I caught the tail end of sit-ups, and then we had to run laps for five minutes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Unlike dirt, water seems alive, moving and shifting, always making lapping sounds against the boat and shore. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t Baba sat me on his lap and said those words to me? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A woman held Garfield's head in her lap. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she said, and spread out the paper towels and sandwich on her lap. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head and looks down at her lap, not saying a word. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

One evening, as I lay on my grandmother's lap in front of the fire, she said to me, "I wonder what happened to that little Bruno." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

We got back in the car, and I held my sweet new friend on my lap. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Edgar jumped down from his lap and stretched. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one broke out on the first lap, but on the second, Freddy and a kid from another team started to lead out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

So, yeah, Annie and I pretty much shut it all out, scooted our desks close together, held hands on my lap—score one for atavism!—and whispered and mouthed our own unobserved conversation. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But since the tide was high and the biggest waves were already lapping at the fish, there was no time to lose. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if we were to spell the words “rap,” “lap,” “lab,” and “laugh” identically. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was sick all the next day, and on Saturday went home, quite used up with her fortnight’s fun and feeling that she had ‘sat in the lap of luxury’ long enough. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve lost all modesty in taxis; I lean against him, his hand around me, under my arm, on my breast, or I lie down along the seat, head in his lap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He indicated a brown paper sack resting in his lap. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll quote you on that when a cannonball lands in my lap,” said Nina. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They stand in the darkness amid river sounds, waves lapping, freighters blowing foghorns. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With infinite weakness she climbed slowly to her spindly legs, dragged herself to the door, took four laps of water and collapsed on the floor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He licks my hand and then rests his head on my lap so I can keep scratching behind his ears. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The waiter came with the breakfast, and I sat with my hands in my lap, watching while he put down the pot of coffee and the jug of milk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

One of those demure oil portraits of a lady with a book open in her lap and a lamb lying at her feet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On the track, the high-knee things were followed by jumping jacks, and some warm-up laps around the track, which seemed like a really bad idea to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We could hear sharp as raps the lapping of waves against our gunwales. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I dream I am lying in the backseat of a car, my head on Papa's lap, watching the moon follow us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her impulse was to cover her ears, but she held her hands tightly in her lap. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lennie looked to Candy for help, and then he looked at his lap again. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide down the wall and sit on the floor, and a chicken comes and stands on my lap. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Women greedily clutched the babes on their laps while on the porch the shufflings and smiles, flirtings and pinching of a few minutes before were gone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over at my mother, sitting in the armchair, hands crossed on her lap. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I want to hold her hand, but it’s back in her lap, not resting in between us anymore. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then another sliver moved and I felt something fall into my lap. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stare at the clawed hands in my lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Aurora, who has already put on her Hello Kitty nightgown comes over and plants herself on my lap. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When the ham-boiling had cooled, he filled Sounder s pan and ran his fingers up and down the great dog’s back as he lapped it up. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leans back on the sofa, shifting his daughter to a more comfortable position on his lap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold clasped his hands in his lap, studying the Poe bust as he talked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But she’s like a dog that keeps jumping into your lap. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Scipio put the bag on Mosca s lap and opened it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sponge had a long-handled mirror on her lap, and she kept picking it up and gazing at her own hideous face. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

They’re rounding the corner for their eighth lap now, and he’s starting to see some flaws in his logic. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In one room he sees an oil portrait of a small girl he assumes is Maxine, sitting in the lap of a stunning, youthful Lydia, wearing a yellow sleeveless dress. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were using charcoal, and because someone had commandeered all the easels, we were having to work with our boards propped up on our laps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put your head down,” she patted her lap, “and cry. It’s the only way.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her step brother’s head was cradled on her lap, his eyelids half-shut and his forehead glistening. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was thrilled that after two months, Otto was finally getting better, and my happiness lapped over to Congo itself. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his head to the upright figure with the knitting lying on her lap. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He was quite fat and his bloated stomach always lapped over his belt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A little buddy to keep you company,” he said, casually dropping it in the boy’s lap. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leapt from my lap to my head, took a mouthful of hair and wrestled it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But here’s the thing,” Jimmy said after Colin had taken a victory lap behind the counter and through the back room. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They kissed once more and flicked a little water at each other and rubbed noses, chuckling together, standing in about five feet of softly lapping water, enjoying the peaceful evening. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held Merry on her lap and looked exquisitely sad. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A curly-haired toddler climbs into the man's lap and they laugh, while the woman watching them smiles. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Samuel leaned down and gathered up one of the boys and held him on his lap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his hands to his lap, and the next words he spoke slipped out before he could stop them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But usually the baby just lay in Charles’s lap, staring up at his father’s face with pleasure and equanimity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on his lap had been like sitting on a pair of tree trunks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"When I call your name, come get your uniform and go put it with your stuff. Then give me some warm-up laps," he said. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She could hear the water lapping in the distance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waves lap against the shore, swelling with an incoming tide. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She held it between her thumb and forefinger, suspended between her lap and her mouth. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amil sat in Papa’s lap, and Papa put his arms around him as if he were little. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the foot of the bed with the box on his lap. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her hands lay in her lap, withered and limp. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lapped around my body, making me the perfect center of a whirlwind cloud. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scrappy puppy in the back seat, however, hops into the pilot's lap and starts gnawing on the control stick! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Frodo sat and listened to the faint lap and gurgle of the River fretting among the tree-roots and driftwood near the shore, until his head nodded and he fell into an uneasy sleep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the players had completed their laps, Luma ordered them to line up on the fringe of weeds at the field’s edge. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Koffi chanced a look at him as she and Mama made another lap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ruth pressed her hands together in her lap to stop the shaking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank held his ski bag across his lap. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The muddy waters of the river lapped and gurgled savagely around him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold my hands in my lap, feeling out of place and five years old. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But she could see his delicate, wrinkled hands, skillfully tying the figures in his lap together with a red thread. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They were crossed in her lap like two old gloves. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Usually, on the tenth lap, my food would be gone, and the bell would ring. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The bowl of his pipe was made of meerschaum clay, and it had a flexible stem about three feet long so that the bowl rested on his lap. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing her name, Geak walks over to Ma and sits on her lap. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sweep my roll and half the meat into my napkin, fold it up and put it in my lap. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He gets down on his kneecaps and lays his head down in her lap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her head bops to the downbeat, hair cascading up and over her seat into my lap, and I wonder if New Yorkers have such big hair. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ray ducks under the table and rests a heavy head in Axel’s lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Before heading to bed, I sit down at my desk in my room with Riot curled into a pile in my lap. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I hunched over, trying to stretch the shirt over my lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She rocks by the fire, sipping her sherry, counting the money in the purse on her lap, entering payments in her ledger before she locks everything in the trunk under her bed upstairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I paused at a yellowed photograph of a pair of Native American kids, one sitting on Ishtar's lap, staring blank-eyed at the camera. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He scrambles across the room, fetches it from his bed, and drops it in my lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He wore a frizzy sweater with a hoofprint design on it, and he had a blanket on his lap that almost hid his wheelchair completely. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He lowered his head into it and lapped up some water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It takes work for me not to return her gaze, to instead focus on Mirjam's schoolwork in my lap. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Garrett pushes in closer to Bram to make room, but I'm still basically sitting on Nick’s lap, and that sure as hell isn’t going to work. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She poured herself a cup of the strong coffee and ate her fill with the cat on her lap. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sat in the pew, the same one I was in when Oscar and I met, and repeated the mantra: Come here, sit on my lap, ad infinitum. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

From now on, she told them, they would no longer run laps around the track, out of view. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sprinters jogged by, running slow laps, taking care not to turn an ankle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They bend over the cradle of the Nativity, or they hold Jesus on their laps. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was lying in his lap with no expression on his face at all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

My mom is sitting at a booth with Hector in her lap, folding cardboard pizza boxes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Summer raised his head from Bran's lap, and gazed at the mudman with his dark golden eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was a small room, with only a few dozen pieces on the wall, all showing the Virgin with Jesus on her lap. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The black water lapped against the side of the boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The waves of a lake lapped against the stones. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Johnny played on the grassy fields of his family’s estate and spent his Sundays in the lap of the family Model T, competing with his siblings for a window seat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits on the couch next to me and moves my legs into her lap. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Sophie gets tripped up on the back straight after a lap. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sarah buries her face in her mother’s lap. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Her big hands were resting in her lap, and she raised them and spread her fingers when Jean Louise entered. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Keene lifts the president’s head into her lap and calmly strokes his face. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, on lap two, Becca stood up from her seat like a bird who just popped its head out of a nest, and waved at me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I visualized my parents during their last hours alive, both in bed, wearing their reading glasses, books in their laps. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

So he let Merry sink gently down on to the pavement in a patch of sunlight, and then he sat down beside him, laying Merry’s head in his lap. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The fat orange cat named Flora was curled in my lap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At the announcement of the final lap, they were in first and second place. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A woman stroking the hair of the lifeless friend in her lap. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After I feed him, I put the seerah book in his lap once more. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I carefully hold a box on my lap. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She filled a cup for Cruz and held it while he lapped the water up. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra nodded, and turned the hands before laying the alethiometer in her lap and tucking her hair behind her ears to look down and concentrate. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I watched her hands in her lap: slender and beautiful, with bright pink nail polish, her fingers twisting in a way I’d never seen them do before. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands were again clasped in her lap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands were folded majestically in her lap—she’d set her husband’s letters on the coffee table—and she was perched with great dignity on the edge of her chair, blinking calmly at her daughter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The children lapped at the milk like puppies and sniffed at the cakes for a long time before deciding to eat them. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Florida was sitting in the rocker, gently rocking, and on her lap were two of the wooden bird carvings from the mantel. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He gets right up into Frank’s face, front paws lifted off the ground and crawling into his lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She sat quiedy on a chair across from him, hands folded on her lap. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The three of us sit like this for a while, listening to the birds chatter in the trees and watching the gentle waves lap against the shore. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged my backpack out of the darkness, onto my lap and slowly pulled the zipper. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At night, Hazel fell asleep to the sound of icy water lapping against the rocks under the floorboards. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The breeze had mussed his hair; I balled my hands in my lap to keep from reaching over and putting it back in place. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He had his copy of Unfogging the Future open on his lap at the pages devoted to crystal gazing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Up and back, up and back, eighteen laps, and when I’m done, I’m hanging on in the deep end, panting away, and over swims this starlet. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His ugly spotted dog stood on his chest, lapping at the blood pulsing from his neck, and every so often ripping a mouthful of flesh out of the dead man's face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ma sat stiffly in one of the cushioned chairs with her purse in her lap, her body closed in on itself like a cage. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Luna set her journal on her lap and opened it to an empty page. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She sat down beside me and put the pan on her lap. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, pointing to the book in his lap. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Selvam hands us the two or three bundles we are taking with us which we hold on our laps until the carter tells us to stow them on top of the bales. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew if I kept looking at Twig’s face I would cry, so I lay on my bed and rested my head in her lap. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her gaze still glued to her lap, she mumbled something that sounded like “poppa” or “puppy,” but that couldn’t be right. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I pull my hands away from the portfolio resting on my lap. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sat there, with my hands on my lap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The city was, in the words of famed poet Carl Sandburg, “fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The boy reached into his mother’s lap, where the golden half-kernels lay in the folds of her apron. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I freeze and pull the snacks and money into my lap as I start to decode. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Pan slipped down to the bench and curled up on her lap. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I found that comers and tunnels were good places; you could wedge yourself in and did not need a lap belt or anything to hold you in place. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the German boat, Gerd Vols toppled backward into the lap of the number seven man, Herbert Schmidt, who had raised a triumphant fist high over his head. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

David’s so big he doesn’t fit on Mom’s lap anymore, and they look twisted, an awkward tangle of elbows and knees, arms and legs. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whines like a baby and throws herself across his lap to get it back. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She just climbs into Mami’s lap and puts her thumb in her mouth. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She might have altered her position on the couch, if she meant to go on looking at him, but that would have disturbed Bloomberg, in her lap, who appeared to be asleep. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Kat made a funny lapping noise, like a dog drinking water. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy opened his arms to me and I climbed into his lap like I was a baby again. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another one is sitting on a white boy’s lap in the corner of the room, and the two others are taking turns swigging from a plastic vodka bottle and giggling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Some even hold bags of cotton candy in their laps—bags! Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

One pattern had a little girl younger than me sitting in the lap of an older girl, probably meant to be her sister. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A girl walked in and placed my dog in my lap. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The pedals were in front of the seat and a child sat in it at ease, pedaled it while leaning back in the seat and steered it with the handlebars which lay across the lap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried real hard not to do anything that would knock the puppy off my lap. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Taylor didn’t answer, only snuggled into the comfort of her mother’s lap to watch the show. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

From time to time he opened a large book, which he carried in his lap, and made a note inside it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fayge’s father cleared his throat and closed the book on his lap. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared into the waves lapping up against the pier, their edges bright with the sinking July sun. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The water laps over my ankles, flowing faster by the second. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I thought she had another animal pelt lying next to her, and then I realized it was a live animal—a deer with glittering fur and silver horns, its head resting contentedly in Artemis’s lap. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My only trouble in the first grade came when I accidentally dumped a jar of the paste onto my lap. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She sits up and I lay my head in her lap as she pulls her fingers through my hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He’s reading something on his lap top and eating a sandwich. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the evening, I sit on Meng’s lap as he reads and translates to me stories about America from an English book he bought in a nearby store. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I took his head in my lap and set my hands to massaging the pain from his limbs. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was around three years old, we were visiting Poppy in his little house up Warriormine Hollow, and he took me on his lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The backyards of these houses fell away in green slopes down to a strip of sand, and then the blue Lake Erie, lapping all the way to Canada. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie hesitated, then ran across the room and climbed into my lap. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to pull Beau up into my lap and bury my nose in his fur and hug him and not answer. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Not going to have a very good month, are you?” she said sardonically as Crookshanks curled up in her lap. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cade, hair crazy and eyes glazed, sat up from behind the Wall and gulped all the water, spilling at least a third of it down his chest and onto his lap. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Spot comes and lays his head in her lap. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Ready, Your Majesty?” she asks, and when I nod, she straps on her backpack and rests mine in my lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She held an old black reticule on her lap. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems that a new candidate is running for Mayor of New York promising to give everyone who votes for him a lap dance. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

After roll call and stretches, Coach West yells, “Four laps, everybody!” and blows her whistle to get us going. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The blind man was sitting with his instrument on his lap. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Vivian smooths the blanket on her lap and shakes her head as if deep in thought. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Next to me, the woman with the toddler on her lap all but exploded. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His daughter, Sumaiya, crawls into his lap as soon as he sits down and plays with his beard. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, as always, his hands clasped in his lap, his dark school uniform without a wrinkle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“The lapping of water. It is gurgling by, and little waves leap. I can hear them on the outside.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Carefully, I put my chopsticks down and folded my hands in my lap. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The bedtime book rested in Cool Papa’s lap, his shades in his breast pocket. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I balanced the tray of vegetables on my lap and set to work, plucking the stalks and putting the leaves in a bowl at my feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks leapt lightly from his lap and slunk out of the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We bent like dogs, each taking turns lapping out of the bucket while the blond guard drank leisurely from a large canteen. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

From his rucksack the locksmith produces a loaf of bread and some links of white sausage and they eat these quietly and then he lifts her feet into his lap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She had a book on her lap and was nodding off. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When we had a house, I used to sit on his lap on the stoop, and we’d watch the night stars. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She’s about to question me further, I can tell, but then her phone vibrates on her lap. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I was balancing my lunch tray on my lap in a bathroom stall, my head in a viselike grip between my hands, when my phone buzzed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Going home in the trolley, Francie held the shoebox in her lap because Mama had no lap now. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boomer lays his head in my lap, and I rub his ears, tugging them gently the way Gram used to. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She pulled him into her lap and he clung to her as if she might disappear any second. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pull my hands away from the table and shove them into my lap. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But after a short while, she climbs into her mother’s lap. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She stays perfectly still with her hands folded in her lap. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A girl in the back has a banjo on her lap. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I will quit whacking you on the head when you put your hands in your lap, where they’re supposed to be.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Art picked his hat up, set it in his lap, and began fiddling with its brim. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe the only reason I notice the little white circle now is because I’ve been staring at my lap ever since I sat down in the front pew. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Their footsteps crunched in the wet sand, and the water lapped against the shore. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Without raising my head from my mother’s lap, in a choking voice I said, “One is for you, one is for Mama, and the other is for the girls.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have plans tonight, and I think I’m starting to get a cold. Zack said that if a cat sits on your lap for half an hour, you won’t get sick.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The first week when I arrived, there was a young woman in the dining room balancing a toddler on her lap as she tried to type a letter. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loomis came on the tractor at top speed, with the gun across his lap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter, Lindsey Lee Wells was sitting on what appeared to be a boy, who had an arm draped across her lap. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Corcoran began to pick at the house plants and I, ears burning, was staring at my lap when a door slammed and two young men sauntered into the wide, high-raftered hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her rabbity mouth huffed for breath, and she stared down at her lap as though the appropriate comeback were stitched somewhere alongside the zipper of her slacks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Annie looked up from the pillow she had put on Luke’s lap and tapped him on the knee. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stared at the book in my lap. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I put my hand in my lap to avoid tempting fate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We had lunch on Howard’s front porch, sitting on the couch eating Vienna sausages and cold pork and beans off of paper plates on our laps. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When she reached my shoulder, instead of placing the arm in my lap, she hung it around her neck. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He sat next to the drowned man with his enormous paws neatly propped together on the dead man’s lap, his tail wagging a mile a minute. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Holding them in his lap, he was reminded of the burden throughout the three hours of tanned flesh that filled the screen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was that God with the huge lap smelling of baby powder? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

How often would he have dinner with us or let us sit on his lap to do a puzzle? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jockey tumbled his hands in his lap to keep time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Irked at me, he jumped up and down a couple of times, ran a lap around the open space, and finally, spent, plopped down beside me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Biddy,” said I, when I talked with her after dinner, as her little girl lay sleeping in her lap, “you must give Pip to me one of these days; or lend him, at all events.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down with the box in my lap and untied the string. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

One day he. stopped her as she was going out He was sitting up in a day-gown, and his hands lay still in his lap. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close the seerah book and take it from his lap. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

If he had any reservations listening to me explain how flextime was a necessity while I bounced Sasha on my lap, hoping all the while that her diaper wouldn’t leak, he didn’t express them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Tucker folded his hands in his lap as if he’d finally realized he looked like a rabid monkey. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He extends his phone and takes a few pictures of Imani on his lap, himself and his dark sunglasses, gold teeth, and gold chain, and expensive rims. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at my lap while I talk, too ashamed to look at Mae and see her expression. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He still looked pale as he folded the paper on his lap, creased it carefully in half, and set it on the table next to his chair. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Matt poured water into the crevice of a curved rock for his dog, who lapped eagerly and waited for more. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in a few minutes, he placed several lengths of palm fiber across my lap. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their Dad held him in his lap on the way home and Bubber sat very stiff, not leaning against anything. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mikey took his position on the starting line as Freddy rounded the final bend of the second lap and was about to take the straightaway. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He knelt in front of her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and laid his head in her lap. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Kaori sat cross-legged on the rug with a small drawstring bag in her lap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dogs sit next to you and put their chin on your lap. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The King folded his hands in his lap, seemed under his lowered lids to be looking on the flames. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was dropped into my lap,” he recalls. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She flops down in a soft easy chair with Penny on her lap and begins to read. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I curled up into it like it was a lap. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed into my lap and tucked her sleek head under my chin, against my throat where she could hear my pulse and I could feel the small thunder in her chest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

My drawing pad is open in my lap. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My drawing pad is open in my lap, and my pencil is idling in my hand, the eraser tap-tap-tapping against the corner of the page. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We lap up His love and He laps up his welcome. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled into Albert’s lap, and he gently stroked the back of her neck. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone ate off paper plates held on their laps. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Tray and beer collapsed forward into the young woman’s lap. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was necessary to rest it on the lap because it was too heavy for her to hold up, which meant she had to sit leaning forward in order to read. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing down at the fragile bit of life in her lap, Aunt Queen asked Gerald, “Tell me, what do you think of our little Angel here?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on her bunk with a box of chocolates on her lap, and I remembered that her dad owned a chocolate store in the Village, which was how he'd caught the attention of Aphrodite. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pi waits for me to sit, stand, sit, stand, sit before jumping into my lap. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her stuffed armadillo, Spot, was in her lap. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He came and got me so I could watch him march into their room and drop those babies into my mom’s lap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled his toddler brother onto his lap and began rocking until the child calmed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He’s got a little kid on his lap and is wearing a backwards snapback that would be fly now. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She takes Oliver on her lap and tries to feed him but he turns away and looks into the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dad is dozing, a clipboard with notes and diagrams lying in his lap. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he got back to the kitchen, Aunt Marge had been supplied with tea and fruitcake, and Ripper was lapping noisily in the corner. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t respond, Fig nestled himself into my lap and looked up at me with his big eyes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t be surprised, honestly,” Esperanza said, removing her glasses with her free hand and setting them in her lap. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She then helped Mrs. Caruthers onto the seat, wrapped the old woman up, and laid another blanket on her lap for good measure. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mary, with her newest son on her lap, sat at the head of the table. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She lifts the computer from her lap and hands it to Molly. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

That night, I sat with Mother’s head in my lap. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The sun is so bright that I have to squint, so hot that I edge to the middle seat, out of the glare of the window, scooping Carmine onto my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stares at her, takes her hand and puts it back in her lap. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Fred took one last lap around the apartment. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Yet as clearly as I remember the heavy silence in the backseat of that car, with Ashley holding four-month-old Adria on her lap, the rest of my foster care memories are fuzzy images. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“A five year old child. No, no. Not in my lap. Let him stand up.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the paper in Vern’s lap and he slowly began to flip through the material, stopping after only a few pages. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His memories flooded over me, wave after wave lapping at my brain, and all I could think was, I’m going to do this. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kendra finished a complete lap around the pond, walking on clean wooden planks the entire way. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I rest my head back while holding the toy sanctuary in my lap. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He adjusted the heavy duffel bag on his lap and pulled off his knit hat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He did not like to admit it, but he said, “I take her in my lap and pet her till she calms down, and sometimes I sing her a song. You’re making me feel foolish.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s a bit dense,” she admitted, holding up the brown volume in her lap. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Luma was watching the Under Seventeens scrimmage at one early practice, when the Under Thirteens emerged from the school building to run laps after tutoring. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I thought about my victory lap, knee-high jogging with my gloves in the air. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would fall smack into the lap of it without doing anything but breathe. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

His daemon slithered lethargically off his lap as the Professor beat his fists against his shanks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Axel waits for Byrd to say, “And for our buttervore,” like she usually does when the elbows come to the table, but tonight she’s more interested in fluffing the napkin on her lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The father and mother stretch their legs beside us, with the children sleeping on both their laps. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the old beagle outside, and when I sat down on the grass, the beagle put her head in my lap and murmured in that special way dogs have. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They entered the eleventh lap in a tight knot, looking to sweep the medals. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I went to sleep on her lap, no longer feeling hungry even though I had not eaten any food. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

El sinks down to her shoulders as the water laps against my waist and the cool relief of it makes my eyes roll to the back of my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I loved having Grandmother or Mother read me stories in the dining room, or Papa seat me on his lap to do math problems or build airplanes at the kitchen table with Brother and me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And after calisthenics, there was always a run of a mile or two, consisting of laps around the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits and folds her hands in her lap, looks at me expectantly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They left a daughter, which, at its very birth, Charity received in her lap—cold as that of the snow-drift I almost stuck fast in to-night. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His inscrutable expression became even more so at the sight of the two boys playing chess and the tiny girl with a squirrel in her lap. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I stare at my hands, which rest in my lap. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He had sat me on his lap when I was little, looked me straight in the eyes, and said, There is only one sin. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up her second javelin—a real risk considering we still had one full lap to go—and threw it at the Apollo driver. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she wheels me out to the lobby, I clasp my hands in my lap, fiddling nervously. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ivy followed as Gigi stood up and took a lap around the Aberdeen home. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t at all hard to spot the Nurturers’ section at the front; coming from it were the wails and howls of the newchildren who sat squirming on the Nurturers’ laps. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Emma is buckled in the back seat watching a movie on the DVD player in her lap, eating crisps and pounding a Mountain Dew slushie. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Every time the bus hit a pothole, Eleanor practically fell in the guy's lap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When the woman had patched the torn place, she got the walnut basket, folded her apron in her lap, and began to pick out the golden-brown kernels. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down and saw that her hair lay in clumps all over her lap and on the floor, and she began to pick them up with slow, clumsy fingers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped asking questions, drew Poppy onto her lap, and gazed in silence at the glimmering landscape. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beau was lapping up some river water to wash down his beef jerky breakfast. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I sat on the lion bench, my skirt spread around me, my hands clasped in my lap, my back straight, and waited for them to see me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The black water was lapping against his giant shell, and the twinkling fishes were swimming around him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Otto climbed into my lap and started punching my chest; I didn’t know why, and he probably didn’t, either. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With a shriek, Oak dashes over, clamoring up the saddlebags and onto my lap. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Taylor set her phone in her lap, her eyes hard. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The creature—creatures, now—resumed drinking, with heavy lapping noises. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

While his thirteen-year-old daughter Kelly, an exceptional young athlete, swam measured laps, his eleven-year-old son Burt kept flipping gracefully off the diving board. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danuta holds out her arms, and Helena climbs into her lap. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He crossed his limp wrists in his lap and hardly seemed to be breathing as he sat with his gaze drooping toward the floor in acquiescent defeat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He sat for a long while with his hands folded in his lap, staring at the fire, and the firelight on his face was soft and warm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The debate had ended with me getting a cup of lukewarm tea dumped in my lap while Raizel’s parents watched on in utter horror. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their words melt into the sound of water lapping against children—the steamy Accra air softening even the crisp cadences of their accents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in a folding chair with Billboard on my lap and a bottle of sarsaparilla in my hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She dropped a bright peeling into her lap and separated an orange section slowly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still, I could see the passion spring up in Bouain’s eyes as he lifted Otto and laid him on his lap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop was still sitting exactly where they had left him, in his Seat, his hands resting in his lap, listening to the radio. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Small children and babies perched on every lap available and men leaned on the shelves or on each other. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shone like a window of glass upon a far hill in the westering sun, or as a remote lake seen from a mountain: a crystal fallen in the lap of the land. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Just a high tide, one block away and six stories below, lapping at the base of the city walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

New York ahead of her, her family behind, she moves to the back, her purse in her lap, the land pulling her gaze to the window once more. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

My mom had her Bible in her lap, underlining passages that the pastor hadn’t even mentioned. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nabu set his newspaper in his lap. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I placed the script on my lap and opened it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Elowen sat back in her throne, a serene look on her face as she folded her ringed hands in her lap. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The girl springs out of Oscar’s lap like a crazed cat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He took the letter from her lap, and when she wiped her face and tried to smile, he grinned anxiously and pointed to their mother’s primitive spelling. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mom pulled me into her lap and wrapped her arms tight around me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Lou unzipped the door, and a moment later a bearded man fell supine into his lap. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A long, low whistle unfurled along the cracked asphalt and landed in my lap, barely audible and then only to those listening. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Nancy sat morosely beside him holding a six-pack minus one tallboy in her lap. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent hours sitting cross-legged on deck with the ship's log on my lap recording the day's events as if I were drifting around in Baudelaire's Artificial Paradise. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And at dinner each night, Adria would wriggle her way out of her high chair, toddle over to Grandma, climb into her lap, and finish her plate there. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We relocate to the living room couch, and Bieber passes out cold with the whole front end of his body in Alice’s lap. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Bristle locked the jar between her paws and began lapping greedily, cleaning out the top half in seconds. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and concentrated on the waves lapping against the hull, the ocean currents, the winds all around me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It could even happen in his father’s lap in the middle of winter, when the shotgun had been locked away for months. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In distance running in the 1930s, it was exceptionally rare for a man to run a last lap in one minute. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I’m happily eating folded-over bread and butter sandwiches on the couch, my book in my lap, my legs across the arm of the chair. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want in,” he says, planting himself firmly in both of our laps. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

So we played euchre on a dictionary balanced on his lap, and when that started to prove a bit much we switched to Casino. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each of us holds in her lap a phantom, a ghost baby. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding her head in his lap, and she looked at his face upside down above her, filling with relief as she blinked. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As dawn emerges in streaks of yellow, he finally falls asleep, his head on Dutchy’s curled leg and his feet in my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

How can we leave all that we've known— me on Daddy's lap in the early evening, listening to Hope and Dell tell stories about their lives at the small school a mile down the road. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Physicist Maurice Goldhaber compared this Big Science photograph to his memories of Ernest Rutherford holding his experimental apparatus in his own lap. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It has to be at least two years since I last sat in his lap. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It did not spoil his birthday, as it did not spoil his father’s lap, but it changed those things so they did not feel quite as good as before. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was the lapping of the water and no other sound. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A paperback copy of Anna Karenina lay closed in their lap. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I came into the kitchen, May was sitting on the floor with her legs straight out and a box of graham crackers in her lap. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the dirt floor, beneath the row of dead plants so I couldn’t see them, and held Mom’s book in my lap. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At lulls in the game he would stretch his legs out, twine his hands across his lap, and stare at the radio as it spoke to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Run, Lanesha,” I scream, and I can’t hear anything except water lapping in my ears and I push with all my might. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth didn’t want to leave her father alone with his grief, so she entered the room and climbed onto his lap. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s difficult not to let my mind wander when he looks at me with those leonine eyes, when he folds his hands together on his lap, long legs crossed at the knee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, she was surprised to find her mother awake in the sitting room, her hands folded over her lap, looking out the window. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Doug raised his arms, pointing his index fingers to the flaking gilt ceiling in the I'm- number-one sign, and acknowledged the clapping with a victory lap around the room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she returned her attention to a glowing purple Greek dude who was trying to make her sit on his lap. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we sit side by side on her stoop, our traded plates in our laps. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her script is open on her lap, and she’s got one hand covering some of the lines. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her hands chase each other in circles on her lap as she takes a wooden rocking chair in the darkest corner of the study. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I buried my head in my lap, squeezed my temples with my knees, like a vice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she curled up in his lap and went back to sleep. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Grampa sat down at the kitchen table and pulled me into his lap. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She sits on her lap, her hands draped around her mother’s neck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We stood by the hole in the earth, close enough to hear the pond water lapping against the edge and to see ducks shaking off their feathers. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think these belong to you," I said as one by one I dropped the rest of the drugged biscuits on his lap. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sat next to me, hands folded in her lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I could picture the toddler earl, peeking into his mother’s lap and flashing those wee pearls at her exquisite embroidery. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls him off my lap and into her arms. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dad folds the newspaper on his lap and closes his eyes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and laid his head in my lap. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Washington clasps her hands in her lap again. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

In a cozy room dimly lit by oil lamps, Miss Wren sat in a rocking chair holding Miss Peregrine in her lap. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The team, shook about the prospect of having to hand over their sweet new jerseys, grumbled and started their warm-up laps. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There is Beautiful Round Face, me as a young girl, sitting on Mama’s lap giggling. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She leaned back against my father, keeping his hand in her lap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Frankie leaned over my lap to get a better look out the window. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She set the book down, crawled over to him, and climbed in his lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My hands won’t stop shaking, so I hide them in my lap. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to continue, hands twisting in my lap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As punishment, his leader ordered him to run laps around a drill field. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We blink our eyes, and I look down at the guitar on my lap. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I caught his long body in my arms and held his head on my lap. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was holding JaBrea in her lap now, grinning, tears streaming down her cheeks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I let my thumb trace the cover of the journal, and before my brain could tell me not to, I yanked it into my lap and flipped to a random page. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dismay scrambled for my lap, bobbling the kitchen table on his back. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on her lap I bounce and laugh as the driver pedals through the congested city streets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that wagon sat two people, one an older man dressed all in black, with a white prayer shawl across his shoulders, a book in his lap. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toddler sitting in her husband’s lap started crying too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

No lap in those three historic performances had been faster than 58.9. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was curiously warm, lapping in and out between his legs and over his stomach. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I said about everybody he made happy when he was still here. And when he went in their laps and how he had such soft skin.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Amelia pulls the open journal into her lap and skims for a moment. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Within seconds, he perches awkwardly with his butt in her lap, tongue out and leg thumping. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He'd unlaced her bodice and was tilting his cup to pour a thin trickle of wine over her breasts so he might lap it off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean jealous in a weird stalkery way, but sometimes I think our lives are moving at different speeds and it’s hard not to feel like you’re gonna lap me.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But the battle against lust required constant oversight: I had to order the same woman off the inmate’s lap an hour later. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands are still crossed in his lap as Dr. Data tries to ask him questions. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We all knew that Bull couldn’t catch a pop fly if it landed in his lap, so we weren’t exactly surprised to see him bagging groceries that spring at the Winn-Dixie. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In her lap she had a jar of Rolaids, which she was eating like candy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His approbation laps me like a warm bath. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

After fifty laps, one guy quit, and since quitting is contagious, three other boys caught the disease and walked off the court, too. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna wanted Kainene to stay, to sit on the bed and hold a pillow on her lap and gossip and laugh into the night. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Corcorans sat very quietly, hands in laps: how can they just sit there? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Often she ran laps when she returned from work too. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The old man ignored the passing horses and carriages, the silk brocade and the government seal, and simply continued reading a large book in his lap, placidly fingering a bag of red string beside him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mami stroked my head, which lay relaxed and at home on her lap. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Magnífico and Gerineldo, contemporaries of Aureliano but more skilled in the ways of the world, drank methodically with the women seated on their laps. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ann Wilson was seated in the colored section of the nearly empty Trailways bus with two-year-old Lydia sprawled asleep across her lap. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maria selected bits to feed Furball and continued to stare down at her lap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Holt was settled into the hickory rocker, a stack of newspapers on his lap. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His face dis­appeared into it, barely fitting, and he started to lap up the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed onto the bed and opened the book in her lap, squinting at the page in the dim light. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I shot my hand out and dumped the cinnamon tea into his lap, hoping his legs hurt as much as mine did as I marched outside. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur and Guenever, like good children, sat with their hands in their laps to listen to the stories. like children, they wen alert and eager, sifting the truth as best they could. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't get up from my lap or anything, but she gave me this terrifically dirty look. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Deedee out of Trina s lap far more roughly than he meant to, ignoring the little girl’s cries of protest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The queen sets the spyglass in her lap, and she claps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That night when I’m sittin’ out on the porch with Ma and Dad, Shiloh in my lap, I check it out. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s weird to see Mom’s hands motionless in her lap. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

For a long time they sat and said nothing, then Isannah put her head in Cilia’s lap. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother turned to glance round, but quick as a wink, Mrs. Tomolillo dropped her fat white hands in her lap and started talking vigorously to her friends. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back row, carsick and dizzy, sandwiched between the seven-year-old twins who kept reaching over my lap to slap at each other. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat there in obvious pain, resting his finger on his lap and nervously smoking a cigarette despite the sign on the wall that said NO SMOKING. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then Jinny lowered herself to sitting, to rest, with Ess in her lap, and felt a warm rush of calm all through her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dad and I knelt on the floor to squeeze our faces into the camera shot, while Laleh sat on Mom’s lap in her rolling office chair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The third daughter, especially, had gotten out of hand, making musical chairs of every man's lap. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

No sooner was the rat in Kevin’s lap than it scampered up his chest and darted between two buttons into his shirt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Hurrying along at the bottom of the incline, just out of reach of the lapping water, Reynie patted his pockets anxiously. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shinnied up one of her legs and landed on her lap. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold clasped his hands in his lap, studying the Poe bust as he talked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She held his head in her lap while the others attended his broken leg. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She’s clasping and unclasping her hands, staring hard at her lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Will had found a tin of condensed milk, and the cat had lapped it hungrily and then begun to lick her wounds. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch the water lap up over the undergarments. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Little Tzipporah was next, and Hannah held the child on her lap, covering her eyes with ice-cold hands and crooning a song into her ears. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently Jasper came to me and climbed in my lap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls it into her lap, removes a parchment scroll, and breaks the queen's seal. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ben grins up at me, his eyes landing first on my face, then my chest, then the wadded-up button-down in my lap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“At least Baba doesn’t do any dirty work,” Neel said, watching his sister pour more rice into the flat basket on her lap. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

As he shakes his shoulder the driver moves, and Salim’s hand brushes the man’s face, knocking the man’s sunglasses from his face onto his lap. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I drop my left hand to my lap, under the napkin, under my waistband, and find the three scabby lines, drawn straight and true. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Lily looked down at her lap, still smiling, but it wasn’t as bright. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

By now tendrils of mist were streaming over the 27,923- foot top of Lhotse and lapping at Everest’s summit pyramid. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sat out in the garden under the chestnut tree in the afternoon, with a book on my lap, but I scarcely read at all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wade into the waves after her, the cold winter water lapping up against my thighs and my sides, making my school uniform stick to my skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A shower of brilliantly colored sweets fell into Harry’s lap. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I lean back in my seat, lift my feet onto the footrests, and fold my hands in my lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It’s the only picture I have of her, she’s sitting down holding me and my brother Sam in her lap. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few days Mam is out of the bed holding the baby on her lap by the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I laid my head on my grandmother’s lap, and I felt like a little kid again, listening to my family talk around me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dawkins folding her lace handkerchief and placing it on her lap just so. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Emily wedged herself on her brother’s lap and James squeezed in next to the door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘Father, suppose you set on Highboy’s lap. I believe you be more comfortable than scrouged up here with us and all this furniture.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The father would lay a hard box, flat and thin and made of many layers of paper, across his lap. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He carried me over to sit on his lap on the other side of the sofa. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was a difficult moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say, “Of course not,” and then to take her onto my lap and hold her for a while. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleep would take him between strokes of the paddle; it would stop him so that his arms would fall and the paddle would stop and lie in his lap. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence fell back in his chair and stared into his lap, his smile collapsing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Silas jumped on the table and lapped the water in my mug. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji sat on the couch with his computer open on his lap, amazingly calm. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he turned his attention to the book in his lap and pretended that I wasn’t there at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The boy wiggles his finger and Carmine buries his head in my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dany could hear the distant call of night birds, the hiss and crackle of the torches, the gentle lapping of water from the lake. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was dropping cigar ash all over her lap, and I hoped she wasn't going to catch on fire before she'd told me how to recognise a witch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

At our place, Ford sits on Abuela’s lap while she reads to him. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Rather than ring the bell right away, Werner laps the block three times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She steadies her can of beer on the carpet and places the envelope in her wide lap. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister removed it, opened it, and spread it out on his lap. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But when she’s nearly in my lap and Soojin still doesn’t say anything, I scoot over to make just enough room for her. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Once I sat down and crossed my hands on my lap and struck my remorseful, thoughtful, and bright-eyed pose, the woman looked up and asked, "What happened to the ten thousand dollars?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I put the sketchbook on my lap and open my new box of colors. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my hand away and into my lap, feeling momentarily vulnerable. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sat at one end of the red and blue plaid couch, and she sat across from him on an ottoman, her knees close together and her notebook on her lap. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his hands, one curled inside the other, resting in his lap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From time to time he would pull one down into his lap to squeeze her breasts and fondle her between the legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sat on Granny’s lap, in the middle of the bus, by a large smudged window. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I’m looking at Mom, sitting in Sam’s lap, watching Ford while he plays. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I know to put my napkin in my lap—Gram taught me that. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Legs put her head on my lap and we just sat there. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

As soon as I nudged Otto awake he was at the water’s edge, lapping away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

If Penny has a fever, Lidia sits Penny in her lap, singing into her ear. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We drove to the bridge that divided the east bank of the Jordan River from its west bank, where hills and valleys curved like the laps of a thousand mothers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But Harry was not convinced: Fear lapped at him as he looked left and right for pursuers he was sure would come....Why had they fallen back? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He has a joke he likes to tell the girls who sit on his lap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He puts the tray in my lap and sits next to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She wheeled me in, locked the brake so my wheelchair would not roll, and made sure the lap strap was fastened. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

People woke up to find fire at their windows, and ran from their doors howling warning, only to encounter the same flames everywhere, leaping and lapping, laying the countryside bare. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers wove the sweetgrass in her lap, twisting and tugging the strands into perfect place. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Vivian holds the quilt by two corners and shakes it out, then carries it over and drapes it across Molly’s lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He has the coffin on his lap and he presses it against his chest. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I called out to the little boy and pulled him onto my lap. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on his lap, face-up, like a book. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced down at the book in her lap and shut it quickly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cool Papa still sat in his watcher’s chair, the bedtime book in his lap. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Normally I’d balk, but right now, I’m so glad he’s here, I give a forced eye roll and go climb into his lap. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

No one else she knew had her knack of keeping still, without even a book on her lap, of moving gently through her thoughts, as one might explore a new garden. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he lifts his basket into his lap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finally Ma put the basket back in her lap and reached in. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He had even begun to keep lap dogs like her—although he had always hated hers with the same bitter jealousy as that with which he had hated her lovers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are two laps to run, and she’s still well behind. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She sat on her bed in her nightdress with the letter in her lap and thought about the boy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bran had always been a good listener, but now he sat slouched in his chair and stared at his hands in his lap. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take out a granola bar and cradle Flannery’s complete stories in my lap. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

What they found on Toby’s chair was the little blanketed bundle that was now sitting on Mr. Monroe’s lap. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lily was just sitting there on her bed with the phone on her lap. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I pushed Mouse gently off my lap and stood up, into the doorway. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

At her table in the back, Skeeter looks down at her lap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We'll stay with you,” he said, placing one of his kittens on her lap. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My hands start to shake as I clench them together, so I hide them in my lap under the table. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She opens her book to the marked page, curls up in a chair pulled close to the wood-burning stove, bowl of peanuts in her lap. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She begins to reach out like she is going to touch my knee, but then she pulls back and returns her hand to her lap. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The task of finding fission neutrons was dumped in the lap of Alvarez, then a junior researcher still searching for a career-making project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

On her lap was a book, her fingers resting on the page. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Merry, who was sitting on Mama’s lap, started humming “Jingle Bells.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I took the subway to Aaron’s without a book to study on my lap—first time in a year. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Axel doesn’t wait another second; he leaves the ottoman for Frank’s warm spot on the couch, lets Ray jump right back up into his lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her teacup and hissed, almost dropping it into her lap as the scalding-hot cup bit into her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mom reads, the receptionist types at her computer, Mrs. Frost looks at a magazine, and the baby sleeps on Carol’s lap, his little fingers still clutching a pink plastic block. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an old green shoebox on her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hattie sent me a picture of the novel in her lap, and the bags of luggage at her feet. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

By happy coincidence, a cute sophomore named Lara ended up sitting on my lap. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She sat down at one of the round, linen-covered tables and unfolded a napkin in her lap. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her hands, folded together in her lap, had long pallid fingers, with swollen knuckles and tough yellow nails. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Captain gave a great tuba laugh, sloshing his tea out onto his lap. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were to drive past the park and see me sitting on Eric's lap or sharing a cigarette with Karen, I'd be dead. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead I stare into my lap and look at Mirjam's paper at the top of the stack. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Aureliano threw a coin into the hopper that the matron had in her lap and went into the room without knowing why. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Grunt had a woman in his lap, a breast in his hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I held the precious specimen in a cardboard box on my lap while he drove. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even when he was as old as ten or twelve, sometimes his mother would pull Tiller onto her lap and rock him, saying, “You’re never too old to be rocked.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair falls into her lap, swirling into a pile of ringlets, and her tiny teacup monkey plays hide-and-seek within the strands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I poured the rest in a shaky stream for Beau and he lapped at it as it fell. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A great nuzzling gout of flame leapt out to lap at the books and knock them against the wall. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Benson leaves in his wheelchair, his leg still in his lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Just as the child was about to reach out and grab the elbow, Dad would slide it into his lap. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only heard the lapping of the muddy waters of the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No blue sea would be lapping the shores of Barrow; instead the Arctic Ocean would be a roaring white cauldron forming ice that would join the land with the polar cap. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands in my lap and watched a red leaf spin past my feet. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he left, however, she walked over to the couch and sat down, crossing her ankles, resting her hands in her lap, and staring out patiently in black and white across the years. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

After what seems like forever, I become bored with the scenery and climb onto Pa’s lap. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mango jumps off my lap and chases halfheartedly after the pencil before lying down to wash himself. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He sat down beside Heqet, eying the chunk of golden cheese, the two loaves, the salt fish and the figs spread out on his friend’s lap. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I lay her head on my lap so I can braid the side of her hair. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Doorman finishes his ice cream and laps up the pats from Sophie’s hand and fingers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The dad would rifle through the files in his lap, but the panic was already in his hands. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"One lap means there and back! She could have won!" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In her lap sat a fashion magazine she’d picked up at London’s Heathrow Airport, where they had caught their flight for the final leg of their journey. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Lay your head in my lap, if you like.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She makes her way back to the bed and sits down, the box on her lap. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Before long he’d put together a miniature track, a lap pool, a pole vault, even a hurdle run. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Leaning back against a huge granite boulder that seemed as if it had been placed there by a decorating giant, she held a thick book in her lap. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The tide had turned, and came lapping in the bay. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The art of provocation was unknown to me, and I would sit with his map upon my lap, the wind blowing my dull, lanky hair, happy in his silence yet eager for his words. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to his mother and placed the feather in her lap. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Pong cradled his injured foot in his lap. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on her knees on the bed, her shoulders straight and hands clasped in her lap. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We sit on the porch awhile longer, and I look down at Audrey’s legs and her lap. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then it starts to rain blood, and Kingston is there, lapping it all up. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We all sat together on the velvet settee, Jonas on Papa's lap. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A new arrival—a baby girl—sits in Jutta’s lap and gums her fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Big Pinch covered his head and crashed into Mama’s lap. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mouse decided that I needed something in my lap and jumped up to nuzzle my face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

His pink tongue laps at the trickle from spigot. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

So I sat on his lap and told him what he wished to know; and carefully, nodding, he transcribed my answers for study, comment, and future publication. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She took the silence as permission and lit up a cigarette and sat puffing in silence, even after Kat put a plate with cheese and lettuce sandwiches on her lap. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep with my book in my lap. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fed Alyah in the early evening, warming milk in the microwave and stirring in powdered baby food, which he would then spoon into her mouth as he held her on his lap. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Gramps is staring into the dregs of his Styrofoam cup, peeling away the top of it so that little white balls collect in his lap. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire was sick and getting sicker, and lay curled in Bronwyn’s lap, sweat beading her forehead despite a chill in the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Come sit on Jordan’s lap. I don’t spend enough time with my little girl.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hollis was seated on the couch, a pile of papers in her lap. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I just slouched in the chair and stared into my lap, biting on my bottom lip, trying to turn the red inside back to black. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Now he was coming to the end of the inlet, a high blank wrinkled mass of rock against which, narrowed to the width of a little creek, the last sea-waves lapped feebly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She held his hand in her lap and he could feel the tops of her stockings through the thin stuff of her summer dress. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I sit for a while watching the lightning, keeping Wiress calm, lulled into a sort of peacefulness by the lapping of the water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brickz mimics him and puts his head in my lap, licking my fingers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Ford crawls into my lap and hugs me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. McNamara got us doing warm-up exercises before starting us on laps. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I join Lola on the couch and spread a blanket across our laps. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Yes, across two yards she saw a little girl sitting on a fire escape with a book in her lap and a bag of candy at hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At lunch in the picnic grove. She was practically in his lap.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It catches him when he tries to sleep and startles him awake, follows him on laps paced up and down the floors of the Residence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was not allowed to sit on his mother’s lap during the drive—not because she wouldn’t have it, but because his father objected to it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dug her elbows into her lap and began to rock with the diaper between her hands, wringing it between her fingers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain rolled into the room twenty seconds later carrying a tall stack of newspapers in his lap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Water on sun and her beneath it all, sliding and sleeping in between the lapping waves. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once we’re seated, I ask, squeezing my hands in my lap, “How can I help you?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He invited me to sit on his lap, and he began vigorously massaging my feet. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the 5,000, well over three miles, turning a final lap in less than 70 seconds was a monumental feat. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

TaShon pours water into the bowl, and we both stand watching Spot lap until the water’s gone. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In his lap lay Frodo’s head, drowned deep in sleep; upon his white forehead lay one of Sam’s brown hands, and the other lay softly upon his master’s breast. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Pa, I miss you so much. I miss sitting on your lap like I did in Phnom Penh.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snickered as the Fugees groaned and sweated their way through laps and exercises. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The wind ceased its lapping of stagnant water against the shores of the lake, and there was quiet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her head to the side to look at Pa, unwrapped the toady-frog, and it dropped smack-down in her lap. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He squawked, and she pulled him up and onto her lap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When we asked her what she did, what her job was, she walked us to Oakland’s Seventh Street, where dusty bars and smoke shops sat in the laps of storefront churches. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Always room for a brother. Sharese can sit on your lap.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You ask too many questions,” I say as I cover my legs with the bottom of my coat and place my book bag on my lap. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“How are you feeling?” he asks me as I’m stretching out after some warm-up laps. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I spot Elisabeth at a separate child's table, glaring down into her lap with a scowl. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A man sits in the armchair with a woman balanced on his lap, and someone else perches on the arm, a can of soup in hand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kneeling on the floor, I buried my head in her lap and poured out the whole miserable story. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank saw himself as a six-year-old, curling up in his mother’s lap even though he was much too big for that. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She pulled her hand back and slipped it into her lap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Object was lying sideways, her legs spread over my lap, her head resting against the arm of the swing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I sat on her lap with my arm wrapped around her neck, a goofy smile on my face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Balancing her textbooks on her lap, Claudette settled back and gazed absently out the window as the bus pulled away from the curb. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

A fly bit the ear of the child on Mrs. Bowles’s lap, and his howl cut off the conversation. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She broke off suddenly and sat looking out across the quiet field, her hands folded in her lap. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her lap is a cloth napkin, and in her hands Ma holds a knife and a large fruit that looks like the sun that’s missing from the sky. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I saw the rat that looked big as a cat dive off the stage right into Aunt Loma’s lap. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

On the fourth lap, he came across the starting line first. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mam is sitting by the fire and when I hand her the money she looks at me, drops it in her lap and cries. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Standing to nurse was not such a remarkable feat as his mother’s breasts were mountainous and practically rested in her lap when released. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat at home all day and held Sarah Ruth in his lap and rocked her back and forth and sang to her; on a bright morning in September, Sarah Ruth stopped breathing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Late on the second evening an army truck pulled up beside us, and a man threw us suddenly into the back, where we landed across laps helmets rifles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes drop to my hands in my lap. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The rocks were cold and smooth and slippery under his feet arid the water lapped up to his knees, but Turner hardly noticed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She sat down on her bed, held the envelope with both hands, and stared at it on her lap. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She had one of the heads in her lap, wrapping folds of pink velour around it and sticking pins here and there to hold the cloth in place. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t need to leave breadcrumbs if I had a cell phone,” I muttered into my lap. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hop on my bed and cross my legs, cradling the book in my lap. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She half carried me to her chair, pulled me onto her lap, and rocked me back and forth, back and forth, humming a lullaby I’d never heard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She lay for a few minutes lapped in freshness, feeling as if she were the first human being who had ever lived. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The mile was four laps of the track; the 5,0 was more than twelve, what Louie would describe as a “fifteen- minute torture chamber,” well over three times his optimal distance. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

When the water’s lapping around the high marks on the pilings, I give the winch a couple of cranks until the line goes tight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

If I had not kept my bag on my lap for the ride, he would have left with it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I smiled at them and sat with my purse on my lap, fiddling with the clasp until the teacher entered. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The only thing was, he was still sucking down his pastelles, which wound up all over his lap. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A fish broke water in a twinkle of silver scales; the ripples widened until the last of them lapped gently at the shore. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Håkon bobbed his head from where he sat on the ground with the staff across his lap. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As the runners entered the final lap, Lash gave himself a breather, dropping just behind his Indiana teammate, Tom Deckard. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

When supper is ready, Werner sits at the boys’ end of the table with a book in his lap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Father Amadi took his tank top off and dropped it on my lap before joining the boys on the football field. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was Mrs. Dalton, sitting quietly, her frail, waxen hands folded in her lap. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I swam around the boat and on my second lap I noticed Hamilton's porthole was open. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was almost like waves lapping at a shore. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I carefully refolded the paper in my lap and then looked at him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On his lap he held a lined yellow pad that was covered with scribbles. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I am sitting on my grandmother's lap when she tells me this, already so tall my legs dangle far down, the tips of my toes touching the porch mat. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He held it up before his eyes and then dropped the card in his lap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mae’s fingers, laced together in her lap, twisted with the tension of remembering. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see him or sit in his lap when I wanted to or needed to. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He bounced backward, but the behemoth Buckeye stood too close, Freddie had nowhere to go, and the ice cream soup dropped right into his lap. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I reached into her lap, took a bunch of peas, and began shelling into the pan. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach drilled us with a few plays, then made us run laps, then dropped the three-point contest on us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Naomi let her English book fall into her lap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I held the car in instant readiness for the next lap of our journey. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon, his thick cat’s tail erect, stood on her lap with his blazing eyes fixed on the old man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My busted cell phone lay at rest in my lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He just sat, holding Security on his lap and listening, and if he had any theories about mysterious powers or hidden watchers, he kept them strictly to himself. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman brushed crumbs from her lap and leaned against the building directly behind them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The only things he was sure of: it sucked she hadn’t trusted him, it sucked he was blind, it sucked she wasn’t sitting in his lap. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

With one cat in her lap and another licking an oatmeal bowl on the table, she sat drinking coffee and reading a book of theater plays. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And then I’d listen as women with babies on their laps, some of them still teenagers themselves, told me stories. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The family computer was balanced on my lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

With a loud squawk, he bobbed his head and playfully nipped at the blanket I had spread across my lap. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The man is in a wheelchair, and he’s holding a fake leg across his lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I set out at first light and drove laps around the Hab, trying to stay on untouched ground. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, I searched my memory as I set the book back down on my lap. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She laced her fingers together, then laid them in her lap. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of times the ball has zipped past her and clanged against the back fence is...well, that’s certainly part of the reason we’re running laps. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Her hands tightened and twisted on the container, and milk spurted out onto her lap. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifts Jaimito, who has finally quieted down and fallen asleep in her lap. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unsuspecting its abrupt motion, I do not catch it, but it hits upon my face and falls to my lap, cracked and oozing; my lip and cheek sting, and are wet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lily was sitting up in bed with a magazine on her lap. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He sat down right in the middle of the store and unfolded the game board on his lap. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I move in closer to her, pulling her head onto my lap. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Siunek is at the table, watching the yard as best he can from the window, while Max has Helena in his lap. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even the sheerest muslin lay hot and heavy on our laps. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ciao, fulletta,” he said, before climbing into his father’s lap to continue his snooze. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And the boulders peeking out from the lapping waves remind me of polished onyx. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Johnny sat upright, the fish in his lap, trying not to think of the holes in his exposed undershirt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I have received this,’ said Denethor, and laying down his rod he lifted from his lap the thing that he had been gazing at. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Adam has a portable video game console in his lap, his small fingers clicking the buttons impossibly fast. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As she got out of the car, the silver plate slid from her lap and rang like a dying bell against the asphalt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Coach had let him off easy with a lap. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He’s being silly, but he’s my coach, and since the last lap around the track felt so good, I take a few minutes to fully recover, then step up to the line. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She sat on the chair instead, hands limp in her lap, eyes staring at nothing, and let her mind fly on. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had a break from the wards when a man coming round from an anesthetic was sick onto her lap and she had to find a clean apron. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My mom places a cloth napkin in my lap and fills my water glass and then Carla’s. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Will knew his mom wanted to hug him, put her arms around him and take him on her lap, and make everything all better, the way she could when he was little. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Martin barely had time to brace himself before I whirled around and slapped that same clammy hand back down into his lap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I put my head in her lap, and she strokes my hair, and we laugh at the same jokes in the same way that we’ve been laughing at them for years. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at it in his lap, picked it off, looked at it in his hand, and flicked it—sidearm—into the lake. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then she pulled Gwenforte’s head into her lap and began stroking her long copper blaze. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Nothing I guess. I remember—she had little hands and she held them clasped in her lap.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At sunset time he hypnotised me, and he says that I answered as usual “darkness, lapping water and creaking wood”; so our enemy is still on the river. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As I did, Otto got down from my lap and began to wander. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With Kurry on my lap, I began, pretending that life really was the way Bert and Nan found it—one good time after another and nothing ever going very wrong. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only in the soft of the night, quiet, her pet cat in her lap, did she wish to be someone else. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dreep stared at them while his wife’s fingers twirled nervously in her lap. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse sat on the floor and used the seat of a chair for a table, but the others held their plates in their laps. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls Alan into her lap, looks at me and Baba. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the dais, upon the lowest step which was broad and deep, there was a stone chair, black and unadorned, and on it sat an old man gazing at his lap. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her hands, folded in her lap, were trembling and chilled. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Abigail pushed her lucky bracelet farther up her arm, then hoisted her granddaughter into her lap. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sahil sighed and looked down at his hands, folded in his lap. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And Aunt Aggie blubbers,To see Pa there with a child on his lap an’ me with no hope of having my own. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But she held it in where it could lap up into her eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver’s wife, now with three children crying in her lap, looked into Mother’s face and cursed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The scroll looked unremarkable, but when Percy spread it across his lap, a video recording flickered on the parchment. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Their fears began to circle the abandoned car, then to pile into it, tense new passengers with theories in their laps. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace still looked pretty shaky, though, and Joaquin noticed that she kept her hands clenched tightly in her lap. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The horses needed no guiding now; they knew they were on the last lap of the day’s journey. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t come up with any approach that connects with reality, so I start to swim my laps. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Colin placed the book in his dad's lap and said, “This circle is missing a piece. The missing piece is shaped like a pizza.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain was snugged into the padded chair with a seat belt across his chest and lap, and the chair rolled so quickly that his thick white hair flew back from his head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of Keav, I allow myself to sink as the water laps over my cheeks, eyes, and nose. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all put our hands down in our laps. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Florida placed her hands in her lap, and when Mr. Trepid moved away, Dallas said, “How are you going to eat, with your hands in your lap?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed the brakes, spilling coffee in my lap. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night the pool is quiet, and I swim laps and then just float, watching the ceiling or closing my eyes, all the sounds foggy and distant, the lifeguard keeping watch. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

You still think I am a child—why can I not put my head in your lap and weep? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I just ran a marathon, swam a few laps, and played back-to-back soccer matches, is how you answer Mom’s question. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She sat back and used her right hand to place her left hand in her lap. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat with my hands in my lap ready to agree with what anybody said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Angel opened it, and out popped a tiny ball of tawny fur, which landed in her lap. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sat me on his lap and let me steer for the buoy. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama! Mama!” she say, trying to crawl up in Miss Leefolt’s lap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Leaving the dog lapping sloppily, she helped her father lift a shiny blue bicycle off the truck. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At first, when he saw Angel on Jordan’s lap, he was confused. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d supposed he would be secured in the deepest dungeon that the Capitol had to offer, not cradled in the lap of luxury. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The sea laps at our ankles, the water cold, the foam warm. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He reached across my lap and began to peel Greg’s fingers off, one by one, with a look of pure disdain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She finds herself wondering, early in the morning and late at night and sometimes just while sitting with little Ahmad sleeping on her lap: Did all that really happen? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I put my hands in my lap and paid attention. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down again, across from Tayo, with the notebook in his lap. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He grimaced and put his hand back on his lap. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the start of practice, Coach Trent always had us jog a lap or two around the field, but Webb makes us sprint. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

We filled our entire car full of green grapes-—the trunk, even the glove compartment, and Dad piled stacks in our laps so high we could barely see over the top. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Had he run his second lap faster, he said, he might have clocked 4:18. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She can sit on my lap,” Mayor offered. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, Carmine bleats in my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Poppet asks once they have reached their car, a marmalade cat crawling onto her lap. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He ran his hand across his face, stared into his lap, then moved his eyes back to me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the center of the room ran an underground river, and Tyson was sitting by the banks, cradling Grover in his lap. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The boat’s draw was greater than I would wish, and with but three of us, the water lapped high on the gunwales, threatening to spill over. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Look inside. Tell me, am I not right? In this mirror is my future grandchild, already sitting on my lap next spring. ” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom went out on the porch, staying there sewing and reading magazines with Daisy Mae on her lap, Dandy at her feet, and Chipper on her shoulder until Dad returned, near midnight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Your harp is in a better state than you are,” said Eilonwy, taking the bard’s instrument from his shoulder and putting it in his lap. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I put mine on the table too, then realize I’m being a Mom-mirror and hide my hands in my lap. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I mean, if fifty pounds of explosives goes in your lap, you won’t know it.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy wanted to crawl into her lap, but her lap was pretty full with Ivy’s baby brother right now, just like it always was. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Avocet looked helplessly at her hands, trembling in her lap like a broken-winged bird. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We passed the starting line and thundered into our final lap. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cats took their prey there, and strewed feathers and lapped water through their bloody teeth. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on sitting by the window, stiff and straight, my hands in my lap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She held the bowl in her lap, careful not to spill a drop. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

This was her speech in his mouth, and Linda just sat there, staring at her hands in her lap, a sense of imminent disaster riding like ice through her bones. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ulysses leaped off Flora’s shoulder and into her lap. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

That night, I cried on my mom’s lap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I had to set the clipboard down in my lap to read the rest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She points to the screen in my lap, where the light still glows around my mother’s words. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mouse had followed me to Miss Maggie’s and she now shadowed me as I walked my laps, which made me feel taller still. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Josie and Mr. Jeet sat on the brownstone stoop, a fleece blanket spread over their laps, keeping an eye on things. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My dad took one more lap around the car, the sunlight bouncing off its rear windshield. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She blew out a sigh and set her clipboard down on my lap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lady Nym settled in a chair, her long black braid falling across one shoulder to her lap. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We all look down to the bag of pot in Garrett’s lap. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Alec didn’t even seem to notice, was sitting there with his hands clenched in his lap, staring blankly at the controls. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This time they found themselves on a long white shore, with wavelets lapping and curling against it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“That third lap killed me. I just never recovered.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Her gaze drops to her hands in her lap. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Harry looked down at his lap and said, “I don’t reckon so, Joe.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone reacted to that, and he continued, “He’s one of your neighbors, Jack. He’s sitting outside in a lawn chair, all night long, with a shotgun across his lap.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam sat by the fireplace with the twins on her lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Trees are what give language its power to communicate the links between ideas rather than just dumping the ideas in the reader’s lap. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I pick my bag up from the aisle seat and set it on my lap. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She stuck her needles in the ball of green wool in her lap. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

You had to have a maid for bait, and, when the Unicom perceived her alone, he would immediately come to lay his horn in her lap. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inflatable shark naturally led to the puddle of heavy cream, which, if lapped from the floor with slow, steady precision, could account for up to twenty minutes of valuable stage time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At last, the butterfly landed on the noblewoman’s lap, on top of the gorgeous embroidery. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They wresded like this a couple of times before Momma finally set all the burning equipment down and sat on the coffee table and pulled Joey into her lap. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re taking five laps around the field today, gentlemen,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Queenie stayed in the kitchen, thoughtfully lapping up the last drops of warm cream with a tin spoon. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The little ones ran to Bronwyn and buried their faces in her lap, and she hugged them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was still sitting in the hut, and the old woman was still sitting a few feet away with her bowl of bloodied bones in her lap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The cold stream lapped his bare heels momentarily, but then he was into the air above it and falling awkwardly and landing on his bottom. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“There were a thousand Sun Valley people there. He had his own people to take care of him, his own coaches, his own teammates, his own cheerleaders’ laps. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We climb in, I place my new books in the back seat, and she sets the warm boxes on my lap. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She held the peelings precisely as they had fallen in her lap, and as she walked up the steps she looked as though she were holding her crotch. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, welcome back, Hugo Cabret,” he said, holding the boy’s head in his lap on a bench in the Station Inspector’s office. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mother would go over and sit on his lap and the grin on his face looked as if it would stay there forever. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just couldn’t help peering in and seeing Grandma sitting on the bed and pulling her favorite book onto her lap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I dropped the towel in my lap, shuddering violently. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When they were alone Tea Cake wanted to put his head in Janie’s lap and tell her how he felt and let her mama him in her sweet way. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then she looked down at her hands in her lap and smiled faintly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was his treasure, he’d say, patting his lap, as if I were a girl in a jumper instead of a woman of twenty-three in the slacks he objected to my wearing in public. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife is sitting beside him with her purse in her lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

There’s a sketchbook on his lap, and he’s playing music on his phone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dad lifted something off his lap: ski goggles. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t look comfortable, awkwardly sprawled across my lap and chair. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gray-green water lapped softly on the other side of the railing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Looking up at this bizarre light fixture while standing between two cracked and peeling, yet somehow still majestic, horned carousel stallions, all I can think about is watching the solar system episode in Mom’s lap. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Rob Hall was there, too, waiting impatiently for Doug Hansen to appear as a rising tide of cloud lapped ominously at the summit ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Margot reached her hand across the table like she was maybe going to take my hand, or just touch it, but I moved it fast to my lap. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I'm on the first turn of the last lap, no one even close to me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled out the script from under the bed and placed it on my lap. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In front of her, the TV is broadcasting CNN’s Republican primary coverage, while the tablet in her lap is playing an old episode of Drag Race. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I carried it to where he sat on a low stool with his bottle and belly fighting for room in his lap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Lolo’s hands are folded in his lap, and his white hair is sticking up funny, the way it does on a windy day. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“War! War! War!”—in a frenzy that drove away all the fear and intimidation that I felt from our opening lap. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a photograph of her as a baby in her mother’s lap. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man talking to the woman at table number three spilled his beer on her lap. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I struggled to free myself, but Edward merely readjusted me so that I was somewhat more conventionally seated on his lap. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He folded his hands on his lap, waiting for me to gush a little more over him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Basque with a big leather wine-bag in his lap lay across the top of the bus in front of our seat, leaning back against our legs. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I spread my napkin in my lap, then cut my turkey into two pieces, then four, then eight, then sixteen white bites. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When Ophie was little she would sit on Mama’s lap and watch, and when she got old enough to play she would take turns playing either her mama or daddy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I get back home, Mom’s waiting for me in my room, the picture I made on her lap. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my knees while she smoothed out the paper across her lap. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam sat by the fireplace with the twins asleep on her lap, and Malachy lay curled up on the floor by her feet. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If so, he wondered, why couldn't he sit on his lap now? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But she picked up the creature in her lap and picked at where she’d left off. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I was in the principal’s office, or with the nurse, or I was helping out in the library or cafeteria, or running laps out on the playground. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newt walked back to his chair and sat down, putting the pad in his lap. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When Jenna had watched movies with us, the three of us would sit on the floor with our backs against the couch, Audrey in the middle holding a bowl of popcorn on her lap. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It rained so that I couldn’t see across the dorm circle, so that the lake swelled up and lapped against the Adirondack swing, swallowing half of the fake beach. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The dog was lapping my dinner off the plate. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Freebie jumped into his lap, looking for attention. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aron’s arm shook under her hand, and she put it, palm up, in her lap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat cross-legged with a paper napkin on her lap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I remembered aching for my mother when I was in foster care, desperate to climb on her lap, smell her musky perfume, have her stroke my hair and call me “Sunshine.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I pause in my laps, blink warm water out of my eyes, and tap on Hideo’s hovering text in my vision before I can think it through. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We hold our food in our laps, not willing to trust the cleanliness of the table. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yolanda keeps up with me for the first two laps, but by the third one she just waves me ahead. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They wrenched off the boots with which she had been trying to kick them, and dumped her down across Winston’s lap, almost breaking his thighbones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Andrea looked up from the clipboard she held on her lap. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He admitted he sometimes had to run laps and squat. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When she sensed she was being tested, she responded swiftly, sending kids home or ordering them to run extra laps at the first sign of disobedience. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Once Lee had held him in his lap, clasping his still flailing fists to his sides, until after a long time he relaxed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his notebook and set it in his lap. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ruby twisted, and with a simple serpentine slink she was in Feral’s lap. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I placed mine on my lap and kicked Roberto under the table at the same time so that he would notice. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He scanned the deck, as he did every few minutes, and picked out Sefia perched on the edge of the quarterdeck, hunched over the book in her lap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then we pull out chairs, and I twist mine around sideways so I can rest my legs across his lap. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

As we sat, Otto squirmed out from beneath the poncho and sat in my lap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, sitting with the nursing textbook open on her lap, just shushed me and kept on watching. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Butterscotch sat curled next to my chair; she’d outgrown my lap. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I lay with my head in his lap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The ripples on the water grew and came closer; some were already lapping on the shore. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Through the glass, I make out the shapes of three sea lions doing laps around the rocks, their flippers stretched out and noses pointed forward. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Natalie looks up from the handful of streamers in her lap. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora suddenly remembered that she had a squirrel in her lap. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Actions of any sort in one generation might have incalculable consequences in another, so that merely to sneeze was a pebble thrown into a pond, whose circles might lap the furthest shores. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been that, or it might have been the lapping of the water, which sounded like a little stream now, not like a great flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I sit up all night, Sarah sprawled and snuffling in my lap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t have a Newton on his lap, he looked out the window to watch the snow falling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Until long after midnight a changing crowd lapped up against the front of the garage while George Wilson rocked himself back and forth on the couch inside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He told everyone else to go start their warm-up laps, but he asked me to stay behind. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Every now and then I hear a slurping, smacking sound as if they’re two hungry dogs lapping at the food bowl. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Genie had arrived in the kitchen at his usual twenty-two hundred hours, Grandpop had pulled a small box from his lap and set it on the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I dropped my bundle in my lap and clung desperately to the saddle frame. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Mann’s hands are folded in her lap, and she quietly waits for a response, the tranquil painting of the mountains behind her seemingly waiting, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I went on sitting on the bed with my hands in my lap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on a folding seat and pulled Bo on to his lap. "rye heard some terrible things about you, mister," he said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

That first night, when the baby had finally fallen asleep in their laps, Mr. and Mrs. McCullough spent two hours flipping through the name dictionary. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The open container tumbled out of his lap and hit the floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy slid her purple notebook back into her own lap. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She stopped talking long enough to say hello to Evaleen Murdo, who was sitting by the window with Poppy on her lap, and then she began again as Lina led her into her bedroom. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Diego sat with the book in his lap, just staring at it for a moment before opening the rest of his gifts. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She balanced the yellow notebook Robin had given her on her lap, pencil poised. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Across the aisle, a little boy played horse on his father’s lap. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then, worried that I had hurt his feelings, I reached over the table to pat his hand, and he pulled his hand back and dropped both of his hands into his lap. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His whispers scurried across the lapping water like a line of mice on soft pink feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The coin stumbled over a knuckle and slipped silently into the dealer’s lap. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Fern lurched across my lap and punched Vonetta in the arm. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now he sits with Volkheimers two stick grenades in his lap, feeling the last bright things inside him fizzle out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I smile at the thought and then become worried when I glance down at the book on my lap and have trouble making out the printed words. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I reached under it for my three-ring binder, placed the binder on my lap, and stared at it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They played the third round in deadly silence, racing through the final lap as competitively as if they were in the Indianapolis 500. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I called her Mama and crawled up on her lap when I had to cry. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

My chin was just above the dinner table, and I could see my baby brother sitting on Popo’s lap, crying with an angry face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teacup pets surround her—a monkey on her shoulder, an elephant in her lap, and a thimble-size rabbit perched on the tip of her scepter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Placing the note in her lap, she unfolded each section as Mr. Quisling spoke so he wouldn’t hear the rustling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grote talks to me all the time—when I’m pulling feathers off the chicken, frying potatoes on the woodstove, sitting by the fire in the living room with a child in my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But for every minute my BlackBerry lay dormant in my lap, I felt the walls starting to breach, the doubts beginning to rampage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She pressed the button over her seat so a sharp circle of light fell onto her lap. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I squeeze my hands together in my lap. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He held up his finger, and the child made a lunge for it and missed and nearly fell off his lap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus walks in and sits down across from me, his hands folded in his lap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aurora looks up from where she’s been lying in my lap, twirling her hair around her finger. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She climbed in my lap and rubbed her chin against mine. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She held her crown in her lap and polished it idly on her skirt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, all they heard were the lapping of waves and occasional grunts and snorts from Missy, her snout resting just at the top of the water. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing,” I say, holding my hands together as tight as I can in my lap. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She felt a pinch of envy when she saw the book in her father’s lap. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The shift in direction forces Libby to lean into me; a frustratedAdam slams his console against his lap. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For dessert, he laps up spilled lemonade and splattered ice cream cones. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She reaches her free hand out like she’s going to stroke my cheek, but then she folds it back in her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A gleam of sun through fleeting clouds fell on his hands, which lay now upturned on his lap: they seemed to be filled with light as a cup is with water. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He knows the word walk, and he jumps from my lap and dances circles by the door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His glasses were on the edge of his nose, and his computer was on his lap. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I took the computer from his lap and put it on the dresser. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her smile fades away and she sits straighter, her ankles crossed and her hands folded in her lap, like she’s sitting in church. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He aimed for the inside railing, figuring the tighter the circle he ran, the faster he’d complete his lap. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The silence hissed in her ears and her vision was faintly distorted—her hands in her lap appeared unusually large and at the same time remote, as though viewed across an immense distance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I shake my fists at heaven and God, and when I finally subside into uncontrolled sobbing Queenie creeps out from behind the trunks and slides into my lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dropping down, she lifted his head up and rested it in her lap. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He simply laid it in his lap and looked me steadily in the eye until, after a moment, I was the one to look away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then, dropping the wallet on Juanita’s lap, I closed my eyes and fought past the raw, agonizing emotions that threatened to overwhelm me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The former was on his knees; the latter was sitting on a beautiful chaise, his hands folded carefully in his lap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At an age when his sisters and brothers had been talking and toddling around, he still lay docilely in his parents’ laps. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby scrambled across my lap and flailed at my chest with both sticky hands. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The old men all nodded a lot, sitting up straight with their elbows close to their sides, hands on their laps, and feet flat on the ground a little bit pigeon-toed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her hands in her lap and her lips curved into a smile. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He beckoned to her and she sat on his lap, facing the man in gold. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Daisy Mae got off the bed and crawled up in my lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I got there right when the pool opened so I could swim some laps in peace before it got crowded. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I sat with my head in my lap, waiting for everyone to disappear. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The T-shirt is long enough to cover my lap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, tears rolling down her cheeks, and hugged the little girl on her lap. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I threw him out of my lap and heard him hit the soil behind me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Petey swiped at her cheeks, reached into the shadows beyond the blanket, and pulled a worn canvas bag onto her lap. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I opened the parasol and took the Plant on my lap, and Granddaddy clucked to the horse. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Ekon found a nearby tree to sit against and held it balanced on his lap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I think I was the only man there who heard the inauguration while holding his wife’s feet in his lap, rubbing vigorously. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every lap we dribble a different way—left-handed, crossover, behind the back. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw the locket into her lap; gingerly she picked it up and examined its punctured windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then the letter lay exposed on her mother’s lap, and Cecilia was on her feet, then moving toward them from the harpsichord stool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Coach is too busy trying to pick her jaw up off the ground to make Shanna sprint a lap and do a hundred squat-jumps—standard fare for cussing. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

By now, the horses were completing the final leg of their lap, far enough away that they were just specks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every now and then he would yawn and stretch, get up, and go to sit with his great bicolored head on Aurelia’s lap. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When she was done she held it tightly in her lap and looked blandly at her mother. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A boy laughed, and I took some of the paste from my lap and put it on his. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down on the bed and laid me across his lap. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit, slowly inching our butts onto the roof, cradling the trunk against our chests and on our laps. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He sat on our mustard-colored sofa, a large Bible open in his lap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My mom looks at the street signs while Charlie tracks our progress on the map in his lap. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A low, sad mournful cry tore itself from his throat and mixed into the lapping sound of the waters of the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laying Hamlet down again, I pick up her writing box, set it on her lap, and hand her the pen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She sat next to him and looked down at her lap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, Margaret and Jasper had been seen whispering plans to go ice skating on the lake should a few hours of freedom tumble unexpectedly into their laps. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He placed the rock on his lap and pushed against Pond’s searing shoulders. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We would not be set apart from our distinguished audience at all; instead, we would be playing practically in their royal laps. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They pass shops stuffed with hanging meats and a drunk with a broken mandolin on his lap and a trio of streetwalkers huddled beneath an awning who catcall the boys in their uniforms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ophie stepped forward and gently set the tray in the woman’s lap. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

In a tin bowl, in the captains lap, steams a cylinder of boiled gray meat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the middle of them was Lelia, sitting on the grass, cradling his dead blue head in her arms and lap and rocking on her knees. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother crosses her legs and keeps her folded hands in her lap. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wait for him to say something lighthearted, make a joke, even look at me, but he stares into his lap. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Beloved had a book laid out in his lap, a circle of brightness cast on it from his reading light. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Lily looked down at her lap, though her eyes were shifting back and forth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Doreen extricated a black scrap from her bundle and dropped it in my lap. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She laid her head in her grandmother’s lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking of Lily Parker, who used to lie down on the lobby couches and rest her head in my lap, looking up and saying, “You have the most perfect chin.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Carmine, drunk on sweet milk and bread, splays in my lap, his dark head in the crook of my arm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Malfoy sank back across her lap and allowed her to resume the stroking of his hair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He might have doubted that he’d seen anything at all if, at that moment, the one-hundredth moth hadn’t tumbled off his brow to fall dead into his lap. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was not even startled when the violin fell from the mother's lap, out from under her trembling fingers, and gave off a reverberating tone. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be pulling together for the final lap - aware that the next two days would make or break them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“That won’t harm ye, my pretty; an’ it may make poor Geordie gladsome to have so trim a lass sittin’ on his lap. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You mean like those women on the bus? You can have one of them, you know. Why don’t you drop a greeting card in one of their laps?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rested in a pew, leaning forward, my forehead against the bench in front, my hands in my lap. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then a man opens the car door, puts some heavy sacks in our laps, gets in the driver’s seat, starts up the engine, and we’re off in a blast of exhaust. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jinny memorized the feeling of the moment too—the grit of damp sand beneath her scrunched toes, the lapping of the surf, the salt on her lips. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now Hatsue sat upright with her hands in her lap in order to give her testimony. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She asked him about the book placed facedown on his lap, a familiar booking book that she knew he had read before. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two narrow straps cut from cold-rolled sheet steel were lapped over the extended flange and used to clamp the fins solidly in place. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It just missed Grandma’s lap and fell hissing between her and me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mom's hand settled softly in her lap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Charlie sat in his favorite chair—his only chair—a chicken on his lap, waiting for the knock on the door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My leg was falling asleep, so I shifted Sammy’s head in my lap. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was morning, and the birds were awake and calling to one another over the lapping surf on the beach. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After that he looked at the two cops, who became very interested in the hands in their laps. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pascal prowled over her furniture and napped on her lap like a cat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all put our napkins in our laps like Coach did. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She slid the computer into her lap and started searching. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Water and grime lapped around Nailer’s cheeks and jaw as he peered up through the gaps in the planking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At that Fenoglio reached under his pillow and put a flashlight in her lap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When you fell asleep with your head on my lap, the television. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Flaca came back she sat right on my lap and we locked into a nice little making-out rhythm, our best so far. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’d learned it when she was only two or three, sitting on her granny’s lap at church. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Placing the note in her lap, she unfolded each section as Mr. Quisling spoke so he wouldn’t hear the rustling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to look at her, so he gave himself over to rubbing P. T., who was hanging across his lap. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

You know, keeping it cool for the first lap. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And there is—I won’t have to sit on his lap, anyway. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Amber's head is in my lap, and she sleeps peacefully. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Maddy had to sit on the hump, between me and Cotton, my duffel bag on my lap. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Audrey pulled out a pink sweater from one of her bags and smoothed it over her lap. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Once again, he looked at the book still lying on Meggie’s lap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He blinks and looks down at his hands in his lap. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She lets him take it, and he pulls her onto his lap. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Mallory set her book in her lap to study the gift once more, staring back at her from atop the picnic table. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lolo sits with the book in his lap. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The chaplain made fists of his hands to keep them from shaking as they lay in his lap. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His shriveled right arm is tucked into his lap. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One of the cats leapt fearlessly into her lap; she rescued her teacup, lifting it high and out of reach. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the stand the flames were lapping against the wood. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyseni, at a guess ... but the man whose lap she filled was from the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Queen positioned her chair close to his bed, deftly lifted him up, and cuddled him in her ample lap. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so adults were among the pews, several of them bearing pairs of small-size rubbers, soles up, in their laps. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She took them and placed them in her lap. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They set to work feverishly on the difficult forms, and when they’d finished, Milo placed them all in the little man’s lap. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fujiko took her letter from her daughter’s lap and ripped it neatly down the middle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Recent rains had filled the pool until it lapped at the edge of the grape arbor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the pistol and sat with it in his lap and the man went down the right of way and stood looking at the train. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

That would be excellent Right there in the hallway, I put my head in her lap. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She begs to be allowed to rest Lincoln’s head on her lap. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard huffs as we start our first lap. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean, simply, may I rest my head upon your lap?” he asked, pretending boyish innocence. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Linda said, then put the enormous bow on his lap. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Plath crawled into my lap and licked my chin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She spent a couple of hours on the phone this morning, holding a yellow legal pad in her lap. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to give you your memory back,” Poppet says, watching Chandresh as the kitten attempts to crawl onto his lap. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was inconceivable to me, though bred in the lap of southern hate, that a man could not have his say. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he just woke up and said, ‘Screw it,’ and hopped on a train to, I dunno, New Mexico or something,” Ada suggested, running her fingers lightly through my hair, my head in her lap. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The next thing I remember is a uniformed woman lifting me into an airline seat and cinching a belt over my lap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Someone is coming to steal your lap, Colorá,” she said, as she passed Norma to Doña Zena, who held on to her with an iron grip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As Riccio’s clock showed almost eleven and Bo was nearly asleep on Prospers lap, they crept under their blankets and Hornet began to read to them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had never rested her head in a man’s lap before while riding in an oxcart. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I reach out and let my hand sink into the thick white fur around his neck, and he drops his head into my lap with a sigh. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

For the next few days we would watch television with our lists on our laps. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Water lapped at the rubber tips of her boots. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could see her strong hands in her lap, not working fourteen pairs of needles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed against him with her paws, then laid her head on his lap the way she used to do with Albert. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, how am I supposed to do that if my hands are in my lap?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just perceptibly, Boo Boo flinched, but she lifted the boy off her lap and stood him in front of her and pushed back his hair from his forehead. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But paper doesn’t throw very well, unless you fold it into a paper airplane, which I hadn’t done, so it just kind of slid into his lap. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman settles back in the chair and re-smooths the magazine in her lap. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had a legal pad on his lap, and when I finished he told me that he had prepared some questions for our visit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps back and plop down crisscross applesauce just like we always have, except Javier definitely won’t be curling up on my lap now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The decks were empty except for two first-class passengers, American businessmen sharing a nightcap under lap blankets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He found himself at last pushing through the rustling stiff reeds of the papyrus marsh, with the water lapping almost to his knees. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Nouri jumped up from her seat and into Aunt Judith’s lap. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He swallowed hard and lowered his hands to his lap, instead of back into the chip bowl. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He used to make me do laps in the local community center pool when it was too cold outside to go running. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Feigning sleep, I curl down into my lap to escape those eyes in the mirror. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I can’t ride that big old bike,” said Angel as she climbed down from Aunt Queen’s lap. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nell climbed in my lap and fell asleep sucking her thumb. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi dropped it into his lap and leaned back from the tray table. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

An hour later I was sitting in a Jim Crow coach, speeding northward, making the first lap of my journey to a land where I could live with a little less fear. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she looked down at her lap, at the way that the rich sunlight brushed every hair on the cat’s head, turning each white whisker to gold. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

While I puzzled through what to do, Otto climbed onto my lap and pulled my arms up and over so they covered him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Loki shot through the air, clutching at his groin, and landed smack in Skadi’s lap, whimpering and broken. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The scrap of skin had fallen into her lap. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bending down to pick it up, I saw Grandpa squeeze Miss Love’s hand that was in her lap. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her hands stretch like she’s doing piano exercises, but then they crumple in her lap like injured fans. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first he sat on the sofa, with Nipper in his lap. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Show him every one of our four rooms, hold him in my lap on the porch swing, and laugh when he tries to stand up on the seat himself while the swing’s moving. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey climbed off Momma’s lap and Byron’s eyes got bigger and bigger but his traitor hands kept him pinned to the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were sitting on a couch in a nice apartment. And Pearl was on your lap. The photographer was—” She turned to Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stand, dropping Rambo from my lap, not even saying salaam. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Papa set me on his lap and we had a good talk. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

By ancient custom an iron longsword had been laid across the lap of each who had been Lord of Winterfell, to keep the vengeful spirits in their crypts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maribel held the warm paper bag on her lap until we got back on the highway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The villagers are smiling proudly, their hands clasped neatly in their laps. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I stand and drop the book from my lap. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

On his lap, there was a bowl of what appeared to be dry Lucky Charms. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His mother paused, then put her hand back down into her lap. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her head was tilted back, and her hands lay lightly clasped in her lap. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A lap weld was where the two ends of the sheet were overlapped and then welded. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Varner dandled a serving girl on his lap, nuzzling at her neck while one hand went explpring down her bodice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

She took my hand and brought it into her lap and looked down at it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I did not look down at his tank top on my lap as I inched my hand ever so slowly toward it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back, the bonobo in my lap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over and saw Legs resting her head on Dante’s lap. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

A tear slips from my eye and into my lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It was so painful, dude. Luckily we had these weird pillow things on our laps so no one knew. Sucked.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Start by patsching on your lap, L R L R L R while speaking the rhyme. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I extended the envelope toward her, but her fingers, folded together in her lap, did not budge. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes dart to something over my shoulder, and he suddenly shoves the waffle plate across the table, almost dumping it in my lap. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in my grandmother’s lap, playing with her drop pearl earrings, when my mother told her we were leaving the country. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park's hands were perfectly still in his lap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She dropped her hands in her lap and nodded sympathetically. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Next, I take the picture of my mother holding a one-year-old me on her lap in a grassy park. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I make my way to my chair, lug my satchel onto my lap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If she went I’d get to ride on her lap, so I said that to him, too, I was going to waste his time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the letter on his lap and pressed out a crease with his fingertip. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

During P.E. the coach asked us to run laps around the track. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And then I climbed on top of him, straddled his lap. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But Park was right there, practically pulling Eleanor into his lap—so it was easy to ignore Tina and everybody else. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As we made a lap around the library, a pair of redheaded twin boys stopped us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He holds his miter on his lap, exposing a head of fine silvery hair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Shagga was slumped beneath a tree, riddled with arrows, Conn's head in his lap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mama also liked to read True Romance magazines and would let me sit on her lap as she read aloud. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Practice for all the teams began with twenty-five minutes of running laps on the grass just inside the asphalt track. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The weight of the bag sinks into my lap. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I noticed that the big boy who had held the smaller one in his lap was now leading him to the table by the hand. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But today, on lap number two, barely into my salmon teriyaki, which, by the way, should be called teriyaki salmon the same way barbecue chicken is barbecue chicken and not chicken barbecue. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He got up and sat on her lap, leaning his head against her neck. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sat on the porch with my book in my lap, glad I'd brought it along. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She ...” Kvothe’s head was bowed so low he seemed to be speaking to his hands laying in his lap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly, with one hand still around the ferret in her lap, she returned her foot to the gas pedal and eased back onto the highway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hardly ever sit on his lap anymore. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile fading a little, Dimple looked down at his sketch pad, still in her lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mother packs my things as I wait in the wheelchair with Lucas the bear in my lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby wrestled with my shirt one more time, then stood on my lap, both hands on her hips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t slow until the last second, paws skidding in the dirt, his butt sliding past as he lapped the stick up into his mouth. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see her curled up on the couch, her laptop, a mug of tea, and a bunch of papers spread over her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The woman set a paddle on her lap. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She held the book in her lap and gazed at it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She ran to me, sat down on the floor, and lifted me onto her lap. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After that, they were behind the horse every day, bundled up together under the automobile lap robes, her holding the reins and the whip, him sitting stiff and straight beside her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We seem to move a little faster, but never enough to afford a rest, and the mist continues to lap at our heels. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Now give me two cooldown laps and get off my track." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Baba pulls his chair up closer to the table and puts his napkin in his lap. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She can hear the calm lap of the reservoir waves against the shore. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mama has her feet across Papi’s lap, and he's giving her a foot massage while she talks back to the characters on her favorite show. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We are seated at a corner table, and Esme immediately takes her silverware out of the fancy cloth napkin and spreads the napkin on her lap. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

That night, while we finish supper, Shiloh’s going around the table, putting his nose in everyone’s lap, looking mournful, waiting for somebody to slip him something to eat. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells my mother we’ll be back in awhile but she has Malachy and Eugene on her lap in the bed and she doesn’t look up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and stared into my lap. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the last one off the shelf and opened it across my lap, thumbing through the pictures. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes to expect the weight of their flatware in his hands, and to keep the cloth napkin, still partially folded, on his lap. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beto lay still and silent with his head in Naomi’s lap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pluck the grape from my lap, grip it tightly, and place it in my mouth. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the book in her lap. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now, with the pool water lapping against her skin, she's ready. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to pat life back into place, but her hands lay still in her lap. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move the chair and fall to my knees, pulling her gently into my lap. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her feet were bare, and the cuffs of her pajama pants rose past her ankles as she sat in the grass, settling the book in her lap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She puts her hand on top of mine for a second, before folding the napkin in her lap. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Each of the diners was given a small painted tray on which was some tarnished cutlery, to place on his or her lap. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And step by wounded step, Runt closed the distance until he flopped down by the riverbank and stretched his neck out to lap at the cool water. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Imagine, if you will, five thousand years of Jewish history landing in your lap in the space of months. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding none, she picked up a nearby sketchbook and laid it in her lap. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting on Tom's lap Mrs. Wilson called up several people on the telephone; then there were no cigarettes and I went out to buy some at the drug store on the corner. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I brushed them away and turned my attention back to the soft white alpaca wool resting on my lap. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He took the kitten out of Bo's arms and placed it on his lap, stroking its tiny ears. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She smoothed her apron over her lap and winked at me secretly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that summer, while Josiah and Tayo watched the cattle and the sheep camp, and Robert worked in the fields each day, Rocky read magazines and ran laps at the baseball diamond twice a day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hanging crookedly next to me is a picture of the family—Zeke as a toddler, Uriah as a baby, balancing on his mother’s lap. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I look down at my lap and blink a lot so I won’t cry. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I assumed she was crying, but when she brought the cloth down to her lap, she just looked pale. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His red eyes caught hers and dove for the table, where wine was still pouring into his lap. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I could have spoken up, “I want to sit on the low stool in Big Mama’s kitchen with my lap full of lilacs and listen to Big Papa play his violin for me alone.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a black overcoat, and in her lap she held, with gnarled, colorless hands, a crisp white bag from the drugstore. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I take my acquired letterman jacket off and set it on my lap, wishing that its manufacturers could have had the good sense to use a fabric that breathes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A scrap of leather fluttered down into her lap. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sohrab let his arm fall from my shoulder and folded his hands in his lap. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He sat with quiet dignity, stone fingers holding tight to the sword across his lap, but in life all swords had failed him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On our second lap he pointed to a house, a white Stuart on a corner lot. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An eighth grader, Julie Hopper, had her legs across Em’s lap. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had brought the alethiometer with her, and now that it was light enough to see, she took the beloved instrument out and laid it on its black velvet cloth in her lap. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Let us find some corner out of the wind, and gather our strength — for the last lap.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Vonetta stayed tight to her stubborn curl, her chin in her lap. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand closed around me and I was lifted off her lap and transferred to the handbag. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother untied the painter, pulled the boat around until its stern was near the dock and jumped in herself, dropping the line into Dicey’s lap. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he simply sit in the park, a book propped on his lap, pretending to read as the real world passed him by? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I pushed myself against the table, trying to conceal the pen in my lap. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But all she does is sit next to me on the ground, her hands folded in her lap, her back straight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The first time, he found nothing, but the second, he let himself sink lower, oil lapping up around his jaw. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he saw the waters covering his land and he watched lest it cover the new made graves, but it did not, although the waves of the yellow clay-laden water lapped about the dead hungrily. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They turned to us and started jeering as we began our lap around the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we made our way back down to the first floor and the door leading out to the street, Conrad got very angry because he wanted to sit on Santa's lap. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to sit by my window, my small dog on my lap, and write this intensely personal poetry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The whole time Linda stared straight ahead, her eyes locked on the blackboard, her hands loosely folded at her lap. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dæmon, a large cat with fur of a thousand beautiful autumnal colors, stalked the corners of the study before leaping gracefully to Coram’s lap. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Still, said jolly Albert, he had moved before when the waves of white people lapped his feet. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Vonetta pulled her thumb out of her mouth and put her head in her lap. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow buntings whirled around the house, an Arctic tern darted over the ocean, and the waves lapped the ice that was piled high on the shore. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to the page with the child sitting on his mom’s lap. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

While the water swirled and jetted around him, he wondered how he might somehow be able to dump Levy' Pants in the lap of some poor buyer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, how could they have lived with water lapping over the entire cay? The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled slowly behind a lazy guard basking in the sunlight with his gun on his lap. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure sits with her fingers going numb in her lap and thinks of the machine in the attic, its cables and switches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He hid between my legs, but resisted when I tried to pull him onto my lap; he was too curious to fully hide away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s was particularly efficient; it had soon filled his lap with coins. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He grinds down into Henry’s lap, grunting as he’s met with Henry already half-hard under him, and Henry’s curse in response is buried in Alex’s mouth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, the boy pulled him down onto his lap again and spoke to his father in a begging tone. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Colour and scent and sound, rain and the lapping of water, even the mists of autumn and the smell of the flood tide, these are memories of Manderley that will not be denied. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then her head came into my lap and she was crying, holding me, and I began to cry. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few times, I see him take his napkin from his lap and dab the corners of his eyes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He heard Koffi's tentative steps beside him, felt the unease lapping at him, but he still couldn’t ignore that tug, the irresistible pull leading him on. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She pulls my hand into her lap and holds it with both of hers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for some reaction—anything—but he stared at his hands, which were in his lap. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men fell on their hands and knees, lapping up the sweet water like dogs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Then she sat, squeezing her fingers in her lap. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a book open on her lap and a can of soda on the ground. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mom pulled a small black book out of her apron pocket and tossed it in his lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everything whirling through space, taking a lap around the room, then climbing back into Marie-Laure’s mind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I look at the card in my lap again. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Miguel was waiting on the steps of the Lonogan house, work gloves in his lap, a little sheepdog frantically bulldozing his knee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sat still, my hands in my lap, not knowing whether he meant it or not. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I drop my hand and clasp my hands in my lap. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nhamo lay on her stomach and watched the waves lap against the shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the hay cross-legged, bowl in my lap, horn spoon in hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin sat on one side of it with her hands folded in her lap, and Con sat across from her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The river laps calmly at the nearby docks, the masts of dozens of small riverboats bobbing gently up and down like a forest of dancing spears. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I set my knitting on my lap and considered my answer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He put Security on his lap and looked around with interest. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first was being babysat by some boy in a uniform holding a broken skateboard across his lap, stroking it like a hurt dog. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

And yet I keep expecting to see her on the couch with Riot in her lap or doing her crossword puzzles in the kitchen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Someone taps me on the shoulder and a note drops into my lap. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A tin of ribbons lay open on her lap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She almost stumbles but lands on his lap. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You think we care? All I care about is my next meal. And ... maybe something nice dropped in our laps today. A little surprise for me and the boys.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ivy found her purple notebook in her bag and placed it in Mom’s lap. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I pull my overnight bag into my lap and mentally prepare myself for bonding time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“And as the Irish team performs a lap of honor, flanked by their mascots, the Quidditch World Cup itself is brought into the Top Box!” roared Bagman. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

On my lap was a journal Jasmine got me for my birthday, which had a Z made of flowers on the cover, and a purple pen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When she held a well child on her lap and rocked back and forth, she sang. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, she was sound asleep, her little body a hot water bottle on my lap. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nixon sat alone on a couch, sipping coffee, taking notes on a yellow legal pad on his lap. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Desdemona was in a pale white nightgown, the bedcovers pulled up to her waist, and in her lap sat one of her Turkish atrocity fans. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"I just read the most interesting thing," she'll say from her bed, her textbook resting in her lap. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She sat next to him on the front seat—with two of the babies on her lap—and alternated between clutching Dad’s arm and closing her eyes in supplication. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled at him, and the squirrel sighed happily and curled up in her lap. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I cup my hands and drink, and Shiloh helps himself, lapping it up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the sack of Bull Durham in her lap and watched the way she rolled the cigarette without spilling any tobacco. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Didu reclaims her sofa spot and the loose end of her white sari floats across my lap. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Otto hurtled down from the canopy, swinging around the fallen trunk and landing hard in my lap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hang out with Rambo, Fizz’s cat, on my lap, watching a movie review. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I place the reel of wire on his lap. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy wants to go with me now that my father is standing and doesn’t have a lap anymore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Mellower huffed and puffed past the window until he had done his ten laps. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now, when I looked at her hands with their swollen knuckles folded together in her lap, I imagined them smooth and slim, striking the piano keys. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I brushed the over-fried wing off my lap, opened my milk carton, took a swig, and then, with all my might, beamed the container at Brandon's head. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She sat in the front pew in a red dress suit, hands folded in her lap, listening to her husband preach about September 11. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Could she, the actress asked Dr. Leale, cradle the dying president’s head in her lap? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard’s head is buried in Lil’s neck, and Em is practically sitting in the lap of a gray hair who wandered over from the bar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was no wind, and the sun shone on the lapping water where it ran into the little pools in the rocks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At last one girl, splayed in the lap of a football player in the big armchair, said, “I think she took off with her boyfriend. Isn’t that right, Kev?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She straightened her back and folded her hands in her lap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the wicker rocking chair with her interrupted work in her lap, Amaranta watched Aureliano José, his chin covered with foam, stropping his razor to give himself his first shave. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boy thought there must be two pounds of nuts in the pile on his mother’s lap. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one does, until the last lap. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mina’s morning and evening hypnotic answer is unvaried: lapping waves, rushing water, and creaking masts. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Cathy wiped her mouth, and when she laid the napkin on her lap she was smiling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mam took her pills and sat by the fire with Malachy on her lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I'd sit on his lap, and he would read to me, teach me my multiplication tables, or put together a puzzle. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The next time the psychologist came out from New York, she sat us at intervals around the walls of the parlor, with books on our laps to write on. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Because you a coach," I said, holding my backpack in my lap. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There was an uncomfortable pause, during winch a black lap dog with a pug nose escaped into the lists and scampered about on some errand best known to itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie kept me company, curled up in my lap, my arms around her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Now she was her sacrificing self with Tea Cake’s head in her lap. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"My genius powers are recharging," Max declares as she brushes the crumbs from her lap. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Momma pushed Joey off her lap and we followed the little parade outside. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, exhaling smoke and brushing off imaginary tobacco flakes from her lap, she said grimly, “I’m listening to you.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

And in her zeal to clean him, she vacuumed Edward’s gold pocket watch right off his lap. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She had her head down, and her eyes on Bloomberg, in her lap, whom she had continued to stroke. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He sat in my lap and slapped my chest, trying to attract my attention. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty please,” she said as she rocked the baby to sleep in her lap. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground where she stood was frozen white, but twenty feet away, cold blue ocean lapped at the jagged shore. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He carefully sits down in the recliner, pie plate in his lap, and digs in for the first bite. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeze, who had been hatched in an incubator and had never known any mother other than Susan, cuddled in her lap. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It caught her in the middle of the forehead with a wet squish and plopped down into her lap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Fort gently twisted his collar out of Charles Wallace’s hands and came over to Meg, lying down beside her and putting his head in her lap. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered himself into the leather sofa, put down his drink, and propped me up on his lap. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Elnora, whose eyes were too weak to see her stitches, merely sat with some unsewn pillow covers in her lap and closed her eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Henry gets a grip on Alex’s hips and pulls him close, so Alex is properly straddling his lap, and he kisses hard now, more like he had in the Red Room, with teeth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I lean back against my bed with the book in my lap, and begin to practice the motions of hidden coin illusion. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Seeing the water lapping the stairs, he starts yelling. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Manning sat in the front seat with the Pentagon Papers on his lap. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mom was there putting my little sister, Faizah, to sleep on her lap. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She pulled me out of my chair into her lap and wrapped her arms around me and bounced me up and down on her knee. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They have their tea but Uncle Pa Keating, who is my uncle because he’s married to my aunt Aggie, picks up Eugene and takes him on his lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He could see a faint light gleaming on the wet walls; he could smell fresh air; he could hear the lapping of water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If I’m working he comes up to tug at my jacket or works his way up my leg until I take him on my lap.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Gus had come outside a couple of times and sat with us, chewing on a toothpick and stroking the scrawny black cat curled up in his lap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye I saw Mom fold her hands in her lap. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And the whole time, lap after lap, it went yip yip yip yip yip in a high-pitched way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Four laps around the track equals a mile. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In her lap, black Drogon hissed, and pale smoke rose before her face like a veil. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I found myself pulling him onto my lap, saying things to him over and over, like, Hushjeffy — I never call him that unless he’s upset — it’s OK. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made little waves that streaked the silver with black and lapped gently against the bulkheading. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were drinking sweet tea and listening to the radio, Grandpop’s box of money—the rainy day stash—in Dad’s lap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Seven patted her lap, and the big baby climbed up her legs and leaned his head on her chest. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Flora gently moved Ulysses out of her lap and onto the seat beside her, and then she reached up and across and put her hand on the left side of her father's chest. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He sat facing the tents, his long, spidery legs crossed in front of him, and Zu’s workbook in his lap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I say with my head still in her lap. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She pictures the maids in their quiet, mysterious cluster at the end of the patio, Altagracia with her hands in her lap. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I had it on my lap when Dad pushed open my bedroom door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When we passed the door that led to the washing room, I thought I heard the soft sound of waves lapping against a shoreline. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Well, it got less silly after warm-up laps, stretching, and the usual clowning around. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then he reached over and took his sketch pad from her lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That scared me, because he didn’t have a lap, just an empty wrinkled blanket where his legs should have been. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, given how terrible I smelled after running laps or doing mountain climbers, or even playing Net Sports with overly aggressive players like Fatty Bolger and Chip Cusumano. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t touched yet, but now he put out a hand to her, and she moved her cat face against his fingers and then stepped delicately onto his lap. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The magician did not turn his head, and his hands lay still in his lap. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub the leather music portfolio on my lap and take a deep breath. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They fell asleep to the peaceful, curious, continual lapping sound of waves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She holds my head in her lap and strokes my forehead just like Mama. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about how I would sit here, bouncing my own bundle of joy on my lap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My relief at Maxim’s arrival would be tempered by the fear that they might say something indiscreet, and I became dumb at once, a set smile on my lips, my hands in my lap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She placed Baby on her lap and forced bits of mashed yam into her mouth, and when Baby choked and started to cry, Olanna, too, fought tears. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kurry was shut up tight in a basket on my lap, and the Jordans, who were traveling all the way to Hankow with us, led our procession. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a lap and a half, he ran in the cluster of men, unable to get free, restraining his stride to avoid running into the man ahead. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sitting at the window, Beth’s work often dropped into her lap, and she leaned her head upon her hand, in a dejected attitude, while her eyes rested on the dull, autumnal landscape. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lina tucked one foot underneath her and pulled part of the blanket over her lap. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother climbed behind the wheel and tossed a few letters into my lap, then turned her back The car purred into life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“What about him? What about you? What were you doing out there on the floor with him with his head in your lap?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Hatsue sat with her mittens in her lap and her hands held close to the car heater. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Molly would come over from wherever she was and sit on her lap, nuzzling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She sat down on one of her grandmother’s uncomfortable armchairs, and the cat sprang up into her lap and made itself comfortable. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

After an hour and a half, the younger boys came outside and ran their laps while the Under Seventeens scrimmaged under Luma’s watchful eye. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mother was always saying he was the only one who would ever sit on her lap and cuddle. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He points to the bible outspread on my lap. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Each wave lapped at my toes with a sound like a whisper. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sat on the verandah, with the book on my lap, watching one of the children chase a butterfly in the front yard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lee sat in the living room and looked at the envelope in his lap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My arms raised in triumph, I did a quick lap around the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Twinkle, right. Anyway, I better get going. They make us do twenty extra laps if we’re late.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a soft paw on my lap, then a gray body. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I get each tidbit so small I can’t rip it in half again, I add it to the pile in my lap. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She had Daisy Mae in a shoe box on her lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He seated himself on the window seat, Needle across his lap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A pink gown similar to the one she wore was spread across her lap. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The greatsword Ice was across his lap, and he was cleaning the blade in those waters black as night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The children had now calmed themselves and were lapping water out of the faucet with their tongues. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Dad still did our nighttime reading, but now it was Penny who snuggled on his lap. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He’d swing me like a pendulum while the water lapped at our ankles. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

By the light of the street lamp, she saw her grandmother sitting at the window with Sissy’s sleeping baby in her lap and amber rosary beads dangling from her trembling fingers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m taking a victory lap sixty miles from where I five. I came to find you, you idiot! And don’t think I don’t already regret it.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Across the aisle from Rahel a woman with chapped cheeks and a mustache coughed up phlegm and wrapped it in twists of newspaper that she tore off the pile of Sunday papers on her lap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned his head to look at her, she placed her hand back in her lap. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Violet stared at her hands in her lap. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here I was, a grown woman sitting on my father’s lap. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands are folded neatly in her lap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and she laid the book in my lap. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A copy of A Wrinkle in Time was facedown in her lap, and her feet, sticking out from underneath her bright blue lehenga, didn’t touch the floor. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s more like they lap it up, which is awesome enough. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were on his shoulders, his head, his lap, snapping up seeds that the man appeared to have poured over himself. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table and patted my knee until Mouse jumped up and told me about her day, turning and turning until she’d settled into my lap. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I wiped him clean, took his head in my lap. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She let the crow nestle on her lap. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Let’s do this. Three laps today. Three laps and then we meet at home plate. Let’s go.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The girl is sitting on the guy’s lap with her legs wrapped around him. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Tears streamed from her eyes, dripped on the shield of Hercules in her lap. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It’s a relief to reach the edge of the valley and see Boomer down below, lapping water from the stream. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Each of us folded our hands in our laps, eager for whatever he was going to tell us. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was black and silky now; it lapped at the sides of the rowboat and hurried on around them into the stream. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we ate, he even allowed the little girl to take him into her lap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I ran into her arms, claimed her lap, and forgot about Mrs. Moss, who hovered in the corner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“The guest of honor,” Mitchell Sanders said, and he placed a can of orange slices in the old man’s lap. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recognized Nathan and excitedly ran to him and curled up on his lap. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I heave my backpack onto my lap and unzip the largest pocket. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Mama lets me sit on her lap when she reads,” she said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She folded her legs beneath her and tucked her hands into her lap. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slept, his head in the shoe poet’s lap. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I had my legs crossed and a pad and pen on my lap. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With trembling fingers, Naomi turned the letter back over, smoothed it against her lap, and began to read again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn pulled her onto his lap and ate the bar in three bites. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together and stares at his lap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The cat was always in the chief’s lap, purring softly as the charo stroked its neck. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She can feel the touch of his long, curled tongue on the water’s skin, as if he were lapping from her hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cereal would turn the milk different colors, and I’d sit on the couch with the humongous bowl on my lap, watching cartoons. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She sits down at the table, her back to her husband, her daughter squirming on her lap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She does a lap around us, touching the most luxurious pieces of furniture, then waves a hand at the servants. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting with my ruined pink mittens and matching beanie in my lap. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“So I touch this thing in my lap and it’s like—this warm object that feels just like human flesh.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Across his lap lay a bouquet of flowers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Naomi held her terror in, balling it up inside a fist in her lap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its white tongue lapped up the droplets of blood that leaked out of the wound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The trailer courts are everywhere, lapping up the sides of hills, spilling into river beds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered them to his lap, one hand lightly cupping the other, and returned to watching the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What I remember from Sunday school at First Presbyterian was kind Mrs. Ness teaching us to sing “Jesus Loves Me,” her silver hair in a bun, a guitar in her lap. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s Kaylee Vine making noises as if a pile of rotting fish was just deposited in her lap. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I force myself to look away from the madness outside and instead press my trembling hands together firmly in my lap. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Queen, sitting up in her bed with The Times on her lap, glanced up sharply. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper lapped noisily at his drinking bowl below the stairs, the sound echoing in the great stone hall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"And then you can sit on my lap." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he kept moving closer until when he was done, he had his head in the man’s lap. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she reached one arm around Ess’s middle and pulled the wet child into her lap. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then I soaped my entire body, head to toe, and rinsed off by swimming around for a couple laps. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had made up fifty yards in the last lap and beaten his personal best time by more than eight seconds. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The device bounced off my shoulder and landed in my lap. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Half a lap ahead of me, I can see this girl Carmetta. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It is difficult to imagine Patria unmarried without a baby on her lap, but Dedd’s memory is playing dolls with the past. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment door was cracked open and his mom was on the couch, sitting on the lap of a man wearing a sleeveless camouflage T-shirt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would hear their voices in the wind and often, when I was on the sea, in the waves that lapped softly against the canoe. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms go limp, and the quilt falls into my lap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has a clipboard on his lap, a ballpoint pen in one hand. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She put her head on Mo’s lap and looked up at his face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She gets into the car, holds me in her lap and moans all the way to the Fever Hospital at the City Home. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She scratched his head behind one ear, and the cat jumped up into her lap and began to purr. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The starter’s already there and easy to spot in his red hat and coat, and the Langston teams are trudging through a warm-up lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He pushes Ray from his lap, jogs out of the living room and through the dining room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hungry by the time a plate was finally laid in her lap, Celaena became a bit more than irritated when the captain did not immediately remove her irons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She hopped off TOC's lap, turned around, grabbed her first-aid box, and started looking through it in vain for asthma meds. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The old woman steadied the bowl of peas upon her lap. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Baby Girl ride in my lap in the backseat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The rat was still snoozing on Ron’s lap. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Bai Shan was sitting near the door, bending over the paper in his lap. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for him in the study, a half-finished square of embroidery spread across my lap. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has to jump off my lap, squirm a little to get it out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Instead he gave an almighty belch and several slugs dribbled out of his mouth onto his lap. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I crawl off his lap and stand up straight. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even if she was wound up, she’d eventually fall asleep on my lap, her face mashed into my shoulder, arms limp, mouth drooling. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Naomi fiddled with the fabric in her lap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton woke from his slumber and sat up in my lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Johnny sat there with two exposed fish in his lap, one at his feet and kept staring at the ad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went over and put his head in the preacher’s lap. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a few celebratory laps around the Hab, it was time to get to work. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up from my lap and looks at me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That newspaper clipping was burning a hole in my lap. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was already in bed—after dinner had become my bedtime for the moment- propped up with a gajillion pillows and also Bluie, with my computer on my lap. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She’d turn to the back and plunk the book on my lap. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he leaned back, in his own seat this time, removed his hand from her lap, and closed his eyes once again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, Rufus put his head on her lap and accepted her caresses silently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She’d changed out of the stained shirt she’d been wearing into her red Chuck E. Cheese polo, and was sitting with her backpack in her lap, drinking a container of school milk. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

An ivory- handled riding crop lay neatly across his lap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His trick was to sit with the horn in his lap for the first half of a piece, then start at the beginning and, tooting double time, hit the last note right with the others. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once, An Yi said, Grandma had to sit on the stairs and scoot down step by step with An Yi on her lap. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting in one of the chairs with a magazine open on her lap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werner’s mind drifts; he is thinking about the book in his lap, The Principles of Mechanics by Heinrich Hertz. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her knitting piled in her lap, she stared at Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Still, as Emma caught up with Finn, she threw caution to the wind and launched herself around the wall of the witness box and into Mom’s lap. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Still holding his hammer, he smiled at Hatsue, and she dropped her eyes to her lap. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The beagle in my lap was just like our Moody Blue. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She’d put me on her lap and let me steer and work the indicators while she worked the pedals and the stick shift. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then he got up, turned his chair around, sat down again, put the saucer in his lap, took another drag on his cigarette, and studied Margaret, enjoying the attention. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on laps several children deep as the four adults in our party climbed into the front with the taxi driver. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen, Deborah sat on a couch with her mother’s Bible open in her lap, her hair brown instead of gray, her eyes bright, with no circles beneath them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I placed Mama’s hands back in her lap and followed Stick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He takes a seat and places his cane in his lap. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Chubs sat in one of the middle seats, dividing his time between the book in his lap and the world of trees just outside the tinted car window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I offered to run extra laps on the smelly dirty track above the pool; anything they asked I would have done,” Massari says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Roy held the package of meat on his lap, covering it with both arms like a fullback protecting a football. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if we had him pedal, and you sitting on the crossbar with me sitting on your lap, we wouldn’t have had room for the staff.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

With Eveillard, I stopped at a table where a young woman in a red dress had left her chair and was sitting in the lap of the inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every time, there was a laughing girl ghost who sat on his lap like she was his sweetheart. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Celia brings the binoculars to rest in her lap and rubs her eyes with stiffened fingers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anger stirs and wakes in her; it opens its mouth, and like a hotmouthed puppy, laps up the dredges of her shame. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what a surprise!” he said, leaning over her shoulder and looking at the open book on her lap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or that his grandfather died with The Four Corners of the World in his lap. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She looks at her fingers, twisting them in her lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I pull my hand back to my lap and wait. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He crouches in the tub and puts my foot in his lap, dabbing at the deeper cuts with a washcloth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He put his nose in the preacher’s lap and his tail in mine. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

At nights in the refectory we sit with our hands in our laps and stare at the radio, our small, harsh master. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden vision of Mrs. Borkowski sitting in her lawn chair in the middle of the street with a cat in her lap. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Daisy found it impossible to keep her eyes off her ‘pitty aunty’, but attached herself like a lap dog to the wonderful chatelaine full of delightful charms. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small children and babies perched on every lap available and men leaned on the shelves or on each other. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could begin and end each day of this solitary month by swimming laps, I would feel so much better. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Naomi sat with a schoolbook open on her lap, a twin asleep on either side of her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smith sits on the front porch with a pistol in his lap. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

A man in a striped shirt and suspenders pulled a lever and the lap bars came up, releasing the people who had been on the ride. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He moved his silverware and chopsticks off his napkin, then put the napkin in his lap. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Women were sitting with babies on their laps, standing with babies on their hips, and their chatter mixed with crying. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even Bertha’s cats couldn’t get enough of her, rubbing their heads against her legs and purring in her lap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He picked me up and, as he sat on the bed, placed me on his lap. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She fumbled in her lap and come up gripping the pistol with both hands. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Before Thomas could look up from tying his shoes, a plastic wristwatch dropped into his lap. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Leda, still tiny, climbs like a baby bear onto Pop’s lap. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The small child went and sat on the lap of the old woman, and she rocked him and rubbed her cheek against his. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He hops up so fast, his cereal bowl almost falls from his lap, but he manages to catch it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V asked as she rocked Penny on her lap. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Colette brought her tea cup to her lips, but spilled the tea into her lap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a book in his lap and sitting in sunlight, he looked perfectly peaceful. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Why, we don’t even allow lap dogs in this hotel,” he would say. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Jethro Hallam. I remember him just a little. He used to hold me on his lap, and once he give me candy because I didn’t cry when he had to swab my throat.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gingerly repositioned Otto to my lap so I could sit up and use the last moments of daylight to take stock of my supplies. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She buried her face in Mom’s lap, her shoulders shaking silently. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My stomach flipped over and my eyes watered and I gripped the lap bar with both hands. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Gitano jerked upright and, seizing a piece of deerskin, he tried to throw it over the thing in his lap, but the skin slipped away. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You won’t be selfie shaming when you see pictures of me flying solo on boats and on mountains and on hot guys’ laps.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In my lap is a handful of crumpled stars. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if, he said, he had fired a fifteen-inch shell at a sheet of paper and it rebounded into his lap. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Before she could wonder about that anymore Mortola put the book on her lap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This rule held even in the comparatively short hop of a mile: In the three fastest miles ever run, the winner’s final lap had been clocked at 61.2, 58.9, and 59.1 seconds, respectively. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, slowly, my little brother comes over and crawls into my lap. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

One of her siblings climbed into her lap, and she began to rock him automatically. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But I wasn't doing nothing as I lay there on her lap. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I could see that she was kneading her hands in her lap. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I heard no lapping like a dog drinking. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Robin took the book from her lap and thrust it into my hands. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands are curled in my lap like a sleeping child’s. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The woman held a baby on her lap. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the coffee table in her coat, pulled her backpack onto her lap, unzipped the smallest front pocket, and pulled out a handful of tom paper. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She peers down at my lap, where I’m still gripping the journal. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Autumn wiggled down from my lap and reached toward my mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dad sat hunched over in his recliner, his weary gaze glued to the computer in his lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She reached for the water glass again, but thought better of it and drew her hand back to her lap. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

At night I cradled his head on my lap and read him the Scriptures: The Lord is my rock and my fortress...the horn of my salvation...so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water lines went across, lapped the stones, and rippled back to meet each other, settling, to be dappled by the sun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is next to him, sitting back on her heels, hands folded in her lap, her dark kimono sheening in the half light, and gazing at him the way she did this afternoon, steadily, intently. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Queenie creeps into his lap, leaving her hind legs sticking straight out, like a frog. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Babies and toddlers doze in their laps or play around their feet. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slap it, but she pulls me across her lap and plants the longest, sloppiest kiss on my cheek, like she would do when I was little. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She stared at a wall of water that shimmered and lapped at the air before her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I plop down on the couch and it’s mere seconds before Riot is curling into a circle in my lap. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t say anything, but he moves his backpack onto his lap to make room, so I know it’s okay. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He tied a sloppy double bow in his opened shoelace and then transferred a lined yellow pad from his desk to his lap. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Pi runs across the office and leaps into my lap. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the living room, we sit in a little triangle: Tom on the sofa, the adoring father and dutiful husband, daughter on his lap, wife at his side. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man put his sack on his lap and began to feel around inside it with both hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I do. Yes, I do. It is easy out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, ‘I couldn’t help it; the way was set.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was three laps in, coming up on the fourth. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I tell TaShon and Spot, “Be still. I’m going to get across to some water, food. We’ll have to hold it on our lap.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She frowned, put my arm back in my lap. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She put the pad of paper on my lap. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His helm they set beside him, and across his lap they laid the cloven horn and the hilts and shards of his sword; beneath his feet they put the swords of his enemies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, shaking my napkin and spreading it across my lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And there was a photograph of his father, dressed in black, sitting on a country porch with his hands folded heavily in his lap. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

By then, our dresses were a mess from riding around on our laps all day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloomberg just then stood up in her lap and, more like a dog than a cat, began to circle around to find a sleeping position he liked better. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on his lap, clasped both hands tightly together and sat very still, staring at his father. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I was going to ask you, but I didn’t know if—ah, I mean, I wasn’t sure if your husband—” She dropped the comb in her lap and clapped her hands together, laughing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Sleep then, master! Lay your head in my lap.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I plopped my feet in his lap—a signal for a foot rub. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He climbs into my lap, bringing us closer. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We all stayed together coming down the home stretch of the first lap. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

His writing journal, the “Book of Tears,” as everyone calls it, rests on his lap. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Add locksmith skills and a keen ability to keep a low profile, and I trip into the lap of luxury on a regular basis. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The family would sit with their hands in their laps and quiet the kids if they started playing a game or something, so it wouldn’t bother her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Their hands rest in their laps, looking as if they are folded sedately. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years, the chemist harbored a bitter resentment of Lawrence, who had plainly dumped the task of firing him in Cooksey’s lap and absented himself from the Rad Lab while the deed was done. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Pa would then lift me from my chair and plop me on his lap so that his body became my chair, his arms my armrest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding a leather purse in her lap which matched the turquoise border of her sari. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I watched her curtsy and twirl in her new dress as we lapped the store, all the while her feet dancing over the evidence of what had happened at the checkout lanes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then she lifts her bare feet into her lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Laney brushed past a large fern and skipped over to Mr. Jeet and climbed into his lap. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

So did I and we had it in bed, the November sunlight coming in the window, and the breakfast tray across my lap. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Flora, the girl on his lap, says, “Do you like my perfume?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The dog scooted himself up to me and put his head on my lap. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She reached out and lifted me off the table and put me on her lap. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up the chisel again and looked down at it on his lap, his fingers squeezed white around the shank as he waited for the answer. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The first-aid kit is still open in my lap; I’ve been trying to fit the packets of gauze and rolls of tape back in place before shutting it in the glove compartment again. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As I round the corner, past a Vitamin Water dispenser and a series of small practice rooms, Jordan Rylance is sitting in a chair, a perfect binder of music placed perfectly on his perfect lap. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He simply sat down on the floor where he was, legs crossed, one book on his lap and the others beside him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She folded her hands across a manila envelope in her lap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bernoffski nudged a shot glass into my hand then plucked the other one from my lap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Grace took a deep breath, forced herself to keep her hands in her lap. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her tumid eyes filled with tears and she began to cry, rocking back and forth slowly in her chair with her hands lying in her lap like fallen moths. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

She traced the moonlight to where it lapped upon the tapestry-covered wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“A lap weld would’ve been better, Clinton,” one of them said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Already, my lap is colder with him gone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They rode wearing their uniforms, their helmets in their laps, each boy carrying his own towel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sank down on a chair in a trembling stupor, his stumpy, lax hands quaking in his lap. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The shallowest waves lap against mere inches of shore. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Dr. Legs, who was doing that thing she does, where she folds her hands in her lap and stares out at nothing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She sat with her hands folded in her lap, watching as our boat drew closer and closer to the dock. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the silkworm box in her lap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You okay, Eddie?” she asked as I sat on her lap. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget to run a few laps,” he bellowed down the hall after me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time, I just sit there, watching the waves lap at the shoreline. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I would basically just do a few laps around the room, scarfing my pasta Bolognese, which I found out was not pasta and baloney, but was actually just regular spaghetti. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

On her lap lay one of those innumerable pads of paper her husband brought home from his office, compliments of some pharmaceutical company, advertising tranquilizers or antibiotics or skin cream. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in the backyard with my drawing pad in my lap while Mom works in the garden, padding its perimeter with bark chips and seaweed. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And when an ear infection turned out to be the culprit, it was she who fed antibiotic syrup drop by drop into Mirabelle’s small pink mouth and let her lap it up like a kitten. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Irene swung her legs back over the arm and put her feet on the ground, leaned over her lap toward me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She took the little boy into her lap and began to feed him his rice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The clothes and backpack in her lap tumbled to the ground, and she bent down to pick them up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she looked down at her lap, like she was thinking about something. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It ignited bits of the gas tank, so that now tiny flames lap at the wet road. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her legs, pulling the skirt over them to make a lap. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Connor is watching downloaded episodes of his favorite TV show on a tablet in his lap with headphones on. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I made Ma set on the buckboard seat and tolt her to keep a eye out with the pistol in her lap. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

My mother stood me near the open window and rested my head on her lap. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched over my lap and reached out her hand to Mami. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just a card table, a mattress, and a single armchair in front of the television where he now sits, a tin of butter cookies in his lap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But I glanced at the newspaper in her lap. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I spilled droplets on my sleeve and my lap, and only managed to get down a mouthful. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After my third vodka cooler, I straddle his lap and drape my arms around his strong neck and whisper things in his ear that I shouldn’t be whispering. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The night was quiet except for the gurgle of the fountains and waves lapping on the shore. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Bryce went out to work and Sarah Ruth spent the day in bed, holding Edward in her lap and playing with a box filled with buttons. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

While he sat, waiting, he saw that Deborah had found a seat in the very front of the congregation, just below the pulpit, and sat with her Bible folded on her lap. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then, as he tried to lap the water, his legs seemed to crumple under him and he collapsed, half in and half out of the rut. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother responded by turning up the volume on the kitchen TV while my father pushed back my plate, set Joan in my lap, and instructed me to play. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Would my hands be fumbling with themselves in my lap? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I tagged along behind them on a fast lap around the ground floor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bree serves me tea and almost drops the teacup in my lap. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Yolanda put her pocketbook on her lap and rested both her arms on top of it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another thing her books had neglected to mention: what to do when the prettiest boy you’ve ever seen lays his head in your lap and seems content to camp out there for a few weeks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, I just think,” Mom starts to say—but then her phone buzzes in her lap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Thomas pulled his legs up underneath him, studying the Maps in his lap. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She looked up from her lap and her twisted fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Christ lies in her lap in the form of a cub. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped the beet onto his lap and turned to leave. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The car door opened, and Shea was thrown into my lap. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She was sprawled on her bed, her legs in Ashish’s lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After work, Wynn howled along with Carrie Underwood, and I sat in his truck with the baggie on my lap, unable to work up the nerve to give it to him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And there was no voice, just the wind passing through the yew trees, just the occasional lapping of water against the hull. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Without realizing what he was doing, Harry sprang to his feet; the telescope and trainers in his lap rolled across the floor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Father sat in Mother’s chair, examining something in his lap. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maribel and I sat in the back with a blanket draped over our laps. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Turner’s mother sat in a chair by the window, her hands discreetly clasped in her lap; Reverend Buckminster sat behind his desk, his sermon notes discreetly covering Darwin. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My feet dangle over the orchestra pit, and her legs are in my lap. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I spoke with a doc who had a lot of forms and asked me questions like “Can you do homework while watching TV?” and “During dinner can you keep your napkin on your lap?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us would pile in the back, exchanging kicks and pinches under the protection of the lap robe as we squirmed around trying to make more room. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t take it personally,” said Vern, clasping his hands on his lap. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My grandmother got into the back of the taxi and sat down and put me on her lap. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then she sits down across from me as one adult might sit down across from another, her legs crossed, her back straight, her hands folded in her lap. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mother sat in a chair and stared into her lap. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He rested his paddle on his lap, coasting, trying to place the pets he’d heard crying in the dark. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A chunk of hair fell on my lap. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z