| 单词 | knot |
| 例句 | Her hair had been braided along both sides of her head in tight knots. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mama hastily unties and reties her scarf—and this time, she knots it twice and tight at the back of her head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I knotted the two loose straps together so I could sling the derelict hulk of my backpack over my shoulder like a satchel, gathered my stuff up, and hurried to gym. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I spend the entire school day with my stomach in knots, and its completely pointless, because its not attached to anything real. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The farther I went, the more my stomach knotted, as though my body knew what lay ahead and was trying to warn me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She loosened the knot on her bathrobe and sat down at the kitchen table. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The skirt was ruffled and flounced and draped and trimmed with knots of dark green ribbon, and nestling at her throat was a gold pin. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl knots her shoes herself, feels her way down the stairwell, and waits in the foyer with her cane in her fist while Madame Manec finishes up in the kitchen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I felt the knots in my stomach untangle. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 pulled off one of his socks, tied a knot in it, and used it to wedge the door open. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I circled a few loops around my waist and made sure I had enough slack to reach him and then tied a knot at the very end. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She has been trapped in that shack ever since, held captive by the knots in the rope you saw. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Finally he climbed up and lay on top of the layers of cloth, his body curled in a tight knot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Wooden buckets and lanterns and knots of rope dangled from the ceiling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Four big white knots of hair gave power and authority to her soft black face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It bounced and rocked and pulled against its tether, but Doon’s knot held. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I tried to rub the knots out of the muscles but that only exhausted me. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Though a slipped reef knot would be quicker, he thought again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z From the direction of the ship-breaking yards, a crew of people was headed toward them—eight or ten, all in a knot. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The undone knot lay in a coiled heap at Maniac’s feet. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked past knots of people getting ready to set off firecrackers. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “They couldn’t make six knots in a trade wind!” he grumbled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In his quiet way, Fleming was giving the witness a rough time; Wells plucked at his tie, as though the knot was suddenly too tight. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope some good natured way or other will be found out to untie this very intricate knot,” he counseled. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His stomach tightened into a series of rolling knots and his breath came in short bursts ... Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z At home we grouped into a tight knot, two adults and seven children inside two rooms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I checked the knots that held the rope to the lifeboat and to the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The muscles in her small legs knotted and quivered. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The veins had been thick and knotted under the thin, frail skin; the fingers were thickened at the joints. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Gently, gently, I picked at the knot in the frayed green nylon. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the knotted roots of the trees on the creek bank, trying hard not to look like I’d just been called adorable. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I pressed my fist to my forehead, my stomach twisting itself into knots. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Shaking it much too long, and a knot grows in my throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Chin propped on a woven knot of fingers, elbows digging into her knees, she stared at the spread of magazines on the coffee table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A someone who splintered the knot into silver threads that tangled us, netted us, made us long for the dull chafe of the previous boredom. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Girls and boys with their yards and yards of ease, each group knotted tight around their belonging. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I don't know how to loosen the knots of rage and pain. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My stomach twists into a knot and I almost want to tell Kasim to stop the car and let me out. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Two Christmases ago, which was his first Christmas with us, Richard gave me my own set of ropes and started showing me knots. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t stop screaming until I saw Walowick, who had rolled himself into a tight little knot, get up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In a minute a knot of people was staring at the grate. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know I'm not a Nazi. But I must stand by my country," says Gerhard as he pulls the cord and makes a tight knot. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Benji swallowed the knot forming in the back of his throat and wiped his eyes on his shirtsleeve. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “It seems to me,” Lee wrote, “that we southern people must be slaves in effect, or cut the Gordion knot at once.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He already had his back to the wall and his hands were on his hips because the burning knots in his armpits would not let him lower them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Little kids, especially preschoolers, came from all over, bringing him their knots. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Hunger gathers into a knot in my stomach, and thirst burns my throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The tightly knotted issues of housing and race have troubled generations of Americans, black and white, liberal and conservative. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z His legs were rubbery and his stomach was in knots. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He leans over and plants a milky kiss in my knotted hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The nurse had tied them into a double knot, the way one does for children, and Shadrack, long unaccustomed to the manipulation of intricate things, could not get diem loose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now, he pulled up some plantains and knotted them quickly, and then began to shoot off the brown heads. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She waves, but that doesn’t untie the knot in my stomach. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am sorry for misleading you children. I should not have guided you to Muriel. I did not realize this was her final knot.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A tall, beautiful woman with a lustrous cascade of honey-blonde hair stood beside the recess blowing on one of the many knots. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Some lovely little engraved knots and vines on it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Every night she would set out the same kind of snare, a simple loop knot that someone had taught her long ago. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He ties them into a knot, so they will be easier to throw. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z When the knot in his throat became so oppressive that it was difficult for him to breathe, Aureliano Segundo visited Pilar Ternera to see if she knew of some herb that would give him relief. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When he unintentionally sniffed up some of the mist, he had the strangest desire to tie a knot. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then Mr. Terupt came over and whispered in my ear, “My grandpa used to tell me to tie a knot in it.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The sun was already hot and the wind solid and growing a bit each hour and he got the Frog up to five knots and held it until the sun was straight overhead. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Each knot of people he left was laughing uproariously. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her vision blurred, time stretched and knotted, memories looping, bringing her back to where she had begun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At night, she continuously fusses over our appearance, wiping the dirt off our faces, combing the knots out of our hair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Miss Volker stopped fast and her face knotted up into a bony fist. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A lock of blond hair falls from its knot and touches her cheek; “I love you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She looks down at me with an arched brow and starts to detangle a knot I hadn’t noticed in my hair. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My body was a knot of raw nerves and nausea, my lungs crushed against my rib cage like a prisoner in an iron maiden. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Major Marais unbuttoned my collar, loosened and then removed my tie, and then, standing behind me, tied it in a double Windsor knot. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s draped in a golden net that’s strategically knotted at his groin so that he can’t technically be called naked, but he’s about as close as you can get. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She couldn't possibly still be sleeping, she thought, her worry tying knots in her stomach. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “She died,” I said, surprised to feel the knot in my throat. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We walk along the water’s edge over stones and shells and damp knotted seaweed. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He would remember how rigorously her hair had been woven into a black knot against the nape of her neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Others say his mouth was more grim than grin, that his eyes lit up like flashbulbs, because he knew he was finally facing a knot that would stand up and fight, a worthy opponent. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother’s black hair was bound severely into a gleaming knot pinned to the back of her head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He held up his left arm, the shirt sleeve knotted as usual just below the elbow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Still, a bowline was a good knot, and he’d be able to undo it in the dark, if he needed to. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I swear to God, someone tied a knot in my stomach. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z We stroll through the neighborhood, checking out the knots of people hustling one way or another. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull out a small, knotted plastic bag full of two gold chains, three rings, and one key. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You know I need the energy from the knot for the spell,” she said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I tie another knot in my armband, making sure it’s good and tight. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z They were blazing with rage, and the muscles of his face were knotted like a fist. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘A good thing it held as long as it did! To think that I trusted all my weight to your knot!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The fishermen folded freshly knotted nets they had mended in winter while their wives, beside them at the fire, made the sweaters they would wear on their boats. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I follow her, take the knotted pile of lights on the ground, and start untangling them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Yossarian tied a hard knot in the second shoelace and sprang to his feet. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He always gets the knot twisted around his finger and spills water all down his shirt and has to start over, and I can always tie mine no problem. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Real tears were blurring her vision, and it was impossible to see where one rope started and another ended amid the complicated array of knots and loops. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Blinking back a headache that had begun knotting behind her eyes, she fastened the safety on her knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And she didn’t know about the starlight or the moonlight or the tight knot behind her forehead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Was this how heroes felt, knotted up with doubt? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Bast bent to pick up the iron ring by its broken cord, knotting it together again with quick fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I wondered why I wanted him to kiss me, and how to know why you want to be with someone, how to disentangle the messy knots of wanting. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I move back to the knot of girls just as Miss Duncan rejoins our group. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Matthias tested the knot apprehensively as the sparrow told him what she proposed to do. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She was a tiny, tiny lady, very thin, with little fluttering hands, and her hair was in a gray knot. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach felt as if it was twisted up in knots. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Aron came dashing around the house, carrying a cardboard box intricately tied with string in fancy bow knots. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He unwrapped the package and balled the paper into a knot and threw it into a corner of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Nag rubbed out the knots in Cora’s hands. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That was one of Papa’s remedies when her back knotted up. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly Kate worked to untie the ladder from her belt—but after the long drag uphill, the knot had grown too tight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And with a few tugs at the knot, the rope fell away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She wormed her way out into the backyard, where a knot of boys were chugging beer and arguing about the football team’s chances of the playoffs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Axel is too curious to go straight in, even though a knot inside his stomach starts to form. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A Jeep rounds the comer and a knot of young men chase it, calling a familiar name. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They were already knotted on top, and the material was very thick. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Looking in the mirror hanging on the outside wall of the bathhouse, I wrap it stylishly around my choppy hair, with a careful knot in the middle, the ends hanging down over my right shoulder. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I pull the rubber band from my hair and shake it from its knot before I walk through the front doors. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Frowning, we bound the stakes, our knots loose with inattention. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Chandra had tied a rope to the mango tree, knotting the end. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a tangled knot of fears and deceits and dark struggles for power that had disguised itself and almost destroyed everything. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The knot of people who had come so far with me melted away into the darkness, in ones and twos, when they saw how it was. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z All the knots of tension inside me come apart at once. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Next I filled all the plastic vomit bags, sealing them by twisting them shut and making a knot. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She bucks her head, her knotted blonde hair whipping at her back as she cries out, a keening, animal wail. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I can’t see their faces and gestures, their fear and anger, but everything knots inside me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The knots in the wet and swollen rope were loose, and I figured that Mr. Kendall had already struggled with them while the branch he stood on sagged further and further toward breaking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He got out a pair of scissors and was about to snip it off, when he noticed what an unusual and incredible knot it was. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The reverend turned around and showed Milkman a knot the size of a walnut that grew behind his ear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a knot someplace. I can feel it all the way up my neck, all around behind my eyes.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, don’t get your knickers in a knot.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She wore the large kind of broad- brimmed hat that women wore in those days, which she tied down with a scarf that she had knotted underneath her chin. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When Beto undid the last knot, Wash tumbled to the ground and fell on his face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Fahim, he reached into it with painstaking care, sweat gathering on his upper lip as his fingers hovered over the snakes’ knotted bodies. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The first two times it always ended up a tiny, little, jacked-up knot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Swallowing the knot in my throat, I said, “I’m sorry, little girl. I want him just as badly as you do, but there’s no way I can get him.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She began to pull at the tight knot she had put in the bathrobe cord, and said, “Intense cold is one of the symptoms of shock.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Ron glanced at Hermione, clearly hopeful she might soften at this small instance of humor, but her expression remained stony above her tightly knotted limbs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The words were innocuous, but that knot of fear tightened, a cold fist now, pressing against her chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Just then Reb Boruch cleared his throat loudly and all the little knots of people who had been talking fell silent. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time this winter had stiffened itself into a hateful knot that nothing could loosen, something did loosen it, or rather someone. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, she had managed to inflict some unpleasantness: In addition to the knot on Jackson’s head, his pointy nose was swollen and red where she’d pinched it to encourage her release. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Lash my left hand to the left oar and tie the rope with a good knot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The particular knot she was using was called the Devil’s Tongue. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She sat with you, showing you ways to tie pretty knots and braid strands together. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I whisper each word distinctly, like a string of knots in a rope I am clinging to. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She put her hand on mine, and I swallowed the knot in my throat. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I try the clamp/shinny technique again, aiming for a knot that will gain me a decent foothold. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m sure I’ll die either of boredom or my brain being tied up in knots! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Nat his mind fumbled, trying to grasp the meaning, as cold fingers fumble, trying to untie a knot. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His thighs were knots, so cramped that Penny had to lend him a hand to pull him to his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His finger joints were knotted and gnarled so that it made people uncomfortable to look at them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black hair was twisted up in a haphazard knot and the dark circles under her eyes were more pronounced tonight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z His stomach was a hard knot, so tight it pained him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “To be honest, neither did I,” she said, uncoiling another knot in the cable she held. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Retrace the filament and you go back to the cocoon’s beginning in a tiny knot, a first tentative loop. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With one hand, I pull it into a messy tail and twist it into a tight knot. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Finn swallowed back the knot that immediately rose in his throat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But there’s this knot in my stomach, and I can’t seem to untie it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He has thick blond hair that stands up almost in knots, wears old suit pants for comfort, and jangles his keys in his pockets with his hands. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I felt along the ropes that bound his forearms to the trunk until I found the knots. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know you can hear me. And I warn you I shall tie a knot in your nose for every hole in this cake. Understand?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She tied her shoes, threw a wool cloak over her skinny shoulders, and knotted it under her throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I could tell Amar what’s really going on, but that would require undoing the dense knot of propaganda and lies the Bureau has tied in his mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He even tried to tie a knot in one coil to stop the sauce from spreading further, but it was to no avail. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Antain hung in the background, his eyebrows knit together into a perplexed knot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I’m stressed, I have knots in my stomach, and I have to start studying for school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A hot, angry knot started forming in Pong's stomach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Earlier, Minho and a couple of Runners had pulled out ropes of ivy and knotted them to vines still attached to the walls. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I tightened the navy tie that accompanied the uniform—the tie was wrapped in the same knot I’d used as a freshman. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Right now I was too tired to think anymore so I closed my suitcase, put the proper knots back in the twine, crawled under the Christmas tree and wrapped myself in the blanket. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Today I had twenty lazy daisies waiting for their knots. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We tie string in knots to make nets and put the nets in the river to catch fish. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She was sixty-four years old, with hair in a knot no larger than a walnut, and she looked almost as narrow from the front as she did from the side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And that knot keeps growing and growing, getting more and more tangled, dragging the rest of your stories into it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The knot in my stomach was tighter than ever. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a groan from the knot of football boys. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z So Lancelot, and all the other angry men, went circling round Camelot in a bitter atmosphere of knots and competition and bating hawks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Gherland thought as they walked, tendrils of worry curling around his heart, cinching into a hard, tight knot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The muscles in my stomach knotted and jerked. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t get your knickers in a knot, Ruthanne. It’s too hot for that.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She had big ears, too, and the last few months a peculiar knot came on one side of her throat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Barack and I loved each other deeply, but it was as if at the center of our relationship there were suddenly a knot we couldn’t loosen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Together, the sisters had sailed out over the creek on a tire swing tied to a fat tree limb by a knotted fist of rope. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She kept pulling until the invisible fishing line turned into wet, knotted cord. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z For hours he practiced tying and untying knots. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Last time I brushed my mother’s hair, taking care to gently tease out the knots with my fingers, she hummed lullabies to Safa, who lay curled in her lap. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I worried constantly that the raft would come apart, that the knots holding me to the lifeboat would become loose, that a shark would attack. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time they reached the first floor there were fire engines out front and a small knot of people, only half-interested in the fire, watched the firemen work. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned the boat to the north, and in no time they were speeding along at fifteen knots, heading for the Golden Gate Bridge. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You will voluntarily sunder my last knot, the final impediment to my independence, if I restore your grandmother to her human form?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z No relief yet for the knots lurking within. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Styx shoved one end of the stick through the bandanna knot, then hiked the pack up over his shoulder, like a real old-timey hobo. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I can almost feel it now, the stretching and knotting in his intestines as the two of them stand over him waiting to see what he will do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I worked the knots out of her hair slowly and gently. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She's taller than I am but looks only a few years older, with sharp, wary eyes and her hair piled in a knot on top of her head. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I used my own hairbrush and worked real hard at all the knots and patches of fur stuck together. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I can see the man driving it—he has dark skin and long hair that is in a knot at the back of his head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As I approached the line of little frame houses on both sides of the creek, I came upon a knot of men gathered on and around Pooky’s porch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His scribbled knots of lines are measured in leagues and compass degrees with painstaking detail. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The slave-girl tries to speak through her gag, but it’s knotted too tightly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There were many knots, and it looked like Muriel could undo only one at a time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His fingers move rapidly, automatically tying and unraveling various knots as he gazes about. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With my hands I checked the knots and lashings incessantly, trying to read them the way a blind man would read Braille. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z My sister whirled and dove under the table and curled into a tight knot of screaming, helpless, naked fear; there was nothing I could do to protect her or myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z People were standing in angry knots talking, gesticulating, swearing that yes, they would starve, they would go down to ruin rather than give in now. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was caught up in a knot of people by the library. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Tyson dropped the two warriors he was about to tie into a knot and jogged after us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In his other hand he clutched a knotted, polished stick. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z From a knot in a floorboard, a fresh, new and very solid sapling had sprouted, about a foot tall. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Waffle day\\ The news was passed to the knot of officers outside the mess hall by one who worked in the kitchen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn, my hands fumbling at the knots binding his wrists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel like my heart is tied in a knot that won’t let it beat freely. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That morning, like every morning, he had hitched up his trousers with a yard of baling twine, which is smooth and slippery, and needs a horseman’s knot to stay in place. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But even as the door shut behind them, I had a knot in my stomach. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But without a plan Dedd’s courage unraveled like a row of stitches not finished with a good, sturdy knot. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Devil’s Tongue was a very useful knot, and when Violet tied the cloth strips together, end to end, it formed a sort of rope. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z There were little knots of people sitting in conversation groups, the kind I find it impossible to join. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She turned the spigot on, letting water break up the tight knots of Kentucky Wonders and float them to the top of the bowl. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One half he ate, the other he knotted into his ragged sash as he hurried out of the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Delsa, Norma, and I often tied ourselves into punching, biting, kicking knots that only Mami with her switch was able to untangle. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Dedd feels foolish, caught in her frivolity as if she were a kitten knotted in yam. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Miserably, I took off my sweater and knotted its arms round my waist. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Dunbar swallowed and bent his intense face very close to Yossarian’s, the muscles in his bronze, rocklike jaw bunching up into quivering knots. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We were almost three miles from shore and our landing craft only went eight knots an hour. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a large red knot on his forehead where Tyson had knocked him unconscious. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She crosses her arms with her lips pursed together in a tight knot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He put on the tie, but needed help knotting it properly. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This time they would stoop over each pile, and taking up a handful of the stalks in each hand they would knot them together to make a longer strand. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I tied my wrapper, which I had used as a light cover in the warm night, over my nightdress, knotted it under my arm, and followed Jaja downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Most of the knots fixed that morning had loosened under her headcloth and were now cupfuls of soft wool her fingers thrilled to. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She was rockin’ her glasses with her hair in a messy knot. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As she gave the knot a jerk the change clattered to the floor and rolled toward Blount, who stood muttering to himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Bekah Cotter stands behind the row of girls in a pair of tiny denim shorts, gold flats, and an oversized white T-shirt that’s been tied into a knot at the small of her back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Imagining that scene, Curly felt his stomach knot. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran his hands over them, feeling for hidden knots and irregularities. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I can hear the knot in his throat pulling tight. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He pulled out a long coil of rope and proceeded to tie a large knot at each end. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She imagined them fighting, her mother grasping the front of her father’s shirt in a tight knot as women often did to cheating husbands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The noise virtually disappeared, the slamming stopped, and the Frog surfed down the long swells and waves so fast she sometimes showed close to ten knots on the speed indicator. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke, he plucked at the long blades of grass, knotting them to form a mesh. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Rufus had thrown off the damp cloth and was knotted on his side in pain when I got back to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I helped him into a clean white shirt and knotted his tie for him, noting the two inches of empty space between the collar button and Baba’s neck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The clock was always punishing, but feeling like I was closer to unraveling the knots made time seem to stop entirely on Tuesday. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Her stomach was full of knots as she waited for Isa to come down. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Just a dream, she was reminded, but the words had little meaning when the knots of the hand-tied rug under her imaginary feet were more vivid than the smooth silk pillow beneath her actual cheek. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In a knot of tangled arms, legs, and muskets, the four of them wedged into the doorframe. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Of course it’s Finnick, who seems to have spent his childhood doing nothing but wielding tridents and manipulating ropes into fancy knots for nets, I guess. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The dreadful knot of cold fear in her chest chilled her arms and legs, urgent pinpricks that pushed her forward. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I clenched my stomach in a knot, waiting for all the disappointment. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Peers into the courtyard where knots of people eat and talk in the blue smoke. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z At this the King trembled very much, opened and shut his visor several times, coughed, wove his reins into a knot, exclaimed, “I beg your pardon?” and showed signs of cantering away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With great effort, she managed to slide the straight end of the paper clip into the knot. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She twisted and knotted a handkerchief, using it from time to time to wipe the beaded sweat from her forehead. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Her breasts were not the hard little knots of other girls her age; they filled out the tops of her skimpy little dresses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But Jesse realized last night that he didn’t know how to knot a tie; moreover, He’d forgotten to pack the shoes, which was why Eric’s borrowed pair were in his backpack. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncoordinated, his fingernails tore away at the knots. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Left to its own devices, it had grown knotted and wild, like a circus whose animals had forgotten their tricks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She liked this solitary work, her lingers catching and releasing, pulling and knotting in old rhythms, especially after having to mentor the Hunters. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was downright ratted with knots because I hadn’t even brushed it once since we got out of the water yesterday, when we found the dead man. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I knotted their frayed ends together with the wires that sprouted off the reed, just as I’d always pictured. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z It would take too long to saw through all the knots. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Tayo didn’t even bother to hold the reins; he knotted them the way Josiah had shown him when he was a little kid, so that the reins stayed together on the horse’s neck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I waited for Lily to answer and took a sip of water to make the knot suddenly forming in my throat go away. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I could feel knots in my stomach on my way to class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Until my arm is all knotted up and aching and I ain’t got the strength to lift the harpoon to my shoulder. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She had done something with her hair; it was no longer bushy but sleek and shiny, and twisted up into an elegant knot at the back of her head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His foot slipped on a knot, and he slid sickeningly to the next. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Hurray! they all cheered, but I felt a knot in my stomach. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her brows knotting, she scanned the other claw marks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z So if it only has sixty knots in one centimeter of carpet, then you’d see that rug on the floor of a tea house in the bazaar, and you’d be welcome to step on it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She ties my shoelaces together in a sloppy knot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We children slept in hammocks strung across the room, tied to the beams in sturdy knots that were done and undone daily. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She watched him wind it around the wrapped book and tie a neat knot. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I beat some dust off the comb and began to tease out the yellow mass of knots her hair had turned into. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like someone had taken scissors and snipped open the knot that had been in my chest all week. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The vice-principal cleared her throat and said, “That knot on your head tells me you’ve learned your lesson the hard way. Am I right?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet I feel my desire for life like a rope knotted and coiled within me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was stopped by his leash, which was knotted to a steel ring at the base of his perch and to the jesses on his legs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She knots her arms in front of her chest and takes a couple steps forward, looking serious. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Later she removed that broken bead and knotted the space together so the necklace looked whole again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one knot so complicated that it blinded the knot-maker. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she spoke, a face—if you could call it that—lowered itself to the doorway, and I shivered at the twisted mouth of splintered wooden planks and knotted chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I could feel my stomach in knots and pulsing in my head. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z That knot in my stomach didn’t go away; it got worse, almost making me want to puke over the bridge rail. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Mary Toy caught aholt of his knotted sleeve and tugged at it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z With Curt, she became, in her mind, a woman free of knots and cares, a woman running in the rain with the taste of sun-warmed strawberries in her mouth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Eyes watched us from the trees as we dragged our burden of meat down to the village, piled it up, and gathered around in a hungry knot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For some knots she had to swim underwater and cut through the waving grasses. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The “bulto” was just that, a bulky remnant of thick, white cloth tied together at the top in a vagabond’s knot. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Amah’s words echoed, untying and smoothing the knotted string of Pinmei’s voice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z You opened your bag and pulled out a long piece of string and knotted the end with a bead, so the rest wouldn’t fall off. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I shook the damp out of my legs and laced my boots back on, wrapping the tops in strips of fabric that tore as I knotted them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “All right? I’m—” She hesitated, the words stuck in her throat, and she looked down at her hands, twisting the cloth into a knot. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I could feel a knot in my throat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She was sailing dead east and making three and a half knots and that way lay the land. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His white shirt was open at the collar, permitted so by pulling down the knot of his pale paisley tie. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingertips traced the length of each board, feeling along the splinters and the knots in the wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The consequences of a poorly tied knot, a stumble, a dislodged rock, or some other careless deed are as likely to be felt by the perpetrator’s colleagues as the perpetrator. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She had rusty hair knotted in a schoolmarmish bun, and thin, silver-rimmed spectacles attached to her breast pocket with a black elastic. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Each nail I drove in the rough pine boards caused the knot in my throat to get bigger and bigger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He hauled on the rope that held the boat to the bank until he was close enough to reach the knot. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He set out on a path that threaded through knots of pines, looking into them and nodding now and again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They moved through the tall plants, so knotted up inside that they forgot to run until they were halfway through. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Over a limb of an-other, someone’s tennis shoes dangle with the laces knotted. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One, two scoops, and I knot the bag. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Her golden hair shone as she wove in and out of a knot of three guards, her sword little more than a steel extension of her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her thick hair is tied back in a knot, and she wears a gray shirt with a factionless armband over it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My tongue seemed to be tied in knots. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The toppling aquarium had left a plum-sized knot on his forehead. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In the center of another knot stood a lout in a black leather jacket who was teaching judo holds, to the great delight of his epicene students. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of us fell to the ground, fists flailing and legs thrashing, every kid in Euclid Parkway instantly clustered in a tight knot around us, their hollers fueled by excitement and grade school bloodlust. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “She was originally bound by thirteen knots,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I fancied that with a jump and a pull at a loose knot I could save myself from Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The trouble was that lazy daisies needed French knots for their centers and I hated making French knots. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Scar tissue had formed a knot on the bottom of his foot. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The kid held his jaw and stared at me in shock as his face melted into a knot of disbelief and tears. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He set his pack down, untied the knot at the top, and groped around inside until he felt the candle. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her stomach was flat again, her waist narrow before the flare of her hips, the belt of the robe tied in a floppy knot. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I was the one who worked it out with my fingers, careful not to get it knotted farther in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to be doing homework in my room, but instead I’m tying knots and I’m thinking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The things I wanted to say to her I couldn’t, for the knot in my throat, but I'm sure she understood. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Church had inspected Smith’s farm home and seen there, hanging from a barn rafter, a length of rope tied with the same kind of knot that was used to bind the four Clutters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z After a moment, a blond woman, hair knotted atop her head, answered. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Long midnight-black hair is artfully knotted in elaborate braids upon her head. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A knot of sullen football boys trudged past us, giving us dirty looks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The gold cloaks had not been paying her any special attention, but the sight of them tied her stomach in knots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It also revealed a series of scars knotted like bark up his side, around to his back, and climbing up his neck into the back of his hairline. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They never actually tied the knot until they had a houseful of kids. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I should offer her some soothing words, but I am a knot of rage and violence, and I ain't got anything like her platitudes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When she saw the knots at their throats and felt a knot in hers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z But a second later Callum, Leo, and Dante stepped inside, laughing in a rowdy way that for some reason made my stomach knot. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was hidden on top of her head with a tightly knotted cloth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her stomach tightened into a knot for a week. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z At that moment, she walks into the tent and past the knot of girls, stopping when one speaks to her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The thought of rats living in his coffins knotted my stomach as I signed my name. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The knife has a fearsome serrated edge on part of the blade, so I choose the likeliest looking knot and start sawing on it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The next day, when the Italian arrived at work, he found a knot of children and neighbors making fun of him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned away from Emilia and her daughter, trying to swallow past the strange knotting in my throat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Macon fastened the wire ends into a knot, but the lobe was swollen and running pus. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet on the whole they had worked steadily eastward, keeping as near as they could find a way to the outer edge of this strange twisted knot of hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Laying a hand on Kate’s shoulder as he prepared to shove off, he murmured gently, “Remind me, though, to teach you a better knot.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have much rope. I suppose he will be able to undo the knots eventually. But at least we will have some time to get away.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Often I reached down to assure myself that the rupees were still tied carefully in a corner of my sari and then tucked securely into my waist knot. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Her face was more freckledy than usual, I reckon from being out with the horse, and she’d pulled her hair back in a tight knot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A few days later, he walked with it into a London building which, from the outside, looked like a church, steepled and grave, but inside was shabby, harried, knotted with people. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Good thing Pa had taught me how to make a nice, solid knot when I was still young. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was in the same spot I’d left it and the knots in the twine were the kind I tie. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z When we didn’t know the name, I’d make one up: pagoda plant, wild confetti, French knot. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Two more men joined them and soon there was a small knot of them standing in the doorway, talking and pointing at the paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You have to knot the end of the thread and start underneath.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She tried to swallow the huge knot in her throat, but it just kept getting bigger and bigger, a balloon swelling on a helium tank. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She wound her bracelet around her wrist again, fingering the knotted red thread, the three sparkly silver beads. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He took the sack from me, placed it in the middle of the cloth square and knotted the corners up in a bundle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Before he shut the door I could see that Momma and Dad and Joey were standing there in a little knot trying not to let me know they were eavesdropping. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The raw dead limbs of the rhododendron twisted and knotted and black. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It grew harder and harder to run, with the branches and knots of the trees forcing me to scoot and sidestep, but eventually I forced my way through and stumbled into a clearing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They braided their back hair in long braids and then they did the braids up carefully in big knots. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because sailors weren’t afraid of heights and they knew how to use ropes and tie knots?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A knot of children was writhing on the ground. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Turner caught the rope Willis threw out to him and knotted it in as good a knot as he could to a ring in the bow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z So we lay to rest the wide-eyed wonder we once thrived upon, replacing it with scars of which we never speak, too knotted for any amount of technology to repair. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They stood all knotted together keeping up those horrible noises and holding on like there waren’t no tomorrow. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Tying off* a secure knot, I let out the rope and fought my way back to the barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His brows were not knotted in worry, as I was sure mine were. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The knot on his forehead was big as a double-yolk egg. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She knotted a scarf under her chin, arranged her sunglasses on top of her head, and put a pocket camera in her purse. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The Assistant tied up the parcels, while Maia ran round him, pushing at the paper, giving a tug to the string to make sure that it was firmly knotted. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Quickly Pippin took it in his fingers and knotted it again into a loose bracelet of two loops and slipped it over his hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Constance, of course, began to argue, but Kate had already completed the knot and begun scrambling up the rope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They are graded by how many knots they have crammed in every square centimeter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Groups of fleeing people, carrying their belongings in knotted blankets, waited on the roadsides and begged for rides. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He couldn’t move: his face was knotted with anguish, and the muscles of his neck stood out like cords. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But either way, the thought that I’d have to take the bus home today—and maybe every day, until Mom got another job—made my stomach knot. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I told myself I'd misread the signs completely when I got back from school, and my gut knot unworried itself a bit looser. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The knot was easy, but pushing the boat out with Grandma in it wasn’t. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But he had ruined it with a ratty belt tied into a bow rather than a proper knot. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Or it is a type of tiny potato that turns up in the market now and then, always sold in bunches that clump along the roots like knots on a string. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, it made a sinuous curve toward him, the bulbous knot resembling a head. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Christ, Lillian. I go five hundred knots in a jet practically every day of my life and you get nervous when I go seventy.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They had fifty feet of rope from scraps knotted together. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He mopped his brow with the cloth that Ethyne had embroidered—his name surrounded by a series of skillful knots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Daddy will tie it in knots,” Tyson said firmly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He was wearing a lime green and sky blue check shirt and there was a double knot on one of his shoes but not on the other. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Enormous it looked, its sprawling branches going up like reaching arms with many long-fingered hands, its knotted and twisted trunk gaping in wide fissures that creaked faintly as the boughs moved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z See Miss Leeila combing the knots out of her girls’ hair and blowing kisses to her boys. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z They carried the pile of stiff tarry netting to the riverbank and spread it out on the grass, and Mary showed them how to knot a new piece of cord where it was worn. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He remained knotted there in fetal position, paralyzed, his fists covering his eyes, for a long time. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She breathed deeply, allowing her heart to slow and her soul to loosen its worries and wrinkles and knots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her hair had come down from its French knot and stuck all over her face, and her good blouse was smeared with black ash. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “And so kind. She’d tie herself in knots if it meant helping someone in trouble. Ye brought her back to me.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z More than once I tested the knot, determined that despite my vow, I’d run off. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I concentrated on tying one of my cherry stems into a knot with my tongue. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I start to manipulate it, but it’s hard because I’ve never made this actual knot myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She looked almost pretty with her smoothing powder and red lipstick and relaxed demeanor, not as knotted up as she had been lately, chasing a contract with Shell-BP. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Beads slipped and rolled away at my touch, and I couldn’t make the complicated knots and loops that gave your necklaces a finished look. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And all of them headed for the knot of people. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The work on the frame was less than half-finished and so tangled and knotted he could imagine no one ever continuing it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Pa may have his thoughts in a knot, but Ma had pretty clear ideas in my way of thinking. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z An elaborate Canto knot holds the top of her robe firmly in place. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Ah, to have had a practical education in knots! Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He tied another knot—another loose knot—around the ring and kept a length out long enough that he could hold on to it—which he did, for dear life. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Seventeen years had come and gone since the Battle of the Bells, yet the sound of bells ringing still tied a knot in his guts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One look at our cowboy’s wife, arms, lips, eyes contorted into knots, and we repack. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Don’t ask me how, but I could tell we were at 40.19° North, 71.90° West, making eighteen knots, which meant the ship would arrive in New York Harbor by dawn. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She winked hard at me as she reached inside her bra and pulled out her other sock, knotted in the middle and bulging at the toe. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The shadow on the ground, of Monkeyman’s body being offered up for a beating, was long and thin and disappeared into the shifting knot of people watching. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The door gunners on the choppers opened up on the knot of ARVNs behind us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I’ve tied myself up in knots thinking about it, but how could I pass up the opportunity to approach that house, the one I’ve observed a hundred times from the trackside, from the street? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was knotted tightly, and her wrist was already bleeding from the chafing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z His yo-yo string had a knot fat as a mushroom. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She hoped, though, that whatever it was would loosen some of the knots that had tightened inside him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I thought again of the accident and the knot in my stomach tightened. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After an hour, except for a few more finger-size loops, all Maniac had to show for his trouble were the flakes of knot crust that covered the table. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And we were all encased in formal clothes—Mom in a dress, me in long pants and a sports jacket, with a new tie carefully knotted at my neck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I stride forward, push through the knot of students, and trot up the stairs to the stage. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His shirt is a crisp white, his tie black and pristinely knotted. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Celia’s shoulders fall, releasing the tension that has knotted in them, her relief palpable as she draws herself safely together. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She smiled—a twisted smile, with a knot of pain at the center. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Burning with shame, Lyddie glanced over as Diana, without a quiver of impatience, helped the girl retrieve the broken ends and tie a weaver’s knot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My stomach knots each time I look at Pa’s face as he receives the food from Kim. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dull blond hair is tied back in a knot, but a few loose strands frame her face in gold. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His long dark hair looks knotted, and he has huge holes in his earlobes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z What does this idea—say, the knotting of braids—have in common with that one in some other seemingly disparate area—say, the symmetries of some geometric figure? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to cry but no tears came, only a hard, dry knot in the place where her heart should have been. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Jack felt a knot in his stomach as he neared the front of the line. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Was she careless when she replaced the shuttle in the right-hand box or had there been a knot in the weft thread? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She twisted her hair around her fingers and pinned it into a knot again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z By lunchtime I was knotting the garlands into neat circles and tossing them onto the heap of garlands as quickly as Tanu and the others. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He explained how to wrap the thread around the needle holder and use the forceps to make a knot. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The beautiful belt was tied in a messy knot off to one side. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Thread his needle, lick his finger, tie a knot They say everybody before Adam was black. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time we arrived at Teresita’s house, towing the bleating goat by a mecate, an old rope, tied in a sailor’s knot around its neck, the sun was completely out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z His breathing was shaky, but when Jam joined him, it steadied a little, and eventually he sat upright, his hands knotted together against his thighs. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Her light hair was pulled back into a knot, but it was unruly, and as the girls watched, the woman smoothed and retied it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The next moment, not altogether by accident, he allowed himself to become separated from her by a small knot of people. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The pine knot flares and throws off so much black smoke I do not see a fourth passageway on my left. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a boy stringing a hose from the shed, un-loop-ing and wrestling the knots and kinks out of it as he went. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z His arms and legs lashed out, but his claws were as useless as knots of thread. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He twists the end of the gun and ties it in a knot. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z For a moment we stood there in a knot, confused. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He ran the knot down the thread and pulled it taut and cut off the silk with the scissors from the kit and looked at the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Some folded the tiny squares into love knots, some into triangles, but most were wadding them, then pressing them flat on their yellow laps. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't really want to kill myself so I tie the end of our yellow towline in a tight knot around my ankle before diving in. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z One wore a suit with pants that looked like fresh butter, the coat like canary feathers, and a tightly knotted neckerchief the color of lemon peels. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My stomach knotted, and I knew before they told me: they’d burned and buried it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was tied around with three pieces of old string, each with a different knot in it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A knot of worry pulled itself tight in Pong’s stomach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The triangle knot had been pulled so tight that undoing it was like trying to unravel a rock. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z A triangular knot of muscle tenses in his jaw and disappears. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I tried to run my fingers through my wet knotted hair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the first prayer ended and I closed the first knot, the rain stopped completely and the rest of the lechuzas screeched in pain and flew into the barn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I look at the lines fanning out from her eyes, the simple knot she has pulled her hair into, and the hastily placed clip that holds it together. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Her hair was brown and grey in equal parts and she wore it tied behind her head in a widow’s knot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Later, Mariam was in the kitchen, soaking dishes in soapy water, a tightly wound knot in her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The knot between his shoulder blades eased a bit. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The Farmers stood in a knot around a man Matt hadn’t seen before. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Out on the sidewalk in front of the building, a knot of activists waved signs and shouted chants, though I can’t remember what it was they were angry about. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Her stick caught at roots knotted under the earth of the path, and she stumbled from time to time. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She knotted a string around the pulsing cord. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There were long, silent lines at the markets, and knots of people gathered in the squares, talking in low voices. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead of holding the camera level against her chest, per the instructions, Mia tipped it at different angles, knotted her makeshift straps higher or lower. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Every muscle in my body seemed to be tied in a knot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Loki took a ball of nettle yarn, and he began to knot and weave it into a fishing net, the first such net ever to be made. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then he saw a small knot of black faces, over to one side of the room, behind a railing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Amah tried to pull a wide comb through my hair and I pretended to tumble off the stool as soon as she reached a knot. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I wiped my eyes on the back of my sleeve and forced the knot back down my throat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In the corridor, I knotted my necktie and buttoned my shoes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I jumped up and rushed to the shattered window, where a knot of Gypsies and peculiars were already gathered, peering out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The loose knot of his wrapper had come undone, and the wrapper had slipped off his waist to cover the stool, its faded blue edges grazing the floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She splashed the water on her face and ran her wet hands through her hair, pulling it loose from the knot at the nape of her neck. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw as if his eyes were still open wide the bones, the tufts of hair, the knots of thread, the despair. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z But I’d miss everything about him—his fascination with horses, the way he could fix chariots or crumple metal with his bare hands, or tie bad guys into knots. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He tied the top of the pillowcase in a knot, and then he untied it again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her stomach knotted up every time she thought of her last glimpse of her mother and father—dead, unburied, and covered with flies. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I tied the plastic to the neck of the bottle with nylon string, knotting it tightly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the knots of the ribbon there is a single tarot card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Finally, Lyddie managed to make a clumsy knot, and Diana pulled the lever, and the loom shuddered to life once more. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a big knot swelling up there already. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He could feel, somewhere deep inside him, anger and pain building, a knot of tension at the base of his skull, a tightness at the temples. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Of my own free will, I sever this knot,” Seth said, as Goldilocks squawked noisily. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Gabe knotted the rope around the slender trunk of a nearby sapling and glanced back at the small, leaky failure of a boat that he had been so proud of a short time before. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Snape seized the branch Lupin had used to freeze the tree, prodded the knot, and vanished from view as he put on the cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My face flushes and a knot rises in my throat when I see all those names. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I ignored Velia’s comment and started to undo the knots that held the blanket together around Pita’s body. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A knot of people outside Moore’s Store waited for the day-old bread to go half-price. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I don't have a stick, so I take my remaining arrow and insert it in the knot, twisting it as tightly as I dare. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z My stomach started to knot up—even though I knew this was the deal. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The knots refused to yield, slipped from their numb fingers, and only bit more deeply into their flesh. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Their hands turned slick with work, and their crew tattoos shone like intricate knots on their flushed faces. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Plenty women had gotten their knots charged too. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Winters, with steam puffing from her mouth, she’d worn mud boots, a greatcoat, and a scarf over her head firmly knotted below her heavy chin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She picks up her charm necklace, tangled in a heap on the top of the dresser, and rubs the gold chain between her fingers, trying to loosen the knot. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was crowned with a knot of old and twisted trees, about which lay a broken circle of boulder-stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It had arrived in the mail wrapped in heavy paper, with twine knotted around it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Finnick yanks on the end of his rope, and an intricate knot becomes a straight line again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He knots it three times, binding the book closed with the loose page against the cover, the cards securely pressed inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They sneak out quietly, and Henry touches Alex’s shoulder at the gate near where his SUV waits, presses his palm into the wool of his coat and the knot of muscle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Ethyne curled her arms around the warm knot of his body and kissed his forehead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I lay in bed for a while, listening to Isaac breathe and the wind knot around the bare branches outside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z That he seemed incapable of buttoning up his shirt, knotting his tie and tying his shoelaces before presenting himself for a job interview. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt felt his stomach knot, and yet he had no reason to dislike him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the time of the riddle lottery, Aureliano Segundo began waking up with a knot in his throat, as if he were repressing a desire to weep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z My stomach was in knots and my shoulder muscles like concrete. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Prayer after prayer I prayed, seven Lord’s Prayers and seven Holy Marys, and it seemed that each one of those knots took away just a little bit more of that whirlwind's strength. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The plaid suits with large collars, the bushy mustaches and overdue haircuts, and the thick knotted ties were all obviously stylish back when he went to Oxford but looked a little funny through contemporary eyes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Isabella twists her hands into a knot, but I know she’s going to say yes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “That’s mean,” Hazel chided, but she felt like something was untangling inside her—a knot of tension she’d been carrying for weeks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His was only the life sign, ankh, a green-glazed cross with a looped top, tied to his wrist with seven knots to bind his spirit to his body. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I would like,” said I, tying a knot at my ankle, “to play violin in an orchestra. Symphonies of Arne and Sammartini.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I smile, and the knot in my chest unwinds a little. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Slowly, over hours of talking, the knot began to loosen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Through the crack, Pinmei saw the worn knot of Amah’s sash. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z So when they knew how many seconds it took for the ship to go that many feet, they could figure out how many knots it was making. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My insides are tied up in knots, a scream claws its way up my throat, but I push it all down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked instead into the near distance, at the knot of men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Outside, past the open double doors, a hob waits, holding the silver bridles of five dappled faerie steeds, their manes braided in complicated and probably magical knots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As I made my way to the end, carefully skirting an officer chewing out a guy with a badly knotted tie, it dawned on me that I had reported to boot camp. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been tying a knot in my reins to make them more secure and didn’t have a firm hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She was reaching for her gloves, which she had removed to tighten the knots in the rope linking them together, when he slipped. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His brother never untied a knot when he could slash it in two with his sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It took several tries before she got it into a knot that would hold. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His feet and hands had been secured with panty hose, which had been finished off with sailors’ knots. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A little knot of men were clustered by the side of the line looking and pointing at something under the dining car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He translates my angry intestines, and with steely concentration draws a tangled knot of lines on his map—a path crossing itself over and over in every direction but straight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Dubonnet and a knot of other miners were gathered in an impromptu union meeting by the lamp house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He made a simple cross knot in the lace, again and again, until it became a big mass of chaos that I’d never be able to undo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Tossing it on the armor pile, Cluny hitched his tail in a knot around his middle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I had made knots in it to make my climbing easier. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She knotted it, and then passed the fabric between her legs, where the blood was. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Moss’s feet hurt; his stomach rumbled; his back was a mess of knots and soreness. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I walk around the tree, look for knots, and remember how Charlie used to boost me up to them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I say none of this, instead knotting my fingers together as the fighters tell their stories. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I was so hungry my stomach was a hard knot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Charming as that may be,” Muriel said, “I would require the energy of a knot unraveling to work any spell capable of restoring your grandmother to her former state.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He had a long beard combed down the middle and pulled back over his shoulders and tied together in a knot behind his neck. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “There they are, there they are!” she giggled, and the knot of Slytherins broke apart. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Pippin could see that his old brow was wrinkled and knotted. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z All your sentences would jumble up like a giant knot if you opened your mouth. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Before Hannah could deny it, the girl had threaded her arm through Hannah’s, calling out to a knot of girls who were standing by a newly arrived wagon. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She breathed in, trying to loosen the knot of frustration and self-loathing inside herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The scar had knotted itself into raw seam that closed the socket forever. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Instead of struggling with the knots in my wet hair, I merely place my hand on a box that sends a current through my scalp, untangling, parting, and drying my hair almost instantly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I examined every knot that held it together, making sure each was tight and secure. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z At each corner I made ten knots and still I worried that the oars would come apart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Hanging upside down, hands and knees clutching the knots along the rope, Tally pulled herself up into the dark framework of the bridge, then stole through its iron skeleton and across to New Pretty Town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Arms folded across her chest, mouth knotted up, she watched me go to it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Her face is wound up into a knot and a tear rolls down her cheek. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I nearly had the knot secured when a shrieking gust knocked me to my knees. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Roy loosened the knot and peeked, but he couldn’t see what was inside. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “How much?” one of the girls pointed to a necklace with red beads in which you’d tied your special loops and knots. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Biting my lips to keep from crying, I pick up my pine knot and return to the road and the dawn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The stores were shuttered, blocked with crisscrossed grates knotted with chains and enormous padlocks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The last of her village, keeled over in the rows from a knot in her brain, blood pouring from her nose and white froth covering her lips. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And there was something else that was tying her up in knots. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Eventually she knots it back up, looser this time, so that the bun sits on top of my head instead of somewhere near my neck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He held up a very slimy, knotted rope. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She bent down quickly to loosen them, and when she found the right lace was knotted, she nearly burst into tears. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z People hanging out, calling back and forth or gathered in knots in the street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached the base of the columns and squinted up at Coach Hedge, who was precariously perched at the feet of the Athena Parthenos, unravelling ropes and knotting a ladder. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We plowed through the waves at what I figured was about ten knots. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Meir finished knotting one tzitzis and moved on to the other. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He slid his fingers through his gnarled hair, tugging at a knot. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As she pulled on her red jacket and tied the frayed and knotted laces of her shoes, she thought about it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then fishing out the broken ends of warp, she showed Lyddie how to fasten them together with a weaver’s knot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Her green wrapper hung lower than usual on her waist; it had been knotted with a lazy effort at the side. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Acting quickly, Otto tied the rope low around the nearest support column with his best knot. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z From the bottom of his suit jacket, she could make out several bits of knotted rope. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Ranofer could not help laughing, and as he laughed he felt a knot untie somewhere inside him and realized he felt better already. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Standing there in feathers up to his sneaker knots, Palmer felt a peace, a lightness that he had never known before, as if restraining straps had snapped, setting him free to float upward. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z A coconut palm frond knotted into a cross was nailed above the picture. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As we passed through the knot of them, men mocked us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That’s when the rope dropped from the sky, a thick length of rope with knots tied into it, expertly, every foot or so. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Aberforth seemed lost in contemplation of his own knotted and veined hands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When Diana tied the ends, they seemed to melt together, leaving the knot invisible. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A current washed over him, releasing the knots in his shoulders and back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The word formed a cold knot beneath Nina’s ribs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was a cold, rainy day, and a tiny knot of people holding umbrellas huddled around a preacher by a stone wall and a hole in the earth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This trifle? Loosing a single knot will mend it.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And that’s when the knot in my stomach turned into panic. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Finally an emperor outlawed this cruel knot, and the nobles could not order it anymore. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Trotter knotted the tie for him with the kind of assured expertise born of knotting one man’s tie for more than a quarter of a century. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “All right. Don’t get your ears in a knot.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A hard knot of anger churns in my stomach. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The dehydration was knotting up the muscles in my back too. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Petey gathered her hair and tied it into a knot at the nape of her neck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He slipped it through the belt around Faro’s neck and knotted it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z There, thinks Werner when he finds it again, there: a feeling like shutting your eyes and feeling your way down a mile-long thread until your fingernails find the tiny lump of a knot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With each step, my stomach twists into knot—empty pod—after knot—empty pod—after knot. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His hands were trembling as he fumbled with the knot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To remind themselves, and to show their humility, they would purposefully include one missed knot in every rug, one imperfection. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Once clear of land he brought her around, up into the wind until she was tacking northwest and making a solid six knots. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Noble Odysseus, expert in adversity, battened the lid down with a lightning knot learned, once, long ago, from the Lady Kirke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mitch: You said that my stomach knot might go away if I talk to Mrs. Wheeler. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it isn't every day they see a yellow lifeboat with no engine going a hundred knots an hour, manned by three kids. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “But the string is in a knot—help me.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In the center of one knot of elegant guests a cowboy with a little riding crop flicked the crop at one of his fans, producing a response of exaggerated screaming and pleased giggling. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Miguel knotted off a section of fencing wire, tossed the clamps and pliers to the ground. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His buttonless shirt open to a knot at the waist exposed a chest she claimed as her own smooth pillow. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I nod without turning around, my stomach in knots. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The snake turned and looked at them with tiny eyes like knotted black threads. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z An angry knot hardens inside my gut, and a headache punches its way up my neck and into my temples. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I started to tie him into a knot until he realized what was going on and changed back to human form. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The Sicilian had untied the rope from its knots around an oak. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The man in the gray suit began uncoiling the thick length of knotted rope from the corner of the basket. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The mixture of excitement and anticipation had him in knots, his legs working so hard he looked like a cartoon character going at fast-forward speed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Thrust high into the jet stream, the mountain ripped a visible gash in the 120- knot hurricane, sending forth a plume of ice crystals that trailed to the east like a long silk scarf. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She watched him wind it around the wrapped book and tie a neat knot. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z An old, angry knot expanded in my throat. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I mean, what kind of advice is this? Cave songs and knots on stupid strings?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The knot in my chest eases when Tyrell catches up with her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Just say ‘of my own free will I sever this knot’ and then blow on it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Worst fog I ever did see. You couldn’t tell which way to go....Later on they tied me up again. I slipped the knot.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Kyla asked me, spinning the knot of her scarf to the crown of her head and fanning her long black hair over her shoulders. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Seeing the quickening of his breath, the way he pulls against my careful knots, delights me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He knots them at the legs and cuts the extra fabric, which makes his legs look like denim sausages. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The Amity sit on the floor, most with their legs crossed, in knots and clusters that vaguely resemble the tree roots to me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Otto had not only played with untying my laces, he’d also tried to retie them by doing the same simple cross knot over and over. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Her own breath came shorter and shorter, a knot tightening inside her chest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Now she draws with a needle and thread, little knotted rosebuds, tulips made of silk thread. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z MapleG: Maybe the knot would go away if you talked to her. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Alba would kiss her goodbye and stand in the doorway, her mother’s subtle jasmine perfume clinging to her nostrils and a knot of anxiety lying in her heart. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It made him forget about the pain from the knots on his knee and shin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z On one of those walks, I came across my father standing not far from a group of fishermen who were untangling knots in a net the size of a circus tent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Its knots and whorls indicated his increasingly tangled thoughts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then Prim gets a towel and dries my hair, combing out the knots, while my mother coaxes tea and toast into me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Especially not the careful part. My stomach’s all in knots, Reynie. It feels that way all the time.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The little puff on each side shone, too, and the ends were coiled and twisted neatly under the big knot in the back. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And he wiggled out of the crevice, grimacing ruefully at the tight knots in what seemed like every one of his muscles. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Ishmael understood that an air of disdain, of contempt for the island and its inhabitants, blew from the knot of out-of-town reporters toward the citizens in the gallery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The picture tugs at my heart and knots up my stomach. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Swish went the windshield wipers, pushing the snow to the side, bunching the flakes up into knots and swirls of clear ice. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “I’m good at that. I’ve knotted so much yarn and thread.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z On the way to the bridge, a knot formed in the pit of my stomach. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It’s like that in Shakespeare too. ‘If thou dost break her virgin knot before all sanctimonious ceremonies may with full and holy rite . Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers were thick and awkward as she struggled to lace up her bodice and knot a drab brown cloak about her neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I'm quiet, letting his strong fingers work on the knots of muscle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I went to work on the net, untangling it section by section, getting lead weights and fishing hooks straightened out, yanking out knots around the cow serpent’s hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then we chugged in at six knots an hour toward the tranquil beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway along it, I saw a small knot of people gathered. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Cara tucks a stray hair back into the knot just above her neck. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Kaz managed to endure it all the way past the iron railings of Zentzbridge, the grating covered in little bits of rope tied in elaborate knots, sailors’ prayers for safe return from sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Alex reaches for him in return, presses one thumb into the hollow of his collarbone, slipping right under the knot of his tie. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z While they pinned his arms, he kicked at the sand, sending windblown bursts of it toward the knot of men dragging his opponent out of reach. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet rested on one of the knots tied in the rope. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I looped the cord around my wrist, using my teeth to knot it, and took a deep breath. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We shouldered through one last knot of children to arrive at the phone booth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When she could bear it no longer, she joined the knot of girls under the live oak in a corner of the schoolyard. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z One of the knots in my chest loosens. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A knot started forming, right in the middle of my solar plexus. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z ‘Now,’ said Merry, ‘if only we had our legs and hands free, we might get away. But I can’t touch the knots, and I can’t bite them.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They seem to understand that a tight knot might keep me from growing the way I need to grow. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z My stomach knotted with fear.Wilfred opened the door all the way and went out into the main room of the house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When his left arm went up, it looked like the knotted empty sleeve was dancing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Since there was no way of marking it, I would simply make every knot sit tightly against the last. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Give that tongue of yours a rest unless you’d rather I tied it in a knot.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Could you find Grandpa and change Grandma with the power from one knot?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He jerked in the air, then reached up and tried to grasp the knot in the snare. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Ivan tried picking one more knot, but Sigurd was approaching too fast. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The sight of them was enough to tie her insides in knots. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They fidgeted in their seats, subtly adjusting their grips on the oars, shifting their weight, adjusting angles, trying to keep their muscles from knotting up and freezing in place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He looks pointedly at a knot of silk-clad, bejeweled Illustrian girls lurking near the edges of the tent, some of whom are watching me in a disturbingly predatory way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And that the arms that held the flags and banners were knotted and hard. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed the knot that formed in my throat. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I need to fetch us some food,” he said, pulling the knot tight. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z At first Fred talked, as before, about music and art, his spirit knotted up with the need to impress. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One day the honey-hair girl takes her pink ribbons and knots pigtails in my hair. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It began to roll and twist, lengthening and thinning, until it looked like a long black cord knotted at one end. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She listened to Taisin’s chattering teeth as she worked the wet laces, wanting to curse at the knots Taisin had tied. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Mary Lou fashioned a chain from grasses, carefully knotting them together, end to end. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The empty knotted sleeve lay crumpled against her gray hair, and he held her small right hand in his big bony one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His knotted, long black hair dangled in front of his face, where scars crossed paths with one another. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Along Peach Street here, small knots of hooded people roll toward Roosevelt Park. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He twisted it around his good arm and hauled, the two of them handling one end of the skiff, shoulder to shoulder as Pima made the knots fast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My mother took the ball of yarn and tied a knot on one end. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I wanted to run down and untie the knot, but of course I couldn’t. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But something had maimed him, scarred him like Reverend Cooper’s knot, like Saul’s missing teeth, and like his own father. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She had just knotted the last button when Jojo returned, triumphant, with the egg basket filled with feathers and pinecones. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My cloak knot is indeed a Canto knot, a sturdy knot that military officials like to use. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It’s like his stomach is tied in knots. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Lashing my right hand is much harder, so hard it brings tears to my eyes, but I finally manage to pull the knot tight with my teeth. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Leaning forward, he blew gently on the higher of the two knots. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I made a key ring for them—it’s a sailor’s knot, two strands, pulled tight. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z She screamed and flung herself down and fumbled at the knots. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We peeked out the gate and saw knots of people from the neighborhood gossiping. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Harry could feel her digging at the rope’s tough fibers to work the knots free. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Children ran up and down the alley around and through the knots of people. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the stump, dressed in crude rags, sat a wiry old woman gnawing at a knot in a bristly rope. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “You can’t even tie a decent knot,” he crowed triumphantly, freeing one arm. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see the boy’s eyes now, and a knot of horror clenched in her belly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As the girl went to fetch their drinks, the Grand Maester knotted his fingers together and rested his hands on his stomach. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Soon they stopped marching, and the kid began to loosen the knots on Roy’s wrists. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The floorboards were pocked with holes where knots had fallen out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z On the edge of the clearing, he tied the string to the branch of a tree, with half a dozen knots. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z His stomach knotted with hunger, and his mind with worry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And she realized that she could feel some of what he was feeling: pain, physical pain, and beneath that a knotted rope of worry. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My shoulder ached where one of the cops had kicked me, but it was nothing compared to the knot of fear in my stomach. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Moreover, there was reason to suppose that all four had been bound by the same person: in all four instances the same type of knot, a half hitch, was used. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Her faded hair, knotted in a tight bun on the nape of her gaunt neck, glinted gold-red in the light. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood apart in a knot and watched them strap on their lamps and gather their tools, and then a bell would ring, a warning to get in the cage. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z How many somersaults can a stomach do before becoming irreparably knotted? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I made a knot as best I could and hoped no one would notice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They dont touch one another, no matter how knotted up they once were, no matter how close they lay once to the bones. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Sailors unfurled a large knotted net down the side of the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His closeness would have been thrilling, if not for the fear that wreaked havoc on my nerves and twisted my stomach into knots. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Grandpa held up that left arm and dangled the knotted sleeve in his face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It is still difficult at times, but I don’t get that knot in my stomach when I read out loud. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Ear and Eye watched warily as he tied a series of knots in the rope that the trembling maitre d ’ fetched from a storeroom. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Settling herself on a wide limb, she leaned back against the trunk, knotting a rope around her so she wouldn’t fall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And that's why I found myself fumbling one simple granny knot. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Around the opposite sex, especially back then, my tongue twisted into knots even a Boy Scout would walk away from. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Each knot seemed to take at least a few minutes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “A simple matter of mathematics, Johnny. If the current against you is flowing at—say—ten knots an hour, you have to be making at least eleven knots to move against it.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “We couldn’t pull it more than two or three knots and then it would probably tear the boat apart. Sailboats don’t tow at all.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There are bales of hay lining the entire surface of the trailer, stacked up higher along the back, and red bandanas knotted together like streamers all around the border of the frame. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The muscles in his throat tensed and knotted. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A knot of boys, making a great noise that he had not noticed, were heaving and pushing at a rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He climbed up the rope so his feet rested on the fat knot at the bottom, and he got the rope swaying. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But try as she might, she couldn’t pull the knot free. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I snap off hanging vines and use my newfound knowledge from training to practice knots and weave nets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Some were transparent, tissue thin, others as thick as drapes, with tassels knotted along the edges. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Still, the physical strength the work required paled beside the dexterity needed to rethread a shuttle quickly, or, heaven help her, tie one of those infernal weaver’s knots. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There’s a tight knot in my stomach that won’t go away. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My hunger had honed itself into a tight, throbbing knot, but I felt too nauseated to eat the hard mandelbrot-like cookies he offered me with my drink. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A small knot of students had gathered around Zac and Mr. Baker, offering ice and towels. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She took the needle holder and forceps, watching his face carefully to make sure the knot was both tight enough and not too tight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A group of babalawos tried apanaldo, an exorcism, and thought they had trapped an evil spirit in the rooster they buried in a knotted cloth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom put his hand under the cover and felt muscles knotted like iron. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mothers with eyes squeezed shut, dark cheek muscles tied in knots, heads thrashing from side to side as they passed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I tie their legs in a knot, how else?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But then Molly walked over and started talking to her, and then I saw her talking to Aubrey at the lockers, and now Sarah’s shirt was knotted at the waist, just like theirs. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He never could talk to his folks and he stayed tied up in knots. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she reached over to work the knots loose, he grabbed her hands and yanked them behind her back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t dare to shift my gaze from Mr. Rice’s face to Caroline’s head, two rows behind and to the right of me in the back row, but my stomach knotted for her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers knotted in his hair, clutching him to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z My throat felt like it had been tied in a knot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He puts a hand to his throat, against the knot of his tie. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So I am tying and untying knots, and seeing if it helps me solve my problem, which is you. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It was as if the three fates were approaching, their scissors poised to snip the knot that was keeping Dedd’s life from falling apart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had a fistful, he put them in the handkerchief, knotted its four corners, and placed the little bundle in his hat. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair had been woven then, as now, into a black knot against the nape of her neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “If we untie the last knot, will you also tell us where our grandpa was taken?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Now she was going to meet the fingers that knotted the thread. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is messy, knotted, but of course, she’s still pretty. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The hospital then is far underground, even beneath the gym where the tributes practiced tying knots and throwing spears. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The older ones had long white scarves draped and knotted firmly over their hair. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The mere thought of singing in front of a crowd makes my stomach twist into knots. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My heart felt like it was being twisted into a knot. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Her dark hair was plaited into many braids that were gathered and woven into a knot high on her head. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She dipped it into the spittle-mud and started to wind it into a complicated knot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There was a steampipe overhead, and knotted to it, dangling from it, was a piece of cord—the kind of cord the killer had used. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a knot in one of them. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Between them a rowboat floated in the black water, held by a rope knotted around a rusty hook. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My hair hung lose and knotted around my face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Taisin had felt the city coming as early as two days ago; it was an unmistakable knot of energies coalescing together all at once. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s even more beautiful than Santa Fe’s, but my stomach knots in disgust knowing I have to return to the stark ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I slide my arms around his back and hold him, strumming the knots of his spine and the blade of his shoulder, weighing the events that have made us both who we are now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And when I remembered that, something deep down inside, something that had been twisted into a tight knot, relaxed just enough so that I could take in a full and solid breath. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Mr. Dalton paused, wet his lips with his tongue, and looked down over the small knot of men whose hands were busy jotting his words down upon their white pads of paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As Amanda watched Maniac tackle the knot, an idea slithered into her brain. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel my stomach knot over and over and over again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He saw that the floor of the dungeon was littered with tufts of fur, knots of red thread, and the skeletons of mice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Her hair was twisted into a knot and held in place with a pencil. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z That evening, though, Papa-Nnukwu felt well enough to get up for dinner, and the knots on Aunty Ifeomas face loosened a little. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He’d drop the knotted reins if he felt like it, maybe to pick a burr out of his boot or sweep off his red cap and wipe his face with his shirtsleeve. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Wanting to check the knot that holds the line to the keg, but I don’t dare, there isn’t time; whatever knot I tied will either hold or it won’t. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The star made no sounds while he did this, although, when he pulled the last knot tight, he thought he heard her whimper to herself. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She was a mound of soiled clothes, surrounded by knotted plastic bags, bundled newspapers, and a falling-apart suitcase, stuffed with who knows what. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z My fears and my sadness were all knotted up inside me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “If she unties that last knot, will she be free?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z June, her hair in a haphazard knot on the top of her head and in a pink bathrobe, her eyes red-rimmed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After camp was set and dinner was cooking, I idled around the wagons, examining the knots Roent used to lash his cargo into place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The calico slipped out of its knot; I pushed back the layers of muslin and uncovered a rainbow of patches—ticking and shirt cloth, gingham and calico, in faded blues and greens and yellows. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The bricks were red, the sky was brilliant blue, the knots in the barbed wire sparkled like ladies’ earrings. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z His puppy muscles knotted and rippled under the velvety skin. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The knot in my tie seemed to have gotten tighter, like it had come to life and was choking me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mind ticked, twisting itself into knots with all the possibilities. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I tighten a knot in the webbing of my glove. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The knots fell apart in my hands, the rope fell apart, and he wrapped his fat hands around Astelle’s neck and squeezed until the room crackled with the snap of fragile bones. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She was absently braiding her hair into complicated knots, then unbraiding it again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Nye undid the cord; the knot, he was unhappy to see, was not the same as the half hitch that the killers had used when binding the Clutter family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A little knot grew in my stomach and I knew I was getting an excitement buzz. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z An urgent knot ties in my stomach, and it only uncoils as I realize that I wanted him to touch me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I fumble for the rope with the knot in it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The knot in my throat felt as big as an apple. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She raked her fingers through her hair, fluffing it, untangling the knots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If there’s time, he makes her try to knot her shoes herself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She attempted to comb her hair with her fingers, but it was far too knotted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But now the knot of anger in his gut started to unravel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The knots tighten in my stomach again, churning the half sandwich, seven mini pretzels, and three bites of cookie sitting inside. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I made a long triple loop and tied a knot at the back of my neck. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z My grandmother was sitting in the rocking chair in front of our house, making knots in the sisal rope around her waist. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I fought down the knot in my throat to talk. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I’m jittery and awake and completely in knots, all from an email. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He showed the other gods what he was doing, and soon each of them was weaving and knotting. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He yanked at the knot, loosened it, pulled the rope free—and the boat shot forward. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A knot of others, standing round with glasses in their hands, were watching the scene. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Amaka had rolled out of bed and was knotting her wrapper over her nightdress. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I put down the scissors and start working the comb through my damp hair, untangling the knots, a process that takes a long time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She unties the ribbons slowly, working the knots out with her fingernails. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He releases a deep laugh that makes my stomach knot. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Judith, light a pine knot for him to see by.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I could tell because the twine that held it together was tied in a kind of knot that I didn’t know. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z My life felt like it had been tied into a giant knot, one that would take a long time to untangle. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z There is a small scuff on one toe, but the laces are knotted in perfect bows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Soon he was keeping to a steady eight knots, surging to nine and ten when she surfed and slid down the waves. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My thighs and calves were tight, hard knots of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Genie rubbed his fingers over the little knots one more time, and then it became clear. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z On the day the fire started, over 55 miles of pine- block streets and 600 miles of wooden sidewalks bound the 23,000 acres of the city in a highly combustible knot. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Just the sound of his voice twists my stomach into a knot of unpleasant emotions like guilt, sadness, and fear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I twisted my mouth and caught my hand in the knots of my hair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A knot that might be telling him outside isn’t safe. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He says that when he’s trying to solve a problem at work, he takes out the ropes, ties them into knots, unties them, and then ties them again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I wish I could pet her hand the way she does Biddy’s when Biddy is all in a knot, but my hand won’t reach out. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My stomach twisted around a little red knot of fear. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Leaning my head out the window, I let the wind hum in my ears and drown out this day, even though I know it’s tangling my curls into knots. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It’s knotted and tied round and round at the top. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She moves to the bridge and starts flinging fluid all over the knots on the closest stake, shaking out the last drops into a puddle at the base. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He stepped into the foyer, impeccably suited and scarved, with a silk tie knotted at his collar. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The quipu recorders placed intricate knots in the strings to indicate our ages and our purpose for traveling. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z For many of us, this one is the Gordian knot of possessive puzzles. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept the keys to the cupboard knotted in her sari, all but counting the grains of rice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She moved through my hair slowly, undoing the knots as she went. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sam cut two thin pieces of deer hide, made three holes in each, and, tucking ends inside holes, he fastened jesses to her legs with the falconer’s knot, the knot that never binds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They kept gathering into little knots and whispered to each other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen her shirt knotted up at the waist like the others’. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They were all three-strand manila lines with a bowline knotted into one end, pretty well worn down, too. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She paused, thinking, her hand twisting one of the knots on her head. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “He has more than seventy separate hexes operating on him. You ought to untie seventy knots.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z At last Frodo was convinced that he really was in pain; but it could not be from the knot. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She tied a string to the back of the chair, knotting it five times, and held the ball in her spare hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Perfect,” said Helen, and he would have been, if only he hadn’t stepped through a knot in the wood under the shingles and broken his uninsured ankle. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed that his necktie knot wasn’t adjusted property. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The four fingers of each hand fused into the fabric, knotted themselves and zigzagged in and out of the tiny eyeholes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There’s a purple knot the size of a golf ball above my right eyebrow. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The tangled brush and thick trees were knotted together into an impassable wall on either side. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Everything I’d kept inside seemed to knot up and work its way into my throat, like I needed to scream to get it out. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z "The man is a genius for knots," she says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Jam went back to her hair, dabbing castor oil on her ends as she worked through a few tiny knots. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t know you. I don’t know you,” he stammered as I worked on the knots in the rope. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The cook still had a knot next to her ear where Master Terrance expressed his displeasure over one of her broths. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His hair had been pulled back and tied in a knot behind his head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Joseph picked at the knots until they loosened, then gently lifted the lid. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Out of the sleeves came strong bony wrists and hands gnarled and knotted and hard as peach branches. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Lina saw that Granny had forgotten to knot up her hair that morning—it was standing out from her head in a wild white frizz. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I notice a good many of the strings are badly knotted. Has the weather got into them?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It seemed hours passed before I finally finished tying the knot. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The filthy witch sat inside, her back against the tree stump, chewing on a knot in a bristly rope. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But how do you cut out a knot that’s formed by people? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I imagined the carpet hanging, like the sail of a ship, from two wooden masts, and my grandma slowly making each knot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z All the pain knotted itself up into anger. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Then, on each side of Jumper, we tied another rope into the one knotted about his shoulders, and carried the ends of them back to the cowhide. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z On the inner wall, under a knot of webs that would have made Dracula happy, Matt found another light switch. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The thickly knotted roots and the dull shovel blade conspired against him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “No matter what, we don’t undo the last knot. But maybe we could bargain with her.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Just thinking about taking apart that knot makes me put the lid back down and walk away. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Finnick and I sit for a long time in silence, watching the knots bloom and vanish, before I can ask, “How do you bear it?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A makeshift signal flag—a red knitted leg wanner of the sort worn by dancers— was knotted to the end of an alder branch by the vehicle's rear exit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of finding a path, I immediately slammed into a tree and got a nice-size knot on my head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But all he does is reach for the rope from the terrified driver and loop one end into the lid and then through the bumper and knot them tightly together. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And the knots he made were mad professional, like he’d been doing them on people all his life. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He was making seven knots, about nine miles an hour. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The brilliant threads crisscrossed in an intricate pattern of loops and knots that Kira had never seen before, that she could not have created, that she had never known or heard described. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His breath showed in the crisp morning air, and a tight knot twisted at his gut—he needed food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He fought a rising hysteria that was not merely anxiety to free his aching feet; his very life depended on the release of the knots. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Grasping the point with his copper pincers, he began to tug it toward him, his muscles knotting. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The wind freshened throughout the night, gradually increasing until the Frog was boiling happily along at a steady four and a half knots. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z You stroked a frayed knot of the rope that had once held our roof together. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z This being shutting-up time, there were few vans there now, but a knot of youths stood smoking and talking by the central gate opposite the high stone wall of St. Michael’s College. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her brows knotted, and she uncrossed her arms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I feel the muscles around it burn and tighten into a knot as I keep following my family. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then, still balanced on the tiny ledge where she stood, she knotted the rope around her own waist. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She wasn’t much older than he was, but she wore her hair long, like the old women did, pinned back in a knot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her hands are pulling at the rope, nervous and quick, but the knots just keep getting tighter. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Hunger knotted his stomach, but he ignored the craving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Come on, come on, she thought, unfastening her belt to slip the knot free. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I finished knotting the bandage and Georgia Boy leaned back against the wall of our foxhole. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a parlor from some other time, with faded love knots in the wallpaper. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z All the cages were open and the snakes were out—some curled lazily into great scaly knots, others slipping gently about the floor. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I fall back on my bed, pulling my knees into the towel knot. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z For a moment, Sefia crouched, scratched and dirty, in the deep knotted safety of the thicket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She stared out the window as she brushed the knots from her hair. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z I undid the knot on Mamá’s apron, slipped it off, and laid it on the bed beside me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Now don’t get your shorts in a knot,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Others join us until we are a small knot of men walking slowly out the fort gates and down to the river. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The ship was capable of doing nine to ten knots under steam. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She stares at her feet, silently willing the laces to tie and untie in messy bows, scowling when they tangle into knots. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She cackled out loud when I tried to comb the knots out of Nells hair. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Another knot formed in my throat, and I could not get a mouthful of rice down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A knot the size of a baseball bulges in my throat, and here comes Tanisha, turning around, looking at me with those sad hazel eyes, mouthing, “I’m sorry.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She wound it around her head, deftly, smoothly, and then tied it in place, pulling the knots tight and hard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The hairy knots on the sticky trunk scraped my thighs, sweat and skin holding me there. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Miserable and with a sour knot in my stomach, I took in my surroundings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The knot will either be the strongest or the weakest part of the rope. It depends entirely on how well one makes the binding.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Brian came back up the stairs, blood trickling down his cheek and onto his T-shirt and a pump knot already swelling up above his eyebrow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Biddy wad her face in a knot again. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She daubed the ointment onto the wound, picked up his hand, and examined the spidery black knots as if they were a work of art—a painting, a sculpture. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The thought twisted my core into hopeless knots, tight enough to carry me to a place where I could see only action, no consequences. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z "Come in," I said, tying a knot in the fabric. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z One wondered if high tide, with the wind behind it at fifty-five knots, might not swamp the town docks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Yes-there was no doubt about it, they were huddled into a tight knot of bodies in the central grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z With no shampoo or soap, it is a constant battle to keep myself clean, and as a result, my hair clumps together in greasy knots, which makes it hard for me to catch the lice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Margaret had finished; Lady Constance’s hair was now an alarmingly complex knot of yellow braids. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Cora started working her second day, thoughts in a knot over Valentine’s motto: “Stay, and contribute.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Faces appeared at the windows on either side of the street, while a little knot of prosperous-looking passersby gathered their robes about them and broke into gentle trots, keen to vacate the scene. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Tightening the irony into a knot was the knowledge that my parents were always behind me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Their house spirit, the domovoi, was furious, and in retaliation, he did one of his favorite punishments: knotting Anya’s hair as she slept. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Mom starts pouring tea into the cups, her blond hair pulled back into a high knot. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She tugged at the knots, and he could see that she had done a masterly job of connecting them to each other, leaving a length of vine between. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z There is no soap or shampoo, and as a result my hair becomes very sticky and knotted, and it is painful to comb. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They had backed themselves into a tight knot in the middle of the field. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my pants on and began knotting my necktie. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He made the whole thing fast with a tidy square knot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z While I changed into the kittel, Meir knotted lengths of blue and white cord into the tassels found both on tzitzis and on the corners of a prayer shawl. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They were tying knots in the culled raspberry canes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “She is bending herself into knots in your precious circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As she spoke, she shoved Rivka away, untied the knot of the kerchief with trembling fingers, and retied it about her own head. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The running knot had pulled tight and was buried in the fur behind his ear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I started up the stairs, my stomach churning into tight knots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She knotted a wide lavender ribbon around her waist to complete the look. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z As a Khmer Rouge soldier approaches us, my stomach twists into tight knots. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They all stopped talking about the knot, and no one told Henrietta’s husband anything about it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He unties the knot at the back of her dress with difficulty, then swiftly undoes the long zipper, leaving a small black pool at her feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Muriel shrieked and toppled back against the net of knotted ropes, a manicured hand covering the front of her shoulder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They entered the eleventh lap in a tight knot, looking to sweep the medals. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I gpt out my ropes, tied some knots, and tried to start at the beginning. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He looks like something soft and downy Alex wants to sink into, and he realizes the knot of anxiety in his chest has finally slackened. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A slow song comes on and I think the long rope of intestines inside me is tying up into one huge knot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The entire forest area, the hundreds of tiny stitches in shades of green, had darkened, and the threads had knotted and twisted in odd ways. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She reaches out to knot it again as loosely as before. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My stomach knots again, threatening to empty anything that didn't already escape. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Every word Emo said pulled the knot in his belly tighter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Celia knows that Pilar wears overalls like a farmhand and paints canvases with knots and whorls of red that resemble nothing at all. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, I managed to kick away from the van and raised my face up into rainfall again, blurry eyed, knotted in painful cramps, and coughing so hard, I thought I’d puke. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I wrap the rope around the post and my body, all the way up to my neck, and knot it tightly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fujiko sat on the edge of a cot with cramps from the camp food and the typhoid shot gathering to a knot in her stomach. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Shoving her feet into her boots she laced and knotted them. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Huge knotted roots sprawled in the center of twisting, creeping shadows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Amari nodded and hugged the trembling child as she knotted the rope. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The hard little knot had kinked up inside her tighter than ever. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Standing with his arms stretched over his head and the tight knot of hunger in his stomach, he looked toward the lake and saw the tracks. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore her thin hair in a knot, and except in winter always had a flower stuck behind each ear. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I cast my gaze around the narrow streets, the tall buildings, the knots of people. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z We rowed until our arms ached and our shoulders knotted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Teresita hadn’t said the knots had to be set apart by any particular amount of space. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was free because on the inside he was tied up in knots. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z This time I could barely move, my stomach was knotted and my kidneys ached. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The librarian slid the knot from her scarf as well, and Miss Grybas dug in her bag. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z My entire body ached, my muscles in knots and my limbs as stiff as boards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A school of fish appeared around the net or a knot cried out to be reknotted. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His guts knotted as the truck swung around a curve and then flew down another country road. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He hits me so hard a knot starts to swell on my arm. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t understand her powers of concentration when she rolled a French knot or toiled over a tatted collar in Sewing class at school. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He can feel its tiny weight there, as though he has slipped it inside his own mind: a knot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But Wormtail, who had finished conjuring the ropes, did not reply; he was busy checking the tightness of the cords, his fingers trembling uncontrollably, fumbling over the knots. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The rest of the spectators watched Maniac poke and tug and pick at the knot. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He clasped his hands in his lap, knotted and lumpy as cherry twigs, and all of him seemed to shrink in the seat as though he sucked in his outline to make it smaller. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a simple Rose knot, something any worker would use. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Mom brushes the final knot out of my hair. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My neck muscle knotted, and without warning it twitched. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z My hair is in greasy knots and my head itches. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She corralled the long sweep of her hair in deftly and knotted it before going inside. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside the bag was a beautiful collection of jewel-toned beads, as well as some neatly knotted bundles of twine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It only needed a shark to bite the rope, or a knot to become undone, or a large wave to crash upon me, and I would be lost. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I had to work through it knot by knot, using more of the shampoo than I had ever meant to, and by the time I was finished, I was crying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He worked skillfully with the one hand and put his foot on the coils to hold them as he drew his knots tight. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask with a knot in my throat. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A hundred paces away, the rest of the family huddles in the dirt in a tight little knot, half hidden by rising dust. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z When I find out we’re supposed to invite our families, especially our mothers, an anxious knot forms inside me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind was blowing in excess of 40 knots. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The plastic swords bent under her, but they provided some extra bulk to the knots in the cord, so at least she could keep a better grip. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My stomach knots up with fear, and I run into the girls’ bathroom. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He scratches the top of his head, loosening his hair from the short knot he wears it in. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Good to find another person who knows what a Canto knot is. But I travel a lot, my friend. I see and know a lot of people, people who I might not be affiliated with.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z His hair is out of its usual knot, in a mess around his shoulders. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As one, the buzzing cloud seemed to constrict and condense, tighten into a knot of noise, a swarm of wings. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My shaking hands slide the wire from the hilt, wind it around the arrow just above the feathers, and secure it with a knot picked up in training. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Today I didn’t even braid my hair, just wound it in a knot and tied a sock around it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands, clumsy in mittens, could not tie the knot at this end. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He ran his fingers over it, but the board was so old and smooth, you couldn’t tell the difference between the knot and the rest of it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s get our things,” Mami said, pulling us into a knot near her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had found the knot, the tension node, and he homed in on it with a practiced knuckle. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She became alert and businesslike, put her clothes on, knotted the scarlet sash about her waist, and began arranging the details of the journey home. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A knot digs into the back of my throat. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Now understanding the maze’s algorithm, he took up his pencil again, cut though the Gordian knot, and completed the task. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It has no latch or hinge, its lid kept in place by two ribbons, one black and one white, that are tied in careful knots. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He quickly closed the door and wound the chain around the handles in a tight knot, securing it with the lock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When I acted like this back in Raleigh, Mama would say, “Quit that baby whining before I jerk a knot in you.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I put in three knots for luck,” the little faerie says, not unkindly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Let him get the knots out of his nerves again. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She put her head on her knees and tied knots in the strings of her tennis shoes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The mill towns, with all respect, are knots of worms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy tried to breathe it in, like the color could untie the sudden knot in her throat. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She's the meanest of the guards but also the most elegant, with her neatly combed hair pinned into a tight knot. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Our conga line became a chain of dog-paddlers swimming in a knot behind her. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But the knot in my stomach told me that was a lie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A mighty cheer and a laugh: a club made of knotted thornbush wood studded with sharp iron nails was swung by Thor into Balder’s face. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She was making her final knots behind me when I felt a vague, featherlike touch on my shoulder, almost insensible through the nahlrout that numbed me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He saw the man’s reflection look around, settle the knot of his tie, and go into the lawyer’s office. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Clustered around the doors of the sept, in front of the raised marble pulpit, were a knot of knights and high lords. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The wind makes her eyes water and buries their shoes in sand, hurls knots of dead grass from the curved ridges of one dune to another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I guess Biddy didn’t hear, because she was still smilin’, but I got all wadded up in a worry knot. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Hunger knotted my stomach, and a single shim’s worth of stale bread wasn’t going to help much. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And then, just as quickly, the knot unraveled as the bees dispersed, filled the air around Jak and Oz with speed and fire. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I’m finishing my garlic knot when Jason walks over to me with his tray. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Archer tapped the edge of his scar uncertainly, prodding the uneven, knotted skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But Sohrab squinted at me, and the knot of nerves in my chest melted a little bit. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But before I could even get my fingers on the money, the cop had me knotted up in a submission hold, my arms twisted behind me, pain searing up to my shoulders. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At the bottom end of the rope was a fat knot to sit on. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He unspools the memories, and sometimes they have knots in them, and. sometimes they are frayed, but they are the things he thinks of when he thinks about his father. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Frankie ignored the way thinking of Tad made his stomach lurch, and he finished tying the final knot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The man like a knot gave Baby Kochamma his red flag as a present. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The roads confound him; they’ve knotted up, dark, antagonistic; he pits himself against them, valiant, a man doing battle for love. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers could have tied that knot in a privy at midnight, and it would have held. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z By the time Arturo arrived, not more than ten minutes later, I was pacing outside, knotted with worry, every knot pulled so tight that it had begun to fray. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She walked all over the mountain but found her tied to the fence behind the corral, tethered with an intricate knot that nobody used except her father, Lott. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A tight knot collected in his chest and rose, rose, rose until it pushed its way to his eyes, which pooled with tears. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z That was a tight knot of a question. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I tie my hair in a knot at the back of my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her black hair is piled high and knotted on top of her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Busily the fairies began threading knotted ropes back and forth over the entrance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Her hand drifts to her eyepatch, but, catching herself, she knots her fingers into her shirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then you straddled the knot, so that it acted as a seat. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He didn’t move from my bed as he scanned my room again, and my knot of nervousness grew only more wild. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Her hair is pulled hack in its usual knot, but her blond hair shines like gold. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She sat up and twisted her hair into a knot at the nape of her neck. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is spun in a golden knot on her head, and she’s still wearing pajamas. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The crowd was thinning: Only a little knot of people remained below in the Room of Requirement, and Harry joined them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I stayed up late, twisting my hair into knots as I tried to wrest meaning from the textbook, then lying in bed and brooding over my notes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He tugged a cord tight and knotted it before he answered. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The rest is a knot of fear, anger, violation, humiliation, uncertainty, panic. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My stomach seemed to be tying itself in knots. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Among Violet’s many useful skills was a vast knowledge of different types of knots. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I went over and over my life to this point, complicating the threads with my fingers, knotting everything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His breath caught in his throat, and tears began to form in his eyes as he undid the knot. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Stop trying to fight me! Things are hard enough without your squirming! Whoever tied these knots, I wish he had them about his neck!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Unwrapped, it looked and felt like a finger-size knot of dried yarn. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “You will do as you are told, boy,” said Silas, a knot of velvet anger in the darkness. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z On the ground I start a small fire with my flint and steel and light the knot. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Gone were the elegant handmade suits and carefully knotted ties. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Odom frowned and fretted, fingering the soft fabric, but finally pulled out four quarters from a knotted handkerchief. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly the knot on my head didn’t hurt so much. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z With both the Fleshlumpeater’s hands gripping his ankle, it was a simple matter for the BFG to tie the ankles and hands together with a tight knot. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan untied the knot at the top of the bag and saw elaborate pieces of shiny jewelry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A place where time isn’t a straight, predictable line, but is more like a toddler’s knotted shoelace. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Thread his needle, lick his finger, tie a knot. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But there’s no pill, and our quarrels fray instead of knot, always ending in him crying and me soriy for hurting him over something he can’t help. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Proofs tied his brain into knots as tight as the ones on his father’s fishing nets. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Her brown hair was tied back in a knot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tillie, the Finnish cook, was a tall, ageless, red-faced, raw- boned woman with long, snow-white hair which she balled in a knot at the nape of her neck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Braided garlic bulbs hung like knotted ropes from the rafters. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Now, on this shattered morning, he felt nothing but knots and snarls under his fingertips. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Later, she would knot the palm fronds into sagging cross shapes and hang them on the wall beside our gold-framed family photo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Fastening the other end to the doorknob behind her, she pulled the rope tight, knotted it securely, and climbed up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then I’m afraid it must have been the knot,’ said Frodo. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As for tying knots, a basic weaver’s knot, the girl simply couldn’t do them. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Sloth, skinny and pale, bones and knots of knees and dirty blond hair, the next candidate for duct-and-scuttle work when Nailer got too big, her pale skin almost permanently sunburned and peeling. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I watched her face knot up like a thread, and then she let go. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Lee. I’m being a baby to knot up like this.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had knotted two of Security’s legs together around his neck so that his hands would be free for digging. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The knot at the base of my neck loosened. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath, fished out the broken ends, and began to tie the weaver’s knot that Diana had shown her over and over again the afternoon before. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “There,” she says when she pins the knot in place. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He counted under his breath, keeping track of the number of knots. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Before three purple-robed Syrian bishops murdered by the Portuguese were found floating in the sea, with coiled sea serpents riding on their chests and oysters knotted in their tangled beards. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Hunger came to his stomach; an icy hand reached down his throat and clutched his intestines and tied them into a cold, tight knot that ached. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry thought of Sirius, and the tight, tense knot in his chest seemed to ease slightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Downstairs the knot of impatience would be tightening in the kitchen, while the minutes she was planning to spend alone with her brother were running out. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z No relying on knots to fasten my tiny quilt stitches into place. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I’m very careful about the type of knot I use to tie my shoelaces. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z My belly knots again, because his words are a command. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z "Well, I know which end of the oar goes in the sea, and there's no one better with ropes and knots." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My stomach twists in knots, and I can hear my voice getting louder and my breath faster. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He hurried out into the middle room, drawing on his blue outer trousers as he went, and knotting about the fullness at his waist his girdle of blue cotton cloth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Henry sat in the cane-back chair with his fists knotted over his knees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Anya looped the linen around the branch and went to tie the knot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z No knives either, or hot breath and knotted neck muscles. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet were on fire, his lower back was a mess of knotted muscles and tendons, his fingers throbbed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I still get a big knot in my stomach when I even look at her yard. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z More than a year later, when asked by a reporter whether she ever “tied the knot” with Fischer, Miyoko replied, “I’d rather not say,” and then added, “I prefer not to talk about private things.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Most of them had had sneaker-lace or yo-yo knots untied by Maniac, and they expected this would only take a couple of seconds longer. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Each fresh arrival was briefed in this way; people—police, doctor, family members, servants—stood in knots that unraveled and reformed in corners of rooms, the hallway and the terrace outside the French windows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She looks at the boy sitting on one of the bottom bunks—he is a fewyears younger than we are, and he’s trying to undo a knot in his shoelaces. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The women bit the piece of silver before knotting it tightly in their clothes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A tie hangs feebly from his neck, barely knotted. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But of course I couldn’t, so I just stood there with my face burning and my stomach in a knot. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A hard knot forms in my stomach, but I keep walking, eyes still on the poster, and bump headlong into a woman rushing in the opposite direction. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Though near Robb's age, she was slim as a boy, with long brown hair knotted behind her head and only the barest suggestion of breasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I twisted the knot until the blood flow stopped. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It took me a long time to do this, because I was poor at knots and had no idea how to make a proper one. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My siblings all have gray pouches under their eyes; their hair is knotted and sticking out in many directions. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He crossed to the tree and tested the knots one by one before turning his back to Wash. “Look at me, son,” he said to Beto. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I was happy; I knew because the knots I usually felt in my tummy were gone. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was as tall as her chest, thinner at the top and thicker at the bottom, carved with a border of knots and loops. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Toby! until my throat knotted and I lost consciousness. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z We were tangled in such knots of resentment we hardly understood them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was barefoot and wore a rope knotted around her waist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A net of knotted ropes crisscrossed the alcove, preventing a view inside the dismal recess. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z June’s eyes met Ivy’s, and Ivy swallowed the knot in her throat. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The sails didn’t pull as well but the boat still made four knots and he had more control. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They had heard he could untie a sneaker knot quicker than a kid could spend a quarter. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As my heartbeat decreases and that knot that encloses my heart loosens, I think that maybe, just maybe, everything will be all right. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Then she drove off in the direction of McDougald Terrace, where a small knot of men waited, smoking cigarettes and talking in hushed voices. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Trees knitted overhead, so only knots and loops of sky showed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Though not as tall or physically commanding as Bull’s, Captain Brannon’s body was stacked together with the knotted muscles of a stevedore, and an implied menace shadowed his whole appearance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She unfolded and refolded her wrapper around her waist, knotting it at her side. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have time to move back to my room before Rose was at the door, the candle she carried throwing my crouching shadow and her standing shadow into knots on the floor. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then it began, that awful tearing sound that Lyddie would come to dread with every knotted inch of nerves through her whole silently screeching body. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Xan sat by the fireplace, twisting her apron this way and that until it was all in knots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “My stomach’s always in knots getting ready to go to a party, wondering if I’m wearing the right thing, if I’ll know what to do,” she said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A nest of anger and hurt knotted up inside me, and I felt that loosen a little—not all the way, but a little. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Slowly, she turned, and her stomach knotted further at Ivan’s silhouette in the doorway. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And the woman who is my mother stands behind him, shorter than me, her shoulders hunched, a black shawl knotted at her neck over her blouse. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was lying on the ground, his body curled in a small knot, his hands clutching one leg. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z My stomach knotted as I watched my eyes open in terror, his lips pressed against mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Genie inspected the floor quickly, his eyes landing on every knot in the wood, thinking it could be the other half of the wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She laughed at our jokes and teased us when we couldn’t comb through the knots in our ratted hair. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I felt the knot again as it crawled up in my throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of my own free will, I sever this knot,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then she made a tight bracelet around Maybeth’s wrist, ripping off the gauze with her teeth and tying it into a knot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z To my surprise, she reached up to my lowest bough and gently tied a scrap of blue-striped fabric in a careful knot. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He slithered between the battering branches like a snake and placed his front paws upon a knot on the trunk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She leaned over, her hair, loose from its daytime knot, falling across Gilly’s own hair. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The house is located in a tiny hamlet, a Hooterville of eight stone houses huddled in a knot and surrounded by rolling hills decorated with cows and sheep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A man was climbing over a near-by ledge, and beyond him was a small knot of men, their faces lit to a distinct whiteness by the swinging pencils of light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I never wanted her to get down to a single knot. Freeing her is not an option.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then I tied the drawstring back in a knot and made the decision right then and there to put the bag in the trash. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As I hugged her, as we languorously shifted and knotted, the Object’s attitudes of insensibility included favorable positioning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She showed him how it was firmly knotted onto the cord that hung around her neck. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The knot of men broke up and disappeared behind ledges and chimneys. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I worked at the knot, but my fingers were too wet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z If I pulled here, it got too tight there and the knot got worser. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Though she was barely an inch over five feet tall, her arms were massive with thick, knotted biceps and her forearms were threaded with protruding veins and hard sinew. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the most considerate things anyone had done for me, and that twisted my stomach into knots. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stomach the thought of eating with my insides in knots. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes people carried anger around for years, in a secret box inside their bodies, and it grew tighter like a hardening knot. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When the rope is taut, Chou ties it in a double knot. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then,” Alex says, and he grabs Henry’s tie again, close to the knot, and draws his mouth up to a breath away from Henry’s. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The knot of anxiety between my shoulders slackened. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Fear and panic threaten to strangle me; I knot them up and shove them away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sunny pecked me quick on the knot above my eye and disappeared into the elevator. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The effort to recall was too great; it loosened a knot in her chest that turned her thoughts again to the pain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She must be on an errand, a knotted rag in her free hand, a poor girl’s purse. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears a gown fashioned from a pink kimono, her hair piled in an elaborate knotted style and her eyes rimmed in a striking red. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Bound his bedsheet in knots and strung it around his own neck. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She hoped it had been him that had raised his flag and knotted arm in anger. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he opened his arms and the two men said goodbye in a tight knot, free at last of the hatred and rancor that had poisoned their lives for so many years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She could almost feel her joints thicken and knot. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He finally gets the knots loose and pulls in the rope just as the engines come to life and the boat starts moving away from the Lincoln Building. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her Igbo words had a teasing lilt, but the steeliness in her tone created a knot in my throat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I stuffed my necktie into my pocket to knot on the way. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When she finishes, she pulls my hair away from my face and twists it into a knot. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I said, knotting the loose end of the spool tar to the string loop tied to the center spar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Lay your grandmother at my threshold,” she instructed.“I want to blow on the knot,” Seth said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She turned over dishes to read the manufacturer’s name and lifted the corner of the Persian rug to count the knots. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But I would hide a Persian flaw in each one, which was hard because mug rugs aren’t very big and have about seven knots per inch. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And then I notice the messy knot of dark blond hair sitting next to my mom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Her blonde hair is pulled, as always, into a stiff knot at her neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I guess so,” I said, looking back into the mirror and adjusting the knot on my tie. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Samar reached up, gently pulled down my lowest branch, and tied the fabric in a loose knot. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You remember when I said I had a knot inside me?” she asked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They fell onto the bed in a knot of arms and legs, each calling the other by the secret names they had used in the days of the basement. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While Meng talks and answers questions, I become conscious of the charcoal on my face, the knots in my oily hair, and my flaky skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the kerchief back over the hair and knotted it securely. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosaleen and I moved behind her in our clumsy knot, so close we must have seemed to the night creatures like one big organism with six legs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sohrab nodded and handed me one of the knots he was working on. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The wind whipped through her hair, knotting it with frozen fingers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I can cook,” he said, “and chop wood, and ride a horse, and tie all sorts of knots!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I reached swiftly between the mattress and box spring to grab the knotted old sock that contained my secret cash hoard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Stopped, then moved forward one more inch through the path of its knot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Because now all of his emotions were knotted together. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He was dressed in worn overalls, his boots were scuffed, and the shoelaces broken and knotted. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The knot Otto made in the laces when I was trying to escape from Bouain was a convoluted mess, made worse by repeated bathings in river muck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Sleep oh sleep thou certain knot of peace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Frog jumped up to a speed of four and a half knots. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Jonathan was close enough, the Hessian leaned forward and quickly tied the rope around Jonathan’s ankle, then tied a tight knot. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Bernard says, his mouth twisted into a knot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The preceding explanation unties the Gordian knot, and you can stop there if you want. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with my growing knot of dread, things start to get more exciting by the time the bronze badges finally roll around. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Each had knotted, carefully combed tassels, fleur-de-lis borders, ornate medallion designs, and minute scalloping amid a motif of connected eight-spoked wheels, all in rust and fire orange. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And then he stepped back and turned and shouted, “Fellow mice, the thread has been tied. The thread has been knotted.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z A knotted neck scarf, a certain smell, the vaguest outline of a brooding, irritable presence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I watched the Katrina coverage with a knot in my stomach, knowing that if a disaster hit Chicago, many of my aunts and uncles, cousins and neighbors, would have suffered a similar fate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly one of them, a boy, popped out of the knot and came running toward us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A knot of pressure was building inside him to declare the love he felt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My hands started to sweat and my stomach felt like it had a million knots in it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t find his shoes or my clothes in the excitement—and somehow the laces on his skates had knotted and frozen so I couldn’t untie them anyway. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He began to teach her to use a rope, to knot it and twirl it and fling it so that it caught on a rock or a branch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When she said that last word, my throat knotted so light, it felt as though I’d swallowed a horseshoe. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z On the further edge of this broad hill-back they stayed their march and crawled for hiding underneath a tangled knot of thorns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As soon as it was knotted, Pima’s mother motioned him and shouted, “Get up into the trees! There’s a rock hollow higher up! It should give shelter!” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I ring Kenya up, my stomach knotted the whole time. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Folding the cloth multiple times lengthwise, I add more water and tie it around my neck, knotting it at the front. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I get this pang in my stomach, like a little knot that’s twisted up tight, and I think—well, hope—that I’m still breathing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He picked up his wrapper and tied it around his body, knotting it at his waist. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed a couple of times and the knot disappeared. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And from that time on, she used one hand to knot the fibers, sharing the task with a female zalif who had become her particular friend, fingers and trunk moving in and out together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He tied the string again, and flattened the knot, as well as he could, then swung the satchel on to his back. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z We began our courtship in 1961 but were together six years before we tied the knot because it wasn’t legal for whites and blacks to marry until sixty-seven. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Having once served in the Merchant Marine, he understood rope and was clever with knots. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I knotted it twice at the back of my neck and then tucked the ends of my comrows underneath. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor put on an old, striped men's shirt and had her mom tie one of her ties—like knot it, for real—around her neck. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z A noise like a laugh came out of the dense knotted mangroves. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was disgusting to find knots of them gathered hungrily on the back porch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He hastened to take it off, but it was knotted very tightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I stuffed one of Frankie’s silk neckties in my pocket to knot on the way. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I stayed tucked into my secret place all that night and woke late the next day to find my body had stiffened into a tight knot of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He curled himself into a tight knot on the rock. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The muscles on his forearm were defined in brutal knots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach knots up as I realize Mango’s inside it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I cut free a sleeve from my shirt, wrap it twice around his leg just under his knee, and tie a half knot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I knotted it around my neck, smiling my idiot’s smile—“Merci.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The whole thing makes my stomach knot up. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z A girl, dead in a ditch, her skirt knotted high. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A knot formed in my throat, and I spooned around him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mutations also occur because of radioactivity or ultraviolet light from the Sun or cosmic rays or chemicals in the environment, all of which can change the nucleotides or tie the nucleic acids up in knots. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The game of darts was in full swing again, and the knot of men at the bar had begun talking about Lottery tickets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Finding string would take more time, and the careful tying of the bow knots still more time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They watched Lupin seize a broken branch from the ground and prod the knot on the trunk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They were really only kite string and knotted easily. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see all the interconnected ways his life was knotted up, and how it had led here—to her own death. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I got a knot on my womb,” she told the receptionist. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But the barbed wrapping wasn’t only for weight; Sigurd had knotted and arranged it so it made a net around the outside, to prevent exactly what Anya was attempting. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Her crinkly gray hair had been pulled back into a thick, braided knot, with leaves and flowers growing out of the thin gaps between the twisted plaits. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The knots that bound him were too tight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She reached out and touched Tally’s hair, tangled and knotted from two weeks of camping out and riding all day. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Guyard the Green, who fancied himself a singer, diddled a harp and gave them a verse about tying lions' tails in knots, parts of which rhymed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instead, in a knot of nerves, I must go to a certain street corner and wait. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It was folded what seemed like a couple of hundred times, and getting it open was like untying a knot. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Acting on the word’s suggestion, he seized the bunch of knotted cords from its nail behind the door and shook it at his tormentors. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The sunken cheeks and blue-gray eyes, the wispy eyebrows and silver hair, the shoulders knotted around her ears. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I even managed to punch a few knotted up fetterlings into the air and watched as Old Familiar snapped them up, too. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We were riding in the wagon and he was teaching me how to tie sailors’ knots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Breuer bent down and wrapped the handkerchief around the boy’s knee, knotting it gently with firm, practiced hands. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I twirled my hair into a knot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach was squeezing itself into a hard knot of fear. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like the longer I sat there, the quieter my head became, the more the aches and knots in my body worked themselves out, leaving me as soft as the dirt under us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I yelp when Tess ties a finishing knot on the bandage. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Peeta’s artificial leg catches in a knot of creepers and he sprawls forward before I can catch him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He rowed hard the last stretch—he didn’t want to show how tired he really was—but when Willis threw out the line and Turner could hardly tie the knot, he figured Willis would know. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He got up and clenched his long hand into a bony fleshless knot, shaking it towards the East. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His face was in a tight knot of irritation. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z They stood looking at each other, a shared cloud of distress knotting around them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Her body hits the floor with a thud, her eyes still open and shining with tears as blood pours from her neck and into the rug we knotted together last winter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One night after dinner, she sat on her bed with her cousins Margaret and Sadie and told them, “I got a knot inside me.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She had made a complete mishmash of the string and could not untangle her fingers from the knot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman, her hair tightly knotted, stopped gluing paper on the broken windows to look at them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I pick up the lid of the black can and notice Uhmma’s tight knot at the top of the white plastic trash bag. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She’ll be riding the float with some of the other cheerleaders, wearing short denim skirts and flannel shirts knotted up to show their midriffs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z My stomach is twisted into a knot that might never uncoil. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In a glance he saw that it was a knot he could untie. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Mercy’s spinning wheel faltered, and Rachel’s hand, lighting a pine knot, trembled so that a spark fell on the table unheeded and left a small black scar. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When first he came to Dome, the fiery food would tie his bowels in knots and bum his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Mind you,” he whispered, “a slipped reef knot would be even better. Just one pull...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He checked the branch, the knot in the painter, the tree. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We tied the blanket corners together into giant knots. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z My stomach is in knots when we make our way back to the city. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He watched as some unfurled their branches while others curled theirs into huge wooden knots—fists. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I can imagine her painted face and annoyingly perfect Bantu knots even without seeing them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Still wailing, the Penitentes rose to their feet, stripped off their upper garments and, with knotted whips, began to beat themselves, blow after blow. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Show me my grandmother,” she said as she stuck her thumb into the center of the knot and stretched it into a hole. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Jim and a knot of his pals had already grabbed their sleds and headed to Coalwood central to test the road between the church and the Club House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She tied a knot between each button so they wouldn’t run together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In the other direction, the children were gathering in excited little knots, plotting and planning, for the first time any of them could remember, for the future. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was a knot on the top—a lump that changed the way my whole face looked. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I think of the knots in my hair and wonder how similar they are. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Your cloak knot. Don’t know what it is, but it sure doesn’t look civilian.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Seeing the ship again twisted my gut into knots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Perhaps I am not in the proper mood to believe it,” Isobel says, loosening the knots and putting the ribbons aside, letting them cascade over the arm of the chair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Wait, I can’t do this,” I stammered as Meir tied off the final knot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They showed knots and whorls, and wavy tracks of grain ran down their entire length. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His body was covered in sludge, and his stomach was in knots over the narrow escape. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A knot of girls flop down in the moss beside me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She took up several of them, knotted their ends together, and began to braid. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined just how it would go: him tying the knot on the pillowcase with the snake wriggling inside, then carrying the sack home like a triumphant bounty hunter. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Today her brown hair is pulled into what my momma would call a messy knot at the back of her head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I could see the stitched black knots underneath, holding his cut together. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z As a little boy he had loved to watch her comb and knot her long black hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Now I can make every knot he knows, even the clove hitch, which I did backward for a few months before I got it right. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The family curls together in a tight knot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I carefully tiptoe inside, fumbling with the knot on the string to untie the balloon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Finally, he lowered his head and knotted his fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Her dark hair was pulled flat against her skull into a knot in back of her head. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If time was a string connecting all of your stories, that party would be the point where everything knots up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She carried a white puppy and a rice sack knotted at the mouth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I took hold of Sammy, and we collided into each other, a small knot, afraid. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My stomach was tied up like knots on a rope waiting for Dad to get home, to see what he’d say about the six words when I told him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z As the bus shuddered to a stop at the terminal building, Ann searched through the blue haze of diesel exhaust for her husband among the knot of people meeting friends and relations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z My whole body tingles with nerves and it feels like my tummy has balled itself into a knot. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A knot on Jim’s head was rising, and there was going to be a nice purple welt on his leg. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Crookshanks darted up first; he had evidently pressed his paw to the knot on the trunk, because Lupin, Pettigrew, and Ron clambered upward without any sound of savaging branches. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z High John danced between the iron monsters, tangling them up as they lunged at him and leaving them twisted in rusty knots, juicy targets for my hooks and uppercuts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My stomach was in knots; no way could I possibly eat anything. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The cord had twisted itself into a bit of a knot, and for a second or two I actually panicked, thinking it might be irreparably tangled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The skin around Uhmma’s eyes wrinkles in concern, her lips gather together in a knot. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Delaying the question freed up something in him that usually stayed knotted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Isobel places the box upon the table and brushes a thick layer of dust off the top, though much of it still sticks to the knotted ribbons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But while Mom’s hair falls in silky plumes around her face, mine is more like a knotted nest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Conor could see raggedy teeth made of hard, knotted wood in the monster’s open mouth, and he felt warm breath rushing up toward him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Her dirty wrapper was not knotted properly, and one end trailed in the dirt as she walked, carrying a tray mounded with bits of fried beef. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She was missing teeth, and there was blood on the knot she was chewing, apparently from her gums. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then she knotted the string and hung it around her neck. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The whole thing tangles my brain in knots. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Out there by the pasture gate, she quickly took the pins out of her tousled hair, pulled it back, twisted it into a knot at the back of her head, and pinned it tight. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then she said she’d call again later, and I went to bed with my stomach so tangled up in knots I couldn’t sleep. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Instead of drivelling away about knots and vacuum cleaners and lions, and making me miserable for weeks and weeks.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I realized the knots in my stomach were just nerves, the pain eased slightly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His inside face had become his outside face and it was all knotted up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He sits under the safety light in his space, knotting his rope, not even pretending to rest. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She tugged at the biggest knots, near the beast’s neck, with all her might, but they wouldn’t budge; then she tried using the dagger without luck either. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They had passed small towns and big towns, and knots of little villages that kept springing up one after another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In Frank’s chest, a hard knot of anger and resentment—a lump of grief he’d been carrying since the funeral—finally began to dissolve. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I knot my fingers together to hide their tremor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Instead, he sits with his bag pulled up to his chest, clumsily trying to make knots in a short length of rope. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They were surprised to see a knot of people, many in dark blue police windbreakers, clustered outside their apartment door. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She was kind of worried about the knot, but really didn’t care how it looked, and Grandpa didn’t either. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Really, it wasn’t so different from waiting for her in a dream when she might appear anywhere and his whole being clenched into a knot of eagerness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I brush my hair roughly, and then I pull it into a bun by knotting it around a twig. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I still had a knot in my solar plexus. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I crawled under the house and crept into a dark hollow of a brick chimney and balled myself into a tight knot. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach was still in a knot, and all I could do was clutch the microphone, but at least I wasn’t croaking anymore. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But some rugs have 400 knots in one centimeter, and if you owned one as small as a pillowcase, you’d still be rich. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She pulls back her curly hair and ties it in a knot. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His tie was in a perfect Windsor knot, which Grace had only seen in pictures on the internet, and that made her trust him a little bit more. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z So when I heard the door creak inward, it felt like all my guts knotted down to the size of a grape. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The head of a freshly slaughtered rooster juts from one knot. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The nausea swept over me, the choking tension, the buzzing in my ears, my stomach knotting and stretching as if it wanted to tear itself out of my body. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He gently tugged at the knot until one end of the string was pulled out, forming a small lasso. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Odim Street itself was shapeless and tangled, with both sides knotted in thick bush. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The story goes on, and you can’t pretend that dropping one knot in a rug is the only mistake keeping it from perfection. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Jinx’s entire body was becoming one contorted knot. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His whole face had been balled into a knot and tightened. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Her hair, usually smooth and perfect in its knot, is disheveled. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z With his weight against them, it was hard to pull them loose, even though they were sailor's knots and had loops in them. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam exhaled in relief, the tight knot of worry in her chest loosening a little but not entirely. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It had one other knot besides the one she had been gnawing. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The alcove at the far side had grown as well, now completely unfettered by knotted ropes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As if the mac and cheese was spoiled and was suddenly tying his stomach in knots. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She wore her hair always pulled tight back and bunned behind in a hard knot. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I spend the rest of the night on my mattress obsessively making knots, holding them up for Buttercup’s inspection. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My stomach knotted for a second, and I told myself to relax. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes advantage of the moment to kiss the column of Henry’s throat, the hollow at his collarbone, the knot of his Adam’s apple. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One morning when Ishmael was eight years old a pair of surveyors had showed up with their transits and alidades and knotted red flagging everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I untied the strange knots that the Amoses had put in my twine and opened the suitcase. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Angela's golden hair was tied in a knot on the nape of her neck. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And while this party didn’t make me barf, just being near it—just hearing it—twisted my stomach into knots. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Og’s enthusiasm pulled me back into the moment, and I felt a nervous knot form in the pit of my stomach. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Tightening the knots every time she held Caesar in her lap and taught him a word. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He kept his hair tied back neatly with red yarn in a chongo knot, like the oldtimers wore. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Angie helped me into each one, knotting the sashes, fastening the buttons, plumping the bows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Everyone scrambled to their feet and squeezed into the hall in a panicked knot. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The bats staggered together and pressed into a tight, trembling knot. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My stomach knotted and rumbled from hunger and funny feelings. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He presses her close, a hand at the small of her back, against the knot of her dress, tasting the warm, slightly sour tang of her mouth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She nimbly tied a knot on the cord that had connected the baby to its mother’s blood, then quickly she bent and with her teeth she bit off the loose end. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Still silent, he fixed the twine cleverly around the monkey, tied a firm knot, and slipped the loop around his belt. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z My stomach knots and I am drenched with sweat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was thinking about this when she climbed out through the knot hole and slithered to the ground below—not ten feet from the cat. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He tried again, yanking the rope, digging at the knot with his frozen fingers. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the tree where she had tied it, and the rope was still knotted around the trunk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s on his case,” she replied, pointing at the luggage rack over the man’s head, where there was a small, battered case held together with a large quantity of neatly knotted string. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Her lip is split, mouth and teeth full of blood, her eye swelling, and she’s got a knot on her forehead that must be from hitting the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Once again she was a tangled knot of leashes and cats. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It took over two hours to comb out the knots, little by little, without hurting him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m starving to death,” he said, retying the knot of his bathrobe and pottering over to the refrigerator. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The starfish were twisted and knotted up, for a starfish loves to hang onto something and for an hour these had found only each other. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The awful nightmare had now gripped the great brute to such an extent that he was tying his whole body into knots. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never seen him like this before, his whole body drawn up into a tight knot of anger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It is longer than Bailey expected from watching her knit, with intricate patterns of knotted cables at each end. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My stomach knots up even as I say it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes there is nothing to be done but to get out a pair of scissors and cut the knot right out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Some wore gold-beaded wraps atop their heads; others had hair coiffed into short Afros, Bantu knots, twists, and dreadlocks. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Arm continued to edge downward, knot by knot. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We paddled to the rope and Bronwyn reeled it down, and after a minute Olive appeared from the fog above our heads, one end of the rope knotted around her waist. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “You hit a bird going five hundred knots and it’s like being hit with a bowling ball. Do you remember when Rip Tuscum was killed in a plane crash about five years ago?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed two limbs up and reached into a gnarled old knot that had doubled as a squirrel’s nest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Tie your knots, she sang again and again, enchain! — enchain! — enchain me! The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His weather-beaten cutoffs had been bleached gray by the sun, and a dirty red bandanna was knotted around his right wrist. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Hinckley was in a knot of reporters who were standing within a few feet of the President. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It had been heavy once, when we were newly married: now the faded rag in which it was tied was too big and the ends flapped loosely over the knot. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The children banged on the glass and pointed at the types in a disrespectful fashion, startling them as they pretended to fuss with sailor’s knots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I pause on the porch until I hear the bar slide into place, then I jog out to join the knot of men gathering in the street. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It’s about to get knotted up in the worst possible ways. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He must have been feeling particularly nasty that night, because he’d combined pine sap with the knots. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z |
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