| 单词 | hook |
| 例句 | I got my clip-on tie out of the drawer and started to hook it to my collar. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z There was a little looseness in the tarpaulin as the rope went from one hook on one side of the stem to the next hook on the other side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A girl wore a striped vest and stood next to a silver pole with a velvet rope hooked to it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Styx hooked his fingers over the edge of the junkyard fence. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was so fast, the descent of the kite and the gliding away with the chick grasped in hooked claws, that Olanna thought she might have imagined it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “My turn,” Josh said to get me off the hook. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “But if he were a true gentleman, he’d just vanish and let me off the hook and then I could go visit my sister.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From his tool belt pouches he pulled some rope and a snap hook, then fastened the Archimedes sphere to his belt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But somehow Ralph always restarted the ambulance, and eventually we hooked up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Klaus turned and saw one of the members of Count Olaf’s theater troupe, the one with hooks for hands, standing in the doorway. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Men with cranes and hooks had quickly hoisted it onto a very large truck and there it now sat, looking just as huge and proud and brave as ever. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I hooked my pinkie with hers and said okay because this moment was too good, and I didn’t want to ruin it by being all weird and refusing to pinkie-promise her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Our major plan, which we didn’t even have to discuss, was to get back together with Edmond and Isaac and Osbert by hook or by crook. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed her swimsuit and goggles from a hook in the shower. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Jule grabbed a pile of clothes she’d laid out earlier and hung them up on the hook next to the outdoor shower. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Did Kasim...what did you say...hook up with a girl?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Mom hooks her hand under my elbow and lifts me upright. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s partly my music teacher Ms. Holly’s fault for getting me hooked on it last year when she was trying to get me to sing for our winter recital. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z From each end hung a chain with a hook, and on each hook hung a big wooden bucket full of hot maple syrup. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the kitchen, I stood on a chair and hung them from an iron hook in the center ceiling beam. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They looped and hooked and twirled every possible combination of fingers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Forty-seven snubs by forty-seven hooks; forty-seven receding by forty-seven prognathous chins. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I hook my arm in Sonny’s, and we get off the bus together. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He gives me this long look and then he hooks his thumb at the door and says, "Show time is over, boys. Get out of here, the both of you." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z To accomplish that, he needed to clear his head, to flush away all distraction, especially the memory of the butterscotch Krimpets, which had already hooked him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bodies piled up in the streets, and sickboats moved through the canals, using long shovels and hooks to tumble corpses onto their platforms and haul them out to the Reaper’s Barge for burning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Welles and Houseman hoped they could take advantage of this to hook their audience. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z My dad badgered us into watching Doctor Who, starting with the old-school episodes, and we got hooked. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Most of the time, I’d pull up my line to see a bare hook stripped of its bait by a sneaky catfish. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Eeeck, ” cries the bird, turns her head, and clamps her hooked beak on my hand. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If you fall, your hook and cable are the only salvation. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I shrugged, still not ready to let him off the hook, and grabbed a second slice of pizza. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After a few tries, I undo the hooks from collar to hem, and pull it off my shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Cain hooked his long rope around a leering gargoyle’s neck and swung across an expanse of flat wall, landing on a balcony ledge fifteen feet below the flag. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He pulled himself out of the hold and grabbed it—a stout three-and-a-half-foot gaff with a barbed steel hook on one end. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And, without missing a beat, he adds, But seriously, what if my voice cracks and everyone throws tomatoes and then they pull me off the stage with an old-timey hook?? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He was still beat up, and hooked to the machines. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The moon shone bright on the edges of their blades, and sharp on the points of their terrible hooks, and luminous on their eyes, which were wide with horror. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Max is speed-walking now, her thumbs hooked under the backpack straps on her chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her eyes are close above her nose, which is hooked at the end, like my own. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Besides, I was being very mean, and I never let anyone off the hook when I felt this way. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z His legs kick and scissor as his hands search for anything to hold on to; he grabs a hook and his muscles bulge as he pulls himself up, water streaming off his body. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But the padlock was hooked through the hasp on the door, and it was locked, which meant Emma would be gone all day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her ceiling is ordinary, plain white with a simple, square glass light in the middle and two hooks, like upside-down question marks, holding nothing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the hook where I sometimes but not always remember to hang my jacket, and the kitchen chair where my mother sets her handbag. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I hooked the handle of the bucket onto the rope and let it down into the well. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept his head down and hooked his thumbs through the straps of his backpack. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z His underwear is hanging on a hook, so first he lumbers over to get it and then lumbers back, past my bed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z By hook or by crook, by spit or by wit. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Timothy cheered and told me to feel along the line to the wriggling fish, then take the hook out Squirming and jumping in my hand, it was small but fat I grinned over toward Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A plan formed in his mind, and as soon as Isabelle and her godmother had left the room and gone to sleep, he tiptoed over to the coat hooks by the door. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They tortured her, stretched her on the rack, tore her sides with iron hooks, burned her with blazing torches, and she said, Nay, I will not deny Our Lord. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They would stretch their big paws through the narrow space between the cold trees and, when the food came near, try to hook it with their claws and draw it close more quickly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When I saw him, he was hooked up to various machines. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s a wild, electrifying feeling, and once I get a taste of it, I’m hooked. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Sean took off his fly, tied on a plain hook, picked a buttercup and stuck it on the hook, cast, and caught a fish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you two want to bait your own hooks?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z They cried in such pain for release that I took their livers from the hook and cast them into the raging, muddy waters of the River of the Carp. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The third tongue was reeling me toward it; I was a fish on a hook. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She was the one who'd hooked up—scored—with him, again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Get in there, boy!” he bellowed, pointing to the bucket with his metal hook. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn't like that hook on the ceiling. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Mini hooked her fingers into her cheeks and pulled. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He hangs the board on the hook and steps back so we can see the rankings. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “What? You best tell him he’s got three minutes to hook it back up and get us to Windsor.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z An arm slips beneath my left arm—the one I catch with—and hooks my elbow before something heavy lands on my shoulder. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “Cap it off and Jinx’ll hook up that copper tubing. When the liquid separates from the mash, it goes through the tubing and ends up in this barrel.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He hooked aslant with one white tusk and ripped out flesh above the knee, but missed the bone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The Marshall players danced and hugged and flashed the hook ’em horns sign as if it were V-day. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither the residents nor the travellers ever suspected that a hook was hidden in the weave. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Finger through the eye socket — try to hook around and pop the eye out. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 I panicked, expecting to see a picture of Nicole’s arm hooked through mine at the security gatehouse that blocked off her neighborhood. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z King has his arm hooked around a lady in a tight black dress that barely covers her thighs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He hooked his foot in the loop on his rock and his hands worked quickly, tearing the oysters loose, some singly, others in clusters. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z "He's lucky you wear those little tennis shoes," his dad said, "even in the middle of winter. . . . Seriously, a jump reverse hook?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When I was lucky, a fish was properly snagged on the hook, impaled, and I could confidently bring it aboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Mom hooked me up to the BiPAP and tucked me in, and Dad kissed me on the forehead, the kiss all stubble, and then I closed my eyes. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Rubber bands now hooked my upper and lower palates together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z How my daddy ever got hooked up with a preacher, I can’t say, as he’s not a churchgoing man. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I tied the bucket in place using rope and the tarpaulin hooks on the side of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I took the handle off, straightened it out, and bent a hook in one end. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I know—crazy, but I really do swing at the water, jabs, uppercuts, hooks, pretending that the splash is the sweat spraying off somebody. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Dangling from a ceiling hook was a piece of meat as large as I had ever seen, spotted thickly with flies. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Toby had a special talent for getting people off the hook by making the teacher laugh. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an old-maid’s hand, or an old-fashioned boy's, sitting with his feet hooked round the legs of a stool arid his tongue out, writing carefully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I do look pretty bad, hooked back up to the ventilator and a dozen other tubes, the dressing from my latest surgery seeping blood. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw the hooks down into the wagon. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I also hooked up radio lines, and I got my “gun” out and ready for use. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His father had given in, taken the receiver off the hook, and that was defeat enough. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Twisting my hand frantically I succeeded in catching one more hook with the rope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His face darkens and he waves his top hat and hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “We could use a hook right about now,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The rap music seemed to be hooked up to some sort of Internet-capable playlist and kept going, never repeating, as more and more guests arrived. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He caught them and hooked the strainer onto the side of the barrel where they dripped until he was ready for them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could hook you up before you leave.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I hooked the pick of my left ax on a nickel-thin lip of rock and weighted it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I aced all of my general education classes, which was a minor miracle given how I’d sit in lectures and think of the soft hook of Soraya’s nose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Now that she knew her letters, the word murder hooked her heart. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z By this time, you have begun to sweat, so you are hooked up through two hoses to an air-conditioning unit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw up a wild hook and I cut him off so he couldn’t get the bound. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z But just as she had done to him, he hooked the dull edge of his knife over her wrist, trapping her arm, and twisted. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She reaches to the edge of the spice shelf and unlatches a small hook I hadn’t noticed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Trip got the ball and passed it inside to Jimmy Jimmy threw up a hook that was short. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The father sharpened the butcher knife with the whetstone he used to whet his scythe and his goose-necked brier hook in the summer when he cut brambles and young sumac in the fencerows. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At last it lay still and dull-coloured, and I could remove the hook. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I follow Lucy into an area lined with hooks, where we hang up our coats. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was a long coil of heavy black cable hanging from a hook on the wall. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Call and Caroline were waving back and calling out to him, but I was standing there shivering, my arms crossed, my hands hooked up under my arms and pressed against my breasts. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Winchell threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Hill and then made it three when he hooked up with Brown for a sixty-one- yard bomb with twenty-four seconds left. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know—maybe it doesn’t count as a date. But it was the second time we hooked up. And, I don’t know, you were just so...sweet about it. Don’t get mad, alright?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I retrieved my towel from the hook on the wall and tried to dry off in the humid air. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Just when I thought my task was impossible, I felt the hook slide under the tough leather. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, the phone was off the hook. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I let it go until it was a good 40°C. Then I hooked up the regulator's return air line to my contraption and watched the results. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She allowed her vision to go wide, to hook over hills and ravines and ridges, to creep over the curve of the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There she baited the hook with a worm from her pocket, put it into the water, and waited. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hooked to the rail to keep himself from washing overboard, but still the huge blue-green waves that surged over the bow and poured off the sloped deck were astonishingly powerful. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She applies lotion to her arms and legs, reaches for a peach-colored terry- cloth robe that hangs from a hook on the door. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Cabot Searcy had, in all his brilliance, run a long black cable under the door from whatever room was outside and hooked it to the back of the TV. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 It was the spidery end of the grappling hook, which after several attempts had finally stuck onto something on the tower. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He taps the back of her leg with the bull hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ghosts poured from the angel’s huge metal hand, wielding knives and meat hooks, and the Tizerkane fought them off blow by blow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the larger refrigerated chambers, hooks impaled butterflied swine and cattle rimed with frost, their pale ribs gleaming in the shallow light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z After class, Abby hooks an arm around my shoulders and says, “I didn’t realize you and Bram were such good friends.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Mercy demonstrated on two pieces of thin board to which were fastened strips of leather set with hooked wire teeth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z So over the next five or six days, I told him whatever he wanted to know, and he’d lie there, all hooked up, a gentle smile breaking through. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She tugs at my left arm and hooks it around her right arm. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The fuming concoction sent swirls of steam up to the cave ceiling, where bats flapped their wings, clinging upside down from their claws, and pit vipers uncoiled themselves from thick iron hooks. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She put the phone gently on the hook and went back into the bathroom. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “I am not allowed to go,” Ash said, hanging her spare dress on a hook behind Gwen’s door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I unwind my still-damp scarf and hang it on a hook near the door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z More like a moneylender with a hooked nose and corkscrew payos, one gnarled hand clutching a sack of money close to his heart and the other hand outstretched for more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Kem, the ghost footman, said it had been the butchering room before, and the channel was for blood and the big hooks on the ceiling were for hanging meat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It stuck in die mind like one of those spiny sticker burrs they had in the South, in Florida, small hooked seeds that lurk in the grass. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no part of the hook that a great fish could feel which was not sweet smelling and good tasting. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On the small porch, there are a couple of rocking chairs and hooks holding sickles, a scythe, and extra-sharp swords within close reach, in case shamblers get through the barrier fence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We shook the coins out and tugged out the bills with hooked fingers. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Minerva, who is much quicker on her feet, just hooked her arm in his and whisked him away saying, “Tio Mon, a nice stroll will do you good.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She hooks her arms around her waist, nuzzling her face into Valerie's neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He stared at the arm, which hung from the hook. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the bag of seeds back off the hook and set them in front me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Inside, a silver key was hanging on a hook. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Knew that’s why he was following me. I got hooked on him, Dad, and I want to know he’s treated right.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Each barb had hundreds of little hooks or barbules on it, by means of which the barbs of the feather were held together. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They hooked their legs over other jockeys’ knees, ensuring that if their rivals moved forward, they’d be scraped off their saddles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I just managed to get one foot hooked on the spoke of a wheel as we performed a series of world-class corkscrews. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I sang All the little duckies and hooked one arm around a metal railing on the deck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Fletcher got the ball in to their center who threw up a hook that bounced around the rim before falling through. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It was pretty cool the way he hooked it up. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised his left arm and gently hooked a finger under the string bracelets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But if they do, must they always hook up with another place in our universe? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the only thing I could dream about is being on the same corner as the other brothers, looking for something to hook into. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Or just their world of hooked fingers and sudden smiles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z People would bring their state-of-the-art reel-to-reel tape recorders and hook up speakers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “It’s all of that,” said George, who was a trifle annoyed that his hook idea hadn’t worked. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “It’s certainly a strange coincidence,” Mr. Eberhardt was saying, “two different kids targeting the same location. Is it possible the Matherson boy hooked up with your friend, Beatrice’s stepbrother—” “No way,” Roy interjected firmly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a beautiful day it is, nay?” he said, thumb hooked in the breast pocket of his vest, the other hand extended toward Soraya. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The beak, hooked slightly downward at the end, was strong and sharp. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he shrugged and put the sunflower seeds back up on the hook. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The door was surrounded by things like cabling, hooks and the plates that linked the bare-bones machinery of the door hydraulics with the more aesthetic wall coverings of the large cargo room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There was a horrific crash in the parlor as the hooks that held up the heavy draperies flew off the wall and landed on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, Tiller said, “Nothing much to it. Just hook this here rope to the handle, careful-like, and then you lower it down.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z After he had hooked up the video, the television has been fuzzy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe found a gaff hook in the barn and began to carry it secreted in his pocket. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Her mom had become some sort of genius double agent since she hooked up with Richie. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Only eight. And the cabinet doors are easy to open. There’s just a simple hook, half way up.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Mack tipped his chair back against the wall and hooked his feet around the front legs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I show her and Barb some pictures we all took at Mya’s house before the dance while she hooks me up to the IV drip and tests my blood pressure and O, reading. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Except for a few empty hooks it was full, but nonetheless he took his time mulling over the lowlights of each room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I swiftly tied a string to my hook, put the grub on, and walked up the stream looking for a good place to fish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "I ain't hooked. I can stop any time. Just one more." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The woods were full of frozen streams and cold black lakes, and Meera was as good a fisher with her three-pronged frog spear as most men were with hook and line. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But nobody arrived after a few moments, and Violet, swinging the hook over her head like a lasso, tried again. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He lifts his right hand, his index finger curling into the shape of a hook. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She smiled and gave me her rod to hold as she baited my hook and tossed my line out across the pond from hers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She lets me in by unlatching the hidden hook, and then calls after me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was exactly as the book described it, down to the way everything came in even numbers: the hooks on the door, the chairs, the cabinets on the walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Going over where it lay on the floor, he hooked it up with the toe of one high-top shoe to see it better. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And the kid had fallen for it, hook, line and sinker, although the conversation had gone back and forth for a while. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I went through a brush and nearly had a heart attack when the thick branches hooked my M-16 and jerked it out of my hand. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She hooked her arm in Wyn’s, and they hurried through the Tower, unlocking doors. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The locker had empty hooks for thousands more. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingertips brushed along her bra and I reached around to fumble with the hook until I gave up and lifted the whole band up over her breasts. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “And then there was your brain hook thing.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It clicked and whirred along a conveyor belt, got hooked on a rope, and ascended through a slot in the roof. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There are freshmen battling with shepherds’ crooks from the prop table, which—I’m not going to lie—look exactly like the old-timey hooks from Simon’s nightmares. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He barked and returned To my father, who Returned to the car: The fish would have Nothing of hook and sinker. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooks his arm around my shoulders and turns me toward the parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I, uh, was already going to ask you if you could maybe sing the hook for another song I’m working on. I just need to figure out how to record it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He hooks his finger in my shirt collar and makes me duck down until the car goes by. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Dad said that if the kayak was still there, we could snare it with the grapnel hook, which was actually an extra anchor he kept on board. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The 2nd juror rises, goes to the coat hooks and takes a package of cough drops from his jacket pocket. 12TH juror: I’m sorry. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The party where you hooked up with Heather?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Years ago, she had affixed hooks into the wall and punctured holes in the target to hang it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Abuela’s copy of the Martí hook was still on the coffee table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In one movement he hoisted her into the tower room and, with a flick of his hook, sent her rescue device clanging to the ground. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The walls were ice, bristling with iron hooks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Better hook that tunic collar, soldier,” he said softly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I lay the rope over the ceiling hook, pull it taut, and fasten it to the leg of a nearby chair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped in the mudroom, hung her apron on a hook, sat down to pull her boots on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There it was, a few inches down from the trigger that had shot out the hook and rope. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z "What are you reading that is so important?" the magistrate demanded, and looked at the pages of the hook. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She hugged the three little girls and Aunt Pearl, then hooked her arm into Alfred's, kissed him on the cheek, and pulled him inside. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But a grappling hook was all Violet could think of to make without a proper inventing laboratory, and time was running short. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Ropes with grappling hooks were hurled over the parapet faster than men could cut them or fling them back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “You haven’t hooked up with her? I know you two hang out a lot. Seems like a missed opportunity.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I tucked the lunch bag up against the tree trunk, baited my hook,and cast out into the middle of the river. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The time he tried to teach me how to fish immediately comes to mind—think fishing hooks in toes and ears and everywhere else except a fish’s mouth. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z That was decidedly less fantastical, but by then, Ivy was hooked on Taryn’s bubbly laugh and the way she wrinkled her nose at anyone who made fun of Ivy’s poofy hair and freckles. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Caitlyn is leaning against the wall, her face buried in Marc’s neck, and his fingers are hooked through the belt loops on her shorts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The young girl was installed in hers, hooked through her ribs by a large metal spike and dangling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A fishing kit with four coils of line, a dozen small lures, and hooks and sinkers. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z His red cap is hooked on the back of his chair and he’s drinking orange juice, an empty plate in front of him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He had a hooked Roman nose and a Little Richard mustache. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was silent another moment, collecting himself, before he picked up the dropped knife and meat hook from the floor of the silk sleigh and hurled them away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Behind the women was a man with very long and skinny arms, at the end of which were two hooks instead of hands. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z An older man sat on the edge of his bed, oxygen tubes hooked under his nostrils as he struggled to clip his fingernails in Room 415. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The sheriff shook his head and slipped his hands to his belt, where he hooked his thumbs over the buckle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She places small plastic stickers with hooks on them at precise locations on the patient’s arms and chest. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Another way of saying you don’t know what you’ve got. by hook or by crook. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z BREN: So, Arturo, perchance does that hook of Cuban rapper poems belong to a special someone who popped into your life the other day after so many years apart? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then he took down the lamp from the hook overhead and filled it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He leaned against the fence and hooked his fingers through the wire. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was lucky in a way. It wasn’t long and drawn-out. No months in a hospital hooked up to machines.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Why can’t they hook the two jars up to each other and eliminate the middleman?” the artillery captain with whom Yossarian had stopped playing chess inquired. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They tried whipping the fly full speed across the water, and hooked a trout every time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of feet across from the women, behind yellow, featherless chickens hanging from hooks, men in bloody aprons raise their cleavers and cut into slabs of beef with the precision of many years’ practice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to being elderly, toothless, and incontinent, it seemed that, for the cost of a few thousand dollars, she could also spend three days a week hooked up to a machine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I hooked a right on red and gunned the minivan—it had better pickup than Mom’s but only just barely— toward school. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He wheeled me to my bunk, hooked up my IV, and I passed out. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could change my mind, I swung the grappling hook like a lasso. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The man stood up again and put both his hooks in front of Klaus’s face, letting the light from the reading lamps reflect off the wicked-looking devices. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Nailer could see half-men on the gunwales, twirling grappling hooks, eager to leap aboard. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He hasn’t touched her with the bull hook since we discovered the language barrier. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “In the event you do hook up with him, I expect lascivious details.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Do you really think you’d get in trouble if we hooked up?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It’s hooked up to a long extension cord. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “We’ve been calling. We couldn’t get through. The phone, it’s off the hook or something.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he passed in front of the jury box with his thumbs once again hooked inside of his suspenders and his one good eye leaking tears. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They used a doubled segment of rope and the grappling hook to cross to the roof of the drüskelle sector. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When she passed the place in the cove where the boat sat up on the sand, beside the bell on its hook, Jinny stopped. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I feed her the right words, but she suspects they’re threaded with hooks. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Henry grabs an eel and puts the hook through one eye and out the other so it holds. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The runners are set and the gun goes off, and the guy with hook legs fires out of the blocks just like the rest of the runners. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Every night Desdemona would disrobe down to her corset and Lefty would press its clasps and hooks, searching for the secret combination that sprung the locked garment open. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When they got to the bus stop, Beatrice hooked up with one of her soccer teammates and they started talking about the previous night’s game, which Beatrice had won with a penalty kick. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat drips off the hook of his nose. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We said we dialed the number by accident, and the police let us off the hook with a warning. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Next thing I saw, Kevin had his hook looped into the top of her skirt and she was leading him out to dance. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I can understand a wrathful God who’d just as soon dangle us all from a hook. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The third button brought up a grappling hook that could be used to lock onto an enemy’s chariot or push it away. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The coroner’s verdict on a death in police custody would often read, “Death due to multiple causes,” or some vague explanation that let the police off the hook. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it was the sound of my tarpon jumping, trying to shake out the hook. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She was carrying a suitcase-sized pocketbook, from which protruded a pair of knitting needles, some mending, crochet hook, baby’s bottle, and copy of the Scientific American. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z When I raised my eyes from the hook, the queen had disappeared. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Kim hooks the backpack through his arms while I do the same to my bundle.We pull another blanket over us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I also read the conduct hooks she prescribed to teach me morals, though I found them most tiresome. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The dead flesh was too decayed to hold on to the fishing hook; it simply dissolved in the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I hung a fresh ingot from the hook, then sat down and started typing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Osh said, “She’s still too young,” which sounded odd, coming from the man who had taught me to bait a hook when I was four. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z That it was bare and cold and smoky, heavy bags hanging from the ceiling that Ms. Adams gave bare-knuckle jabs and right hooks to. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z With a sinew line and a hook made of abalone shell I caught two that had large heads and long teeth, but are good to eat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They shackled his ankles, tied a rope to a hook in the ceiling, and hung him upside down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “How did the pontoon happen to encounter a meat hook?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He nodded when Jelly poked him and said, "Some hook Chico's got, huh?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t want to lose my hook and sinker.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z When I used the hooked end, I found I could snag hold of the box and drag it to the edge of the shelf. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Stuffed in another pocket were some biscuits, to wad up into dough balls to bait the hooks with, and five pieces of Queenie’s fried chicken in case I got hungry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z You had to be pretty sick for the Genies to hook you up with a Wish. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He was gaping at me like a hooked fish as I went out the door. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Everything in his uncle’s room was just as he’d left it earlier, except his apron was hanging on a hook by the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In third period, I hook my bag over my chair and take out my calculus book. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I knew he was making the hooks for me. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We would hook them up to a mule and pull the logs up to the saw. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With one strap hooked around each arm, he carries the bag stuffed with clothes across his back and balances another bag across the handlebars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She slices the back of the balloon with a hooked letter opener. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z First he hooks his arm around my waist—then my shoulders—then back around my waist. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Fingering the small wire hook on the neatly whitewashed gate which led into a yard that was green, the teacher stopped talking. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Cecilia gripped the cool porcelain in both hands as she stood on one foot, and with the other hooked the French windows open wide. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Two hooks and the hammock where I nap. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But then I did not hook the dolphin until almost sunset. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, she’s right about that one,” Grandma said, letting Genie off the hook. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Christ knows he can’t have gone. He’s making a turn. Maybe he has been hooked before and he remembers something of it.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Moms hooks up these huge pots of pasta with meat sauce, or she’ll scramble eggs with potatoes and chorizo, like my grams showed her, roll everything in flour tortillas. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Coats hung from polished brass hooks in the foyer, and his father’s books, arranged by size, stood neatly along the glassed-in shelves of two vaultlike oak bookcases. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Once hooked up to the scoring machines using a body cord, points register when any part of the blade makes contact with either the metal mask or the lame. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Somewhere behind her Marie-Laure hears the tinkling sound of ten thousand keys quivering on ten thousand hooks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There were teeth in the beak, too, like a series of sharp incurved hooks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z One hangs from a meat hook, stuck through the solar plexus, another has trees and flowers painted all over her face like fine tattooing, with a delicacy I wouldn’t have suspected from Jody. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We hooked our fingers through the grates to keep from being washed into the sea. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z From my disemboweled brothers I took three warm livers and baited my hook. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then if you hook something truly big we can come to your aid.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Who rides with you? Tell me truly, or I shall set harpies to tear you limb from limb and hang your remains from a hook deep beneath the world." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I can drive you,” Mom says, stepping forward to reach her purse hanging on the hooks by the front door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z At least I was off the hook for the rest of the day. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z What happened was just this: I got hooked on the story. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The hooks have been set into the brickwork of the Wall, for this purpose. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I hooked my feet under the boat’s inflatable bench, and as Tyson grabbed Annabeth and me by the backs of our shirts, I gave the thermos cap a quarter turn. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "But whatever you need done, I'm sure I could hook you right up. And for cheap, too." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z There is no hook and your fathers are dead in the ground. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Why should I be let off the hook and not her? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Harry sent Advanced Potion-Making flying in panic; Ron was dangling upside down in midair as though an invisible hook had hoisted him up by the ankle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She could not risk letting them travel upward for fear of seeing that the hooks and eyes in the placket of the dress had come undone and exposed the custard-colored skin underneath. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His weak arm is more hooked than ever. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The version that his account is hooked up to is obviously different from mine, giving him in-game abilities that I don’t have. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I pull it off the hook and flip it on. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Boy, bye. I know my stuff. Sonny’s momma is a beautician. She taught me ages ago. I used to hook my baby dolls up.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by his friends, thumbs hooked in his belt loops. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He leaned against the doorjamb and hooked his fingers through the belt loops on his shorts. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Even if I knew, it'd be too risky to hook them directly to power. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His finger trailed lower, following the pale, knotty line to where it hooked under his chin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Auggie was hooked up to a lot of medical equipment in their living room. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “As close as you can get while still preserving the detail. We need to be able to make out that hooked leaf, that one hanging right there.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There was nothing inherently interesting about two ladies with paint rollers, but it baited a certain hook. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was a bad thing for Bonnie to get hooked up with him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I enter her long, thin chamber, which has a computer and two chairs and an array of tubes and robes on hooks on the wall. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In the hallway outside, an old woman called a dezhurnaya, or "hall dragon," stood guard over all the room keys, which hung on hooks behind her desk. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But that wasn’t what the hook had stuck on. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I squat low and hook my hands beneath his armpits. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z But he was hooked, not on the food so much, but on this strong-willed, determined young woman. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Colin opened the canteen hooked to his belt buckle, and they sat down for turkey sandwiches and water. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It drew your eyes, fascinated you...a big black hook.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He hooked a right turn as he passed by Madison Park. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Shomari moved first, reaching for the slingshot hooked to his belt loop, but with surprising speed, Father Olufemi blocked his hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z By poking the bull hook in and around her underarms and legs, he persuades her to make a tour of sorts around the hippodrome. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “In the garden,” Klaus said, shrugging the hook off of his shoulder. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It had been my mom who’d insisted I hook up with Fang when she’d called from the airport the night before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Well, what does he use to fish with if you got all the hooks?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There, hanging from a hook, was Papá’s black-and-white coat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The grappling hook hit the tower twice as it bounced back down to the ground. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z At the rear of the room, Ryan hung his backpack on a hook. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z But someone would usually slip a piece of hard bread, cheese, jerked beef, or salt fish and johnnycake in the pocket of his jacket as it hung on its hook. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to hook up with Garrett,” I say, louder than I mean to. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z That smell drew him in like a fish with a hook in its nose. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She took a fresh apron from its hook and put it on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They pull back the chicken-wire lids on their hinges and reach into the boxes with hooked poles, pulling out two rattlesnakes and two copperheads. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Maybe part of it was the loneliness of the craters, but I was feeling like it was maybe time to hook up with someone again, because it had been a couple months. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to hook my finger around the fabric, but it doesn’t come loose. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But she’s hung our clothes on the hooks in the bedroom, put the ugly rugs that were over our windows on the floor, and stacked the dishes on the shelf beside the sink. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Osh, waiting above in the skiff, grabbed the rope and hauled me aboard where I gasped and kicked like a sea robin on a hook. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The savaged population of Europe stood helpless as plowshares and pruning hooks were literally beaten into swords and spears.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were other hooks, leader wires and weights in the kit, besides a whole other kit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He was hooked up to four or five different machines and had a very thick tubes going down his throat with more going up his nose. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The bear hooked a claw through the handle of the jar and lifted it to his mouth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The man closed the door behind them and hooked a wire over a nail to keep it shut. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They have to lift the blubber sheets on hooks and feed it into the ‘try-works,’ where the blubber, it’s all reduced with, you know, fire and heat. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Finding somebody to work in the rain wasn’t easy, but Curly eventually hooked up with an outfit in Bonita Springs. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z What I’m telling you is you’ll have lots of opportunities to hook up with nutty girls in college, but you’ll regret it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The meat hook fell from her grip, though she never loosed her hold on it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Very strong steel hawsers with hooks on the ends of them were lowered from the front and rear of each helicopter. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Yo screams as the hooked beak rips at the man's shirt and chest; the white figure on the lawn is a red sop. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In Mater’s intensive-care unit I was hooked up to life support to make sure my heart kept beating and my lungs kept breathing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I always wanted to hook up in a hospital.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z There's a clipboard chart with a ballpoint hanging on a hook at the end of the bed, so I write "Christopher Carter" in the space for the patient's name. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was shrouded in a dark hood, leaving only a hooked nose and a black, curly beard by which to identify him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They work them...I mean...you...until there’s enough demand built up then they hook you up, and game over, man. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When the girl insisted he witness something, Rasheed tipped his chin upward and cast an impatient, sidelong glance down the blue-veined hook of his nose. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Oh, I railed her about it, but then the fool started boo-hooing so I let her off the hook just so she’d shut up, told her it was her Christmas present. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sailors clambered up the masts, checking winch hooks and loop points for rust or repair. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It lifted its trunk—the same trunk Aru had been using as a backpack hook for years—to its forehead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Ask for two or ten or three hundred melons, and the number lets you off the hook by replacing the article altogether. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Pa had whittled the hooks out of a green stick with his knife, and had driven their straight ends deep into holes in the log. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Lola hooks her arm with mine and we spin, tape guns in the air, around our homebound boxes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Reading the hook, I began to see what she meant. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She pulled a headscarf off one of the hooks by the door. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Ma’s actually smiling, and her cane is safely hooked over the back of one of the chairs that circle the table. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He felt the light delicate pulling and then a harder pull when a sardine’s head must have be6n more difficult to break from the hook. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My jaw was clenched shut around the leather muzzle they had strapped to the back of my head, and hands kept my head still as wires and monitors were hooked up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “So?” snapped Uncle Vernon, taking his car keys from a hook next to the door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Inside, Jon hung sword and scabbard from a hook in the stone wall, ignoring the others around him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When she returned with the water, she had a red umbrella hooked over her wrist. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not my fault that you hooked up with him,” he says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Valley thrust her weapon at the cuco, and it leaned back to dodge, but Beefy caught it square in the ear with a right hook. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z So I let him off his own hook. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Miss Harris wasn’t hooked up to other people. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Eddie holding the heavy bag for dear life as I threw hooks and crosses and jabs and straights. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then she hooked her arm in my arm, like an old friend, and helped me up, and we started down the hall. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The chains shook, and the Titans planted their feet on the hooks to keep them secure. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As I expected, she comes at me with a right hook, hissing when I duck it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On his outside, Today, his old rival from 1938, hooked up with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z You were each hooked up to a contraption that dripped medicine and food and water into your veins, Celina Aunty explained. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My gaze shifts from that eye to the bull hook in my hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “You’ve seen the news,” I said, letting her off the hook. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Audrey’s nose was strangely hooked and blood was streaming from it down her arm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I will have lost two hundred fathoms of good Catalan cardel and the hooks and leaders. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I hook my foot in the stirrup and swing up onto the seat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Peralta hooked up with his uncle the morning he arrived in New York. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Finally, Magistrate Tiger exited his carriage and went to the old man, who was still engrossed in his hook. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He grasps the man's elbow, guides him home, helps him off with his coat, hangs it on the hook behind the door. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z There were dresses on hangers, and cloaks on hooks. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She turns away from me, blond ponytail swinging, as she hooks her purse strap over her chair. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One thing Malloy always joked about was how guys who fight in the hood only know one punch, and that's a hook. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z And he hurriedly hooked down a long string of the sausages that were festooned across the shop. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z It was hooked up to the laptop, a Panasonic Toughbook, which allowed the trooper to run license plates and do paperwork. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The man looks behind him to where the two drovers have almost hooked the horse up. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If not, it was a sure sign that one of the children had left the phone off the hook and who knew when Tono or Fela would discover it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They would swarm over them with their knives and cleavers and meat hooks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "I knew something was wrong when I came in here. The day-lantern wasn't tied to the hook, and I could smell you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Kevin had switched his hook into his good hand and caught my shoulder strap with it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Vivian unfastens the silk loops from their hooks at each side of the casing, letting the heavy paisley curtains fall across the glass. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A man with a bull hook steps forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ratchett’s day clothing was hanging from the hooks on the wall. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a wire leader and a mediumsized hook and he baited it with one of the sardines. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He whips a thick leather strap off a hook on the wall, and Alex almost blacks out. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It was noon when I hooked him,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Hopefully not, I thought as Señora Oralia and I hooked arms and walked carefully down the stairs. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z A deckhand with a boat hook leaned out and tried to hit Schlesinger, but he swayed back and let it pass in front of him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z As I hung it on its hook, I noticed a smear of chocolate on the left arm, where Trotter had punched me. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She figured out I liked books, so she got some earphones and hooked me up with audiobooks on CD. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She was careful to keep the hole itself blocked so he wouldn’t notice it as she hooked his billy goats into their traces. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The hook was caught in its upper lip, and suddenly Winnie wanted to weep. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I would hook up the mule to a long bar that was attached to the crushing machine. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were a team, but like one of Abby’s baited hooks, we were sinking fast. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I hooked it up to my RTG water heater and put both the input and output lines into the tub. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had developed a good point, though, I’d bait a hook to get it said when I went on radio or television. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “On what part, Dr. Whitman? The butt end? The hook?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Matilda pulled up the rope and hooked the handle of the bucket on to the end of it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I guess he’d hooked her up with some methadone and taken her straight to Ted, who’d been quick to drive out her evil, forgive her sins and usher Jesus into her heart. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I quickly baited a hook with a bit of flying fish and threw the line its way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Very soon you will be,” the hook-handed man said, wagging his hook the way most people would wag a finger. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The cop glanced at his partner, then hooked his baton back onto his belt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He’s decorated our bathroom in red and orange, with purple mermaids swimming on the walls, and hooked up the toilet seat so that it plays “Jingle Bells” when it’s raised. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A room with more biohazard suits hanging on hooks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But there's something about my mother, and when she hooks you into a phone call, it's already too late. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Dusty’s crew didn’t pump the wastewater into the basin. They hooked up to a sewer tank onshore.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Back in Ohio people had them hooked to their fences or stuck out in their gardens to scare off the birds. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I took my line and hook and walked down to the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z With my wooden hook in its mouth, the trout was mine. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A red lantern hung on a hook just inside the door, and a greasy black candle flickered on an overturned barrel serving as a table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her helmet was on a hook next to her. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes, unable to contain the feeling inside me and when I open them a second later, it’s like he’s gotten hitched on a hook and I’m the hook. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z No, those would be silly; but fishing line and hooks would be useful. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The very plants were unknown to them—pink lousewort with its sprays of hooked flowers, bog asphodel and the thin-stemmed blooms of the sundews, rising above their hairy, fly-catching mouths, all shut fast by night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Will hooks a foot around one of Al’s legs and yanks back, knocking A1 to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She can catch fish with a thorn hook and a line of braided basswood, and she knows the wild edible plants. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooked his thumbs through his belt loops, then pulled them free. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Art shrugged and said, “My dad got me hooked on This Old House when I was a kid.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z One, I know, was hooked up to a grindstone, another to a circular saw. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He held out a coil of fishing line with hooks and weights attached. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Chris steps out his Chucks and sits at his desk, where a drum pad, a keyboard, and turntables are hooked up to a Mac. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Thor took Hymir’s fishing line, rammed the ox’s head onto the hook, and threw the line and the head into the ocean. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z One of the guards grabbed a gaff hook from the wall and pierced the boy in the lower abdomen, holding him over the fire until he lost consciousness. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z And when she tells me about Cassidy's plan to hook up with one of her crushes before the summer is over, I can't hold it in anymore. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The attendant hooked up her car to the pump and came over to chat with her. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in the living room practicing my right jab-left hook combo in front of a full-length mirror I took from her room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z His eyes rove over everything else on the floor and hook onto the necklace with the key charm. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Upon the porch were hairy geraniums and an old swing which was hooked into the porch ceiling and which now swung back and forth, back and forth, in a little breeze. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z So I backed him into the paint the same way I did the last time and this time I push him off with my right elbow and make a little left-hand hook. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z What she had made was called a grappling hook, which is something used for climbing up the sides of buildings, usually for a nefarious purpose. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He picked up his little foam basketball and lobbed some hook shots into the net hanging from the back of his door. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z A scar hooks under his right eye like a crescent moon, and I wonder why he hasn't allowed a Belle to erase it for him. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "My God, put a camera in front of that girl, and she'll shine like a diamond! Between the single men and the job opportunities, her phone is going to be ringing right off the hook!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Jupiter removes the apron and hangs it on a hook. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She pulled out a foot or more of the thread, wound it quickly around one of two iron hooks, and rehung the hooks into the last row of woven cloth. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The new prisoners nodded, buying it hook, line, and sinker. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Its handle is bent, like a bull hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And there, on a hook, was an old brass clapper, dull and green, with an engraving of a sunrise over a desert half-hidden beneath the crust of verdigris. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She drops her trunk and Marlena sits in its curve, hooks an arm around it, and points her toes daintily. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Snape approached their table, stared down his hooked nose at the roots, then gave Ron an unpleasant smile from beneath his long, greasy black hair. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He gutted them with his sharp, sharp bait knife, tossed the guts into the sea, then impaled the fish on the hooks of his line. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z R.C. set his pole down to bait his hook. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z They climbed up the screen, unhooked the hook, and the doors swung open. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But late in his freshman year, he stumbled across the Computer Center—and he was hooked. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He probably told 'em to hook up with me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My finger hooked into the first circle on the dial and my fingers pulled around, dialing for a long-distance line, the area code, followed by “AT7” and the last four digits. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They were all silent for a minute; then Ellen went to the door, lifted the gun that was held on hooks above the casing, and laid it carefully on the floor beside the bed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z There were more utensils off to one side hanging from hooks on the wall. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The doctor straightens up and hooks his thumbs in his pockets. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Nhamo climbed down the ladder, hooked it out of harm’s way, and, greeted by only one or two outraged oo-AA-hoos, trailed after the creatures. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Cardan is wearing silver on his chest, too, a plate of gleaming steel that hooks over his shoulders and seems more ornamental than protective. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His new companions cluttered the living room and halls wearing zoot suits and wide-brimmed hats and dangling long snaky chains hooked at their belts. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Athena campers threw grappling hooks around the largest giants and pulled them to the ground. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Felix dribbled across the key and sank a left-handed hook shot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Now get that little saucepan off the hook and tip them in,” he told her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But she had somehow gotten hold of the software and was hooked. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The creatures hooked a claw through the center of the pods with their front and rear legs, and used their two lateral legs to push against the ground and move along. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But the sister makes the mistake of removing his tunic from the hook and putting it on the trolley, too, so that she should not have to make two journeys. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a jutting chin and fiercely hooked nose. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z So Q hooked her up with some of his boys. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In one pocket of my overalls I had me a line, and my sinkers and my hooks stuck in a cork. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And then she saw how he hooked his amulet neck-string about the horn handle of his great knife, so that it hung down in front of him and left both hands free. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the fleshy meat hook and wiped it on his already bloody apron. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She had to stand on her toes and reach up as high as she could with a walking-stick in order to hook the hat off the peg, and even then she only just made it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The steer ran awkwardly and the bull caught him, hooked him lightly in the flank, and then turned away and looked up at the crowd on the walls, his crest of muscle rising. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I try loosening my girdle, but I’m completely strapped in with a series of hooks and buttons. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Instead, she hooked a finger up her sleeve and pulled down a thin, woven bracelet. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Girls loved to say that they wanted to hook up with “someone” when it was anyone but you. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Then she threw her shoulder against him and hooked her right leg around his, applying force, but not enough to make his knee buckle. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z His cheeks grew fuller, his eyes closer; his nose hooked, a scar appeared on his right cheek where no scar had been before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Wasn’t it weird that the pattern of coats hanging up on the classroom hooks went blue-green-red, blue-green-red twice in a row? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I hooked my fingers on the edge of the fishbowl, and I pulled. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The people in front of me stopped just inside the door to hang up their coats on a long row of hooks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I told your mom that the whole thing is my fault. You’re off the hook.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And, because the shooting was unpremeditated, they were all off the hook, so long as they kept their mouths shut. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The brass coatrack had toppled in the entry hall, surrounded by hooked triangles of broken glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I knelt, so close to the cliff’s edge now that Emma hooked two fingers through the back of my belt to keep me from falling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I lugged the heater to my outdoor "workbench," and hooked it to Hab power. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Using his foot, he hooked the door and closed it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z A pot or pan, presumably knocked off its hook in the bombing, wobbles on the kitchen tiles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The smoke was thickest there, rising not from shimmering flames but two small black canisters—the kind PSFs kept hooked on their belts, waiting to be thrown into a crowd of unruly kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Three men scrambled down the stairs knee-deep in the water and pulled the boat close with long hooks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As she stood up and went to the door, she saw a glimmer of silver out of the corner of her eye, and on the hook behind the door, the fairy cloak was hanging. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood still, hardly able to restrain my impatience while Clarice hooked me up with fumbling fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He seemed not to have heard, but his wife put aside her crochet hook. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They hooked me up with two IVs: one sugar, one salt. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be like asking her to zip up my fly or hook my bra. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of people thought you wouldn’t get hooked if you skin-popped instead of injecting the drug directly into a vein. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I looked up at the chains hanging from the ceiling, dangling the skulls of his enemies on hooks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We had used a block and tackle and two hooks to raise the pig by its rear ankles. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She waits next door at Gloria’s for the smuggler to call Rosa Amalia, who has just gotten hooked up to phone service. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Below them a hook of land shrouded in the dark scud blowing down the shore and beyond that lying half over and awash the shape of a sailboat’s hull. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “You couldn’t see it, but you snagged it with the hook right off.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Pima says I’m supposed to hook you up good. If I find you.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He yanked at the bodice, pulling loose the hooks at the side. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Musoke hooked the bag on a stand and inserted the needle into the patient’s arm. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall and curved, hooks on the ends, the Z coiled back to strike like a snake. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At least if he gave it to the state cops he was off the hook. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their sons and brothers were wounded by hooks and rope. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was putting a hook on the tail when the sun came out with such strength that the light creaked like a fishing boat. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z There are the red bricks, there are the searchlights, there’s the barbed wire, there are the hooks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back not just tan and full of knowledge and pictures, but ripe with stories of the European girls he had hooked up with. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Mom sits back down on the couch and hooks her arm around me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z With the knife from the top tray, she cut a thin slice, then slid it on the hook. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Kerosene lamps—another amazing thing—hissed as they hung from hooks over the porch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s time to test this batch,” Mr. Chris said, and took a wooden paddle from a hook on the wall. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Holding a knife, I contemplate a rabbit carcass slung over a hook on the wall, waiting to be cut open and skinned for the stew. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Once again, I jumped up and hooked my tail around the handle of the garbage-bin. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Then I hooked it up to the feed lines that led through the "balloon" to the inside of the trailer's pressure vessel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But perhaps he has been hooked many times before and he knows that this is how he should make his fight. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The room is pitch black, aside from one single day-lantern tied to a nearby door hook. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His gaze went past the coat hook holding Shady’s raincoat, not noticing the two bare feet sticking out below. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At that moment I realize that he and the woman have the same nose—hooked, a little too big on her face but the right size bn his. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I held it on both sides, sitting astride the handle hooked over the seat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A globe-shaped lantern hung from a hook on the central pole, and the floor of the tent was covered with a simple canvas cloth on which a red-and-brown rug had been laid. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the time he had hooked one of a pair of marlin. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess he got the hint, but instead of letting me off the hook, he started turning the cards over himself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He believed in equal rights, in knowledge, in hooks; he taught me about people like Paul Robeson, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and Joe Louis. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it; their fingers hook round the mesh. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Simon’s arm is hooked around Bram’s waist, their bodies so close they practically blur together. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z As soon as I set the hook, it smoked thirty yards of line off the spool. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z With only five minutes left in class, it’s probable she’s forgotten the assignment she gave you, which means you’re off the hook. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Her nose had a hook, and her mouth was plump and cherubic, which was appropriate considering Cupid was her great-grandfather. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Tiny Cooper has brought me to a Gay-Straight Alliance meeting to hook me up with a girl. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z This meant putting up hooks for hanging the meat in the barn. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooked his father’s arm around his neck again, got him to his feet, and walked him toward the house in silence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand shook as he hung his lantern on a hook and opened the grating over the first cell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They hooked a left at the next wing and found chaos. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But she also knew better than to disrespect her elders, so she pulled on her boots before taking Aunt Rose’s coat and her own off the hook and making her way back to the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I hook my arm around her shoulders, pulling her in closer. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z His jaw dropped even farther when he saw the life-size merman hanging by its tail from a Woody hook and chain in the ceiling near the staircase. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Her great-uncles wool coat hangs from the hook in the foyer; she puts it on. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It happened immediately: Harry felt as though a hook just behind his navel had been suddenly jerked irresistibly forward. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Both shots were answered immediately by two arching, swooping hook shots by Sanders. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Babulya grumbled and dropped the spoon into the potion, then hooked her fingers in the air over the simmering pot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I hook my hands in the storm drain grate and give it a heave but nothing happens. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The rope ladder was hooked over a branch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the chain was snapped around the bull’s neck, the farm hands pulled it over the crossbar of the chute posts and hooked it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The hooks were attached by a yard or so of leather cord to a bell-shaped iron weight. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The BFG quickly Secured the hooks to the giants’ chains, one hook near the legs and the other near the arms. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She hooks her fingers in my belt loops and pulls me against her, so I have to catch myself on my forearms. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I dangle for a couple of seconds, then get my left hand to hook on as well. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His body was poised for a moment like some wounded animal and then he collapsed like a hunk of meat cut loose from a butcher’s hook. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It contained a thin strong rope, a padded grappling hook, a vial of oil, some lockpicks and a dagger: Shadow’s usual burgling kit. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He had pushed his straw hat hard down on his head before he hooked the fish and it was cutting his forehead. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him were two county troopers standing in front of the doorway and they had their thumbs hooked into their pants pockets. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From these bars they now hung pulleys wound with strong, thin cord, and at the ends of the cords they fastened hooks, which they slipped into the oval-shaped holes in the block and pulled taut. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But how to catch one with neither line nor hooks? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I also need you to do something for me. Are you ready to sing that hook?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Coach’s stare made him feel like he was hooked to a lie detector. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Blue lanterns fight the wind, clutching the hooks above their stalls. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We made it to the petrol station out at the road, ran through there, and hooked left up the main road. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Does that mean I’m off the hook with cleaning the bathroom?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I knew Dad would have hated that, spending his final moments in a hospital hooked up to machines. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Nan hooked her arm through mine, and Wynn did the exact same thing on the other side. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z My bait was gone, my hook was broken, and I was getting cold, frightened, and mad. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z From each hook hung a carcass: skinned deer and elk, sides of beef, huge sows swinging from the ceiling, headless sheep and goats, even horse and bear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He reached for the hat and put it on a hook by the back door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She shuts her door and her shoes start squeaking across the floor toward the coat hooks outside my classroom. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, you found my hook!” she said, then thanked me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Off your heels . . . faster . . . left, right, left, right... snap it out, jab, hook, jab ... harder ... The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But you could use a hook, in the closet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They had learned to anticipate how he would hook his thumbs behind the tiny black catch buttons of his suspenders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z You knew it was expensive because instead of a metal hook, it hung by a red velvet ribbon. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We pulled in the pole and threw out the grapnel hook, watching the attached rope spin from its coil on the boat floor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I would hook my finger into the ring and pull it up and the lid would open almost noiselessly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s partly the unpredictability that keeps me hooked. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Time after time I felt the hook almost catch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They have layers of tulle and are propped up underneath with crinolines, and I worry about the hooks coming unfastened. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Rondell could go get himself a fishing pole and sit out there all day in a boat trying to hook himself a trout. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Johnny’s mom, unfortunately, was one of the people that got hooked on something that was uncontrollable. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If you kept going south, on down past Queenstown, the river would hook around in the west, then the north and empty into the Chesapeake Bay, but mostly we crabbed the river. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Pollard clucked once in Seabiscuit’s ear, and his colt hooked up with his rival on a dizzying pace, with Seabiscuit down on the deep, slow rail and Cloud D’Or on the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They grew and grew, twisting and turning toward me, and too late I realized they were slender branches, thin itchy switches with barbed hooks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The door hangs open and there’s a group of three drovers there, fighting with the horse, trying to hook it up to the wagon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Some had long stabbing thorns, some hooked barbs that rent like knives. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Following her instructions, I leaned over, locked my forearms under Morrie’s armpits, and hooked him toward me, as if lifting a large log from underneath. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The phone makes that beeping noise once it’s off the hook for too long and I can hear it from the sliding door, where I’m standing, watching Dad pick up winter debris. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t think he’d want to see it being hooked up to the big monster truck and dragged away. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mom hooked me up to a portable tank and then reminded me I had class. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She pulled out a tray that held hooks, rolled fishing line, a rusted pair of scissors, a pocketknife, and a box of Band-Aids. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z So I decide to let him off the hook. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I got right up from the table and went out and hooked Jumper to the double shovel. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t really expect to capture either brother on a permanent basis, but I thought if I could hook one temporarily I might be able to work the relationship into something more lasting. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey picked out a one-quart aluminum saucepan, four ponchos in children’s sizes, a packet of hooks and the smallest, lightest reel of fishing line she could find. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached down for the long rod with the hook at the end. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Simulators are imitation spacecraft which are hooked up to computers. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand stretched toward her and then stopped, wooden fingers twitching, hooks clinking softly. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I took off my coat and hung it from the hook on the wall. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I made loops with hooks and metal links. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Immediately afterward, the clearing slaves rushed out from the side gates with grappling hooks and rakes and ropes, and began to clean up the scene. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Anyway, so wear something hot to my party, and I’ll make sure you and Lewis hook up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Billy Pilgrim was lying at an angle on the corner-brace, self-crucified, holding himself there with a blue and ivory claw hooked over the sill of the ventilator. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Clean hooked up with some folks who told him about the Tigros posse. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hair grew on this story until the bears were wide awake and the ex-boxer was using his deadly left hook to knock all five unconscious. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the spyglass carefully in her pocket and hooked her arms over the branch in front, gazing at the sky, the moon, the scudding clouds. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hugh plucked a set of large pads off a wall hook and placed them on my shoulders. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “It’s a hard business. But if you’re hooked, you’re hooked. I was hooked by my granddaddy and my daddy set the hook.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She snagged the most feminine backpack off a line of hooks and left through a back exit into the casino’s service hallway. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There was something dismal in the luxurious over-furnished suite, as he pulled on trousers that might just as well have stayed on and she hooked her bra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Eat it so that the point of the hook goes into your heart and kills you, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If she had been standing closer to the explosion, she might be like Uriah, hooked up to tubes in the hospital, her mind quiet. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Gradually, and then more decidedly, the trail began to hook around behind the mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z By three o’clock, the movers had laid out carpets, positioned furniture, hooked up the washing machine and dryer, and filled each room with the stencil-marked boxes that the Meechams would have to unpack. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He barely remembered to hook himself to an anchor before he went out into the wind’s lash. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z "Look at you, like a garbage rat. You hooked all right. But you and me can beat it." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His little hooked arm is curled tight against his body like an extraordinary seashell, pale and fragile. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A hundred yards offshore I let the hook go and it plunged down and grabbed bottom, and the Fayre Eleyne straightened and raised her bow and seemed to sigh with relief. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As time went on, the concern un hooked itself from the fear and took on a life of its own. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She had managed to unfasten the hooks, and I struggled out of the dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When Mosca rowed alongside, the second figure cast a line with a hook toward Prosper to keep the boats from drifting apart. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She set out bowls of soup and hung a fresh disc of bread from the big hook. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I hooked my feet around the legs of the chair, locked my hands together underneath the table, and began telling them the plan Mr. Penney and I discussed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I detached two of my solar cells and hooked them up to the power loggers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Workers in hard hats were hoisting big metal containers on ropes and hooks up to the roof of a building. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He stood in the doorway, his thumbs hooked through the belt loops of his gray shorts until the entire class was staring at him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She went first, demonstrating how to swing out to the middle, before she brought her knees to her chest, hooked her legs over the bar’s edge, and pulled herself up to a seated position. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was certain that at any moment the cloth would tear, or the hook would slip, and Violet would be sent tumbling to her death. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She hooked the steel pole to the screw that unrolled the awning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to unhook her brassiere, but I pulled too hard and the hook tore out. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z My dad glanced at my mom and for one delirious second I thought I was off the hook, that somehow I’d exonerated myself, and that we could all just go back to business as usual. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Ivanito notices the two deep creases that begin at her nostrils and end in hooks below her lips. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother said, “The phone started ringing at six this morning. Your dad made me take it off the hook.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaves the letter on the bed, grabs his towel from the hook by the bed, and heads down the hall to the bathroom. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z And still others, unable to tolerate the continual ringing going on in their houses, often left their phones off the hook for hours, occasionally days, which was an open invitation to get murdered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m glad when she lets me off the hook by raising her hand. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Fingers, though blunt, were far more nimble than a hook. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z From the hallway, Mariam saw the girl, a swaddled bundle in the hook of her left arm. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “If two people say the same thing at the exact same time, they hook pinkies and make a wish,” I said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He lifts the bull hook high and then freezes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She hopped up to turn on my iPod hooked up to a speaker. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He still hung to the fish with his jaws hooked and the old man stabbed him in his left eye. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There were some pants hanging on one of the hooks. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dusty’s crew didn’t pump the wastewater into the basin. They hooked up to a sewer tank onshore.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As we walked through the front door, I spotted a fire key hanging on a hook. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Its fragile arms and legs are hooked up to machines ten times its size. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z They hooked Håkon under his armpits and pulled him as fast as they could over the bridge. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Daniela's eyes are a little sunken, like two finch's eggs in a nest, and her nose hooks left. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Embarrassment is right, Kevin. I mean...he fell for that crossover hook, line, and sinker.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He did as she commanded, his weight balancing the tilt of the craft as she slapped a patch onto the hissing hole the meat hook had made. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He swept the boards clean and knelt and hooked his fingers in the ring and lifted the trap door and swung it open. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I hook up the VCR and make sure it works. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I wondered, Dad, if you would hook up the oyster dredger to the Miss Amanda and help me haul something out of the river?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “You can tell! Since we hooked up with Faith, you’ve barely been alive.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Deal. But you’re going to have to show me more than baiting the hook if you don’t want me to accidentally throw your rod into the pond,” I joked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Although the line of riches is cut short by a scar from an unseen hook caught in a fish’s mouth, her lifeline extends out full and long. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Professor Quirrell, in his absurd turban, was talking to a teacher with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Between them a rowboat floated in the black water, held by a rope knotted around a rusty hook. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z This time Daddy left it off the hook. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I take my jacket from the hook and put it on as Mrs. Brook pushes the bar on the door to the playground and it clanks open. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was too small, he’d snap it in the head with his finger to stun it, take it off his hook, and toss it back into the water. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I yank an envirosuit off the hook and scramble to dress him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He finished sixty-ninth, beating more than one thousand adults, and was hooked. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I could get up and run for it, but if I stayed put, even for one more minute, there would be no more groping in car seats or movie theaters, no skirmishes over brassiere hooks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I hooked Wishbone’s leash on the handlebars and off we went. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then I put a towel over Bertha’s sewing machine and hung my backpack on the hook on the closet door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They stood toe to toe in the center of the ring, whacking, slugging, thumping back and forth, flinging sweat, elbows, fists, knees, jab the middle one, hook the middle one. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We found him a hat, an eye patch, and a plastic hook we thought would look perfect sticking out from his black arm sling. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She snipped a fish hook, slipped the hook in the hole, twist, twist, twist, then tossed it in the “finished” can. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He holds out his pinky and stares stares stares until I extend mine and we hook. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Inches away, I pressed my chest flat to the ground and reached out to hook my fingers over the ledge, then dragged myself forward until I could peek over it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z For a while, Sasha’s roommate was a man in a medically-induced coma who was hooked up to a breathing machine that hissed and thumped in a rhythmic pattern. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He hooks a finger in my shirt and slows me up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Dark, heavy brows met at the bridge of a long, hooked nose. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z If your chest is hairy, it takes even longer to get the electrocardiograph all hooked up, because first someone has to shave little bare patches for the medical sensors. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He bounced the hook up and down until he felt it catch hold. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z When I get back to Miss Leefolt’s, the phone rings off the hook the rest a the morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As they were getting out of the car, Minerva hooked arms with Dedd. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy hooks his arm around Seven’s neck and pulls him closer. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In this particular instance the medicine had proved ineffective; there wasn’t enough enamel left to hook a string on, and the prayers were being ignored because the Balancing Angel was blocking their passage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some weed? Why don’t you ask your man to hook you up with some weed?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She hooked her legs over the sharp edge of the metal above, and struggled upside down, scratching, biting, punching, spitting in passionate fury. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He hooked his bad leg in the rigging, ignoring the pain, checked the sight on his rifle, and began picking off anyone in range. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And, Sister, if That Woman has a baby, you know good’n’well she’ll get her hooks on a whole lot more of Pa’s money than she bargained with him for. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They cut a stout pole from a young alder, lashed the gaff hook to it, and then stealthily approached the swift, cold river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I went over to it, washed my knife in antiseptic, and hooked the drawstring of my bag over my shoulder. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Sophia laughs and directs her teacup monkey, Singe, to roll the die for her on the circular board that hooks around the champagne-flute tower. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Lengths of colorful paper chain hang from hooks all around the room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Its wings were spread as if preparing to fly, and its hooked talons pierced the boy’s heart. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They hooked each gambler up to a machine that measured the activity of the sweat glands below the skin in the palms of their hands. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “You really should hook up with someone this year, Astrid. It’s depressing. Plus, I feel guilty. You spend so much time with me and Justin, I feel like it’s our fault.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Even when I tugged on both ends of the fabric, I had trouble getting one hook into an outermost eye. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She and her mother hooked the wagon onto the back of the battered moped, loaded the wagon with the honey and cookies. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon was clinging to her, an ermine again, his little claws hooked deep into her anorak. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Alfhercht reach out a hand and hook his finger in the air, drawing down and out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Now, technically, I’m not allowed up here. My mom thinks it’s unsafe”—she hooked finger quotes around the word and rolled her eyes—“but she’ll never know.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Frankie had already slipped his stocking off its hook and was sticking his hand down into it. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z There were two pumps hooked up but only one working. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooks his thumb on the waistband and pulls his underwear down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He cleaned off a leg of lamb, readying it to hang on a ceiling hook along with the day’s other fresh cuts of meat. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z With the hook stuck in one of the ventilating holes in the top of my light, I lifted it back out on the ice and set it down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Two men in coveralls stretched a thick steel cable with a hook from the back of the wrecker down toward the brush at the edge of the river. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He is much fish still and I saw that the hook was in the corner of his mouth and he has kept his mouth tight shut. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It curled around her face in big, black hooks, framing her large, black eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z How about you hook me up with that dragonfly box? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Each sardine was hooked through both eyes so that they made a half-garland on the projecting steel. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I hook the creature around the back of my neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z August takes a deep breath and grips the bull hook so hard his knuckles whiten. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He undoes the robe, hangs it on a hook, walks naked to the platform, jumps the step, almost falls, then makes some joke that causes everyone to laugh. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He hooked an arm around the woman's shoulders. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Boiled linen, hook needle, gut, alcohol, and iodine,” she said, crisply. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Move!” he screams, waving the bull hook around her face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I had the pattern for the piratas and everything. I bought hooks for their hands and was even going to reuse those patches that Merci used to wear for her eye exercises.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I got that out and hooked that up so that there wouldn’t be as much pressure on the other pumps and there would be a backup if it was to be needed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I warn Ronan, “Be careful. She may have a lure or hook on that thing.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “It’s not going to be easy. He’s going to have machines and tubes hooked up to him. He’s not going to look at you or say anything.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Wondering who owns the river and the line, and the hook, and the worm. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I was trying to think of a quick change of subject, to let him off the hook, but then he shifted in his chair and squinted across the room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z From hooks along the wall hung her clothes, things she had made, some of them skirts and jackets rich with embroidered and appliqued designs. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Then she carefully hooked the hat back on to the peg with the walking-stick. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Mom explained that Dad had hooked up every squat in the building to an insulated cable he’d hot-wired off a utility pole down the block. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the dream I was alone in a small wooden boat, hooked up to a humongous tarpon that was dragging me out to sea. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They had often talked of a deep-sea-fishing boat, which they would buy, man themselves, and rent to vacationers—this though neither had ever skippered a canoe or hooked a guppy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z With only hook latches for locks, Louise took to sitting by the front door on an apple box with a rolling pin in her hand, ready to brain any prowlers who might threaten her children. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Man of the Moon flipped the pages of the hook. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I know it, and still—I’m letting the hook pierce me like some dumb fish that’s been hooked a billion times before and still hasn’t figured it out yet that hooks are the enemy. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But still I made another string for my fishing spear, many hooks of abalone shell, and last of all earrings to match the necklace Tutok had given me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’ll be trout down in those weeds and stems. Here—give me the poles and I’ll bait the hooks for us.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was thrown together like fishing tackle in the bottom of a rowboat, hooks and sinkers and line and lures and gaffs all snarled up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "You been taking a little step before you threw the hook, made you off balance. This time, you pivoted. Like this." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I need to be strong enough to move away on my own, to pull Mom’s hooks out of my heart, to forget about Uncle Max. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Though it wasn’t cold, it seemed as if the kid ought to be covered, so the old man took his winter work jacket off the hook and laid that over him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the Webbs’ cat, trussed her, hung her up by her heels to a hook, and began to sharpen his knife. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The gold leaf was rubbed off, and each separate six-inch hook was sharpened and filed to a deadly point. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z This experience left me with the conclusion that our first president, besides having frizzy hair, a large red hooked nose, and apple cheeks, had a prissy, even old-ladyish mouth and a double chin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He removed his tunic, hung it carefully on a wall hook, and put on the volunteer’s smock that was folded on a shelf. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The memory palace is a set of hooks, on which memories are deliberately hung as required and removed when done with. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z They gathered a group of volunteers and hooked them up to monitors measuring their heart rate and body temperature—the physiological signals of such emotions as anger, sadness, and fear. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Wait—was he trying to hook up online? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Then I put my gloves on and dug around on your workbench until I found an old padlock, hanging open on a hook. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z They were tethered to hooks embedded in the fleshy ground. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he picks up two probes hooked onto wires coming from the front of the oscilloscope, a red one and a black one. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on then,” he said, taking a ring of keys from a hook on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He ducked under a lantern with a green metal shade hanging from a hook. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Just a basic human figure with tiny gold hooks serving as joints. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They wielded blades called hreshtek, sharp enough to slice a man off his shadow, and kept scorpions in brass cages hooked to their belts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z All I had done was look at records and almost hook up with a girl, but somehow I felt accomplished. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Shadow had made a face, but he had started to read, and had found himself hooked against his will. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There were safety lines that hooked to harnesses Soulzeren had given them to wear—all but Eril-Fane, whose shoulders were far too big for them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Just before I go, with great stealth I lift with care Papi’s sweater from the hook where it hangs. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I hung the dish towel on its hook and headed down the Path to Perdition. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He returned regularly to feed wire behind the coins stacked up inside, hook the paper, and fill his palms with change. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z But as I suspected, the trailer's tow hook was unscathed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So Howard jumped to the edge of the creek and we hooked pinkies. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I took my hook and line and went back down the mountain to the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Her shoes are off now, stockinged toes hooked over the lip of the coffee table. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He hooked his fingers around a magic thread and walked with it a few paces away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The sound of the hook against Griffin's jaw, the dull, meaty thunk, echoed in his mind all the way home in Spoon's car. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “They hooked the train back up!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “And I suppose you plan on dangling your companion on that hook.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I don’t know whether she’ll be crying over Nick or wanting to hook up with every guy in sight. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “She’s in the kitchen,” Chess said, hanging his own backpack on the hook where it belonged. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Behind him stood the hook-handed man, who smiled and waved a hook at the youngsters. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Except the office, where the telephone was off the hook, and the wires cut, same as in the kitchen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I hook my index fingers into her two front belt loops and tug her closer. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She fumbled with the hooks, her hands trembling, making worse trouble with it than I did myself, and all the time catching at her breath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My cousin Stacey, who goes to New Castle, says she and a friend were in Chicago and he was playing this club and he totally hooked up with both of them? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Both ends of the line were hooked, one directing downward, the other up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He hooked his arm in mine and pulled me into an empty alleyway. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Vietnamese got kids hooked on drugs and we had to fight a war to stop it, did we give in? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Their trainers used large steel hooks to pull the beasts one way or the other, to prod or punish them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mrs Wormwood was hooked on bingo and played it five afternoons a week. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Will marveled at the deftness in those huge black hooks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She hooked a finger into his cheek and pulled as if trying to rip the side of his face off, but her finger slipped out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It is he that has the hook in his mouth. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After a little wiggling and pushing, I worked the hook loose and laid the pole down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hand, held by his, twitched like a fish on a hook, and he recognized the astounded expression in her eyes from earlier incidents in his career. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He was practicing sets and hooks, dribbling and pivots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth hooked one arm around his waist and struggled across the current. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Turning the corner, Francie saw that both doors were hooked back hospitably and she imagined that the large, bland dial of the swinging scale blinked a welcome. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The bright orange tarpaulin was held down by a strong nylon rope that wove its way between metal grommets in the tarpaulin and blunt hooks on the side of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Buttons, zippers, hooks and eyes—I just can’t do them anymore.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then the bug crawled up both of them and, by standing on Milo’s head, just managed to hook his cane on the root of an old gnarled tree. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “No,” he says, grabbing his coat from the hook and looking as if he’s going to ask the cops. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She hooked me around the back with her arm and pressed my head into her hair. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The thing about being a fish on a hook is the more you try to get off, the more trapped you are. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Steven and Emilia could suggest something, and Matt would be off the hook. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The steer came up to him and made as though to nose at him and the bull hooked perfunctorily. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Slaughtered lambs, skinned and transparent as baby flesh, hung evenly on rusted hooks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy followed it with a left hook, leaving his feet for a moment, seeing the force of the blow contort Vegas’s face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your arm okay from where I hooked you?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She runs a finger down the center of Justyce’s chest and hooks it into the waistband of his pants. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Their father has his slippers on, one foot hooked behind the other. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hook came apart, and whatever I had went circling back to its bed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba spent four months wrapped in bandages, stiff as a board from splints, patches, and hooks, in a dreadful torment of itching and immobility, and consumed by impatience. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I baited up and dropped in again I hooked another and brought him in the same way. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In fact, it was so worn down, only the hook of the J was left. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z With a long hooked blade, he sliced me root and stem, chanting all the while. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Nessie, Sallie, make sure those fools have the horse hooked up right and then take those straps.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He hooked up the electrical connection and scooted out from under the car. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A pop sounded and suddenly the hook was flying toward the Berg, the rope spinning out behind it like a trail of smoke. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Polly looked around, but the smokehouse was so dark that she could distinguish only the shadowy figures of a couple of hams hanging from hooks. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendai had his legs hooked around an old chimney as he cut away the wisteria vine- that threatened to topple it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I had to talk mean and threaten him with a club before we could get him close enough for Mama to hook the singletree over the loop of rope I’d tied around the bull’s horns. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized that these were small fish, too small for the hook. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When he came out again, the little silver bell was hooked over his left front leg. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When his mouth finally closes, August’s opens, and he also gesticulates toward Rosie, waving the bull hook and thumping her on the shoulder for good measure. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I scraped the muddy coat off them with the hooked knife I used for cutting grapes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "They're out to make an example of him. Prosecutor pulled the race card, and the grand jury bought it hook, line, and sinker." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her shoulders are pulled back and she's got her thumbs hooked under the straps of her backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You’re telling me,” I said, and swung a right hook at its head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Jinx was intrigued by the romantic scene developing before him, but was even more enamored with the catfish wriggling on the hook. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “She says it was a grappling hook,” the hook-handed man said into the walkie-talkie. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I mean small pieces, little strips that I meant for the gaff’s hook that, when dried by the sun, looked like ordinary animal flesh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z That one small thing, that tiny thread hooked on a screwhead, saved his life. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Bree's deft fingers close a series of hooks and clasps along my back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But deep inside, I knew I was hooked, and I was secretly jealous of those from my drug circle who got themselves together and pulled out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while, James joined Sammy, holding his own line and hook. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In my excitement, I kept missing the button with my hook, but I eventually got it and rushed out of the apartment and downstairs. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But he just nods and raises his leather greaves, now clean, to the firelight before hanging them from the hooks embedded into the wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Each jerk widens the cut the hook makes and then when he does jump he might throw it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And the night was dark, so it was hard to see where she could toss the grappling hook and have the metal arms hook onto something. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help but notice the bit was no longer in his mouth and he was not hooked up to the wagon anymore. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I battened her down and took her to the middle of the bay, put down a huge old-fashioned hook anchor and half-inch chain, and moored her with a long swing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The hooks look like appliances for the armless. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll shake another time. I wouldn’t soil your hand with these forge hooks.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “How many tubes did they have hooked up to him? What was the name of the stuff they were putting into him? Were they giving him blood? What was his heart rate?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z On the outheld hand of the colossal seraph, ghosts stood guard with cleavers, and some with meat hooks on chains. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At home, in the evenings, her father stows their shoes in the same cubby, hangs their coats on the same hooks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On the wall, clothes hung from hooks, and more clothes were strewn untidily on the floor. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought: Could rats weave fish nets or make fish hooks? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He threw back his head, but in doing so jerked the kettle off the hook, and when he turned, he was wearing it over his head like a black pumpkin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He picked it up and draped it over the large hook. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z There were three Hubbards now, all of them hazy, jab at the middle one, hook the middle one. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z You have only yourself and you had better work back to the last line now, in the dark or not in the dark, and cut it away and hook up the two reserve coils. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I see a walkie-talkie hooked on his belt. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The old Paine Underwood would have eagerly picked up the phone and ranted, but the new Paine Underwood took Donna Underwood’s advice and let it ring off the hook. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I was glad, because it would have taken most of a day and a half to get the contraption hooked up. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I want to scream when I see the witch’s costume hanging on a hook in the corner like somebody’s in it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “Dad cut his hand on a bait hook. Clear to the bone.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then I hooked something heavy, probably a snook, that ran out a hundred feet and broke the line. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Clang! grappling hook hit the tower, and fell down again, hitting Violet hard in the shoulder. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Through her tears, Molly watches Vivian replace the receiver on the hook, wrap her robe tighter and tie it, pat the silver hair at the nape of her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z An assortment of pots and pans hang from hooks on the wooden studs next to ladles and strainers and big boxes of breakfast cereal, which must come from Costco. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I whisper, "My dad's poking around with these wires that are hooked to the machine I found in the basement. He's testing the electrical parts of my electric blanket control." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it’s December first, I can hook you up.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She took her jacket off the hook and poked it above the suitcase, so that she had a free hand for the knob. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Another one hooked my mom, and we were forced up the aisle, funneled toward the flower-stacked coffin at the front of the church. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The birds were the size of eagles and pitch-black, with long, hooked black beaks. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Miles started to protest, and then, looking at her face, he picked up the trout and gently worked the barbed hook free. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooked the toe of his boot under Sigurd’s chest and kicked him onto his back. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The priest hung the lantern j from a hook, slipped a hand inside his robe, and produced an ornate key. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every time he passed by the hooks where they hung jackets to dry, he knocked Cole’s jacket to the floor. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Grandma stopped and picked up a copper triangle, attaching it to a hook hanging from a nail. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z "You can curl it around and you can hook it on to things and you can swing from it and lower yourself to the ground from high places." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The long, the jagged, the hooked surfaces picked up the light from a rack of black candles against the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The hook slices the air just a few inches above Ruby’s head. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The one remaining thing to fix was the tow hook. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just don’t feel like I wanna hook up with someone without getting to know them.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “So, did you two manage to hook up?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He grabbed a hand towel off a hook to his left and ran it over the glass, his reflection appearing in the clear streak he made. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He hooked on to a touring show of the musical Academy that went to Seoul and won South Korea’s version of a Tony for best play. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be lei off the hook.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Above their heads the frozen wheels, barrels, hooks, flies, cams, gears, and all the other intricate parts of Fry’s giant clock. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The other hooks held blotters, pencils and other penny articles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It has powerful hydraulic pistons hooked to rudder, ailerons, and elevator, which means that if you move your hand on the stick or your feet on the rudders ever so slightly, the airplane reacts immediately. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gideon walks over to a map marked with colored pins, removing his hat and hanging it on a nearby hook. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z From a nearby, smaller fire, she lifted a kettle from its hook and carried it into the cott. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I solemnly swear,” said Lazlo, and they hooked their fingers together and descended to the anchor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The padlock that hung on the back door was open, barely balancing on its hook. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I remember I put out some set hooks late one Saturday, thinking if I caught a fish, it wouldn’t be a sin to take him off the hook next morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I’d rather be on the end of a fish hook and used as bait than come up against those terrible creatures again!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He lifts his bed against the wall, hooks it into place. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to go right into the hook and then do the verses Dee-Nice wrote. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Usually it hangs on a hook by my bed, my version of a dream-catcher. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He hooked a sharp right at the end of the building, and he felt the ground drift away from him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then they hooked little fingers and shook hands gravely with the mien of bankers at a convention. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I don’t want him to let me off the hook. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “They hooked up the old water tank. Kept the water flowing a couple of days. Just dribbling really. Not enough to bathe with, but enough to drink.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I scrambled to hook the net while Ma brought Dimple around to pull it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The older girl refilled the shuttles when they ran low and rehung the temple hooks to keep the web tight. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z All the Cyclopes held huge lengths of black iron chains—big enough to anchor a battleship—with grappling hooks at the ends. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I hooked my thumbs into my backpack straps, just to have something to do with my hands. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z August lets loose a long string of curses and runs up beside her, swinging the bull hook and driving the pick end into her shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Very tall and very thin, the Lord of Raventree had a hook nose, long hair, and a ragged salt-and-pepper beard that showed more salt than pepper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ben studied his father’s hook shot from the window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I got down the wooden bucket from its hook and started to milk her. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Rivera's clumsy left hook missed his head by a foot. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She approached the box, hooked eight front claws onto the rim board, and pulled herself in. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She hooked a tray to the window of a Firebird, laughing lightly, leaning forward to chat with the three boys inside. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wrote it last night. Got your verses, the hook, everything.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the stairs there’s a hat-and-umbrella stand, the bentwood kind, long rounded rungs of wood curving gently up into hooks shaped like the opening fronds of a fern. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the hook she was holding onto the mailbox and then pulled her reddish-brown hair into a ponytail. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Despite this, the distraught listeners could still make out the hollow thud of bull hook hitting flesh, again and again and again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Soon we’re in a lit foyer with hooks along the walls and a metal rack filled with shoes that I notice are Darius’s. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I would have spared myself the trouble—after all, it was for Richard Parker and he would have dispatched it with expert ease—but for the hook that was embedded in its mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa wouldn’t pay to hook into the new water main and sewer system, either. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The bottom was sandy, but mostly free of coral so that my hooks would not snag. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Em took two fingers and hooked one of his thumbs, squeezing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Mamá Jacinta takes off her apron and hangs it on a rusty hook near the fridge. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I pressed the receiver hook and heard the line go dead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She threw her first javelin in grappling hook mode, knocking away a lead-weighted net that would have entangled us both. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She got up from the edge of the bed and hooked the screen door. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I attached a hook to a wire leader, which I tied to a line. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Link and Calista were standing real close by the vibrating bath, and I realized that they had probably decided to hook up. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding the can with both my hands, I sharply brought it up against a hook. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I took a hook shot over my head toward the garbage can fifteen feet away. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Winnie clutched her pole, sitting sidewise in the stern, and watched the baited hook sink slowly down. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z One man, pulling an anchor off Naushon, hooked an old crown that had been buried in the muck for a century. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When it landed, Dad pulled up on the line a few times until he felt as though he had hooked something else. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z While I hooked the traces, Grandpa asked did my mother change her mind yet about going to New York. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Scoob freezes, eyes wide, heart thumping so fast, he knows if be were hooked up to the monitor, it would sound like a five-bell alarm. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I ask his bare butt as he struts in that slow summer way of his across the room and grabs a blue robe from a hook on the wall next to the smocks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But who replaces this fish if I hook some fish and it cuts him off? The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I took both my coats and my scarf from the hooks next to the front door and I put them all on because it would be cold outside at night. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He grins as he lowers the bull hook, and removes his top hat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He drops the bull hook to his side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She was curious about Abe, interested in Abe, but all the flirting she did was, to him, merely niceness: Abe would hook her up with his black friend, if he had a black friend. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Irene tried to scoop her toe along the patio and hook one of her flip-flops. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He leans toward me and hooks his hands behind my ears, pulling me to him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I wish it had been a dream now and that I had never hooked the fish and was alone in bed on the newspapers. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked to the bank of the river where Samuel had some line and hooks hidden. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you going to hook me up to any wires?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Okay. Just FYI, I don’t intend to hook up with any dumb, gross boys either.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z After taking a look at the type of vocabulary J. D. Salinger uses, I was hooked. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The young falcon was climbing the cliff, beating her wings, taking hold of rock cracks with the hook of her beak and her talons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “We’re right in the middle of serving the main course. Go grab a seat in the greenroom. The speaker’s done using it. I’ll hook you guys up in about fifteen. Cool?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I ran down the bus steps and hooked my arm through Julian's and began walking rapidly toward the school. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Bull replaced the phone on the hook, smiled to himself in anticipation of the coming fracas, then bellowed for Sergeant Latito. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the gaff and examined it—a long-handled gaff with a barbed hook at one end, tagged as admitted around the butt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I whittled another hook, but this time I cheated and used string to wind it together instead of bark. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s Beth’s first night home,” Mom tells me, grabbing her keys from the hook by the door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He designed each story to hook the audience within minutes so that people didn’t turn the dial to another program. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Carmen opened the hook to the first few pages and started reading silently. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Using the wire cutters, she snipped the pointy end of the hook, then stuck it into the hole she had just made in the bottle cap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then, turning back, I took the compass from the hook on which it had hung all summer. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A poor little fish wriggling on a hook. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She lifted two small jackets from a hook on the wall. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sticks in my craw like a rusty hook, knowing how little it means to a rich creep like Tyler Croft, that he can ruin my life anytime he feels like it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t have taken all that much; just a smile and he’d be hooked. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The buzzer sounded, ten seconds to go, pop-pop, get in there and fight, black boy, pop- pop, you slave, and he drove in, pop-pop, hook, Rivera's eyes were wild, pop-pop and right cross. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z What was that—hanging from the hook in the ceiling? And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z "Wait in your room, and at least dress for bed. Also, there's a post-balloon hooked to your vanity." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Jormungundr, the Midgard serpent, had bitten down on the huge ox head, and the hook had dug deep into the roof of its mouth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In those days, an operator came on the line automatically whenever a phone came off the hook. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The two guys hooked up at the curb and put their heads together, looked back at Ice, then moved on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Ellis baits the hook, and I know she genuinely wants to talk, and she’s bummed, probably, that Mom can’t make time for her hockey games. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I hooked my arms through the straps of my backpack. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He showed them, as he had the day before, a cabinet inside which fourteen coffee cups hung on angles from brass hooks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The hook fastening the bookcase had gotten stuck, which is why no one had been able to warn us about the carpenter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She broke the seam of her legs and scissored one back and hooked my ankle with her instep, pulling my knee between hers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he told me to feel the hook and slip the mussel bait over the barb. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A decal of a hooked, flapping trout was pasted to the rear window. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dad went to work getting the grapnel hook ready. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I clean the sides, the back, and the hooks. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They had only two cups and he drank his coffee from the bowl he’d eaten from, his thumbs hooked over the rim. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Dylan hooks me up when his dresser gets too crowded. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She hooked her leg around the ankle of the guard to her left. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m hooked up to all sorts of machines. That’s why it took me so long to get to the intercom.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead I could noose the bedsheet round my neck, hook myself up in the closet, throw my weight forward, choke myself off. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She can hook into information, remember it, and manipulate it for artistic purposes when it has context and interest. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z So why was I hooked up to all these machines, lying in this uncomfortable bed? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I would sink the gaff to a depth of four feet or so, sometimes with a fish speared on the hook as bait, and I would wait. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A boy—a young man, really—with olive skin and dark wavy hair was left holding a catfish hooked on a line. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “If you make it,” Ben said, leaning with all his weight against his father’s rear, trying to slow the inevitable move toward the basket for the easy hook shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Down in the locker were a few cattle and sheep and pigs and horses hanging from iron hooks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is some real strange stuff but I lost fifty cents over on Kennelworth yesterday and I bet my fifty cents got hooked up with someone else’s fifty cents and made this here buck.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If it makes you uncomfortable— He stopped me, wagged a finger, then hooked his glasses off his nose, letting them dangle on' the string around his neck. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The kindly man took the iron lantern off its hook and led her past the still black pool and the rows of dark and silent gods, to the steps at the rear of the temple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They decided they were too hooked on money and success, so they bought that old farm and they’re going to farm it and think about what’s important.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Climbing was like life itself, only it was cast in much sharper relief, and nothing had ever hooked Beck to such a degree. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And there they were I Not two or three, but at least a dozen, lashed together, each with a barbed hook and bolt sinker. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There are verses, a hook, and a bridge. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But compared to the rest of the inventory, it might as well have been a Lamborghini, and I could tell by the way my dad was eyeing it that he was hooked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The man nearly overbalanced, but held on to the rail and swung the boat hook round in another attempt. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z BREN: Then why are you reading her hook of Cuban love poems? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One day you would see a guy on the corner being slick and the next day you would hear he was hooked up in a cell somewhere. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z In the hallway, his father was slamming the receiver down on the hook. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Tane had been tied together and dangled from a hook, which was slowly lowering them over a piranha-filled tank. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When he tried to rein him in, the horse bolted, thrashing around like a hooked marlin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Something broke the surface of the creek, something on a chain Grandma had hooked. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Something tugs inside my chest, like there’s a hook pierced into my heart and Mom’s words are reeling me back to her. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His hands were bound together with a rope that was threaded through a hook on the ceiling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I pulled the phone off the hook and slammed it against the change part as hard as I could. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I hook my elbows over it and groan. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Standing in a tomb-dark hallway just inside the door, I stared frozenly at what looked for all the world like skins hanging from hooks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Hubbard rushed out of the corner, swinging his left like a meat hook. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I hooked them inside my jacket under my arms and hoped they wouldn’t fall out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The thought of it hooked me right away and I was ready to push off immediately. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “And yes, I must be ‘hooked up’ for it to work—for now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z As someone warbled on the radio, Ralph’s thumbs hooked themselves around her windpipe. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z "Last time Ishtar came down here, Erishkigal had her hung from a pair of bronze hooks. Goddess or not, that had to hurt." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I hook my arm through his because I’ve ruined so much lately and I’m not ready to add this night to the list. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The iron weight looked like something borrowed from Sarah’s kitchen—a heavy little hooked thing I’d once seen her hang meat on to roast. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “As if we would harm you,” Arm said as he hung the Nirvana gun on a hook. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Lying awake in bed that night, I thought of Soraya Taheri’s sickle-shaped birthmark, her gently hooked nose, and the way her luminous eyes had fleetingly held mine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You weren’t doing anything about your little crush. You hardly talked to Gregor. Someone else was going to hook him at that rate.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He chatted with Maya and Konrad and kept an arm hooked around my shoulder as we walked from place to place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Larson tried to build a case for himself, tried to find a way to let himself off the hook for losing control. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z And thanks to a talent-competition show called American Idol, she gets hooked on country music. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “A striper will attack its prey from the front, so the hook will have a good chance of catching the striper that way.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I watch her from the open door, her small body hooked up to large machines that do the job of breathing for her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I’ll take a blunt button hook and pull his tonsils out by the by jingoed roots, just like I promised him. He doesn’t quit. He’s fired.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears were dripping from the end of his hooked nose as he read the old letter from Lily. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "They swam the moat. Climbed the walls with hook and rope. Came over wet and dripping, steel in hand." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We went to the shelter,” I explained, letting Mr. Ray off the hook. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I tried out my uppercut, right hook, and blocking with the left. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She took off her precious coat and thought about hanging it on the hook where her duffel bag was. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The Muslim sticks like a leech, drumming at his old junkie buddy, “You’re hooked, man! ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing in all my hooks about foreign places had described a scene like this before me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The woman waited, her knife hooked downward, her gloved left hand raised to protect her neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Just hook me up with a nice cape. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Pax sprang and seized a joint of ham, tearing it from its hook, and darted out of the tent with the heavy prize in his mouth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As the boat evened up with the end of the dock I jumped off and hooked a line around a cleat, but the wood was rotted and the cleat bolts ripped out of the dock. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I lean over and lay the bull hook on the ground. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Moving past an open locker, he’d spotted a camera dangling from one of the coat hooks. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooked it around a finger and jerked it up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then pull it along the bottom until it hooks on something. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Using her right hand, she threw the grappling hook as high and as hard as she could, and waited to see if it would catch onto something. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Styx rolled out his tales real slow, keeping us on the hook. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Luke feigned a single leg, and when Herrera sprawled, Luke put him in a front headlock and hooked his arm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He dragged the sack away and hooked it over the side, so that the Chicken’s body was half in and half out of the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z These eleven were the major events, and they were hooked together like a fragile daisy chain looped around the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He chugged his soda and grabbed his car keys from the hook by the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He was only interested in the results of the sale, knowing that his previous nineteen thousand, nine hundred fifty boxes had been sold and he was off the hook. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The way those people were staring at us? The man with a face the color of a pig’s rear end, and the ugly woman with the hooked nose?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z His foot hooked on something in the air and he hopped again, bounding up an invisible set of steps as Ivan’s water column thundered through where he had just stood. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There were three columns of eyes for the hooks spaced evenly from top to bottom. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Well, Merry was very pretty and she had that amazing right hook.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Central Europeans became especially hooked on it; by the nineteenth century, maize was the daily bread of Serbia, Rumania, and Moldavia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I leaned over the gunnel and with my thumbs pushed from under one of the hooks the rope that held down the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I run the rest of the way to the wake, one step ahead of the iron hooks she’s casting. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The hooks at the rope ends were clinking against the poles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She hooked her arm through mine, and we rounded the corner to the back parking lot and hunkered behind a Dumpster. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Commander Jameson leads the soldiers to a flat circular stand in the middle of the roof, a stand with the Republic's seal embedded in it and strings of heavy chains hooked around its rim. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Favorite pots showed their dark bottoms from hooks and gaily colored flowers from the pasture leaned out of thin glassware. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Probably off the hook or something,” she said, locking up the front door. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He took his cloak from its hook near the door and shouldered his way out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I thought about Mtisha I could hook up some pictures of us getting married, going shopping in a mall, the whole thing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Is this why you called me over here? Because you want me to hook you up with one of these dudes?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The door latch rattled again, and this time the hook just kept on rattling until it worked its way out of the loop and fell hanging. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I got the ball and drove down the middle, tossing up a baby hook over the front rim and in. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “When you came to that party, did you know you were going to hook up with Aaron?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z That’s the only thing that got me off the hook for now. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The cows on these “farms” spend their time in a fenced lot eating organic grain except for the three times a day they are hooked up to milking machines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Out of nowhere, his arms hooked around me, locking me to his chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He worked the hooks out of the eyes and sighed with relief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Real casual, he allows as how if I was to drag a grapple along the bottom, I might hook up on my traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Ned grinned and unhooked the fish, revealing a green and yellow spotted fishing hook. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I take the bull hook and watch as he storms from the tent. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Marco hooked an arm around my waist and jerked me up against his dazzling white suit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Anya hooked her hands under his shoulder and tugged him, trying to prompt him to sit up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Jeffrey kept squeezing my hand really hard for a few minutes, until the blood specimens had all been taken and an IV line was hooked up to his port. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t care you hooked up with Ethan again. We all make mistakes. Whatever. No ones really even talking about it, except Gillian. Even Shriya’s like, whatever. Who cares about that guy?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z That only feels like being let off a hook. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes I have to use a special tool like a hook or a strap or something like that. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Here, Caroline,” he said, handing the package and the bucket to Ma, and then he put the gun on its hooks over the door. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am, she went down headfirst. Caught her foot in the rug at the top of the stairs, the one my mother hooked herself.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cap’n hung his coat on a pole with hooks on it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He hooked a sharp right to climb up MacArthur. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When he jerked his head away from the right, a left hook slammed into his face. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The man put one of his terrible hooks on Klaus’s shoulder. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Beneath my feet was a hooked rug in the design of a huge violet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Again his fingers dug at his face, and this time pulled away a portion of his hooked nose, leaving it straight and similarly pale-skinned. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, he’s off the hook in case anybody ever starts trying to track down whoever else was in on that killing.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z And some girls might focus on the way his ears stick out, or the way his nose hooks at the end, but to me... Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He waved back tiredly, then hooked his arm in the ladder and let his body shake. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z All our things were so out of order, out of place, though the phone was hooked up. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “I wish it were a dream and that I had never hooked him. I’m sorry about it, fish. It makes everything wrong.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Rows of chains ran down either side, bolting the frame to large hooks in the floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘No, Fai, Ted’s right to ask. Trouble is, Ted, I’m totally hooked on nicotine and can take or leave bread.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Beto nodded and hurried to get his jacket from its hook. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Sadly, I put some of the internal organs on my hook, and before I could get my line to the bottom I had another bite. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooked his thumbs in his belt and squinted one eye nearly closed. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes flit across mine, begging me to let him off the hook. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As he hung them up on their hooks by the door, Sasha’s comment came back to him. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Muck in the alleys, the hoarse shouts of work crews, the boys in their dormitory sleeping head to toe while their coats and trousers hang from hooks along the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The toilet wasn’t hooked up to any sewer or septic system. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I was still hooked to the BiPAP, so I didn’t answer, but I listened to his message the moment it beeped through to my phone. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z A monkey can run amazingly fast, it can jump long distances, and it uses its tail as a gripper or a hook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared up at the ceiling, stared at the big black hook in the middle of the room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I open my mouth to come up with some story to excuse myself, but the sheriff has a hell of a left hook, and I go down before I can utter a word. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Since we hadn't hooked up with Rik, we didn't have a dock space reserved for us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But after that each one can widen the opening of the hook wound and he can throw the hook. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because I was grateful the nominee didn’t turn out to be me'' I pounced on this. “So you let Cap swallow the hook. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “I just...I’m not really looking to hook up with or date anyone right now, okay? I don’t want to.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Cla— The usual clang! sound stopped halfway through, and Violet saw in the dim light of the moon that the hook wasn’t falling. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The key to the cell hung from a hook on the wall above the table. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He hooked his arm around my shoulder and led me back into the living room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He took Ben almost underneath the basket, then in a quick, fluid move, he pivoted for a hook shot that caromed lightly off the backboard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I eye the narrow cot, the chair, the cold hearth, the ominous black bureau, the hooks on the wall—for torture, I assumed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Who could blame the slaves their sad comportment with that corpse twisting on a hook outside? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A lot of the time I get hooked. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The line, fitted with a hook, has three spark plugs at the end to sink it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A creature half the size of a man, with leathery wings and hooked claws, was crawling over the side of the basket toward Lee Scoresby. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I hook my arm through Taryn’s and hurry along inside. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Their next adventure was with the Harpies, frightful flying creatures with hooked beaks and claws who always left behind them a loathsome stench, sickening to all living creatures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I hooked my foot around the ladder rung and leaned deep into the cistern, quenching the shingle in the water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z You loop the wool over each nail in turn, twice around, and use a fifth nail to hook the bottom loops over the top ones. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he hooked Bull’s arm around his neck and together they rose, and began staggering toward home. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tool flashed by, hooked easily on a ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Then I curled the two ends outward, so when the coat hanger was around my head, the ends angled away from my face and formed hooks to hold the rubber band in place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They sat on benchlike cots hooked along the wall, staring at us as we passed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I’m not hooked up to the computer as I wait, I can’t watch the simulation, only the person’s reaction to it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Then he began to pity the great fish that he had hooked. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Soccer games are where young people hang out and hook up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I pick up Daddy’s iPod from the patio table, our DJ for the afternoon that’s hooked up to the sound system. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And then, in the neatest way you could wish, the tear in the back of his hauberk caught on a hook in the wall. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The military got the kids hooked on weed and alcohol to make them more compliant. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Violet’s grappling hook had stuck on another hook. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Then he reaches for his top hat and bull hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Faster than a sewing machine working a piece of cloth, I hooked down the tarpaulin on both sides of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He clawed the jib down, wadded it in a ball and—with it still hooked to the forestay—he opened the forward hatch and jammed all of the sail he could into the opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he struggles, a fish on a hook, the Mask tightens his grip. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I think of the hanged men, hooked on the Wall. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I need to replace the rover's tow hook with the one on the trailer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My reluctant steps took me to the center of the wide foyer, where I waited, a hook baited to catch Hamlet unawares. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Officer X was off the hook, which meant that maybe he wouldn’t hate me more than he already did. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lazlo was always finding ways to slip off on his own, and his legs were always striped from the hazel switch that hung from a hook with his name on it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I opened the door; the room was empty, except for Catherine’s bag on a chair and her dressing-gown hanging on a hook on the wall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The shed has a worktable piled high with stuff and a giant Peg-Board wall with lots of tools hanging from silver hooks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Rivera was plodding after him now on slow and heavy feet, pop-pop, stay one step ahead of him, jab and jump away, jab and hook and duck under the swinging arm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There I sit in the chair, with the lights off, in my red dress, hooked and buttoned. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She would see it was off the hook. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was untangling lines, baiting hooks, or helping them reel in a fish. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I understood what Noodles was saying, but I wasn't letting him off the hook. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z But suddenly Father stiffened, hooked up a loose wire, and stood back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z All sorts of hooks and straps for attaching map cases, spyglasses, flasks, kits of all sorts. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman grabbed the captive by the hair, hooked the sickle round his throat, and slashed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fish nibbled at the hook with fervour. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He turns around and starts talking in Spanish, saying Clark Gable knows what as he takes off his smock, hangs it on a hook. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “In case you haven’t noticed, you waif, you are about to be hooked on the cowcatcher of that streetcar.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooks me up with extra pegao because I’ve always loved crispy rice since I was a kid, maybe because it’s crunchy like some of my favorite candy. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Nan wasn’t hooked up to any of them, but even so, after a while it felt like each beep was talking to me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He pivoted on his left foot, and threw the hook in a smooth, short arc. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The hook gave way and, unprepared for the sudden yielding, I fell into the vestibule, off balance. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly anxious to leave, Lissa grabbed her jacket from a hook near the door. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z No way was Señora Mendez going to let me off the hook just because I rescued someone. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Holly hooked the wings over a low branch, unstrapping the helmet to give her ears some air. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Maybe I could hook up some African drum music to go with her poetry for the assembly Teach told us about. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "It looks like a piece of junk. It may very well contain fabulous wealth. Drop the line down and see if you can hook it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z To learn early American history, for example, students dressed in costumes of the era and were taught how to spin yarn, hook rugs, and use quill pens. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Translated, it might read something like this: "The first one who figures out this secret message should look in the right hand pocket of my linen knickers, hanging on a hook in my room. Daddy." Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z At the back of the room, a large screen is hooked around the silhouette of a claw-foot bathtub. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z These days, the habit has become an addiction: we are hooked on living; the tenacity of its grip on us, and ours on it, grows in intensity. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The lanterns hanging from their hooks were unbroken, and I lit them as the day drew down. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z We watched a man hang a bicycle on hooks high on his living room wall. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z How awful, I thought, for drug dealers to try to get poor people hooked on drugs. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z On hooks by the pool hung a row of white towels. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Holding the line with his left shoulder again, and bracing on his left hand and arm, he took the tuna off the gaff hook and put the gaff back in place. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It consisted in baiting the hook, casting it dramatically, waiting a while, pulling it up minus worm and fish and starting the whole thing over again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She helped me get it off and hooked me up to Philip and then finally I took my cell from Mom and said, “Hey, Kaitlyn.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Mom walked over and hooked her arm through mine. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Madeline locks our harnesses to suspending hooks, and we climb a ladder up to a plank that looks like a diving board except we’re only about six feet above the floor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The sinuous arms were gangly, the hands long and leathery, tipped with hooked claws. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z If Martin and Abby hook up, maybe the Nick problem will just go away. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z They no longer sounded like strangers trying to hook up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He blushes and smiles, and I’m off the hook for now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She untied her apron and hung it from the hook. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest of these fish didn’t fight the hook much, so my brothers did not count them good sport. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then he hooked his finger and yanked it down, and all the tools ripped off the walls and shot straight for the house spirit. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to hook up with her or make out with her or whatever. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to call them for more news of what happened to them, but before I could pick up the receiver, the phone began to ring off the hook. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was completely bandaged from head to foot, hooked up to all kinds of machines, with tubes and wires everywhere. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I sat on top of the washer, put the pad on top of the dryer, hooked the door shut with an outstretched foot, and started running through my rudiments. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He hooks a thumb in one of his belt loops and says, “How are you, Beatrice?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she was “hooked for a while” and finally she gave us some notes, which are, as it were, mulched into the above. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Beneath my moral outrage was a strong sense of possessiveness, a fury that other people were sinking their hooks into my own personal midget. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He tapped a bony shoulder, shuffled his feet, and threw a slow but graceful left hook. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z If we did hook up and we had a kid she could help him with his math, but if she didn’t have time or something then what would happen? Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I turned the can and banged the opposite side of the top against the hook to make another hole. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Digger hooked his thumbs in the front pockets of his jeans. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z His oldest daughter hooked a true cod in the kelp beds off Lanheedron. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She hung upside down, with her knees hooked over a branch about twelve feet up. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Like, there’s a little hook in there where you can set your doll. I’m serious. Go look.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Hanging from a hook on the wall was her New York Yankees cap, her most prized possession from her mom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He rips the bull hook from my hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The same kind of hooks had been used to hang the shredded tapestries. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So my announcement at the driving range caused Cade Hernandez to hook his driver badly and send his ball careening into the protective nets at the front of the parking lot. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She regained her balance but kept her arm hooked through mine as we walked. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Theresa could touch the floor with her feet; Helen hooked hers around a chair rung. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked carefully over the door first, inside and out, then the walls with their brass hooks — how could they have overlooked the hooks? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She took the line and hook down to the creek and tried to catch breakfast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z August stands beside her with his bull hook, beaming like a proud father. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z So she took the key from its hook and put it in the keyhole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But she didn’t feel this let Reggie off the hook, because his action didn’t have theoretical consequences but actual ones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There’s ultra-modern science technology here, too, including an EEG cap that is wireless, meaning that it can send signals without being hooked up to wires. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I've never known before what it feels like to want someone—not to want to hook up with them or whatever, but to want them, to want them. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Smoit stopped in the middle of the chamber, threw back his cloak, and hooked his thumbs into the enormous bronze belt which strained to bursting about his middle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z As he got out of bed, Dewey promised his wife, “This time I’ll leave it off the hook.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I know it’s not cool to hook up with people your friends are related to, even tangentially.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And it’s like that dog knows to curl up and hook his paws. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Then I went to work on the net, untangling it section by section, getting lead weights and fishing hooks straightened out, yanking out knots around the cow serpent’s hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “A meat hook?” she repeated, eyes wide, then narrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So I went to his gym, and every day I bounced around, pow pow pow, light as air on my feet, and then, boom! a hook you never saw coming. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Axes, maces, a javelin, and a couple swords hang from metal hooks. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Mother has figured out how to make bread “by hook or by crook,” she likes to say, but the stove doesn’t really have a proper oven. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Anderson grinned and leaned over from the other side of Dad to tell me, “You’re off the hook, Brady. You won’t have to testify.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “You have to keep moving your temple hooks,” Diana said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z So we hooked pinkies again and Howard closed his eyes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Well, if you too scared . . .” I knew this was a worm with a hook in it but I bit anyway. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I hook my arm around the tiller as the wave hits. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When Big Time reached the street a man was arguing with a policeman while a tow truck hooked up his car. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The helium nuclei will be jammed together still more tightly, so much so that they begin to stick together, the hooks of their short-range nuclear forces becoming engaged despite the mutual electrical repulsion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The television was hooked up to a small generator, and we got more noise than picture, but that was okay. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They hope it will get them off the hook, or at least allow them to plead guilty to a lesser charge, should a critic ever try to prove them wrong. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z With each hook done, it was getting harder to get the next. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If you look closely in a ruined castle even nowadays, you can sometimes find the hooks from which these flashing tapestries were hung. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At about two minutes into the game, Maya hooked a thirty-yard shot right into the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay, guys. A strong gust just knocked it off its hook.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I carefully worked the hook into a flat piece of hide, not through it but into it, so that the point of the hook was hidden. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She hooked her arm in the ladder and looked back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Bending over the keyboard, a long strand of brown hair keeps falling down into her eyes, and she keeps trying to hook it behind her left ear. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She hooked up Elvira to my chair and switched it on, but there was nothing either of us could say. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I hooked one end of the fifty-foot umbilical line to the Gemini’s oxygen supply and the other end to a chestpack, which in turn was hooked by two hoses to my pressure suit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was about to flick the small piece into the trash bag hooked over a cabinet door but stopped when she saw the Bayside Press logo on the building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z An arm hooks around my neck, and Darrell almost topples me over, cackling all the while. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z An oil lamp hung from a hook on the low ceiling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Inside her locker, dangling from the coat hook, is a thick rope, the kind we use in gym. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “We could check out City College,” Isa said in a singsong voice as she took Laney’s coat off the coat hook and held it out to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I push the thorns deeper into his skin, then let a vine hook around his neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The story was about how she got hooked on drugs when she was in college. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Just like that, I'm no longer in the lecture hall but back at Rose Hill Plantation, watching as the major slowly uncoils the horse whip from its hook. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She grabs her purse from the hook by the door and peeks inside, shuffling through its contents. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Reaching his door, he took his glave down off its hook, hesitated, then hung it back up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “This book is pretty cool. This Sir Arthur Conan Doyle guy knows how to keep his readers hooked.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “I need help with my essay,” I say, to get her off the hook. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The hook on the jig snagged firmly in the mesh of Jasper Jr.’s ratty old basketball jersey, and he let out a howl. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z This one hangs out in the same crowd with hook, line, and sinker and lock, stock, and barrel. can of worms. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sammy Wertzberger received two death threats before eight o’clock in the morning and before his parents took the phone off the hook. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “God, Jude. Can’t I have a friend? I totally hooked up with Heather, if you didn’t notice.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We went to the store to get change and Larry Dunn got back the fifty cents he lost and I got to keep the other fifty that got hooked up with Larry’s. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She was about to flick the small piece into the trash bag hooked over a cabinet door but stopped when she saw the Bayside Press logo on the building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If he had only known it, the hot dogs, huckleberry pie, strawberry pop and worms squirming on the hook weren’t doing them much good. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know we can hook you up with some easy coin too," says Noodle. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Their feet and hands had been shackled, and they all wore iron collars that had been clipped to hooks in the wagon’s roof. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The machines hooked up to his scalp were showing flatlines in his brain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had my fingers twisted in my father’s hair and my legs were hooked around his chest. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z On the back of the painting, as on the back of many paintings, was a small piece of wire to hang on the hook. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The elephant hesitates, in response to which August strikes her with the bull hook. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I would get him to fly us out of here by hook or by crook, is what I was thinking deep in my heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But after the first hook, it was easier with the second and the third. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Henry threw a slow hook, and pivoted on his left leg. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, the trailer also has a tow hook, so I have a spare. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Maggie hooked her arm around me and pressed my head into her chest. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Hamilton's denim jacket was still on a hook. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z And his other hook, Violet saw, was glinting in the moonlight as it reached right toward her. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z For the past week her phone had been ringing off the hook. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a weird, singular constant, the hook in his heart that’s kept tugging him back to earth his whole life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z While we were in room H-5, Catherine hooked me up on the earphones. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I slip it on, zipper and hook it, turn this way and that, in front of the mirror which is as usual badly lit. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The hooks looked like crowbars or ice picks, and the trainers would grab the elephants between the folds of their hide and then pull or twist. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He hooks his arm around my waist and kisses me softly on the forehead. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Several watercolors of flowers hang from hooks on the walls, and a black-and-white photograph of a stern-looking couple sits on the dresser in a gilt frame. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Ma and me would lie on her bed and she would start reading out loud from one of her mystery hooks. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She put the handkerchief away and picked up an ivory crochet hook from the marble top of the bureau. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The hooked ends curved upward and held the gun securely. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The hook and trailing rope shot toward the Berg, up and over the edge of the open hatch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z So he hooked a patch of yellow Gulf weed with the gaff as they passed and shook it so that the small shrimps that were in it fell onto the planking of the skiff. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I latched the door with a hook that scarcely held, smeared shaving cream on the backs of my hands and shaved without water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Brushes, screwdrivers, and spray bottles hung on small hooks along the walls. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z No girlfriends, because they all hook up with Kings and hang at King parties. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z High John danced between the iron monsters, tangling them up as they lunged at him and leaving them twisted in rusty knots, juicy targets for my hooks and uppercuts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I snag the flashlight off the hook and swing the door open. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Someone shoved her way through the crowd—a gray-haired woman with a hooked nose and a scar across her cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “That be the punishment round these parts for runaway indentured gals. An iron collar with hooks on it.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The man held what looked like two huge rifles with grappling hooks on the ends attached to big coils of rope. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “He has this hook nose and his eyes are way different sizes.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Jesse, hooked on arguments and ideas— he often describes himself as a fighter—could usually be drawn out of his shell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A month later we hooked up in Boston, at a fancy restaurant with cloth napkins and good wine, which Farmer seemed to thoroughly enjoy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Karolina offered to hook her up with the cousin who worked in the meat plant. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “See if you can catch the hooks into the eyes, all the way up.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The gleaming hook on its end is almost beautiful, like a sliver of moon. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Byrd slips out of the shirt, lays the collar over the hook on the back of the door, and runs a hand down it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Each rope was hooked up to a homemade noisemaker out in front of Jorgenson’s bunker—eight ammo cans filled with rifle cartridges. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one has a pony out here. We’ve got an old horse and a wagon. But I don’t know how to hook him up.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The police said to my father, “Well, you’re not off the hook, you still have to send one.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The words were not foreign and the letters hooked into one another in ways that ought to have made perfect sense. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “But you don’t want to hook up with him?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “I used to hook her up with freelance work now and then. Did you know that?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z One hundred fathoms down a marlin was eating the sardines that covered the point and the shank of the hook where the hand-forged hook projected from the head of the small tuna. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then slowly, as we squirm on his hook, he writes on a piece of paper, for example: Jeremiah 48:18. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a performance-quality piano on the stage—with really loud speakers hooked up to it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z We got home from California to learn that the publisher had canceled his contract, sending word through his literary agent that Barack was now on the hook to pay back his $40,000 advance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And he’d bring a different friend each time so they could hook up with her friends. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The poor words looked like a wriggling trout on a speared hook. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Instead, she trudges alongside him, and he walks with the bull hook snagged firmly in the flesh behind her front leg. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They had hooked up some monster amps on a flatbed truck and the usual hoochie mamas were showing off their stuff. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I notice how dingy and graying his smock is, like all the others that hang on hooks around the studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then, if he did hook something, there was no such thing as playing it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he passes the ball in to Jimmy and Jimmy turns and starts a little hook. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I caught the top of a chain, and the skulls and hooks jangled beneath me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I knew Teach couldn’t move, but like, I hadn’t expected him to be hooked up to so many tubes. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z We’d hung the sacks of beans on hooks in the hallway, just inside our secret entrance, but a few seams split under the weight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Even as he spoke, a beat of wings went skyward off to the right—a mountain eagle, grappling a white goose in his talons, heavy prey hooked from a farmyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘They think I might make two more weeks,” Owen said, shrugging, his bony shoulders like two hooks. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he removed his parka and hung it on the hook, too. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, within a couple of minutes the giant was suspended above the ground, hopelessly snarled in chains and hooks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Streams and veils of light hung like curtains, looped and festooned on invisible hooks hundreds of miles high or blowing out sideways in the stream of some unimaginable wind. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the bra and inspected the complicated hooks and loops in the back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a hook of stories about what people think. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to get my men and our canoe past that spit of land—it’s shaped like a little hook and juts out into the river. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Then he hooked them over his ears again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But what if the hook tore the fabric? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Seven throws blows like nobody’s business, knocking Remy upside his head with several good hooks and jabs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He untucked his shirt and put the book inside, hastily retucking it just as the hook-handed man reentered the library, escorting Violet and carrying Sunny, who was trying without success to bite the man’s hooks. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z But Eleyne's anchor chain was intact, and that great old mud hook was still down, a hundred pounds of iron with spear-shaped flukes wide as a shovel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She tells me Gemma and Cassidy got into a fight because both of them hooked up with Adam. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her eyes dart from Father to me and back again, jumping, caught like a hooked fish. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She looked so genuinely sorry I just wanted to let her off the hook. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I see the gray streaks in the woman’s hair and the end of the man s hooked nose and the blue armband of a Dauntless traitor just beneath their shoulders, and recognize them both. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She beckons me over to her table, not with a subtle head tilt or single finger hook, but with a full arm wave, drawing the entire room’s attention. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He pulled up the string and showed Dicey a half-eaten worm still impaled on the hook. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z For more than a week, I knew he had been laboring over nails to turn them into fish hooks. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the gun was loaded, and Pa laid it on its hooks over the door. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She twisted the hook a few times, then dangled it up in front of Genie and Ernie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I hooked my fingers in the waistband of her underpants. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Alfred plunged forward, the months of shadowboxing taking over now, left. . . left. . . right to the face . . . hook . . . and Angel was reeling against the ropes, a drop of blood oozing from his nose. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A broken calabash was worth less than one that held its water, a hook that kept its catfish more prized than one that relinquished its bait. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t quit when things didn’t go right. I was on the hook to succeed.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The doctor ran tests, so many tests, so many punctures in the little girl’s arms, so many tubes hooked here and there. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z And each time August approaches, red-faced and waving his bull hook, they explode with glee. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The nurse—short with curly hair and a clownish face—reaches to the hooks behind her and unfurls a blood pressure gauge. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The one would hook the other with his foot, trying to make him fall. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The men shake hands and Granddad hooks his arm through mine as we leave the gallery. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z While he was struggling, I lowered my sawed-off chain, hook first. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z You have to head for the front and hook up with an infantry unit and help spill the blood. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Another slithered up and I snapped two quick jabs and a hook. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Getting hooked up with volunteering here. My mom came with me that first day, just to check it out, and now she’s here every afternoon. She comes to laugh.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “By the way, have you seen my hook of poetry?” she asked. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The hook wrapped around the base of the pig’s wing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In the long narrow cabin, by the light of a lantern on a hook, she saw a stout powerful woman with gray hair, sitting at a table with a paper. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed my phone and hooked it up to the speakers, and Jill Scott’s “Golden” came on. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z They cackled and flapped, the sun shining blue on their glossy wings, beaks sharp as hay hooks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I unzip the dress and step out of it, draping it over the hook on the wall. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z There was some fish hooks in him too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was, of course, a very risky plan, both because it was dangerous, and because she had made the grappling hook herself, instead of purchasing it at a store that sold such things. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Unknown to me, those anarchists had taken up residence in my abdomen, and were even hooked up to the utilities. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I tie their ribbons to the balloon hook on my desk. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Even as Winifred spoke two grappling hooks with climbing ropes attached came clanging over the parapet and lodged in the joints. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “But some people let fear set its hook in them, so it’s hard to pull out.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There are a dozen necklaces on the hook. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tayo stepped inside one that was half buried in the reddish blow sand; he hooked an edge with the toe of his boot, and then he let it slip into the sand again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Schlesinger drew his pistol and fired above the boat, and by sheer luck hit the boat hook, knocking it out of the man’s hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She heard her own echoing cry of “Go!” and felt the terror bearing down, cleavers and meat hooks and the face of her own grandmother—Azareen’s grandmother—twisted in unfamiliar hatred. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I began tearing at the hooks of my dress, ripping the stuff. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He has my father’s dark hair and hooked nose and my mother’s green eyes and dimpled cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I understand,” I say and I smile, let her know she off the hook. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I hook my fingers in his belt loops, my eyes closing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I stretch my hands over my head and hook them in the net again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “It’s a stick with a hook at the end,” Sookie said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He had a hook where his right hand should have been. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the fringe of the little group stood a stranger—a man of middle height, black-haired, with a hooked nose, full red lips, eyes very piercing and dark. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused for a moment, perhaps imagining the life of a young New York woman whose phone rings off the hook. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It turns you sentimental; it makes you want to hook up with girls like Mary Hopkin. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Night-lanterns are hooked to the walls, creating quivering, infrequent splotches of light along the walls and floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They also had never seen or used a fishing pole and hook to catch a fish. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Tomorrow, however, would be another story, and I was determined that, by hook or by crook, my friend Bunnicula would eat by sundown the next day. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I stand on a chair and tie the twine to the plant’s hook. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a shop, really, just a shed in the back of the blacksmith’s house, with a dirt floor and blackened walls hung with hooks and tongs and hundreds of locks and keys. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The fire alarm key was hanging on its hook. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z And he had everybody hooked and laughing at his stories about the good old days. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The hook just buries itself deeper and you bleed a little more. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She dreamed she was in a schoolyard where girls in blue dresses and blue pants with brightly colored sweaters hooked arms and laughed, shutting her out from their group. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z According to a book on how to survive on the land that I read in the New York Public Library, this was the way to make your own hooks. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Only reason I ever tried to hook Ty was that it seemed like him and Tariq were something of a package deal. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But he hung up before I could get another word out, and it seemed that I had just turned around when a large, gaudy pickup hooked to a flashy two-horse trailer pulled into the driveway. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m not. The hook’s catchy, the verses are good. You ain’t put that online yet?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Vacated lockers were scrubbed, mattresses fumigated, brass coat hooks, doorknobs and keyholes were buffed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Back in October, I got him to try pineapple on his pizza, and got him hooked on Walt Whitman. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She hadn’t told Klaus about her plan, because she didn’t want to give him false hope, so without waking him, she gathered up her grappling hook and tiptoed out of the room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I left the hook sticking out about six inches beyond the end of it I started shouting encouragement to Little Ann. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Each had a set of iron eye hooks along the inside, set at one-foot intervals. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I shrug like it’s no big deal, glancing at the compressor to double-check that everything is hooked up right. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When I revealed it, each word felt like a hot iron hook being ripped from my flesh. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It was a grappling hook,” Violet said, and tore off a sleeve of her nightgown to make a bandage for her shoulder. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Everything from their name to their claws to their magnificent red had me hooked. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He loved boxing where everything was visible—the jabs, the hooks, the roundhouse swings, the glove in the stomach. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hooked beak turns down, like she’s taking some thinking time, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z T\\vo young men, one sandy-haired, one dark, well dressed and well-spoken: travelers sensible enough to hook up with a larger group for protection on the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Alfred swung the hook, everything behind the hook. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly across from me I see Beetee with about ten different machines hooked up to him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he squatted in the foyer floor and hooked his foot over the outside edge of the door and pulled it against the lid and twisted the jar in his hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I also put the trout head on the hook and dropped it in the pool. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sigh, he’d close his eyes, waiting to feel Craig’s hands hook themselves solidly beneath his shoulders to start the rescue operation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z You can't see the hook, but it must be in my cheek. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Over each of these on a special little hook at the top, Joe and Marly were to hang a bucket and put on each one its little pointed hat of a lid. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He jerked his head toward a road roller which was hooked up to the back of the tractor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z No question, Freak was hooked on robots even back then, this little guy two feet tall, and already he knew what he wanted. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Some of the girls sat by the flagpole with bell hooks and Sonia Sanchez in their straw totes. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Bleeding carcasses hung on hooks the length of her arm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know this sounds weird, but do you think Stan somehow hooked us up?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The satisfying clank of the bars dropping back into their hooks when I was done. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Doon dashed into the Pipeworks office long enough to replace the key on its hook, and then they pulled open the stairway door and started down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He raked the white fur, and then hooked his claws beneath the edge of Iofur’s helmet and wrenched it forward. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When we get to my truck, we both stop, stare at the fifteen-foot tractor hooked behind my vehicle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I think Malloy had just taught me the left hook, and I hadn't really got it down yet, so my arms were flying all over the place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Maybe they’ll remember you, Cannek Reed,” she said, looking at each of the crew in turn, letting her gaze come to rest, finally, on Camey, who scratched his hooked nose uncomfortably. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I hung the jacket on the coat hook next to the door and pushed Miles into the kitchen. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Will, too, felt the pain where his dæmon had been, a scalded place of acute tenderness that every breath tore at with cold hooks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There was a clip at the end of the lanyard, and onto this I hooked the key ring. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z His nose was large and hooked, his hair thin, dark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Left . . . left . . . hook . . . cross, once he thought Hubbard's head jerked back, but then the iron pipes were ramming into his stomach, one after another. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody had hooked up portable speakers to a phone, and people were dancing all around the base of Horn Rock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As we entered the house, Audrey hooked her finger through the belt loop of my jeans and crept so closely behind me that her breath warmed my neck. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z On the parts of the wall that had no hooks and no shelves, she had pinned up some of her pictures. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Why would a fisherman give up all his fishing hooks? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I put the ocean in there, to represent his hometown, Bensonhurst, which borders the ocean, where he hooked up with all those girls way back when. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z With his borrowed key, he opened the Pipeworks door, and they hurried past the yellow slickers on their hooks and the lines of rubber boots. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When Pa was at home the gun always lay across those two wooden hooks above the door. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But it doesn’t take away the horror of being dangled on a hook to catch a big fish. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A board with fifty numbered hooks and a prize hanging from each hook, hung behind the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "That was the best hook you ever threw." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Malone sat down again, and hooked another chair out with her ankle for Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He puts his coat back on the hook and looks out the front window. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Without having read to the end of the hook, he knew that that must be Goldstein’s final message. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I backed up, let him make his push, then blocked him out with my left elbow and put up a soft hook off the boards. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z On its bottom hung two four-pronged hooks and at its tail was a sprig of thin yellow feathers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I took it off and hung it on the hook by the sink and hobbled into the dining room hiding behind SanJuanna and the roast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Or, we just forget about the basket and just put some flies on a fishing hook, and go fishin’ for birds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They even dropped fish hooks so we could catch our dinner in the rivers nearby. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I have brief visions of the bull hook flying at my head and then even briefer visions of getting up right now, this minute, and walking back to the hobo camp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was a room with a bunch of people sitting around hooked up to machines. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z It was hooked over the arm of his chair and his hand was resting on it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Her hand rose to her mouth and her fingers hooked over her lower teeth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was pulled up arid tied to a tree, and the oars were shipped in the wet bottom, beside a long pole with a steel hook at the end. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The mainlanders were coming over in numbers now and would be looking for lobster tails to bait their hooks. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There’s a loud clunk as the tow truck operator hooks a chain to ReelTok’s rental car. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There was an engraving of Shakespeare himself on the title page, and on the opposite page, in faded brown ink, someone had written, This hook belongs to Mabel Hatch. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I slipped the fire key onto the hook on my way out, with no one the wiser. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z They took forever to close with the hook, but, once on, they were fine-looking, and I secretly admired them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The fish were slow to come to his hook. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Moss dried his hands after finishing and hung up the dish towel on its hook near the refrigerator. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They hitched the spool to rusted iron hooks, then grabbed the crane cable and jumped aboard the spool as it descended, swaying and spinning to the lower deck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She smiled, or rather her mouth hooked up slightly at the corners. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Frankie hooked his fingers around my elbow and pulled me through the crowd, shoving past the people who got in our way. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 “Says who? Girl, I can hook you up with the best Chef Boyardee you ever had in your life! Quote me on that. But for real.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I grab my dress uniform off a hook and button it on quickly, edgy at her awkwardness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was a kind of hook that fastened us together, more a stimulant to the Object’s outer parts than a penetration of her inner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I’d laugh at them if I didn’t believe with all my heart that they’d gouge my eyes out with their plastic hooks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Pulled down by the fish that hooked me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He follows me to his spot in the backyard, and I hook him up to his chain. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Grappling hooks were flung out, iron rams crashed through wooden hulls, boarders swarmed, flights of arrows whispered through each other in the drifting smoke, and men died . . . but so far, none of his. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z |
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