All the neighbors were saying that a knife had been found in the communal garbage bin. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asha got to her feet and slammed her knife back into its sheath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Belet flipped a knife and chopped up a banana into neat slivers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then something inside of her snapped, and she reached into her purse and pulled out a knife. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Buckley brought forth the knife and purse Bigger had hidden in the garbage pail and informed the Court that the city’s dump had been combed for four days to find them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I bet they'd give him a matching smile with a knife right across his throat if they ever caught him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I watched the others using their knives and forks with ease and slowly picked up mine. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you going to do with that knife?” asked Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was beginning to suspect that this wasn’t the random work of juvenile pranksters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His knuckles are white around the knife handle as the gate swings open with a moan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Are those the treasures of your master? An old brooch, a cup, and a little stone knife? They don’t look like much.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“More like several hot knives through several dozen farmers,” Bast said dryly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The princess drew a hunting knife as long as Piper’s sword. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If you dont put down the knife and get away from the cart, the man said, I’m going to blow your brains out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Red slipped the knife into his back pocket and advanced toward Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If some crow wants to slip a knife between my ribs whilst I’m spooning up some supper, he’s welcome to try. Hobb’s gruel would taste better with a drop of blood to spice it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to reach her knife, but it was too far away. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the background, Tendai heard the scrape, scrape, scrape of a knife on a whetstone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a knife from her belt and, with a flick of her wrist, shaved off a chink from just above where her ankle would have been. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I marveled that whole bands of boys and girls were out in the forest all on their own, with knives and spears and infants strapped on their backs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had found a knife, she would have tried to make a cut. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“His will come with knives. If they reach her first—” “Let’s hope her dragons will sniff them out and eat them,” said Gerris. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She stood with one hand reaching for the door and the other holding Uncle Kufa’s knife. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your nose is bleeding,” he said slowly, and pointed at it with the blade of his skinny little knife. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Three fine needles of whalebone, an awl for making holes, a good stone knife for scraping hides, two cooking pots, and a small box made from a shell with many earrings in it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell you what, I could really get used to this sight! Your face looks good behind bars. They’re just the thing to stop you from waving your knife around under anyone’s nose.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It's one of those art pieces that disappears with the daylight and comes back each night, a memorial for some King who got knifed and killed by a Stinger some months back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Peering in through the glass door, I saw that Mamá was standing at the counter, slicing pie with a heavy knife. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A halfforgotten holiday has unveiled every knife that sticks inside me, every cut. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit stiffly on his bed, ready to bring up the knife if I have to. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching toward us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At night, before she interred herself in the enormous canopy bed, she hefted the knife in her palm, ran her finger along the blade until she felt the bite. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

While the grown-ups were all yelling, and the other kids were making themselves sick on doughnuts, I whipped out my Army knife screwdriver and took off the doorknob. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped the lucerne again, but she didn’t drop the knife she had used to cut it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of our first PIC missions was snagging the knife from his toolshed and then returning it, undiscovered. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

With the knife in his right hand, Will balanced himself carefully and looked around. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was a handsome youth of eighteen, grey-eyed and graceful and slender as a knife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Werfel put down the largest of his set of knives. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

His very best friend was a Negro abstractionist, he said, who made magnificent smears of protest and defiance across the canvas, sometimes slashing the canvas to shreds with a knife. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the knife around in my hand, so it is in stabbing position. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Celaena clutched her candlestick tighter, and pulled her makeshift knife out of her pocket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately for all of us, the alethiometer is in my possession, and the knife is in his.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set down his knife and Beanie Baby and took the velvet package from the chair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The main thing is for Basta never to put his knife to your throat again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had his own cuttlebone that he rubbed the sides of his beak against like a knife grinder honing his blade. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Anatole has set out in front of the school a collection of big clay bowls and next to each one the knife, the bottle, or the matches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was the fairy aspect of Castle Chariot, which the Oldest Ones—sensing the hidden knife blades after all—had thought would be tempting to the children. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stands by the door, where he was before I was injected, but now he has a knife. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the stone knife, and the goblet, and the brooch, from the ground and he replaced them where they belonged. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She hopped up on it, pulled a potato from the sack next to her, and started peeling with a small knife, her feet kicking in the air under the bench. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to make eye contact with him now, but he seems to be intentionally avoiding my gaze as he polishes his knife with the edge of his shirt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I keep the knife in one hand and with the other I open up the rucksack and fish out the book. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I imagined bacterial colonies beginning to creep up, so I used a knife to wiggle it out of the pan and let it flop into the garbage, which had just about reached its limit. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then he went to the kitchen and grabbed the largest, sharpest knife he could find. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The boy picked up the knife and was about to cut into the cake when he stopped. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Small game hunted by Alec and his knife provided their only food. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Would it not have been much better to have stood up in the full glare of those roving knives of light and let them shoot him down? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Percy didn’t understand all of it, but he got son of a gorgon, power- hungry snake, and a few choice suggestions about where Octavian could stick his knife. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Naomi froze, the paring knife trembling between her fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I found that the philosophers there, centuries ago, had created a tool for their own undoing: an instrument they called the subtle knife. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While all that’s going on, Dad inspected every fork, knife, plate, and glass, since he used to be a dishwasher in that place. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The worst point of the relationship was when he ran after me with a butcher knife, yelling “I’m gonna kill you!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘And there’s knives and stray arrows. That Gollum isn’t dead, for one thing. I don’t like to think of you with naught but a bit of leather between you and a stab in the dark.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

With trembling hands, I set down the knife. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next came the antitank gunner, clumsy and dense, warning Germans away with a Colt .45 automatic in one hand and a trench knife in the other. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach for the steak knife hiding in the nest of spoons. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Despite official disapproval, the stunned British eagerly exchanged knives and guns for Indian canoes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Without a word, he handed George his knife. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

That would take time, too, but at least she had the Swiss Army knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Then suddenly he seemed to see me, and he laughed at me. It was cruel. It was like being stabbed with knives. I struggled. But he said: “Wait a moment! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A sheath knife with a compass in the handle. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove his knife through the top of one of the bean cans, sawed out the top and passed the can to Lennie. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would stay away, knife or no knife. 3RD JUROR: Listen, you voted “guilty,” didn’t you? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was packed, people everywhere, some of them holding sticks and bats and knives. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Its restlessness and brutality had dropped away as if cut off by a knife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Full of dark fins like knives, vast creatures beneath. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“And if it wasn’t for my rheumatism, I’d take down your pants and tan your backside good and proper. The very idea of a litde snot like you threatening somebody with a knife!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The knife knows when to leave one hand and settle in another, and I know how to tell. You don’t believe me? Look!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them was pretending to clean his fingernails with a knife. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Two kerosene lamps and a huge broad-bladed knife with a carved ivory handle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We thought maybe she got some kind of knife, to keep the Specters away, all right. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The discovery of the age or something? 11TH JUROR: It would still be an incredible coincidence for another person to have stabbed the father with the same kind of knife. 3RD JUROR: That’s right! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat cross-legged on the ground, with his knife. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Yer warning me?” he says, pointing to himself with the knife, the smile back on his face. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Yes, the girl from District 2, ten yards away, running toward me, one hand clutching a half-dozen knives. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His skill with knives wasn’t nearly as good as his archery. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Carl came away with the lantern’s handle between his fingers and went to lock back his knife. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For more than 2 million years, human neural networks kept growing and growing, but apart from some flint knives and pointed sticks, humans had precious little to show for it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I picked up the knife and stood facing Junior. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In spite of what Lyra had said, Will kept his hand on the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She poked the soil with her knife until she found the dirty, thick root of the plant. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hugo grabs a knife, hatchets off the tops of his eggs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He offered their new friend a corner of the fudge on the edge of his greased knife, and showed him the trick that he always performed for anyone when he wished to be liked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She tests the edge of her knife on her forefinger, then wipes away the drop of blood that beads there. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were two knives: the smaller, a hatchet-bladed cleaver, heavy and hard, for cutting through the rib cage, for jointing and segmenting; the other a long, daggerlike blade, for cutting out the heart. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The 4TH juror flicks open the knife and jams it into the table. 4TH JUROR: Take a look at that knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t understand, Percy. Hermes was right. Maybe if I’d gone with him, I could’ve changed his mind. Or—or I had a knife. Luke was unarmed. I could’ve—” “Killed him?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Norma screamed at her: “Mother! Put down that knife!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me the knife,” she ordered, and held out her hand. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could hold up that knife and tear open the world. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You sure you vouch for him, Pima? I can put a knife through this one’s crew tats and dump him on the sand.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a joy so strong it’s almost painful—a knife’s edge of joy. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The crisp skin crackled under his knife, and hot juice ran from the meat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And then he quickly worked the knife around the lid. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bapi had put his knife through her light crew tattoos himself, disowning her completely. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man had had a knife, had stabbed Father, he said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not used to the grandeur of a Master’s lodging. You’ll have to show me which knife and fork to use.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

At Hasina’s suggestion, the two of them had emptied the bottle of aspirin in the gutter, hidden the kitchen knives and the sharp kebab skewers beneath the rug under the couch. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The sunlight flashes like knives through the slats behind him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe it will even be a place where I trade my guns and knives for more productive tools, screwdrivers and nails and shovels. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He turned then and placed the two flying fish inside the two fillets of fish and putting his knife back in its sheath, he worked his way slowly back to the bow. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

K.B.I. agents, dispatched to Hickock’s home, found the knife inside a fishing-tackle box and the shotgun still casually propped against a kitchen wall. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in our row pulled out a knife and cleaned his fingernails. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man trembled, the knife shaking against me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When his wife and child moved closer, he put the knife back in his pocket, letting his fingers slide across his son’s tightly coiled curls. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Near where I am standing, a tiny faerie girl with a clock of white hair, like that of a dandelion, and a little knife cuts the strap of an ogre’s belt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were some knives for slicing, and a bunch of pins with colorful plastic heads. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, because a five-foot-five-inch lady with a butcher knife the size of her forearm was very intimidating. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She drew the knife and held it before her with both hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The knife had gotten him right in the stomach. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the knives pierced their skins, bright blood flowed freely and they fell to the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“The knife can cut through rock. If we need to, we’ll just cut a tunnel. It’ll take a long time, and I hope we won’t have to, but we could. Don’t worry.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Panting like an animal, with my legs shaking and my hand gripping the knife, I attack at Met Bong’s cue, charging at my dummy, I yell, “Die! Die!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should draw my knife as a precaution, but I doubt my ability to hold it for long. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The rest of our water, a kitchen knife, although I’m sure Kelton has something much nastier than that hidden in his outfit. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He volunteered to be one of six people in the country to go under the knife for experimental brain surgery that would possibly provide him with a few more years of functionality. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even my pack began to feel a whole lot lighter; and the forks and knives had stopped jabbing into me whenever I hefted it up again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A gruff, hard-drinking man who often carried a bone-handled six-shooter and, for good measure, a knife slipped into his leather boot, he was brasher than Tom—“rough and ready,” as a relative described him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She held the needle like a knife and swung the pen-like injector, then stopped just outside her thigh. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And before I can think— Before I can even think about firing the gun I’m holding— She draws a long knife from the side of her boot, lunges, and stabs Jeanine in the stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gutted them with his sharp, sharp bait knife, tossed the guts into the sea, then impaled the fish on the hooks of his line. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake split the water like an otter, opening his knife as he dived. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had to keep hefting it back up around my shoulders because the straps wouldn’t hold tight, and every time I did that, another fork or knife found a way to poke into my spine. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He searched the pockets of his trousers with nervous fingers and found the knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we cut an apple, the knife must pass through empty spaces between the atoms, Democritus argued. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His knife pointed upward for a cleaner, neater incision. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we followed her for like twenty minutes, thinking this was hilarious...until she went into a cutlery store, and we watched her purchase a nice new butcher knife. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A carefully trimmed beard the color of soot sharpened the edges of his knife blade face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He lost an eye in a knife fight, but his remaining good eye magically sees what everyone else misses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is slicing peaches with a special fruit knife. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She felt herself shudder, the words twisting in her like a knife. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It was me, Your Majesty. I held the knife.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We stood there listening, the girl careful to keep a hand on my arm and her knife at my side. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The stars were bright now and he saw the dolphin clearly and he pushed the blade of his knife into his head and drew him out from under the stem. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me again what your purpose is. You’re going to find the bearer of this subtle knife, and what then?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls’ lies cut through me with the sharpness of an obsidian knife. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What? You think you’re getting with her after you stuck a knife in her hand?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She leaped forward and stuck the point of her knife against Circe’s neck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They recalled the sacrifice of Iphigenia, lovely, innocent young thing, trusting her father utterly, and then confronted with the altar, the cruel knives, and only pitiless faces around her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later—after we had arrived at Granny’s—I was playing alone in a wild field, digging in the ground with an old knife. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You idiot! You ball of hyena dung! How could you leave that knife behind!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Minya’s “soldiers” were everywhere, armed with knives and other kitchen tools. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“What she means is,” Priscilla said, “when are you going to do something with that knife?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now you must tell me: why did the knife break?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the stick in one hand and her knife in the other. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

With his black leather breeches and jerkin, his hunting knife and his bow and quiver, he might have been Robin Hood’s evil, better-looking brother. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She lay all alone on the kolba's floor, a knife by her side, sweat drenching her body. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he does the dishes, there’s dry food stuck on them in the morning that someone has to chip off with a table knife, but he’s still on the schedule, week after week. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She whetted the knife on a stone and polished it with damp leaves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Masks packed suitcases with the things they would need: herbs, dried animals, noxious oils and an assortment of knives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Turtles— which previously I had roughly opened up with the knife and tossed onto the floor of the boat for Richard Parker, like a bowl of hot soup—became my favourite dish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

You drank cheap Liebfraumilch in plastic cups, calling it cocktails, and carved off hunks of Cheddar cheese with a Swiss Army knife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sound of the grating knife filled the room. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor-pathetic-Henry look that made me want to gouge out her eyes with a plastic knife. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Holmes’ idea was evidently to guard his remains in every way from scientific enterprise, from the pickling vat and the knife,” the Public Ledger reported. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The whalebone knife I used for prying abalones from the rocks was tied to a thong at my waist. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feared hunger, pneumonia, guards with hobnail boots, older boys with bottleglass knives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All with knives or hammers or screwdrivers, their faces lit up in rage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

To give away his fishing pole, his skinning knife—every piece of his gear but one, and borrow a suitcase for their things. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was a crescent, thin and sharp as the blade of a knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The knife in Brick's palm is the easy way. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But there was no hatchet and then there was no knife. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian staggered up to his feet not a moment too soon, for she came charging back in from the kitchen carrying a long bread knife. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We survived the walking, the thirst, the tiredness, the hunger, the man with a knife. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, because I was tired, I think. Well, we’ll see. Just follow the knife?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a force too huge to fight with a knife or a club. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Someone who has no more right to the knife than I have to the alethiometer,” said Sir Charles. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ess asked, jabbing the knife hard into the fish’s taut belly with her tiny hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I take the knife from its sheath and I keep it in my hand as we move along fast. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And on that tablecloth, evenly spaced, were weapons: a pistol, a shotgun, a scimitar, a bowie knife, and a vial with a poison pill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Now you,” he says, holding out the knife. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her first oral contribution the entire year, and it cut the tension like a birthday cake knife. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, Safer is standing in my kitchen with a knife in his hand. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He fell back into the stream with a splash and a shout, flailing wildly with his knife as his head went under. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even bother with the fork, just lifted the piece to his mouth and ate it right off the tip of the knife. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

One moment Buddy Ray was standing there with a knife in his hand. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She's looking for a knife to slice open a pack of hot dogs. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I found that stabbing them through the eyes with the knife was a faster, less tiresome way of killing them than hacking at the tops of their heads with the hatchet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor lay the knife the tsotsi had hurled at Eye. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if a knife had cut the flower’s head off as a sign. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer raised his knife, but instead of coming at him again with her blade, Blue Eyes simply swept a leg under him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was clothed in a coat of velvet and diamond dust with long, fluttering tails in the shape of knife blades, and his boots were white spectral leather buckled with lys. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A knife, rope, PowerBars, water bottle, compass, first aid kit, a topographical map, my sketchpad, a hardcover novel, and a book Leo gave me on topography. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Still she didn’t say anything, seemingly waiting for me to say something, to explain the reason for the knife, and why I was trembling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I broke my fingernails, trying to untie it until I remembered my knife. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was silent another moment, collecting himself, before he picked up the dropped knife and meat hook from the floor of the silk sleigh and hurled them away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Quickly, the boy took out his knife and cut the girl's hair. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Westley carried his sword in his right hand, his long knife in his left, waiting for the first R.O.U.S., but none appeared. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He could have reached out and slashed off her head with the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But still, I left him without a knife, without even a chance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He will toss the pistol aside and then use his knife to battle his way out if cornered. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

With a knife he made a few small cuts above the tail, a couple of clean cuts at the head, and one deep slice up the belly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A demonic dwarf with a hide of black scales bounded around the room wreaking havoc with a pair of knives. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, after handing Tree-ear the bowls to wash, Crane-man sat down with his knife and a sturdy straight branch and began to whittle a new crutch. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

On the shop floor, fights broke out on a regular basis—barrages of racial and ethnic slurs, sometimes supported by guns and knives. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Can you spare two dishes and a good sharp knife? We’ll get these cleaned and ready for frying.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I just feel bad about it, Will. I mean, he was their brother. And I bet if we were them, we’d have wanted the knife too.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without hesitating she reared back and snapped her hands forward, shooting the knife blades directly for the madwoman’s heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Despite his fingers against my windpipe, despite the way my vision has begun to go dark around the edges, I make sure of my strike before I drive my knife into his chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So I spend the first few minutes practicing without a knife, finding the right stance, learning the right arm motion. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And he took a knife and went zip—-just like that! Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She trembled as she took the knife from her waist. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I asked you about the ribs," I said, "not your ribs. Who said anything about a knife?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the nurse gets there to take him to the emergency room, his shirt is stuck to the tiles, and he has to be cut free with an X-Acto knife. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I watch as she grabs a knife from the dish rack and a loaf of bread from on top of the fridge. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Finally he brought the knife and the piece of pine he had promised. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

If she finds out, will she lose whatever grip on herself is left and go for me with a steak knife? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inej checked her knives, silently reciting their names as she always did when she thought there might be trouble. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He holds it in front of his face and flicks open the blade, then he leans forward and sticks the knife into the table alongside the other. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As yet there was no blood anywhere but on the knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The little man—if man he was, which Tristran found rather unlikely—sighed mournfully and reached into the pan sizzling on the fire, with his knife, and flicked two large mushrooms into Tristran's tin bowl. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as he tried and failed to wedge his knife tightly enough to cut his roast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There came a pounding on the door that made her drop the larger knife, almost stabbing her foot. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I got the knife in my hand but he’s on horseback and we know he’s got a gun. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It took her three more days of watching before she found the way, and another day of practicing with her finger knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pull back my knife hand and I wonder if I can actually stab him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And I need the knife for the cord.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We spin round to look, my hand going right to my knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He took out the knife and looked into the eyes of his father’s ghost, who stood close by. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A sudden pang of guilt stuck a knife between his ribs. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But still it wouldn’t be enough without Finnick spearing the beasts like fish and flinging them aside, Peeta slashing away with his knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently he went through every situation without friction, like a knife going through cheese. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began carving with the tip of her knife on the highest branches of the tallest trees in the most unreachable regions of the forest: This is a book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"So now I guess you ready to pull your knife." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes Mam’s sharp knife and he hacks at the tire till he has pieces to fit on the soles and heels of our shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

With a six-inch knife in my hand, I stand at attention in front of the line. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

G’ma shouts, her pouf of white hair standing up all over her head like she stuck a butter knife in a toaster. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

There's something about that sly grin that makes me sure that befriending Foxface would ultimately get me a knife in the back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then he took his knife and killed both his goats. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“That mirror is a lot brighter than a butter knife,” she said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I balk and pull the knife free, running out of the room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nailer leaped onto her back and rammed the knife into her neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias crouched low and spun, lodging his knife in the wolf’s belly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And I’ll run again. I don’t care if you cut off my legs with that knife. I will keep trying to escape. I don’t belong here.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I thought I’d hit you too hard. No—wait—” I fumble for my knife, every second I’m conscious making me more lucid and, thus, more murderous. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Kate, as she had always, drove in the smart but senseless knife of her cruelty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up a handful of knives, forks, and spoons, counting us out: my mother, my twelve-year-old sister Nattie, and me, then three Marshes. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I remember the slaver’s knife and pin my eyes to the floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Each place had china plates, crystal glasses, and ivory-handled knives and forks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would start to make dinner, but would stop halfway, the water running full steam in the sink, her knife poised in the air over half-chopped vegetables, silent, tears flowing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slashed her knife through the ghost’s chest, then drew her gladius. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His fists closed tight, resting on the table in front of him, inches from his knife. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nelson drew his knife and knelt to help me with the tedious work of cutting through the tendons and peeling back the pelt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, once we’re in the empty hall in the upper level of the palace, I turn and press the point of my knife directly underneath his chin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Blisters burst on my right hand as I awkwardly drag the knife back and forth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I grab my knife and get up, trying to ignore the ache in my shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He and Minho always had knives clasped firmly in both hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could pick up forks, spoons, and knives easily. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A week or so after Joe got home from the military, a tall, skinny neighborhood kid named Ivy walked up to him with a knife and asked if he wanted to start something. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She even uses a fork and knife to eat pizza. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And then, with all his might, he chopped at the branch with his knife. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion speared a goose liver on the point of his knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“My father is pretty good with a knife,” he said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She put the tip of the knife into the doorjamb and jiggled it, and a second later, the door to Building 10 swung wide. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Katz’s arm lowered around my chest, only so that he could place the knife directly against the skin under my jawline. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With shaking hands he slid the knife back into its sheath. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reportedly, men with knives rushed out of the blockade car, but the Malcolm X forces showed a shotgun, and the attackers dispersed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother calmly picked up her knife and fork and cut firm strips of meat from the bone. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Finally, she passed him a cutting board with a loaf of bread and a knife on it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I look at Four’s knives: one in his right hand, two in his left hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Given over to the knife and where the tail should be .. . nothing but a bloody stub. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And he’s not shooting, he’s hacking away with that knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can practically cut the tension with a knife. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It looked more like one of the razor-sharp surgical knives from the Medica. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In that shop he sometimes made skinning knives out of cracked buzz saw blades and sold them to hunters in the fall for five or six bucks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, sitting back down, he took out his pocket knife and proceeded, quickly and deftly, to gut the fish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the knife through the second tine, as we had been strictly taught, and began to saw against the bone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” said Malcolm, finding the sharpest knife in the drawer and pulling several sprout stalks across the table in the pale February sunlight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In 1867, while still serving as secretary of state and still bearing the disfiguring facial scars of the knife attack, he purchased Alaska for the United States. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you always eat rice with a fork and a knife and napkins?” she asked, turning to watch me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thrust the knife toward my thigh, and the blade bends. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She said there was a knife in her throat and a battering ram at her head. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rise and go to the door of the mill and hurl the knife into the darkness. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then she left, and came back with a table knife. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the sixth, she manages to saw open a quadrant and bend up the lid with the blade of the knife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She put this knife on the softest part of her arm. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deborah screamed, her hand shooting out of the dishwater, gripping a serrated steak knife. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But he was quite certain that the man with the knife had no intention of helping him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

By the time the Ngoni reached the hill, the Chewa warriors had disguised themselves as green grass and slayed the intruders with knives and spears. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The other Miss Forcible picked a knife out of a box on the corner of the stage. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Each small movement felt like a knife blade pushing into my side. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Half the skeletons, including those of children and babies, bore clear signs of damage by human weapons such as clubs and knives. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is too late,” she says, and brings the knife to her own throat, pressing the point just below her ear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he closed his hand into a fist it sharpened, as if a knife were stabbing up his arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the only thing that happens is that the knife catches and I smash my knuckles into the stake, bloodying them. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Will felt in the air with the tip of the knife: any world, out of this one. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her knife eased off Tanin’s neck as she caught sight of Rajar, his dark coat splaying out as he raised his arms, hands twisting and pulling at the air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He took his knife out of his pocket and hacked at it until he freed his foot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His hunting knife was sheathed in the shoulder strap of his pack, so close but so impossibly far. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had turned his neck-string so that the great knife hung down from his back and could not clash against the stone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the hold button on the weapons detector, so Tendai could take his Scout knife out with him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Past trays of bitter gourd, with knives and colored finger guards. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a big knife in the kitchen and kick open her door. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

These really bad dreams have usually involved scenarios in which I—and some-times my family—get attacked by inmates or other criminals, usually with a knife. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grimaced as Ihe woman slid the point of her knife beneath the soiled linen wound about his shield hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now the man on TV was showing the set of knives that came free with the Miracle Mop. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They carried steel bars, axes, knives, wooden stakes, and hammers— all the weapons used by the Khmer Rouge soldiers to kill their victims. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the mountain, she unwrapped her blanket and took out her knife, needle, rice bowl, bamboo piece, and jug of water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Inej noted the glint of knives tucked into their belts, lead pipes, weighted chains, axe handles studded with rusty nails, and here and there, the oily gleam of a gun barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Rings shook his head and slid the knife across the table to me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a black knife with a long jagged blade in his hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what he was trying to do with the knife and the wire and he’s incapable of explaining. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But if you put a knife on me again I’ll strangle you with your guts. Got it?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He is a solid horseman and quick with a knife. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They are calling her Swiss, because the word Swiss was written on the small knife they used to cut her umbilical cord. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He held the knife in front of her eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I dug around in my pocket and pulled my knife out and put it under my leg. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Or they carved with a knife, but crudely. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The cowboy wielded a wicked-looking knife to pare a chaw of tobacco off the hunk in his hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But then there came a loud knock on the door and the man jerked awake, raising a wand in his right hand and a short knife in his left. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Terrified blacks began to carry knives for self-protection. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In a single motion he leaned over, picked up the knife, and pushed aside the man grappling with the bull’s horns. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Easy to do a murder with a knife like that. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Still moving forward, I saw his face gleam with red angry tears as he stood above Clifton with the still innocent knife and the tears red in the glow of the window sign. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am practiced enough that despite my surprise, I kick his knife hand when he comes toward me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With the imminence of defeat, some women went into the street armed with sticks and kitchen knives. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sight of those drawings was like a knife to his heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On the way home, I get chased mostly by older fools with bats and knives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Powell brings up his knife for one final blow. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom takes butter out of the fridge, gets a knife and plate, and waits for her toast. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He swayed back and forth, switching the knife from hand to hand, eyes glued on Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It is their eyes that should concern you, not their knives,” she warned him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Looking over at him dizzily, I see the hilt of my knife is sticking out of his chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Momma put down the knife she’d been peeling potatoes with and wiped her hands on a dish towel. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hand Peeta a bow, a sheath of arrows, and a knife, keeping the rest for myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If she had a knife on her. I ’d be taking you to the hospital right now.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the same reason that lawsuit-wary journalists drizzle the words allegedly and reportedly throughout their copy, as in The alleged victim was found lying in a pool of blood with a knife in his back. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A Swiss Army knife with 13 attachments including a wire stripper and a saw and a toothpick and tweezers 2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I am a delicate blossom and all that. A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My hand balls into a fist at my side, and I am conscious of the nearness of my knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fruit, knives on the edges of tables, fish, bread, lobsters, flowers, and, of course, sneakers. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Archer gripped the handle of his hunting knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Ha! Assassino!” she hooted, and raced joyously across the room for the bread knife to finish him off. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He put one hand in his pocket, suggesting that he had a knife. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She let the rags of her gown fall to her waist as she opened a carved chest, and busied herself with bottles and boxes, knives and needles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Each contained as many as ten thousand cells, and the cells themselves were split by the knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was very much against this for the simple reason that I was still inept with knife and fork, and I did not want to embarrass myself in front of these sharp-eyed girls. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had even cleaned and wrapped the mild abrasions on my hands and the knife wound from three days ago when Ambrose’s thugs had tried to kill me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jack slashed at one with his knife and the scent spilled over them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My hand goes right behind my rucksack to my own knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His knife was in his pocket, safe and dry inside its sheath, protected from the misery of the elements. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I could try the knife and see what I find.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She stepped away from him, balanced on the balls of her feet in case he threw his knife. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He made an initial incision and drew the knife around. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I ease open a drawer and pick up a knife, the handle is hidden by my fingers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the knife left her hand, she felt her fingers reaching after it, and the dagger struck the center of the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now there are knives going through my legs and hands, and tears running down my face from the pain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took out a knife—Piper’s knife—and started picking his teeth with it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On it were several paring knives, a corkscrew, an oversized container of sun lotion, and a water bottle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Well, look at it, Mr. Reasonable Doubt. 9TH JUROR: That’s not the knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife feeds the end of the spoon and the front of the spoon feeds the prongs of the fork, and the table edge is the last part. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A set of knives, for a table. Supposedly, they cut right through bone. The sword is better. It has a name.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The sky was a black curtain; the stars, ice chips whittled by an old knife. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is trying to regain enough strength to be able to do simple things, like eating with a knife and fork. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I can see the glint of the knife in one of his hands. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She made food that needed washing before it touched a knife, pot, or pan. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had had a steak knife stuck in his belt until Rita took it away. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reached down to the table, grabbed the knife, and then, as everyone watched, plunged it deep into the thick, meaty head of the inkfish. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yolanda was already inside, unfolding chairs while Mari rolled up forks, knives, and spoons inside napkins. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He sneers, moving as if to shrug off the knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He suddenly began backing up his threats by waving a bone-handled switchblade knife in the air. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Farmer’s bus pulled into the Greyhound station in Anniston, Alabama, on May 14, 1961, it was met by an angry mob armed with clubs, bricks, iron pipes and knives. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one hand he held a long sword, and in the other a knife; both the knife and the hand that held it glowed with a pale light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Across the hold, Archer slashed at the woman’s face, his knife flickering in the lantern light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With a long knife Ma cut this mass into little squares, and let it stand while the curd separated from the whey. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point a knife had made an appearance, gripped in his right hand. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Frank did not have to sit at her place in the dining-room, hold the knife and fork that she had held, drink from her glass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had attacked me with a knife, a real knife. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I throw my knife at him with all my strength. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Shadows passed over Tally, and she glanced up to see two hovercars following her, their blades shimmering as bright as knives in the midmorning sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Ay!” snapped the Matron, waving the butcher knife in the air. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He could’ve been some psycho with an electric carving knife who’d dismember our bodies and wouldn’t get caught until our teeth clogged up the sewer or something like that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Will took the knife and faced the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The knife hacked at the thicket surrounding her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At worst, unrestrained, a matching set of sharpened kitchen knives would be drawn across her optic nerve, and then again, with a greater downward pressure, and she would be entirely shut in and alone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He offered Nailer a fighting knife as well. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down and began cleaning my nails with the knife. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Where d’you get that knife? 8TH JUROR: I was walking for a couple of hours last night, just thinking. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knives that slew my Stalwart Shield were meant for me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sliced another piece of steak and groaned when the knife wouldn’t go through a bit of gristle. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

With a craft knife and ruler, he dissected the first page of the Book and reassembled it in the traditional Western languages order—left to right, parallel rows. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Why it look like somebody tried to cut your hair with a butter knife? Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Still, I querulously assented, and, upon his order, went to seek a knife. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She took a clean knife from the drawer and thrust it into the big lump of pastry she hadn’t yet rolled. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Swords grinding and friends dying and the sleet knifing down on us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Poison, knives, a gown, and jewels that I think the Roach will find to be properly extravagant. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They might need to make a knife or something. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“If you do, then I’m gonna tell about you and that boy with the knife.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Around her neck were skulls, and her many hands held knives, and swords, and severed heads. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Hang on, boy, you don’t want me to drop this knife on some vital part, do you? Just set still while I get you some lunch.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Kaz had taught her to crack a safe, pick a pocket, wield a knife. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He slipped the knife into its sheath in the inside pocket of his long coat, and he stepped out into the street. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She turns to me, and the look in her eyes is a knife twisting inside me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She told the servants to take all sharp things out of the room, thinking scissors and knives were cutting off her next generation. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were at his hips, where he kept his homemade knife. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might as well jus’ go right in and stick Ma with a bowie knife ’cause by taking me away he’d sure be killing her.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

But he was intent on it; he stood up again after a couple of seconds, the knife held forward already. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Four’s arm as he throws a knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And, much in the way of Miggery Sow, he was not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The knife glinted in the light of the candle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They had to use regular weapons, like Håkon’s rusty sword and their insignificant knives. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, always,” she said, and wiped the knife clean and put it back in the drawer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He still holds out the knife and so I take it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He finished this one quicker than the other two and when that was done he immediately picked up the knife and cut the next slice. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Augur pushes my knife away from his throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Nobody stole his knife. He’s got his knife. He opened the letter with it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up and squinted, and saw a black shadow knifing through the dusk light, the blades chopping as it drifted closer, dropping lower and lower as it approached Fullbrook. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Powell then races from the room, still clutching his knife. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d have used my fists, sir, but he pulled a knife.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just like that, her confident air dissolves, the knife at Marcus’s throat falters, and he grabs her face in his hands and kisses her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Forcible threw the knife at the balloon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She had only a handful of the weapons she had started with: a pistol, a switchblade, the hunting knife. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I twist the knife in my hand a time or two but then I reach behind my rucksack and put it away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Every day the storm delayed them, there was a greater chance that Maddy and Az had already gone under the knife. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Basta had hissed in his ear before wiping the blood off his knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He kept careful hold of the knife and put it down on the table before giving in to his astonishment. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to remember what the knife looked like on the night it happened, when I had a chance to look at it myself. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She stood up, the knife and potato still in her hand. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Running down the hallway... somebody chasing me... not a person... just a big flashing kitchen knife... and I’m scared and crying but no voice comes out because my neck is cut and I’m bleeding... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The blade was just shorter than the length of her forearm, and though it was made of a darker metal than the other knives, it was simple, straightforward, and ground very sharp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He sat down at a table, facing the cutting machine, and fitted his diamond knife into it, taking extreme care not to let his fingers touch the edge of the knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never felt so sore in his life, and worse, there was still something throbbing painfully in his side like a knife. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stopped twice and started back toward Emma Lee, but knew that there was nothing he could do against a grown man and a knife. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He extended the trembling knife in Homer’s direction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

You must let them ooze and crawl of their own will onto a knife blade and then lift them gently into your bottle of sea water. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, there’s women,” she says, fiddling with a butter knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Life was cheap; the gun and the knife ruled at night. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing Rose standing there with the knife brought back the picture of that night she had forced Matt to take me away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Okay. You can take those onions, and make X’s in the bottom with a knife, and drop them into that pan.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She dug the edge of her knife into the woman’s creamy skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the knife in my hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The doctors used much sharper and bigger knives in the operation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There are a couple gallons of water, a thermos, and a large plastic cup filled with plastic forks and knives. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“We’ve held it aginst him that his boy stuck a knife in our hearts; now he’s grabbed a second knife that was aimed at us.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man with a knife, remember?” he said over his shoulder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Mac. This is the Twinkie, O.K. I guess you don’t have any bone to pick with me. I sure got a big one to pick with you,” Red said, going for his knife again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dinners would be noisy with the clinking of knives and forks against dishes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon twisted from the knife, just enough so it barely grazed his skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was silent for a moment, then dropped a neat rolled-up napkin onto the pile, chopsticks, fork, and knife all swaddled together inside. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The moonlight glints on long knives tucked into their belts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kronos’s voice was raspy and metallic, like a knife scraped across stone. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Minho held up the knife and looked at it with disgust. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I bring my knife arm down and I slide it outta one strap of the rucksack, then I lean over and drop the rucksack to the ground. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

What I would like to steal is a knife, from the kitchen, but I’m not ready for that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a smooth twist and jerk of the knife, he pried the glass from its frame and caught it in the palm of his left hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She retrieved Periboia’s hunting knife, but she could barely stand upright, much less fight. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ares pulled out his huge knife and started cleaning his fingernails. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They watched as hog after hog was upended and whisked screaming down the cable into the butchering chambers below, where men with blood-caked knifes expertly cut their throats. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Will stood back and held out the knife, searching, touching the air with the most delicate movements, until after a minute or so he found a point at which he could cut. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The handle of her knife grew hot in her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Everything that Charlie touched seemed to be made of ice, and each time he stepped outside the door, the wind was like a knife on his cheek. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Nice playthings you have,” the corporal told Weary, and he handed the knife to an old man. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped from his crouch on the ground, the knife out of his arm and back in his hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then I put down the knife and looked at it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I took my knife and cut a strip off the tail of my shirt. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman ran in again, slashing sideways at his knife hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He could no longer even hold the knife with any strength. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She takes the knife and the empty can from the floor and tucks them in her pocket. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But I was holding my Swiss Army knife with the saw blade out in case he grabbed me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama stood in the kitchen doorway, arms at her sides, loosely clutching a vegetable knife in her fingers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He felt suddenly that he wanted something in his hand, something solid and heavy: his gun, a knife, a brick. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said to the man, “Don’t worry, sir, I’m-a take care of the knife.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Puzzled, he tossed the knife back on the ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Jinny felt the cramp inside her turn to a sharp pain beneath her ribs, as if she was a fish being gutted with a small, sharp knife. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The UN warned us that many of the slayings were being conducted with “white weapons”: machetes, clubs, and knives, so-called because they killed without noise. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There, it ate the grass left out for it as the men sharpened their knives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I've spent a fair amount of time throwing knives as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Cordelia remembers all kinds of things: the graying underwear dripping on the clothesline in the cellar, the kitchen paring knife that was worn right down to a sliver, the winter coats from the Eaton's Catalogue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before any of the soldiers can point a gun in our direction, I whip out one of my knives and hold it close to the man's throat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry, I have no knife to cut the lotus,” he confessed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The noise of a knife on a chopping board. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He laid an open knife on the edge of his workbench, about a foot from my hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Romero's brother, holding the bull's horn in one hand, the knife in the other, looked up at the President's box. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Smeath turns and looks at me, a skinless potato in her left hand, the knife in her right. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

While Mother carved and served the plates—Dad sometimes carved wood for a hobby, but he never touched a carving knife at the table—Dad would shout out problems in mental arithmetic for us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Tug, what if that knife hit him in the heart? He could die.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

It was still dark along the ground and among the trees, but the sky was getting lighter, the blue gray streaked with red light, like a belly opening under a knife. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pilate plucked the knife out of the man’s shirt and took her arm away. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I kept hold of my Swiss Army knife in my pocket and I held on to Toby in my other pocket to make sure he didn’t escape. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had taken a knife and driven it straight down into my brain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Because you came after him with a knife!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

All he needed was a moment of attention, a sterile needle, a knife even. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His knife in his hand, the boy groped his way out of the pumpkin. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. White slammed Horace in the side of the head with the handle of his knife. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I pushed the tip of the butcher’s knife against her jugular vein. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A boy brought a knife because another kid liked his girlfriend. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Asking no questions, he walked into the kitchen, opened a drawer, and returned, bearing a long serrated knife. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She stabbed at the giantess with her own hunting knife and led her in a deadly game of tag around the throne. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He picked up a cheese knife from the counter and carefully ran his thumb along the edge and laid the knife down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've hidden a knife flat against the sole of each boot. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This hard shot took the women’s breath away and drove them quaking to their rooms, as though knives were behind: they felt he spoke the truth. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had gone to bed, and Dyedka carved at the end of his walking stick with a knife, forming a goat’s head out of the knobby top. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She pulled the biggest knife from its sheath and pointed the blade at his throat. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He shut the knife and slipped it in his pocket and swung through the door to the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the knife and trace the shape of a K into my palm with the back edge of its tip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As Woody got closer, his attention was diverted from Wes’s left hand to his right, where he held a long-bladed knife. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I put my knife down next to the bottom bunk. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would get something else too if I could reach my knife. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, there are plenty of knives back at the bug-out,” he says, but none of us, least of all Jacqui, wants to wait that long. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But it would be so hard to raise the knife, drive it into the flesh I had saved so many times. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Quick as a snake, his left arm knocks into my right, sending the knife flying out of my hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I took cans of food, this notebook, a blanket, my knife, some water. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“If you say one word to your grandpa about this,” Rubin said, “I’ll catch you hunting some night and take my knife to you.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he hit the ground a knee crashed down on his chest and Sammy’s eye focused on the point of a butcher knife a half inch away from his eyeball. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed it up and felt with the knife tip for a snag with a different quality. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“This Knife Grinder chap made an excellent job of the scissors and knives last year.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Shouting, she edged closer to the boar, tossing her knife from hand to hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jasper Jr. wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he knew that the stranger meant business. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was stuck on the back steps with a pile of dull knives and a whetstone. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed the windpipe and the gullet, eased them back, and severed them with one stroke of his little knife. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bright knife of terror plunged through my heart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The authorities began a crackdown against political prisoners as though we had held the knife that stabbed Verwoerd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we were down to the fossil “bed” we chipped away at the hard soil with hunting knives, searching for bones. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I find a long, flat piece of wood and use the knife to carve a little hollow in it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She chopped onions fast and hard with an outsize heavy knife, something she had learned to do from a cooking video. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When we were eating lunch and I would bring out my jackknife to cut my sandwich, he would say, “You going to use that knife?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A diamond knife is a metal object no larger than a small pocket-size pencil sharpener—about an inch long. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rode around Baltimore on his Harley with a knife in his pocket and always had a pistol close. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He could not press down hard with a knife. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keisha takes a knife out of her box and cuts the cupcake in half and shows us the inside. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The woman, who lived in our neighbourhood, was envying boxes brimming with dented pots, knives, spoons, forks, broken mirrors and articles of furniture; things which, after being thoroughly cleaned, we would use as housewares. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Piper, all she could do was stare at her knife Katoptris, trying to locate Leo, Hazel, and Frank. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“This time it was. He was drunk, and he had a knife, and she told him that she thought she was pregnant. He didn’t believe it was his.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I start swinging the knife as we go, trying to cut any rush that’s in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The bleeding man turned toward the direction of the scream and looked at the colored girl long enough for Macon to pull out his knife and bring it down on the old man’s back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill got up and grabbed a knife, two forks, and two plates. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Long knives were thrust into their belts, and from the neck of one warrior hung a curved hunting horn. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think it’s a part of the faint pattern on the knife, but these marks are on top of the blood. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But the shark jerked backwards as he rolled and the knife blade snapped. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unzip my boots and tear open the inner soles to reveal my knives, then tuck them into my belt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Cole gripped the knife with his left hand and clawed with his right at some long stalks of Devil’s Club—anything to pull himself away from the raking claws of the bear. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Peeta is at the center of a ribald circle of knife throwers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had the knife out already, and swiftly cut a small window to see where they were—only to recoil at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her words cut into Ba like slices from a knife but, even though his face was pained, he said nothing and continued to pack. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"There's always hand-to-hand combat. All you need is to come up with a knife, and you'll at least stand a chance. If I get jumped, I'm dead!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mother taught Prim and I to eat properly, so yes, I can handle a fork and knife. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As he was going in he said: “It was thoughtful of you to bring your knife along with the milk pail. But then, how else could you have cleaned the chicken?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The man held unroasted ones in his hand and made little crosses on them with a blunt knife before he put them in the pan. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tuck the knife in the belt of my uniform, make sure it’s tight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But when I look up I see a bloody knife in her hands. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He has been a long time in America,” said M. Bouc, “and he is an Italian, and Italians use the knife! And they are great liars! I do not like Italians.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now’s a stupid time to cry,” said Rita, busily using a sacrificial knife to cut through the ropes that bound her brother. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pain starts again, and I feel the knife moving under my skin, and I am still screaming. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now he hung by his armpit from the cross spar, bleeding and listening into the fog, working his knife from its sheath. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Antinous wrapped his hand around the steak knife Jason had impaled in the table. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Six minutes later, I’m creeping across the top of the stock car on my hands and knees with Walter’s knife in my teeth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel as though the knife in my hand, which should lend me authority, isn’t enough. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But he still knelt with the open knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So Kate told them how she had pried up the edge of the metal grate with a screwdriver on her Swiss Army knife. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pinmei peered over his shoulder as he placed the tip of the knife against the taut tent. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I tuck my knife high on my thigh and shake out some of my silver box of salt into my pocket. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And there’s a knife strapped to the inside of my knee. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m saying it’s possible that the boy lost the knife and that someone else stabbed his father with a similar knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So you were telling it true? It was not your knife?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I strap on my weapons: both Teluman scims across my back, a brace of daggers across my chest, and one knife tucked into each boot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some grabbed up knives, platters, flagons, anything that might serve as a weapon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There, she opened her pack, took out the small, sharp knife she had brought with her, and started cutting the twine. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

How could he know that this old man had invented him, made him up out of paper and ink, made up his face, his knife, his evil nature? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Pah had the wingspan of an elephant and talons as sharp as knives. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But Lewis Powell forces open the door and slashes at Robinson with his knife, cutting the soldier’s forehead to the bone and almost putting out an eye. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then with a bit he bored a hole lengthwise through the square part, and with his knife he whittled the wood till it was only a thin shell around the round hole. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scooped it up quickly from the river’s edge, but as I stood up the pieces slid apart and fell like knives into the mud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have apologized to those desperate eyes, and put the knife in her neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She served them biscuits and milk and then licked the last of the peanut butter from the knife before washing it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A little further away, Annabeth casually palmed a carving knife from the nearest platter of meat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Instinctively I leaped from the chair, grabbed a long knife that had been on the table and stood against the wall. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tightens her grip on the handle of the knife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Eric smiles, and in the blue light, his smile looks wicked, like it was cut into his face with a knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The queen dug her knife in a little deeper. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There were knives and plastic utensils and silverware and kitchen tools in a plastic box. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Kainene was peeling an orange with a knife, and the slender peel dropped into a plate on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Chaol said, fiddling with the long hunting knife at his side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was effusively thankful to the doctors for not insisting he be put under the knife. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And if I take a nail file or even Eva’s old paring knife— that will do—and scrape away at the gold, it will fall away and there will be alabaster. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Above the refrigerator were shelves holding more pots and jars, more spoons and knives, a wind-up clock that Granny always forgot to wind, and a long row of cans. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had slashed him apart with a knife and stolen all the money. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Striker pulled up beside the pig and hung about ten inches of that knife into his belly and gutted him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawls along the floor to the top of the seven-rung ladder and sits with her feet dangling and the diamond inside the house in her pocket and the knife in her fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Who are these people? Who are these people?” he shouted in Yiddish, and the words went through me like knives. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me, Lupe. But the idea of my learning to throw a knife—it just struck me funny.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paring knife she uses is worn so thin its blade is barely more than a crescent moon sliver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ranch was a relative, and when he left it he plunged a knife into a darling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If your mind is divided, the knife will break. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Against my will, I aim the sharp point of the knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But this I will say to you: your Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Didn't you say we must hurry? And what were you doing with that knife? Not cutting someone open, I hope!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I eased her to the ground and looked back at the cap’n; I knowed he was no good, but who could put a bullet in someone who wasn’t even holding on to a knife? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel stuck his pocket knife into the muscles of the chicken. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He prepared two others before I selected a victim and picked up my knife. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The lead tracker ran his knife across the man’s throat and caught the corpse as it slumped to the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My own knife is out now, but the monkeys are quicker, can spring in and out so fast you can barely react. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Headlights knifed through the darkness, all turned toward the Fullers’ porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stands in front of her sink, her wicked paring knife in one hand, a half-peeled potato in the other. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt cloth, struck at it with his knife and missed, and struck again and felt his knife go through cloth, and then his head crashed with lightning and exploded with pain. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this time, with a wrenching crack, the knife shattered and the blade fell in pieces to the ground, to glitter on the stones that were still wet with the rain of another universe. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even turn the ignition off—the engine was still gasping as we pried up the side panel of the bonnet with the tin opener on Etienne’s Swiss knife. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It ranged across the top of Zosimos Ridge, which knifed up from Zosma City like a shark’s fin, and was visible from miles away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He traded sharp knives for dull ones and a small coin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grandfather put down his knife and fork and looked around the table. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay then, I’ll pick you up, no problem,” Mom said decisively, sweeping the half-grapes into a snack bag with the side of her knife. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They were each armed with a sword, knife, and crossbow, and though they’d been alert while their captain passed by, she knew a crossbow wasn’t exactly a light weight to bear for hours on end. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They walked slowly, bending down with tiny knives to slash the seedpods.What was he going to do about them? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again Ash was surprised, and the paring knife slipped and nicked her finger, leaving behind a thin line of blood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scar wound down her right forearm, jagged, like from a knife, not clean like from an operation. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His father hesitated, holding the knife to Pima’s face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pasta bowls, bread plates, glasses, two forks, two spoons, and a butter knife. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was aware of him trying not to hurt me even as I raised the knife, even as I sank it into his side. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some had long stabbing thorns, some hooked barbs that rent like knives. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then finally she raised the knife to glean him—but just as she was about to thrust it into his chest, a shout came from the rostrum behind them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There were wedding rings, baby bracelets, radios, televisions, necklaces, engraved watches, old- fashioned spoons and knives, scarves, pins, coins, and other junk that was left behind for Doiia Ramonita to resell. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And as soon as they were alone, Will showed Iorek how the other edge of the knife worked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He clawed her knife from his chest and tossed it into the waves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her hair writhed and twined about her head, and her teeth were sharp as knives... Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As the Huntsman toppled, the knife flew glittering through the air. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Coach shifted one fork, one spoon, one knife, and one set of chopsticks in his right hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And each of them wants that knife of yours more than anything else. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A witch, you must understand, does not knock children on the head or stick knives into them or shoot at them with a pistol. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then she picks up another tomato and sets the knife against the skin. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, grip the knife handle and bear down as hard as I can. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He held my knife, in its sheath of red leather. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There were dirty plates on them, coffee-stained mugs, wooden boards where cheese rinds lay, knives, sausages, empty bread baskets. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A few years before, his father had made him kill a goat, to show him the method of the knife, to show how a blade pierced flesh and snagged on tendons. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He claims that the knife fell through a hole in his pocket sometime between eleven thirty and three fifteen while he was on his trip to the movies and that he never saw it again. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too far away to strike, so I took a risk: I hurled Riptide like a throwing knife. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Aaron hears knife in my Noise and realizes his mistake. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She sat on the side of the unhitched chariot and sharpened her knives with a whetstone. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was waiting not only for the irons to heat but also for a brutal woman black as soot known to carry a knife. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s a fish, we’ll do our best to net it, step on it to hold it down, whack it over the head, stick a knife in back of its eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The voice came hissing out of the butcher knife. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo spotted Piper’s knife, an old leather-bound book, a few interesting-looking mechanical devices, and enough gold to give Hazel’s horse a stomachache. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They fell upon each other with knives and sticks and fought like animals. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol is sent off with a stack of plates, a bunch of forks and knives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All those years of running from city to city one step ahead of the Usurper's knives, pleading for help from archons and princes and magisters, buying our food with flattery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now she understood what her mother had meant about gossip cutting like a knife. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life I had a knife when I needed it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper raised her knife, but there was nothing to attack. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Why do we use this knife for rhubarb but not the old ones? The old ones are sharper.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"Dobber, see if he's got anything worth the taking. Mail, knife, a bit o' coin, what have you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Vera came into the room and placed knives and forks upon the table. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra sat close to the anvil, where the knife lay cooling, and Iorek told her to bank the fire up and not let it burn down: there was a final operation yet. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I absently touch the knife wound at my own side. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone connected with the case identified the knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was huge, like a big, black, squawking, enraged and murderous turkey, and if he’d had a gun, or a knife, or access to a nuclear device, I would have been gone instantly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So I just get up, taking my knife with me, and walk to the door where Rafi’s guard watches the street. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A slash nearly got his knife hand as he stepped backward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And the next thing I knew,all hell broke loose and someone yelled to look out because the kid had a knife in his hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hand Peeta my knife, since whatever weapons he once had are long gone, and he slips it into his belt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He inserted a pocket knife into the joint of the shell and twisted his wrist to the right. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shout, grabbing onto her arms to keep us both from falling off the cliff, trying to keep the knife from accidentally killing her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When it came, it felt like someone was cutting me open with a knife. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to kill you, Strange,” he said, and Lazlo saw that it was not a knife that lay across his open palm, but a long sliver of metal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was going among white people, so he would take his knife and his gun; it would make him feel that he was the equal of them, give him a sense of completeness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she locked her ankles around his neck, wrapped one arm around his throat, and drew her knife with the other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Some man with a searchlight looking up between her legs, where she’s been shaved, a mere beardless girl, a trayful of bright sterilized knives, everyone with masks on. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t see the knife go in, but I feel it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The words scraped down my spine like a knife blade. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His knife tore a bright line of pain across my ribs as I pulled away and began pelting down the alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He got on the bike, the knife pinned precariously between his palm and the handlebars. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had clothes and blankets and pillows from the upstairs rooms and they fitted themselves out in new attire, the boy’s trousers cut to length with his knife. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Vajra flew into her hand, shifting between knife and sword and arrow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Knife hurled his knife—thok!— into the back of Granny’s chair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next day Clean got busted bringing a knife to school. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The knife,” he went on after a minute. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isa was doing her own chopping on the kitchen counter, her knife pounding against the scarred cutting board. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A third inmate waited until the beating was done and the victim was motionless before reaching down with a knife and cutting his face from ear to ear, right across his nose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a serrated knife could have torn my skin that way. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I grabbed up a knife and held it ready for her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mama cut a bite of roast beef, looking pitiful, Papa reached across the table and put his hand on her hand that held the knife. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They sat down at the head of the table, where in earlier days the mother, the father, and Gregor had eaten, unfolded their serviettes, and picked up their knives and forks. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set his hand on the knife at his belt and looked her in the eyes, though his head was ringing and the sheer power of her scream had made him dizzy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It reminded him of slicing a yam with a newly sharpened knife, the easy perfection in every slice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That is just it—it is impossible—quite impossible—that an honourable, slightly stupid, upright Englishman should stab an enemy twelve times with a knife! Do you not feel, my friends, how impossible it is?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid with the knife, my age or younger, quickly backed off. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have a knife that I could see. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Let’s get done and get outa here. 11TH JUROR: The knife was very important to the district attorney. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we ate, Timothy carefully cleaned his knife and put it into the tin box, which he lashed high on the same tree that held our water keg. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife slipped from his hand, yet his arm remained twisted behind him, wrapped in the oilcloth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Wick, put that knife ...” ... away, he meant to say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No. Well, maybe. Yeah—yeah, I think he maybe has a knife.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then, as the man lunges for Miss Anderson, I hurl the knife through the air. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She shivered a bit at the sight of the knife. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer grinned and nodded and tried to explain how he dumdummed the bullets with a hunting knife before he fired them at the field mice in his tent every night. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure glad you have that knife,” Gramps said, reaching for it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

On the chopping board in front of her she’s cutting more, with a paring knife, her large hands deft, indifferent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was washing the stainless-steel knives in a bucket of water, and the water had turned red with her work. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a red muscle shirt and black jeans and a black leather duster, with a hunting knife strapped to his thigh. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't put a knife in your throat and make you take a ride. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it felt like a knife was digging into my heart. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If a southern boy ever pulls a knife on you, Ben, it is because he knows how to use it.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of every day, the butchers lovingly cleaned and stored their knives and cleavers, the tools of their trade. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A month later, on Rosebriar Road in Atlanta, an alarm clock knifed into the darkness of two o’clock in the morning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I sat up, my vision was blurry, but I had a horn in my hands, a ragged bone weapon the size of a knife. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Bowing, the man left the room, only to return a few moments later, bearing a long knife with-a slender saw-tooth blade, a basin of water, a pile of soft cloths, and several flasks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were mazers and trenchers, knives and napkins, goblets—things I hardly knew, and more than I could count. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

After all, the last time Piper had tried to interpret a vision from her knife, Percy and Jason had almost killed each other in Kansas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That may have been true, but after he was gone Citra still dropped the knife into the trash. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The knife had done almost everything it was brought to that house to do, and both the blade and the handle were wet. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Will slid the knife into it and buckled it as tight as he could with his clumsy hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smooth row after smooth row of knives and guns. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He scooped up a shard of mirror and held it in his palm like a knife. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was sobbing with rage, and the knife was still upraised, her arm trembling wildly as it fought to complete the arc it had begun and bring the blade down on Sarai’s throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes, took aim, and flung the knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I joined him, using a similar rock, but lacking Ikwa’s strength I had to use it as a knife, slicing rather than smashing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy from District 1 has several knives, two spare spearheads, a flashlight, a small leather pouch, a first-aid kit, a full bottle of water, and a pack of dried fruit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he says, touching them with the tip of his knife, “what about these?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

We float the plates and glasses in the dish pan and dive-bomb them with the spoons and knives, whispering “Bombs away.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped the leather handle and held her knife in front of her for me to see. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Just—I’m not sure she’s quite ready to handle a knife that sharp.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pots and knives, the tent and hatchet, the collapsible brass spyglass, all of Nin’s belongings came clattering out in a burst of noise. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With a quick lunge, he struck his knife into the heart of the elephant, and then fell to his knees as the great beast roared out and lurched upon his feet. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Without worrying Lyra, Will loosened the knife in its sheath and kept his hand close to it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Booth raises the knife and brings it down in a hacking motion. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

So she took the Swiss Army knife again and tried to score a line across the sheet so she could cut it in two. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of the schools is on the Lower East Side, which can be rough, even the seven- or eight-year-olds will carry knives or sharp tools like awls. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Dell punches holes in the bottoms with a kitchen knife, which gets ruined because you're not supposed to use it for that. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She lowered her knife to Percy’s necklace until the point rested on the silver ring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Gale had two sets of bows and arrows, one hunting knife, one fishing net, and over eight hundred terrified people to feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He took out his knife and struck the sparker again and again on the rasp, producing a shower of sparks each time, which each time failed to light the paper in the fireplace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Soon I was doing the mental equivalent of palming cards and juggling knives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He and Finnick take turns opening up the hole with the awl and the knives until it can hold the spile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

If they found him, they would see the knife and the blood, and they would call him murderer. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We want to serve Lord Asriel. And the dead man, what did he want you to do with the knife?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He’s replaced the leather bags with the black shirt and brace of knives he was wearing the first time I met him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Mayhem places his knife to his neck. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In profile, with pumping thighs and knifing arms, we cut through the shin-whipping grass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Basta spread the books out on the table and pushed them apart from one another with his knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He swung away from Mordred, burst into a torrent of words, drew the hunting knife which was all he carried, and advanced on Agravaine—these things simultaneously. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shrill bark made Nhamo jump back with the knife raised over her head. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian stood in front with a knife and a Beanie Baby lion, just in case anyone needed to consult the god of cutesy collectibles. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“All you need is a really good knife,” Donald tells him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The knives are put away into their wooden rack. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gently put the knife in her hands. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She bumped against a knife held fast in a ghost’s grip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I look for the knife and find it again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t, I do absolutely not put down the knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, Ygritte had told him once, but no man can own both. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Something was wrong with Luke,” Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the top drawer Marly found dingy, blackened spoons and forks and knives. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to guess the exact spot that the person’s heart was at, then pulled my knife back. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Burnham High has a school plaid, a school crest with a thistle and a couple of those Scottish knives they stick in their socks, and a Gaelic motto. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The women in the colored dormitories of South Carolina believed they knew liberty, but the surgeons’ knives cut them to prove otherwise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Moving through her room, trembling with excitement, Celaena gathered two balls of yarn from Philippa’s sewing basket, along with three sticks of chalk and one of her makeshift knives. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

How had that chubby little girl weighed down with hair become a knife- m wielding would-be killer out to get her son? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear had seemed pleased by the dagger, but he preferred a steel knife at his belt, Jon had noticed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He stood there in the freezer light, brown chest bare, a silver knife in his hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Sairy reached into her own pocket and withdrew her whittling knife and a block of wood. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a set of locked double doors, which Annabeth managed to pry open with her knife and a fair amount of cursing in Ancient Greek. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I even saw a man pull out a knife and murder a stranger in cold blood. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I felt like sticking a knife in my eye. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘You shall perish', said the coach. ‘You shall never - Reyna smacked him on the head with the pommel of her knife. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The edge of the black knife had snicked his arm, and then slid down to his wrist. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It hurt to take a breath, like knives to his lungs. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she took the biggest knife from the kitchen, slipped it into the doorjamb, and forced it until the dried-out wood splintered and came out in fragments. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only other items in the room were eight trunks, just like the one containing the knives in the weapons basement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He remembered reading about wild boars that came plunging through forests, and how the hunters waited, and then leaped out and stuck knives into the throat and heart and eyes of the animal. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Black neighborhoods became battlegrounds as whites and blacks attacked each other with guns, knives, razors, and clubs. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He hung his arm out the window, and he had a knife. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The other soldier held Lourdes down as his partner took a knife from his holster. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he uncrossed his arms and went to reach his right hand into his pocket I was sure he was going for a knife. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Styx’s secret message cut through my frustration like a knife. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I learned how to run a steam- heated knife along the super, slicing the wax cap off the combs, how to load them just so into the spinner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand metal. Nothing made of iron or steel is a mystery to a bear. But I have never seen a knife like yours, and I would be glad to look at it closely.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tom Yew reached for his backpack, got out two bottles of beer, and flipped off their caps with his Swiss Army knife. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She dug a niche in the side of a heave with her man’s knife, folded her ground skin into an envelope, and pushed it into the cave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the witch took her own knife and split an alder sapling along its whole length. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms were so tight against my head that my ears felt numb, yet it wouldn’t have hurt more if knives were being jabbed into my eardrums. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Father slipped the knife out of his belt and threw it into the doorway. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lunged with the knife again, cutting through the air with the bright blade, but Dustfinger avoided it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She took her sharp knife and cut the slice of salt pork in half, the crisp sound of the meat making my belly rumble. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Holding his fishing pole with one hand, he whipped out his knife and cut the line. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I step into the room, armed not with a gun or a knife, but with the plan I made the night before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It looks at my knife, then it looks at my face above my knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"I saw him make a knife out a slipper spoon," he said. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

As she put on her shoes she checked for her man’s knife and matches. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reed took back his knife, blew the last splinters from its blade, and folded it up into his pocket again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The hand that had been in the hole in the floor was holding a large, sharp knife. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

His Adam’s apple made way for the sharp knife, and I turned the bayonet on its zigzag edge as I brought it out. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Oh no, she says pointing the butter knife at me as if I’m starting trouble, no sir. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their heavy tattooed arms waved a variety of weapons—pikes, knives, spears and long rusty cutlasses. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Walrus tusks gleamed and drums, harpoons, and man’s knives decorated the walls. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also remembered the man with the knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He barks out the same surprised laugh he made when I threw my knife at the desk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The knife may be in the body, but exactly what is the fingerprint inside? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then, to make my point, I unsheathed a butcher knife from its marbled stand and wielded it in front of her face. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Right at his feet were two orc-archers with knives sticking in their backs. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They are invisible knives that are even more dangerous than real knives or guns. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife flies once again, this time piercing the word “stage.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the knife came, flipping over and over, straight at him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The knife had a handle of polished black bone, and a blade finer and sharper than any razor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Under them she hid three knives— one in a boot, one up a sleeve, one sheathed at the small of her back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A few had swords and knives; others brandished pitchforks and scythes and wooden spears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Stephen gives me a gun and a knife and we play war. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

First came a Swiss Army knife, a flashlight, a penlight, and a bottle of extra-strength glue, which Kate examined to be sure its lid was tightly closed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"No. Poor kid had enough beatings in his life. I spent the afternoon trying to explain to him why that knife isn't going to do him any good. It was like going ten rounds." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don't find the knives tucked in my boots. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Wisely these men choose to represent themselves with useful things—knife, bottle, matches, cooking pot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes the knife in farther, slow, and blood stains the hem of his shirt. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He groans again and spits at me but I’ve still got the knife which has now made a little cut. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ignoring him, I practice the throw again with a knife in hand but don’t release it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I come back with the requested items, and she’s already at work on the box, slicing through it with an X-ACTO knife. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“And even then he’d probably blame himself for the person having the knife to begin with, and apologize for being such a tempting target.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Wait till you see this'.” Deftly he snapped open the blade on his pocket knife, cut the cords holding the suitcase together, and the two halves fell open. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But they’ve used you as a knife sharpener,” said Ron, wincing slightly as they passed a lamp and Neville’s injuries were thrown into even greater relief. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In recent years, the scene was a weird mix of drunks, derelicts, and the occasional college students who showed up because the risk of getting a knife pulled on you sounded fun. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

People in Chiapas talk of being robbed by migrants with guns and knives. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I jam the knife in the keyhole and wiggle and twist it, with no luck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some say it eases pain to lay a knife beneath the bed.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When they saw my worn sneakers, they treated me like I might pull a knife from my back pocket and go slashing Goyas. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then, with wooden scoops and knives, they took out the pumpkin flesh and put it in a cooking pot. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A week later she said there had never been any knife at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He came to sitting on the ground and waited for the knife to strike him, almost welcoming the mortal blow for the peace it would bring. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

This, of course, frightened the couple and they immediately seized long knives and stabbed at their stomachs to stop the noise. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was no big deal to carry a knife in your back pocket. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Impulsively, I tuck both knife and acorn into my tunic. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Whoever hit him with this knife either stabbed him from close range or has an incredibly strong throwing arm. Right-handed.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Smooth row after smooth row of knives and guns. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was holding his fork and knife extra tight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The 4TH juror goes to the guard, and takes the knife from him. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fetched a bag of green grapes from the fridge and placed it on the countertop, alongside a knife and plate. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She unsheathed her knife and started cleaning the blade'with a rag. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to jump over the boulder and slash the monsters to dust with her knife...except she didn’t have it anymore. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She wanted to kick Basta, hit him, stab him in the stomach with his own knife, the brand-new knife he wore stuck in his belt. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Yossarian sank to the floor with a shriek, shutting his eyes in overwhelming terror as he saw the girl lift the knife to strike at him again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She raised her knife and slashed off the god’s horn. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stooped again and lifted up a long thin knife. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I would feel the pain that the knife inflicted as the man sawed my neck. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I was done, I handed the knife back to the man. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Market day looks like you just came out of your fallout shelter after the bomb attack: nobody there but a few old guys with car parts and knives and cookpots, hoping to trade for food. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the real reason I didn’t believe her was the knife. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He lashed out with the knife as he hit the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This was a kitchen, and if the cooks here were anything like his mother or Sister Fenella, there would be a drawer with knives in it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He spent his days at the corner of Calle San Cristóbal in Old San Juan, peeling oranges with his pocket knife and scooping out a triangular hole through which tourists could suck the sweet juice. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She tried to breathe, but it was like inhaling knives. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t drawn a blade, but I see the shine of knives under his coat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A sudden, crackling snap snap snap from the road had her on her feet with knives drawn in seconds. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The benches lining the platform were gouged with knives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I set the forks and knives on our individual place mats, these impulse buys at the corner store when our money situation was a little better than it is now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In one is a hunk of cheese, and in the other, a knife the length of my forearm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sefia gripped her knife harder, its cold curves reassuring in her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Phineas was resting his cast, which was a considerably smaller one now, on the desk and thoughtfully pressing designs into it with a pocket knife. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Dad-oh goes to bed and I’m sure he’s asleep I sneak into Devon’s room and borrow his Boy Scout knife and camping flashlight and go to the living room. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej’s knives would be waiting in the hold with her other belongings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ten or twenty board the train, armed with machetes, knives, bats, lead pipes, and pistols. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was like a knife now, rigid and straight, stabbed into the passenger seat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A picture of Zimbabwe Ruins, with a knife driven through it, was at the top, but the days were crossed off in a perfectly orderly way. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He jabbed the knife into the wood and got to his feet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, with one hand, he stroked Gwenforte, and with the other he held the knife to her soft white throat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up the man’s knife and topi that had fallen off. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Popcorn played this card to the fullest, carrying his knife in his back pocket like a second bulge. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He stares straight at the lens, the knife in his hand, poised, for the camera’s benefit, over the cake, his face shining with impending adolescence. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jack is bending down and wiping his long knife off on a younger woman’s dress. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His knives clatter to the floor, or bounce off the wall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My thumb brushes against the blade of the knife. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He himself could do something outrageous with his bowie knife and earn the love of a hundred men. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

George filled three glasses with iced tea and brought out forks, knives, and napkins. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But they also made useful and beautiful goods—copper kettles, glittering colored glass, and steel knives and hatchets—unlike anything else in New England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you see the wolves is laying in wait? Don’t you hear folk sharpening knives and waiting on you?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Her knife and fork were still going, but I caught her looking at me, then she looked at her plate again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding a knife, a corn knife, in the moonlight, and he stared into Finn’s eyes for what seemed like hours. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Peeta starts up hampered by not only the leg but the knife in his hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Going into another world,” said Will, taking out the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I surged forward and scooped up her knife. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was sure the knife would get us busted the first time we went through a metal detector. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, since my apartment, though rented as “furnished,” contained almost no kitchen items when I moved in, I was forced to acquire my own inventory of spatula, can opener, “utility knife,” broom, etc., at Wal-Mart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, he and Harry looked down at the silver hilt of the knife protruding from the elf’s heaving chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I took the large pan of potatoes that she was handing me and a knife and a wooden bowl, and I worked silently, sometimes peeling, and sometimes driving away the bothersome flies. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the work broke the crippled—it always did—and those in a state of unreason were sold off cheap or took a knife to their own throats. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The fine knife came out again and was whetted again just as carefully as it had been the first time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And for this flashlight and these boots. They’ll come in handy. And I’ll leave some money for these whittling knives, too.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A union representative tried to sway the packers: “These men will be on the killing floor of the packing plants. They will have cleavers and knives.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He lifts the knife and gets ready to hit me across the face with its handle. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In the beginning her texts were knives, slicing holes in the cocoon of motel must and diner coffee and the view of the street out my window. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Littlefinger hefted the knife lightly in his hand, testing the grip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She thought of her knives, hidden away aboard the Ferolind—maybe they could go to some other girl who dreamed of being dangerous. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She slapped his knife away, leaving his fingers numb and stinging. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully estimated the distance, closed that window, stepped forward four paces, and held up the knife again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gasp and pant for a minute and try to stop from weeping again, all the while holding the knife away from me, still stuck thru the book and the rucksack. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Me too, honey. But listen to me—they’re working some trouble out there, and it’s aimed at you—don’t ask me how. Is this the boy with the knife?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

No axes, no hammers, no weapons but knives. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Give me a knife,” was all he said. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He pushed the dead Orc to one side, then hardly daring to breathe, he drew the knot of the wrist-cord up and down against the blade of the knife. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He felt like rushing forth with the meat knife and chopping off the offending hand. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She jumped out of bed and started after him, for her very life was in that pack—food, needles, knives, even her boots. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she got up, pulled open a drawer, and threw a potato peeler and a knife in the sink The knife just missed my hand. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a knife to the jugular every. single. time. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He lets out a hiss of pain that makes me recall my knife is cold iron. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I scream so loud it scrapes my throat; I feel like knives are stabbing deeper and deeper into my right side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Impressive aim. The knife is one of a pair, correct? See this pattern painted on the bottom of the blade? It cuts off abruptly.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Readied the knife and leaned in, holding his breath. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look at her, then at Mr. Nielsen, who lifts his fork and knife and begins cutting his pork chop into small pieces. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, he mustn’t expect the knife to look exactly the same when it was mended. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Our knives and forks and spoons had to be polished, with an old toothbrush for the decorations. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her hand was a butcher knife, which she raised high over her head and brought down heavily toward the smooth neck flesh that showed above his shirt collar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still there, still book and knife and rucksack. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

At that moment the Gallivespians, too, were talking about the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get caught just hanging out in front of the building, staring through the door glass, so I pulled out my skateboard and knife pliers and pretended to tighten my wheel truck. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And there was the arsenal of course: guns, pistols, shotguns, slingshots, knives, and swords, It’s no wonder kids grow up to be killers with all that rehearsal. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Annabeth moved in on my left and tried to distract one of the heads, parrying its teeth with her knife, but another head swung sideways like a dub and knocked her into the muck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was grateful to him, this man who rented a tiny room from her father, who ate with a knife and did not even own a pair of dress shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a long, bright knife in her hand and had been busily cutting the horse free from the wreck of the hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Nhamo saw with fascination that he used a knife and fork instead of his fingers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lessons, the knives remained Celaena’s favorite, but the wooden staff became dear; naturally, it had to do with the fact that she could freely whack him and not chop off an arm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nailer cast about for his knife, saw it lying in the leaves. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The knife in the heart, the fangs in her throat, the instant of impact, and she’d bolt upright in her bed, gasping. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She gave Mam money for food, loaned us a kettle, a pot, a frying pan, knives and spoons, jam jars to be used for mugs, a blanket and a pillow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I might as well have taken a knife and carved those lines myself. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have my little knife with me, cold iron, tucked into one of the pockets of my skirt, and more salt than I reasonably need. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, slips and newspaper went to the cutter who stood before a large slanting desk and slashed out the marked items with a sharp curved knife. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose you talk us all outa this and the kid really did knife his father? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he thought he was in the right spot, he stopped and held out the knife again, feeling forward carefully. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I am. Two people with glorified butter knives ain't going to be able to take on that many shamblers, especially when a few of them look to be new turns.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Her Celestial bronze knife was strapped to her arm—the same knife I’d seen in Hestia’s vision. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And I stood there and I opened my Swiss Army knife in my pocket to make me feel safe and I held on to it tight. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She could almost feel the knife, feel something scraping everything that mattered out of her onto the cold sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some struggled with knives and forks the size of axes and shovels, some stared at their meal in perplexity. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a worn, old, yellow face and his eyes were closed and I could see a knife welt around his upturned neck as his throat threw out the song. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And when he got up, he had the knife in his hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping with easy care down the stairs of the schoolhouse, solemn, carrying his tobacco pouch, his knife at his belt, was none other than Fishtail! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The heel of his hand rested on his knife. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will sprang forward and slashed the knife at the nearest of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Any tribute, even tiny Rue, could take me right now, merely shove me over and kill me with my own knife, and I'd have little strength to resist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Exacto knife is what I use, to make a slash. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen times one prong was unfastened and a nickel fished out with a knife to provide Johnny with car-fare to get to a job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I ever need a new set of knives or the perfect exercise machine, I’ve got that information on hie. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“With that knife,” said the Chevalier, “you can cut through from one world to another, isn’t that so?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the second it took him to dash around the hatchway, she pulled the knife from her arm and struck at the big man, who staggered back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Searching through the bed, the detectives find a loaded revolver under the pillow and a knife underneath the covers. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He crept farther down the corridor, his knife held ready beside him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed like one of the rich kids Prosper had sometimes seen in expensive restaurants, sitting stiffly and eating with a knife and fork without spilling anything. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fist slung Granny over his shoulder, but Knife turned abruptly and—quick as a mamba—hurled his knife at Eye. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see any knife marks in the rubber. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull four knives from my belt, hold them out slowly so she can see, then toss them to the alley floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He looked to Ben, who generally wielded the knives in the kitchen. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I got our weapons back,” he says, offering me my knife. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And a boy, too? A boy with a knife?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, Nita obeys, putting her knife on the edge of the table right in front of her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A knife slid from her sleeve into her hand, its edge jagged as a saw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting alone at the kitchen table, a half-emptied bottle of white liquor in one fist, his knife in the other. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took the knife and skinned it instead. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the makeshift knife out of her pocket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dad held up a knife covered with mayo. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I took hold of the knife and, hoping to goad it, poked a front flipper. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and cheerful, but Amari noticed that everyone seemed to carry a weapon—a gun, a sword, a knife. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the last second, Matthias dropped into a crouch, knocking the first wolf into the dirt, then rolling right to pick up the bloodied knife the previous combatant had left in the sand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Look," gestured the first old woman, pointing with her knife. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there, staring, like I was going to whip a couple of throwing knives out from under the covers and use her for target practice. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Her hooves are sharp as knives, as you shall see.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I got my knife out and cut a green mesquite sprout. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her invisibility cap rolled off her head as she drove her bronze knife between a chink in the serpent’s scales. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She tried her knife on the surface; it made no impression at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Alicia, are you pregnant?” she asked, still standing with a cake knife poised in the air. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, while knives scraped plates and tin mugs were picked up and replaced on the ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He picks up a little piece of wood and a knife. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Of getting stabbed by an airborne knife?” says Al. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He would dream that men were coming to get him with knives and guns. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Portia’s butcher knife was stuck in his belt, and on the wide, dark road he looked so small that it was like he was five years old instead of seven. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he looked back and saw them he tried to run with the cart but it was useless and finally he stopped and stood behind the cart holding a butcher knife. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Jimmy pulled the biggest knife I ever seen—I mean, like a machete—from behind the register and started banging the blade on the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stab one knife straight into the plaster. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Those knives cut skin—open, wounded, guts spilling out for everybody to see. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It hit him that his knife was gone, forever, and the total silence of the ship seemed to press down on him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure he does. That man Jack—your Mister Frost—he was going to kill me. He’s got a knife.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Will and Lyra had said that the subtle knife was three hundred years old at least. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t he be afraid of being caught? 3RD JUROR: Look—he came home to get his knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he pulls out a knife from his coat and slashes the sail—a gash a full foot wide. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Next to me, Christina snorts, and her next knife hits the target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I opened my pocket knife and moved to the creekside, where I cut a branch from a small willow tree, a Y-branch well tufted with leaves. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I checked my denim bag, put in a bottle of antiseptic, Kevin’s large bottle of Excedrin, and an old pocket knife to replace the switchblade. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had even brought a China plate, a silver spoon, and a silver knife for himself. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He draws the knife through the air across my throat, too close for comfort. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing the final verse, the urge to weep pierced me like a knife in the gut. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It looked like the boys were teaching Ess how to scale a fish, with a knife that glinted in the sun. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be modest, kid. Horse said you flung that knife straight through the steps into that woman’s arm.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He murmurs something to my brother, then hands him Nan's largest kitchen knife. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they’re holding in their hand.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"But we'll leave part of the kill for ..." He knelt down again and was busy with his knife. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Washed-up” cut like a knife through a soft thing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the knife that the man dropped and left in the field. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

At home, on the shelf next to my basketball trophies, I have a whole city of cardboard buildings that I carved out with my X-Acto knife. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was holding the biggest knife I had ever seen. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Now he was not confused, for there was only one thing to do, and Kino’s hand went first to the great pearl in his shirt and then to his knife hanging under his shirt. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a knife on the table and I pick it up and hand it to the Fair Gwen. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She would plunge a knife into his muscled chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom clapped her hands and held up a chef’s knife. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They would swarm over them with their knives and cleavers and meat hooks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Duncan wears a fashionable riding ensemble, her hair curled and her creases knife sharp even in the humidity. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They recorded their history in fabulous tapestries that hung on the palace walls, and had skillful knives and swords and such, which they used to conquer the neighboring tribes and enslave them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad the knife was dull or she surely would’ve cut me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The next day, they went to a hardware store and bought putty knives and steel spatulas, and the decon team went to work chipping the walls and floor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The custom is to not let the sheep see the knife. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to think what I had loved knives for, but my mind slipped from the noose of the thought and swung, like a bird, in the center of empty air. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe that Violet, the one who knew where the butcher knife was and was strong enough to use it, had the hips she had lost. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held up his knife in front of her eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Will laid his knife and fork down on the tablecloth and stared at Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Miggery Sow, as I pointed out to you before, was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was shocked and astounded by her depraved subterfuge as he tore the knife from her grasp and hurled it away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She could see the knife, which was catching the moonlight, near the lamp. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer searched frantically for his knife but couldn’t see it in the dimness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guards pointed to the man with the knife, and he stepped forward. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Aunt Addie rose slowly, her eyes on the knife, then she turned and walked out of the kitchen, kicking the door wide open before her as she went. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The secretary wears a splint on his broken jaw, which, luckily, deflects the knife away from the jugular vein, but it does little to protect the rest of his skull. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He cut it at the base with a knife and handed it to me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Granny came toward me to take the knife, but I dodged her and ran into the back yard. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today it was about whether—in the case of homicide—the corpus delicti is the knife or the dead man whose death is the actual proof of the crime. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pointing down to the road with his knife, he beckoned Cornflower and Ambrose with his well-sucked paw to come and see something. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He passes a knife from his left hand to his right hand, and I see nothing but his eyes as the second knife hits the target above my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tense my fingers, about to grab the knife handle, but he doesn’t come close enough. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a command, not a request, emphasized by the decorative-but-deadly-looking knife balanced in his hand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

While the knives sliced away behind her, her somewhat irritable expression softened. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He is of middle age, cloaked in excremental mud, crabbing slowly along the knife tip of a cliff, his thin hair uncombed and hanging wet across his face. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tears sprang to her eyes as she sheathed the knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Without her, Lanre’s life was nothing but a burden, and the power he had taken up lay like a hot knife in his mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When we got back from church, I went into the kitchen of the manor-house, where Mary was cooking the dinner and John cleaning the knives, and I said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel hungry, but when our food arrived I picked at my veggie burger with a knife and fork to make it look like I was eating more than I could actually stomach. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And Ares, well, he sat on his chrome-and-leather throne, glowering at me while he sharpened a knife. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And I have my knife raised over Aaron. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He smirked, then lifted his knife and drove it for her gut. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Piper explained what she’d seen in the knife—the man in purple with a goblet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They think we will attack them with shiny knives. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just like when you stormed up to fight the Erudite with only a... a pocket knife to protect yourself.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the knife in my right hand, my left hand out and ready, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Go at him with a hatchet in each hand and a knife between my teeth? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every step feels like I’m walking on knives. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

What I want this year is a hunting knife like the one Ben carries on the back of his belt. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The slender knife was held rigidly in his right hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find knives and forks in the odds-’n’- ends bin and glue them so it looks like they are attacking the bones. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got to cook me something and get my head a little straighten I got potatoes, carrots, garlic, and olive oil, put a knife on the counter, and set myself on the stool. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Citra was ready to hurl herself in front of her to block the blade, but instead of swinging the knife, the man held out his other hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“And a knife? And a cup? And a brooch?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I gathered the few things I would take with mean extra shirt, the flashlight, a knife, my notebook and pencil—and put them in the burlap sack. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And I could feel the hand that was holding the knife shaking even though I wasn’t shaking it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to use her knife now. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He also had a knife in his hand. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He dropped the knife and hugged his left hand to himself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will said, “If we’ve got to get the knife from that man, we need to know more about him. He’s not going to just give it to us, is he?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he was delighted to see Toomer fold his pocket knife and motion him to come outside the school bus. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” he wailed with a shudder, and he knocked the knife out of her hand with a sharp downward blow on her wrist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He comes to with a gasp, slashing blindly with his knife. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At the police station, he is strip-searched, and an unlikely collection of items, including cash, a compass, a pocket- knife, and a newspaper clipping of Lincoln’s second inaugural address, are found in his pockets. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nine months earlier, an intruder wielding a knife had somehow managed to jump a fence and barge through this same door, running through the State Floor before being tackled by a Secret Service officer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She says she feels sick to her stomach just thinking about putting her dissecting knife through its skin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of it were two snarling men, rolling on the ground, a knife between them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Those are clean cuts around his ankles. His tendons were snapped by a knife, to keep him from running.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a line running clean ’cross his forehead that was so straight it looked like someone had took a measuring stick then cut along it with a knife. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Others, like me, thought: knife wound, bear attack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Shorty straightened up, removed a hunting knife from the leather belt-sheath tucked into his back pocket, quickly skinned the coyote, and walked back to the horse with the pelt tucked under his arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Involuntarily, Dustfinger put his hand to his belt, as if he were afraid that Basta’s knife could call out to its master. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“To think that I... that I thought—” She drew her knife. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The few cooking pots and bowls were stacked on a little shelf formed by the rocks, with chopsticks, a single spoon, and Crane-man’s knife in a neat row. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And then I saw her pull up her sleeve and pull out a sharp knife. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife clattered to the floor, but George didn’t try to get it. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

As we head to the platform, I grip my wrist like someone has cut me with a knife. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The next day she took out her man’s knife and cut blocks of snow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he climbs to his feet and slides the big knife behind the trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"A knife, perhaps. A good sharp one, and a bold man to wield it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With one stroke from the brick, he punctures the can with the tip of the knife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It had been six months since the funeral, and the loss of Aunt Queen still cut him like a sharp, jagged knife. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then she doused the coals and carved away the blackened bits with Uncle Kufa’s knife. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the side of the hill, just a few yards away, was one of those openings made by the subtle knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he found the perfect sapling, he hacked it off with the knife blade and sharpened the end. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He slashed out with the knife, as the Sleer twined about him, and in a huge crushing movement, engulfed the man Jack in its coils. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

All the while she’d been chopping fruit, and she made a broad gesture with her knife. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Give me one good reason,” I say, knife still hovering, eyes still on him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, having nothing to do, I collected my two eggs, my half chicken, and my knife and walked slowly down the road to the store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I found a sharp knife and heated it on the cookstove. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The woman looked down and seemed surprised to find the knife in her hand. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a mean slash on your shoulder, Jess,” he said, then took out his knife and began cutting away the fur from the wound. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He pauses with his knife against a piece of bread, a glob of butter waiting to be spread, and stares at the table. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor was looking at his neck as anxiously as if she feared Basta’s knife may have left its mark there after all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lower the knife away from my face and bring it down near the ground. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Big Pinch received a small knife and Baby Neewo one tiny piece of velvet to lay against his soft cheek. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Powell wound his arm around Robinson’s neck in a choke hold, and the sergeant braced himself for the knife that was sure to follow at any moment. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The witch saw her and turned up her tear-stained face, and Serafina bent to kiss it and slid her knife gently into the witch’s heart. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knife with a smooth wooden handle, and she used it to peel the skin of a round, red fruit; inside was juicy orange flesh that tasted both sweet and tart. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hears of atrocities: knives, a rifle to the chest, beatings with tree limbs, demands for shoes and money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Didn’t pull away, just watched, black eyes begging as the knife cut into her brown skin. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“We’ll even throw in a set of free steak knives, but you have to act now. Operators are standing by.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At first Alice was startled, but then that passed, and when she found some unsuspected present the garden smile flashed and disappeared the way a trout crosses a knife of sunshine in a pool. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My head is ringing, and I am scrambling for my knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I yell and with my free arm I’m already reaching for my knife and bringing it round toward the birthmark’s hand, slicing it across the top. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They were thirty feet away—much too far to reach the elevator—but Leo pulled out a screwdriver and chucked it like a throwing knife. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He put the paper into the furnace and the knife into his pocket. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lunged at her with the knife and she grasped my hand and tried to twist the knife loose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A knife rests in one hand like it's an extension of his body, and he holds the torch in his other. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were knifing their oars into the water rather than digging into it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And once a man who had been stabbed, ejected from a moving car with a knife in his back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of my brothers stowed guns in their packs but I had only a small knife, and even so my pack was as big as me by the time we’d finished. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I asked Lieutenant Carroll if he thought I could get a knife in the mail. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a brown shirt like mine, no scars on his head, a book in one hand, and a knife in the other. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I brought her home from the hospital and thought: All those knives. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” she replied, “but not with those Gypsies so close by. They’ll see and come running with their knives again.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Cole opened it to find a large hunting knife in a leather sheath. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They eyed the wolves uncertainly, and when Summer returned to Hali's corpse to feed, Joseth dropped his knife and scrambled for the bush, heaving. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I know you have a knife somewhere. Where is it?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But still the book gave her no answers, and however much she read, however skilled she became with a knife and a bow, she seemed no closer to fulfilling her vow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I’d like to cut his yellow heart out,” Bigger said, fingering the knife in his pocket. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He even remembered to wipe the knife clean of fingerprints. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I’ve been messing with the weapons, Peeta’s been squatting on the ground, drawing something with the tip of his knife on a large, smooth leaf he brought from the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn't even occurred to me, but she was right I had turned sixteen this morning—the same morning I’d made the choice to give Luke the knife. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He jabbed the blade of the knife into the wood, pulled it out, and jabbed it in again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He slashed the wire free with the serrated back of his work knife. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He took out his knife and whittled some thin strips of bark off one of the sticks he'd gathered, to serve as kindling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Holding a knife, I contemplate a rabbit carcass slung over a hook on the wall, waiting to be cut open and skinned for the stew. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“We thought you knew what you were doing!” shouted Ron, standing up, and his words pierced Harry like scalding knives. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The knife could mean the difference between life and death. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liza lifted the pale sheet of it and laid it over one of the pie tins and trimmed the edges with a knife. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the Villac Uma took a tumi, a ceremonial knife, from his pouch, I noticed that the sacrifice of a llama was different without an audience to impress. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I would like to have a knife like that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long table cuts through the middle of the room like a knife. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I looked closely to see who it was, one hand close enough to the kitchen knives to pull one easily, just in case. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Given how deep the knife had gone, her Saints must have been guiding Nina’s hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There, first, they dropped their cloaks on chairs; then came their ritual: putting great rams and fat goats to the knife— pigs and a cow, too. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard her and turned, knife in hand and eyes ablaze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“And don’t get any silly ideas: The boy will keep his knife pressed at your bookworm friend’s chest until you’re back here with us.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I reach instinctively for the knife at my belt before I see who my attacker is. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He’d carve notches on our stick with his knife, one notch for each loaf of naan he’d pull for us from the tandoor s roaring flames. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux looked for a long moment into Mig’s small, concerned eyes and then there came a blinding flash and the sound of metal moving through air as Mig brought the kitchen knife down, down, down. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in doing what you intend, you also do what the knife intends, without knowing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I shall find thee a piece of soft pine and will lend thee my knife. ’Tis sharp and of good steel. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Vivi pokes at her venison and then licks blood from her knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he took the knife and cut the smallest possible window he could see through, no larger than the circle he could make with thumb and forefinger. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Not running from the dog suggests Dauntless, but so does taking the knife, which you didn’t do.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

No matter how sharp the knife, the two pieces have unequal cross sections. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he straightens up again, he’s holding a large knife. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She took the knife from my throat and held it at my side instead, then grabbed me by the collar. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Annabeth glared at me, and I started to wish I hadn’t asked her about this while she was holding a knife. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I played alone in the back yard, bouncing a rubber ball off the fence, drawing figures in the soft clay with an old knife, or reading what books I found about the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Of course you do," said the woman in the red dress, and her fidgeting fingers brushed the black knives impatiently, as if there were something she could not wait to be doing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Will said, “This place where the dead are. Is it a world like this one, like mine or yours or any of the others? Is it a world I could get to with the knife?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The millet was reaped with stone knives, piled into haystacks, and threshed to obtain the seeds, which were then stored in skin bags or wooden dishes and finally ground with millstones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The nose was as sharp as a knife, and above the nose there were two bright flashing eyes, and the eyes were staring straight at Sophie. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife was good for cutting between worlds, but it couldn’t abolish distance within them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The old man wiped the blade of his knife and laid down the oar. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma slices off a juicy wedge of fruit and passes it to me on the knife’s blade. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Suppose that all this time, little by little, Dust had been leaking out of the wounds the subtle knife had made in nature... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On top of the counter was a wooden block that held all of the large, sharp knives in the kitchen. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge seemed to be making some sort of snare out of kite string, a tennis racket and a hunting knife. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Agravaine, hiding has eyes with the free hand, flinched from the knife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their usual weapons were sticks, short lengths of chain, and an occasional knife. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

His dad had guided Nailer’s hand, setting the knife against the goat’s jugular. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian cut the release wire with his augur’s knife. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The moon was a crescent, thin and sharp as the blade of a knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas followed, falling into line between Teresa and Chuck, hefting a big wooden spear with a knife tied at its tip. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I grab Mateo and we jet because Peck and his people are here to kill and were the ones most likely to find a knife in our necks or bullets in our heads. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She admitted that in Little Rock nobody was going to give me a knife or let me anywhere near the pie of abundance. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Not with knitting needles or garden shears, or knives purloined from the kitchen, and especially not when we are pregnant. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s near me now and she reaches out her hand and puts it on my arm, the one still holding the knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached Too Bad’s house, it felt like someone was shoving a knife into them. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a few more breaths and then I reach up and take the knife from her fingers and cut the cord Aaron bound her wrists with. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I think again of the knife at my back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The man yelled and let go of the knife. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalena demanded her child back and pulled out a knife to show she meant business. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all turned to look at her, the boys shirtless and small against the walls of raspberries, Carl bent at the knees, his knife in hand, a giant with a russet beard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The guards provide our old weapons, as well as knives and a burlap sack that’s meant for a game bag. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

You had to use a knife to cut them open. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would go after Jan. The “Red” he had signed to the letter and the hammer and curving knife would make them look for Communists. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His crime was an anchor weighing him safely in time; it added to him a certain confidence which his gun and knife did not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A new Barlow knife for me, a new Buck knife for Joseph. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was ready to get to work with his knife, when Portia turns everything upside down again and the judge ends up freeing Antonio. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Still, the goblins surrounded them, jabbing at them with short swords and knives, forcing them back toward the balcony railing and the darkness beyond it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

So, after he arrived at his guesthouse, the magistrate secretly ordered one of his servants to return to the grocer's home and stab the girl with a knife. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The knife flies from Chandresh’s hand, blade over handle, spinning in perfect revolutions through the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“In our dormitory! With a knife! Woke me up!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She roasted the bacon and washed up the mugs and knives and sprinkled fleabane about to keep the fleas down. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa helps me sharpen them with his knife, and he doesn’t question me about my writing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But I don't know how you get rid of knife grinders. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The holes in it marked the progress of his emaciation and the leather at one side had a lacquered look to it where he was used to stropping the blade of his knife. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And he took the knife from the rucksack and rested the edge against the front of the helmet, and sliced off a corner as if he were cutting butter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With their sharpest kitchen knife, she whittled the pencils into points. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the knives inside her, twisting and ripping. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t use them as a knife. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t like being without her knives any more than he liked being without his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On a normal day, with no knife wound, I never would’ve let a detail like that go unnoticed. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

That same morning I had gone to get his water from the pond—in the same general direction as the store—and reappeared carrying things of mine, milk can and knife. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As her knife moved nimbly over the wood, shavings drifted down the steps, mixing in with Tiller’s wood chips. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When you arrived, he wasn’t there, so you practiced: side punch, knife hand block, roundhouse kick. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mas free hand picks up a knife and in one swift moment, the sharp edge slices into the bird’s neck, silencing it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I oathed in with the Kings and Brick gave me my knife, I showed it to T right away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Peeta takes the lead, cutting through the patches of dense vegetation with his long knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Big Ma, I could skin a potato with a paring knife without wasting a scrap of white potato. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I draw the knife out of the ground. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The tall one flicks out a pocket knife. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She carried a book on famous classical architecture, written in Ancient Greek, to read when she got bored, and a long bronze knife, hidden in her shirt sleeve. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt beside it and with his knife carved a hole at one end. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Out of nowhere Pima lunged, her knife flashing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha! Well, I guess I better not try to prove you wrong. Pilate might be back with her knife.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For now, she pressed her lips together tightly and set her knife and fork down in a neat X across her plate. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Taking my hunting knife from its sheath on my belt, I kneel down to dig but whoop instead. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted around in his seat, and for the last time, Alex saw the hideous smile that the circus knife had torn through his cheeks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Guns, ammo, knives, and an assortment of other tactical tools, some of which I don’t even recognize. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We’d attend a formal banquet in the ballroom, eating with forks and knives coated in gold. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He pointed the knife at the horde of Grievers; a flash glinted off the blade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I start to ask, but Chantal sends knives at me with her eyes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Inside, she dropped the fish into the sink and grabbed a knife. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He whacked at the bone with the knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Knife held the Scout knife up to admire the dragons before shoving it into his belt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Did he actually try to drive the knife into the force field the way Peeta did by accident? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Duntz, not to be diverted, reminds him, “Hickock had the knife. You had the gun. How did you get into the house?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grip on the knives tightens and his knuckles turn white as he turns to face Al. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

An Yi read aloud, “‘Although teachers do not hold bombs or knives, they are still dangerous enemies. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him about crawling across the train in the night with a knife in my teeth and murder on my mind. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Kino carried a bundle in his left hand, but the big knife swung free in his right hand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down replacing the blade in the sheath. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Charles laid his knife and the bread on the table and placed his hands palm down on either side. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He knew you’d be scared if he were holding a knife, so he gave it to you.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And so while Mig held the knife pointed in the direction of the princess, the Pea sat and let the rat crawl over her back, doing her buttons up for her, one by one. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She reached into her robe, producing the most awful looking knife the man had ever seen, but her arm was grabbed by the scythe in blue before she could use it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Not the marriage proposal, the summit conquered, the first shot fired, nor the last one either—the treaty at Appomattox, the knife in the heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time the man fell more heavily, and his right hand with the knife in it came down on the lead at Will’s feet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around me the pots clanked, knives stomped, and the sound of sizzling steak swirled through the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And he hurtled drunkenly at Riddle, wand and knife held aloft. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The men pulled their dugout canoes onto the river’s sandy bank and started chopping through the thick vegetation with machetes and knives to make their way around the main rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Lyra was crouching paralyzed against the wall, but Will still had the knife in his hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using her man’s knife, she turned up the edges, tied them in place, and let the cup freeze in the air. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man pressed the flat side of the knife harder against my neck. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He breathes deeply—I watch his chest rise—and, as he exhales, accepts the knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She sprang outside, wielding a giant knife, a panga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he twisted and kicked and twisted again, but that hand wouldn’t let go; and since it was his right arm being held, he couldn’t get at the knife. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quietly, ever so quietly, he slips a knife from the kitchen drawer, thrusts it into the hall closet lock, jabs it hard, upward, once, jimmies open the door. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there afraid to move, aware of the knife stuck in the arm of the chair across the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her Swiss Army knife’s not here, which I would expect no matter where she was going. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got out the blood sausage, fried it up, and set out glasses, plates, knives and forks, and two bottles of wine. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Thus, as I stood dreamily by the stoop, twirling a switchblade knife between my trembling hands, oblivious to the world around me, I thought of killing myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her knife skittered across the carbon fiber and disappeared over the side. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the catch in his voice, and it knifes through me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He had taken out the knife Dorotea had given him and was staring at it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

And she means to gut me with that knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Phoebe tapped on them with the butt of her knife - a complicated series of knocks like Morse code. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even if we could catch it, we do not know how we would slaughter it since we do not have a knife. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A tongue as sharp as a paper knife. But I warn you, if you harm Meggie I'll do the same to your beloved books.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

With unexpected speed, he reared back and threw the knife at Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Her question was a knife that slid neatly between my ribs and left me bleeding. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

So I crawl away to the farthest corner and stay there, my eyes glued on him, my hand grasping the knife—ready, if he stirs, to spring at him again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Amaka put the yam slices in a plastic bowl, I offered to help peel them and she silently handed me a knife. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Standing, she drew her knife in one smooth movement and flung it at the nearest tree, burying it point-first in the trunk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each individual had to understand how to make a stone knife, how to mend a torn cloak, how to lay a rabbit trap, and how to face avalanches, snakebites or hungry lions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were brawny and surly, and their faces bore the scars of the knife fights that were common among gang members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn Madden tossed her knife, right at me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The next section of Charlie’s letter was sliced out by the censor’s knife. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I uncapped Riptide, and Annabeth pulled her knife; but before my sword was even out of pen form, Kelli pounced on Rachel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Carefully, with the tip of his tongue between his teeth, he was gouging his name in the wood of the dresser with his knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was so crowded that evening it was difficult to maneuver knives and forks. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Now that wretched fellow will haunt me in my dreams, and every time I hear something rustling out in my garden at night I will feel his knife at my throat.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Where you can find danger or be it; where you can fight till you drop and smile at the knife when it misses and when it doesn’t. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cloud looked so solid, I’d have sworn I could jump on it like a feather bed, and yet the plane cut through it as easily as a hot knife in butter. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when he had eaten enough, he sauntered over to another part of the lion’s house and found a large knife. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And also I always have my Swiss Army knife in my pocket and it has a saw blade which could cut a man’s fingers off. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like the other boys, I learned how to fight with knives and spears and clubs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the other, he had taken from the table a sharp instrument like a knife. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sayle leaned forward and yanked the knife out of the chair. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I drag myself out of my bag, make sure my knife is secured in my belt, and begin to make my way up the tree. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Stabbing my ear with a knife and taunting me and yelling at me more than you yell at anyone else, it sure is helpful.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Of course, no knife could be sharp enough, the pie is too crumbly, and the atom would in any case be too small to see unaided. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time in that strange world through which she’d come to get here, the subtle knife was invented. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Seeing her rise, he wiped down the knife with a cloth and sheathed it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He loosened his belt from under his cloak, and took from it the two sheathed knives. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The knife scar on his cheek was a pretty strong clue that the men my grandfather was chasing were not model citizens. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They got rid of everything that had to be eaten with a knife, spoon, or fork. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

My knife is gone, and I look around wildly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ekon fell to his knees, his back arching as pain pulsed through him in agonizing waves, like a thousand knives pricking every inch of his skin at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Each thunk of the knife rang out loud in the silence of the kitchen. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear the sound of whetstones being drawn along blades as some of the other Marines sitting on the decks behind us honed their already razor-sharp knives and bayonets. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benny Maestas was still staring at his knife with the dried blood on the tip. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reappears in ratty sweatpants and the baggiest sweater I’ve ever seen, plops down in her desk chair, and shoots knives at me from her honey-colored eyes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And when Kino saw this knife his eyes lighted up, and he fondled the blade and his thumb tested the edge. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the knife free of him somehow, raised it, and brought it down again into his back. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The knife flew through the air and Joseph picked this man up by the neck and the crotch and threw him into the third man, knocking him sprawling. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

She looks up from the knife and right at me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the knife and hacked a chunk out of the fish’s belly. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aggo grabbed her hair and pressed a knife to her throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He ran to the cabin and returned with the knives. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He kept the knife and the spear by his side. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He took out two brand-new hoes, a knife with the hilt wrapped in copper wire, a length of dress-cloth, and a small amount of real money. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled a very small smile, and then she folded up the knife and put it back in the pocket of her shorts. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind,” said Meggie, whereupon Paula took a huge knife, cut an enormous piece of cake, and put it on the table in front of her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The birthmark is cursing and he raises his arm to strike but I’ve got my knife out in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The old woman had been chopping vegetables, and she was holding a very large, shiny knife when she turned to see the three visitors enter her home. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

If Day hit Metias’s shoulder, then how did the knife end up in my brother’s chest? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Before the shock turns into chaos, Mr. A. H— gently removes the silver-handled knife from Herr Thiessen’s chest and then he stands and walks away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t throw the knife faster than Hatchet could pull the trigger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They cut their daemons off with a big knife! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, he kept his hunting knife in the tin box that had stored our biscuits. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very well, I’ll untie you, but he can stay in his chains,” he said, and dropped the scarf back in the drawer before cutting her bonds with a clasp knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Feeling curious, he took out the knife and cut a small window in front of where he was sitting. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On one occasion, I found a beautiful knife stuck in the bark of a sycamore tree, forgotten by a careless fisherman. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the waiting men had a knife hanging from his belt. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Jack slammed his knife into a trunk and looked round challengingly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And Will darted back to the gutter, and picked up the knife, and the fight was over. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes moved toward the hunting knife that had been slung over the mosquito-net bar by the dead man the day he arrived. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There is a scrimshaw knife with an etching of a great white and a message in a bottle in its stomach on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I know that if he can throw a knife so that it hits just the tip of my ear, he can fire accurately at the Dauntless soldiers who ambush us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a little of everything: suitcases, briefcases, bags, knives, dishes, banknotes, papers, faded portraits. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kino slowly drew his big knife to his hand and made it ready. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knife in his hand suddenly, its blade thin as her little finger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He left them gifts—an ax, a knife, and a string of red beads. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

They went along a short corridor with doors on the right and a canteen on the left, from which came a clatter of knives and forks, and voices, and more cooking smells. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I also free the knife -it's a fine one with a long sharp blade, serrated near the handle, which will make it handy for sawing through things -and slide it into my belt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When my doctor told me that I had a really bad deviated septum, it seemed like a good excuse to go under the knife. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When the girls were three feet in front of the boys, Sula reached into her coat pocket and pulled out Eva’s paring knife. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the stern he turned so that his left hand held the strain of the line across his shoulders and drew his knife from its sheath with his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I considered it weeks later, it seemed I had made a thousand mistakes, driven a thousand knives into the heart of my own family. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He measured the length of his knife with his fingers and then held it against the old man’s neck. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He checked that the knife was strapped to his belt, and Lyra put on her little rucksack with the alethiometer and the letters from Will’s father. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Patience, young one, patience. Let us take stock and review the facts. Lend me your knife for a moment.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And I don’t even know how but I’ve got him on his back and the point of my knife held up under his chin. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The fellow came at him with a knife and he called out fire and lightning, just like Taborlin the Great.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No knives either, or hot breath and knotted neck muscles. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dead man in the path and Kino’s knife, dark bladed beside him, convinced her. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or take the knife, what—just because he—found one like it? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they were fascinated by the Swiss Army knife that was Mary’s most valuable possession. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Let him tag along. What's the harm? And he's handy with that knife." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grin went over to one of the display cases and took out a knife, razor sharp with a serrated edge. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But, all Saints, she wanted to put a knife through something. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Get ready,” he said as he put the fighting knife to the seals. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This time, it wasn’t like knives, but fire, burning across his skin, scalding him from the inside. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Matilda cried and she burst into the room, brandishing her knife. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The man waved the knife at her threateningly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Was becoming pretty just the bait to get everyone under the knife? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He looked so angry, Thomas wouldn’t have been surprised if the kid came at him with a knife. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He held a knife up to her and told her not to scream, but she did anyway and he ran off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, it wasn’t a knife, but clustered together like that, the jagged points of the broken pins could do some damage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her knife falls through what sounds like potatoes, the blade striking the wooden cutting board beneath. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The story ended with the man sitting on a mountain of pearls, knife in hand, weeping helplessly into the cup with his beloved wife’s slain body in his arms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there a sharp knife in this house?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A knife sheath had been knotted to a belt loop on his work pants, but no knife was in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lyra shrank to the ground at once, covering her ears, and Will, knife in hand, crouched over her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I held my key like a knife and I scratched. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Did he remember the man with the knife? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone married, but eighteen years later he went insane and murdered her, using a gun and knife, the same type of weapons Booth carried the night he killed Abraham Lincoln. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the creature she’d seen in her knife blade, the bull with the human face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I shout Helene a warning and have barely enough time to bring my knife up before a dark shape hurtles out of the trees. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The twenty-five thousand international fans in the stands—a good portion of them Americans—rose and cheered them as their bow knifed across the line a full twenty feet ahead of the British shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In my head I try to concentrate on all the different parts of my body in case he’s already done something to me with a knife. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I never actually thought it would be useful, knowing what a bread knife is and where to put it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was okay for a strange man to put a knife at my throat, but it wasn’t okay for us to speak to a little girl playing in the back of her house? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

During those days of waiting, he did not make his bed, or sweep, or shake out the little rag-braid rug, and almost forgot to slash with his fish knife the passing day on his calendar. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The man didn’t have anything in his hands: no knife, no belt, no willow whip. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re lucky she didn’t put a knife in you while you were asleep.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias nodded, and the bronze girl took a knife to the ropes binding him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Alice waited this time, in the month of March, for the woman with the knife. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the butcher knife Ma cut the big, orange-colored pumpkins into halves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well a knife grinder's been coming to Black Swan Green every October for years. Couldn't be sure if it's the same one without seeing him, but I'd imagine he probably is.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, if I've wounded an animal with an arrow, it's better to get a knife into it, too, before I approach it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

You began to cry, and I wanted to turn around and tell you it was all just a bad dream, but I was fully occupied with keeping Basta’s knife away from me with Capricorn’s sword. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I finally decided that, since they were not carrying knives or rifles and since my new mother hugged them, they probably were not debils. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the knife, and cut a length of twine, and came back into the room again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The knife she uses is sharp and bright, and tempting. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael and his archers tried to retreat, but Annabeth stayed right beside me, fighting with her knife and mirrored shield as we slowly backed up the bridge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She has her cane, Etienne’s coat, the two cans, the knife, the brick. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I try to remember the night I faced Metias—the moment when he had his gun pointed at me and I had my knife pointed at him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They loved their knives and did terrible things with them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sat where I was, watching him, feeling frightened, and suddenly very much aware of my knife, of how quickly I could reach it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said to Raymond, “take him on man to man and give me your gun. If the other one moves in, or if he draws his knife, I’ll let him have it.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He hit only meat and the hide was set hard and he barely got the knife in. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife glinted in the dull light of the apartment. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

And then the man took out a knife. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Tools are tucked along the tops of my boots, too—sticks of dynamite, lock picks—and an assortment of knives are strapped to my right thigh. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wielded the word like a knife; it came out of his mouth sharp with loathing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Archer raised the knife and stabbed the man who’d tackled him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It takes what feels like a lifetime to get the rucksack straps off my arms and finally be able to cast the knife and the whole mess aside. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Because of the knife. Where’s the nearest one? Tell me! I want to kill it!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t have been accidental—that knife went straight through Metias’s heart. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

"No," I blurt, extending the knife back to him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The door squealed open and it was broad day, sunlight like a knife in the eyes, bright and frightening. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anya had a knife in her pocket already—she had been using it to craft the sukkah’s walls—and she figured that was all she needed for gathering branches. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then a knife was at his throat, a bearded face so close to his that he could count the man’s nose hairs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. White dropped the bloody handkerchief on the floor, slid the knife back into its sheath, and stood up to face us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I reach behind my back for the knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He put his finger up and made like he cut his throat with a knife. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Our relationship couldn’t continue to balance, as it did, on the point of a knife. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He sharpened a quill with his small pen knife to scribe these things in sloe or lampblack? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

One of the things he wanted to start screaming about was the surgeon’s knife that was almost certain to be waiting for him and everyone else who lived long enough to die. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Deftly waving his knife, the hare split the lion’s skin from one end to the other and pushed him out of it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

With the other hand, my grandfather stabbed the knife into the bull, below its ear, then pulled down and around to the other ear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, probably. They might want to use the knife, though. They might come after us for that.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I considered taking a kitchen knife of some kind instead, but I thought one big enough to be effective would be too hard to hide. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In one hand he held the spear, in the other the charred knife blade. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Taking her knife, she pushes it into the prisoner’s stomach. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what the pig in the pen says when his brother gets knifed for dinner.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rest were crowded around the pit at the far end of the room, where a pair of naked men were slashing at each other with knives whilst the watchers cheered them on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We ran twelve extractor loads through the whole system—all the way from the uncapping knife to the bottling tank. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved his hand at a painted wooden gladiator, then turned to a machine that looked like an oversized rolling pin studded with knives. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I allow myself to be guided from the room, my hand going automatically to assure myself that my knife is still strapped to my hip. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Schiem collared a young pig and carried it off a ways, where he killed and dressed it using a long knife from his bag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You don’t use this kind of knife that way. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who wound his watch carved a small piece of wood with his knife. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Kaede shifted the knife from her right hand to her left, and back again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"He won't stop fighting . . . And thanks for getting rid of his knife." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crosses the room and slams the point of a knife so hard into the table that it sticks there, handle toward the ceiling. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then, and only then, did Uncle Charlie put the huge carving knife to the goose. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His stomach had been ruined after he was stabbed in a knife fight, though I couldn’t imagine him angry. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The younger men were gathered at another table, where Pyp had stabbed a turnip with his knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had seen him whittling, worrying blocks of pine with his curved carving knives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

At his name, Homer threw the lantern at the man holding the knife. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Small knives hung from either side of his belt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Serving trays and forks and knives went into the sack. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Bigger ” “I ain’t asking you but once more to shut up!” he said, pushing the knife out of the way so he could write. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If there were no such empty spaces, no void, the knife would encounter the impenetrable atoms, and the apple could not be cut. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then took his pocket knife and cut off a piece about six inches long...then took a match from his pocket and lighted the end.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then I find a cloak and strap on my knives. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She stopped using her married name and removed the fine gold wedding ring that he had placed on her finger twenty years before, on that memorable night when Barrabas was assassinated with a butcher’s knife. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ser Jorah broke the dry mud with his knife, pried the chunks from the flesh, peeled off the leaves one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The monster stared down at the knife that had just run him through horn behind. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She held it between her teeth while she used her knife to cut through the fabric of the pack itself and made a strip of the leather. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hold up the knife in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

If anything, hope will knife me when I’m not looking. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“A man stole water from another man and cut his arm with a knife. Papa’s trying to stop the bleeding.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Put that knife up, Red. Use your fists or nothin’ at all,” his brother warned. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I take out my knife and cut it into pieces. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was a move only the quickest and most skilled knife fighter could’ve managed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Tialys was looking closely at the knife handle, but he wasn’t touching it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Raesa and Tulan, like Pol, had quivers strapped to their backs and hunting knives at their waists; they carried their bows and moved with a stealth that Kaede knew she could not match. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Reaching into my pocket, I remove my knife to finally clean it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She only hesitated a moment before she took the knife and began to carve. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Shady took a knife from his pocket, cut a chunk of sausage, and squinted across the field at Sheriff Dean. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And just as the knife cuts through, I shove the end of the branch as far away from me as I can. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The woman waited, her knife hooked downward, her gloved left hand raised to protect her neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In one hand, I remember, he carried a green apple, a small paring knife in the other. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press the tip of the knife against his skin so he can feel the bite. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The knife slid to the ground with a sharp ping against the tile. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Eurytion lounged at a picnic table, picking his fingernails with a knife. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And then she saw how he hooked his amulet neck-string about the horn handle of his great knife, so that it hung down in front of him and left both hands free. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basta threw his knife at it, as if he could skewer not just the lizard but the cowardice that had seized them all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Been in a lot of knife fights, have you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But he has the knife. He is the one who can use it.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Conquering the circumciser’s knife made me feel that I could conquer all the challenges that would ever come my way. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Said he, cutting them short: “Friends, no luck lies in that plan for us, no luck, knifing the lad. Let’s think of feasting.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife from last night had made a straight cut about two handspan across. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After making a small fire, I cut the paper bag with the scissors in Alice’s Swiss Army knife and fold it into a box. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced over my shoulder, expecting someone to be standing there with a knife. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I made swords out of branches, sharpening the tips with a steak knife stolen from the kitchen. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

All Atzerodt had to do was knock on his door and the moment Johnson opened it, plunge the knife into his chest or shoot him dead. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I throw my knife at the oncoming mutt but the creature somersaults, evading the blade, and stays on its trajectory. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Valerian, and he has a long, curving knife in one hand and a smile every bit as sharp pulling at his mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma hunkered in the grass with a butcher knife to carve it into cakes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I sharpened, I imagined using the knife to cut through the ropes that tied us to New York. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grigori’s knife slashed through the air centimeters from my face, close enough that I felt it whish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With a kitchen knife, he hacked Shin’s middle finger off just above the first knuckle. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

With a roar of rage, Morfin leapt out of his chair and ran at Ogden, brandishing his bloody knife and firing hexes indiscriminately from his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

For a month after that I took a kitchen knife to bed with me each night, hiding it under my pillow so that when Aunt Addie came I could protect myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve been guided here, both of us—you with the knife, and me to tell you about it.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she knew that even if the knives were not poised above her optic nerve, she would attend to her nephews only out of duty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A great knife of pain ripped down her back, and she felt her skin tear open and smelled the stench of burning blood and saw the shadow of wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Here and there SS officers sat apart, at their own tables, chatting, laughing, drinking French wine, and attacking beefsteaks or sauerbraten with knives and forks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Bigger walked slowly past Doc, looking at him, not hurrying, and holding the open knife in his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Knives that are not in the kitchen are bad knives. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A Fabrikator on parem probably could have turned the chain into a set of steak knives and had time for a cup of coffee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But Will didn’t touch the knife: he held his palm close by, and the heat was still too great for his hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a wonderful knife with a gold-washed blade and red dragons curled around the handle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wood was damp but he shaved the dead bark off with his knife and he stacked brush and sticks all about to dry in the heat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Anyone who does otherwise, either out of timidity or because of bad advice, is always obliged to keep his knife in his hand. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He grasped the rifle even as he wrenched free his knife. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to show me how to close the openings that the knife makes.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We laughed about a trip the whole family had taken to another park last spring, when Ji-yong had dropped the knife out of a rowboat so we had to eat our apples without peeling them. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each man kept a spoon and a knife. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They ate fish out of cans and used knives and forks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in the darkness while he shaved sticks into a pile with his knife and broke up the small branches with his hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The plants were too green, the sky too blue, the road too black, like a scar knifed into the landscape. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Will hid his rucksack and buckled on the knife before clambering down through the rainbows with Ama. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My heart thumping in my ears, I recognize it as a butter knife from the dining hall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Every step sent knives through her thighs, but she made herself cross the room.1 She drank two cups of water, and was nibbling on an olive when the knock came. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Crane-man put down his knife, leaned back, and crossed his arms. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Encanis, whose voice was like a knife in the minds of men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Your boy T stood with us. I gave him a knife, you know. He was coming over." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She’s holding a plastic knife and a stack of plates, and she seems to be making a point of not looking at Nick or Abby. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Nat laid down his knife and fork and sat staring at the flickering lights of the candles. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juanita put the knife down and shook a cramp out of it in the semidarkness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I crept up to the lifeboat and I gathered from the locker one of the fishing kits, the knife and a bucket for my catch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I answered, “Right. But if he doesn’t draw his knife, you can’t shoot.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Robert jab the knife out at me, then make like he slice it sideways. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He gathered a pile of twigs and heavier branches and with the knife cut them to a useful length before trying to get them lit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She decides it would likely depend on the knife. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He’s holding the knife well enough, but I can tell he’s not particularly practiced with it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Against my skin, I have a collection of knives. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At the tree limb that holds the nest, I position the knife in the groove and I'm about to draw the teeth across the wood when I see something moving. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It's lined with an impressive array of knives. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My forehead hurts along the knife cut, but after three days the bleeding has stopped. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We bundle up, because even though it’s April, it looks like snow, and the wind is an icy sharp knife that cuts right through clothes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He promised he would not let anyone harass me on the school bus, which I appreciated until he showed me a knife he had hidden in his backpack. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Powell tossed his knife to the ground, mounted his horse and, instead of galloping into the night, calmly trotted away. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She plunged her knife between the straps of his armor, right at his collarbone. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hoped the knife would be enough, because they hadn’t figured on wire and had brought neither pincers nor a wire cutter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked out from the pile of grim weapons two knives, leaf-bladed, damasked in gold and red; and searching further he found also the sheaths, black, set with small red gems. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Without wiggling or jiggling around too much under my blanket I got my fingers wrapped around my jack- knife. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Harrison sat, but still played with the open knife. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as he files his nails down by scraping them with the edge of his knife. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The stupid knife never showed her the whole story. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Minho yelled next to Thomas, raising his barbwire- wrapped club into the air with one hand, a long silver knife in the other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Briefly Strider told of the attack on their camp under Weathertop, and of the deadly knife. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He would stab a piece of meat with his knife from time to time and flick it onto the ground, to be eaten by one of his wolves, Geri and Freki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

My knife is in my hands, though I don't remember drawing it, and I hold it to the throat of the hooded man beside me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Focusing hard, he let his mind flow down to the knife tip, touching, withdrawing, searching, and then he found it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I yank the knife out of the table, get a grip on the blade, and then throw it into the wall across the room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

That night she must hide a sharp knife and a lamp near her bed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has her small knife, barely long enough to be a weapon, but she holds it bravely. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lillian had provided Ben with an inestimable theory that leapt to his brain as soon as he felt the knife point near his larynx. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a nose like a knife, and he looked straight down it at Park. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Nor had I yet seen the worst of it: for now the west wind dropped, and a southeast gale came on—one more twist of the knife—taking me north again, straight for Kharybdis. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am in control of myself again, still holding the knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was Roy: Roy also might have helped him, but he had been stabbed with a knife, and lay now, brown and silent, at his father’s feet. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Taking out his pocket knife, Seth used the awl to punch holes in the lid. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Peeta raises his eyebrows and I see the knife has already left his hand on its way to the lake where it splashes in the water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was amazing to me to see how fast they worked—snap-snap-snap with a knife and there was the fish with its head slapped off and opened up into two white fillets. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gather myself, pressing my tongue against the bitter metal of the knife. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When Loki heard the gods praise Aegir’s servant, Fimafeng, for his swiftness and diligence, he sprang up from the table and stabbed Fimafeng with his knife, killing him instantly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Even Cockerell had forgotten his knife and the tongues he was supposed to cut out and was listening with a faraway expression on his face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her phone and popped the back off of it with my Swiss Army knife. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The knives stop, and so does all conversation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When all of the ingredients had been combined and crushed into a fine powder, she drew a small knife from her pocket and bent down to hold it in the hottest part of the flames. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She’d even given him a gift, a knife with the words “I die for love” inscribed on its blade. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

So I watched her shimmy down, watched her raise the knife. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And so the knife brushes by his sleeve, and comes to rest instead in the chest of the man he is speaking with. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she pressed her razor-sharp knife into the bark. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

If I had a knife, I would kill him now, she thought, until she remembered the girls: Her throat constricted as she said, "You were a knight, sworn to defend the weak and innocent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Reyna had put the horse out of his misery with her golden knife, turning the pegasus into dust that scattered in the sweet-smelling Greek air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"This is fine. Sharp. Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I'm a happy man." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He touched the sharp blade to the throat, just touched it, as if expecting the knife to cut the white flesh of itself, as if he did not have to put pressure behind it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The maester bade him be very still as he slid the tip of the knife in under his chin, beneath the mask. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This is a sign that A murdered B; unless of course A’s knife has been stolen from him, or B attacked A, so that A was acting in self-defence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As Maybeth soaped and rinsed, and the boys dried, and Dicey put away the glasses, dishes, knives, forks, pots and pans, they sang. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the knife hard and I make a snarling sound and the world wavers. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I have no doubt he will be looking for them. The boy has a knife of extraordinary power. They would be worth pursuing for that alone.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled my Swiss army knife out of my pocket and must have opened and closed it a hundred times. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You can’t never leave me behind,” the boy says, standing on the dock, book in one hand, knife in the other. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the knife of a farmer, or even of a butcher. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I used one of my sharp knives to slice the loaf, set out the slices on a clean plate, and put the plate and jam on a tray. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re piled up on the sink, and the last thing I wash is a clear, flat knife. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s not for true,” the boy said, reaching out with the knife again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everything felt like it was happening in slow motion and that I wasn’t in my body, like the way I felt when the man pressed the knife against my throat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a neater way to deal with potatoes, as he knew from his mother’s example, and given a sharp knife, Malcolm could have shown the good nun, but he held his peace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The only aspect of the rejuvenation that Miss Trixie had apparently retained was the teeth; they gleamed between her thin lips as they knifed into the cookies. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sling an extra bow and a second sheath of arrows over my body, slide two long knives and an awl into my belt, and meet up with Finnick at the front of the pile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stabbed at a pigeon with her knife. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The “enemy,” a Khmer Rouge soldier or a wild beast, a monster or a ghostly man-creature, comes after me with knives, guns, axes, machetes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up, staggering on his wounded leg, pulling at the knife buried in his chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One of them produced a knife, and I took mine out, flicked it open, and went straight toward him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Basta drove the knife so far into the surface of the table that he had difficulty pulling it out again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden impulse to make a cut into the earth, just take a knife and slice open the grassy surface, echoing the violence of war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She toyed with her knife making circular depressions in a pat of butter and the movement hypnotized me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I add Papa’s knife and the coins to the jar, and when I go to put the box back in his dresser, I find another box. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Steam rose from inside the carcass when the squat sellsword opened the belly with his skinning knife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I move to my right, Aaron follows till we’re moving in a slow circle, Aaron’s hands still out, my knife still up, Viola keeping behind me, the spray covering everything. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thomas flips open a knife and grabs one of the spy’s fingers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Ash looked back at the carcass of the stag, and saw that the dogs were being held off now, and one of the men was approaching with his kit of knives to begin the butchering. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took up a place near the archery targets; Nox joined her a moment later, and started firing his knives at the target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The knife falling through a hole in his pocket—you can’t prove that he didn’t get to the door. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, I hear a noise and pull my knife, thinking I may have to defend myself, but I've only startled a rabbit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Booth’s diary, money, keys, compass, small knife, and tobacco would be taken to Stanton as treasure and evidence. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Shawn chose a knife, and a knife whose blade was barely bigger than his thumb. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Yet even as he said the words, he remembered that chill morning on the barrowlands, and Robert's talk of sending hired knives after the Targaryen princess. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tucked into her bodice, the makeshift knife poked her skin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he moves to beside the door, gripping the knife’s handle tightly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She threw the knife into the back of the chair again and again, hiding the rips under a fur throw, the resulting cuts and abrasions on her hands under gloves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Why should the Sons of the Harpy lay down their knives for you? Are you one of them?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she looks out the window and right across the street she sees the kid stick the knife into his father. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, at the jail, a prisoner pulled a knife and stabbed his father from behind. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I'm still catching my breath, still feeling the pressure on my chest, definitely still holding the knife way out in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then he sank the knife in with a mighty push and his huge mouth roared a laugh so big I could see all the way back to his gold teeth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most exciting part of his day was pricking his toes and fingers with a knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I quickly scan the pile on my side and find maces, swords, bows and arrows, tridents, knives, spears, axes, metallic objects I have no name for...and nothing else. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my cutlery: fork in my left hand, knife in my right—European-style, like my mother. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I took out my small knife and remembered how Laclith had shown me to dress a rabbit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat; whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris’s bowie knife plunged into the heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Every time I coughed, the pain from my tom thoracic cartilage felt like someone was jabbing a knife beneath my ribs, and brought tears to my eyes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Forks and knives had been set down on the dirty plates, and drinks were half-drunk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Another night under the knife, another day on the drip. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

As he smeared over the word with a dinner knife, Palmer thought about it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first time I held a knife, or a piece. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Seeing by my trembling hands that I am in danger of cutting myself, Isabel takes the rabbit and the knife from me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There was all sorts of sharp and dangerous-looking blades and razors and knifes setting behind where the barber stood whilst he was cutting hair. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z