I think that pull, that hurt, will always be there. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

By then, my hurt leg was plenty stiff, stiff and numb. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doth not hurt,” whispered one faint voice. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I’m hurt but keep it out of my voice. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

To inflict any hurt on anything for any purpose became inimical to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they hurt all the same—the dull ache of something lost. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Olmsted’s teeth hurt, his ears roared, and he could not sleep, yet throughout the first months of 1892 he kept up a pace that would have been punishing for a man one-third his age. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“But why did they want to hurt you, Linda?” he asked that night. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother stood helplessly, holding her hands out to the plate like she wished she could mend its hurt feelings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have not. You’ve brightened up the whole house. Never complain or anything, hurt as bad as you are.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If we do, we can escape straight away into another world, so he won’t be able to hurt us,” Will said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The midsummer sun was so bright it almost hurt my eyes.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not good to hurt yourself,” she said calmly. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am afraid he will fall and hurt himself; more important, I don’t know how I would ever get him back in if he does get out. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I was going to do more than hurt you. I might have killed you before I even stopped to think.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was not quiet anymore, because as well as the soldiers talking and the woman crying, the man with the hurt hand was groaning and gasping. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My cheeks and shoulders hurt like someone touched them with a hot iron. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

"When you got hurt in the ring for the first time, really hurt. Then I would know." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what went down I knew she was in my corner, which hurt. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure if an apprentice warranted the title of “Your Honor,” but it couldn’t hurt to err on the side of respect. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I hold my tray so tight, my fingers hurt. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I avoided her gaze, the hurt and confusion within it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her I had meant no harm— I would never hurt her or anyone. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My teeth hurt,” Mom said, but she was getting all shifty-eyed, glancing around the room and avoiding our stares. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think about how sore his back must be, how it must hurt to move. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I feel like he is judging me, and I’m hurt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The thought of it made her whole chest hurt. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now no one spoke to him, and I can see now in my mind his tubby loneliness and his face full of hurt pride. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We should’ve run in the first place, thought Seven, but Valley was hurt and Seven’s commentary wasn’t going to help. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe I helped Quincy learn about how to be nice to peoples that hadn’t hurt us — but Miss Lizzy just hurt us plenty. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I'll rip their names off like a bandage, starting with the ones that would hurt the most. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There had been a terrible storm in Europe that entire week, he told me, and it had hurt the invasion, but it was over now, thank God. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The syrup was so hot that before she got it set down, the handle hurt her fingers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But Minerva, your own child—” I began and then I saw it did hurt her to make this sacrifice she was convinced she needed to make. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze the hard drive so tightly it hurts. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she tried to shoo it into the air, it only hopped a few steps, dragged a hurt wing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“He thinks he’s a guard dog. Don’t worry, though. He’s all bark. Wouldn’t hurt a flea.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He was not only ravenous; his feet hurt. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me is still angry with him for keeping so many secrets from me, but I don’t want him to hurt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Woodhull and Claflin were never charged with libel, a charge that involves writing false information about a person that hurts his or her reputation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but, you said it just to be mean, to hurt me, to . . .” “Ai-ya, why do you think these bad things about me?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sitting atop Utility? Are they ... hurting him? What is Utility?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My head hurt, as if pieces of my brain had fallen out of place. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“All this planning ahead is making my head hurt.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Whoever you are, please, please don’t hurt me.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t hurt the boy who’s my sponsor,” Joseph rumbled, “or any of these people who work with him. If you do, I’ll know and I’ll come and pinch your head. Do you understand?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

When she arrived at the door, Baachan seemed embarrassed, then said, “Well, I very sorry. You eat now? Not hurt your feelings?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But listen. You have no idea what it feels like to have headaches like this. No idea. It hurts,” I say—and I realize tears are running down my face, though I’m not sobbing. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It doesn't hurt as much because a large component in pain has to do with anticipation. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Taking the money from Mom’s purse felt so bad sometimes that my stomach hurt and I had to lie down. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It encouraged him to talk because his back had stiffened in the night and it hurt truly now. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom slapped me so hard my teeth hurt. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t comb her hair either, because any time I tried to, she complained that it hurt, that it pulled at the scar across her scalp. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His broken teeth chatter so hard they hurt; he cups a hand over his mouth, trying to stop them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her uniform was so white it made my eyes hurt. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m glad you didn’t hurt Mrs. Davidson’s feelings. Keep the angel around, you might get to like it. Where do you want me to put it?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one from Nya's family had been hurt or killed by Dinka. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart hurts to think of my pretty grandma suffering. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It hurt not to bring spoonful after spoonful into my mouth. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It hurt worse than when I was hungry. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was pleased with anything, and did not hurt them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote my feelings down on paper in case Madge is too hurt to hear me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Each one hurt, and none of them made sense. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Do you know if curse scars sometimes hurt years afterward? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

No doubt he had some bruises that I couldn’t see without undressing him, but I didn’t think he was badly hurt. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They did not know how to tread this new path they had chosen, and sometimes it hurt so much that Kaede had to turn her back on Taisin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know if he was more hurt or more angry. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“How have you hurt me? And I’m not your brother’s girl.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why do you want to hurt me?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She’s calmer now, air sucks evenly into her lungs, we lean forward, tensed, the muscles in our backs and bellies hurt from the strain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach hurts and I feel like the blocks are yanking on my feet, holding me back. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure! You shout, ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater and wonder why people get hurt!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to tell you, but I couldn’t I was afraid you would be hurt.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. But keep it on mute. My head hurts.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Somehow he must manage to hurt him at the outset, before he expected it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head hurts and no matter how much gum I chew, my mouth is like a highway in lower New Mexico. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Still troubled by his dream, Cole said, “There are people who want to hurt me.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Piercing screeches hurt my ears as the giant bats descend from the rafters, fangs bared. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some people say we farm people get used to animals being hurt or killed, but that's just not true. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You should be more careful with your daughter. She was almost badly hurt by the crowds over there.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Both times I remember wishing I couldn’t feel the hurt, wishing I could just cut my heart out and be done with it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me, she had chanted as a child. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, as I gaze out of my bedroom window, the thought-voices tell me that the people in a passing car want to hurt me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And now that I knew Kevin was coming, my back and side didn’t seem to hurt as much. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or told jokes so terrible it made your ribs hurt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His body was heavy and thick with hurt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I miss Khalid so much that sometimes I have to pretend he’s still here, still in the first body he was born to, just so the pain won’t hurt as bad. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I hurt too much to care that I’m being an awful friend. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A hurt expression crossed her face, staying long enough for me to feel guilty about it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

What did he have to be hurt about? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Now that my adrenaline is fading, I’m beginning to realize how badly I’m hurt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

This time Mary Poppins could indulge in a sigh without hurting his feelings. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had his bag with him and he was sure someone was hurt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I could tell he was both hurt and confused. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Did you leave your house because you were afraid they would hurt you?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her thumb hurt so bad where the nail had broken that it was all she could do not to cry. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were no deaths at the Concord Corporation, but one of the little Irish girls in the spinning room had caught her hair in the machinery and was badly hurt. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They felt the ground beneath their feet smooth and soft, and after a while they walked more freely, without fear of hurt or fall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you think drowning hurts? Is it scary?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And now since you're a fireman's wife, it's your house and your turn, for all the houses your husband burned and the people he hurt without thinking.. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, I don’t need to hurt your mother, so please do exactly as I say, and she’ll be fine.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“At Sally’s party...the things you said...I did like Liz, before I knew. And while I don’t want to go to school with nig...Negroes, I don’t want anyone to get hurt.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way she says it has Kalinda looking at me, hurt, like maybe I betrayed her in that journal. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But that’s also how C. diff starts—your stomach hurts because a few bad bacteria have managed to take hold in your small intestine, and then your gut ruptures and seventy-two hours later you’re dead. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

You pointed at it and rubbed your arm, like you’d been hurt. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"The second hole's a lot harder. You're hurting before you even get started. If you think you're sore now, just wait and see how you feel tomorrow morning, right?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Come on out. I won’t hurt you. I’m here to help you.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He did not like to tell her the full truth about Elaine, for he thought that it would hurt her feelings to know that he had come to her as the second. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Comfort him if he hurts, and please heal him. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He had a look of pain on his face as if he had swallowed something that hurt him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Back in school with people watching or poking at her, Biddy would have thrown some kind of fit, or get her feelings hurt and run off crying. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind hurting his feelings,” Mary Anne said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It won’t hurt him, so remember, I leave him in your charge, to plague, pet, and keep in order.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only game we lost was against the Fury right after Coach Trent got hurt. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Shot him? Is he hurt?” said the old man. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The record is so loud it hurts my ears. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to get hurt, you know?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The hurt look in her eyes haunted me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The spill didn’t hurt so much, this time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hands in my pockets, I clutch the locket in a tight fist, until the edges of the metal start to hurt my skin. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like hurting in retrospect, each repetition of it a pinprick. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, then Joseph heard his uncle whisper, “‘Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.”’ The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

‘Because,’ she said, intentionally hurting his feelings, ‘you’re just a child yet—Rab’s grown up. There! You don’t mind if I make you look a little like a raccoon, do you?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if there’s another variation in which Johnny is hurt, his legs and back crushed against the rocks. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m all done. It will hurt a little tomorrow and may bleed a bit during the scabbing stage, but you should be fine.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“He spent twenty-seven years in a South African prison. Twenty-seven years, Noah! A couple of weeks won’t hurt me.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The rest of us shiver our butts off, but he enjoys it, saying, “A li’l cold never hurt nobody.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Nothing hurt this much, not even the bullets searing my back. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

My back hurt from the blows I’d taken as well as from sore muscles. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet acceptance in your tone jolted me, and I wondered if my lie about Kutti not loving us enough to stay had hurt you worse than if I’d pretended he’d died. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I awake to the sound of my alarm clock, blaring rhythmically, and it seems as loud as an air siren, shouting at me with such ferocity that it sort of hurts my feelings. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

James nodded, but cut the movement short, as if it hurt his head to move it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still feeling all my hurt, and all my sad. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And that hurt almost as much as getting punched. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The winter cannot hurt them and therefore increases their sense of cleverness and security. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And no one at the school wants to be hurt by you.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wouldn’t hurt a person, my dear. But what if you were something else?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hugged my pillow until my arms hurt—as if the pillow were an anchor against following orders. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Bergner was asked if the campaign would continue, she responded, “I plan to continue. I never intended for anyone to get hurt by this endeavor.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There is the part where you choose every action so that it doesn’t hurt the one you love, even indirectly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But being surrendered by his parents had to hurt. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Grammy says when people hurt, they hurt other people even if they don’t mean to,” I say. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t hurt to have us keep an eye on things.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But surely some parental encouragement on your part would be helpful in reminding him that he’s really only hurting himself. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. McCullom, who with her husband had managed to survive the fire by jumping out a window, sat before them, so slumped and broken that it hurt to look in her direction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My cheeks hurt from all this fake positivity, but I don’t want to ruin it for them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I am not abandoning Nell, I told myself sternly; I’m doing the right thing, no matter how much it hurts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he said, “Well, I do want to know if you’re all right. What happened to you up there? Were you hurt?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Francis probably hurt her when he appeared, but I wonder if anything has ever touched her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Silver Lady," a woman's voice said behind her, "I can help the Great Rider with his hurts." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, they scurried around like little sugar ants, busy hormiguitas, gathering the materials to create a sturdy device in which to carry our wounded sister, because her leg hurt so much that she couldn’t walk. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My mom knows exactly what to say to hurt someone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She said that because “Shut up” hurt my feelings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the ambrosia she’d eaten earlier starting to repair her leg, but it still hurt so badly that the pain throbbed right up to her neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What are you sorry for? You weren’t even born yet. We shouldn’t have been there, you know. Burning those forests hurt my heart. Awful. Whole cities gone while they slept. It was a coward’s war.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Matt found that if he lay perfectly still, his wounds didn’t hurt too much. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I can tell from the look in his eyes that what he’s really saying is: I know that you’re hurting. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Then you showed up and you weren’t hurt. I thought maybe I shouldn’t talk about the dragon just yet. I wanted to know what happened.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“The light hurts my eyes. I come in here to rest.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But for my part I will risk no hurt to this thing: of all the works of Sauron the only fair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You must’ve had a good time last night,” I said, still feeling hurt because he did not go to the dance. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“The—those—they—they wouldn’t hurt children...would they?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A big tumbleweed might hit you, but they were light and bouncy and didn’t hurt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The chariot was shattered and he was mortally hurt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that wasn’t the word that hurt most, it turned out. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was an accident. An unfortunate accident. Surely you realize I didn’t mean to hurt you. I didn’t mean to!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Who hurt Kazi? What if they saw us? Would we all be dead? Were they after you, Papa?” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It seems things are all going wrong, what with Red in the hospital and the Biscuit hurt,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found her way down to the cellar of her house and sat in the darkest corner on a heap of burlap sacks and waited while the hurt waves swept over her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red said with mock hurt and winking at the men who watched from the store. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joana knew who was hurting and I knew secrets about the knight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Nobody seems to have been hurt by this child,” she said with studied nonchalance. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Any thoughts? I think maybe try pricking people’s finger with a pin. Or pinching them really hard and seeing which hand hurts more.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It’d been another first day, but one that hurt worse than all the others because I missed having a friend. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It ended with two of the Zeno-lovers talking her down in the back of the room along with Ms. Steck promising that the class wouldn’t hurt her GPA. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t want the light. It hurts her eyes.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of eating made me hurt more. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s my joints; they hurt when I move.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Don’t have to mark a dog to hurt him, I’m thinking. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order not to hurt yourself on landing, you bent your knees, landed on your heels, and fell to one side. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You hurt your eye,” was the first thing he said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I argued with Jay. I was upset and hurt.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Father was lying there, hurt, because of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Just to make it through the day and not to get hurt, Seems about the best that I can hope. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

"You. Yes, you, no one's going to hurt you. Tell the Hand what you told me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When Miss Lizzy look hurt, Quincy got all upset in her face. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Up until that point he had never felt rejected or abandoned, and in each of his affairs he had had to resort to all his tact to disengage himself without hurting the girl. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you just do what you want and everyone gives you a free pass. And you don’t even care who you hurt.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“They say that he hurt you. Your hands, and...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In this light, the leaves of the plants shone so green they almost hurt Lina’s eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lissa leaned closer to me, her voice hoarse from crying, and whispered, “What will Miss Willis do? Will she hurt us?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t try to hurt you or anything, though, like Derek?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They tell us that we have destroyed and hurt so much that nature cannot recover. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just before I blew out the candle I asked, “Why were you crying in the parlor today, before Becky and me came in? Did Madam hurt you?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do men do things like that? Why do they have to hurt people?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I care that Robert might hurt her ’cause of me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I know, Hazel. But it can’t hurt you. I promise. Come on out now.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Don’t worry, said Atal, come with me, we shall not hurt you. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You did? Well, think of that! How did you hurt your hand?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Weren’t we, Dallas? We were just worried maybe you’d get lost or hurt out there.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ron, who’d watched the bee chase on TV and laughed till his sides hurt, helped Mom feel better about the whole thing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was taken to the mini-hospital and put to sleep for several days so that he would stop hurting himself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wasn't sure how we were going to get Lucas out of the pickup, especially without hurting him more. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My hands hurt from gripping the crutches so tightly. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

When I told her this, I could see the hurt in her eyes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Dana, get up. You’ll be hurt more if I carry you than if you walk.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the tiny mouth remained open and twisted, and the crying was so shrill she wondered if it hurt the tiny body. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The humiliation of being hit like that in front of my sisters hurt more than the slap itself. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I felt my skin tighten, I couldn’t feel my face, and it seemed my ears had fallen off; my fingers hurt, and my teeth chattered. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Simmon grew a little more serious, and I saw that he was earnestly hurt at my unexplained absence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each word hurts my throat as I force it out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder if his face hurts because the same smile has been plastered on it since this morning. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Doha inched closer to peer around the truck and was alarmed to see how badly hurt the men were. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you think I would sort of know if the Lady had been hurt?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

One day her stomach was hurting real bad, and I told my cousin to call the ambulance. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of someone hurting them, taking pieces of them away, disturbed her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It kinda hurt, too,” I mumbled, trying to do my part. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was also the cop who had shown up last fall when there was a hurt goose on the recess field. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The crash of all of this hurt and all this wondering pulls Axel from outside his house back inside, where Byrd sits on the floor, in a puddle of water and debris. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Run away and try to heat the hurt that was chasing me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize that in all the time you’ve been here, you never asked me how you were hurt?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...It would suck to kill myself. I’d hurt a lot of people and...it would suck.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Something they know might hurt me, too,” I say. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His mouth was dry and his throat hurt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“No. I talked to her about it later. She got your note. And she believes that you weren’t trying to hurt her or anything. She’s okay.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Cain!” she shouted, and banged on the door with a fist, hard enough to hurt. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I stared into the bright ceiling lights until my eyes hurt. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Or that I’ll hurt you. I don’t want to do that.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It hurts to hold my head up, and my stomach is tight. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, his head hurting from being unable to decide what to do, closed his eyes. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only reason white men came into our neighborhood was to hurt us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Inside my own helplessness I cowered, sure he was going to kill her or hurt her very badly, and the way Mama lay there I believed she was actually ready to be beaten to death. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recoiled, eyes flashing a hurt that almost made her sorry. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t an Olympian, and the reality was it hurt to even think about it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"We cry because they force us to take appointments until it hurts to use the arcana." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That’s what’s happening right now, you think I’m hurt and you and every other punk Chihuahua in America is climbing out of the woodwork to try and get a bite out of me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement hurts my ribs, and I wince. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He set upon his best friend, and tried to hurt him, and lost his temper. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry...I didn’t want to hurt you, you have to know that, I didn’t mean to hurt you.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Every time it rained the old leg-break seemed to remember itself, and what it remembered was a dull hurt. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You said it wouldn’t hurt him!” he cries, loud enough for us all to hear. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The bear cuffed at Omakayas, but in a warning manner, not savagely, to hurt. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was not clear where he had been shot or how seriously hurt he was, or if he was conscious or would live. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But, Peris,” she said, her stomach starting to hurt “I don’t think I’ll...” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“When she finished with me, she started on the doctor. ‘Stop hurting my baby!”’ Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

This confusion hurt my head and made my stomach tense. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Who’s been kindly to your hurts?” the boy’s mother asked as she looked down at the clean white rags that bandaged the boy’s fingers. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cried.‘Don’t hurt the Virgin!’That’s how She got the chip on Her robe—when the Patrol dumped Her on the floor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t go fishing with Uncle Edisto whenever Peach visited. His screaming scared away the fish—'This boat’s rocking too hard!’ and ‘Don’t hurt that worm!’ Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m so sorry. That must hurt something awful.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Having to say the right things to avoid hurt feelings; 3. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good thing I am such a poor shot. I didn’t want to hurt him, just frighten him away!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I suppose that is why,” said Lanning, tonelessly, “it would not answer a little while ago. It couldn’t answer either way without hurting one of us.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Hale advised him not to buy any whiskey: “Henry, you better quit that. It’s hurting you.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He was hurt by our leaving him a second time. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was going to kill him if his stupid plan got you hurt.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It hurts, right? Not the shaving but the...you know. Ugh. I’m freaking out.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One would think they would be hurt by their furious impact with the sea, but, no, they almost always came up with a fish in their beak. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He claimed that it hurt his lungs to breathe there. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His hand didn’t hurt either; the blood felt like warm water trickling down his fingers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s impossible to keep all of myself totally hidden, even inside Mobius, where showing too much of yourself can get you hurt, or disappeared. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Sorry I missed that, I am. Wouldn’t hurt to drop off a bite now and then to one such as myself, would it?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see that ankle,” she said, and untied my shoe with her nervous hands, which hurt because my ankle was a little swollen and looked more yellow than it should have. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t hurt me!” the man shouted back. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But I miss Pa so much it hurts to breathe. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors had to sew him up again, and I realized that Peewee was hurt worse than I thought he was. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Marshall, honey,” she said, “it’s just a game. Just pretend. We wouldn’t really hurt you.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to hurt any of you,” I whispered. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s all my stored-up hurt feelings, but no way am I going to let Julia get away with saying stuff like that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She laughed as the teeny thing attacked her toes, but tried not to move too fast so that she didn’t hurt him, this brave thing, this new thing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about it made his head hurt worse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Just dangerous. I don’t want you getting hurt. If the Commandant finds out, she’ll kill us both.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And worst of all, they were words that would hurt Flora. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I told them telepathically that Tyson wouldn’t hurt them, but they didn’t seem to believe me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to know that it was necessary to hurt her more and that I had some idea what I was doing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If he was hurt, I didn’t know if any teachers would leave the school to help. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He sits there, waiting, like he’s got nothing better to do than remind me that I can’t hurt him but he can hurt me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe it don’t hurt so much after all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She rammed the door with her shoulder, again hurting herself instead of the door. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I want to hurt her, this Grammy I love so much. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When she described the policeman looming over her seat, she admitted that “I was very hurt... and I was crying... and the policeman said, ‘I will have to take you off.’ Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

For both of us, home became a place that hurt us, that took away the person we love most. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Everything we do is gonna hurt him, so try to take it easy." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He hoped Sam hadn't hurt himself, falling like that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I do, my lungs hurt, like I can’t catch my breath; my stomach hurts, I feel like I want to cry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“And why didn’t it hurt me? I mean, not that I’m complaining. Who are you? And whoa, what is that you’re wearing? Is that made of lion fur?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“That actually hurt me in my heart. Y’all so country. Man, do we have some work to do.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was the broken place in the pavement where Antonapoulos had stumbled once and hurt his elbow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When anybody’s feelings were hurt it always made him ashamed and nervous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I forgot all about how much my feet hurt.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And now that I had—and now that I noticed Krystal was really hurt—the "funk" was fading. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Emma could face down math problems that made Chess’s head hurt. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I looked at the dried blood on Rondell’s face and I felt so bad my stomach hurt, but I didn’t say anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They can’t hurt it, because of the wire cage, but Ms. Warner still feels duty-bound to stop them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The feeling must be somewhat similar in the military among troops about to be dispatched to faraway trouble spots: Some of us are going to get hurt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So it doesn’t matter that Valerian wanted to hurt me?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like all parents, I found myself wanting so much for our children, praying that nothing would ever hurt them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“And apparently she wasn’t enough for you,” Chubs said, with a shocking amount of hurt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was hurt and alone except for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My knees hurt, my calves were aching, but the car was just around the next comer. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The preserves are protected by powerful magic. But I lend an ear to the news all the same. Rarely hurts to be cautious.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His stomach still hurt, though the memory had ended. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I held it as long as I could, but that just made my Band-Aided wound hurt more. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They quit spelling words when it hurt too much to talk. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I was itching to uncap Riptide, but even if I did, the blade wouldn’t hurt humans. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were also pictures of the dead kids, and even though I knew it would only hurt me to look at them, I did. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she had lost someone dear to her—Clara?—and instead of putting it aside like Mama, she carried that hurt and anger around with her like a sin. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Too much power,” he said, pushing off the wet ground, refusing to admit that it hurt like hell. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After that, as products of very different backgrounds they were continually scared stiff of hurting each other’s feelings; hence they understood and tolerated their respective foibles almost to the point of obsequiousness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Punching someone in the face, it turned out, hurt like hell, and she pressed her knuckles against the tiled wall, hissing a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In a way, it sort of hurt my pride for a little old girl like Lisbeth to come in and take over my jobs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was hurt; but the terrible reality of Stalingrad was a shock after looking forward to this moment for so long. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It had stained-glass windows, white walls, and roughly hewn wood benches that could give you splinters if you wiggled too much, and hurt your bottom if you sat too long. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Still, there was a pain in his chest, and his leg hurt as if he had landed on it first and twisted it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He stared at me, first confusion and then hurt touching his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t know global warming hurts reptiles. People, too. Never knew hotter weather was a problem.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stopped talking to give me a look of hurt surprise. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean for you to get hurt.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There is a hurt that pinches your throat or chest when you look. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if you don’t feel it, you can get hurt.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And to top it all off, I had on the most uncomfortable shoes in the world—stiff, clunky dress shoes, cutting into my ankles, forcing me to walk like my butt hurt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had been hurt too when they pulled apart; one day, perhaps, they’d be able to talk about it; but for now he felt full of sorrow and regret that he’d hurt her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“This time it will not hurt,” he said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He decided against doing so, because Miss K said hurting people did not solve anything. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want you to be hurt, Melody.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry for the way I hurt you, Caroline.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It felt better than anything had ever hurt. park Eleanor's hair caught fire at dawn. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Or I can put the pieces together and everything will hurt more. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My heart hurt, and my stomach was queasy. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fortunately they weren’t hurt when their plane blew up—“a fountain of fire and smoke.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“They have to put your needs first. Over Sir Fig Newton’s. No matter how much it hurts you and them.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It wouldn't hurt if he weren't right—if I hadn't known somewhere that my weakness aggravates him. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I shift and sit up, even though it hurts something fierce. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Yakov, are you here? Can you hear me? Please, show me. Show me how I can make things right. Tell me who did this to you so I can stop them from hurting anyone else.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He hurt me until I wanted to scream for help. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“It hurt a lot,” Jonas said, “but I’m glad you gave it to me. It was interesting. And now I understand better, what it meant, that there would be pain.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The possibility of Pa getting hurt had us all as nervous as cooped up chicks, rushing around, trying to keep busy, snapping at anybody who made a sound. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is I could have hurt him a lot worse. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mother and I embraced him, trying not to hurt him with our grip. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was the only time I had really stood up to them, and it hurt them, even though that had not been my intention. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I’m so excited, I fall down again and crack another shin but I don’t even care that it hurts because I got a fish on the line. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we stayed some place too long, people would begin to look at Dad, act like he was a character, and I hated that, it hurt me. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to hurt that one, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

DRACO: How interesting, because I do want to hurt you. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

When you come into the hospital with a mental disability, they put a cop next to you so you don’t hurt yourself. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It hurt his pride at a tender point. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“And what if you get hurt, Alice? Do you think that’s okay with me? Do you think it’s only my human family he can hurt me with?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Your abuela will be very happy to see you, but she will not be happy that one of you is hurt.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She made her peace with the slightly looser vibe among all the girls on the team, because she saw that it wasn’t hurting us. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My knees hurt, the one with the funny laugh complained. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie’s back hurt and a shooting pain ran through her shoulder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went out of their way to make sure that Mark Antony was not seriously hurt during these nighttime antics. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I felt awful because he seemed so hurt. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit may have been trapped in the barn, but his idleness didn’t hurt his celebrity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

How does a five-year-old tell us about her stomach hurting, her heart aching for Pa, and her fading memories of Keav. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still don’t know if I’m betraying who I am by dating Chris, but I’ve missed him so much it hurts. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The doctor had given me the same line, reassured me it wouldn’t hurt one bit. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not transparent, not spooky, no phantoms of the night, but real and solid, with shadows and everything—only they never get cold and they can’t eat or drink or hurt themselves. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We wouldn’t hurt it. May I try it on? Mother lets me try on her necklaces and I never hurt them.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Look, Mr. Donatelli, remember how you said the only way you'd ever know is if I got hurt, really hurt in the ring?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jerk into action, aiming my left fist where I know it will hurt the worst: at the bullet wound in his arm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She speaks slowly, as if the words make her hurt. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Your lip is going to hurt for a while.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I feel as if I’ve been awake for days and running hard; my chest hurts, my muscles cramp as if they’re out of sugar. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baby Girl tug on my dress, say, “Tum-my hurt,” and she rubbing her belly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You owe me a motorcycle for the one you broke. Serves you right if you hurt your hand.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Because we loved her too much to hurt her feelings." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Once in the truck, Walter told Myers he needed him to drive because Walter's arm was hurt. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My words were meant to hurt him, and they did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't think it was possible but his body hurt more than it had the day before. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

My dad was not only not a wimp, he came out to play with the gang, running alongside us, tossing us up in the air, and wrestling against the entire pack without getting hurt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now eat up your breakfast, my sweet. Don’t worry—it won’t hurt you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He kicked a skeleton in its bony crotch, which seemed to hurt Hedge more than the redcoat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I think her feelings are hurt,” Oscar replies. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Never before had she wielded words of such force; she spoke to hurt, but was amazed when she succeeded. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well — Scabbers — I mean, this — this man — he’s been sleeping in Harry’s dormitory for three years. If he’s working for You-Know-Who, how come he never tried to hurt Harry before now?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

No matter how bad it hurts, one day I’m going to find Mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I decided I wouldn’t be the only one hurt before it was done and I readied myself for what seemed like forever. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They became abusive and didn’t care if they hurt their family The war brought so much damage to us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I find it, she clutches my fingers so tightly they hurt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It hurt, the little ants were biting us all over bad and it burned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard kind of laughing that makes your stomach hurt. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I prayed God would hurt ten times as much as He hurt me. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

If Shay hit the ground at this speed, she’d be worse than hurt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I nodded, trying not to look like that comment hurt me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She had gone walking alone in those mountains over there to the North, had fallen down a steep place and hurt her head. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hell, I’m the reason some of them got hurt. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Shadow’s feet were beginning to hurt, and he found this sentiment to be extremely unlikely. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I hoped it would blow over, but Dad was so hurt that I hadn’t mentioned homeschooling in my interviews that this new wound festered. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When was the last time it had hurt him? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

You re not going to remember your daddy, and it hurts me to think about that. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The hurt on her face makes me slightly ill, but I press. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She really hurt his feelings by walking off like that. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can be funny,” I said, pretending hurt. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Wrapping her carefully in my T-shirt so she can’t see, thrash, and hurt herself, I place her far back under the overhang where she can recover from the scare of being handled by people. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I hurt her, dragging out that lamb, and she lay on the ground, as motionless as death. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lately, Jeffrey had been complaining a lot that his “parts hurt,” which we hadn’t been understanding too well. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A double layer of clothes never hurts anyone in winter, as long as the clean ones are worn closest to the skin. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t hurt to have included it. You go there every other day,” she says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not by the bridle, she wouldn’t have. Even though it doesn’t have a bit, it would have hurt her, wrenched her in circles.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I eat till my stomach hurts and I wanna lay down and watch cartoons. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Arthur looks around the train, and his tired, hurt blue eyes look up at me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They were still hurt with one another; and perhaps, too, they did not trust their tempers yet. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that week, we heard that two more Coxsackie officers had been hurt, bringing the total to seventeen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She be calling me a ho, and I know she’s my twin and all, but it still hurts. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She wonders who’s hurt, whether it’s a student or a professor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No; she was acquitted.—My poor Handel, I hurt you!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

My brother popped the bag to cover our hurt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

My head hurt from not obeying, as well as from Olive’s noise. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The glare hurt our eyes and, along with the dust, made it difficult to see. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was thinking, “Who cares whether the little rug rat meant to hurt Jeffrey? He did, and now there’s no way to take it back.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That other dog, the one who leapt off the dock and hurt himself?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She wept and told them she had never done them hurt, yet they dragged her from her horse all the same. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If you play a sport like that, you’ll just end up hurting yourself or someone else.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When I try to push my diaphragm down, my middle hurts and my legs begin to tremble. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Oh my God, Blue, I'm so tired my face hurts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t hurt them!” she cried, and now they all heard her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Our small explosion hurt no one except the bridge and the bus. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I knew I could have tried to comfort her, perhaps telling her how John Kim was probably just as hurt as she was and that his silence was more complicated than she presently understood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When someone hurts you, Charlie said to me once, you just hold on. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I smiled a little at her expression, but my heart hurt at the truth. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t write that I pretend they don’t bother me, but even after thirteen years of seeing them, they still hurt. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

These days when Patricia looks at her daughter, she doesn’t see as much of herself reflected back as before, and it hurts. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Join us. Our Collective is stronger as a single unit. With your trust, we can erase the hurt and pain of the past. We will...” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t Get It and said, But you told me the dog was sick and he WAS going to hurt them. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from his family and blood, if you wanted to take someone away from John Kwang, if you simply desired to hurt him, exercise true malice, Eduardo would figure near the top of the list. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Shagga mislikes your muddy Water here, so he must drink your weak ale and sour wine, and after his head hurts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nothing hurts more than celebrating your mother’s birthday on Christmas Eve when she’s not around. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It hurts to stretch out my hand, so I let myself wince and hunch over. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show her it didn't hurt as much as it did—or maybe I just wanted to fool myself. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She says this to Byrd and Frank, and then to Axel, she says, “Take me to him. If he’s hurt, I can help.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What hurts is the disgust in their voice, the visceral fear in their tone, like gaining weight would be the absolute worst thing to happen to them. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

His grip hardened on my shoulder so it hurt. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will called out, “Don’t be afraid. We’re not going to hurt you. Where are you going?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If you do anything to hurt our son now, God help me, you’ll go to jail until you rot. Do you understand me?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Students, get out two sheets of paper. One to write on. One to cover your answers. We believe in honesty, but an extra sheet of paper can’t hurt.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She leans against the bare living room wall and puts her j face in her hands, as though I’ve hurt her. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re above a waterfall in the Dead Land. A bunch of rats are trying to scale the wall. A lot of us are hurt and we’re totally lost,” he said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Did dying an apple seed death hurt Michael Jackson? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“This going to hurt,” his father said—in such a different voice, so sad and tender!—turning again to the sofa. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t hurt you because you’re the only good thing in his life. He doesn’t want to give that up. It’s the only thing he hasn’t given up.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I realized the evil Tenorio had found a way to hurt Ultima, and that he would do anything to hurt her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His leg still hurt, it was still dark, he was still alone and the self-pity had accomplished nothing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never known how much one moment could hurt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“What does she want with him? Will she hurt him?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was hurting, but I felt bad about leaving a promise like that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been relieved, but also a little hurt: that over and over again, he believed her so easily, that he didn’t think her capable of anything but the truth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We trained with padded sticks so no one got hurt—purely ceremonial. It was all about pressure points and energy flow. I’ll show you, one of these days.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry. The only reason I told him about the letter was because I was trying to explain how no one got hurt by the phony tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I blacked it out of my mind because of the sadness and hurting,” he told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It hurt my heart to see that for most of the kids in the classroom, reading meant playing with their cell phones or sleeping on their desks. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His head was clearer but he said it hurt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just like our tilting earth, Amari was off balance, hurt by her words. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Aurelia went close and kissed the cub on the head and touched his hurt face tenderly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid my equipment conversations nearly always ended up like that somehow, with the talker retiring with hurt feelings and a piece of formerly prized equipment cradled to his chest. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It always hurt not to breathe like a normal person, incessantly reminding your lungs to be lungs, forcing yourself to accept as unsolvable the clawing scraping inside-out ache of underoxygenation. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We were out of breath, stomachs hurting, bodies bent over our knees. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Getting too familiar meant getting hurt when we left. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I’m hurting people that need hurting, when inflicting pain goes against everything that comes naturally to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I felt so much hurt inside, but it wouldn’t come out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She slings her bag over her shoulder, and it hurts just as much as I expected it to. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I didn’t mean to hurt you. You do and say things to hurt me on purpose.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Everything is so white that the glare hurts your eyes. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it would hurt, and someone would die. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I won’t get to sit in a room and play bass until my hands hurt. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I always forget how much it hurts to get punched in the face until it happens again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Here is where the memory starts to really hurt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

All of them so resplendent that it is difficult for me to look too long without my head hurting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘Then you must go. I must stay here anyway. But I’m hurt. The Black Pits take that filthy rebel Gorbag!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Run, run, you fool, before the waves of hurt start breaking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Losing me will hurt; it will be the kind of pain that won’t feel real at first, and when it does, it will take her breath away. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. Not you. Never.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He clapped so hard that his hands hurt. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked so far, Hazel’s feet began to hurt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And he could never know that Charley’s interest in him was purely courteous; if he did, he would be hurt in his misanthropy, for Charley has no interest in cats whatever, even for chasing purposes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This shouldn’t hurt but it might feel a little funny.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hurt so bad that I didn’t quite know what was happening. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

HARRY: I don’t want to hurt you, Draco. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Nobody was hurt, no planes were damaged, and the regiment flew back to their home field, where the fuel trucks came driving out to meet them as they landed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure he was right, that I got to decide what words hurt me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Just know many bad things came from that. Plenty people got hurt. I don’t want you forced into the kinds of decisions I had to face.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

That hurt me inside my heart some kind of way. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He stood on the corner for a long time, looking up at the dim light until his neck hurt and his eyes watered. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am hurt, too, and captured here,” he replied. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They hurt them, of course, and infuriate them: like stinging flies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The queen tells her, “Promise me you won’t hurt my daughter.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I would have taken better care of her than any field hand could. I wouldn’t have hurt her if she hadn’t just kept saying no.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She flew around me to avoid getting hurt, but she wasn’t completely successful. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I know you didn’t hurt the butterfly on purpose.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

If I let myself hope, it will hurt too much. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not hurting her,” Osh said as he carefully cut what he needed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You could have really been hurt. That animal could have bitten you!” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Your mother went on: ‘I know all about hurt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I know I did. I didn’t want to hurt your feelings. I was trying to see if we could fix it somehow. But it won’t work.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four of the five put aside their hurt feelings and accepted immediately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Aurum snarled and snapped in frustration, unable to hurt the enemy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The fact that he was black and the girl he was marrying was black—well, that hurt me even more. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had no time to waste, and it would hurt Booth too much to dismount and put weight on his foot. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed him away because I was afraid to be even remotely close to someone who, I was certain, would one day hurt me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If it didn’t really hurt, then maybe I should try it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“What are you hurting this cat for?” he demanded, and they couldn’t answer. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure a balloon wouldn’t hurt that much, but Mr. Levy sends Bernard to the office anyway. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Zeta-1, you are going to be hurt! You are risking all our duties.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a shadow anywhere in front of me, and every object, every angle and curve stood out so sharply it made my eyes hurt. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She looked down, maybe so Frank wouldn’t see the hurt in her eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My eyes hurt and my back feels achy from being hunched over the laptop for hours. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We were all three jittery and grim, just hours past a terrible night; but the day was fair, we were together, and Mr. Kendall was caught and jailed where he couldn’t hurt us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But from the glazed look in his eyes, she could see that he was badly hurt, too. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m winging it. I don’t want to hurt you. I want to save you. Please, let me do this. Let me save you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I hurt my ankle so I didn’t play much,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe something was hurting him far more than she could ever hope to understand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Liza, the sewing woman, fell and hurt herself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad her son could not hurt anyone ever again, but seeing Nasreen Baji's grief and knowing her pain was partly because of me made me feel an odd sort of guilt. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Everything hurts from shoving away all this stuff that makes me sad inside. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Lily’s voice rose and took on a hurt tone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

These days I avoided the place, because the memories hurt. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It almost hurts to know that she’s putting herself out there so fearlessly. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it counted because I didn’t know the exact words and I didn’t kneel down, but I thought it couldn’t hurt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s really hoarse from the surgery, so it hurts for him to speak. But don’t worry, the doctors say he’s doing well. And it helps that he has all your love and prayers.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I have not paid attention, and she is hurt that something that matters so much to her has slipped past me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Not noticed the hurt that was not linked to the color of his skin, or the blood that beat beneath it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As if I would hurt you, little Disaster,” Crocodile Guts said cheerfully. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t hurt me,” said Jonathan, his voice small. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not hurting Lourdes as much as he is hurting himself. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She woke aching and alone and weary,- weary of riding, weary of hurting, weary of duty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His hand was hurting, and he knew it was going to be hard to carry the automaton back to the old man, so he stopped at the cafe to get some more ice. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

But I have one chance left to do something useful, and if I want to hit the Erudite where it hurts, I have to take one of their leaders from them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you asked if the sun hurt me, and it doesn’t. But I can’t go out in the sunlight — at least, not where anyone can see.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think my dad could hurt me this much. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Why does this hurt more than my messed up knees? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Braids are easy to maintain, but they do hurt like mad for a few days until they settle. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Their trading at the Thrift Market had hurt his feelings but it was all over now. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as for me: I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I cannot become the wounded man. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t hurt neither of you two for the whole world. I know you are special to Miss Elizabeth and that’s enough for me.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Because I was afraid she would hurt Henry,” the dead boy said, eyes distant as he looked into a past that only he could see. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tell him he’s my dog now, and I’m not never going to let anybody hurt him again ever, and then I leave, wiring that fence good. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gritted my teeth, thought about how much more it hurts to be hungry, and came down upon them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate that I hurt this girl I don’t even know. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as Leo rejoined the crew in Malta, she’d known right away that Leo was hurting inside. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It worked only one out of every ten tries, and it hurt a lot. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minho actually recoiled at the harsh rebuke, but his face seemed more confused to Thomas than hurt or angry. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

This was the same kind of animal we had to hide our chickens from, but it was still hurting. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She looked a little hurt, and I was sorry about that, but I was ready to be out of that car. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“When I was five, Dr. Packard, well, he slapped me—hard—right across my face. I can still remember, it hurt so bad.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It hurt more than anything—more pain than a person is supposed to feel—but then the microscopic painkilling nanites in his blood released their numbing opiates. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I got hurt four year ago,” he said. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then again, here in that little room was the same Patria Mercedes, who wouldn’t have hurt a butterfly, shouting, “Amen to the revolution.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wincing because the handcuffs were beginning to hurt my wrists, but I was also sincerely fearful about what was going to happen next. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” I said instead, the words physically hurting me like they had sharp edges. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Matt was an excellent piano player and thought it wouldn’t have hurt the man to say “Good!” now and then. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time it hurt, but blood welled up as well as pus, blood so dark that it looked black in the lantern light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me then that remaining jamona could not possibly hurt this much. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She swallow it down and I know it hurts her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mami scrubs my shoulders and the nape of my neck so hard that it hurts. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Amelia’s eyes get this really horrible hurt look, and start to well up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

This hurts my heart more than I can bear, so I look away, expecting that she’ll take her leave. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was crying, because the red marks of the whip on his back still hurt so terribly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to hurt him, not when I am so happy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t ever hurt them” she said again. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

To have gone through all that drama for nothing...What if she’d gotten her brother or James hurt, and all for a book that didn’t hold the answer she assumed it would. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The fish and the beaver had come close until he thought of hurting them. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That didn’t bother Joaquin—he knew Mark would never hurt him, and even if he tried, Joaquin had three inches and about thirty pounds on him, so it would be a fast fight. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the quiet, she wondered if he was so hurt that he couldn’t bear to speak. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"I got hurt in the war," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

So it hurt my heart when I found out what they had done. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was by now so full of cake he was like a sackful of wet cement and you couldn't have hurt him with a sledge-hammer. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to blow it every time. Not to be a jerk, but because you could really get hurt.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I squint a bit, hoping the lights will hurt my head less. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ira’s face was strained and taut and queerly defensive, as if she had been hurt and was wondering where the next blow would fall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers hurt and was getting cold, but I dug in deeper. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year after that, the daughter came for her father's birthday, and in the way of women, soothed and stitched and patched over the hurt feelings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You hurt my girl again and it’ll be lights out for you and your whole family.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he still loved it that I hurt that boy.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sirius had told him what to do if his scar hurt him again, and Harry was going to follow his advice: He was going straight to Dumbledore’s office. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Now, tell me which one bothered you. Don’t be afraid. Nobody’s going to hurt you,” Mr. Crane said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bear was gone, the birds were singing, he saw nothing that could hurt him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is sort of mean and angry-faced, and Annabelle often feels sorry for Zach Oh, but right then, she misses his mother so much that her heart is heavy and hurting with it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

No matter how much that had hurt Hanako, in Tule Lake she had become incredibly proud of her father for standing his ground and asking for their civil rights back before he would serve. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Into an exchange of confessions — the little ways they’d hurt or disappointed each other, and themselves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know! Everyone wants those fast carbon ones, but those things hurt unless you’re on the nice roads.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

What could I tell them that would not hurt them? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re on a first-name basis with that guard? He can hurt us, for no reason. He has a gun to shoot us. Do you even know what you’re doing right now?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t bragging or anything,” he said, looking hurt. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hurt for all of us, even for that little dead iris that was never as special as I wanted it to be. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Someone would get hurt, because Tariq wouldn’t be able to let it pass. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Cole puzzled so hard his head hurt, but there seemed no connection. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Indeed they did. But you must be unafraid, Twinkle. You must live life as if you cannot get hurt.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I held my box so tightly against my chest that it hurt to breathe. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“He chose me to get back at you and you know that. He knew my name would hurt you more than anyone else’s.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Screaming noise, ropes slamming against the mast, cracking of cloth being whipped or snapped—everything so loud it hurt his ears. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't just his arms and back, but his legs, ankles, and waist also hurt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

No, not just his ears but everything, everything hurt all the time. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music left only this bad hurt in her, and a blankness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he’s sad like this, I get this horrible ache in my chest, and my face gets all hot around my eyes, and my head starts hurting. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I thought of how sick I felt, how hurt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She said her head hurt and her feet hurt, so I carried her on my back, and then I needed to rest. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Ow, Daddy, the Popsicle hurts,” Lucy told Tiller in his dream. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe when you live rich and with smart in your head, your hurts don’t get so sore. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her nose tingled horribly from the water in it, and when she sniffed it hurt. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry if this iron is hurting you,” said Kay, "but we have come to rescue our friends." The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't hurt, but the string of the satchel broke. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness, the midwife checked Mama at the last minute and lowered my arms the way you fold in a captive bird’s wings so it doesn’t hurt itself trying to fly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurts so much that I grip the seat and bite the inside of my mouth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

All that’s left of me is the rowing part and the hurting part. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had to go to the doctor the week after; my back was hurting real bad from all the strain. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“No, ma’am. I might hurt you and cause internal bleeding or something.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never meant to do anything that would hurt her at all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I got the conch," said Piggy, in a hurt voice. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My brain hurts from thinking about all the stuff I swear not to think about. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“All right, now, here’s a very important question”—she leans in—“did you actually try to do anything to hurt yourself before you came here?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I need to cough, but if I do, it’ll hurt more. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Getting shot, I’d always thought, would hurt a lot more than this. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Spoon worked with Alfred on the heavy bag, showing him how to keep his wrist straight but relaxed so he could hit hard without hurting himself. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt to know that for the past year, she'd made comments about being inexperienced for no one's benefit but my own. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

A nest of anger and hurt knotted up inside me, and I felt that loosen a little—not all the way, but a little. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It hurt a little, and it would, she knew, soon hurt much more. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“I just couldn’t stand the nurse’s- evening-off aspect of it. I didn’t mean to hurt you. I did hurt you, didn't I?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want you to get hurt. You don’t have to be so angry with me,” he says, tilting his head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If he thought about it too much, it hurt. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you hurt yourself for real? Hit your head or something?” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She took up my hurt hand and compared it with the other one. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I won’t. The whole junior class is planning it. And it’s not like anyone is going to get hurt or anything. Because, well, remember Speaker Day?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But my throat is closed and the ice has gone into my lungs and laughing hurts too much. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he looks at the big, ugly wound on Shiloh’s hurt leg, torn open right to the bone, the bites around Shiloh’s neck, and the ripped ear. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brain hurts, like it got hit too. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You seem nice, your parents seem fine, and you know, if I ever need a kidney or a blood transfusion, it wouldn’t hurt to have you in my contacts.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the knot on my head didn’t hurt so much. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or I could do funny words like “hoity-toity” or angry ones like “Oh, YEAH?” or hurt words like “I didn’t mean to.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like that stuff you make when my tummy hurts.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

He set the book aside and said, “They’re hiding? Is someone hurt? Is something wrong?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

When I woke up after surgery, there was a plastic ring around my neck, my right hip hurt, and I had trouble swallowing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would have thrown him from one end of my forge to the other. But I didn’t want her to get hurt.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her face was white as cotton and her voice shaky as she said, “We’d better see if those people are hurt.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’re hurting on the night shift right now,” the sergeant told him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes staring into his with that confusion, that hurt, cut into him like a blade. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wild as a hurt deer’s. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Some would slowly lose their power to hurt me and would fall into disuse. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

That I have breasts that hurt when she does that? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t get it, do you? Hitting someone is the easiest way to hurt them! You could hurt me so much more than that!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My head hurts from the heat, from the musty smell. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

"He'd never dare hurt me. He's scared of Summer, no matter what he says." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You know he’s hurting and you want to make him happy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If people want to help you—as long as they aren’t doing anything to hurt you or your baby—listen to them. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

HARRY: A lot of people have tried to hurt me—but my son! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

If his back hurts, my neck is killing me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughed until they hurt, and Ben twice as much as everyone else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If you fall and hurt yourself we’ll never hear the end of it from trustees.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I could wake Grampa, but he’d be no good against R.C., and if he got in the way, R.C. probably would hurt him too. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Meggie pressed her ear against the wall so hard that it hurt. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The bang is so loud it hurts my ears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"You got to go because it's not safe-" "-they made us. They hurt us-" "Who? Jack?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I lie down in my underwear, the metal in my black garters hurts my legs, but I do not take them off, for it is too cold to lie stockingless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annie seemed equally surprised by her action, because she pulled her finger back so quickly, Luke swore he’d hurt her somehow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But after the hurt I think maybe something good and strong and beautiful will come out of it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, no, she’s not my girlfriend. I just met her, forreal,” I said, even though I couldn’t stop myself from cheesing so hard it hurt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But after each man or woman fell, Tehlu knelt and spoke to them, giving them new names and healing some of their hurt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was not necessarily a secret, but the words were terrible and true and it hurt to say them. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were really hurt or something.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It tasted so fine, the junky little can of ravioli bites, tasted so incredibly fine that it made his temples hurt while he chewed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you worry, he would never hurt me or those children.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Climbing the stairs, my knees hurt, as though they’re tired of carrying me everywhere. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I’ve had an exceptionally irritating couple of days, my head hurts in ways you don’t have the full wit to understand, and I have a friend who might be in trouble.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t hurt us with nassty cruel steel! Let us live, yes, live just a little longer. Lost lost! We’re lost. And when Precious goes we’ll die, yes, die into the dust.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kendra had always hated needles, the idea of being fully aware that something was about to hurt but having to endure it calmly. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Still, when he left, I was hurt that he hadn’t even said goodbye. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I sit down at our dining room table with a blank piece of paper—all bright white and staring at me and making my head hurt. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“When you have two brothers like mine, someone’s always getting hurt.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t see her face, but it was like I could see her voice and it said, “Don’t push me. Just stop now and turn around before you go too far and get hurt.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other said that to change anything in the sugar islands would invite slave revolts, help France’s rivals, and thus hurt the nation. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I lay on the bed inside the cabin and Yeller lay on the cowhide in the dog run, and we both hurt so bad that we were wallowing and groaning and whimpering all the time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you know about...about a woman who’s been hurt in childbearing?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Civilians in Kacanik were hurt by both sides in the conflict. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Two and a half weeks later, Henrietta’s abdomen hurt, and she could barely urinate. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Crabtrees were so mad and hurt and ashamed, they took a pine casket out to the cemetery and put him right under, and to this day there isn’t a marker on his grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spend the last day hiding from the people who make my heart hurt with how much they give me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You have some pretty deep bruises. But nothing broken. That lip is going to hurt for a while, but it’s already stopped bleeding.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He stumbles and falls on an icy street in The Hague and badly hurts his foot. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The wooden blade caught her high in the breast, a sudden stinging blow that hurt all the more because it came from the wrong side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I kept one eye closed, my head hurt so bad. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If we were talking, if my feelings weren’t still hurt, I would tell Madge how happy I am that she did well. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

With each step her wounds hurt a little less and her mind cleared a little more. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her best friend exhaled, his eyes sliding between the cold rage and a younger hurt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right,” Will said, “we can help you hide, at least. Come on, we won’t hurt you.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I try a halfhearted smile, but that hurts, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I kept pinching at his joints, asking if this hurt or if that hurt, to all of which Needles shook his head no, until I got to his wrist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They keep the gym at about forty degrees because “a little cool air never hurt anyone.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Victor, honey, watch it with that, don’t hurt yourself.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And that hurts just as much as anything else. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Usually, this would be the cue for me to make myself invisible, but I was hurting too bad, and I was not in the mood. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s your problem? Lumpy didn’t get in your way on purpose. Don’t you ever hit him! He’s never done anything to hurt you!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

A lieutenant came down the road, pointing back toward die smoke, yelling wildly that someone was hurt. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry, he'll be back in just a minute. I'm not here to hurt you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

By the time I get home, I’m hurting bad. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I do not want to hurt you, he said by shaking his head left to right. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t hurt you. I never wanted to . . .” Al covers his face with both hands. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“D’you know, I think she was kind to me, Will—I think she was—I don’t think she ever wanted to hurt me...She did such bad things, but...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I apologize for anything she might have done to hurt you. She's just broken." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As I stood looking at the two graves, I tried hard to understand some of the things my father had told me, but I couldn’t—I was still hurting and still had that empty feeling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dark red. It’s all sort of jumbled and I don’t really like the red bit, when I saw it, it hurt my head. The company part is nicer.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed really far away and my whole body hurt and I kept thinking what happened? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She was not hurt or even frightened, but she was hugely disoriented. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

His legs hurt, and he was hungry and cold. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You have to know the right moment to let go or you’ll flop backward into the water and hurt yourself.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

His new owners had tied his leash to the leg of a plastic restaurant table, and he was sitting on top, holding his hurt foot in his hands, lips pulled back over his teeth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Fish was sitting on the couch in the dark with his head down. He looked totally hurt. Trying to joke him out of his mood, I said, ‘What’s wrong with you?' Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s heart soared and hurt at the same time. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re part of our family now. And I promise I won’t let anything hurt you. I’m not going to fail you like our families did us. Deal?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The constable’s feelings were hurt because he was a conscientious man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it hurt so much to see him sad, losing all that he loved. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My eye hurts so badly, I have to rub it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a betrayal that hurt, somehow, more than anything else. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hurting Stick by doing nothing, or hurting Father by doing what I did? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I'm so glad I’ve been given the gift of control over my emotions, because I just can’t even imagine how much it would have hurt me otherwise. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Not that I know of. It wasn’t in him to hurt her.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know it’s not reasonable to think you'll forgive me, but I hope you don't let my leaving hurt you too much for too long. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I thought the point was we might get hurt,” Kendra said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But something about the stiff way Papa spoke made my stomach hurt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Everything is too much—the noise and the battle to concentrate make my brain hurt. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’m dizzy from blowing and my lips hurt. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s no big deal. I wouldn’t hurt him. I just don’t like the way he looks at my girlfriend. No big deal. I just wanted him to know.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pretending to nurse a beer all night couldn’t hurt. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

With the news finally coming, it hurt too much to stay. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that he wasn’t scared when he was standing there and the wasps were stinging him and hurting him and he was watching me run away. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Evening has fallen and my foot hurts from all the crazy shoes, so I abandon any thoughts of going into town. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Papá...Papá hurt himself,” he said, shaking and out of breath. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Tab’s mom said that when people reached out to hurt your feelings, it was because they secretly felt they deserved to be talked to that way. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to break my hands, but when it hurt too much, I stopped. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The giggle chilled Archie who himself was considered capable of hurting little old ladies and tripping cripples. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only young females can move from one community to another without being hurt. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how considerate he tried to be, it seemed he always managed to hurt Corporal Whitcomb’s feelings. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We run through this routine every week, and it goes something like this: Embryo: Have you tried to hurt yourself since I saw you last? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Now, I didn’t hurt you. Don’t get scared.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever she said or did now it could not matter to me or hurt me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There’s just that hurt part of her, like some kind of fire that always wants to be fed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was hadn’t hurt me and I felt—no, I knew—that if it had wanted to, it could have easily done so. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I squeezed the arm of the chair till my knuckles hurt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weary rested and the hurt were healed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Somehow I sensed it wasn’t meant to hurt me. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

No one could stop her anymore, and no one could hurt her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Don’t give her an excuse to hurt you again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Thanks, Mr. Terupt, but you didn’t need to go and get hurt this bad so that I could be friends with Danielle. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

In seconds, Dylan is high enough that if he falls, he’ll be hurt. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“He thinks Edward had something to do with me getting hurt.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t hurt me,” came an echoing voice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My eyes didn’t hurt too badly until some-one said to open them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hurt him, and dealing with that hurt is her job now. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Yesterday he had limped, but today there was no part of his feet that didn’t hurt, so limping did no good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Newt’s face sank in obvious hurt—Thomas was surprised to see no anger there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My back hurt from the violent way I had been throwing up, and my entire body felt fatigued. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, people were hurt. But that had to do with your actions, not mine. I didn’t punch Soheil, sir.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They swelled up and got mighty sore; not even a mesquite thorn hurts as bad as a sharp fish fin when it’s run deep into your hand. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. She wouldn’t want us to get hurt, too,” Calder finished. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s why it hurts so much, to lose to someone you know hasn’t worked as hard as you,” he said as he closed his eyes and tried to fight back the tears. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to feel hurt and guilty, to know that she drove me to kill myself. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach the station, I tuck my hurt hand into my pocket and pull open the glass door of the mini-mart. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Nothing out here but hungry and hurting and thirsty and miserable. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

How easily, smoothly everything had gone in the old days before Johnny got hurt! Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A feeling came over me, like I was lying on a beach at the edge of a lost world with a wave of hurt washing over my body. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the first time Eric fell he didn’t hurt himself, and then they took him back up there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When my family got attacked, we left Boggs Ferry because we were so scared. Maybe the cucos didn’t want to hurt the council members. Maybe they just wanted to scare them,” Thorn said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Take it any way you want. But that girl’s hurt—and the hurt came from you.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I think to myself, if it hurts this much for me, how bad must it be for Grandma? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you okay now? Is it still hurting?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I did not include that I had started taking stats for my field hockey team because it hurt my back to bend over the stick all the time. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be afraid. Nobody’s going to hurt you.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This has got to stop. You’d better not hurt her again. Not under my roof.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, her head hurt where she’d banged it and her back ached from lying on the hard shelf. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You hear me? I ain’t gonna hurt you. As long as you don’t try to hit me with no more sticks, all right?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“God and his angels are here, working right alongside us. They won’t let you be hurt.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was proud of never having hurt an innocent bystander. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mean to hurt Freddie’s feelings, but he couldn’t stop the laughter, and the more he tried, the more it came. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in that courtyard must have glared at Ali Shekari for hurting a little kid—but reader, please, he did nothing wrong. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My smile is so wide, my cheeks hurt. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twigs and dead holly hurt his knees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“What the hell are you talking about? It don’t hurt me none.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But it’s true. You’ve been so nice, and I enjoy talking to you, and I don’t want to hurt you...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the people knew she couldn’t read and thought her feelings would be hurt if they offered her the books their children had used up and worn out. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“OK. But what if I don’t call her? Am I going to be hurting her feelings or anything like that?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jumping rope and having the other kids yell, “EARTHQUAKE! Run for cover!” really hurt. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I kiss him back so hard it hurts, and twist my fingers into his shirt. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I watch to make sure he doesn’t get hurt, doesn’t get bullied. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I saw a hurt look in my father’s eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced across the seat at Joe, and saw at once, through a blur of tears, that his eyes were full of hurt too. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"I don't care. Tell them you quit. Ask for another mission, somewhere where you won't hurt anyone. Because if you don't, you'll die, and skies only knows what will happen to the rest of us." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, maybe you shouldn’t irrigate that field, Jose. Maybe innocent people will get involved. Or even hurt.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She writes of elevators, train stations, buildings so high, they hurt the neck to see. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a relief, even if it makes everything hurt a little more. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His ribs hurt when he breathed, but he could move his fingers and lift both legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would keep him back so as not to see him hurt, but I got to where I did like him to come. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t hurt, but Momma had drilled into my head: “Keep your legs closed, and don’t let nobody see your pocketbook.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other policeman is watching Ma like she’s going to hurt someone. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Father, stabbed, who had never lifted a finger to hurt anyone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even Daddy could rest assured that I’d be safe there; getting hurt just wasn’t something you thought about happening at church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I mean, even though it’s not her fault, I think she feels ashamed. That’s why it’s a secret. Like, who am I to bring it up and hurt her again?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Hugh put a hand to his throat as if it hurt him and coughed, and a bee shot out of his mouth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, what did you expect? You came at me with a knife. But I didn’t hit you hard enough to hurt you badly, did I?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Another man who later worked under White said he could be “honest till it hurt.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some of the men on the hospital ship with me didn’t have any visible wounds, but were badly hurt. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hurt, but my left knee is worse—I feel it crash against the handlebars when I fly over them, and then land on something sharp and painful. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Could gods be hurt, the same as people? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But I miss Cynthia so much. Could you just make the pain go away? It hurts to wake up in the morning, and I am so afraid.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh...oh, okay,” said Sticky meekly, his feelings obviously hurt. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed me by the wrist so hard it hurt. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Thug guy said, “I’ma let you in on a little secret, my man. I think the only reason Mr. C. is denying he’s your daddy is ’cause you went and hurt his feelings.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

You know, it really does hurt to be terribly hungry. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know, but my heart suddenly hurt for the teacher from across the hall. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He had fallen from his horse on his hands and the hands still hurt him but the pain in the chest was not bad at all. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you! You see, Remus? I have never hurt a hair of Harry’s head! Why should I?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

John danced around like he was the one hurting. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that Chris is gone is a sharp hurt I feel every single day. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas’s heart hurt—he could remember getting that lecture but not who’d given it to him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed no one had even been hurt—except for Drave, and no one would mourn for him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I could shake it off if I hadn’t hurt my neck.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have not done much of anything since, except to miss May and hurt. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

So by this time I’m crying and my shoulder is hurt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t care that all those beautiful creatures have been hurt or killed! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I still feel hurt from what you did. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe they allowed me to win a few awards so when the final results are announced, my feelings won’t be hurt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In a way it hurt, because I could see Nick was getting a chance that I wasn’t getting. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was laughing so hard he hurt—rocking back and forth in his seat, grabbing his stomach, slapping his leg, flopping his arms, and shouting like somebody getting religion at a camp meeting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This I had believed with all my being, but now, though still inwardly affirming that belief, I felt a blighting hurt which prevented me from trying further to defend myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn't hurt anymore, he tells us when we gather around him. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Percy couldn’t help feeling a little hurt, being told to take a hike. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I got up slowly, cautiously, found that it didn’t hurt any more to stand than it did to lie down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Your scar...has it been hurting at all?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The medicine may save the baby from hurt, but I will come back in an hour. Perhaps I am in time to save him.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let him fill all the voids in my life—family, friendship, love—and it hurts so much to know what I need to do now. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I thought about the old segregation rules and how it was time to put my feelings of hurt and resentment to rest. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That stands out in my mind—I was so fearful that I’d hurt him.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like Mother’s meddling, but a clean hope, without strings or hurt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I sat down on my bundle of fur and laughed till I hurt all over. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel that I have to be like the mountain, rock strong, and on the inside I have to have the arsenal ready to fight invaders who might hurt my peoples. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

RON: The trolls could be going to a party, the giants to a wedding, you could be getting bad dreams because you’re worried about Albus, and your scar could be hurting because you’re getting old. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

And instead of being grateful, I was hurt. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, I did my part. I quit. Now we have to keep working on your learning how not to quit on everything and everyone because they disappoint you or hurt you or make a mistake.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They didn’t notice that he’d hurt me and they didn’t notice that I do make fatal small mistakes from time to time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“That’s probably going to hurt for a while. The bruises, too.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, well sure . . . I—I guess so ... I mean, it’s not like anybody’s been hurt . . . umm ... I mean, it’s not like vandalism or stealing or something like that...” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She combed so fast that the snarls hurt dreadfully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Father’s leg, silly. It hurts him ever so much, it makes him cross. Otherwise I'm certain he would have sent Ser Loras." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No matter where he was hurt, Mutt limped. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robb made no answer, but there was hurt in his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wasn't sitting in the stands because someone had been hurt. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“After the first couple of years, when I was convinced he wasn’t sick, they said I could hold him, but he wouldn’t let me. He acted like it hurt to be touched.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I shut my teeth together, vocal cords cut, they hurt so. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And thus the prophecy that the Master of Jordan College had made to the Librarian, that Lyra would make a great betrayal and it would hurt her terribly, was fulfilled. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You go. Poison will hurt Cyclopes. A lot of pain. But it won’t kill.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The right thing was to make sure the Beales didn’t get hurt anymore. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about you? Did they hurt you, too?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

No matter how much he hated me, Bowdy would never hurt me that way. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He squeezed my arm so hard I would have thought he was trying to hurt me if I hadn’t known better. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

My chest hurts and I feel like crying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You. You tell Stevie you’re sorry if you said anything that hurt his feelings. I’m sure he just wants to be your friend.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They look soft and fuzzy, but you know if you touch them, tiny spikes will get stuck in your fingers, hurt like crazy, and be impossible to get out. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Please, God have mercy, make it stop hurting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers were still hurting badly, but he smiled as the customers straggled by and he collected the money. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

If you want to know all the ways you can be tragically hurt in everyday life, just talk to Abuela. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hurt or worry my parents, but I needed to get away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Solutions to stress must be found, because it hurts production and therefore profits. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I think they were trying to see who was going to rush us first, figuring that the first couple might get hurt. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees agreed, each after its kind, oak and ash, pine and beech, birch and fir, that their wood could never be used to hurt Balder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Please! My fingers are broken, grab my other arm — it hurts too much!” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It hurt Thomas even more to see how willingly she went. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Still, the absence of these supportive relationships must have hurt, despite his role in the schism. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maya later thought that it was more like ripping off a huge bandage—inevitable, but you still knew it would hurt like hell. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Get back. I don't wish to hurt you, but I will if I have to." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I told you not to. You hurt yourself for no reason. It's not like knowing what happened changes anything.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“They have no right to charge him. He didn’t hurt that baby,” I said. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After while the stings and the fish-guard bite quit hurting so much. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Finally recognizing that words can never hurt, but sticks and stones can sure break bones, they invented the Abdominal Snowman. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Her mother wasn’t a woman I wanted to offend or to hurt, but my conscience wouldn’t let me refuse her if she wanted to learn. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes it’s easier to think about other folks’ small hurts than your big ones.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I told you she wouldn’t hurt you,” I whispered. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It hurt to laugh, hurt my jaws, my ribs, my throat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody was afraid of children hurting themselves or of children hurting school property. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reopens his eyes, there’s so much hurt and anger. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Anger is fire that can burn you up, the way it made my father hurt his family. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t notice how tightly he was clenching his teeth until they began to hurt. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

For some reason she was determined to believe that Flame had become his mistress again, possibly because this seemed to be the best way of hurting her lover. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second ago, my chest hurt like I was being crushed by a boulder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He cant get out. He wont hurt anybody, anyway. Come on.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that boy. He wouldn’t hurt a fly. All them Odoms are like that. Good-hearted. Kinda wild sometimes, those brothers of his. But good-hearted.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“When we want to hurt someone, he makes us afraid,” said Eye, joining in. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After the darkness of the cellar, the light had hurt our eyes, almost blinded us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lynn wouldn’t be in trouble because she was sick, and Sam wouldn’t be in trouble because he was hurt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And another hurt badly on the shoulder. As for myself...” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

All I can think is that my head hurts! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The hurt, the sting of humiliation, dug in a little deeper. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

One of diem said, as he mounted the short, stone steps and started into the hall: “Boy, your brother was hurt real bad today.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I thought if I spoke out loud, he might become frightened and hurt me again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light suffusing the Court was so plentiful and intense, it hurt their eyes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I knew I wouldn’t have anybody to talk to when it hurts, and it hurts all the time. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I care so much about the League, but I was hurt by how easily my friend would be willing to cast me aside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dad was not only mad at me, I knew I’d hurt him too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This one, which was white with a yellow beak, was not badly hurt, but he had a broken leg. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some sort of test, I think. Fred said it hurts a lot, but I think he was joking.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She was aware of his libertine relationships with the women in the factory, but had ceased to be hurt by them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is new to us, you know? Your mother's sorry. She's sorry that she hurt your feelings, and she wants you to invite your girlfriend over to dinner." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My empty stomach twists so hard it hurts. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

This hurt my feelings and I really did get tuned up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catch her before she fell and hurt herself. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Julia first told me you had to be Asian to play in her basketball league, it hurt my feelings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The bedroom came unfolded, and it's all over the place, but it's just canvas, so it can't have gotten too hurt. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question was so ridiculous Percy laughed, even though it hurt his lungs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Toby followed Luke outside in the cold, trying not to think about his throbbing lip, or the way Tyler had smiled—like he knew exactly how to hurt him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My eyes are open, and they hurt when I close them, and they hurt when I open them again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know punching someone could hurt so much. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They had not wanted to hurt the baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. When the last one finally fell over the Cliff, I broke down and sobbed till my throat and chest hurt.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It did hurt when I said it in my head, no matter what Mr. Clifton told me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I think about writing stale or crummy, but I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course you heard that—who would dare accuse him openly? Mark my words, one day he’s going to hurt the wrong person,” Fozia said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We think we take everything away that they could hurt themselves with,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At five years old, I am beginning to know what loneliness feels like, silent and alone and suspecting that everyone wants to hurt me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And about the only time we were given even a little vacation was when we’d been hurt in action as I had been. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was there a kind of long lie-abed sickness that didn’t hurt? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d stormed away from her, across the lobby, your chest full of words and hurt and helplessness. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry he hurt you, but I’m glad he’s gone. You deserve someone way better!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I feel like the rocks want to hurt me,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It hurt so much I had trouble walking. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had pushed Moss down on the basketball court, and his palms hurt for days after that. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the hunger pains hurt so much that they spread to every part of the body. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt more than crying, wrinkling my mouth up like that. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I have been able to let the children play in the yard now & then—but I always have to go out with them as they can hurt themselves if 1 don’t pay attention. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was going to be another happy funeral, and usually at happy funerals it was hard to find the person hurting the most. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No? Here? Does this hurt? So. Well, I think you just need a kidney flushing.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have been reading so much about what is happening in Zimbabwe and so I am especially glad you are not hurt. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Amy felt that there was something behind this, but could not guess what, and said quietly, feeling hurt, and showing that she did, “Perhaps you had rather I took no table at all?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shuck it, that hurts like a mother. Minho must’ve finally fried his last bit of brain cells—not to mention Gaily. Always knew he was crazy.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“He works for the Public Good. He hurt his leg and I’m helping him out ’cause he has to kill all the rats.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But he might be dreaming hard, his head hurting like it’s going to explode. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Plus, he could never want to hurt Park as much as Park wanted to hurt him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

All he got was one little whack at the back of my head that didn’t even hurt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saved those writings—they now sit in a box on a closet shelf—and to this day it still hurts me to read them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he pinched his arm with his fingers, really hard, but the only thing that did was make his arm hurt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She hurries her words now to not hurt me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It hurt, but the second thrust of the elbow missed as she sidestepped, grabbed that elbow, and twisted it behind Donovan’s back. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But you hurt her,” I say without thinking. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand them, Father. Sometimes they feel like dreams, but other times the people feel real, and...I hurt them. I see the blood and want to stop, but...I can’t.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He caught his breath and coughed and the coughing hurt him badly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Travis isn’t going to hurt your dog. He just doesn’t want him to scare off the bulls.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These people taught you how to use a gun. They taught you how to fight. You think they’re above hurting you? Above killing you?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His throat hurt like a raw slash from the strangling intensity with which he shrieked each command to McWatt. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t hurt the teacher, not at all, but man, let me tell you, that teacher was angry. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Father said, “Christopher, I would never, ever do anything to hurt you.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly short of breath, and I forgot myself, my irritation, my hurt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had to go to the hospital and all after I hurt my hand. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was worried about my sister, and my cheek still hurt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well for him, she exclaimed—she was growing madder every day, and it hurt people to watch it—well for him to wrap himself in his new delight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if you tell them that will hurt them, too.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I know, Bud. But remember, your grandfather and I just found out that she passed. The hurt is brand-new for us.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The feverish courage which had brought him from Efrafa to the river had gone and his wounded shoulder had begun to hurt badly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was only telling him not to worry, that it doesn’t hurt.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

His time in the oil room had hurt him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but this hurts me in a way Haymitch rarely can. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My stomach hurt as if my mother had dosed me with castor oil. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one time anyone had ever seen Simeon hurt was when Pia skated over his foot. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I threw it so hard, it hurt my arm. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Similarly, black community residents who might have been inspired to challenge aggressive stop-and-frisk policies of a largely white police department may worry about “hurting” a black police chief. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

With her yellow hair she was all pink and white and gold—and so small and clean that it almost hurt to watch her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When she had to say her good-bye to Ob, she had to hurt over it only once. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Polly was just beginning to cry, not with fear, and not even because he had hurt her wrist quite badly, but with furious anger. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sneaky has a smirk on his face, but he also seems a little hurt. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t know at that point if anyone had been hurt, but I believed my dad would help me find my brothers. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she turns, I can see that she’s hurt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We’d have to find her before it starts, then get her to a place where it’s safe for her to deposit the splendor without hurting anyone. It would have to be remote, away from people...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hurt her, but there was simply not enough room to get by. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Her mom's . . . not in very good shape. I think he hurts her." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The sound hurts my ears and the recoil sends my hands back, toward my nose. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Digger frowned and his lips parted as a scared, hurt look softened his steely expression. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Every Thursday morning, just when Father Mulligan was due to arrive, Baby Kochamma force- bathed a poor village child at the well with hard red soap that hurt its protruding ribs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Releasing a secret document he had essentially stolen from Rand was a betrayal of Rowen’s trust and would hurt him, both personally and professionally. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He gave me three stitches in my forehead and it hurt like crazy, but I was ready to play the second half. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was stiff and sore now and his wounds and all of the strained parts of his body hurt with the cold of the night. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I like Chino and I would be like sad if I had to hurt him.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As they were healed of hurt and weariness of body the grief of their loss grew more keen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Like, why does everything hurt all the time? Even the dumbest things. Is that normal?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“My scar keeps hurting — it’s happened before, but never as often as this.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Listen carefully now. Only other Grans or Uncles can use an ave without being hurt; if you need to use it, you must be ready for the consequences.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But what hurt, Papa decided I couldn’t drive the Cadillac for two months. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He said to Jack, “There’s no point in hurting her. There’s no point in killing me. Don’t you understand? There isn’t even an order of Jacks of All Trades. Not anymore.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I feel a little sorry for her, but mostly it feels good to see her hurt the way I hurt when she calls me names. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their kindness hurt almost like cruelty, because there had been no kindness for Izio. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I thought about that a lot, and I never could find any way they’d hurt me that had mattered very much. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know this isn’t a news flash, but I’m hurt,” Cas had said, backing up against a...She had no idea what it was she was leaning against. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They’ve got to be visions, omens, and all that other mystical stuff that makes my brain hurt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you okay? Did he hurt you or the kids?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was kidding, but I could hear the hurt behind the offhand question. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand hurt when I flexed it, but it was a good hurt. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Get up. And pretend it hurts to walk.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

No one was hurt—that’s not why the ambulance was coming. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I don’t want to hurt her feelings. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If he hurt Tidbit, she would kill him, she vowed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers grasping the chaplain’s arm were hurting him, and he tried in vain to squirm loose. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Does your head hurt? Edward said you hit it pretty hard.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

How could he leave his house when it is hurt like this? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, you guys. You supported me all the way, and I ruined everything. This screwup might even hurt Dino-land!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Every dragon in Kievan Rus’ had died because one had hurt the tsarina. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Please. About the last thing in the world I’d do is hurt this bull.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Doreah, see to her hurts. You do not have a rider's look, perhaps she will not fear you. The rest, with me."«She urged the silver through the broken wooden gate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Pa gets angry and hurt too easily, and he’s so used to getting his own way! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The bottom line is, Gat bailed when I got hurt. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Not exactly the same circumstances, but...Miles had hurt him a long time before I’d met either of them. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

This morning his hip and arm hurt so badly he almost cried out. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about my shoulder, which hurt, and also I still had the headache, but maybe only because I’d been thinking about a girl who’d died of brain cancer. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“That hurts,” she said aloud to Freddie as she folded into her pocket the rent money he handed her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace suddenly wanted her mom so bad that it hurt. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Here it is. I hope it was not hurt.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I would rather die than see them hurt you. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The missing piece in his stomach hurt so much—and eventually he stopped thinking about the Theorem and wondered only how something that isn’t there can hurt you. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t let on how much he’d hurt me, and they didn’t think to check. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Trouble arose only when authors used their stories to vindicate themselves against a great hurt or perceived injustice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"You've never made such a fuss for me coming over," she says, acting as if her feelings are really hurt. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I would never hurt one person’s chances to help another—even if that other person was someone I cared about. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Listen, when these guys don’t ask questions, that’s because they know the answers already and they figure they’ll be hurt. 8TH JUROR: Maybe. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to hurt her to tell me that—another guilt for my list to tell my mother, I thought. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod said, “The person who hurt my family. The one who wants to kill me. You are certain that he’s still out there?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He was halfway through the first line of the Shema, our holiest prayer, and my head stopped hurting. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And it really has hurt to hear the ugly rumor going around. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said she hurt her ankle, so I helped her carry her things home. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, “but feeling hurt and being hurt aren’t always the same thing.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The things could not be hurt, but they were slow and clumsy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then the scientist went a step further and installed a device in the cloth mother that would make it kick out and hurt the baby monkey. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our best chance for survival lay in finding somewhere the soldiers could not hurt us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. He hurt you. I wanted to hurt him back. I did a stupid kind of math in my head.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“He almost did, but God saved him. He rolled off the mattress, landed outside the tent, and cried so much that he hurt his navel.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She meant to tell Tea Cake the joke some time when she was sure she wouldn’t hurt his feelings. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

This was her “Nobody can hurt me” pose. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even if they never saw who they were hurting, they would know that they were condemning people to internment—or worse. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Skinny and stinking and starving and all the time next to a cute boy who I like so much, it hurts. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And it wouldn’t hurt to spend a little time outdoors to put some color in those prison-pale faces. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Animals are far better at communicating their feelings, and this animal, this fallen bird, in a fallen nest, is communicating one thing: hurt. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"You are grievous hurt. You will do yourself great injury. Are you thirsty?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If you are hearing any of this, I hope it is not making you hurt more. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does, laying his head on the pillow gingerly—I know his side and his chest must hurt—slowly sliding his feet beneath the blanket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hurt her feelings, but that sounded like a bad idea to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Then Biff saw that Blount had not hurt his jaw, but he was holding his hand over his mouth because his lips were trembling. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Will next became aware of things, it was completely dark, and his hand was hurting more than ever. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You already know I need you each to make it out of this okay,” David said, “for purely selfish reasons. If you get hurt, I’ll never forgive you.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The yells of Sir Meliagrance brought the hurt knights hobbling to the door—the commotion spread—tire-women and serving maids, pages, turf boys, a couple of grooms, all came with excitement to the scene. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying hard not to cough again—it hurt so bad—and looking right at her, he asked Miss Mattie Lou for some water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Ugh, every bone in my body hurts! You've got to promise me to lie low. At least until after next week." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I won­dered how much longer it would hurt to get up, sit down, roll over in bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled, and my chest still hurt, but I felt a little lighter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The hard G goes to school, and nothing can hurt him. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“He thought you were a man too—and that you were trying to hurt Mama and me. Mama says she was telling him not to shoot you, and then you were gone.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he held Tyger’s arm at an unnatural angle, with just enough leverage for it to hurt. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Still, she was determined not to take ibuprofen because she was pregnant with Aurora and had heard it could hurt the baby. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t say anything and neither could I. I was both angry and hurt. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had to end this fight before my friends got hurt. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He did manage to find a clutch of hard green bananas growing along the road, but by midday, his hunger hurt so bad he thought he would faint from it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t zing him like I wanted to—and trust me, I really wanted to—only because, well, we were both messed up, hurting, and it would’ve just been a wack thing to do. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Big Ma couldn’t really hurt me with a switch or a belt. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But also, Piper was secretly hurt not to have her mother to herself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it hurts them unless you accidentally break their neck. That happens sometimes.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was not badly hurt, and the truck driver took him to the police station, which was close by. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flashed a smile so exaggerated that my face hurt. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

His throat hurt all the time these days, with or without water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember feeling bad that I’d accidentally hurt her—because my mother used to hurt me that way, too. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The woman said, “Put that thang down ’fore you hurts someone!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“What hurts?” she demanded anxiously, turning back to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I think Lynn’s feelings were a little hurt that I didn’t agree with her about camping anymore. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She must have hurt her voice when she screamed at us in the principal’s office. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Lord, if it didn’t hurt to breathe, I’d hug you and never let go.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But the first time I tried, I just sat there looking at the blinking cursor until my butt hurt from all the sitting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then a strange thing happened: the hurt stopped hurting. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

‘All the same,’ said Frodo to all those who stood near, ‘I wish for no killing; not even of the ruffians, unless it must be done, to prevent them from hurting hobbits.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My neck hurt and it all flooded back to me, the memory like water filling an empty space. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And when a man’s feelings are hurt he wants to strike at something, and Abel was in the way of his anger.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet he thought Aragog wouldn’t hurt friends of his,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? He attacked me. He punched me. He hurt me.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“He hurts you all the time,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Whatever they did, they did not want to hurt the dynasty that was being established at Permian,” she said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom said when she and Dad visited him, Poppy would be hurting so much he could hardly talk, and Dad would agonize over it for days afterward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when there is so much hurt, Axel can’t help but think about it all at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Was there a way to stop being her friend without hurting her? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I'm hurt the girl thinks I lied. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared of that place. They’ll hurt me! I don’t want to go.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That is what those witches promised, but they lied. They kept me hungry; they hurt my cucos so they could not help me,” snarled the Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It hurts more than anything you can talk about. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Let me know if I’m hurting you,” I said. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The others agreed—it couldn’t hurt to ask—so Sticky returned to the window and sent a follow-up question: Which enemy? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t add to her pain or do anything to hurt her. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“It will not hurt you one bit. In fact, I will give you a medicine and you will not remember a thing.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the stick and grabbed my wrists so tight it hurt. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It hurt horribly and nearly winded him; but before he knew how it hurt him he was staggering back to help Aravis. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The term chronic pain captures nothing of the grinding, constant, ceaseless, inescapable hurt. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But you can hurt yourself when you punch one. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Hit don’t hurt so bad as long as I stay like this,” he said, his face twisted with pain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But none of it hurt as much as my ankle when I tried to stand up. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cardan might want to hurt me, but I can make him want to hurt me worse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The struggle behind those round eyes hurt to watch. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Fingers burning, I stripped the hot skin off potatoes in silence, swallowing hurt and resentment with the same outward resignation that Gladys manifested. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Now hold still and don’t bite your tongue. This is going to hurt.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I settled for hitting him on the shoulder and then letting him hit me back, a good balled fist to the shoulder that hurt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe it’s not okay. But I...I understand. I know losing Maddie as my best friend hurt.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Oh, when I was at home I tap the little ones on the behind to make ’em behave, but not hard enough to hurt. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take a look at it. Does that hurt?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

With the fiery hurt in her leg she felt better. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I let it go, glad I hadn’t had to hurt it worse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And mostly I am sorry that I hurt your feelings. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered what it had felt like for Hooper, falling through the air, whether it had seemed as slow as it had looked, and how much it had hurt him, hitting the grass. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When he didn't show up she scolded him, prompting Dell to clip his toenails down so close it hurt to even put on his socks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Don’t you think Robbie knows that you didn’t mean to hurt him? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked her to push me really, really, really hard, and she did, and I fell and I broke both my wrists. It was funny, but not at the time. At the time it hurt.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That hurt more than losing my best friend. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mama always knew what to do when somebody got hurt. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he was, Dub wasn’t about to let Adam get hurt over something he started. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I won’t go back to sleep, not with my heart hammering in my chest so much it hurts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now his hand was really beginning to hurt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I hadn’t, because I saw how it hurt them. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was pan angry, part hurt, but mostly unhappy and very lonely. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The single lightbulb overhead throbs, hurts his eyes, burns into his skull. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The thought that I was hurting them now was a constant ache. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

At my old school, Mrs. Baker wore tennis shoes, sat, always complaining about how her feet hurt “teaching, running after you kids.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Angel was a big burly woman with bandages around her ankles because she said standing all day hurt her legs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But then I glanced at your cut lip—the proof Appa had given me that he’d keep on hurting you as long as you were nearby. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe Father got hurt in the accident, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You’re supposed to be looking after me, because I hurt myself.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Octavian embraced him and whispered, “I hope it hurt.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It did nothing to push him back, and she hurt her wrist. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Even through my high, leaving there hurts like a giant bruise, one that covers every inch of me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I love you and wouldn’t do anything to hurt you, right?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dudes who use those final words to hurt somebody, to kill one last time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She threw her arms around him, squeezing until her ribs hurt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But a little recreation never hurt anybody. Now, how about Monday night, you can’t possibly want to practice in this weather...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The ghosts on the trolley cars had never been able to hurt the passengers, and there were far more people riding the trolleys of Pittsburgh than anywhere else. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jody hated them as all decent things hate them, but they could not be hurt because they made away with carrion. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They brought him back to the Abbey and cared for his hurts until he regained his strength. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But while the failure of Ashton’s hurt Luma’s ego, it was also an opportunity to focus her life on more important things. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even feel sorry for the friend who had fought for me and taken care of me when I was hurt. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lovely thing to do, though such flowers always looked rather wrinkled and hurt for a day or so. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath; it hurt his chest. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There are too many of us. Besides, if you come peacefully, nobody will get hurt.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not hurt Potter; my master needed him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And if you had died instead of Rob, would you want him to be hurting like you are now? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose it will hurt so much failin’ down out of doors—not on the moss, you know.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other dogs followed closely, going for the face, the throat, the arms, the stomach, anything that was flesh, anything that belonged to the man who had hurt Toomer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About Montez. He got hurt in battle. He’s...he’s unconscious.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

My first thought was: "My ears hurt like hell!" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I rowed and rowed, but it didn’t hurt after that because my hands had froze. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My family had not been personally hurt by Trujillo, just as before losing my baby, Jesus had not taken anything away from me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why? If she stays you won’t think about trying anything, because it might mean her getting hurt, or worse.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Either that, or he could invent a Slap-Leo-in-the-Face machine to punish himself, though he doubted it would hurt as badly as the look Annabeth was giving him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She stands on one foot, then the other, her feet must hurt; her spine sags slightly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he concealed his ingenuity, he concealed his hurts too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He needed some of his appetites filled, some posture of adulthood recognized, but mosdy he wanted someone to care about his hurt, to care very deeply. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt, but it would not be the death of me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

True, she was mostly going to make sure Nehemia didn’t hurt herself or the court. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If Grey had slipped, Father might have been badly hurt. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost full dark, and my tooth hurt and my ankle throbbed and I’d spilled what was left of the tin on the ground beside my legs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I got a tolerable grip and the rocks didn’t hurt as they had on my bare feet. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I sink in on myself, my stomach hurting. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I was upset. My friend had gotten hurt.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mom would point to one of my bandages, and I would hold up my fingers to show her how much it was hurting. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

If we did not suit up right, we would lose points, which hurt our grade. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Most disturbing of all, there were a couple of kids with brutal injuries, and they didn’t even seem to know they were hurt. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to go check it out,” Mom said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘Put him in your boat. Don’t hurt him or bind him. I have a feeling Michael’s heart is in the right place. He just had the bad luck of being sponsored by the wrong person.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It can’t hurt her; she the one who brought it over, not the one it looking for.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Frodo followed slowly, drawn by the still blue water in spite of hurt and weariness; Sam came up behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was dreaming it, imagining it, and yet I wished that it did not hurt so much to smile, so that I could. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a deep breath. Ain’t nobody going to hurt you here.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vivian answered in a hoarse whisper as if the words hurt her throat. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the others, all that were not hurt or wounded, began a great labour; for many had fallen in the battle and lay dead upon the field or in the Deep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And he’d learned that the object of a school fight was not to gain points for style but to force your enemy to give in, which meant hurting him more than he was hurting you. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark it’s hard to read his face clearly, but he seems to grimace, like he’s been hurt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ged was dazed and his eyes stared as if they saw nothing, but there was no hurt to be seen on him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

If it is some trap, better that I die than let them hurt me more, she told herself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Up the hill we went, on and on, until our arms and legs hurt so much that we kept losing our footing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But then she saw Claire and the hurt bubbled over, taking over all the smart things she wanted to see in a jealous, green-fueled fury. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His body hurt, yet tomorrow he had to do again what he had done today. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a gurgling, swelling bubble of hurt and shame roll up my spine from somewhere deep inside. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Did he think I could do this and not hurt? The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It might be too soon. I’ll give you some more when it starts to hurt.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A place beneath my ribs hurts when I think about this. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children rolled off, fell without hurting themselves on the warm, fine grass, and stood up panting a little. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I can increase the tension just a little it will hurt him and he will jump, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What hurt most to look at was the water. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even though none of us kids got hurt by the bomb they acted like they were worried about us. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had done so much to hurt my community and now it was time to do something to help it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gun-man raps on the cab roof with his rifle stock, and I am so surprised, I scream, “You go hurt him, bro’!” And then I know that gun-man aimed to hurt him, kill him maybe. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to her until that day that she could ever get hurt. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘She has every right to hurt me,’ the poor farmer said, ‘for I have been a mean, spiteful man.’ Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I convinced her that I had not wanted to hurt her and she immediately seized upon my concern for her feelings as an opportunity to have one more try at bringing me to God. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That lady seemed at a loss to make a selection, but finally settled upon a stick of nougat wondering if it were not too rich; whether it could possibly hurt her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. When he is hurt in other places, his eyes shed water. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He sits up enough to get it all down, and I perch on the edge of the bed beside him, trying not to move things that would hurt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I wipe my face with my sleeve, laughing so hard my stomach hurts. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She was the one due an apology for all her hurts, he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And he was surprised how much her laughter hurt. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Not the desperate kind—the one you’d hear when someone was terrified or hurt or even out of their head with grief. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not literally, but their voices as I heard them in my head hurt just as much as if I’d really heard them all around me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His stumps hurt him, and sometimes he would reach down to where his legs used to be—he wanted to scratch them, but there was no place to scratch. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t hurt that we roasted it with whole bulbs of fragrant wild garlic pulled from the yard. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She says that I just think I love Djo because he is so hurt. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s gonna be okay,” she whispered, as if loud talk would wake up the hurt. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was with my best friend, and no one could hurt me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She said, “It hurts, I know it does. Let it out. Just let it out.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of my closest friends. That’s why we had decided to peacefully protest the police presence on our campus. So that no more people would get hurt.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t mean to hurt your feelings,” said Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The spring rains made her edgy, the greenery hurt her eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you hurt your-self?” she asked, but Lizzie went scrambling after the cans so quickly it was clear she wasn’t hurt. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No. It isn’t a trap. The best thing you can do is see her. Teresita won’t hurt you. She works only for good. It is her wisdom that finds the lost and turns the wicked.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And the hurt was so deep that it was way beyond tears and so their faces were dry. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I held the back of my sleeve to my nose—gently, tenderly, it still hurt so badly—trying to stem the bleeding. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not a good feeling, and I can’t keep all my hurt feelings from bubbling right out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When he ran, he even loved the pain, the hurt of the running, the burning in his lungs and the spasms that sometimes gripped his calves. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t hurt to let the coach be in charge for a few more minutes, could it? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Not now I’ve brought Boots back. Not after I told you that it was me who let him escape. You can’t hurt Julius now. It would be too cruel. Too unjust.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

This was the first time in my life she had ever been called in for my behavior, and my stomach hurt about it all day. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you think he hurt you? That boy just gave you something you could never achieve on your own." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you think Mack would ever hurt Ruby?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

How they would only sting if something went very, very wrong, if they were scared or hurt. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But even those hundred-dollar pants suits she brought in for me to wear can’t make up for the hurt I feel when she slaps me with them mean words of hers. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m hurt by that—and suddenly, I have a feeling someone else we know has already taken a look at whatever’s in her notebook. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“And you didn’t have to run off to your brother just because I hurt you,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t hurt an old woman with the truth. No, no, dear one,” she told Vonetta. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And the next day, strangely, she did not seem to hurt quite so much. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My head doesn’t hurt at all, and the wrist is a lot less sore.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was turning into Dad, always saying the wrong things, hurting everyone’s feelings. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Francie closed her eyes tightly to keep the hurt bitter tears from spilling out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d found someone she could breathe easier around, and it hurt. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I surface into wakefulness, I’m gasping for air and my chest hurts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to sit up but stopped almost right away; I hurt too much in too many places. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is the beginning of us growing apart, Rishi thought, and his heart hurt. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Still Herbie spoke, and there was agitation in his voice—as if he were hurt and frightened and pleading. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Gillooly with a rifle is a sight so wrong it almost hurts my eyes just to look at it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The kick of the gun against his well-bruised shoulder hurt so badly that tears welled up in his eyes, and in the shock of the pain he couldn't tell what had happened at first. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s no good hurting a fish, R.C. It didn’t do anything wrong.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t hurt to have another one, he thought, in case the blackouts continued. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he came home, the first thing he did was ask me if I was hurt from falling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure he didn’t say it to hurt you.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was going to hurt him, and I couldn’t say goodbye. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You once said that I was wrong about you, that you would never hurt Oak. Tell me, can you do anything? Is there a chance?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I know now that I can never really understand how much I hurt them or how bewildered they must’ve been when I left, pondering what they’d done to deserve what they see as a betrayal. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

At the hurt in his blue eyes she was instantly contrite. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

My wrists hurt from the plastic tie cutting into my skin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

How had she done math problems and written essays when she was surrounded by people who might hurt her if they found out who she really was? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His feet hurt too much in regular shoes.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell from his face that I’d hurt him, because he really was only trying to help. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even with a mommet and a hot fire for energy, I didn’t know if I could make it through the scales to hurt the thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After all, if he was something . . . sinister, he’d done nothing to hurt me so far. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He cringed, holding his hurt arm, and the well splashed a little. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There was a moment in which everything stood stilL Guenever stood, hurt in her heart Lancelot, sensing her stillness, stood also. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was screaming and fistfights, little kids left alone at night, and animals being hurt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The glare was so bright it hurt to keep your eyes open. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You hurt my feelings walking down the street with Ice and deliberately looking as sweet as you can look.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to believe me that I didn’t mean to hurt you and tell your secret. I wasn’t thinking. Maybe it was all the candy. A sugar overload.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then my chest didn’t hurt so much and it was easier to breathe. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wish it really did hurt; it would be easier. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the truth can hurt more than you expect. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And, while he often tumbled heavily, it was never he who was hurt, but, rather, the unfortunate person on whom he fell. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every irregularity in the road hurt me clear through. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still did not answer, but it hurt me horribly; and he pressed me, so I said: “A hobbit.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to inspect them to see how badly they were hurt. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a lot of learning to do. I’m so sorry I hurt you in the process.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sunday evening, December 11 The capital We just got back from marching in the opening ceremony for the World’s Fair, and my feet are really hurting. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurts too much to speak any louder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Stella curled into a tight ball, waiting for the hooves to pummel her, wondering if it would hurt very much when she died. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t have cared less that they were really hurting her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ben’s real afraid, Dad. He was too afraid to let me go with him. If he gets hurt it’s going to be your fault because you didn’t have the guts to help him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the citadel even cared that she was hurt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ben did not understand why his mother, his sister, and his friends had to bleed, hurt, and cramp; the separateness was an abyss, a continental divide that kept them apart. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did succumb to rages, moments of blind anger when all he wanted was to hurt someone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If I could reach out into the past of my memories, I would make her see how much she was hurting me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was tired and hurt and not really cross. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The minute Nhamo had seen it, her heart beat so fast it hurt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hurt and would not go out to play with the neighborhood children who were blowing horns and shooting firecrackers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching him makes the hurt from Poe less blinding, filling my heart up to the brim, even though it’s still in pieces. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“But a friend to put in a word can’t hurt. Let me take you to my sister’s. She runs a boardinghouse, Number Five, it is, of the Concord Manufacturing Corporation.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I’ll get stuck hurting because I don’t have Benny anymore. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I was secretly glad when his hurt wing healed and he flew away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No one is going to hurt you. Not ever again.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want to hurt Ray, after all. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It hurt to think he wouldn’t know me from any other kid so I tried not to think about him or even Grandma. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start getting really upset and my stomach starts hurting so I try not to think about it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

How many more innocent children like these were going to be hurt and killed? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. It sounds stupid now, I know, but it really hurt my feelings. So I walked out.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Receiving a giant serving of beef stew doesn’t hurt my mood either. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

How long has it been since your scar hurt? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“Good. They might be painful tomorrow, and for a few days after. But at least they aren’t hurting you yet.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And he had no desire to hurt Max. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped her tone would hurt him—jab him for all the pain he’d caused her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Oh, she could have accidentally hurt him, but he could have stopped her in any number of ways. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach hurts, but I feel more sure than I have felt for a long time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’d been badly hurt in a bomb attack, and couldn’t go back into battle. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

A couple hours later, he returned to his room and complained that his stomach hurt. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Harriet Blaine wrote her daughter of the dilemma: "Poor dear Gaffy, how wretched it is! Wounded and sore and hurt to the death, he now to save his life, must dare to lose it." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They hurt my brother. They poured hot sauce down his throat and almost drowned him in the bathtub. You should ask him about it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The only person I could talk to was hurting me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And they greeted Gandalf and said: ‘We seek the Steward, and men say that he is in this House. Has any hurt befallen him? And the Lady Éowyn, where is she?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I follow at the same pace, confused and a little hurt by her words. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He could easily have tripped in the snow and hurt himself. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth had been hard, and she had been hurt—cheek, wrist, ribs, foot—but not nearly as badly as she’d expected. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He blinked as though the snow hurt his eyes. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes seemed so wide and helpless, it made my chest hurt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Decades later, when his confession could no longer hurt Booth, Thomas Jones did tell his story to a journalist who recorded it for history. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now I'm giving you a chance to save yours. Turn yourself in. Please. No one will get hurt." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She was so much like Ma Charles it hurt. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There is no great revelation: Tom and I argued in the street, I slipped and hurt myself, he stormed off and got into his car with Anna. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The image in his head is enough to tell him about the hurt. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I know who I am and I hurt everywhere. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was whooping and hollowing and I kicked my legs to get down but I couldn’t because Mama had a hold of me so tight it was hurting my arm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the impression he was angry, disappointed, and a little hurt, and that I was in the doghouse for my lack of understanding. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

My throat feels tight and my feet hurt. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The princess cried, “Oh no, rat, please. Don’t hurt him. He is my friend.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

My feet hurt after four hours of work, and I wear my comfortable old Reeboks, but a lot of women run around all day in thin-soled moccasins. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lauren was still crying and Maya didn’t want to hurt her sister any more. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I don't think Noodle knew he hurt me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be afraid. I am not going to hurt you. I can help you.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I watch him walk by the front window, his head bobbing like his foot hurts. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could you guys pretty please promise not to hurt her feelings so she can come out and enjoy your party? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Easier the second time. Didn’t hurt as much.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ernie fought him, shouting over and over again, “It hurts so bad, it hurts, it hurts.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His head hurt badly again—like something rolled around loose in his skull every time he moved. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You can relax. No one’s going to hurt you now.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was sitting up now, and as she was obviously not badly hurt, the woman turned her attention back to the car. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What’s the use of being here anymore if it hurts so much? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And they did indeed seem very busy, tirelessly loading and stacking until it made your back hurt just to watch them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It hurt,” he told the man, “and I couldn’t get the word for it.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I should have been looking out for you. I was kicking back with the guys from the team. Figured it wouldn’t hurt to fit in a little better.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She insisted that if he wanted to insure that Vivian would never be in a position to hurt another baby, he had to tell her what happened the day of the 911 call. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boys don’t blubber. If something hurts, you say it doesn’t.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cunning and resourceful in adversity, he had nearly succeeded in hurting the gull when he leaped at him out of the close cover by the plank bridge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No time? Am I going to be hurting and itching for eight weeks?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Todd started kicking me but his slippers couldn’t hurt me near as much as his fists had. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

My neck was hurting just from looking at the tall buildings. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“And he probably knows it better than I do. I bet he wouldn’t hurt you.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

That she would be silent and sullenly hurt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was scared because 1 thought my father was going to hurt me, also because he was beating my mother. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the man fought well, hurting my brain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides being hungry, we were so tired and our feet hurt so much. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, the anger within me growing as it devoured the hurt and the pain the knowledge was causing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His fingers absentmindedly traced the scars on the left side of my face, but they were fading now, and didn’t hurt anymore. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The lemonade thief has hit the roustabouts where it hurts, and they’re prepared to take action. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My throat swelled until it hurt, and tears stung the inside of my nose. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a friend that might be hurt.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Afraid you might hurt your little hand hitting great big Emile?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And can you fix me so that I don’t hurt so much when I wake up each morning? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Her teeth hurt too much to eat,” I said. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"What did Osney tell her? Is the king hurt, has die city fallen?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The memory of his father’s laughter increased his tension; his head hurt, his knees ached. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought of that. But it’s probably Elena, Miles, or Oliver. If they’re hurting, don’t you want to know so you can help?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Because it hurts my stomach and it makes me feel all terrible inside, and why would I do anything that makes me feel like that?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it’s so clear, it hurts my eyes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now he held one in his hands, and it was only making his bruised fingers hurt more. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re cruel. Because you like to hurt people. And you think you’re special, you think everyone around you is a bunch of sissies who can’t make the tough choices like you can.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to hurt you! Just let me cut the net.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to be a joke, but it backfired and someone got hurt. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also skated over the accusations of bullying in the report — “He’s a boisterous little boy, but he wouldn’t hurt a fly!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“For what it’s worth, I don’t think he meant to hurt you.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He always looked pained when he tried to think, like it hurt him something fierce. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was hurt, maybe hurt bad, but he was still thinking about fighting back. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But oh God, don’t let Tea Cake be off somewhere hurt and Ah not know nothing about it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nan stood and wrapped me up in a hug even though I could tell it hurt. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

So Monkeyman got hurt and the guy that hurt him would be in jail until he wasn’t a kid anymore. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They told me you had a slight concussion. Your head does not hurt?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He hurt Moss! Why are you defending him?” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

All she wanted right now was to make sure that Taisin was not hurt. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My side hurt if I took a deep breath. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I walk until my legs hurt and my feet blister. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A boy wearing a shirt so white it hurt to look at it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was afraid that even if I managed to hurt him, I wouldn’t hurt him enough to keep him from killing me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The whip annoyed him more than it hurt him, she had come to see; his scales had grown harder than horn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The hurting was taking its toll, and that was just fine with Joe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe a track made of recycled tires is softer to run on, but it still hurts when you fall on it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Though it hurt him to smile, he laughed anyway. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t let him hurt me, sir! Don’t let him turn me into anything unnatural! My old dad would take on so. I meant no harm, on my honour, sir!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Will lay down, because his wound was hurting him—much more now than when it was fresh. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too hurt and angry to tell her that I appreciated those words. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, in her hurt, invaded, Korean way, would have counseled me to distrust him, this clever Japanese. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a good hurt, a soreness that meant he was getting closer to being strong enough to go. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It hurts because I still don’t know why you didn’t write back from Aunt Maureen’s. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Beth’s bundle was such a funny one that everybody wanted to laugh, but nobody did, for it would have hurt her feelings very much. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm laughing, so hard that I fall onto the ground in a wild delirium, and my cheeks hurt with a delightful pain. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hurt him as long as he was touching the ground. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t say the truth—that it hurts anytime I sit ’cause I got whipped so hard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"They said you lifted your caisse by yourself and hurt your hand, but you didn't have it with you. I brought you there empty-handed." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The acts we do that hurt others seem wrong to us. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It hurts them worse than the beating sometimes.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was used to just dealing with the pain when he hurt himself and letting whatever had been injured heal itself naturally. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t going to hurt your little four-eyed sister moron brother,” Buck said, lying through his teeth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was rushing forward, hurt leg and all. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

My neck hurt from sleeping on my suitcase. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nothing seemed to be hurting in particular; she just felt utterly breathless. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not angry. But you should not have flown off like that. You could have gotten hurt, or worse. I was worried sick!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“How did you get the hurt on your head?” he asked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

A woman with curly green hair and another with a shaved head and a cheek piercing that hurts to look at are heading to me and Mom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lil’s stomach was hurting so bad, she didn’t even look back. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You hush up. You want me to burn your other hand for you. You aint hurt. Hush up.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of her reason for not going with them was that she couldn’t bear to see the boy hurt...not even by a pinprick. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Told me your foot hurts, not if you can fed your toes.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I admired that so much, because everything embarrassed me, and that hurt me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

What if he was hurt, alone, and bleeding? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The bear ran away into the woods, not hurt at all. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to hurt your feelings . . .” “You can’t. I’m talking for God.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really am. I never meant to upset you like this. I really didn’t think it would hurt you.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Was he being hurt right now by the monster? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a first time for everything, you think, and a black eye or a bruised rib can’t hurt any more than appendicitis. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As my hand began to shake I knew I was a moment away from hurting myself. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I see your left foot is hurting, isn’t it, lad?” interrupted the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jody knew how his father was probing for a place to hurt in Gitano. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his pocket and peered down at Frightful, thinking, I’ve written the utility-company manager so many times, my fingers hurt. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He sits on the couch beside Garrett, wearing a collared shirt under a sweater, and he's so freaking adorable that it almost hurts to look at him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

If someone knows you’re going for the weapon, sorry, despite what you see in kung fu movies, it is nearly impossible to get the weapon without getting hurt. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

By the time I had celebrated my twelfth birthday back on December 7, 1953, I'd believed I had put aside my hurt over being left out of all the Maypole dances forever. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’d made the mistake of complaining about how much his armpit hurt. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But she looks so hurt, he thought, she looks so frail and weary. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s from the pain medication. Do your arm and leg hurt very much?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Its two hands were hold-ing the other foot, hurt in the jump. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know why. They were going to hurt that horseshoe crab.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Crushed acorns? My belly hurts, but that will only make it worse. Leave me be, sister. I’m dreaming of roast chicken.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That he could hurt her, that anyone could hurt her like that, was inexcusable. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Prince Cardan’s got all the power. There’s no winning against him. No matter how brave or clever or even cruel you are, Jude. End this, before you get really hurt.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her curls brushed his cheeks, and he felt that if he could just hold her a little longer, every wound, every hurt, every bad thing would melt away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My chest starts to hurt in a way that has nothing to do with the treatment as I think of my real bed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I am a little girl again, holding on so tight, my hands hurt and the cold chain of the swing gnaws itself into my knuckles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Because your luck is terrible and mine is great. Do what I say and I’ll delay the pleasure of hurting you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Mama’s killed chickens and all kinds of fish and stuff to cook before. And I bet she would kill any anything if it tried to hurt her or one of us.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He looked hurt, as if by volunteering to stay behind she was rejecting him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bod said, “You’re missing the point, I’m afraid. You two need to stop this. Stop behaving like other people don’t matter. Stop hurting people.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I tried to tackle him before he hurt himself, but he lunged at me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It also hurt me, as it restricted where I could safely travel because the noise broadcast my location. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was going to hurt a lot to watch her getting smaller and smaller. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’m also worried she might be hurt that I’m keeping something from her. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, the rule in the house was, Do what adults say—otherwise you’ll get hurt. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My foot grew numb and wooden from the cold, and while that worried some rational piece of me, my practical side was just glad there was one less part of me that hurt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What if while he was running away after hearing the thunder, he fell down and hurt himself? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Chester really preferred his mulberry leaves, but he ate everything so as not to hurt her feelings. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All this coming out of a little hurt girl.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I hurt a muscle yesterday when I...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I fell down often, but unless I fell into sea grape, it did not hurt Even then, I only got a few scratches. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt so much she couldn’t think straight. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was dirty and starving and bitten and hurt and lonely and ugly and afraid and so completely miserable that it was like being in a pit, a dark, deep pit with no way out. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t intend to hurt you or anything, but I’ve come a long way, and I’m not leaving without talking to you. If you don’t open the door, I’m going to break it down.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Momma is always telling me it’s not nice to post a picture when it might hurt someone’s feelings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t have hurt much, since he didn’t have any front teeth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She just looked at me, hurt in her eyes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“These are my friends, my family. People I know. I wouldn’t hurt them.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But really,” he says, “it just made everything hurt inside to watch them hurt you two, and I would have done anything in the universe to stop it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

After three days there was no sign that he had been hurt at all. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They do not see my wet eyes and hurting mouth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, what if Reg had been hurt worse than he was?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The way she said it was firm, but her eyes were glistening and I knew she was hurt by what he was saying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His ribs hurt furiously; he thought one of them might be broken. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her face was solemn above her indecent dress, and she held my hand so tight it hurt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then I thought how stupid I was for feeling like that because I wouldn’t feel weird about putting an arm around Seanie or Kevin or any other guy friend of mine who was hurting. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To ensure that the stick would not hurt Seabiscuit, Fitzsimmons had the rider select one that was flat, so it would merely slap his flank. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you were trying to hurt their feelings. That’s the problem with stuff like this—everyone keeps trying to top one another, and then things escalate out of control.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless it hurts me to tell it over, over again. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But only because I was nervous. And scared. I’ve never done anything like that before. I thought I was bad at it. Or that my braces hurt you.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Owwww,” he said, wincing at the shift, and even moving his mouth to speak made his face hurt. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

That might have worked fine except I racked my balls against the windowsill, which hurt so bad that I groaned, which was a pretty sizable mistake. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

His efforts were so vigorous, I thought he could not be much hurt; but I asked him the question— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I know that you don’t want to hurt me or Sir Fig Newton.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Children of all ages, many of them hurt, too. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In a better state, he would have recognized that it wasn't his balls that hurt, but rather his brain. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“You’re not a coward just because you don’t want to hurt people,” I say, because I know it’s the right thing to say, even if I’m not sure I mean it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My grandfather Southside had moved to our neighborhood after a fire destroyed his old house on the West Side, though luckily nobody’d been hurt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But what if James wasn’t better and it hurt him? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman’s feet hurt him so, he could have cried, but he made it to the diner/bus station and looked for the man behind the counter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it was hurting him too. He must be insane.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Come on out, girlie. It’s all right. No one’s going to hurt you.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He was not hurting me, would not hurt me if I remained as I was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My heart hurts as much as my head. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Why should I get hurt? I couldn’t be any worse off than I was before. Even Algernon is still smart, isn’t he? As long as he’s up there I’m in good shape.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I say it slowly so that I do not sound too mad, but I am feeling hurt. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The first thing that went through my head was that the sword hadn’t hurt her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“This is going to hurt,” the nurse said when she was about to clean the cuts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I got so used to the sound of it that the sudden quiet almost hurts. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say such things or you will get hurt.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't remember getting hurt, but she did remember being tended to afterward. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His feet hurt a lot—I suppose because they carried such a massive burden. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I need some potion for my leg, it hurts bad." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It hurts to think for Alan, a kid like me, my inside self, doesn’t matter. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m very sensitive. My feelings get hurt very easily. So you can tell the Lilliputian that I am not going to move until he apologizes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly my brother grew openly critical of me, taking his cue from those about him, and it hurt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, Claire. I miss you so much and I hurt you and I thought that I was only hurting myself, but I hurt you, too, and I’m so sorry...” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his forehead; it was prickling again, it had not hurt like this for more than a year. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was the one whose words hurt him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say it to hurt her, but the way she flinched told me that I had. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Castro? I’m not out to hurt your daughter. I’m simply trying to be her friend.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I love the photo so much, but it hurts, too. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I stood near the sofa for a moment, blinking my eyes which always hurt a little whenever I came from the darkness of my father’s study into the brightness of our living room. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, I felt protective, because you were my little sister, and I didn’t want him to hurt you. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still, I felt painfully alive, like every cell in my body had a little flame inside it, burning so brightly it hurt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if the whole thing, bringing the Nightbeast here, was like a magic accident too, then? It’s hard to believe any witch would go that far just to hurt Spares,” Thorn said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Fortunately—for both of them—he wasn’t hurt. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He had this look on his face of shock, of hurt. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It kind of hurts, and makes me think I have to go to the bathroom. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

That would totally make me look too hurt to run. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I want to tell them this but talking hurts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Agnes said nothing, but her massive frame blocked the only exit, and the set of her jaw promised a world of hurt. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His foot forces the air from my lungs and it hurts, hurts so badly I can’t breathe, or maybe that’s because of the kick, I don’t know, I just fall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Just the idea that there were important sections of the books and other sections that didn't deserve the swipe of the yellow pen made his stomach hurt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

—Do you think he realizes how that hurts you? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—well, I mean—if you knew he might hurt you because of it, then why’d you say it?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m still sorry. I’m sorry that my family has hurt a whole bunch of people in this town for no reason at all. It’s wrong.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I realized I could manage without my mother, completely and totally, and that hurt. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The only thing that was a little bit interesting was how many people got killed and hurt making the road. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt me to think that she took no notice of my attempts to please her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I dry my hands to the point of hurting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My stomach starts hurting and I push my thoughts away, hoping Rosita doesn’t realize that I am a traitor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things seemed to hurt on him and inside him that he’d never known existed before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see if he had hurt himself when he fell, even though she was pretty sure he hadn't. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And why he bailed when I got hurt. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And then he spanked so gently and carefully that it did not hurt a bit. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know what made her hurt and what, if anything, made her feel good. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her into a recreation room, and she asked me where I was hurt. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled and pretended my shoulder didn’t hurt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Jesus, my face is starting to hurt from smiling so hard. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Free to pursue Georgie and me, free to hurt us again and again. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I can feel her eyes on me, though, watching as I walk out the doors of a building that reminds me too much of things that hurt to remember. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But then again, if he was the one being hurt, wouldn’t he already know that? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Once my feet were froze enough, the blisters didn’t hurt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I ever think about is now, because now hurts so bad. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her jaw hurt as she opened her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Well, I'm not. I'm not Newcharlie and I'm not getting into trouble. Just sitting here watching some TV, that's all. A little TV never hurt nobody." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t completely understand why you can’t hold your tics in. I know you said it hurts, but why?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Scoob can see the slightly yellow tint to her skin, and every time she moves, it’s clear her back hurts. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But don’t worry, they’re all back where they belong, and nobody got hurt. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

McKissick and the black student leaders knew that such violence could only hurt their cause, and at 10 P.M. they persuaded the protesters to go home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A pang hurts my chest, but the memory doesn’t overwhelm me as it did a few weeks ago. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, darling,” she said, smiling at him from where she lay, but he could tell by the lines around her eyes that she really was hurting, hurting like he’d only seen her hurt once before. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the very least, you knew I was hurt. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The idea of that guy riding out of the Doors of Death made Percy’s sides hurt all over again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Father used to say it’s wrong to hurt even bad people. Because they don’t know any better, and because bad people sometimes become good.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't know it would hurt so bad," she mumbles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The sun was the same as it had been the day I’d buried Maman, and like then, my forehead especially was hurting me, all the veins in it throbbing under the skin. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Calder, it’s so cold out. Do you suppose it will hurt her? I could wrap her in my jacket.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Though it hurt her to be away for so long, she was too frightened to return. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to hurt you at all!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Your scar’s not hurting again, is it?” asked Ron nervously. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Think how much your arm and hip still hurt. Wounds of the spirit heal even slower.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Every step formed another word, thick like yellow pitch oozing from a broken pinon limb, words pressing inside his chest until it hurt: don’t leave me. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem as though it would hurt to eat a few. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It hurt Nailer’s stitches and Nailer winced in the man’s grip, but he didn’t fight the embrace. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you shouldn’t hurt the people that care about you,” I say. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She had her a baby girl with the colic and the only thing that stopped the hurting was to hold her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t just picking him up. You were going to hurt him!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I could tell him I want nothing to do with it, but that might hurt his feelings. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It hurts to move my right hand, so I keep the movements small and slow. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And the most important thing is that no one got seriously hurt. Mom is fine. Okay, Chris?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Then how come I’m the one that’s hurting so much inside?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They had a blinding advantage. The kajillion-dollar super bats didn’t hurt, either.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It hurt a little bit, but that’s not why I flinched. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Father and I had cleared away any brush or trees on either side of the path that might have hurt Dragonwings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tinge of hurt in her voice, but Ivy ignored it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We roasted sweet chestnuts in the fire and they were pretty good except incredibly hard to peel and the skins got under your fingernails and hurt for days. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who were close to her always got hurt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And it wouldn’t hurt to have some of her confidence rub off on me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Someone jumped him. He’s hurt. He’s in the hospital.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She didn’t seem hurt, but it was hard to tell by the pale moonlight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought that was kind of mean but I knew my friend was hurting inside. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That bungled goodbye hurts me to this day. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was hoarse, and I think it hurt him to move his lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And why would anyone want to hurt Maria, who was so tenderhearted, she rescued black widow spiders? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Benny, I’m sorry too. I would never want to hurt your feelings. You are one of my most important friends. I was so upset when you weren’t talking to me.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When Belknap refused Holmes’s offer, Holmes seemed to crumble with hurt and disappointment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It hurt me sometimes to think that he did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His head really hurt but he didn’t want anyone to know. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad spending less and less time with them, and how this hurt but was also somehow easier. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She would never have been hurt but for me. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Alvarez would write later of his uneasiness about giving testimony “that might hurt a friend.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

What hurt most—worse than the broke ribs, broke nose, banged head, and twisted knee all put together—was his pride. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A nice quick death, ’twill hardly hurt at all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But now I think it might hurt worse not to see it through.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

For a minute it hurts even more as the bandage material, the human cell whatever the hell she talked about, crawls into the wounds and makes a bind. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And what if whatever hurt the unicorn finds us first?” said Malfoy, unable to keep the fear out of his voice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was the mean truth of this nickname that hurt the most. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to tell me that you have never done an unkind thing? Have never thought a bad thing? Have never said something that hurt someone else?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“If you children stay nice and still,” said the tall man, flashing a sympathetic smile, “I promise this won’t hurt a bit.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He flips out. He can hurt guys,” Joey said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When it’s time to leave the city for a northbound run, it hurts to look out the train window. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z