my neck, my right hip hurt, and I had trouble swallowing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He already had his back to the wall and his hands were on his hips because the burning knots in his armpits would not let him lower them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As Conor gratefully left the room, his grandma placed her hands on her hips and looked at his mother. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Faster and faster Kate ran, catching her pace, her bucket bouncing against her hip and Constance clinging desperately to her shoulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Her hand strayed to a stubborn coffee stain just over her hip. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It takes a long time to accept yourself for who you are. To see the poetry in your walk,” she says, shaking her hips like she’s doing some African dance. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Cade and Monica looked up at me as I stood at the top of the stairs, naked except for a damp bath towel wrapped around my hips. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Balancing our wicker baskets on our hips, we walk barefoot around the new market in our blue outfits, yelling out our goods of the day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother stood there waiting with her hands on her hips. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t even think boys knew about hips. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Her shoulder down her arm to the rise of her hip, with one hand. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He left it slowly, opening his overcoat and putting his hands in the hip pockets of his trousers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z If my father had not gone to France in 1918 and collected a hip full of German shrapnel, Caroline and I would never have been born. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was standing at the far end of the field, his back to us, hands on his hips, looking at a section of fence. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The boy appeared as if by magic from behind the curtains and led my friend off by the hand, giggling and wiggling his hips like a woman. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Swords rode on their hips, singing their soft steel song as they rattled in their scabbards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he pulled his wallet out of his hip pocket. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "I've never been hit by a flying squirrel," she says with her hands on her hips. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One hand is on her hip; the other lolls about her thigh—waiting. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my hands on my hips and screamed at the window—belted out my loudest and most unhinged. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “You mean pretend? Blow kisses and put on my sparkle hips like when I was little?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A girl in a light summer dress, with a red patent-leather belt about her hips! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “College is overrated,” I say tartly, hands on my hips. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z With Hector balanced on my hip, I position myself as a human shield near the door while simultaneously keeping my eye on Lenny’s nice lamp, ready to leap for it if necessary. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z And by the time the curve of the moon touched the opposite window frame, Fyrian’s breath made a bright red mark on the side of Luna’s hip, leaving a blister there. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She always stood with her hands either on her hips or on her head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z DuShawn is standing, too, but the way his baggy pants cascade from hip to floor he looks like a question mark next to Tonni’s exclamation point. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z But sitting at the dining table, with her enormous hips concealed, she managed to look almost fragile. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora watched from the side, Royal’s hand resting on her hip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After they got some more paper and borrowed another pencil, they stretched out on their stomachs, hip to hip, and June Somerset learned how to draw a blue whale. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The girls were commanded to pull up their dresses and then he lay on top and wiggled his hips. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted Mama out of the way too, but she got hip to his game of throwing things out behind her back. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I’m trying to find some coffee,” said Marjory, her hands propped on her hips. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He wriggled his finger in arches that circumscribed a space much larger than his hand, at the same time wiggling his hips in figure eights. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He yanked his hand away from Emma, put his fists on his hips, and tried to look stern. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But girls like me, with coal skin and hula-hoop hips, whose mommas barely make enough money to keep food in the house, have to take opportunities every chance we get. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She puts a hand on her hip and gives a little shake. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z They rubbed shoulders and hips, heads snapping up and reaching out together, legs gathering up and unfolding in unison. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A third, and what appeared to be the oldest, set of twins was blond, standing apart with hands on hips, and Ivan was face-down on the ground in front of them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I think there was a little accident there the way your hip was pressed against that paper and you didn’t even know the paper was pulled down a bit. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She pictured her sister, Annie, standing at the kitchen window, the baby on her hip, the longing stealing over her face like a ghost hand, the muted cries later in the shower. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was dark and Charlie accidentally brushed his hand against my hip, and it caused waves of butterflies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Whenever she came to visit us in Congo, she looked stylish and hip, with perfect hair and high heels, and she would let me play with her makeup. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But since he has had a good taste of what speed will do, and his both legs Broke & hip injury he now has slowed down on that I’m sure. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw a heavy gun sagging at the man’s hip. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I came home the other day to some fast Spanish music blasting in my room and Charlie moving his hips like they were connected to supercharged batteries. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z "The breasts are perfect. And I like the hips. But"—she pivots to face me—"I've never liked dark hair." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He pulls me close, his hand cupping my hip bone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If I move my hips to just the right position, it feels great, like little explosions on a string. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was saying that his grandmother had a pain in her hip every time it was going to snow. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He could spend all day like this, running his hand down her ribs, into her waist, out to her hip and back again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Nothing,” he says, and he turns away towards the window, bouncing Evie on his hip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She scoots off my bed and crosses to the door, nudging Gale’s leg with her hip as she passes him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She was large, especially broad across her hips, and with a double chin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She moved faster, pushing with her arms and wiggling back with her hips. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Em’s brother was tearing down the aisle toward them, his hands balled at his hips. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He didn’t say much more after that, the arthritis eating into his hips and the agony of the oil field accident that had cost him his leg too much for him now. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel like a warrior,” said Seven, putting both hands on her hips. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A longsword hung from his hip, and his deep-dyed scarlet cloak was fastened at the shoulder with a heavy silver brooch in the shape of a mailed fist. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The left side of the knight's face ran red with blood, and a cut to the hip opened a gash .in his mail and left him limping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then he rested his hands on his hips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He had a pile of cassette tapes, mostly hip- hop, but he had a much taller stack of books. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But for all of her swaggering, for all of her gloating and parading about with hands on her hips... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He stood there, hands on hips, glaring at me, and not at all satisfied with this ultimatum. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I had it down around her hips and her flushed face wavered through the collar, her hair down in disorder again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared over my shoulder at Tina’s right hip, which was all I could see through the crowd. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian was making an uncouth spectacle of himself by walking around backward with his gun on his hip and refusing to fly more combat missions, Milo said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My sweater went all the way up to my collarbone, and all the way down to my hips. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Alex could feel Jordan’s hips flex as he pressed his feet into the floor, shoving his body harder and harder against Alex’s, mashing him against the side of the bus. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Afterward, we lay quiet again, to make certain of his slumber, and then lifted him back between our hips into the bed, so heavy and alive with our mixed scent. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She put her hand on her hip and leaned seductively—or so she thought—against the door jamb. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There it was, as usual: the flat chest, the nothing hips, the forked, mosquito-bitten legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He stopped a few feet from us and stood, chewing, one hand on his hip. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When he was young a car hit him and broke his hip. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The only items the commander was interested in were the wings on his back and the multiphase, water-cooled, tri-barreled blaster strapped to his hip—the most powerful production handgun under the world. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I find a gun tucked under her hip, where she fell on her own wrist. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She balances Jasmin on her hip, nervously adjusting her daughter’s party hat. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She rests the tray on her padded hip and frowns at the waffles. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Papa clapped and hugged you, while Dadi—well, Dadi began prancing around the living room until you were afraid she would break a hip. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I don’t like to think of my hips as a nuisance, but more of an asset. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His hair is the color of salt, his garments entirely black, and a deadly curved sword sits at his hip. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’m waiting for the moment when she slides the dress up and my hips fight to get through the fining. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She turned me onto my stomach and examined the bruise—a patch of deep purple the size of a human head—that had formed a few inches above my hip. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She did a graceful movement with her hips. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Hands on hips, legs braced, she waited for me to show myself. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But he did not get lost, and he smiled at her as she held his hips and pulled him closer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know I don’t like you watching war movies,” she scolded me with her hands on her hips. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But then my mother stood in the den doorway with her hands on her hips. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z At some point he gets up, laboriously removing his shoes and socks, and walks calf-deep into the water, regarding the surroundings with his hands on his hips, his chin thrust pridefully into the air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He stands and presses his lips to mine, his mouth open, his hands on my bare hips, his thumbs slipping under the top of my jeans. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He spent free weekends instructing C.P.’s men in combat techniques and firearms training, strutting around in the woods outside of town, barking orders and wearing an 8 mm Mauser strapped on his hip. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, I've read about this guy. Friend, that is the legendary red panda," Max declares with her hands on her hips. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I planted one hand on my hip and pointed with the other. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z His shirttail was loose, making a little skirt around his slim hips. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Dupre stood before them in his new hip boots and filled each bucket with oil. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes focus on the ground, and she shifts Geak’s weight on her hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding a cigarette at his hip like a riding crop, he walked with clipped steps into the store. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her right hip ached angrily when she moved. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She ran her hands slowly down her sides from right under her breasts to her hips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My breathing won’t fall into a comfortable rhythm, my hips have an unfamiliar ache to them, and my arms feel very heavy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “You’ll probably try to bounce her on that board and break her hip.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma planted her big fists on her big hips, and her jaw clenched in a familiar way. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I ended up having surgery on my hip, but it's still giving me trouble. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There is the grandmother who slipped in the shower and broke her hip and is learning to use a walker. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The boat tipped as her weight fell off Jule stumbled back, hitting her hip hard against the side. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The younger woman wore a shiny red headscarf, and a stylish jacket that came down to her hips. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I place my hand on my hip, causing her fingers to fall from my elbow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Kenya’s already at the front door with Lyric on her hip. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They both had purses slung over their shoulders, holding their books and binders on their left hips, while Grace’s backpack hung limp from her shoulder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Or how to walk in packs and how to squeal at campfire sparks and how to stand near boys with my hip jutting out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Kaede had slung the horn over her shoulder, and the knife slapped against her hip as she hurried after the Huntsman. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Guy’s built like a bear, but he stood there, with his hands on his hips, thumbs forward, kicking at the edge of the Dumpster like he was checking a tire for air. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He even gives his hips a little shake. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I’d left Lansing unable to dance, but now I went around the gymnasium floor flinging little gills over my shoulders and hips, showing my most startling steps. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I straightened up, aching from toe to hip with the strain of bending over, hour after hour. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z My heart flutters and my eyes are getting bad, not to mention my bum hip. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay sets her hand on her hip and gives her the say that again if you’re bold look. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She put a hand on her hip and stared at him. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “I just remembered that Karen Linga down the street fell and broke her hip and she’s in so much pain she is begging for you to come take her away.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He often took constitutionals with his dog, Spiro, an old gray-and- white shepherd mix that limped devotedly behind him on stiff arthritic hips. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He swung his leg over my side, his calves firmly straddling my hips. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She put one hand on her hip and looked down at me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He squeezes his upper body through the hole, his shoulders scraping on the edges, his jacket tearing, hips twisting, and then he’s through. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her legs are long, her hips full, her chest a stupefaction. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She has her hand propped on her hip and is very huffy. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The man with the wispy hair finished his tale about the Lady Delune by wagging his tongue and thrusting his hips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then she tied them both securely to a massive buttress of one of the roots, as thick around as her own hips. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A body cast...So that’s why both legs are locked away and my tummy and hips are also locked away. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Say, I don’t like that,” Havermeyer exclaimed, rising resentfully with his hands clenched on his hips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She leaned her hips against the counter, crossed her arms and stared at us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Mami stood in the middle of the room, her dress bunched on her hips, hands holding fast a long-line brassiere that didn’t want to contain her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She rose to her feet, paced away from him, and stood with her hands on her hips, her back to him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Her knees and her hips and her elbows and her ankles and each bone in her swollen feet hurt and hurt and hurt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She paraded over to us with an exaggerated hip motion in her jean skirt and zebra tights, bent down, and grabbed some of the trivia cards. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z She put my hands on her hips and started swaying them right to left and back again. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z But if that Violet was strong and had hips, why was she proud of trying to kill a dead girl, and she was proud. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Absently, and perhaps for some comfort, she let her fingers brush the hilt of the dagger on her hip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Like her thighs, her hips were on the large side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z To most guys, I'm just a round face, a double-E cup, a pair of hippo hips. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The spread of her hips, so different from mine, looked like a bowl offering up red fruit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She just fell on a chair with her hips and sat there. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z So, clutching my dog blanket around my hips, I stepped out of the truck and limped awkwardly to the passenger side while Cade slid in behind the wheel. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Her hips were slender, but her legs and feet had thickened so that a bulge hung over her low shoes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It curves in, and the dress hugs firmly at my hips. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I picked Iris up like I always did and sat her on my hip. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I smile, remembering Ryder hopping on his hind legs, his front paws clawing the air, and Leo, hands on hips, nodding, encouraging me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z My jeans have slid down past my hips. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sure, they were slung a little low and he probably got a hip shot, but he didn’t grab my hips. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I assume we’re going to get lunch, too, but instead he pulls me into a hip clothing store and spends the next hour trying things on, with me giving my outside-the-changing-room opinion. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Eudora Green, when she broke her hip, went on your list, up walking in a week. Isaiah fell off the cotton truck, on your prayer list that night, back to work the next day.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When we were kids and she didn’t have her shoes yet, Amanda just limped around, her hips swiveling up and down with each step. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips, and one of her feet tapped an impatient rhythm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Since my eyes were closed, I landed awkwardly, banging my hip against the stone top of a worktable. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Once last year, coming off the football field, I saw him rubbing his hip when he thought no one was watching. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When I nod, he says, “I’m going to check the height now,” and puts his thumbs on the crest points of my hip bones. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z This particular one talked more “hip” talk than we did. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Pocock paused and stepped back from the frame of the shell and put his hands on his hips, carefully studying the work he had so far done. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They were all dressed alike, in either denim jackets or the big, black loose cotton tunics that reached to their hips and had wide, winglike sleeves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She worked her hips in a mock rotation, and the men all laughed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He wore a peach shirt under a baggy indigo sweater, black drainpipes, one of those studded belts that sags loose off your hips, and winkle-pickers with white tube socks, like everyone's wearing recently. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Nathan squirmed around and every inch of his shoulders, his stomach, and his hips rubbed up against the rock. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The Headmistress stood before the class, legs apart, hands on hips, glaring at the small boys and girls who sat nervously at their desks in front of her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z All she had on was a cloth, draped around her hips, and I could hardly take my eyes off of her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My camera bag banged on my hip as I walked past Oso, who was curled up on the couch—sleeping on sentry duty. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her hands are on her hips and her head is moving up and down and she keeps leaning forward and back again. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He furrowed his brow and glowered at Colonel Korn through eyes narrow with suspicion, his fists clenched on his hips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Beneath the full moon she cast a shadow, and you could see the curve from her waist to her hips in the shadow, and after a while she stopped and said, “Dig.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I trudged down the hall to my room, alone, but when I turned to shut the door she was standing in it, still toting the baby on her hip. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I imagined that my whole body could fit inside, as if I were sliding into a sleeping bag, the jaws opening around my hips. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And then it’s Rachel who starts it: Skip, skip, snake in your hips. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z From where Byrd and Dr. Martin and Ms. Berrios stand with hands on hips. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She tells me about her recent medical travails, including, as she says, “my two fake hips and my fake knee.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She put a hand on her hip, and her chains rattled loudly through the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They formed a circle, swayIng their hips and flipping their wrists and taking tiny steps in intricate patterns on the floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Up to my ankles, up to my knees, even up to my hips. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She unzipped her coat, placed her hands on her hips, and stood with her chin thrust upward, superhero-style. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The woman stood up and planted her hamlike hands on her hips. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A few days later a tall white man with a gleaming star on his chest and a gun on his hip came to the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I’m hip, but you know there’s a good reason why you gotta have all that stuff on.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Rose hips were everywhere, yellow and red, and you could make strings of beads clear to your toes without stirring off the porch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He felt close enough to touch, as though at any moment I might feel his fingertips trail down my spine or alight upon my hips. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I popped off the lid, and all of a sudden it was my mom with the ESP, because she swung back into the room, hands on her hips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “We’ll take this show on the road,” says Finch, tracing lazy circles on my shoulder, down my arm, over to my hip. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She stood there with her hand on her hip and gestured for Dill to throw his in too. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And I could picture her again: she unravels the carpet halfway each night so her hip isn’t against bare concrete as she lies on her side. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She’s standing in front of a huge star chart with her hands on her hips. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I love how his hand feels in my hand, warm and damp, and how his other hand feels rest- ing on my hip. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why people say “joined at the hip.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In the mirror the dress hangs lifelessly around my stomach and hips. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They stand up as we pass, hitching grubby jeans over narrow hips and muttering to each other. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There were order forms for buying HeLa cells online, receipts, newsletters from Deborah’s church, and seemingly endless copies of the photo of Henrietta, hands on hips. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The door swung open and she faced me, still in her underwear, a brush in each hand and hands on her hips. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They fit her snugly about the hips, although the hems come up to her shins. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Shifting from one hip to the other in his lumbering, elephantine fashion, Ignatius sent waves of flesh rippling beneath the tweed and flannel, waves that broke upon buttons and seams. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One wore a striped bikini; the other wore a polka-dot one-piece with cutouts at the hips. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z His hip felt very light without a tri-barreled blaster dangling from it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She started singing along and swishing her hips while my dad eyed her skeptically. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Glass put one hand on her hip and stroked Redemption’s cheek with the other. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Better tips, I've learned, if the fabric hugs your hips and your cleavage crests between the buttons. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then he trails them down over my hips and thighs until he reaches my knees, which he cups and rubs his thumbs over. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Two huge women with spoiled-cream complexions seemed to struggle with their massive bodies as they came past, their flowered hips trembling like threatening flames. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sandalwood paste smeared her swelling hips, under her breasts were dark painted shadows which gave them sensuous depth, the nipples were tipped with red. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He took another long draw from his hip flask, and his magical eye swiveled onto the window. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Or—all right now—there was one fellow needed a hand with things on account of he’d broke his hip, I believe it was. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He stretched out his bare, unsuntanned legs, feet together, on the leg rest, and, almost simultaneously, took a small, ten-cent notebook out of his right hip pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z At that moment a slender man with heavy gray eyebrows came out of Sillington House, holding his knuckles to his hips as he looked over the scene. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z With a great sigh, Jesper removed the gun belts at his hips. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her hips assure them that she will bear children easily and painlessly. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The dwarf threw his axe to the ground and put his hands on his hips. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I try to squirm away from him, but he keeps a proprietary arm slung around my hips. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Only the curve of their firm breasts and hips and bottoms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My back is to the kitchen counter, he is standing in front of me, against me, his hips pressing against mine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I step up on one of the barrier’s crossbars, pressing my hips to the railing to keep my balance. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It had been six months since the Spirit Bear sank its teeth into his hip and arm and raked his chest into hamburger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z At the foot of the bed is a small wooden table, upon which is a small stone statue of a woman with enormous hips, and a candleholder. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z One of his broad palms flattens over Alex’s hip, and Alex inhales sharply, either at the touch or at hearing Henry finally say it out loud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Some were so large that they came up to her hip, while others had legs the length of her hand with bodies as long as her arm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He shoved through the crowd on the narrow sidewalk, his hips swinging each way free and slamming people aside. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With Hector back on my hip, I go into the kitchen and pull the freezer door open. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Alex dressed as a scruffy smuggler, a blaster at his hip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Our bodies molded together, his fingers digging into my hips, his mouth just as hungry, just as fevered, as mine. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Another stick, this one needle sharp, entered my hip. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mom asks, putting a hand on her hip. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She dug in her heels and burrowed against the elbows, hips, and shoulder blades of strangers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A man stood surveying these works, his thin arms akimbo and his fists, one of which grasped an authoritative-looking stick, propped on his skinny hips. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Instead, he started swinging his hips back and forth, humping the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “It caught me in the hip so bad now I cant scarcely move. Climbing them stairs all evening.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Their hair was cut close to the skull; their shirt cuffs were turned neatly back on their forearms; their white scarves hung in snowy rectangles from their hip pockets. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She held the notes in her hips and her thighs, in the graceful arch of her back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Did I tell you about my bad hip? Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “Do you understand the long-term issues of a cross-country run like you’re planning? Muscle damage, oxidative stress, enlargement of the heart, knee damage, hip and pelvis misalignment, should I go on?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I don't know which is worse, having a bad hip or having Nurse Nag-a-lot be right. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure stays at her father’s hip with her cane in her fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I turned and saw her there at the bottom, arms crossed, hip thrown out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I rest a hand on my hip and look at Hammie. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His hips shift evenly, and his feet keep precise time to the music. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Putting her hands on her hips, barely covering the garish flowers on the red print dress, she smiled mockingly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With three quick strokes she sketched the problem on the page—across, down, and then a sinuous line that made him think suddenly of lips and hips and other curves. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Marcus rubbed his hips against mine and struggled with my zipper. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Chuck’s was shut, and rode up over his hips. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “She said something about sparkle hips and pretty feet and princess hair.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I tie the cord tight; the pants hang on my hips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Amá must have been wearing ninja shoes because, when I open the door, there she is with her hands on her hips. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He puts both hands behind his head and moves his hips in a circle. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Well, they ought to, ’cause this cat is so hip, when he sits down he’s still standing, he says. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z She put it against her waist and let it fall from her hips, turning one way and the other. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He stands up and kisses her and puts his hands on her hips. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She was a good ham, bumping her hips up against the male dancers and rolling her eyes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Poppy jutted out her hip, flicked her hands in imitation of one of the statues, then started laughing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He touches my face, covering my cheeks with his hands, sliding his fingertips down my neck, fitting his fingers to the slight curve of my hips. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z When I came the next day, she was standing on the step with her hands on her hips, glaring. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Trotter appeared in the hallway with her hands on her hips. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Plus, every time Sierra went in, the hip, young white kid behind the counter gave her either the don’t-cause-no-trouble look or the I-want-to-adopt-you look. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Zola is standing with her hands on her hips and giving me a muddy look. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Hagrid had his usual enormous tankard in front of him, but Moody was drinking from his hip flask. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Holding him tight against my chest, I push the door closed with my hip and hurry back to bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It was a sleeveless tank dress that hugged my hips, but the back of the gown was what sealed the deal for me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Never had a bunch of hip cats all drooling and wishing they were me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman near the unnamed man stood up, her hands on her hips. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Especially when he fell into one of his phony hip moods. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When she finally falls silent, I continue to stroke her, running my hands gently over her hair, her shoulders, her arms, her hips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She wasn’t looking at Ivy, so Ivy followed her gaze across the room to where June’s mother was glaring at her, hands on her hips. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On each hip bone, where the rope had been rubbing, was a pus-filled blister. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Make me,” I say, and shove my fists onto my hips. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I felt a sharp pain in my hip; then it was over. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z When Mariam picked her up, she could feel her hip bone poking through the taut skin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The christening gown rose up and swirled around my hips, the warm water hitting me at my belly button. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z One had a fifth leg hanging uselessly from its hip, and another had no ears, just a pair of holes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Tiara knew she should feel good that she made everyone smile like when she was little and did her sparkle hips and blew kisses. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I was just sitting there trying to be a very proper father, but I’m hip to the game. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sharp as a tack and hip as a hip bone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Agent Fiona puts both hands on her hips and presses her lips tight. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Sohrab’s hips struck the table, knocking it upside down and spilling the grapes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I unzip it, stepping carefully into the skirt and tugging it up over my hips. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I find the girls dancing like it’s their last day on earth, their hands flying in the air and their hips swinging back and forth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The water came up to my hips, and then to my waist. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I can count every rib in my rib cage, but my stomach protrudes outward, bloated like a ball between my chest and hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And no ladders. He could break a hip and have a limp for the rest of his days.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Malvonne could feel the wall of life pressed up against the woman’s palms; feel her hands bashed tender from pounding it; her hips constrained by the clutch of small children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All carried bundles of washing on their heads, and two had children at their hips and the third was expecting. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman with the child on her hip kept her back turned, tending to the food. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t mess with dying,” she said, her hands on her hips. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He clutched at her, fingers digging into her hips. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I saw Father twist his hips to the right, and the wings began to curl and the rear rudder curved to the right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Father shifted his hips suddenly to the right and the rudders shifted to the right and the wings warped again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn we dragged our ships to the lordly water, stowed aboard all our plunder and the slave women in their low hip girdles. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaned my shoulder into his hip to hold him up. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We were somewhat nervous as we walked a path alongside a stream, gas masks bouncing on our hips. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He fastened it around his neck again and wrapped the cloth around his hips the best way he could figure. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She stood in the doorway in flannel pajamas, a toddler on her hip and two small girls clinging to her leg. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The pleats around her hips are stretched open like accordion bellows. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then they gathered their cattle, burned a trail brand on their hips, and pulled out on the long trail to Kansas. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z As the ball floated in the air, Penelope twisted her hips and back and swung her right arm back over her shoulder, coiling like a really pretty snake. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He was at least six feet in height, with broad shoulders and slender hips. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z And do you think anybody in this hip town we live in is actually going to notice? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With a hand on her hip and her foot stuck out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t know what to think of him yet, other than he looked way too hip to be dating her dad. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A video was playing on a television hooked up in a comer of the store: a row of young women in harem pants were thrusting their hips in synchrony on a beach. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The hard planes of his muscles press into me, and when his hips brush mine, I nearly fumble my steps. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I rest the urn on my hip and take off the lid. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She drew me to her side and I pressed my face against her hip and stayed that way until the elevator opened. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes, swinging her hips slowly, and then the shadows burst into life, reaching out from the corners of the room with long, pulsing claws and screaming faces. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Women were sitting with babies on their laps, standing with babies on their hips, and their chatter mixed with crying. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s still odd to drag open the front door with an empty game bag, with nothing to trade, and instead feel the heavy pocket of coins against my hip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember staring at the gun holstered at his hip and being terrified. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He kisses me on the tip of mv hip bone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s pretty and tall, but not too tall, with long, restless legs and curvy hips, which I like on a girl. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "Yeah," we concur, hands on our hips, facing him, a line-up of feminists. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She turns red and grins, and when she sits down, it’s Bobby’s turn—he moves like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, shaking his hips with a laconic tilt, turning his feet more than his body. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The dance had helped to ease the stiff pain in his hip and arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In the image, Lee Lee is standing, her hands on her hips, wearing that serious look she always has. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z String theory has further spawned something called "M theory," which incorporates surfaces known as membranes–or simply "branes" to the hipper souls of the world of physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Then, command- ing, “Hold still!” she re wraps the skirt tightly around my legs and hips and waist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonni’s up on her feet, hands on her hips, chin thrust out like a dare. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I start pushing my hips from side to side, taking long steps and putting my arms out like I’m on a runway someplace. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She stomped up and stood right in front of him, her hands on her hips. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Milkman reached up for her as she came timidly down the bank, slipping, stumbling, laughing at her own awkwardness, then squealing as the cold river water danced up her legs, her hips, her waist. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Robbie slipped his shirt back on, then took her hand again and placed his other hand on her hip. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The moment, when it came, was a flash of pain, the sudden physicality of both their bodies, of his weight on her, of her knees levered against his hips. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Doc shrugs as he tugs the stitches from my hip: "Why not?" Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Rounded shoulders, hips, arms, legs—even his head was a ball. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z No cameras around to catch the cuss words that fly or to see the mom with the baby on her hip who begs them for food. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z With that, she hung up the phone, set Penny down on the floor, put her hands on her hips, and turned to look at me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She traced the scalpel line that ran down my left side from my armpit to my hip. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When we went back the young woman, still with the child at her hip, was straining the rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She shifted on the bench and rubbed her sore hip. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Biddy stop flopping and whirling and put one hand on her hip. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He wiped his brow briefly with the palm of his hand, put the hand into his hip pocket to dry it, and said, “I’m sorry, Franny. I’m very sorry.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Because I swear, it’s like if you and Lee Lee aren’t joined together at the hip, you act like you can’t survive.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He was broad from shoulder to belly and then narrow from the hip—where his holster sat—down to his boots. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The boy planted his fists on his pudgy hips and looked out over the audience. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Her black hair is plaited into one long braid hanging down to her hips. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She squeezes my hip, and I put my right hand up her shirt and touch her through her bra and then slide my index finger around her waistband. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He slipped the screwdriver into his hip pocket and started running. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z With a backhanded blow he hurled Luster aside and caught the reins and sawed Queenie about and doubled the reins back and slashed her across the hips. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The man named Travis bowed at the waist to Minerva, who giggled and swiveled her hips a bit. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They wound the entrails of his son around his loins and his hips, tied his knees and legs so tightly he could barely move. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z You gotta know how to walk with hips, practice you know—like if half of you wanted to go one way and the other half the other. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Greyjoy s longs hips are burned or taken, her crews slain or surrendered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She handed Wil his drink and turned to leave, resting her empty tray on one hip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He wore a painted bark apron that reached to his knees and a short sword at his hip. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and scowled. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The shirt also kind of goes up at one side, because it’s an asymmetrical cut, so I have to pull a short skirt over my jeans to cover the way it hugs my hips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She dropped her fingers and put her hands on her hips. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baylor set the iron down firmly and stood with one hand on her hip. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Outside the hut, with the baby balanced on my hips, I watch the mother squat next to the rows of vegetables and proceed to pull the weeds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't tell what was hip and what was hideous, or what was sane or insane. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I yanked the spines out of my hip, then pulled up my slashed pants to look at my leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A heavy-set woman was trying to wash a bottle with one hand while she balanced a red-faced baby on her hip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She wore pleated flannel trousers that ballooned at the hips and flared at the ankle, and a short-sleeved sweater made of cashmere. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was silent at first and then, hips thrashing, her hands tight around his back, she called out the same thing she said every time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As soon as I let go, I’d feel my hips start to wobble and then I’d fall over—like a stack of books piled too high. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He drew a pair of pliers from his hip holster. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She speed walks through rows of junior parking, her hips swishing back and forth like those people who do Olympic speed walking. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He had small feet and hands, rather broad hips, and a deep chest, the breasts scarcely more developed than in a male of my race. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t look like nothing happened,” she said, hands on her hips. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I ask as the needles go in my hips. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I let his tongue slip between my lips and press my hips against his. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Takumi knew a lot about hip- hop; I knew a lot about last words and video games. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z One morning he fell and fractured his hip. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Eric was one of those tall guys who always walked with his shoulders about a foot behind his hips. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I shift my hips, trying to eke out more space for myself. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Phil brings his hands to my hips and pulls me closer still. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Nathan resented my attractiveness, as if slender hips and large blue eyes were things I’d selected intentionally to draw attention to myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You are also standing with a hip stuck out, which makes me wonder if you are waiting for Dylan to walk past. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As he stands, hands on hips, nodding at the Blue Flash, I think about impending weightless doom. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z An instant later he had yanked his own gun from his hip holster and fired into the mist, the robe, the blue mask. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Goldman put his hands on his hips. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Jackson nods, propping up a hip on the corner of the desk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Since then Arya had taken to walking around with her cloak draped over her right arm, to conceal the blade at her hip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Relaxing his stance, Zooey took a folded linen handkerchief from his hip pocket, flipped it open, then used it to blow his nose once, twice, three times. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Out walked a person no one present had ever seen before—a man in his middle thirties, dull-eyed, wild-haired, and wearing a hip holster stocked with a .38-caliber pistol. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He blocks her once, and then blocks her again, swinging his hips to do so. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z My mom puts on her jacket and hoists the laundry basket onto her hip. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Brute crouched, wriggling his hips, willing himself to pounce. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Her mouth made a funny O. But then she put a hand on her hip and smirked at Evan. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Ms. Rochambeau puts her hand on her hip and stops writing. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z After a while a fragment smashes away his chin, and the same fragment has sufficient force to tear open Leer’s hip. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no hips to swish away with. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And now dozens of people—old people, people I thought were in line to buy stamps—have launched into a choreographed dance number, with high kicks and hip thrusts and shimmying arms. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She rolls her eyes, putting her hands on her hips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The hands that had been planted on her hips were now fanning her face. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Emily placed her hands on her hips and surveyed the restaurant. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Now her hands were placed where her hips would grow in. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But then I go too far and imagine myself in that dress, sword at my hip, transformed, a true member of the Court, a knight in the Circle of Falcons. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z From way over here, I hear her giggle as she tucks her hair behind her ears and shifts her hips. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She has full hips, and breasts that are too large for her height, like a rubber squeaky toy that’s been pushed down on the top of the head and has bulged out in these places. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She smiled and bumped me softly with her hip, spinning out of my embrace. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I straighten but don't stand, kneeling with my hands on my hips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I went to all the hippest clubs and never had to wait in line. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The men within the door stared at one another, shifting on their boots, twiddling their fingers, and holding onto their hip belts. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She sheathed the blade, tossed it on her desk, and put her hands on her hips. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Booth leveled the carbine against his hip, as though preparing to bring it into firing position. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to successfully transition from twelve years old to being a teenager and then to an adult, will I need to be able to move my hips to a song? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Meg blinked and shoved shakily at her glasses and there was Charles Wallace standing indignantly in front of her, his hands on his hips. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But Dad, they said, you broke your hip, as though maybe I hadn’t noticed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I turned then and used my hips and waist to roll three times, until I came ashore near a ratty green towel. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Meg blinked and shoved shakily at her glasses and there was Charles Wal-lace standing indignantly in front of her, his hands on his hips. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As Scruggs pulled back his fist to hit the guy right in the teeth, the man reached for the revolver at his hip and yelled, “I’m a police officer and I’m going to shoot you!” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His hips swayed in an indecent fashion and his lips glistened as brightly as his hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Delia patted her hip, and for the first time, I saw that she had a sort of tool belt full of odds and ends wrapped around her waist. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Maribel bent down to get them, and Garrett crowded up behind her, settling his hands on her hips, drawing her against him. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She finishes her taping job and hefts the basket up to her hip. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She worries about a new ache in her hip. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She took a step toward me and began to slide her hands indignantly up and down her hips. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He stood with his legs apart and his arms on his hips, making himself quite large. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Maya suddenly screamed, and they both turned around to see her still standing next to the car, hands on hips. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Olga is a petite middle-aged woman with silky black hair that touches her hips and a simple white rosary strung around her neck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z One of Robbie’s hands landed on her hip as he found his way back to the rhythm and fell into step, his body pressed up against hers. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z So I said it again: “Let’s go somewhere together for Valentine’s Day” She put her hand on her hip and thought for a moment. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Tall glaives were in their hands, swords at their sides, daggers on their hips. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Toby froze as she playfully tapped the side of her foot against his hip, tapping it again and again like she was keeping time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She was no longer astonished to look in the mirror and find she had developed the breasts and hips of an attractive, grown-up woman. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Fflewddur put his hands on his hips and gave a low whistle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He stood very quiet in the center of the narrow creek, letting the water splash at his hips, holding the fishing line out from his hands. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Hip to hip, arms interwoven to hold hands, Desdemona and Lefty circumambulated the captain, once, twice, and then again, spinning the cocoon of their life together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not around her shoulders, like buddy-buddy, but lower around her hip. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and hooked her head toward the kitchen, their arguing place. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The warm water beat down on her back and her chest and her hips and her arms. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She found the photo of Henrietta, hands on hips, at the front of the book, and her name at the end of the first chapter. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Ms. Wyman is standing there ail of a sudden with her hands on her hips like a cop who’s pulled us over, except there was no siren to warn us. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z She left her earrings on the dresser and padded barefoot to the bed wearing just a pink rayon chemise that came down to her hips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A little lilt to the hips, a little bend and sway. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sidled up to me, put her hand around my waist so that I could feel each of her fingers taut against my hip bone, and she added, “And my lover.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I met chicks who were fine as May wine, and cats who were hip to all happenings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It started at my knee and worked its way up the side of my leg to my hip and stomach. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Our bodies are the same but there's a heaviness in Mabel's shoulders, a weariness in the way my hip leans against the counter. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Belts were slung around both their hips, guns poking out of the holsters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She stretches, concentrating on her glutes to help the pain in her hip. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Mother took a small sip from the bottle and then shimmied at the hips, delighted. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He bought some slightly hipper shirts and shoes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpop moved slowly through the foliage, not stopping until he bumped one of the chairs with his hip. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We would dance and vigorously shake our butts and hips—twerking, basically. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I planted my hands on my hips and widened my stance. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She sat down and let her finger be grabbed, looked on as the baby squeaked, as she flexed her plump legs at the hips and kicked air. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Antain’s mother stood in the doorway of the workshop late one morning, her nostrils wrinkling from the sawdust and the sharp smell of Zirin hip oil, which gave the wood its particular sheen. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her breasts were small and pointed, hef hips narrow and girlish, her legs as skinny as a bird’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z How could he forget that green dress, how it clung to the curve of her hips and hampered her running and showed the beauty of her shoulders. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For an extended pensive moment Ruby stood with her hands on her hips, an ash growing long on the cigarette held tightly between her unpainted lips. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and whipped her hair over her shoulder sort of like Natalie always did. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In my pocket is Liriope’s golden acorn, and at my hip is my father’s sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Henry gets a grip on Alex’s hips and pulls him close, so Alex is properly straddling his lap, and he kisses hard now, more like he had in the Red Room, with teeth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “My fellow Renegades,” I say, holding the bat up high and shaking my hips like I’m doing the floss, which I did everywhere I went when I was in elementary school. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z On the mattress lay a man with his legs gone to the hip and the stumps of them blackened and burnt. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Hard by the big man’s hip he rode, slashing right and left as their wedge went through the Unsullied like a spearpoint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With Héctor on her hip, she led us up the road, dragging the suitcase with her free hand, while Delsa, Norma, and I struggled with the pillowcases full of clothes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Laika had curled up between my hand and my hip, waiting for me to come back, like she always did when I blanked out. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Ms. López says, with her hands on her hips, trying to look tough but failing, because she’s probably not even five feet tall. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My hip bones and ribs are more prominent than I remember them being since those awful months after my father's death. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I stand up straighter with my fists dug into my hips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She just stood there behind the bench, hands on hips, glaring at me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z They charged out of the woods into the yard and there she was, hands firmly on hips. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She was pleased rather than embarrassed and her fingers lightly brushed the fabric where it ballooned out across her narrow hips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He wore a medallion belt and painted vest, with an arakh on one hip and a whip on the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My mom bursts in from the bathroom, using her phone as a flashlight and carrying a soaking wet Hector on her hip. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I lashed the rods together to form a cross, then strapped the rig to the hip belt of my backpack so the poles ex-tended horizontally over the snow. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I set my hands on her hips and push her gently back against the wall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Her stomach and hips glow red in the subtle darkness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The soft curves of her face led to the roundness of her hips and thighs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And I feel a sharp pain in my right hip. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z His arm casually moved his uniform aside, displaying the gun at his hip. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Here hips drew the eye and flirted with the eye and caused the eye to lust or laugh. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I place my hand on her hip and steer her toward the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She brought up her knees so they were even with her hips. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Marvel minced for us in his size 12 shoes, the sides of his gown swaying drunkenly back and forth from his big hips. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She is not much bigger than I am and with one hand on her hip, she peers at the riverbank in frustration. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Impulsively I reached down and raked her from shoulder to hip with the brush. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved closer to him, put my hands on his hips and turned him around. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace puts one hand on her head, the other on her hip, and wiggles her bum. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He gingerly eased himself up, exhaling a slew of Spanish curses as he got to a full standing position, then swiveled his hips in a creaky circle, stomping forward arthritically. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z There was Chad Payne with his hands on his hips and his chiseled California surfer good looks, the hard jaw, the opaque eyes, the blond hair. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To actually volunteer to talk to one, black or white, to let him in her house, watch him adjust his hips in her chair to accommodate the blue steel that made him a man. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I've turned off the sound, but the vibrations tremble out from my pocket, through my hips and stomach and up and down my limbs. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her dress hung on her thin frame, her hip bones protruding at the belted waistline. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z From the hip to the knee her flank was against his. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He goes down in huge morsels, head, chest, hips, legs, even the hands and feet. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Vola put her hands on her hips and lowered her head to eye him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She presses her free hand against her hip as though supporting it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He followed the sea breeze around to the back of the house, and there, away from the light thrown out the study windows, stood Lizzie, one hand on her hip, her foot tapping impatiently. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Fern planted both hands on her nothing hips and tapped her toe, doing her best Vonetta impression. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Her dad was a big man, and he swooped Ivy into his arms, balancing her on his hip down the next flight of stairs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Woolf and Richardson waited side by side on the track, Woolf with his hands on his hips, Richardson with his arms folded on the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, if this were, like, 1642, my wide birthing hips would be worth many cows or something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Measuring how quickly the flames were engulfing him, he hopped forward, the carbine in his right hand, the butt plate balanced against his hip. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Their tabletop haircuts that sat on their heads like tall hats surprised him, but perhaps it was part of their hip image, to have retro haircuts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Elizabeth smirks, juts one hip out like a model, and waves a hand down the front of her chest. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They carried on quietly, hand, foot, weight, move, test, hand, foot....Their fingers were raw, their knees and hips were trembling with the effort, their heads ached and rang with exhaustion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z For a moment it felt as though his entrails were being ground to pulp between the two muscular hips; then he had broken through, sweating a little. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A baby wearing a little cap that said Red Sox was perched high on his hip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her hips curved like treble clefs, notations in a music Mary Lou had yet to hear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Here’s one in each shoe, two in my hip pocket, three trying to hide in my hairbrush. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Petunia stopped her swing by dragging the heels of her sandals on the ground, making a crunching, grinding sound, then leapt up, hands on hips. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This is the same wrist Patrice held tight to force in an IV. Those are the hips, now so sturdy and muscled, that once were covered in blisters. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Mom crosses her arms and pushes a hip out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z De la O’s arm, hip, and scalp were filled with shrapnel. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She blinked twice and shifted her stance, her hands on her hips. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In the women’s hamam, shapes moved about in the steam around Mariam, a glimpse of a hip here, the contour of a shoulder there. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Using the last of his strength he pushed his stomach and hips, then plopped onto the floor below him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Skinny with a small but well-formed chest, long back, straight hips, and tall legs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Resenting the blood spots, the new hips, the hair. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He snaps and spins away from the water, hands on his hips, and suddenly, Sandy Sanders isn’t so shy anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Then, when I finally came out from behind Aly, he lifted me right up onto his hip and planted a big kiss on my cheek. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The tape player rides on her hip, and the cord of the buds has a short in it, so the speaker annoyingly shuts off in one ear unless she settles it just so. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She stuffed the book into her apron pocket, and all that day she felt the weight of it on her hip like hidden treasure. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But Char turns to me with her hands on her hips and a face that says, “I know you ain’t talking to me.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I sat astride her, on the saddle of her hips, and started with her shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I stopped and put my hands on my hips. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The safety pin is stuck and when he wriggles it comes loose, sticks him in the hip, and starts him screaming for Mam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Someone—the princess, Matt thought—cried,“Hip hip hooray!’’Then everyone cheered and Matt cheered too, filled with relief and joy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “One night’s good sleep will fix me up,” he says, putting his hand on his hip and limping like an old man. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma stopped and pulled back and put her hands on her hips. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z His black hips jerking between her parted legs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She nodded caustically at that and stood surveying the two of them for a moment, her hands on her wide hips. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He flashed his crooked smile, then said, “I lit up like a Christmas tree, Hazel Grace. The lining of my chest, my left hip, my liver, everywhere.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z No fingers to lift her hips as he had lifted others. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she smoothed the fabric over Dimple’s hips and stood back, smiling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I'm not able to feel anything between my eyes right now, but my hip is sore from the position on the floor. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And under the brown sack-shaped tunic those enormous breasts, the bulge of the stomach, the hips. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled at the one of nine-year-old me standing alone holding a basketball against my hip. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “She had it on. And all hips. She kept asking me if Seymour’s related to that Suzanne Glass that has that place on Madison Avenue—the millinery.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Barb nods to the filled medicine cart, resting a hand on her hip. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Why Tim put up with your fat, nasty, dirty trap”—Sally folded her arms and jutted her hips out—“for so long before dumping you, I'll never know.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It seemed like that fall, or maybe it was the long prickly-pear spines that stabbed me in the hip, brought me out of my scare. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I swirl them, lift them, flip them side to side off my hips while their legs fly through the air. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t care what kind I get. fust as long as I get hips. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The mule was getting bony; its hip bones looked sharp enough to push through the gray hide, the way bones tear through a carcass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the passageway, before an enormous mural of Saint George and the Dragon over the staircase landing, he folded the ship’s newspaper into quarters and put it into his left hip pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z At night, I dream I’m in Hideo’s bed, tangled in his sheets, my hands running along his bare back, his hands gripping my hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He liked the angelic beauty of his face and his smooth cheeks, his narrow hips, and long straight legs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She unfolded her arms and placed them on her hips. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I switched Otto to my other hip, anxious to get past the hazing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Ey, no you don’t,” she says with a hand on her hip. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She turned and gripped the dory and pulled it higher, Turner pushing, and then she stood, hands on hips, and smiled. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Half a small face, topped with muddy brown hair and masked with thick metal-rimmed glasses, jutted out from behind Mrs. Trotter’s mammoth hip. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She stands there with her hands on her hips. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her exaggerated hips were even more exaggerated by the wavy stripes of white on her purple dress. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z His hip is covered with blood; he is so exhausted that I feel for my water-bottle where I have rum and tea. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z By January, I am losing so much weight that my new dresses, the ones I made myself, swim on my hips. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He put his hands on his hips and stuck out his bottom, which sent me into a fit of giggles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He went right down the center, where the part would have been if the Brillo pad could have been tamed, then settled both hands on his hips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z His cigar was in his mouth, his hands were in his hip pockets. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Without proper training and conditioning—and sometimes even with them—competitive rowers are apt to experience a wide variety of ills in the knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, ribs, neck, and above all the spine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tats goes ahead of me, pushing the front door, already ajar, open with her hip. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He reached for the billfold in his hip pocket. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin which stretched tight over her rather wide hips as Tom helped her to the platform in New York. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z White women of all sizes and shapes, in bright puffy gowns that spin gracefully as they step and twirl and rock their hips. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Out stepped a tiny pink shoe, a foot soft as a rabbit’s ear, then the thick ankle, a flutter of hips, fuchsia roses and green perfume. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get in,” he told her, taking her by the hips and pushing her upward over the left rear fender. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Oh, I have heard of it, the monster said, putting its huge branch hands on its hips. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Woolf slid to the ground and stood with one hand on his hip, smiling confidently, as Vanderbilt handed Howard the silver victory vase. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled onto my side and discreetly inched my hips away, trying to put some distance between my stiffy and the girl, while battling back with thoughts of old, naked chicks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Somewhere in my head an image surfaces of Boggs with a young boy perched up on his hip. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He tears off a match, lights the wick: it flickers and then burns with a steady flame, which gives the illusion of motion to the faceless statue beside it, all hips and breasts. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Jack curls his hand around her hip bone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Ron’s dressed in all black like Zorro with a plastic sword tied to his hip. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Matthias began edging along the wall, running his hand over the stone at hip level. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s pleasantly strange to see Hideo in a way no one else does—boyish, relaxed, wholly vulnerable, hair rumpled and wet from a shower, his sweatpants hanging low on his hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A people who came up with any excuse to throw a party and danced with their hips and shoulders in full swing. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She stands with her hands on her hips, dressed in a ruffled shirt with a high collar and a long skirt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z His broad shoulders tapered to a narrow waist, and he walked with the swagger of someone who wore a six shooter on each hip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “But look at these hips, please, just look at these legs!” she’d remind me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the age of six, Clara had foreseen that the horse was going to throw Luis, but he refused to listen and had had a dislocated hip ever since. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face is chubbier than I remember, her belly bigger, her hips wider. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Leslie was standing in the middle of the cow field, her head tilted and her hands on her , hips. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The taller boy took a swig from a hip flask and wiped his mouth on his sleeve. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He was so thin, said one observer, that his hips could have made a passable hat rack, but he refused to eat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My legs wrap around his waist, and his hands are on my thighs, then my hips, then butt, lower back, bare waist as he takes off my dress. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The freezing temperatures crept into my knees and hips. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Her eyes were downcast, and her hair, woven in gold thread, covered her breasts, but her round hip and thigh were naked. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He kissed her again and felt the sharp bones of her hips move in a hard and veritable grind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His hands, rigid to the very fingertips, moved outward and back against his hips, his sightless eyes looked upward, and he began to dance. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Her breasts were small and her hips only slightly curved, but she couldn’t help resenting these visible signs that she was doomed to be female. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She stops chattering and puts her front paws on her hips as she studies the closed door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Nicholas’s large trousers were slipping down his hips. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She had not, after four years, except physically, in a way that he thought made her look even more beautiful, fresher, with fuller hips and breasts, like a well-watered houseplant. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For a moment Etta stood with her wrists against her hips, letting him know how she felt about matters, but Carl didn’t look away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sound makes Tía wiggle her hips the way she does at the Tango Palace, while she fusses with Abuela about recipes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It fell, in waves and curls and disobedient frizzy wisps—soft on the inside, coarser on the outside—to just below where her small, strong waist began its curve out towards her hips. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They beat their hands against their hips or hugged them under coats, and many men had scarves under their hats and covering their ears. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Nick thrusts his hips out, and the other guys follow—and then they all kick their legs out, and they’re off. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The camera digs into my hip, and he holds me tighter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Charles slipped his legs into his pants and hunched them up over his hips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The man rests the whip on his hip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I took to wearing the strap across my chest, the drum riding my hips like a desperado's revolver. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The twin on my hip seemed quiet enough — till he started to bellow. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley came to a halt in front of them, her hands on her hips, staring from one guilty face to the next. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Deputy Collins was standing there like he owned the place, hands on his hips, one of them near the gun strapped to his right leg. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He was wearing a blue T-shirt that hugged his shoulders and shorts that skimmed his hips and fell to his knees. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then her huge khal took her by the hips and lifted her into the air, as he might lift a child. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He moved across the room slowly, hands in his hip pockets, but not without some direction in his mind. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Shortly thereafter he is so badly wounded, shot through both hips, that he is not expected to live. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamie helps us gear up—harnesses on our hips and legs. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I wriggle my hips, pressing against him a little closer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Beats so fast, your hips would fall off if you even tried to move to it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Each one is like a shrine, lit up from within, its goddess on display, hand on hip or leg thrust out, the faces beige and inaccessible. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He was wearing a pistol, had it strapped in a holster on his hip.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Liza put her hands on her hips during the telling and his heart sank. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Along with it, for the first time, ran the now ubiquitous photograph of Henrietta standing with her hands on her hips. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Her hips were covered with angry blisters, which oozed a fluid that had matted with the strands of old rope. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I got out of the car, swung my bag around to my side, gave Mom a reassuring smile, and slammed the door shut with my hip. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I chase him with my abaya held up high over my jeaned legs with both my hands, the black cloth bunched around my hips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She adjusted the thick leather belt slung low across her hips. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The garment was a clumsy thing, a long loose shapeless sheet that had to be wound around her hips and under an arm and over a shoulder, its dangling fringes carefully layered and displayed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She spun out to face us, her fists on her hips. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Sherm shoved the door open with his hip, revealing a carpeted hallway and a broad wooden staircase. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z One of the dancers bumped her hip up against me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But Chris puts his hands on his hips and keeps close watch as I pick up a receiver. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z You don’t complain when Mrs. Bigio stares at you as you’re going through the lunch line, with her hands on her hips and her hairnet pulled tight. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s go,” Mom says, with one hand on her hip, her briefcase in the other. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In bed, his hands on my hips, his breath hot against my neck, his skin slick with sweat against mine, he says, “We don’t do this enough anymore.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I allow myself to be guided from the room, my hand going automatically to assure myself that my knife is still strapped to my hip. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Just before you went into the ICU, I started to feel this ache in my hip.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I put my hand on the rise of her hip. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose the strange angle of her smile was the result of the stroke, which is what had caused her to fall and break her hip. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to take in as much as I can, hungrily making my way up and down her body, gazing at her legs and her chest and her hips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Her hip bones rubbed his thigh as they stood in the aisle unable to stop smiling. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt saw a small, but extremely fierce-looking woman with her hands on her hips. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He bucks his hips, trying to shake Henry off, but he’s taller and stronger and has a fistful of Alex’s collar. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Grandma stood with her hands on her hips, taking in the scene. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And on his hip his dagger rested, sleeping in its leather sheath; but heavy, oh so heavy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They discovered that he still carried the pistol in his hip pocket. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Ash opened her eyes, blinking in the morning light, and saw the cook looking at her with her hands on her hips. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Putting my hands on my hips I said, “Oh, so now I’m cold? I thought I was chamatkaar.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But the elastic waist on the polyester pants wasn’t quite elastic enough to fit over my hips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In short, it was exactly the kind of letter that a recipient, whether he wants to or not, carries around for some time in his hip pocket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He was powerful, heavy of shoulders and arm, but his hips were slim. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I backed him in again and he was pushing me with his hips and slapping after the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Ranyinudo brought her cousins to meet him, girls who were close to his age, skinny jeans clinging to their slender hips, their budding breasts outlined in tight T-shirts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Miss Volker shimmied her hips and shoulders back and forth and high-stepped up and down a little bit as if she were trying to shoo a bee out from under her dress. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And swinging at his hip, a long, sharp knife. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It had never occurred to me that she might have problems other than her hip. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This time my hand is steadier, my aim is better; I hit Nita’s side, right above her hip. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She stopped and put her hand on her hip, waiting. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He would be driving a different Crown Victoria—the charcoal gray unmarked model reserved for detectives—and wearing a shoulder holster instead of a hip belt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maribel,” I said, putting my hand on my hip the same way. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I hold her close now around her hips and she holds me back. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But I kind of like the way the skirt hangs, skimming my hips and grazing the floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I don’t want to feel his hands, one resting against mine, one on my hip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dussel calmly observed the scene, his hands on his hips, while the rest of the audience roared with laughter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Pushing her waistband down over her hip, he says, “That’s what I’m looking for.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Not her hips, her crotch—I mean, that is a crotch, right? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z With two tugs on the strings he unties my hospital gown to expose my left leg, and then he draws lines into the back of my hip with something. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Do you blame me, my lord? Such a prize is not easily won. A nubile girl, I hear, and not hard to look upon. Good hips, good breasts, well made for whelping-children.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Instead, his eyes dropped to the hand Hull had at his hip, which rested on his holster, his black gun sitting in it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z June and Taryn immediately started dancing, swaying their hips and lifting their arms in the air. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her bowling shoes pounded the floor purposefully, carrying the swinging breasts and rotating hips back and forth between the table and the stove. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time a car would pass, Luke hid the wrapped-up gun at his hip. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He pointed to a squiggly black line near his hip. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It licked up to my left shoulder, then tore nearly all the way down to my left hip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She could hear her Dad saying how much he had lost by not keeping up his accident insurance until the time he broke his hip. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I nodded and secured the bag at my hip. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She felt, in her heart, streams of love for the baby pouring through and she begged her mother to let her take Neewo out and cart him to the lake on her hip. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “We stumbled into each other,” Denna said, laying her hand over his where it rested on her hip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She looks straight into the camera and smiles, hands on hips, dress suit neatly pressed, lips painted deep red. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He also retrieved from the drawer a black plastic case containing the rifle’s scope, a box of high-powered shells, and a .357-magnum pistol in a hip holster. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The fiddlers begin a swift, tempestuous tune, and Keenan takes my hip in one hand and my fingers in the other. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She came out to the porch, hands on hips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A handstand requires strength in the arms to hold yourself up, strength in the torso to hold yourself steady, and strength in the hips to hold your legs still. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Margo curtsied, gave me her hand, and said, “You may,” and then my hand was on the curve between her waist and her hip, and her hand was on my shoulder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I hoist her up onto my hip and start walking away from the trailer park. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She immediately jumps forward, places one hand on her hip in the manner of a fashion model, juts out her chest, and flashes me a toothy smile. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z War Admiral chased him, his nose nodding up and down behind Seabiscuit’s right hip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian marched backward with his gun on his hip and refused to fly any more missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She disappeared into the kitchen and Sonny slid a crumpled piece of paper into Day’s hand, a printout of the picture of Henrietta with her hands on her hips. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She felt the hardness of him against her hip, and the sour-sweet smell of whiskey filled her nostrils as he breathed onto her face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The blanket is warm, and when Ellis lifts it up and pushes me over with her hip, I open my eyes and say, “Dude. You’re killing my perfect nap.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He puts his hands on his hips and his nose wrinkles up. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I strutted on high heels and placed my hand on my hip in a provocative pose. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z So it’s not really dancing, it’s just random gyrating of her hips. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And when little Freak showed up one day with these shiny braces strapped to his crooked legs, metal tubes right up to his hips, why those were even more cool than crutches. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she begins: The waitress with the big fat hips who pays the rent with taxi tips . . . says nobody in town will kiss her on the lips because . . . because she looks like Christopher Columbus! The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the palms of his hands against his ears and danced sideways for a while, and then backwards, and then did an erotic thing with his hips. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "I have protection," he says, patting the holster at his hip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Bless my tail-feathers—listen to them!” shrieked the Starling, as he put his wings on his hips and roared with mirth. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The knotty joints of his hips and shoulders stood out a good three inches from his body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Nicole put up a happy front for a second or so, until her hand went to her hip to grab her phone. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He pulled out Moody’s hip flask and a set of keys on a ring. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Each man wore a long curved sword upon his hip, and each clasped a spear as tall as he was, with a leaf-shaped blade at either end. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His hand lets go of my mouth and tugs at my pants, pulls them past my hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff was wearing a hip pistol, and when we started up the stairs, going to Nancy’s room, I noticed he kept his hand on it, ready to draw. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s in Salem, which is apparently getting hipper by the moment.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She skipped ahead of me, exaggerating her steps with her long limbs and swaying hips. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Now they were at his hips, where he kept his homemade knife. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoves me playfully, then puts his hand on his hip. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Every other man seemed to be clutching one, with a quiver full of bolts hanging from his hip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He shoved with his feet again and wriggled his hips to move several more inches. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He follows me inside, and to my relief, the Doctorita is standing in the hallway, hands on her hips. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In a sullen silence she began preparing the meal, lighting the fire, fetching the water, boiling the rice, the baby astride her hip as before and whimpering unheeded. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk accepts the money Albert exchanged for her, and Max leans against her hip, half-asleep, and she is so afraid to try her French that she goes to bed hungry. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then she took a deep breath, shifted her hips around, and grimaced. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I imagine MacGyver walking next to me, his arm around me, his hand resting comfortably on my hip. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily placed her hands on her hips and surveyed the restaurant. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Jet Stone Boy started to sing and pulled an arrowhead the same texture and color of his body out of a pouch that hung at his right hip. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z As he told it, it may have been because of the arthritis in both hips or the one arm that was shorter than the other or the constant pain in his legs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He has one hand on his forehead and another on his hip. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Instead of proper joints, the wooden parts were connected by golden hooks at the wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, ankles, knees, hips, waist, and knuckles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Her hips jut high, so she looks like a mountain. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I put my hands on my hips, too, and think for a moment. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Her stomach was flat again, her waist narrow before the flare of her hips, the belt of the robe tied in a floppy knot. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Bailey and Mother encouraged me to take dance, and he privately told me that the exercise would make my legs big and widen my hips. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaned over him, hands on my hips, anger in my voice. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She bounced her knees, shifting the big child upwards on her hip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All the clips on my hips change my figure. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The leg holes cut into my hips and the straps dig into my shoulders. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His fur was sparse and tufty in places, and his hip bones protruded at sharp angles. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her hair, white-gold in the sunlight, hung loose down to her hips. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Too quickly, though, because my hip slams into the corner of the table in the middle of the room, and I have to stop, wincing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Anya shut the oven door and put her hands on her hips. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He took her arm, raised it up, and placed his other hand on her hip. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Twig walked over to the far wall and put a hand on her hip as she examined her huge bookshelf, filled entirely with board games. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dragging Loo with her, because his arms were still connected to her hips, Jinny walked the three long paces in the sand, to lean over Ess. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The ball came in and I ran along the baseline and past Glen with Brothers on my hip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She’s wearing high heels, new ones, and a green satiny dress that clutches her hips and dips down to show the top of her breasts. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He appraised me and readjusted the helmet, then my belt until the buckle was squared in the front and the battery hung exactly off my right hip. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When I turn, she is standing with her hands on her hips, looking up at the top of the tree. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z His torso was disfigured by an old burn scar that stretched across his spine and midsection, coiling like a shed snakeskin around his left hip. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I lean my hips into the lab table. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Now, you got to have a little attitude when you wear this cut. You got attitude, Maleeka?” she asks, with her hands on her hips. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Then a woman with nice gray eyes and a heart-shaped face and a baby on her hip came and rescued them from the other ladies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was part of our “hip” code not to show that kind of affection. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The kimono was blue satin and it wrapped around her closely, outlining her hips and belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But he felt different, even with the familiar weight of his pearl-handled revolvers at his hips and a rifle on his back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I tighten the grip on the abaya still gathered around my hips and look at her. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He kicked holes in the sand for the boy’s hips and shoulders where he would sleep and he sat holding him while he tousled his hair before the fire to dry it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Her ivory dress was tight at her hips. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Seven keeps Lyric on his hip and hugs his grandma with one arm. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Turning to us the principal said: “Before we sing the customary ‘Hip! hip! hurrah!’ Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Cersei turned away from the window, her skirts swirling around her slender hips. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She watched a corpulent man beside her pull out a gold coin from a purse on his hip that looked to be near bursting. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “You smoke crack?” she asked, turning to face me, swinging her hips to the music. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The narrower their lives, the wider their hips. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One of the reasons the Globe was such a hip, exclusive club was because it was located in a PvP zone, one where both magic and technology functioned. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Cora set her hands on her hips, head tilted as if hunting after a tune hidden in the noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The bars are at about hip height and maybe three feet apart. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I dismounted from my brother’s back and stood with my fists on my hips, pretending defiance though my legs felt weak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z To walk like a boy you let your shoulders sway, not your hips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Corpsekiller was garbed as a Brazen Beast, his seamed, scarred face hidden behind a cobra mask, but the familiar black arakh slung at his hip gave him away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He let his fingers trace along her outline, falling and rising again as they moved down her hips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She pressed one hand on her hip and smiled at Milkman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Heidi walks up to the casting assistant and exchanges some words, her head shaking a lot and hands planted firmly on her hips. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When I turned in my seat to put the notebook in my hip pocket, I detected the faintest smile at the corners of her mouth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I study their hands lifting the cigarettes in the darkness of the movie theaters, the slope of a shoulder, the angle of a hip. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I saw Johnson; he had a rag or something around the sixty and was shooting it from the hip. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere but on the north-facing slopes and in the shadowy ravines, the snowpack had melted down to bare ground, exposing the previous seasons rose hips and lingonberries, which McCandless gathered and ate in great quantity. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope stood a few feet away, hands on her hips. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Last I seen, Char was rubbing her eyes and handing out drinks, Juju was shaking her hips and smoking a cigarette, yelling for somebody to turn up the music. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The way he pinned her down, his hard squeezes at her breasts, how furiously his hips worked. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Fanning rolled her hips in a droll way like someone trying to keep up a Hula-Hoop. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Fang was naked now, his hands resting on his narrow hips, his elbows wide. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z This is the Mission District, a gentrified hotbed of sushi, tapas, hip Mexican restaurants, and upscale furniture stores. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Only the wind is alive, pressing her robe to her fat, loose hips and bosom. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian would bounce the baby on his hip, toss the baby in the air. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Men with flashlights and pistols on their hips were walking beside the train. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “I didn’t hear it,” she says, hoisting the child up onto her hip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I held on by her flat hips, angling her and helping her to let me in. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw him twist violently to the left in his hip cradle, trying to turn even farther to the left, away from the hill. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked me right in the eye and propped her hands on her hips. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He was carrying a swagger stick and had a revolver strapped to his hip. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing between two trees, one hand on her hip, is Fina. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He moved over to his desk, sat down, stretched out his wooden leg with a slight groan, and pulled out his hip flask. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z For one thing, it turns out that Nurse Nag-a-lot was right about my hip. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then both hands went from her mouth to her hips. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She shuffled along the parapets, but her hips were sore from sleeping on newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She placed her hands on my shoulders, kissed me on both cheeks, and marched off, her narrow hips swishing. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Helen put her hands on her hips, staring at the open refrigerator. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Minho straightened and put his hands on his hips, still breathing heavily. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Out of armor, her body seemed ungainly, broad of hip and thick of limb, with hunched muscular shoulders but no bosom to speak of. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Alex flips them over, kicking off his pants until only his underwear is left slung low on his hips, and he climbs up the length of Henry’s body, watching his face grow anxious, eager. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He put his hand on his hip and squealed in a lisping falsetto: “Oh, Mama! Will I have a baby if a man just kisses me? Will I, Mama? Will I?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was very little, before a piece of his hip bone was surgically implanted into his lower jaw, he really had no chin at all. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah. She was sad. But she said you always wanted to be attached to my hip, which wasn't healthy.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The pain in my leg stabbed into my hip. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z And against the back wall, on top of a supply cabinet, sat a photocopy of the picture of Henrietta Lacks, hands on hips, in a pale wood frame several inches too big. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The music blasts through the speakers, and Beatriz fires her hips across the stage floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Well—” Gilly slid off the bed and put her left hand on the doorknob and stuck her right hand on her hip. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It was better to look at hips than at the ghetto. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning onto it, she broke into a run, her bag bouncing against her hip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It settled on my hips and trailed in the grass. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She paced onto the balcony, the crossbows of five guards beneath clicking into position, and put her hands on her hips as she surveyed the autumn day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The round had entered at a steep angle, smashing down through the hip and colon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A split second later I realize that my hand is on his hip. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She started down the stairs, and I was close behind, shifting Fern to my other hip. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then he noticed two lumps beneath the beige blanket on either side of his hips. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her hip and thigh press against mine as her arm slips around my waist, so I turn into her and put my head in that godsend of a nook between her jaw and clavicle. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He scoops up their bags and his stepmom leads the way, her hips swaying from side to side. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Vivi puts her hands on her hips, a gesture that reminds me of our mother. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A small copper statue of a girl stood on a tiny ivory column, both hands frozen on her hips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You have a broken hip. It has to be pinned. After that you’ll need extensive physical therapy. It’s a long process, and you can’t ignore it just because it doesn’t fit in with your plans.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z They touch with their eyes instead and I move my hips a little, feeling the full red skirt sway around me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If Rabia were here, she’d walk right up to them, hands on hips, long braid swishing like a whip from under her hijab, and tell them to knock it off. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I sway my hips, my hands, my chin. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There's a man standing in the open doors of the train, his hands on his hips and his face stern. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell me you are in trouble already?” she said, and propped her hands on her hips. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Twin blaster pistols were slung low on her hips in quickdraw holsters, and there was a long, curved elvish sword in a scabbard across her back. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mama would hold up a pair of jeans marked “irregular” to a brother’s hips and try to ensure that each pair had enough leg length to last through the whole school year. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She kept standing in the doorway, with her hands on her hips. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He puts his hands on his hips and looks across the lot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Throw me the ball, say the little boy, with his hands on his hip. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, Sister Burke,” Ma said, balancing the basket on her hip. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The hard ground made his hip and arm ache. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I put my hands on my hips and hung my head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z My arms sweep past my hips and upward, inward, crossing at the wrists before my chest. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Her body had developed into a petite figure like her mother’s, with round hips and pointy bumps on her chest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He instructs me through the usual exercises: repetitions to strengthen my quads, hips, and hamstrings; balance exercises to help with proper alignment; stretches to increase my range of motion. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I saunter off, swaying my nonexistent hips confidently, cheeks warm as I head straight to the public bathroom on the other side of the floor that no one uses. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He reached into his hip pocket for the screwdriver. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you know,” he says, making a humping motion with his fists beside his hips. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His almost-man eyes look me over, head to toe, hip to bra, and back again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she whipped back around and slapped both hands on her hips. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She laughed, moved her hands to her hips, and started jumping an invisible jump rope. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Mother had a six-inch scar on her hip from a legionnaire who nearly got the best of her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This morning his hip and arm hurt so badly he almost cried out. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z An older woman stood on her porch, her hands on her hips. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her hips were free—now, look out!—here she came, her skirts tearing on the rough edges of the boards, arms flailing—and they were all in a heap on the ground. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z On the far side of the ship, the man was standing with his hands on his hips like a proud mechanic as the huge ramp of the hatch door slowly swung toward the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He stood there with his right hand resting on the giant gun on his hip, then tapped on the window and made a rolling motion with his hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Ignoring the jug of pumpkin juice in front of him, he reached again into his traveling cloak, pulled out a hip flask, and took a long draught from it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He puts his hands on his hips and sighs. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z My mother put her hands on her hips and looked at me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his stubby hands on his hips. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Babies as young as one or two days old synchronize their head, elbow, shoulder, hip, and foot movements with the speech patterns of adults. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She is curvier than she appears clothed, her breasts fuller, her hips generously flared. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He nods and says, “I know it’s hard to believe, but your mother is a really hip lady. Or—she was. Once.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Cholly raised his other hand to her hips to save her from falling. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He was holding on to the gun and nightstick on his belt, which made him look like he was running with his hands on his hips. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And no fat on her, nowhere at all, all bones, no hips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He slid his legs and hips inside and ducked his head under. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We sat down hip to hip facing the canal, and he put his arm around me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z After a while, I started to want her to grab my hand so much that I put it on the grass right next to her hip. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Complications from that broken hip,” he said matter-of-factly as he held a partially carved wooden duck and a carving tool in his hands. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He understood her when she raged and shook her hips and threw back her head in laughter so furious that it seemed the veins of her neck would burst. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z After prayers, after lights-out, Jutta sneaks up to her brother’s dormer; instead of drawing together, they lie hip to hip listening till midnight, till one, till two. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Someone brushed his hip but he shrugged off the blow. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A black shirt strode over, hands at his hips. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She landed with a thud on her creaking hips. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I stand on the sidewalk, trying to look hip. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She put a hand on a hip and walked to the dressing room door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was heavier than she expected, and he clung to her, his legs wrapped firmly around her hips, his head resting against her chest. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They all watched her thrust her hips this way and that, her arms waving through the air. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She abruptly locked into the beat, bobbing her head, gyrating her hips. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Perhaps a diagnostic hip x-ray would be in order.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “C’mon, it’s, like, in the hips. You have to loosen up.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My parents stand in their backyard, hands on their hips, looking out over the expanse of raw mud, planning their garden. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Two women in evening gowns hunch hip to hip on the cathedral steps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Hands on her hips, she made sure that what belonged in the living room ended up in the living room, what belonged in the kitchen, in the kitchen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I've landed on my hip but barely scraped my palms on the concrete. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She walked past us, her hips swinging like nothing we had ever seen before, like she had an invisible hula hoop around her waist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z You know the judges love your sparkle hips. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Ever since he broke his hip and couldn’t work steady he had to be doing something every minute. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Byrd rests a pot on her hip, wipes a canvas glove over her forehead. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Finally, they put me in the hip bath and took turns pouring buckets of water over me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I sit in a small booth next to Jane, her hip against my hip. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Now, however, when she had nothing to do and would go about with José Arcadio riding on her hip from dawn to dusk, this bad kind of time compelled her to leave things half done. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z So I decided to just not say anything at all about it, then shoot from the hip when she started asking questions. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The curved blade slipped past the straight one and bit deep into the knight's hip where the mail gaped open. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The woman Ser Barristan glimpsed peering through the archway from behind a gauzy curtain was naked as well, her breasts and hips only partially concealed by the Mowing silk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With the basket balanced on my hip, I wade into the river until the water reaches my knees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me closely, and when he was satisfied that I wasn’t joking he swung on his hips and pointed across a small stretch of open water, and he didn’t bother to speak. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She was slim in the hips, with a wide mouth and gray eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She shoulders past Katherine, who puts her hands on her hips and huffs a little. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She shoved the cash into her jeans pocket and jerked Donovan’s elbow hard while she tapped his hip pockets, looking for his phone. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She stood still with her hands on her hips. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My back was damp, and something sharp dug into my hip. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He takes a thin wooden block and slips it under my goodfoot, then checks my hip bones again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He lays the torch against his hip and strikes flint. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her hips are too large for the seat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grandma,” he said, finding one, pushing the pea basket pressing into his hip over a little. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I settled my hands back down on my hips, recalling an afternoon in early April when Digger said he had something to show us—and the “something” turned out to be a cigarette. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Already, I can feel my hip bones a little more when I lie down flat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then he gives it additional shakes, at rhythmic intervals, and begins an Arabic song, swaying his hips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I turn back to her and her hands are on her hips and she’s giving me a serious look. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He wore his state pants tight and exaggerated his hip movement when he walked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But it stretches tightly over my hips and almost molds itself around my stomach. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z At the last second, I turn my hips and shoot hard with my left instep. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He points to the Colt Navy revolver on Powell’s hip. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The little boy stood barefoot, one arm wrapped around the man’s thigh, his shaved head resting against his father’s hip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she bent down and lifted her sister, holding her tight to her hip, and they left. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He had narrow hips and serious muscles in his arms. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Alex nips at Henry’s throat and palms at his hips and sinks into the white-out bliss of being that impossibly close to him, of getting to share his body. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I don’t even chase the ball, I just put my hand on my hip and give him a look. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Box Boy pauses, balancing the box on his hip. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and shook her head at me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He let go of me and stood back, his hands on his hips. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She’s holding her rosary, draping from a clenched fist over one hip of her printed dress, and that seems to carry some weight with my partygoers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Samuel put down his tongs and placed his hands on his hips the better to laugh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My eyes jump open to find Elsie standing in the doorway of our usual study room with her hands on her hips. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z "You'll never be able to rest," she said as she stood before him, pink and nude and lovely, one hand braced on her hip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was standing before her house, almost bent horizontal at the hips. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand starts on my cheek, and then brushes over my side, fitting to the bend in my waist, curving over my hip, sliding to my bare leg, making me shiver. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Augustus puffed out his cheeks, balanced on his leg, and twisted his hips, throwing the prosthetic forward. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z They came to a clump of hollyberry trees sheltered by a giant overhanging oak, and they bumped shoulders and hips as they reached for kindling beneath the brush. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He traces the inky black lines of the turtle on her hip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Gasping for air, Cole tried to roll to his side, but pain tore at his hip and chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She puts her hands on her hips and purses her lips. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “What’s the difference?” he snapped, strapping his trusty weapon to his hip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He already has “why,” but “why not” is pushier — like “why” with a fist on its hip. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My hair hung below my hips in an unwashed mass of tangles, matted with twigs and leaves and mud. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Walking down the street, I felt the wet on my pants, and my hips seemed to be coming out of their sockets. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand went up on his hip, right to the gun that sat in its holster. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So I said, “You sure you aren’t going to break a hip or something?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Now she’s at my hip, and I squeeze my eyes shut again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The woman is generously appointed, her white bosom spilling out over the top of her low-cut gray gown, her hand on one of her wide hips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The tragically hip thing turns out to be failing to turn in your rented graduation robes on time. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Rishi looked at her, his gaze sweeping from her eyes to her lips to her collarbone to her chest, her waist, the curve of her hips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His fingers curled around my hip, and I could feel him trembling, even as his voice was steady. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z So hip hip hooray, welcome home the pitiful Prices! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Around his body were smaller sculptures of women in pairs, their hips thrust to one side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They grounded me when I felt the pressures of being judged, having everything from my choice of nail-polish color to the size of my hips dissected and discussed publicly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She held out her palm and put her other hand on her hip. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z But instead of sliding it onto her finger, she transferred it to the pocket of her dress, where she could feel it against her hip. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t in fact require help with either, but they’re all so afraid I’m going to slip and break my hip again that I get a chaperone whether I like it or not. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Peeta and I sit on the damp sand, facing away from each other, my right shoulder and hip pressed against his. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He put his hands on his hips and gave Kiyo a sternly comic look, squinting at him through one eye the way Papa would when he was asserting his authority. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Her legs tighten around my hips and her bow twangs as she launches arrow after arrow into our pursuers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He saw my pants undone, hanging off my hips. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As the undertaker drove into Lacks Town, cousins filed onto porches to watch Henrietta pass, their hands on hips or clutching children as they shook their heads and whispered to the Lord. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Zu, in particular, as she twisted her hips and threw her arms in the air—at least until she ran up to us and began to tug on our arms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Swaying her hips, she all of a sudden dropped her skirt and was stepping out of it when the engine hit and exploded her into a thousand pieces. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Slenderly, languidly, their hands set lightly on their hips the two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch open toward the sunset where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Nhamo was wedged so far into the rock crevice, her hips were bruised. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I am very wide of shoulder and, in the condition I now find myself, narrow of hip. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Nancy happened to glance at the sergeant, checking his suit instinctively, and she saw that he had a tear across his hip. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Taylor made a big production of putting his hands on his hips. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He reached back and struck Seabiscuit across the hip with the whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was entirely too much hip swaying and hair flipping in Carmen’s airspace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Because everyone wants to be there, horses usually bunch up by the rail, so closely that hips and shoulders rub and stirrups clink off each other, making maneuvering difficult or impossible. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything’s so hip and elegant here, and no normal conversation feels worthy. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z A sailor with a transistor radio blaring from his back hip pocket passed near Ben and Mary Anne. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She slid the jeans up her legs and, when they were over her hips, I raised the zipper and snapped the button for her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And like a drunken fool he kicked at Odysseus’ hip as he passed by. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she looped a gaudy set of necklaces laden with gold discs the size of her palm around her neck and put a hand on her hip. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They sat on porches, and walked in the road swaying their hips under cotton dresses, bare-legged, their unstraightened hair braided or pulled straight back into a ball. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He explored the angles of her collarbones and her hips, all the time willing his body and his mind to work better together, willing his desire to bypass his anxiety. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I wore my shorts just below my hips, which I thought was cool. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Katherine’s hands are on her hips and she looks to be spoiling for a fight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z One of them has his hand near his hip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He pushes his hips up, and they both make some unflattering, involuntary noises. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z With Geak on her hip, Ma walks over to me and wraps my scarf around my head to protect me from the sun. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z M. Minkoff Later, his puckered pink skin wrapped in the old flannel robe that a safety pin held around his hips, Ignatius sat at the desk in his room filling his fountain pen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was transferred to Calcutta Medical College, where two screws were put into his hips. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She stood at the foot of the mound of black soil, a thin old woman with white hair bound in a braid that reached her hips, her face a finely drawn map of lines. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It roll up under Sofia foot Throw me the ball, say the little boy, with his hands on his hip. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they got outside, they’d wiggle their hips and squeal, scampering down the street to the dance floors at Adams Bar and Twin Pines. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Director turns his back to us, his shoulders drawn, hands at his hips. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I was remembering how the Object would lift her hips to help me get her underpants off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She got up from her knees and turned her torso after him in slow circles, her hands on her hips. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He stares at Auguste and brings his hand to the sword at his hip. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She moves to the mirror, admiring the image of the pistol-wielding, gum-chewing girl that fills the small space above her hip and below her rib cage. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, my family’s tired and poor,” I say, hands on my hips. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Miig sighed, looked around at the tops of the trees with his hands on his hips, and said, to all of us and to no one in particular, “Today’s the day.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z His other hand follows the curve of my hip. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I hope so, because now when I stand I’m only as tall as Ma’s hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was kidding, though, and Grace knocked her hip against his without thinking. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He stood looking out of it, his back to Franny, his hands in his hip pockets again, his cigar in his mouth. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z At his hip hung a sword and dagger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Immediately, Fifi pulled down her pants and panties in one wad to her hips, revealing what she thought was in question, her bellybutton. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She’s lying on her side facing away from me, and I can see the dip of the blanket at her waistline preceding the rise that marks the curve of her hip. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I woke up half an hour later, when she sat down on my bed, her butt against my hip. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She hitched the blue silk dress higher on her wide hips and held the edges of the fabric in both hands as she arched her back and tossed her head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And there it is again: the memory of her hand on my hip and her fingertips on my neck. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Stoker stands in front of us with his hands on his hips and his foot tapping. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Neither is she, really, unless she wants to have her other hip replaced. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Already we are taller than Vivi, our hips wider, and our breasts heavier. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I had my bayonet on my left hip and some magazines and loose bullets in my side pack. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Mom doesn't say anything, so I glare at her with my hands on my hips. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He held her lightly in the curves of her waist and after a while lower, at her hips, and pulled her hard against him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Fields across the highway were still brown, and snow lay hip deep in the Midnight Mountains. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she’d meet him at the top of the stairs with her hands on her hips, her head to one side, laughing at him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Boosting them over my hips, my shoulders, into the air. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When he did that I put my hand on his hip and leaned on him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and smiled. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Sohrab slid next to me, rested his head on my hip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Hip, hip, hooray,” said Mr. Lemoncello as he limply shook the winner’s hand. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She put hardly any effort into it, just a twist of the hips and a flick of the shoulders, but the steel screamed against stone as it cut halfway through the solid marble column. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And then he lifts his hips and takes his hand off my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Jacob puts his hands on his hips like he’s very confused. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The boom-bap of early hip- hop, still young and close to its Bronx roots, tumbled out of the apartment buildings, mixed with Spanish music blaring from boom boxes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She stood in front of the star chart with her shoulders squared, feet apart, hands on her hips. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She gets up and we go to the middle of the floor and shake our hips at each other, never touching, never talking, just smiling and keeping our eyes locked. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z His hair, a brown-and-gray mash-up, was shortish and scruffy in a way that might seem hip on someone half his age but gave him the look of an affable academic. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Poppy would enter, stand with hands on his hips, and say, “Would you like to tell me something?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m only going to use six needles on you today. Two will go at your ankles, two at your hips, and two in your upper ears.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I looked up from my sink and saw Sugar headed straight for me with her hand up on her hip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “There,” I say, resting my hands on my hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Sixth-grade slow dance,” Margo announced, and we switched positions, her hands on my shoulders and mine on her hips, elbows locked, two feet between us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Polyester sleeves strain over his arms, and I think maybe his biceps and my hips have a lot in common. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was Pitocin and white-hot pain that seared Grace’s spine and ribs and hips into rubble. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She stands deliberately, with a hand resting on her hip, as if nothing in the world can catch her off guard. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z But here she is, right in the middle of the swarm of people, with her hands on her hips, letting everyone bump into us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He took a drink of cool water from his hip canteen. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Poppy worked in the Coalwood mine until 1943, when a runaway mine car cut off both his legs at the hip. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Janza stood there utterly relaxed, hands on his hips, amused. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I never touched her bare breast, and her hands never got lower than my hips. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Pulling the necklaces and headband off, she looked around the store, hands on hips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Viwe was a sightly but shy girl who stayed close to her mother’s hip as she gave me a quick hug. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He shook his hips left, then right, while doing this marching step that ended in a hop or a kick. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Samuel put his hands on his hips and leaned forward. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I had a tendency to walk knock-kneed, which made my hips sway and my back end twitch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They walked into the house, swaying their hips as instructed, and passed through the grape arbor where Lefty liked to read. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I lift Leda, bouncing her on my hip. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Jam watched her body change with delight, the way her hips widened, how her breasts were growing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I use the key, warm from being pressed against my hip, to open the door, then I close the door behind me and flip the deadbolt closed too. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Now in his golden age his hip troubles him when he is tired. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The red rocking chair was a rocking of his own hips as he sat in the kitchen. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and looked at Dad. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his hips and they moved together, losing themselves in each other. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Do you think I ought to drink another beer? The doctor said I was rather narrow in the hips and it’s all for the best if we keep young Catherine small.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Violet is mean enough and good looking enough to think that even without hips or youth she could punish Joe by getting herself a boyfriend and letting him visit in her own house. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then more splotches of blue on his hips and the insides of his legs—these ached dully—and a welt-bruise across his stomach. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Father shifted his hips to the left. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When I came home, Alicia on my hip, a can of freshly roasted coffee in my hand, Mami was peeling ñame and yautía tubers for that night’s supper. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The principal then shouted: “Hip! hip!” at the top of his voice, three times, and the assembly roared “Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman places both hands on her hips. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He's got one hand on his hip and his eyes glued to me as if I might take off again. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I stand with my hands on my hips, staring down into the trash can, wondering if I should reach in and take it out. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I locked my shoulders and elbows and hips into place and steadied myself. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Every step was fire; her hips were magic. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In spite of its dubious appearance it sent a faint curl of steam into the frosty air, and Kit forced herself to take a few spoonfuls while the woman stood watching, hands on her hips. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The baby was still astride her hip, now she arranged few rags in a corner of the room and laid him down. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Miguel, however, stood in front of him with his hands on his hips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was out of her blouse, now she had let her skirt drop to the ground and was stepping out of it, while he looked on impatiently, hands on hips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I can’t get it out,” Ana said in frustration, and Ash put her hands over her head, backing away until her hip struck the doorway to the kitchen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All I could think about was the cookies, but Grandma didn’t make them this year because of her bad hip. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z As they were talking, Kate unfastened her belt, slipped it through the bucket handle, and fastened the belt again so that the bucket hung at her hip. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And her shorts have little pouches built in—I can see the tops of energy gels peeking out from both sides of her hips. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He stares down my dad, his hands on his hips. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I had to hold it against my hip with one hand on the trigger and the other wrapped around the barrel. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League, was wound several times around the waist of her overalls, just tightly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Reba put her hands on her hips and opened her eyes wide. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood and demonstrated how she’d position the bowl on her hip and whip the spatula. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I spin around and see Liz's mom, her hands on her hips, and the expression on her face not a happy one at all. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She’s short, and oblong in shape, so that her iron- gray cardigan falls straight from shoulder to hip with no pause in between for a waist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath, wriggled her hips, and moved another inch as Frankie squatted down and yelled for Z to grab the desk and pull it up on the count of three. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He spread his legs, pulled the flashlight out of his hip pocket, and put his Winchester down near his right leg. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And, hands on her hips, tipping drunkenly to starboard, Nancy watched the tiny, confused birds flutter off helter-skelter into the night. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z First, she took off Salvador’s jacket and tied it around her hips; then she fished out the baseball cap she had left in the pocket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He ran a hand through his black hair and approached the princess, who waited for them with a hand on her hip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z That was partly it, and also he was afraid that in the flurry of bucking Gabilan might slip and fall on him and break his leg or his hip. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z This is how the white man can say, “They live like dogs,” never realizing why they must, to save themselves, shout, get drunk, shake the hip, pour pleasures into bellies deprived of happiness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was toting a long-legged child all straddly on her hip, and with her free hand was scratching at her short hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He reaches out to pat my leg, then seems to think better of it and rests his hand on his hip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She turned to face her stepsister, hands on her hips, but she did not seem bitter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I got to my feet and went to him, stood behind him and placed my hands on his hips, but he leaped away from me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “When Shirley said he got her down by the well and tried to stick it in her hip?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Jennifer had asked me once, “How come colored women always put their hands on their hips?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He wraps his hands around my hips and presses me gently against the door. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “I see,” she said, quirking one eyebrow and putting her hands on her hips like she was Wonder Woman. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z And that’s when I believe my dark skin isn’t a curse, that my lips and hips, hair and nose don’t need fixing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It had no caption, and represented simply the monstrous figure of a Eurasian soldier, three or four meters high, striding forward with expressionless Mongolian face and enormous boots, a submachine gun pointed from his hip. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Moons he said full and yellow as harvest moons her hips thighs. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Kate got up stiffly, trying to avoid the pain of moving her hip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Miig put his hands on his skinny hips and sighed, shaking his head down as he exhaled. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Twisting their hips and swirling their skirts, in all the different colors they’re wearing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I hesitate and then start to run, bag slapping against my hip. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She plants her hands on her hips, and now she’s staring into the flames as though searching for something. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Dell gritted his teeth and got his left leg and then hip out. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Then he picked up the hip flask that stood upon the desk, unscrewed it, and turned it over. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Momma says, with one hand on her hip and the other clenching the car keys. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Then she'd give me lots of advice on what I needed to do to be popular and hip. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The old man rode a skinny pinto mare with hip bones and ribs poking against the hide like springs of an old car seat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s well dressed in dark brown—with black shoes like mine—and he’s holding his hip and writhing in pain. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Sister Daniels sets her hand on her hip. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I looked down at the dozen or so keys hanging near my hip. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I reached for it in its customary place on my hip, it was gone! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "You can get your little freak on," Noodle says, pumping his hips so the other guys laugh. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He bent at the hip and stretched his spaghetti arms, his flattened dough hands, and his spider-leg fingers toward the camera. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “What is all this?” she asked, her hands on her hips. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Lyddie tried to sit delicately on one hip and then the other—to spread the bruising out if possible. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I started gyrating my hips to their claps, and they joined me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Her hands were planted on her hips, and her elbows stuck out sharply. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Pain like a hot steel wire jabbed its way up her leg and into her hip. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She puts her hands on her hips, exasperated. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A thin girl with untidy hair came out: the baby we had heard crying at her hip, a small boy clinging to her sari; stood staring at us with a slight frown. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a wide open face, like a child, but her generous hip bumps against my thigh as she works to get me camera ready. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My body is also filling out my clothes everywhere, though my stomach is still bigger than my hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had undergone hip surgery the year before. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She stands quickly, hands on her hips, eyes narrowing, the Fifi we know and love. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then the young vet’s hands went down and moved over hips and distended abdomen—trained and knowing hands. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He slides his hands down my arms and then squeezes my hips, his fingers sliding over the skin just above my belt, and I shiver. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Hands on the waitress’s hips, he began to walk her like a puppet in front of him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My left hip arches up, glowing blue in the movie light. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The Trunchbull was standing in front of the class, legs apart, hands on hips, scowling at Miss Honey who stood silent to one side. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Josiah stopped the truck and got out; he pulled his leather work gloves from his hip pocket and put them on. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z With her hair pulled back in a pink bandanna and her hands on her hips, she looked like Aunt Jemima from the pancake boxes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Just then, the Object lifted her hips, very slightly, to make it easier for me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ugwu was watching the children running around the breadfruit tree, taunting and shouting, when Nnesinachi arrived with a baby on her hip and a sparkle in her eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We all followed, naturally, to find her in the middle of the yard with her l ands on her hips, staring back at the house. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in European clothes, but around his neck hung many charms and around his hips was tied a leopard skin. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tony D. has his hands on his hips and his punkster pals are trying to get closer, working through the crowd. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z She tried with all her will, but her arm would not obey her, and the knife fell from her grip to embed itself tip down in the mattress, just beside Sarai’s hip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Instead, I move into my silence-is-power body language: feet apart, fists on hips, frown on face. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Servants set down dishes—roasted goose shining with currant glaze, oysters and stewed ramps, acorn cakes and whole fish stuffed with rose hips. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had one of those wooden passes sticking out of his hip pocket, the same way we used to have, to show he had permission and all to go to the bathroom. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z My hips and back ached from sleeping on the cold stone floor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Some pass Ben, their hips swiping his backpack. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “I suppose I could ask you the same thing,” she retorted, hands on her hips. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood on the driveway, with her hands on her hips, watching as I stuffed boxes of T-shirts into the Sunbird, which turned out to have zero room for cargo. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I threw my hip against his, catching him by surprise, and he was instantly down, definitely pleased. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I take her hand out of my shirt and place it on my hip. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z They ate their chicken and listened: big, friendly guys, big police .38s on their hips. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Holly’s cloak was fastened with a silver clasp, and Frenya had a girdle of hempen rope wound about her middle from her hips to breasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She’s short, and oblong in shape, so that her iron- gray cardigan falls straight from shoulder to hip with no pause in between for a waist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The dress was strapless and long, with folds of fabric around the hips. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Have a seat,” I say, and without thinking, I look at her shirt buttons and her hips. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She headed there, walking leisurely, with just the slightest awareness of a certain new roundness to her hips and smoothness to her gait as she waited for Besa to catch up with her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sword at his hip is no ornament. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Simon grins down at me and bumps his hip against mine. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Their shoulders were broad and bare, their hips narrow and wrapped in cotton shentis of purest white. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He stood with both hands on his hips and waited. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She swiveled her hips, spread her arms wide, then brought her hands together prayer-style and bowed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "It's a drum," I said, bringing it round from my hip to in front of me, "but I've lost the drumsticks." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She grabbed ahold of the horse’s mane and swung one leg over the horse’s neck, faltering only for a moment till Finn steadied her with a hand on her hip. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She would laugh, or cross her legs or slightly sway her hips, with a heightened awareness of herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I went out after him and put my hand on his hip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z After five kids, her mother had breasts and hips like a woman in a cigarette ad. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He placed his hands on his hips, furious. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then his hands left her hips and traced the line of her waist and traveled along up under her dress to the clasp on her bra. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z If you shoot half as good as he jams— Dad, no one says “hippest” anymore. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z You marched a few feet away from us, and away from the dump, and stood with your hands on your hips. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My hand perfectly fits the curve of her hip, and I’m hot all over, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t like the sensation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Uncle planted his fists on his hips and looked around. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Joon stands with his hands on his hips like he is challenging the kid to do better. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I inch my body further, my hips and legs still touching the roof. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Silently he stood in the rain, water dripping from his hair on to his freezing shoulders, on to his freezing hips and legs. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She clenches her hands on her hips, waiting for me to say something. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Gum Baby wrestled with my shirt one more time, then stood on my lap, both hands on her hips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He wanted the feel of her hips, her mouth, the sweet hollow of her neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Park ran his hand out to her hip and back again, catching his thumb under her sweater. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It had meant a shot of novocaine during halftime to mask the pain of a deep ankle sprain or a hip pointer. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Griswald, her stringy, gray-streaked hair falling halfway down her back, stood up and tugged a snug blouse over her wide hips. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Grunting with effort and rage, he pretended to throw his spear, then fell to the ground and clutched his hip and arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The woman who’s given me her earrings comes over to me and puts her hands on my hips. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Sierra found her footing, then put her hips into it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She narrowed her eyes at her smiling husband and put a hand on her hip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The wind swoops her up, high above the houses, but she is still standing, hand on hip. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I hip him a quarter, slide into the chair, and get my shoes shined. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With his ear protection firmly back in place, he started to boogie, throwing his wide brown hips out awkwardly to one side and then the other, while Ms. Banks swung smoothly in front of him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Merle Grady took Felicia to a casino and rubbed her hips eagerly every time he won. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He shifted his hips on the hard concrete and looked out through the boards at the gray country. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They chatted as they hoisted their babies and expertly dodged, with minute shifts of their hips, the children tearing after each other around the house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He held his ground, his legs braced, hands on hips, and to keep from hitting him I slammed on the brakes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He tipped his ginger roots into the cauldron too, and wondered whether he ought to take a leaf out of Moody’s book and start drinking only from a private hip flask. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I glance at Sammy for help, but he’s looking straight through me, real intense, with his hand held up around his hip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With Jaimito on my hip, playing with my hair, I stare at them, waiting for them to say, Oh, we almost forgot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His bowl was on the floor with a thud, and his body leaned toward Momma from the hips. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nowhere I can show you in public,” she said with a slight grimace, shifting her hips in a way I found most distracting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They join a bristling gang of miners’ sons who sit in the market square, sleeves rolled up, shorts hiked to their hips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He puts his hands on my hips and grins up at me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Carlos was watching him, hands on his hips, a helmet under his arm. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes it’s a little hard having a mom who’s hipper than you are. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z His hands were no longer out in front of him, but hovering over my hips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Gina puts her hands on her hips and then slides them into her pockets. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z When she climbed astride, he would hold her hips and stare up at the night sky and, for those moments, be sure of the meaning of bliss. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Emily’s dad put his hands on her mother’s hips and pretended to do an embarrassing conga that was mostly shrugging shoulders and the occasional kick. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His mom was holding him on her hip, pointing toward the camera, an obvious bump in her stomach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He watched me, hands on his bony hips, squinting harder and harder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Take care of the horses," Bronn said, unsheathing the long dirk he wore at his hip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Emily’s dad put his hands on her mother’s hips and pretended to do an embarrassing conga that was mostly shrugging shoulders and the occasional kick. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Her hip pained her, and so did her leg, while her feet were becoming more and more sensitive. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Her hip pressed hard into my shoulder and I pelted toward the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ivan and Anya both jumped and clung to each other as a figure silhouetted against the light stomped to the doorway, halted just inside, and jammed its hands to its skirted hips. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Some of them were skinny, with angular hips and jutting collarbones. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I watch him through the cracked front window with the baby, Nettie, whimpering on my hip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z "Now you know what I mean," she said, her voice rising as she put her hands on her hips and looked forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his hands on his hips, looked up at the top of the door, and then pulled the door handles. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A woman stood crying over him, a baby on her hip, wiping her eyes with her shawl. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her breasts sat on her stomach, and her fists were planted in her hips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The stocky, broad-shouldered man in the doorman's uniform, standing with feet spread, fists on hips, was Sandy McSouthers. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he knew what was happening, Ricky improvised a hip throw and Luke landed on top of the flimsy coffee table, splintering the wood and glass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When I think of the smear of silver paint on his face and the way his hand had slid on my hip, I guess he was well on his way there when I saw him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I turn around so fast, my hip bangs into the water fountain. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She stands with her hands on her hips. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She pulled it open and stood there, her hands on her hips. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z His trousers settled well on his hips and his white shirt bloused over his belt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was two inches tall, with yellow hair pulled up in a high ponytail and her hands on her hips in a confident, cocky way that I admired. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and said we had been invited to a party. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue eyes blazing, hands on hips, she watched her daddy go down the walk and cross the railroad tracks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z One of the naked ones came over and stood in front of me, her hands on her hips, her breasts so close I was terrified her nipples were going to touch me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael pressed himself against Hatsue while they held each other, and Hatsue pressed back, her hips leaving the moss, her legs open beneath her skirt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And then he put on that retro Lone Ranger tune, something he liked to play every morning because he thought it was a hip way to wake up the world. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z His dagger went on one hip, his longsword on the other, hung from a white leather belt with golden buckles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With five furlongs to go, he reached back and cracked War Admiral once across the hip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother's feet are apart, both fists are on her hips, and her stance makes her look like a burly wrestler in spite of the white sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her hands were on her hips and her chin was up and she was smiling. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, now,” he said, pressing his hips against her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I reached for the bow and brushed it across his hips, where I imagined the bridge of the cello would be. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She slips her hands into the waistband of my jeans, onto my hips. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Moms put her hands on her hips and said: “And your point is?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “What nonsense is this?” asked Gitl, her hands on her hips. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell, when drunk, on the slippery cobblestones of Revenue Street, and broke his hip. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t scare me,” she says, putting her hands on her hips, but before Miss Saunders can speak, here comes Tai, interrupting everything. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Jazz strains leak from behind the doors of the hippest clubs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The corporal found the dirty picture of the woman and the pony in Weary’s hip pocket. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His arm slipped off my shoulder and he moved to the center of the stage, one hand on his hip and the other pinching the bridge of his nose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z After Guiteau saw the president fall, he pivoted toward the B Street door, shoving the pistol into his right hip pocket. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He pulled the dented flask from his hip pocket and downed several swigs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The place had been hip, like, a year and a half ago. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But most important, hips are scientific, I say repeating what Alicia already told me. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted his arms over his head, stretched up, and floated them slowly to his hips, where they stayed as if he were posing for a picture. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He patted her hip through her thick skirt, and she pushed his hand away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Finally, Mama stands before us with her hands on her hips. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I run my fingers along the edges of her body, smoothing her legs and hips to make her thin and willowy like the imperial dancers on their tiptoes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He holds me around my hips, with my arms pinned down to my sides, so that my breasts are level with his forehead. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Afterward, sleepy and happy, I rested awhile by her side, admiring the solid curve of her hips and the shudder of her snake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood viewing the proceedings with disgust, lips pursed and hands on hips. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand finds his hip, and I pull him against me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He had stopped to catch his breath and ease the pain in his hip when he heard the scuff of boots on stone, and came face-to-face with Ser Davos Seaworth, descending. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “What did he say about you being too narrow in the hips?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Her words rang out sharply, and her hands were at her hips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We waited as Doyle walked a little ahead of his position, hands on his hips, and looked out to the field ahead of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the pistol in his hip pocket. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She was smart, generous, her looks unquestionably homely, queer, egregiously frank, hip to the bones. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I scoot out of the seat, swing Hector onto one hip, and sling his diaper bag onto my opposite shoulder on top of my backpack. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In intermittent beats she can see the stage, and the singer with his narrow hips and long hair. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He looked up, puzzled, at the girl, and her eyelids dipped sweetly and mysteriously, and there was just a suggestion of a sway on her lightly padded hips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she smoothed her hands over her full hips and spoke timidly. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I charge down the bleachers, and when I get to the suitcases, I put my hands on my hips and bend over. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I think she’s actually looking to me for tips, so I mouth to her: “Shake your hips!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Then she stood in the doorway with her hand on her skinny little hip. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked her up and settled her on my hip, her head on my shoulder as if she had fallen asleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Their shoulders drooped even as they laughed, and when they put their hands on their hips in a show of jauntiness, the palms slipped the thighs as if the pants were waxed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked from me to the rock to Fang, standing off to the side of the car, his back to us, hands on his narrow hips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z After New Year’s, I will be six years old and am still only as tall as Pa’s hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every word I spoke was hip or profane. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to dance like Bobby did, and I know the way to do that is to move my hips, so I focus there and think a lot. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to get all nasty,” I say, putting one hand on my hip. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z And then she realized that it was late and she had to return home to wait for her stepmother, and she rose from the table so quickly that she banged her hip on it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The teashop owner stuck his hands on his hips. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Becky balanced the edge of the tray on her hip and knocked on the door on the right side of the front hall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s hip to help a brother in trouble and everything, but what you’re talking about is getting a posse together to go down with the Tigros and that’s heavier than it is hip.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But I knew I wouldn’t sleep at night until he was once again with Rain, hobbling back toward the sixties as fast as her pinned hip would carry both of them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I pushed up on him and kept a hand on his hip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She stood with her legs spread wide, her hands on her hips, and her miniature braids pulled back in a ponytail. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She leapt to her feet and began pacing, hands on hips, dressing gown flapping. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Light rain fell like dew on her, moistening her dress against her shoulders, her rounded belly, her hips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Then I put my hands on my hips and admire the room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Around my ankles, my forearms, my hips and my forehead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She puts her hands on her hips, shaking her head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He stood there with his fists on his hips and yelled, “Very funny joke! Ha ha!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I lay a card on my sketchbook, but before I can choose a word, Carol rushes through the clinic doorway, her baby balanced on her hip. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Because even though I was still pretty short, over the summer I'd had a sort of growth spurt or something, and now my jeans were getting snug around my hips. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Some of them were even standing up, their big butts wobbling, and one was slapping a yellow tambourine against her hip. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z You gotta be able to know what to do with hips when you get them, I say making it up as I go. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She stands up, gets a guy swagger on, and then picks up a hand for a second, up to her hips, and drops it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Even as weak as he was, he could take the torch, take the keys, take the dagger sheathed on Little Walder’s hip, escape. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He hugged Nneoma, moved back to look boldly at her hips outlined in her fitted skirt, her long weave falling to her shoulders. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He watched her braid sway between her hips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She moved the baby to the other hip. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe that Violet, the one who knew where the butcher knife was and was strong enough to use it, had the hips she had lost. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned her back and leaned on the wall and guided him into her, excited by his surprise, by his firm hands on her hips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So when they ignore her again, she throws her body in front of the TV and blocks the screen, shaking her hips from side to side. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In a clearing at the top of the stairs, Terry, panting a bit, puts her hand on her hip and looks around. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Her breasts were pointy and large in the thin white sleeveless sweater she wore that squeezed each contour and flowed outward smoothly with the tops of her enticing hips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He wanted Nurse Duckett with her dress up and her slim thighs bare to the hips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and faced Uncle George, and everybody shouted. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She put one hand on the hip of her polyester slacks and took a few steps forward. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She was standing above him, hands on hips. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw Sohrab in that Polaroid again, the way his arm was wrapped around Hassan’s leg, his head resting against his father’s hip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As I watch her, she tosses her hair over her shoulders and places her hands on her hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the bunched muscles of his back legs and the straining line from his hips to the tips of his fingers, he was splendid. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Your hip is sticking out, and you do not take your eyes off him. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Jazz stood at the kitchen sink with one hand on her hip. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It was Rose who threw back the covers and invited her in, pushing me further to the edge of the bed with a hip. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Your pinky made its way under the top of my panties and rolled back and forth, from hip to hip. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Andrew and Carleton were in their early twenties and dazzlingly hip. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was a gruesome mosaic of bones and gems—human femurs, hip bones, and ribs twisted and fused together into a smooth surface, dotted with diamonds and rubies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He posed for Moss, his hands on his hips. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The skirt balloons around my hips and hangs straight past my ankles. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She saw women wearing skirts that sat low on the hips and tops that tied like bandannas between their breasts. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and looked at the lamp. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He pulled a pint flask from his hip pocket and thrust it at Johnny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He stands above me, straddling me, one foot on either side of my hips. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The surgeon's hands are cold and way too soft on my hip. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She was tall, and broad-shouldered, with hips that her obstetrician assured her were made for childbearing. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As Zane did his best to rub the sting out of the back of his neck, Marigold stood to her full height, hands on her hips. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Insulated lunch bags—hip way to save the planet, or sign of an overinvolved mother? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He hovers there, a breath away, his hands at Alex’s hips and his mouth split open in a crooked smirk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He began to pace, his hands on his hips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The day I wandered into the coal shed looking for trouble I had the drum on my hip and two little dowels for drumsticks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The colt sagged inward, muscling his shoulder and hip into the smaller Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She props her hand on the hip of her pink nightgown. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her green george wrapper hung stiff on her waist and made her hips look square-shaped. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She’d walk slow, smiling and swaying her hips, and Jim would take unauthorized leave, run up to the flat and they’d be very happy together for a half hour or so. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There, between graphs of “Disease Specific Infant Mortality” and a description of “the homozygous state of Garrodian inborn errors,” was the photograph of Henrietta with her hands on her hips. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A detached description of his physical features would have made him sound like an ugly, misshapen oaf: pockmarked face, decayed teeth, oversized eye sockets, massive nose, heavy in the hips, gargantuan hands and feet. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The legs that straddled a mule’s back were the same ones that straddled their men’s hips. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Apa is supposed to be at his only remaining gardening job, but here he is in the middle of the living room, hands on his hips. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Abby pushes and holds one open with her hip, and I step out into the soft afternoon warmth. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He fitted the revolver into a hip holster, shouldered the rifle, and ambled down a hall to the parlor, which was dark except for the flickering television screen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his hands on his hips and blew a frustrated breath into the air above his head. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She undid my jeans and pushed them low on my hips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z After the Banks/Switzer dance duo left the floor, I studied this one group of kids that sort of stood out, where everyone looked particularly happy, especially hip. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I’m only here because Rain broke her hip, and they won’t let me live alone at the community.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She had tied rabbit skins around her hips to save the precious cloth for her eventual arrival in Zimbabwe, so everything from her waist up was bare. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was standing there with her hands on her hips, looking at him with an expression he couldn’t quite place. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He ran a hand through his blond hair, then laid the hand on his hip as he inspected Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Still, I remind myself to be calm—so I narrow my eyes at him and put my hands on my hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In one hand she waved her sharp knife, taken from the beaded pouch on her hip. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Then I felt his hands on my hips. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Just use your hips. Find the one and do what you do.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I could sense Shorty’s genuine gladness, and I don’t have to say how lucky I felt to find a friend as hip as he obviously was. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Bounced her on my hip to get the gas moving and it didn’t take two minutes fore Baby Girl stopped her crying, got to smiling up at me like she do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Committed as Violet was to hip development, even she couldn’t drink' the remaining malt—watery, warm and flattasting. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The commander ignored the water jugs, instead pouring himself a shot of something purple from a hip flask. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I put my hands on my hips, turned and walked off with my chin held high. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is poison water. Is bad water from the ditch that make my baby belly swell so,” says Marie, Lagurie’s woman, carrying her youngest on her hip, her child sad with bellyache. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Round and round they went with their snakes, snakily, with a soft undulating movement at the knees and hips. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “From here,” he’ll say, “you punch out into a side kick, or you can rotate your hips and swing around into a lead-leg roundhouse.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then Raymond put his hand in his hip pocket, but the others didn’t move, they just kept looking at each other. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z My ankle was numb now; my leg was on fire to the hip. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Feral asked, even as he slid his hand down over her hip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His eyes flicker down to Alex’s hip, where it’s bared above the sheet, and he says as much to himself as to Alex, “I am very, very gay.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My hips came in early, is how it started. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Teddy shifted his weight over to one hip and stashed his notebook in the side pocket of his shorts. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The hips she came here with were gone, too, just like the power in her back and arms. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The only way Father could control both the rear rudders and the curving of the wings was with a kind of hip cradle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood in front of Lennie and put her hands on her hips, and she frowned disapprovingly at him. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes your hips swing, which sets your whole body in motion, like a downhill bicycle. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We put on lip gloss and took turns trying on one another’s clothes, suddenly aware that certain pairs of pants made our hips look curvier. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That paragraph is deliberate, of course; it’s just to display a bit more of the slang that was used by everyone I respected as “hip” in those days. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the chimps needs a cuddle, so I let him ride on my hip as I make my way around the tent. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She balanced her paring knife on a neat pile of turnip peels and put her hands on her hips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I could just see him, standing with his hands on his hips. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I took in their flushed cheeks and hands on their hips as their complaints echoed off the concrete walls. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “That’s right, young man,” Garret Charles says, and then squints at the boy’s number, pinned to his stupid hip, and whispers something to Monica. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Would I dislike my hips, my waist, my face? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When I stood back up, she leaned into me, one hand resting on my hip. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He turned away from the door with a frustrated look, then put his hands on his hips like an old lady. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Ginny turned to look at him, her hands on her hips. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z All I could think about was those girls I see walking around Garden Heights, babies propped on their hips. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The Magnar of Thenn stood waiting by the fire, clad as if for battle, in fur and leather and bronze scales, a bronze sword at his hip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yakavos,” she called back to him lovingly, in her movie- star accent, moving those wide flat hips out past where I sat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s in a white doctor’s coat, a stethoscope slung around her neck, her small cartoon hands resting angrily on her hips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Bring X rays of your mother who needs a new hip. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her thick torso and hips were shaking, her eyes watering, her small hands pounding at her heart. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I figure she's asking partly to seem hip and partly to make sure I went to the concert. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He stood there with his hands on his hips looking down at the garbage. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z She thrusts the fashion catalog at me so that I can see the bustle, which juts out of the rear of the woman’s hips and makes her look like a demented wasp. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her mother looked surprised too and glanced at Olanna, at the man, at Maxwell, before she put down the hand placed on her hip. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Above the jiggling of her body, her kerchiefframed face remained apart, looking slightly scandalized at what her breasts and hips were up to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But a broken shoulder and a bruised hip is much better than a burial. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Think how much your arm and hip still hurt. Wounds of the spirit heal even slower.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I stand up and my hands go to my hips. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Later I even borrowed Nikki’s clothes to show some further variation, thinking that nobody would notice the zippers at the bottoms of the jeans or the way the hips hugged a little tight. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The shirt showed his belly button, and the pants bulged around his hips and barely covered his knees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z With a quick tug, the purse on the man’s hip ripped, and a stream of golden coins poured from the sack. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The title was largely honorific, but it enabled him to carry a badge and to lead posses, and he sometimes kept one pistol in his side pocket and another strapped to his hip. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I pulled her to my hip, feeling her wiry, warm body against mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Ms. Solomon opened the door with a baby on her hip. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The vendor puts his hands on his hips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Nice to meet you,” he said, shifting Boots over to his other hip. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She frees her hips, her legs follow, and in an instant she’s gone, leaving only a porthole-sized gap where she had been. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Amber steps forward with one hand on her jutting right hip as Violet and I approach my locker. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The rat puts one paw on his hip and looks like he’s ready to tell Trub a long story, until he sees me—or rather, the uneaten food in my hands. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I put one hand on Annabeth s hip, and she clasped my other hand like she was about to judo throw me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Her breasts started just below her chin, her hips were ... a parody. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I put my hands on my hips—sort of. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips, that familiar gesture of exasperation that always made her seem larger, and I saw the unnatural diamond shape formed by her elbows and narrowed waist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The fact that I’m able to get the zipper over my hips is a lesson in inertia or just willpower. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My hands are just creeping up to my hips when Isabella finds us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z White Deer planted his fists on his hips. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She planted her hands on her hips and stared at the crime scene. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I went back, seeing him remove a white cloth from his hip pocket and wipe the glass face of a pressure gauge, then bend close to squint at the position of the needle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as I had known him he was hip to the whole drug scene. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I pull her up on my hip and they drive off toward Fortification Street, and Baby Girl and me, we giggle like a couple a schoolgirls. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Another scar, jagged and more fresh, cut across his left side above his hip. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Pond nuzzled his nose against Nathan’s hip and leaned gently against him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She was a sturdy woman with a square jaw, thick hips, short, muscular legs, and hands rough from tobacco fields and kitchens. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I put my hands on my hips to show I meant business. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Thing! had got lesions, so lesions were hip now, real hip, and mine looked like a million dollars. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped closer, pulled Javi toward him, and they moved in unison, bumping and grinding, speaking a language of forgiveness with their hips and smiles. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Certainly looks that way,” Boo Boo said, and slid her hands into her hip pockets. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z They all swung their hips when they walked and filled my head with fantasies. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They were gray-haired, friendly people; she had Parkinson’s, he’d had his hip replaced. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Stepping out of her pants, she slipped off her tights and cut a swath of cloth from the hip with her ulo. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was on me hard, getting me with his knee and pushing me with his hips. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z But Robert had to admit that the calves were stocky through the shoulder and hip, showing at least some trace of the fine registered Hereford bull that Ulibarri had insisted and sworn was their sire. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z His lordship’s head was buried in her breasts, his hands locked around her hips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He placed his knuckles on the sides of his hips, hoping that he looked strong and manly. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z My husband ploughed it, steadying the plough behind the two bullocks while I came behind, strewing the seed to either side and sprinkling the earth over from the basket at my hip. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The past ten years had padded the curves of her hips some, and combed into her coal black hair a few streaks of cinder gray. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We all called her Miss Kentucky, as she was shapely and rolled her hips when she walked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of her eye, Inej saw Jesper rise from his seat, but she waved him off and slipped her fingers into the brass knuckles she kept in her right hip pocket. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He put a hand on his hip and swung the other limply in front of him when he stopped to talk to me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, it took ten hours—or perhaps ten minutes—and then Sarai was standing before him with her hands on her hips. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She noticed he had a mobile phone in a holster at his hip. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Two years past, he had fallen and shattered a hip, and it had never mended properly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She put her other hand on her other hip and stared at him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and tilted her head. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The middle crosspiece on the raft caught Derek in the soft part just above his hip and helped to hold him in place, but Brian did not think it would be enough. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z One of his hands resting on my hip. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Only for special occasions is this kerchief-protected conk exposed— to show off how “sharp” and “hip” its owner is. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They dressed like Americanos but walked with a jaunty hop that made them look as if they were dancing down the street, only their hips were not as loose as Puerto Rican men’s were. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She walks over, deposits the pencil bits on their table, and puts her hands on her hips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In fact, the thing Lorraine and I liked best about the Pigman was that he didn’t go around saying we were cards or jazzy or cool or hip. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z When it was time for communion, there was such sashaying and swaying of hips to the altar rail you’d have thought they were offering their body and blood, not receiving His. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother put her hands on her hips. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With Geak balanced on one of her hips, Ma takes my hand and walks Chou and I into the pond for our first wash in six days. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I have heard that Sanaubar’s suggestive stride and oscillating hips sent men to reveries of infidelity. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He nudged the saber sheathed at his hip. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She twisted her whole body, from the hips to the waist to the shoulders, then unwound it like a spring, throwing her left foot around high and fast. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He looks at me, hands on his hips, as if he hasn’t considered this question. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His many scars made him stiff, and limping helped ease the pain gnaw- ing at his hip. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Over Noodle's shoulder, the girls bob and swerve their hips. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I bumped open the front door with my right hip and swung the basket I was carrying through the door. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She’d hold his hips and bend her knees, and they’d fly between cars, down hills, through gauntlets of odor and noise and color. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z |
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