They fired at the second man again, destroying his other arm, and he fainted dead away. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Georgie folded his arms across his chest and frowned at the sky. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then the soldiers grabbed Davi by her arms and pulled her from her mother’s shaking hug. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you think a needle stuck up in your arm would feel?” she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The tide had begun to turn and was swirling slowly round the arm of the harbour wall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Leah crossed her arms and asked, “Do you mean praying to their own pagan gods?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a hand grabbed her left arm and another seized her right and she was soaring between two fairies—a slender albino with black eyes and a blue, furry fairy. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

With no more words, she whirled into his arms then, saying, “Oh, Westley, I didn’t mean that, I didn’t, I didn’t, not a single syllabub of it.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“She must think he’s growing a third arm.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted beside me, started scratching at her arms, fidgeting with the buttons on her tight white blouse. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His right arm was bandaged up with gauze. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The diminutive woman stood up and spread her arms wide, tilting her head back. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Rishi put a hand on her arm; it was hot and sweaty. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I still have scars on my arms and knees. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t even reached the baggage claim and he had his arm around me, needling my sister with his embarrassing behavior. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even here—running for our lives, sleeping exposed, facing death—even here, in her arms, I was able to find some measure of peace. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He looped an arm over Sheed’s shoulder, hoping his cousin didn’t have his usual awkward smile. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They also have a big mouth and a sharp beak where their arms join their head. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scott stands with his back to me, his arms folded. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby marched over, tossed aside the small pieces of firewood, and pulled the boy out of the box by one arm. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laney yelled, waving an arm in the air. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“This is the worst yet,” Inigo said, and then he jumped back, because behind a pale glass case, a blood eagle was actually eating what looked like an arm. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Corporal, you tell your commander that the next time I see armed forces coming in here, they’ll be picked off by sniper fire. No darts either. Armor-piercing bullets.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I drop to my knees and grab whatever it is, and it’s the arm that was supposed to be around me when I woke up. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The marten scampered along his arm, jumped down on the carpet, and ran toward you. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The giant was bleeding himself, with sword cuts on his belly and his arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Cal wanted to throw his arms about his father, to hug him and to be hugged by him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has a thick book tucked under his arm and is juggling another cup of coffee and what might be a bagel. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“A word?” the Sicilian said, raising his arms. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Having blown out the light, she slept fitfully, holding her pillow like a man in her arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inés finally gathered her daughter in her arms, visibly trembling herself now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She stood over the washtub, her arms wet and soapy to the elbows and sweat standing on her brow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ann crosses her arms over her chest and gives me a self-satisfied look. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The third: Cash grabs both Henry and Alex by the arms and shoves them through the nearest door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Ben tried to reach around to swat at the ball, Bull prevented this by holding him off with his free arm. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was near about impossible to make out what was going on, because people all around us were singing, dancing, banging their plates, waving their arms back and forth like trees in a hurricane. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shock wears off, but he’s still squeezing my arm a little too tight. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

No wonder Neola closed her arm and held the pieces of her heart in her hand. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean just trampled my arms dean off. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We shook hands and he put his arm around my neck and kissed me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Percy and Frank both cussed like horses and held on desperately while Hazel wrapped her arms around Arion’s neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stuffs Joon under his arm as easy as a squirrel hiding an acorn. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We walked down the hall, and then down the stairs and into the common room, locked arm in arm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing he felt was the wind in his face, then the searing pain in his right arm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But disbelief is a poorly armed foot soldier. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the arm, stopped the turntable, and sat down on the couch again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The soldiers simply call it the Block, but the tattoo on my arm lists it as S.S.C., short for Simulated Street Combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Hooper seemed to go on and on falling, in a peculiarly graceful sort of way, one arm flung out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Dad lifted him by the arms, and Mom grabbed his legs, pushing him up slowly. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey showed Maybeth how to wrap a long vine around her arm and pull back on it, with all her weight, taking the strain in her shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here is the baby in the arms of an old woman. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be lying on the floor beside the witness box, his arms outstretched. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead she gritted her teeth and moved the arm gently until it felt looser. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“In the pit that would have taken your arm off, old man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Charlie put one arm behind my back, not quite touching me, and led me to the glass doors of the exit. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She stretches out her arms in exasperation and then clamps them over her head. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And he shot into the crook of one of Glerk's arms and insinuated himself into the fleshy folds of his body, and was, once again, the happiest dragon in the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His old mama hissed something in his ear and tried to pull him away with a claw on his arm. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shove the plastic bag of snacks into Layla’s hand and grab both their arms to cross the street. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m very upset,” I said, folding my arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We manage the darkness as we did in the arena, wrapped in each other’s arms, guarding against dangers that can descend at any moment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

That arm made me tense but not entirely unhappy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

While they pinned his arms, he kicked at the sand, sending windblown bursts of it toward the knot of men dragging his opponent out of reach. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, a young gorilla begins to venture farther and farther away from the safety of his mother’s arms. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his arm began to shake, and he was unable to write any more. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He put his arms out in front of him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Time for me to join the birds,” Dad said smoothly as he flapped his arms. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We squatted on the floor with our backs pressed firmly against the wall, our knees pulled up to our chests, our heads lowered and protected by our crossed arms. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Momma wraps her arm around me and presses my head onto her shoulder. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Someone had grabbed him from behind, pinning his arms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby’s dad took Nan by the arm and led her to a booth. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Well, he’s up in my face fast and gives me a double arm shove, and I hit the ground. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Captain fetched the pole from the kitchen, and after he had handed it in to me in the stern, he climbed in and sat down facing me, his arms tightly folded across his chest. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can tell she’s getting close, because she sees a row of windmills in the distance, their white arms spinning with quiet industry. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She was holding her violin, and jabbed her bow against the arm of the couch. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Once we were outside and I locked up and we were heading down the sidewalk, I threw my arm over his shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“She does,” said Papa, putting his arms around us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I need to clean up, too, but I stay in Peeta’s arms, still too shaken to move. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I jerk myself away from Jake and wrap my arms around David’s neck and whisper, “Your phone. Instagram. Now.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It tugs at every single part of me, my chest and my arms and my fingertips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He hooked his arm in mine and pulled me into an empty alleyway. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my arms, rolled my head and neck around on my shoulders, and cracked my knuckles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was lucky he didn't tear off my arm in his eagerness. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Oh, do that again!" says Caesar, and so I lift up my arms and spin around and around letting the skirt fly out, letting the dress engulf me in flames. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I don’t say anything, she folds her arms flat against the table. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Wynn put his arm around Nan for extra support, and she let him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He gave an ungainly wobble, and the golden egg, still damp from the bath, slipped from under his arm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

One guy I knew took the comer of a razor blade to his arm and made a small cut each day. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

George had a sudden frightening thought and grabbed Kelly’s arm just above the elbow. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

And I lay down next to Lil and I put my arm around her and felt her relax into me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She tried to hit him but he caught her arms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Gently she laid Ruth May out on the table, spending a long time arranging her arms and legs within the sheer cloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walks for a little while alongside his sister, his comfort scarf clumped in his fist, then climbs into Safaa’s arms like a little monkey. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A cuff on her arm was inflated, and someone pressed a metal disk there, at her elbow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They had back ends like palominos, tattoos all over their hairy arms and chests, and bullish horns protruding from their foreheads. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I try to twist free, but hands close on my arms, my neck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The second officer leaned in the window with both arms resting on the door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“That was an unforgivable thing for me to do,” he said, and taking my arm he pushed me back towards the car, and we climbed in again, and he slammed the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beto tasted pineapple but focused on adjusting the scarecrow’s arms under the sheet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

August twirls Marlena around and then stops with her extended from the end of his straightened arm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Al pulls Will’s arm across his shoulders and drags him out of the arena. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

James pounded back up the stairs and shook her arm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Underneath, I can see Mrs. Janssen’s glasses, but the space is too slim for my arm to squeeze through. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The boys formed a circle at midfield, draped their arms around each other, and bowed their heads. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She hit my arm with the back of her hand and then grabbed the handlebars of her bike as she pedaled off. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When he stopped the bicycle in the shrubbery and turned to grab Gabe, he saw the small chubby arm pointing toward the sky. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The paint cans are getting heavy, and it feels like my arms are being pulled like one of the twins’ stretch toys. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I did everything for her, you know,” she said, taking my arm again, leading me to the dressing-gown and slippers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And when he lifts his arms, he smells sweaty. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted to look at my face, then reached out and touched my arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Annoyed at her physical condition, she closed her eyes and removed the crutches from under her arms to relieve the unaccustomed pressure. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My arms shook as I picked up the same stone that I had just carried across the compound, but not from weariness this time. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

His armor was shiny new; a bright streak of fire ran down his outstretched arm, as the steel caught the light. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Uncle banged his fist on the arm of his chair. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother?” he said again, gently shaking her arm. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still looks a little weak in the arm, but there's nothing wobbly about him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Dora holds out her hands, and Leda climbs right into them like she’s climbed into a white lady’s arms a thousand times. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

A string of kisses a mile long melted together as his lips brushed her ears, her neck, her arms, her hair, and then got back to her mouth again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She tried with all her will, but her arm would not obey her, and the knife fell from her grip to embed itself tip down in the mattress, just beside Sarai’s hip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Redemption nodded reluctantly, and she took his arm as they started walking down the street again. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She saw how his arms were forced in front of him, and from her vantage point she saw the silver glint of steel below his shirt cuff. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stretch out my arms as I fall, gasping, and my armpits slam into the railing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My father held me tighter and whispered something, but not even his arms or his whispers could keep me from trembling. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“If that day ever comes when women vote, you’ll go along to the polls with me—arm in arm—and vote the way I do.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms trembled at the end of the day, muscles throbbing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The guard beside Other-Finn was staring down at his hands as though he couldn’t quite understand why he was clutching a little boy’s arm. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at his golden-brown eyes and all of the promises that lay within them, and linked her arm with his as she smiled. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Was taken, by a Guardian, one of those with the red arm bands who are in charge of such things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did an awkward sort of bow, so I bowed correctly:heels together, arms at my sides, eyes straight ahead, bending at the waist. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of the movie, Ana and Javier come into the room, wrapped gifts in their arms. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nailshed girls were with them, laughing and teasing them, twining slender arms around the men’s waists, urging them to drink and spend. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She dashed back over to the sink and wet a towel with cool water, wrung it out, and then wrapped her arm in it before sitting back down. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Turner felt Mr. Stonecrop’s hand move down to his arm. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and rubbed my arms. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He lit another cigarette, and sat down once more on the arm of the sofa. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Two arms supported me the few steps to the fire. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Jinjoo’s arms and legs were sore, and she didn’t know how much longer she could continue. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He knew how well the provincials were arming, preparing to welcome him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sprays my arm with potato chip crumbs. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“This way,” Cas said, pushing away from the lockers with her good arm and taking a step in the direction that led to the front of the school and the biggest of their roadblocks. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I flung my arms around Mrs. Potts’s waist and looked up pleadingly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I stand and uncross my arms as the door squeaks open a few inches. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms went round to enclose the older woman but Master’s mother kept her hands to her sides and did not hug Olanna back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She puts her arm down on her desk and leans her forehead against it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I cross my arms to hide the shaking. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A woman was standing over her, her hand clutching Hazel’s arm like a claw. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Maxim was not reading the paper, though it lay on the arm of the chair beside him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I set my bag on the ground, still holding my books in my arms. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

You feel pressure on your upper arm, and when you look, your whole arm is wedged into the crook of a guillotine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I want to begin by thanking each of you for being here,” she finally said, her hands softly gripping the sides of the pulpit, the muscles in her upper arms flexing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His arm lay yet across the desk, and he still held that pose while the voice died in sonorous echoes between the walls. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again and again, the current thrust her under, but every time she came up gasping for air, striking at the rapids with her arms and legs, searching for shore. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He laced his massive arms through mine and pulled back so that my stomach and chest were totally exposed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was sprawled beside my mother, his arms spread out across the back of the couch as if he were about to embrace everything that was his. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Jasmine and I have noticed the yellow and green bruises on Sandy’s arms before. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The day the secession was announced, he stood with Kainene on the veranda and listened to Ojukwu’s voice on the radio and afterward took her in his arms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The Stormbreakers are armed and ready. And yes, you’re right, Alex. Each one contains what you might call a computer virus. But that, if you like, is my little April Fools’ joke. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Before we can get to Will and Christina, though, a short, round woman with a black-and-white -striped shirt touches my arm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His father’s arm around me relaxed a little. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I reached out to shoulder-hug her but she pushed against me and out of my arms and ran to Ma Charles. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dryads armed with bows and arrows talked nervously at the edge of the woods. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them and glared at her mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Twenty dollars poorer, we headed back to the theater, Connor’s and Zion’s arms stuffed full of treats. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She imagined herself alone and shriveled in her mother’s womb, envisioned the first days in her mother’s unyielding arms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, wait—” said Will, before Sir Charles could speak, but Lyra ran around the desk, and from nowhere Pantalaimon was in her arms, a snarling wildcat baring his teeth and hissing at the old man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them said, “Salamanca is my left arm. I miss my left arm.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Clutching the bag in tightly wrapped arms, George slid to the ground. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Big Rose folded her arms too and glared down at me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I hear a floorboard squeak and see an older man in a brown cardigan shuffling into the room with his arms held behind his back. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He stuck his arm across the car seat between us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Papi pulls me close into a hug, but I am stiff in my father’s arms, and angry. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She was clutching the plastic bag containing the book to her chest, her arms firmly wrapped around it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had never been away from Soraya for so long, and when she locked her arms around my neck, when I smelled apples in her hair, I realized how much I had missed her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I felt Erik grab me from behind, easily pinning both of my arms with just one of his. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was still pelting through a particularly narrow lane when a man leaped out in front of me. he cried, his arms spread wide enough to prevent me from passing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His short fingers gripped the arms of the chair. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa spread his right arm wide to indicate the whole store, but I noticed he was mindful of his broke ribs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I sat on the side of the tub while Rosaleen dabbed my arm with a stinging icy swab. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed a couple walking back toward the pavilion arm in arm, the lady giggling as she held up her long skirts to avoid tripping over them on the uneven ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother’s arms slid around his torso, and it sent him over the edge. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Reba sat on the ground, her arms around her knees, staring through her unswollen eye at the scene as though she were at a picture show. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over to my mother and she put her arms around him and he put his arms around her and he leaned into her—the way he did with Rosie. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She stops spinning her handles and switches into her victory dance, windmilling her arms as she leaps around the room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt broke into a wide grin and threw open his arms. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He slips his arms around my waist and pulls me close. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Qotho seized the man who had been her brother by the arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Though he presented himself as fully healed, he was barely using his left arm and his ribs were still bound in tape. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get up there, please, Michael. Hold your arms out, like so.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I clap my cleats and then raise my arms and sway from side to side like I would at a concert. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The doctor ran tests, so many tests, so many punctures in the little girl’s arms, so many tubes hooked here and there. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The one from the party, with my arm around her waist, looking like I was having the time of my life. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A vein popped out on Major's forehead, and his thick arms shook from the strain of keeping his muscles flexed. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cradled him, wrapped her arms around him, and slowly he relaxed against her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms and rubbed her shoulders. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

On homemade stretchers, in wheelbarrows, on carts, slung across shoulders, and clenched tight in arms. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Instead I fell to my knees and put my arms around him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have memories from when I was a child of her never-ending arms surrounding me, her fingers, each as long as my whole hand, picking at my hair. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gave him a light punch in the arm. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Father looked up at the ceiling and started humming "Rescue me, and take me in your arms, rescue me." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Several randomly placed mechanical arms stuck out here and there, each one with a different purpose. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We sewed red flags and tied the red scraps around arms, legs, horses’ tails. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Phantom limb pain,” Caroline explained, “a kind of pain that people feel after they’ve had their arms or legs amputated. The doctor thought this would make it go away.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And I stand, with her in my arms, and I’m at the top of the zigzag that goes down into Haven. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I guess he was listening to records because he had his arm across the seat and was beating his hand up and down like it was a drum. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The serving girl cut the meat on Lady Seymour’s plate before setting it down so that the weakness of her arm would not hinder her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked my head into my arms and my teeth chattered. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big black beard, huge muscles, and armed with a gigantic ax, fighting hordes of monsters or legions of demons. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She paused only for a moment, then jumped from the bank into his arms with a scream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But one girl in the back row crossed her arms across her chest and scowled at her classmates who were acting up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I turned toward my door with my journal tucked under my arm. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As they slowly trickled away, Freddie hopped down and threw an arm over my shoulder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, imprisoned with the weight of my childhood ever more dismally heaped upon me, I longed for that earlier stint with the arms spread wide. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hairs on my arms stick straight up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Most days, I pretended like I had a stomachache and spent the afternoon in the nurse’s office drawing more stars and hearts on my arm with a marker. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And no matter if Aeneas’s storms had come to chill his arms or chill his dread or whatever, Turner was determined to finish in thirty minutes. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Obara Sand plucked the skull from him and held it at arm’s length. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As she wrapped her arms around my waist, the boys began to pool together what was left of the food in Betty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He cringed, holding his hurt arm, and the well splashed a little. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He splays his arms and fingers to show this is all his land. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Salim smiles also, and touches the man’s arm. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mo held Meggie at arm's length and looked her up and down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Before I could stop her she slipped her arms around me and kissed me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I saw that Fern was getting too big to be jumping in someone’s arms. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And then she sits, with her legs tucked up and her arms around her knees. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I touch the back of my head with my left hand—the arm that’s not bandaged. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Stella, honey—I might not be fit for dancing, but I can certainly stir some batter,” Mama said, stretching her arms for the bowl. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she went back to her rocking chair and sat there rocking gently and holding Baby Carrie in her arms. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raises his arm and fans his underarm odor toward me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The demoness slipped her arm around the demon girl and held her against her side. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting my arms around his waist, I laid my head on his chest. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I will,” I said, but I could tell by the heavy weight of her against my arm that she had finally fallen asleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Now I know I was right. This will make thine arms even stronger, and soon they will help thee to get about on land as well.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I will organize some water,” she said, leaving the filthy baby in Hannah’s filthy arms. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s right, of course, so I zip my bag and slip my arm back through the strap. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I locked my arms tighter across my chest. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom had always been next to her while Bridge pictured the open sky and persuaded herself that she could move her arms and legs whenever she wanted to. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"I thought so," Whit replied, folding her arms across her chest. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But in her resolute pose and raised arms, there existed an undeniable hostility, as if she were preparing to march into battle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She hugged them fiercely with her short arms and began showering them with little kisses. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Over the arm of the couch, I caught a glimpse of his face staring back at me through the dark beyond the window—where just a few minutes earlier I had been crouching. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a smirk, Lara yanks the book out of my arms like it’s nothing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It involved him being tied with all of his limbs, like his arms and his legs, onto the frame of his bed with the rubber tubing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ess was bothered a bit by the bees at first, and ran around waving her arms in the air whenever one landed on her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Coll had taken off his close-fitting helmet and, though bruised and slashed, his face beamed and his bald head glowed with pleasure, as he put an arm around Taran’s shoulders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A black shield rimmed with iron for his left arm, a blunted longsword for his right hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Jiichan wrapped his arms around her and said, “No, no, not your fault. You cannot know. You were look for your brother.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I gasped and jumped; Miles’s arms came around me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In seconds your arms and legs are secured in padded restraints, and you feel the shot begin to take effect. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He sheathed his sword and tried to remove his helm, but when he raised his arm, the pain made him grit his teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s exactly how I imagined Capricorn’s mother—that nose, the eyes set close together, even the way she folds her arms and her chin juts forward.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We both throw our arms down on the table and dissolve into hysterical laughter. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stood blinking stupidly at her, the blood pounding in my veins, and my carefully rehearsed plans for a goodbye kiss forgotten, when unexpectedly she flew up and threw her arms around me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But Sydelle Pulaski was there, thumping her crutch against the baseboards as she limped through the carpeted halls on the arm of her pretty partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the lighter at arm’s length for two who had rolled their own, ready to spring back at any second. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo sat behind Hazel, one arm around her waist. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Two strong arms came around her in a crushing hug. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

My hand slipped around her arm, but she pulled away, her jaw clenched in a way that made her look almost ferocious. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I shift the gun three inches to the left and fire at his arm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It is now very clear that we live some 30,000 light-years from the galactic core, on the fringes of a spiral arm, where the local density of stars is relatively sparse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a chance and put my arm around him, and he immediately began to shake. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Thrashing arms and legs beat the water into foam and spoiled the fishing. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Leevy, a girl who lives a few houses down from mine in the Seam, takes my arm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Mujahideen, armed to the teeth but now lacking a common enemy, had found the enemy in each other. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She looked as though she was fighting back a smile, but she kept patting Ron’s arm sympathetically. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Corporal Craigie demanded he lay down his arms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I feel Tris’s strong arm across my back, pulling me sideways into her narrow frame. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His shoulders were too wide and his arms too long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I hug the boys tightly, one in each arm, and whisper, “You are my favorite little boys in the whole world. Remember that.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, get all the names and start assigning them to different companies. I don’t want them bunched up, spread them out. See about their arms.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came home from school one day with my yearbook clutched in my arms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It seems to me,” the man Says gently, “that you are the one who attacked him—indeed, that you are the one who shot him in the arm.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ess nodded and wiped her snotty face on her shivering arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ron got to his feet, shaking his arms to regain feeling in them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was sleeping on his back, his arms thrown to either side. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two arms clasp her and she is able to rest her cheek on her own shoulder while her wrists cross behind his neck. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That Hagrid never opened the Chamber of Secrets,” said Harry, throwing the Cloak over Ron and prodding him in the arm to make him walk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She looked like a corpse wreathed in smoke, but she felt solid enough when she gripped his arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the evening was over, Jim and Paul walked out the door together, Paul with his arm around Jim’s shoulder and Jim with his arm around Paul’s, and I could see they were laughing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But there were her feet, and here was her arm, and her neck, and her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her arm was damp where his little head rested, and even in the dim light, his face looked red. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She walks to the center of the living room, holds her arms open wide and turns a circle. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jane, at least, turned out to be an unexpected mercy, a tidy bouquet in her arms, even if conception proved yet another humiliation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I waved my arms and started crying harder. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She caressed my arm as the music box played each tinny note increasingly slower. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The bow and arrow fell from Legolas’ hands, and his arms hung loose at his sides. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He sang for pay, for the praise of women—one in particular—and for the honor of a famous king’s hand on his arm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sleeves on her shirt were rolled up, and her arms were covered with freckles, as was her face. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The kid was crying when the ref slapped the mat and Luke came up proud, arms raised. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His face contorted and neck veins bulging, arms and legs driving the pile forward like a running back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were walking in. the Egyptian manner—one shoulder forward, arms bent at the wrist—except from time to time when they had to chew off another fingernail. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she comes over to me and holds me in her arms and rocks me like she did when I was little. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I cross my arms and look away, embarrassed of my tattered shift, of the dirt, the cuts, the damage. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He held out his arms, looking away, embarrassed by his body’s weakness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My brother when he was a baby, my brother in my father’s arms, my brother with my sisters. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I make another grab for Julia’s arm, but she dodges it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Danny grinned at me reassuringly and let go of my arm. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His arm was hanging at a very strange angle; riddled with pain, he heard, as though from a distance, a good deal of whistling and shouting. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Feeling dishonorable, but determined all the same, he put his arms round the corporals’ shoulders and they staggered forward. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the boat stopped spinning and hovered in the trough, and my arms stopped whipping around, I was able to put my hand to my chest to unclip my life-vest strap. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, he had arms but they were tiny and sticking straight out from his shoulders like fleshy pink brussels sprouts with twiggy little fingers stuck on the ends. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To clear his head so he could go back to the apartment, take Annie in his arms, and fall with her into the couch, laughing as quietly as they could. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, a strong arm would reach out and catch me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like a snake striking, a ghostly hand darted through the fog and clutched his arm. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the troubles of the past months seemed to float away with the running of the brook and strength and power to flow into his arms. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She caught hold of the Savage’s arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew now of what it was that she had so silently and so early accused her aunt: it was of tearing a bewildered child away from the arms of the father she loved. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her up in my arms and looked for the boy pup. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women, children, and old villagers are allowed to use their arms to balance while they work their way on the uneven ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse put a pressure cuff on my arm and a thermometer under my tongue. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It felt like he’d been punched by a tiny fist, but his entire arm went numb. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t fight all of them, not in this state and not when they were armed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

King has his arm hooked around a lady in a tight black dress that barely covers her thighs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Aravis felt Lasaraleen grip her arm—that sort of sudden grip which is almost a pinch and which means that the person who is gripping you is very frightened indeed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She was in my right pocket, and I was using my left arm to brace myself as I was pulled closer and closer to the surface of the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I threw my arms around Nathaniel and planted a big kiss on his cheek. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your arms pump desperately, but they’re stiff and feel like lead. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And there are Helena and Max, side by side, peaceful, Helena with her arms around his bruised neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

‘I know what you have been doing, Sam,’ said Frodo, taking his arm. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she holds my hand, stroking my arm, while Haymitch fills her in on what happened with Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A cold wind off the ocean blew up the chasm, goose-pimpling her arms like the chill of death. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The black plastic arms of his glasses were so tight they’d etched deep grooves into his head, but he couldn’t afford new ones. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the last moment, Rathbone raised his arm to protect himself from what was intended to be a deathblow. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to edge around the Ancient, but the old man caught his arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I scooped up Jackie under her arms and spun her around in a circle, just like my father used to do with me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Our church was filled with unmarried women who had placed home-baked casseroles, bread puddings, and cakes in Big Ma’s arms so Pa would know they were good cooks and available for marriage. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t recognize her, but she looked at me as if she knew who I was and then loped toward us, arms outstretched. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She practically ran down the corridor to the air lock, her right arm hanging rigidly at her side. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, thank you both!” she squealed, throwing her arms around them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With that he strolled over to Mrs. Owens, and he looked down at the infant asleep in her arms. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The bookshelf-door ground to a halt as soon as it touched her arm. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When she finishes I move to sit beside her, putting my arm across her shoulders. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Piper patted Leo’s arm, like she couldn’t believe he was really here. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Whenever my hand accidentally brushed her hair or bumped her arm, she would flinch as if burned by steam from a kettle. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My arms and hands are pretty stiff, but I can mash the buttons on the TV remote and move my wheelchair with the help of knobs that I can grab on the wheels. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I put my arms out like I’m on the cross and ask, “Will I get into CSA next year?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He walked unsteadily to the door with the loaf under his arm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My parents surround me, wrapping their arms around each other and me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Grandma’s big arms were folded in front of her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We don't understand why he's so small, has tubes coming from his arms, sleeps and sleeps . . . when we visit him. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and an invisible rope snaked around my arms and legs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then he brought Nathan’s arm behind him and put a handcuff on his wrist. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A little river of blood poured down her arm, over her dress, and onto her leg. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was precisely because we knew that such incidents would occur that our decision to take up arms had been so grave and reluctant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One arm was bent under her, caught under her, in a way that must have been acutely uncomfortable, if not rather painful. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The seizure held her fast, her arms and legs stiff and trembling, her eyes wide, but not seeing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom arrives, I have to fight the urge to run to her and wrap my arms around her and cry into her shoulder. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ten or twenty board the train, armed with machetes, knives, bats, lead pipes, and pistols. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She was making good progress when she felt something sticky on her arm. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stood in the corral behind the cattle and waved his arms at them until one by one they hesitantly stepped into the back of the cattle truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took the strange girls into his arms and hugged them to himself. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was black hair sprouting on his chest and arms and on his stomach. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrenched them apart, the muscles of his arms flexing, his face grim. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head down onto my knees, and as my body began to shake uncontrollably, I felt a warm arm wrap around my shoulders. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my free arm, feeling blindly in the dark. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I saw now that two of the men were armed with glaives. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were swaths of red on her arms where he had held her down. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

You have a bad bruise on your arm now, but the pain of that is also numbed, like every other part of your nervous system. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He was crying quite silently, his face gleaming with tears, and in his arms, wrapped in purple velvet spangled with golden stars, was what Harry knew to be Dumbledore’s body. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The walls were made of branches as thick as my arm, woven together like wicker baskets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He cradled an artificial leg in his arms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, as he learned too late, raising a single arm is the universally recognized signal for "all OK; assistance not necessary." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gen taps my arm and smiles up at me. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Luma called again, raising her arm in the air and pointing in the direction of the apartment complexes north of the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He leaned back as well, folding his arms across his chest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She could see the bone of her arm exposed by the huge gash the bird had made when it tore at her with its beak. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never improve,” the Turk answered, but his arms began to move faster than before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

George noticed that she mixed with quiet efficiency, holding her whisking arm tight to her body. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

This was perhaps unduly harsh; Lawrence’s effort to secure Livingston another year’s stipend through Crocker’s medical school donation attested to the esteem he held for this particular pair of arms. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes—my fingers grasp a sleeve, an arm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She put an arm around my shoulder as if she welcomed me, as if good friends were supposed to share bad times. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tugged at each others hands and arms and then finally embraced. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw her arms around me in a hug. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a voice and a pair of arms grabbing me and holding me back. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Beholding the MAV, he gestured to it with both arms, as if in disbelief. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hooks his arm around my waist and kisses me softly on the forehead. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Then she jumped into Papa’s arms and went right back to sleep. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Afterward, she tottered on his arm, rising faintly over his line of vision, in a pair of suede three-inch leopard-print pumps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bessie sucked in her breath deeply, about to scream; but Bigger gripped her arm so hard that she bent halfway over and moaned. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

With just one finger extended, she delicately touched a large circle of sweat under his arm. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

My uncle picked me up in his arms as soon as I got off the van and carried me onto the verandah. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Though Mr. Armin was bleeding himself from the gash under his arm, he stripped off his doublet and his linen shirt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Luna unhooked her arm from her grandmother and stepped forward. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Once a week, with my empty basket on my arm, I would walk the block down to the cable car line and ride a cable car over the steep hills into the Tang people’s town. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam stood a foot behind me, his arms crossed over his chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His head ached from gin and his arms ached from the weight of the statue. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The whole time, she just kept spinning me around the bar, keeping her hands on my arm so I wouldn’t fall. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gregory had chuckled at my arm waving wildly about. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dionysus went around growing refreshment stands out of the ground, and a beautiful woman walked with him arm in arm—his wife, Ariadne. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I lacked polish—the finishing details like pointed toes, knees pressed together, graceful hands, and full extensions through my arms and legs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

With a big piece of cloth and a safety pin, my writing arm hangs in a sling. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She knots her arms in front of her chest and takes a couple steps forward, looking serious. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They had cooks and drivers, and guards who occupied a gatehouse, armed with machetes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He crowded them into a doorway and imprisoned them there with his arm while he talked to them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glances at me and does a double take when she sees my arm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His hands were in fists and the veins in his arms bulged like tree roots. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was about to walk over to the crown when the star touched his arm and said, "Wait. Do you hear drums?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

All at once he threw up both arms and gasped, “I’m beat!” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad stood on the front steps with his arms folded. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My sister screamed hysterically and flailed her arms as her owlish eyes searched wildly about the kitchen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch the skin on my arms, my face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mercenary let go of Kvothe and laid both hands on the arm that circled his neck, trying to twist away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You have his long arms and legs. But those eyes—those eyes definitely belong to my side of the family.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I watch them arrange themselves, motioning to one another to communicate, dark arms waving in the darker night. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I try to roll free off the arms that are carrying me but succeed only in tearing a length of paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A small group stays behind and hoists Darius’s body up by the arms and legs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Linda’s got a hand on his arm, and it’s traveling up to his shoulder with a firmer grip, but he’s still talking. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Ophie made another move to follow her, but her mama’s strong arms kept her anchored right where she was. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The veins on my arms stood out and I could feel them pulsating as if they had begun to breathe of their own accord. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Is it evil to look at your child, then heft something else in your arms and turn away? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariel staged her attack, pushing me down the strip, and as she accelerated with her arm a little behind in speed, I was able to hit her in preparation of her attack. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He stooped, and stood up with his father’s pillow under his left arm and the glass ashtray that belonged on the night table in his right hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, I reach over and touch her arm. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Laughing loudly, he spun around, his arms stretched out wide. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t fight it, baby,” she said, and she put her arms behind her back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

From under his arm, something small, roundish, and firm pushes out at me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He rubs his eyes and sits up in the blanket, then he rubs his arms. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The endocrinologist tapped a vein in my arm, filling an alarming number of vials with my blood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Odom put her arm around my shoulder, and when I got up my courage to look at her, she winked at me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Kapugen’s back would grow taut as he lifted his arms and fired his gun. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Ivory was everywhere, lunging to make an arm tackle, speeding past blockers to break up a pass and push the receiver to the ground as if he were a little kid. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms and looked at me, then at Kat. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had finished writing the letter in his head, explaining things to Kiowa’s father, and now he folded his arms and watched his platoon crisscrossing the wide field. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we lock arms, beneath and behind her, forming a chair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms and tucked her hands in under her armpits to hide her trembling. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cole gathered kindling as he swung his arms and stomped his feet to warm up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

"The Lannisters are liars every one, and the dwarf is the worst of them. The killer was armed with his own knife." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She touched his arm, and a tiny electric shock passed between them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And when she stepped into my arms, so help me God, I nearly wept. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hamburg finds itself digging the thawing ground, tearing up city parks, and building tall concrete towers armed with flak guns to shoot down enemy bombers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled and extended my hand to introduce myself, and was immediately wrapped up in her arms. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“My previous brother was entirely unsatisfactory. I hope for more from my new ones. Now how do I go about securing arms and armor?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lyra rode a strong young bear, and Roger rode another, while Iorek paced tirelessly ahead and a squad armed with a fire hurler followed guarding the rear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jeanne returned to the forest and the greyhound—no time to show the dog to her parents now—and knelt down in the thick foliage, pushing ragwort away from her bare arms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter dipped a flannel in a basin of cold water and mopped Lyra’s face, and then unfastened the sleeping bag and washed Lyra’s arms and neck and shoulders, for Lyra was hot. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The indictment charged eleven of us with complicity in over two hundred acts of sabotage aimed at facilitating violent revolution and an armed invasion of the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The street we’re on now is barely more than an alley, so narrow that I could nearly touch the buildings on either side with my outstretched arms. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Uriah rolls his eyes and puts his arm across my shoulders, steering me toward the door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tobias shrinks back, throwing his arms up to protect his face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Grandma lingered for a moment and then rushed to encircle me in her arms once more. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe my arm with the coat sleeve across my face, which is wet because I’m crying. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cole raised his arms to try to ward off the blows, but he didn’t fight back, nor did he run. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She entered without knocking, while he was reading in bed, filling his burrow with the flutter of her long hair and her undulating arms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms go out wide and strong and then fall loose and easy by my sides. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Alakazam!—and her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She comes in carrying a box of flyers in her arms. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All I saw was the picture of me and Olga, in front of Mamá Jacinta’s house with her arm around my neck. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had Bailey in one arm and me in the other. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it's too late to fight, because a jut-jawed brute with arms like tree trunks tackles me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sit there wondering whether to pull the tubes out of her arms, the plug out of the wall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cutting the arm off the suit was easy; so was cutting along its length to make a rectangle. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman with the mustache laughed while the other one grabbed Hornets arm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip to suppress a scream and shake my arm so vigorously that the scabs over my heart open. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was at my bedside, holding me in her arms. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it makes you feel any better, he got shot in the arm from a foot away during the simulation attack.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I just let it all out again, in his chest, in his arms. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He slid his arm around Beto and whispered in his ear, “It’s going to be fine, buddy, don’t worry about them.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They must’ve had the AC cranked up all the way, because Sierra had to wrap her arms around herself for warmth as soon as she walked in. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I’d been moving my arms, my right leg, and turning my body best as I could to keep up the muscles, but you can’t do much with your left leg trussed up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed happy to carve up the arm of the rocking chair like he was all of eleven years old, putting his initials in a tree. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner’s arms felt strong against the long, smooth swells, so low they were not breaking, the sea the color of the inside of a mussel shell. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“He just startled me,” Nina said with a smile, leaning on the general’s arm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The soldiers pin me to a chair, their armored hands as heavy as manacles around my arms, their knees coming down on my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Frank almost hit the ceiling when Hazel put a hand on his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His father took one arm, and his mother the other. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We flung our arms around each other and jumped up and down, laughing for joy. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tinker Bell braced her arms against his fingers and tried desperately to free her second wing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Marco hooked an arm around my waist and jerked me up against his dazzling white suit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He watches his fellow passengers being greeted by family members, lovers reunited with entangled arms, without a word. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Abby planted herself in front of the pile and folded her arms. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Just then he saw what looked like the arm of a doll sticking out from under one of the wings. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The living are flailing their arms and legs, trying to swim or gain purchase on the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The running man holds a torch, and as he comes closer the torchlight glints off of Captain Gosnold’s armor and makes clear what he has in his arms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She looped her arms with mine and Jennifer’s and marched us out of the restaurant. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Milkman opened his arms wide so he could hold all of her in a warm embrace. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the dark corners of my house with a baby under each arm, waiting with nervous feet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms and tapped my foot to show I was serious. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now Tuck was on the box, helping her, giving her his own shoulders to pull on, Miles and Jesse close at his sides, arms upstretched, eager to receive her bulk. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On both sides of the fence were armed guards dressed in green uniforms. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Morgan links her arm through mine, and I link mine through Anna’s, and I have to admit, I feel pretty lucky. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She tugged at his arm, but Harry was not paying attention. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They lay in a silent, shocked heap on the floor, arms and legs so tangled Dimple had no idea whose limbs were whose. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If anybody looked suspicious, I’d quickly cross the street, or go through a door, or turn a comer, loosening my arm enough to let the package drop. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go over and yank his arm and make him sit down. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using only my good arm is awkward, but I stack firewood on the sills of the two windows that are missing their panes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Tina perched next to him on the arm of the couch and lit a cigarette. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It took everything in Jam to not reach out and touch his arm, but Pet’s hand was locked around hers, and she couldn’t spoil the hunt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, they welcomed me with open arms and accepted me as a member of the McCabe family. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She withdrew her arm whenever he made an off color joke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung sat upon a bench by the table in the darkness and put his head upon his folded arms. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I smile, then take a deep breath and spread my arms out. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Master Hyrrokkin found him there and laid a consoling hand on his arm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

While she stands with her arms folded across her middle, I gag in the street, trying to rid my lungs of the stench inside, and my brain from the memory of all those people. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pressed on her arms, using her to support my weight so I could step lightly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, arms wide, I step off the platform. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

No longer a tall eastern white pine, instead a slanted one with all branches hanging like sad arms toward the ground. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her arms were crossed, and one leg tantrum stomped. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stood at the edge of our pool, held his arms out like airplane wings, and then, wearing nothing at all but white cotton briefs, let himself fall into the cool water. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Kelly squeezed her from behind, grabbing the cotton arms along with George’s waist. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I have an idea. Let’s close our eyes and link arms,” she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around; there was Ginny running toward him; she had a hard, blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t breathe; there was a sharp pain in my gut, I was wet and in shock, and all I could think about was keeping my arms around the branch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

From above, a jet of silk shot down, encircling Luxa’s sword arm and jerking her from her bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then he starts coming home from school earlier than the Doctorita, creeping up behind me and wrapping his arms around my shoulders and pressing against my back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt Quirrell's arm wrenched from his grasp, knew all was lost, and fell into blackness, down ... down ... down ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But she slathers baby oil on her arms as she’s speaking. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The wings grafted instantly to his back and arms. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The mighty shaman raised his arms to the skies, and the winds quieted, as if he had commanded them to do so in order that he might speak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

On their way to the ice cream parlor, Katie fell back from the tangle of kids and slipped her arm through Naomi’s. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hair along my arms stands on end, and Miss Anderson gives me a wide grin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Now, now, Rach,” he says, grabbing my arm and hoisting me to mv feet effortlessly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, they are embracing, his arms enveloping her, the child between them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

James grabbed her arm and marched down a block to a screen of trees and overgrown bushes that concealed a small park squeezed between two buildings. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I looked down, and the skin on my arms was scraped and torn. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One arm is flung above his head, the other across his chest. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Thalia’s arm and we ran along the rails while the boar roared behind us, slipping and sliding as it tried to navigate the steep hillside. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I dropped my lacrosse stick and wrapped my arms around my little brother. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Will shouted at the TV, holding up his left arm to the set. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amah’s eyes were closed, her arms outstretched as if reaching. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

My arms were pinned at my sides by the crush of people in the car, but I wanted that snow. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to hit me again, but my arm went up and blocked her. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead, cut my arm,” offered Deydey, “see if you can divide the white blood from the red blood.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the tightening of Maxim's muscles under my arm that he was trying to keep his temper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I held the phone out at arm’s length. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms shake violently as I drag myself forward, and I pull my feet up under me before the wave can take me with it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She sat with her arms held tight around her legs, biting her salty knee very hard. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was armed with only a flashlight and flare gun. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I stepped over beside August, letting my elbow touch her arm, needing the weight of her next to me; and there was May’s flashlight, shut off and sitting on the wet ground. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tallis read the seven pages of The Trials of Arabella in her bedroom, at her dressing table, with the author’s arm around her shoulder the whole while. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bitter kept an arm around her and steered Jam toward the door. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Penny crawled across the cabin floor on her hands and knees, wrapped her arms around the sow’s head, and murmured reassurance to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I clasped them together, decided that was worse and just crossed my arms on my chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My arms—especially my right armache as I inch my way across the gap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I launch out of my seat to throw my arms around her. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Amar wraps his arms around George, and George thumps his back with a fist. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Junior tried to push her away, but she grabbed the arm which was swinging the cat. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they reached the gate, he pulled off his clawed gauntlet and the sweaty glove beneath, locked one arm around the dwarf’s neck, and roughly rubbed his head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Putting one foot after the other, I chug up the stairs, my arms and legs starting to burn as I drag my body up to the fifth floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Maya just kept her hand on his arm. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mama crosses her arms and turns to the window. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then he crossed his arms as if to say: “There. I’ve said it.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas helped her up from the bench, his hand under her arm. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One day I'll pull a fantastic prank like pretending my arms get torn off in an elevator door or something. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Me, clasping tight, holding, feeling the rope burns, my aching arm. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He inched closer and opened his arms; I crawled in and rested my head on his shoulder. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They are laden with chain, multicolored strands wrapped around waists, arms, shoulders, and even necks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mina runs from behind Mrs. de Vries and throws her arms around me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Daisy grabbed my arm and whispered, “Is this real life?” and then the zoologist waved his hand dramatically, gesturing for us to walk across the bridge. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I slide my arm underneath the hem and up through the bottom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Dragged out, I didn’t know at first whose hands pulled me, then found myself in my mother’s arms, breathing her smell. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude,” I said, yanking my arm out of his grip and stepping back. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lockton offered his arm again to his wife, and this time, she took it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Filth, filth, filth, from morning to night. I know they’re poor but they could wash. Water is free and soap is cheap. Just look at that arm, nurse.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoves open the door of the guardhouse, but I grab hold of her arm. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Come in,” Mother says as she reaches out, putting her arm around Allys’s mother. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

That had been accomplished by the sight of iMilkman’s arms around the shoulders of a girl whose silky copper-colored hair cascaded over the sleeve of his coat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let go of his arm and ran a finger up the side of the aquarium. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We liked to squat in the hot water with me behind her and crossing my arms so that I wrapped her breasts like belts of ammunition. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat for a long moment, humming to the child in his arms, a thoughtful expression on his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His stretchy arms and legs rested limply on dislodged volumes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her arms wrap around my middle, returning the embrace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes his small muscles had unlocked, and he was able to move his arms and legs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Coming up!” he cried, a towel on his arm. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the next moment, he was out in the dark, quiet street, heaving his heavy trunk behind him, Hedwig’s cage under his arm. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she swept around and hugged Nel—a quick embrace tighter and harder than one would have imagined her thin soft arms capable of. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was huge, and I was armed to the teeth, and these were not my people. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she rolled over, squashing her pillow into position on top of her arm, a strange thing happened: Although her eyes were closed, she seemed to be looking at a young woman. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now that his arms were around her, there was almost no space between them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The arm filled in, threatening to tear the new seam, but stayed in one piece. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dray slaps the boy’s hand and then slides his arm around Donna’s waist, squeezing her butt—as if he owns these two people. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The stretcher was wheeled down the corridor and my arm stretched out toward the Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For a long moment they looked at each other in silence, the boy with his arm still raised to his mouth. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the bridge entrance, a group of Sheriff Clark’s armed possemen watched the procession pass but did not allow the ambulances to follow the marchers across the bridge. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent a few quiet moments with him, his arm thrown over his neck, the horse’s head by his chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to stroke her with his left hand, but that made his arm throb with even more pain. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then the figure moved, I saw the arm reach up to fold the shutter, and I knew it was Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope you don’t go wandering again tonight. Security is very tight at the moment, and as you may have noticed, my men are all armed.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now armed with a steady job, he set out to rebuild our former life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped one arm over it and hung there, the boat rocking, while his other hand fished for the flashlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Occasionally her teeth would press against the on switch, and the doomed thing would flail its arms, whispering one of its five recorded messages of goodwill. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Hackett said, fighting to get his arms around to try to hit me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And so, as everyone slept peacefully on, Milo stood on tiptoes, raised his arms slowly in front of him, and made the slightest movement possible with the index finger of his right hand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mark ignored him, went up another step.This time people on either side of him put their hands on his arm—not in a threatening way, just a touch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Before he got to her, she already had her arms outstretched, waiting for him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her bowstring had snapped against her arm once, and the long bruise that formed didn’t go away for more than a week. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She paints his left arm with long spirals of clotting blood, paints it over his stomach, down his left leg. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She turns to him and crosses her arms. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were so very near already, her body pressed against his arm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And I’d screamed in delight as he threw his arms around me and messed up my hair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Moments later, Grandma grabbed my arm again and dragged me down the aisle faster than ever before toward the front of the church where the pulpit and choir stood. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I just threw an arm over my face and let out a sigh. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I can see the muscles ripple in Cato's arms as he sharply jerks the boy's head to the side. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His arms still wrapped awkwardly around her, he gave a gentle squeeze. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Sure, why don’t you stick him into the pram here and rest your poor arms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Only after greeting and caring for the animals did Baba wash his feet, legs, arms, and hands with the water in the bucket Rupa left for him. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She touched his arm, and his rage partially evaporated. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chess tightened his arms around Finn, who was still soundly asleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I snapped out of it and stood between the doors and held them open with my arms stretched out like Samson. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother dropped my hand and covered her body with her arms as if she were naked, unable to do anything else. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had, he would have seen the boy wrench away from his father and cross his arms over his face, and he would have returned. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He grabbed me by the arm, dragged me into the mess tent and served up a mug of steaming tea and a plate of biscuits. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She sat, her arms crossed, and stared out into the gray-coated world while her mother nodded and listened and asked questions. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But in Norway and Sweden, we were greeted with open arms, and given assistance and scholarships and money for legal defense and humanitarian aid for political prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chasca and Mama rushed to me, and my sister touched my arm. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I saw an arm swing, a leg kick. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tess is dozing on the edge of the bed with her head tucked into her arms. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He crossed his arms and puffed out his chest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He lightly taps my arm with his knuckle. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my arms tight around her thin waist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Together, we draped Grover’s arms over our shoulders and started stumbling uphill through wet waist-high grass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I put my face in the water, my arms floating on the surface. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretches and yawns, revealing the big hole under the arm of her T-shirt. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In those days before air-conditioning, just getting one arm cooled off was a treat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He passed a hospital wagon, saw mounded limbs glowing whitely in the dark, a pile of legs, another of arms. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trotter came over to her and laid her arm heavily on Gilly's shoulder. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Johnny noted the Hancock arms on the door of the gig. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer sat straight up, the goose flesh rising on his arms and little trickles running down his spine. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be together again in a few days,” he said, tightening his arm around me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I watched her until she put her arm around my shoulder and started to lead me out. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around her legs and pulled her knees to her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had his arms around her waist from behind, and she was tucked into the curve of his body. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He shook his head no and crossed his arms. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She swam with her arms at her sides, voluptuously fluctuating. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, they were surrounded by dozens of armed police, who arrested all of them, packed them into vans, and drove them to Marshall Square police station. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scooped the blanketed baby out of my mother’s arms. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, we head back to the car, and as we walk, I catch up to Mustafa and tug on his arm. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was punctured with a half dozen arrows, some along his arm, the last one cutting through the meat of his neck from one side to the other. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Twice he reached over to cover the white boy, who muttered and threw out his arms in sleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the needle went into my brother’s arm and he screamed, my mother looked at me with agony written all over her face and assured me, “Next one doesn’t hurt.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had gone a few feet when the O’Learys’ calf bumped into him, and Sullivan was able to throw his arms around its neck. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would hold out her hand and birds would fly out of the woods to settle on her arm—lorikeets, parrots, doves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever I walked into that room, I felt like throwing open my arms and shouting, “Olly-olly-oxen-free!” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His arms were wrapped around the human-sized statue in Athena’s hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say yes, though, only crossed his arms over his chest and blew out a long, martyred sigh. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he would tell the waiter, take my arm smilingly and say, “You must congratulate us, Mademoiselle and I are going to be married.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A boy with thick thighs and muscled arms and a shaved head full of sores had volunteered to fight me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Farmer Maggot took him by the arm. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alfred passed an old man who lived in his building, and grabbed his arm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the still-open seam, a man’s arm reached out, swiping left and right as his hand grabbed for them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pithy is limp in her arms, her blood soaking into her mom’s blouse. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning over, I put my arms around her tiny shoulders and rest my cheek gently on her head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slam my fists against the arm of my chair. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Dimple began to notice other things; how close her bare arm was to his. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pigtailed maid was a broad-shouldered girl with the thick arms of a cotton loader. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Leaned forward with his chin resting on his arms. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Beads of sweat dotted his forehead, neck, arms, and legs, even though he had no blankets on and a cool breeze was flowing through the open windows. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Breathing heavy, arms pushing the wooden raft—it’s not going to be enough. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

If I had told her that I had pain, she would have held me in her arms and comforted me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I run down, my arms flying helter-skelter, the shale sliding. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Oh, David thought—squirming as the salt touched the small cuts and scratches on his sides and arms—it must have been unbelievable. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie pulls me along, away from the bridge, one arm wrapped around my waist and the other holding the camera. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Also smooth arms and a long dark braid hanging down over one shoulder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Swiss are extremely well armed and are very free. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

While most of the after-school was huddled around the borders of Harmonee, playing Maestro, I stepped over to Rose, who had leaned against the far wall with her arms folded. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my arm where she’d punched me, then waved as she and Chestnutt and Gum Baby took off into the leafy forest palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Navigating all those outstretched arms was like plowing through a field of bamboo. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid put her arms around her sister to give her body warmth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A part of me knows this isn’t right, but for this tiny moment I need human comfort, and Jake’s arms give me that. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He stooped down and put his arms around Adam’s shoulders and helped him to his feet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But watching my arm swing forward had become habit and my head started to drift down again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mama was about to exclaim that she didn’t believe it, but Papa put his hand on her arm. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s caustic. Spill it on your arm and it’ll eat through to the bone in about ten seconds.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My dad wraps his arms around me, trying to get me to settle down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Kim, who has met Willow all of twice, flings herself into her arms. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry looked weak and small by comparison; he could barely lift his sword with his injured arm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you are far too easily destructible,” Celia murmurs softly, winking at him as Chandresh sweeps by and offers her his arm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Wait a minute — you and Ladybird Hope? She’s behind the arms deal? But then . Ladybird Hope knew we were here. Ladybird organized the pageant. Ladybird is on The Corporation’s Board of Directors.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I struggled in his thick arms while Mom hovered nervously nearby. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The right arm is barely visible and the head appears to have been omitted altogether, for lack of “cooperation” on the part of the natural surface. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim put his arms around me and lifted me against him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could memorize the movements and, in doing so, step into their minds, lunging when they lunged, reaching my arms upward in time with theirs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Putting his arm around me, he said, “Now, I wouldn’t worryy about those dogs. They’ll be all right. It’s not long till daylight. Then you can go to them.’ Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parry as soon as the attack begins or at the end, when the fencer is vulnerable with his foil arm fully extended. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She's waving her arm around, beckoning for me to come back. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She touches me—and ha-ha, don’t even get thinking about that, because I’m talking about on my arm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The other one grabbed me from behind and pulled my arm up so that it twisted in the socket. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then there’s me: team captain whose attempt at saving the day has landed me with a stitched-up catching arm a week before my team’s first state tournament game. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

On top of that, saying you’re sorry for being wrong is like opening up your arms and letting yourself get hit in the face. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Then I was caught up in the arms of a huge man wearing overalls and a train cap—the engineer who’d waved at me in Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He had seen the books, but I held the paper sack with his cookies in my arms shielded by the poems. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun and Nasser brushed whatever dust they could over their hands and arms and neck to cleanse themselves, and they prayed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As much as I’ve craved your lost, small body, I want you now to stop stroking my inner arms at night with your fingertips. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, the sculpture was not only beautifully accessorized, she was fully armed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We were running like crazy, and it was pitch black, and whenever I started to slow down, the guy pulling me by my arm would yell, “Don’t stop!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He swooped her into his arms just like he’d done with Ivy and carried her out the door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mamá Jacinta runs to the pickup with her arms outstretched and tears in her eyes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The motion sensors in the screen will detect your arm, head, and torso movement,” she explained. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The line of police parted, and the Governor stepped out in front of them, flanked by the armed guards of his estate. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Genie ducked, flinging his arms over his head. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Means his reach—both in his legs and arms—is going to be better than mine. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then a woman in the group reached out and touched the arm of one of the men. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, he was in the army, and all the people who were above him kept disap-pearing until he was the one right below the head of the whole armed forces. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat there together on the floor, me wrapped in the towel and Kevin with his arm around me calming me just by being there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sayle was staring at him, his damaged arm tucked into his side, supporting himself against one wall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She went to her room, pulled out a cotton dress from the closet, and slung it over her arm. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He starts to get up to bring sugar to the table, but I grab his arm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Tina was so little, Park could probably wrap his arms all the way around her and shake his own hands at her waist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She looked at me and I went and she put her arms around me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began running up and down the aisle, filling our arms and our mouths as our parents chased us. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet tangled in each other and she fell onto the ground, clutching her bleeding arm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Dad squatted in front of us, one knee to the floor, his arms folded across the other knee, cowboy-style. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She half raised her arm as though to smooth her hair. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The mother’s arms had loosened and the baby had fallen next to her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He swings down the ladder easily, even with only one arm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She wanted for a minute to put her arm around his thin shoulders, but she held back. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Trolls were abroad, no longer dull-witted, but cunning and armed with dreadful weapons. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to Jan and laid her hand tenderly upon his arm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He moves his arms a lot when he talks. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She let go of Finn’s arm and stepped forward. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There’s ache in her arms and ache in her legs and heart. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She tugged harder on his arm, pulling him back to his feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon pulled free of the monkey’s solicitous paws and stumbled to Lyra’s arms. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She fell back on the floor and winged her arms wide. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Otis had his arms shot straight up in the air. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each couple spinning across the floor, arm in arm, turning and turning, causing tremor after tremor inside me, as things start adding up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“No. The sub was actually pretty nice. She didn’t tattle on me to the principal or anything like that, though she did make me wear those stupid arms until lunchtime.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She held the crying girl to her chest, amazed at how strong her own arms were, at how light Ess felt in this moment, even heavy with her drenched clothes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Eyes brimming with tears, the child held out its pudgy arms toward the window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I stand the way I always stand, easy, natural, and lift both my arms, squeezing the gun with one hand and steadying it with the other. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Both kids were curled in a messy heap together, snoring soundly, black hair mingling with brown, arms in a tangle, mouths open. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He gave a card to Oliver Payne, and seeing Dr. Malone with her arms still folded, laid one on the bench for her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Papa and the judge massaged his arms and legs, I wiped the frozen sleet from his eyes and face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony positioned her cast; she herself clutched Jackson’s arm, Lola and Pierrot stood several feet away, hand in hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A long hairy arm took each of them by the neck and drew them close together. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Laws of arms!” shouted the old man “Pouf!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them was holding a little baby in his arms. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the more she holds and rocks me, my chest stops heaving up and down and I settle into her arms. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jam ran over and grabbed at Hibiscus’s arm, trying to pull it down and away. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She was like a lookout waving her arm and giving us the all-clear. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

At each turn of the road there were great standing stones that had been carved in the likeness of men, huge and clumsy-limbed, squatting cross-legged with their stumpy arms folded on fat bellies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The dream was still vivid in his mind, especially the enveloping, protecting gesture of the arm in which its whole meaning seemed to be contained. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The pump was near a mile from the tea water back down the island to the Lockton house, a long journey carrying heavy buckets that stretched my arms into sore ribbons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds her arms out and I run into them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She unwound the bandages and rinsed her raw hands and arms, splashed some water on her face. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I walk past one of the lean-tos and see a little girl crouching just inside the door, her arms wrapped around her knees. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sixty pounds was considered a good weight for the arms used on the pel-quintain—so that, when he did come at length to the usual weapons, he would wield them featly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boiler is on the left, with the piston rising vertically out of it and connected to the rocking arm. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Finally he lifts it up and out, and I watch the muscles in his arms flex. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His face and arms were tan, making his eyes appear very blue. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

So I put down my cup and tug at his arm. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Probably this whole segment of the woods has been armed with precision launchers that are concealed in trees or rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He raises one short arm and the boys turn on their heels, raise their rifles above their heads, and run faster in place, their knees flashing in the moonlight. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I smiled and I pictured my brother holding some baby in his arms. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head at me, her mouth all smirked up in a way that makes me protect my arm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wiped his mouth with the arm of his sweatshirt and stared up at the bridge, which was right in front of us now, a huge mass of steel and cement and wires. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A sleek purple cat leaped out of her arms and away into the darkness. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I've just encircled the sheath with my arms when I hear the footsteps, several pairs, coming through the underbrush, and I realize the Careers have come back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Another closed around his arm, dragging him down into darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mong sat all the way down with us, wrapped his arms around his knees. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Prince made a crablike step sidewise, then another, then darted forward, spun the great beast into his arms, began applying pressure to the spine. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They went on again, she clinging to one of his arms, the hatchet in his other hand. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end, Christina crosses her arms, purple light playing over her nose and mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ice fell away from his hand, which rose up to tremble in the air for a moment, afflicted and blue, before coming to rest on my arm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My entire body is sore, and my arms are cramped and tingly from being slept on all night. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I swat him, but he just laughs and wraps his arms around my waist. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Ethyne threw her arms around him and held him tight—and as she did so, she pressed a piece of paper into his hand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Now he turned slowly and looked at me, and my eyes widened at the hundreds of butterflies covering his arms and shoulders. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Grendel was dead, and it was his lifeless corpse, one arm tom out, that reared up quick in answer to the song of the sword, and sprang at Beowulf now! Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got there, Jessica was sitting slumped in a chair, arms dangling by her sides like she’d been waiting a long time. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then Mama raised her hands as it landed on her upper arm, which was covered by the puffy sequined sleeve of her church blouse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kasim keeps his arm around me the whole time, and slowly, he pulls me in for a kiss. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mother Lois put her arm around my waist, trying to convince me it was not the end of the world. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cuco appeared then, on their side of the river, with something draped in its arms. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His arms flailed wildly, and his eyes were stretched wide open. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I walked to the window and gazed out at the peach trees stretching halfway to North Carolina, the way they held up their leafy arms in gestures of pure beseeching. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Legs and arm shifting, flowing into a lunge, his arm stretching, seemingly forever. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He folds his arms in front of his chest and shifts his feet. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She waved her arm at the crowds around us. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t cry, Mom,” I tell her, putting my arms around her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I clenched his arms tightly and shook him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Chas Becker was not pleased when I pulled the covers off his face and actually touched his bare arm, shaking him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was that much sweat, pouring down my arms and forearms and from my palms. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crying piteously the whole time, he held his arms out for me to lift him, even as he was walking away from me and toward the man. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stuffing leaked from a fresh rip in the couch, a multitude of empty beer cans poked from underneath its ratty fringe and there looked to be a hash pipe resting precariously on one arm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She reaches the bottom, and there’s this awkward moment where her arms are out like she wants to hug me, but she starts lowering them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the bed and helped Park's mom up, then stood with his arm wrapped protectively around her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Lancelot jumped out on the other side of the bed and ran to his own arms, where they were hanging in the tree. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold after the sun went down and the old man’s sweat dried cold on his back and his arms and his old legs. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stooped on one knee, his arms lost in the mouth of his bag while he searched. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He thought of Inej lying still on the table, her slight weight in his arms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ayesha playfully punches him in the arm, but it was probably a bit harder than Soheil expected, and he winces a little. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His arms were pinned behind him and someone had bound him around the wrists. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear shouted, flapping his arms in frustration like a giant bird. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A shiver of premonition ran down Ophie’s arms, but she shrugged it away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had short, thick arms, no neck, and a pudgy, adolescent face. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I melt into her arms like the traitor that I am. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Zephyr’s arm was a lead weight on my shoulders, pushing me down into the sand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Some one took hold of me under the arms and somebody else lifted my legs. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some knew a little bit about the armed forces from having served in World War One. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m allergic to animals with fur. I get hives all over my arms and legs.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I lifted my arms; I could not help it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Olly comes up behind me and wraps a single arm around my waist. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cross my arms and bite the hell out of the inside of my cheek to keep from opening my mouth. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

As he looks around him now, Scoob’s mouth goes dry and he gets a shiver down both his arms. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Theodora,” she said, and closed her eyes and tightened her teeth together and wrapped her arms around herself, “it’s getting closer.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the ref got to nine, he leaped up, grabbed Joey’s arm and raised it above their heads. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What’s going on, what makes him keep me at arm’s length one minute and rush back to my side the next? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you can hear shouts and the crash of glass from within, and see a man being ejected by two wrestler-sized waiters, his nose bleeding, his arms flailing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The women on Calle Madrid are bare- armed in tight, sleeveless blouses. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crossed my arms over my chest, and Dad looked up and frowned. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She scoots her booster seat to the middle, close to me, and doesn’t let go of my arm. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In front of the altar she bowed deeply with her head tucked between her upraised arms, and then placed her fingertips on the Crocodile Stone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay on the ground, and I saw her pudgy little arms and legs shaking, and her teeth grinding in her head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I guess she has a second thought about what she’s doing, because she turns my arm loose and starts giving me one of her speeches. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jimmy took a rag and started wiping down the counter, and then he raised one arm and waved us in without looking up. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The horse finished the mile sparkling and galloped out an eighth of a mile farther, still burning Pollard’s arms in his eagerness to continue. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drank beer on the beach and lay in each other's arms until the sun was only a memory burned into our brains. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At first I can’t tell if it’s put on or actually authentic, but when he resumes walking, overly casual, hands in his pockets, arms stiffened, it’s evident his initial reaction had been real. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He tucked the shell under his arm, and crouched back on a rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, the spectacle began with a thunderclap—the beating of a gavel and the call of the sergeant at arms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They linked their arms to shield me, even the littlest girl. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Suspicion mottled Ralph’s face; he crossed his arms in front of him, a barricade. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always his arm was in the air, waving and gesticulating. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She flung her arms to a make-believe crowd like a celebrity on parade. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Donovan’s arm swept outward in a vague, grandiose gesture, “You got me!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I tied my wrapper, which I had used as a light cover in the warm night, over my nightdress, knotted it under my arm, and followed Jaja downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It had air-conditioning, gold shag upholstery, windows that went up and down with the push of a button, and a working turn signal, so Dad didn’t have to stick his arm out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tree and Zheegwon each had an arm under Minerva’s so that she almost floated into the bush, still hanging her head as she had been for the past week. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She reached out and squeezed his arm before leading him across the room to another door Toby hadn’t seen. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Celia grabs for Johnny’s arm as they make their way into the room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Wrapped my arms around his back and pulled him up much too easily. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the child opened its mouth and turned its head, and sank a row of pearly little fangs into the woman’s arm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His long thin arms and legs make him look like the stick figures I used to draw on my schoolbooks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move to Gale, press my forehead into the body armor where his chest should be, feel his arm tighten around me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Finally, he grabbed me by the arm and led me back the way he had come. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were up the stairs and on the next landing, he let go of Koffi's arm and finally dared to meet her eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"I don't, but just because I don't want to take your arm doesn't mean I'm following protocol. Maybe I'm worried you're carrying sickness. Or maybe you don't smell very nice." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was like part of his arm—long and black with its lead-weighted butt. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tightened his arms as his lips pressed tightly against hers and he felt her body moving strongly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His arm stretched, and he grasped the Time Suck’s tail, yanking himself away from Sheed’s grasp while aiming the camera at him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I put my arms through it and tied the strings in the front. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The temple, for the mound was surely built for religious reasons, was laid out in a wide, shallow U about 150 feet long and 60 feet high, with a sunken plaza between the arms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon darted to her breast and became a wildcat, sitting up in her arms and hissing softly as he looked around. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Light pours down upon it from the sun, true, but also heat rises, from the flowers themselves, you can feel it: like holding your hand an inch above an arm, a shoulder. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a seat for a second and let me rewrap your arm.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With a turn of her arm she brought the sword into blocking position, her legs bracing for the impact as steel struck steel. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then Pa walked in whistling, the blanket folded up in his arms. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I—” Hazel tried to back away, but the woman’s grip on her arm tightened. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Håkon watched her wrap his arm between nervous glances at the creature. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His story must have been lurking inside him, caged by his silence, even though the marks of it were all over him: the scars at his throat, at his back and chest and arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dad tried to wrap his arm around me, but I leaned away. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He has thick ginger eyebrows that meet in the middle and hang over his eyes and his arms hang down to his kneecaps. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

With his uninjured arm, he scooped up Mr. Curtain, still bound by Kate’s rope, and threw him over his shoulder. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then Archer crawled into the hammock and took her in his arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Irene asked, toe-nabbing her flip-flops and standing up, stretching her arms far above her so I could just see a thin line of her stomach. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and bury my head in my arms so that no one can see my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I pat his arm like it’s a dog. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I walked away from the hut with him in my arms, and at length his sharp cries sank into soft whimpering and finally into silence. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adina looked into Tiara’s trusting face and thought about Alan holding out his arms, waiting to catch her, promising he would. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He takes Axel into his thick arms, pulls him into his soft, round belly. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Your wand’s here, son,” said Ted, tapping it on Harry’s arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She held her arms around herself, and when Turner looked back at her, her eyes were large as she looked into the rooms off the hallway. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The mounted troops entered the oasis from the north; it appeared to be a peaceful expedition, but they all carried arms hid-den in their robes. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her arm to wave, but her mother covered her eyes as she approached our group. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In her sleep Alcyone moaned and stretched her arms out to clasp him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew we’d both be dead if I didn’t do something, so with my free arm I reached back as far as I could and punched him in the face. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The figure lifted his arms and a light flashed from the staff that he wielded. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And he sets off for his house, mail tucked under his arm. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As you say. May the Warrior lend strength to Ser Robert’s arms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sit down beside him and we get comfortable, linking our arms and legs together. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ike stopped next to him and folded his arms over his chest. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But she fought her way up, remembering the grip of the freezing river Kell, and when she came to the surface, just as before, Kaede had her arms around her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s vibrating,” Sheed said, his teeth chattering from the tremor running up his arm. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Birdie cried as she and Mae wrapped me in their arms. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m insane. I cant take her. Keep her. What am I thinking of. Jason,” she says, grabbing my arm. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that, Andrew just buried his head in his arms and howled. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sammy struggled to free his head and arms from the snaky leaves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and then take her in my arms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

With what strength he had he hewed at the crawling arm near the wrist, and the hand broke off; but at the same moment the sword splintered up to the hilt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now Hamlet begins to cry in my arms and struggles against his swaddling clothes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my arms around him and pressed myself even closer, gripping him tightly, feeling his body heat completely envelop me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Harry bellowed, and he flung his arms over his head, hardly knowing whether he was trying to hold in his anger or protect himself from the weight of his own disillusionment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I felt the electricity enter my hand, shoot up my arm, and land like a ball of hornets in my aorta. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Coming out of the church, the people of the congregation hugged one another, touched hands, arms, faces. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hero Menelaos’ companion in arms, Asphalion, poured water for their hands, and once again they touched the food before them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya gave him a whap on the arm with the flat of her blade. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After Boipatong, there were those in the NEC who said, “Why did we abandon the armed struggle? We should abandon negotiations instead; they will never advance us to our goal.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed his arms over a chest that could have doubled as a paddleball court. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around Daddy’s waist, my head in his chest. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Made of cast iron, the plowshare was shaped like a V, with the blade carving into the ground and the two arms arcing away like gull wings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He put his arm around Ben and pulled him close to his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red-faced, bawling baby in her arms was the one who gave them to her. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he’d been moved to tears at home, when he was much younger, his mother had known what to do: she gathered him into her arms and rocked him gently till the crying faded away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We had been engaged in the armed struggle for more than two decades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martin stretches and yawns in this weird vertical maneuver, and I watch as he attempts to position his arm next to Abby’s on the table. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She told me to raise my arms in victory. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climb, and Max is standing in the dusty light from the window, staring at the attic with his arms crossed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was watching a man and woman in each other’s arms. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms and legs trailed spider silk like a bridal train. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Buttercup’s eyes reflect the faint glow of the safety light over the door as he lies in the crook of Prim’s arm, back on the job, protecting her from the night. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Laura lay with her eyes closed, and her arms folded across her chest. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He grabbed hold of my shoulders, his thumbs digging into the flesh at the tops of my arms, and told me to calm down, to stop behaving like a child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay down on the tarpaulin and spent the whole night weeping and grieving, my face buried in my arms. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and sat up, wrapping her arms around Otto and giving him a big kiss on the top of his head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ugly hives and burns mark her arms and chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Here he suddenly broke down, and threw his arms round my shoulders and laid his head on my breast, crying:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled the shirt over his head and pushed his arms through the sleeves as he heard a parade of feet charging up the stairs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth is literally hanging on my arm, eyes wide. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Of course she is,” Alex said, praying that the Most Holy Mother’s arms were big enough to embrace the millions of souls, dead and gone, crying for her mercy. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Some kids tucked the bread under their arms and walked home brazenly letting all the world know that they were poor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘First, be wary! Still many men in camp beyond Dîn, an hour’s walk yonder,’ he waved his arm west towards the black beacon. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mark could tell Alec was about to explode, so he quickly reached over and squeezed his arm. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Circling his knees and shoulders with my arms, I lay my chin on David’s hair. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she descended into the waiting arms of three powerful Executives, all of them grinning with vengeful excitement. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, they looked just about as pretty as my arm did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She wraps her arms around me from behind and kisses the back of my head, resting her chin on my shoulder. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then he held on to my arm, kind of tight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his arm in the air, signaling the others. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin complained that it wasn’t a dog, but a hairy tumor growing out of her arm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rage explodes inside of Mark and he fights back at whoever hit him, swinging his arms wildly until he connects twice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Elisabeth strides through my bedroom entry with her arms crossed and her signature pinched expression. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He thought of the great weight of stone above them; he wanted to stand up; he wanted to raise his arms above his head; he wanted much more space than there was.... The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The package was still held tightly in his arms. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once on the bus, I start to walk to the back, but Imani pulls my arm toward a seat next to her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As I choked on the water I had swallowed, strong arms grasped me from behind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Gale sits next to me and puts an arm around my shoulder. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I manage to scramble to my feet and continue sprinting up her arm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around her and we're little girls again, two spoons side by side in a drawer. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He saw her raise her arm and wave and hop about, and for a second he wondered what it would be like to be up there, looking out over the whole city, laughing and waving. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The triangle at right, whose peak is the standing man waving a shirt, is composed of dynamic figures, with arms outstretched to indicate their surging hopes. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

I came to see the streets and the schools as arms of the same beast. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Nick was armed with a real rapier, now—blunted, of course. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once the canopy was gone, you had to sit upright with your head back against the seat and squeeze a trigger in the right arm of the seat to blast you out of there. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor took her by the arm and, with Luke beside her, led her to her car and opened the door for her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ged lay sprawled on his back, his arms flung out as if they yet kept the wide gesture of welcome and invocation. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He see the soldiers—no like it. He come run, he wave arms,” she demonstrated, waving wildly. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rivera was plodding after him now on slow and heavy feet, pop-pop, stay one step ahead of him, jab and jump away, jab and hook and duck under the swinging arm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the boy could argue, Thomas grabbed him under his arms, squeezed Chuck’s torso. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He passed Filch in the doorway; Filch’s pale, wild eyes looked straight through him, and Harry slipped under Filch’s outstretched arm and streaked off up the corridor, the book’s shrieks still ringing in his ears. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Once outside the cabin she put her hand on his arm. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involves jumping with your legs sticking out sideways and shaking your shoulders with your arms and hands up. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Delsa by one arm while Doña Zena took the other, and we struggled with her and Norma up the road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I dip the rag in the polish with my rubbery arms, and begin to slather it on the barrel of the great gun, but the master-at-arms laughs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Dad says as he flies her around the room in his arms. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She patted my arm and I heard the door close behind her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His breathing was labored; he mumbled and twice flayed his arms as if to shake some invisible attackers off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But while Paul’s arms were as thick as my neck, I beat him off the dribble, and twice in a row I got a foot around him and nailed fadeaway jumpers Guzzo couldn’t block. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She forgot all about her interview with Joey, who didn’t seem to mind; he stood next to me, his arm around my shoulders, beaming. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His meteorite bag is wrapped around his shoulder and their arms are crisscrossed behind them, his hand in the back pocket of her jeans and hers in the back pocket of his. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I never had a small child in me arms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Beyond was home and safety, the warm arms of my mother, the curing power of Ultima, and the strength of my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Squirrel held Silent Sam up in his arms. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Some had seven or eight and didn’t understand how fortunate they were, how blessed that their children had flourished in their wombs, lived to squirm in their arms and take the milk from their breasts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She put her arm around me and smiled back. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And the day after that?” said Kojo, draping his arm over his friend’s shoulder. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of that many voices raised in song brings goose bumps to my arms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But when the teacher brought us outside hours later, my arms around two new friends, I saw my mother standing at the fence. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his arms around Grandma’s waist, pressed his head against her stomach, and slowly, drunkenly, painfully started sobbing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I visited the graves in the morning, an arm or leg stuck out of the ground. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Jones was a one of one, and they had destroyed his body, scorched his shoulders and arms, ripped open his back, mangled lung, kidney, and liver. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Right in the middle of the picture was Ron, tall and gangling, with his pet rat, Scabbers, on his shoulder and his arm around his little sister, Ginny. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m rubbing my arm when I hear something popping and sizzling. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I hold in my arms and hands as many of her dirty clothes and pill bottles and alcohol bottles as I can. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Devilfish are only dangerous in the water where they can fasten themselves to you with their long arms. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whole sleeve had been torn off and his arm, streaked with blood and oil, hung limply by his side. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The only sensation he had from the arm was a throbbing burn in his shoulder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“But an official came here, along with a troop of armed men. They say the youth is very dangerous. He’s been declared a wolf’s head. There’s a twenty-shilling reward for his taking dead or alive.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ama turned her head: she could see the enchanted sleeper moving, tossing from side to side, throwing an arm across her eyes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At that Gandalf sat up and gripped the arms of his chair; but he said nothing, and with a look stopped the exclamation on Pippin’s lips. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sierra stepped back from him and crossed her arms. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I said, clutching her arm when we were halfway down the anthuriums. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cradled his black kitten in his arms as he said a brief goodbye and escaped up to his apartment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I lay contentedly in her arms as the rain washed away my humiliation and shame. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rods on the right wall seemed to reach like stretched-out arms for their home, grasping for those little holes that would serve as their resting place for the night. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The doctor held my white broken arm like a big bone in his two hands, feeling how my fingers bent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were on a beach and the sun was bright and I was in my mother's arms. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My arms shook on their own, and the green spiky leaves and toxic red berries of hollies growing alongside the road started to look appetizing. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she knelt and set Claire down on her feet, and the sick girl tottered into Olive’s arms. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But just as she had done to him, he hooked the dull edge of his knife over her wrist, trapping her arm, and twisted. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It landed on Butler’s arm, touching the bare skin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The enemy stabbed him in the arm then clubbed him over the head with the butt of his sword, and Dionysus’s son went down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Anytime somebody gets hurt around here the little kids think they got shot. No, he just broke his arm.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

William turned and threw his arms around Jacob, who was nearly crushed to death. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hazel was bent over, trying to un-contort her arm, her body alive with panic. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She continued to play with the bracelets on her arm, running them up and down, up and down. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He thrust my bundle of clothing into my arms. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He convinced her and she threw herself into his arms. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” said the man as the dæmon slipped slowly off his arm and let her weight into the golden monkey’s hands. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can annoy you in the hills and also the dales,” I say, poking her in the arm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was walking around with her mother, clinging to her arm, happily greeting the guests. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Like I’m all alone, and cold inside my body, and I want to run into Mom’s arms and just cry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Misha rushed the table and scooped the boy into his arms, spinning him in a circle as the boy squealed with delight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Strawberry, stop sign, ladybug, Kool-Aid, tomato, tulip....”He slowly raised his arm and reached out, feeling for the bedside table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The purple and black of my swelling arm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

This arm had the weight and comfort of the one belonging to her father. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The thick strings vibrate through my fingers, up my arms, down my chest. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandma didn’t say anything, just cried even harder and touched Rondell on the arm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as I touched him, he popped me in the arm, hard! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean forward to rest my arms on top of his seat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She stood there in the doorway, holding the red hat in her hand and her clothes draped over one arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Anya made it one street with her arms curled into her chest before she desperately regretted fleeing without her coat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arm around me and I started to cry. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Several women hurried to rub her arms and legs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was very struck by your injury. And when I took your arm in my hands to examine it—” He paused, as if he was suddenly unable to go on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was an old man in black robes, waving his arms while he shouted, half out of breath. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Cranes hummed and robotic arms whirred, folding cardboard boxes, packing shipments, and taking things on and off the belts. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach the button more than anything, but it was impossible to walk with an arm where my leg should have been. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Anna smiled at all the lights, listening to the music from the drinking houses, the pianos, the phonographs, watching people, arm in arm, striding by in the crowded streets. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older men clapped him on the arm in passing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I spread my arms like a skydiver, giving myself over to it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The oak was very hard, and took real strength to work, but swimming had given Robin good muscle in his arms, so that little by little he was able to shape the staff. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

There were four inches between my hand and his arm—four inches and I’d know for sure. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Stick smiled and slung his arm across my shoulders. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Someone had laid her arms outside of the sheets. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred felt the tenseness in Donatelli's arm, pressed against his own, and the ice ball grew larger and colder. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raising his arm, he pointed at the stairs behind Rick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was four years old when I was lifted into the arms of two strange men. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pain shot down his arm to his fingers. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Popped out of his stupor by relief that his mother was no longer an evil pinching stranger, Otto leaped and put his arms around my neck, pulling close and staring intensely back at Bouain. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She leapt back a step and sliced open Cain’s arm with the broken end of the staff, ripping through muscle and sinew. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Our arms brush, and something in me is activated; my senses are suddenly consumed by Chris. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

One day Uncle Edward called me to him and he felt my skinny arms and legs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms in front of herself. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The muscles in my arms still burned from having worked so hard, but now I was finished. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms and tried to appear the coolest man in the place, because a television camera can show you looking like a fool yelling at a prizefight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had taught her how to control her body: her arms, her hands, her fingers, her feet and legs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

How did she expect me to take out the trash with no arms? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He let her arm drop and walked into the living room, where he draped himself on the couch without being invited. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I cry and I cry, and Max lies down beside me, covering us both with his arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If you tell her the child is dying in your arms she’ll say the doctor is in the country riding his horse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I look at my arm for a long time. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She moves my arms so she can get up, and I let her this time. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He sprinted in place, arms and legs pistoning to a blur. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrashes at the men, but they jerk his arms behind his back, tie his hands together, and clamp chains around his ankles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I know,” I say, putting my hand on his arm. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saint Sarah, uncharacteristically mute, smiles half her wattage and weaves an arm through mine. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She gave him a funny look and then pounced on him, tickling him under the arms and over his belly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The statue was holding on to us so we couldn’t fall, but still Thalia clutched his arm like it was the most important thing in the world. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was heavily armed—an air rifle in one hand, a wooden dagger in the other. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A week later he was back with six barefoot and ragged soldiers, armed with shotguns, and an oxcart in which his wife and seven daughters were traveling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The whining sound filled the hall, and Ayanna tugged at my arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It is not so easy to run with a dog in your arms. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The trees were still in full leaf, and we couldn’t spot any lovers, so Branwell rested his arms on the bridge railing and spoke to the open air. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would find out something, and then, armed with that, she’d somehow get herself south, to New Orleans. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"Now we'll go into the other room," Brother Jack said, taking me by the arm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very gently Papa picked Old Dan up in his arms and carried him out on the porch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea is too rough for me to drop down into her arms tonight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In front of him, he saw the snarling face with its crimson brand, the arm uplifted to throw the blade. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had her purse over her arm and her son was waiting in the driveway in an idling Volkswagen. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She was a shadow cut loose, held above the other shadows by a pair of Jackboot arms. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The Sleeper lifted his arm, as if he was trying to block out the light. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My brother crossed his arms in front of his chest and stuck his lower lip out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I get up and take Arthur by the arms. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She sat with her arms folded, watching Cynthia "Say-So" Sower put on a show in front of the class. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She would wrap her arms around me and sing me to sleep, her voice carrying me to a place where I could forget my misery. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy held out his arms to everybody in the Serenity Suite. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stroked his head and kissed it, but held him at arm’s length as I took some broad leaves and cleaned his bottom as best I could. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Sylvester stood in the middle of them with her scarf on her head and the big bag of swan food in her arms, she looked like something out of a fairy tale. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel wrapped her small arms around her small chest and looked around at the great trees. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And in her arms she held a little boy with fat rosy cheeks who looked to be two years old. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph had always hated any sport that involved catching things, and the stalk bounced off his chest and hit the floor before he’d even lifted his arms. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We collapsed together onto the pony, my arms wrapped tightly around him. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hooked my arms through the straps of my backpack. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing this, they had armed themselves and hid, waiting to defend their homes and protect their families. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Walter Griff, come back here!” she wailed, flinging up her arms. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Here—” I guide his arms around my body so he has more space. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He shakes his arm out, then his legs. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Matthew swung an arm around her side, letting her lean on him, and pushed Mr. Remora’s door with his free hand. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The grouchy woman looked at my drawings of the Lithuanian coat of arms, Trakai Castle, our patron saint, Casimir, and the stork, the national bird of Lithuania. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora waved his arms, the strands of his hair flopping erratically. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our bare arms touched as we ate, our thighs, and it felt like heat lighting, it felt like a quick brush against the electric fence at Klauson’s Ranch, like the promise of something more. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Without saying a word, I walk into David’s arms and kiss him. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I look over and my eyes are pulled to the bruises on his arms. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He took my arm, and I walked with him to the elevator, grateful to have an excuse to avoid the stairs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I was a kid, my mom's old friends liked to wrap their arms around me, pet my hair. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We lie together under the duvet, arms around each other. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grab flung his arms up in the air in frustration. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Twig stared back at me, frozen with her arm still dangling out the window, fingers clamped around Cotton Ball Heaven. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m furious with her for every time she held my hand or wrapped her arms around my waist or played in my hair. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then she raised her arm and slapped me once more across the face. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mouth was full, so I stretched out my arm to show Dad my da-dui-zhang badge, a plastic tag with three red stripes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she brought out, muffled in his arms, “I ain’t scared.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he’s fine,” she said, wrapping her arms around me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“A sword for you too, Sam? Well, I don’t know about that. Your mum and dad might not want you going about armed to the teeth.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But Alice was tugging at Malcolm’s arm and making him stand up, so he turned away from the dæmons for a moment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She read the number tattooed on his arm and checked it against a list on a clipboard the soldier carried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

"News to me," said Belet, crossing her arms over her chest. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Susie-thing sighed, her arms moving slower now, but still faster than mine ever could. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, Taryn collapsed at Ivy’s side, looping her arm through Ivy’s. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There were quite a few shots of me, too, looking as stoked as my friend, taken at arm’s length by myself, or sometimes by Fang if he’d managed to wrestle the camera from me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then she raised her arms and lifted her head to the twilight sky. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standing at the top of a wind-whipped skyscraper, arms outstretched. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I just reached out and took her in my arms like Mama always does me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Betty Bright ran out on the field and pulled him off, his arms still punching away at the air. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he hugged each weeping daughter and walked out the door, hitching up his trousers with the stub of his left arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As she was closing the dirty white picket gate behind her, Agnes touched her arm and handed her a note. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Marlena spreads her arms in the air, turning to give each section of the audience a chance to adore her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He threw out his arms mechanically, left, right, left, right, but there were no shocks in his shoulders, just a dull ache along the ridge muscles of his back. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times I cannot, and she clings, to my arms, my waist. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I get glimpses of it every so often—the Dauntless cheering when I jumped off the building, the net of arms that caught me after zip lining—but they are not enough. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He poked his arm through and signaled for the guard. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like an angel of the annunciation, Mother Ermentrude spreads her arms and folds her hands over my head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He taps me on the arm and uses a twig to write a word in the dirt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Girl crosses her arms and regards me with a penetrating glare. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It can’t be comfortable, lying there with his arms above his head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sis opens her arms, and Ma steps into a hug that lasts a long time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

From the comfort of the passenger seat, I watched Fang slouch up his front walk, the battered Converse box pinched under his arm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The heraldic sails of Ban’s fleet, and the sailors in the rigging, and the armed turrets and archers and seagulls, like flake-white, had been a background to their conversation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smoothed it carefully over the arm of her chair and held it up, moving her lips as she read. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He seemed not to notice or care about the rip at the knee or under the arm, the tie-tied shoe, the leaves in Milkman’s hair, or the dirt all over the suit. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk over to her and put my hand lightly on her arm. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the end of three months they had succeeded in arming more than a thousand men, but they were wiped out. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Near it stood two tall poplar trees, against one of which I leaned, while my father threw himself on the grave, with outstretched arms, as if to embrace his child.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Whoever hit him with this knife either stabbed him from close range or has an incredibly strong throwing arm. Right-handed.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the ad is a photograph of a man with his arms folded behind his back. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As the fire spread, his coat sleeves burned away, and his arms began to scale from the heat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In midair, he had grabbed me by the shirt, and Annabeth by the arm, and was trying to pull us out of a crash landing, but Annabeth and I had all the momentum. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then I felt that shadow again, and the chickens started to run, and I ran after them, flapping my arms and yelling to keep that hawk away. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, they trailed down the block after Tab’s parents, who walked arm in arm to their car. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

His arms were tightly clasped around his legs, as if they were all he could rely on. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Farquar studied the arm for a long time, pressing, feeling, like a doctor. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She then grabs Donna’s arm and they all step away from Q and his bodyguards. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re one brave little dude, you know that?” said Amos, putting his arm around my shoulders. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was curled up in this ball, like doing a cannonball, but on carpeting, with my arms wrapped around my leg. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was it like when your arm was broken? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess with my arm like this, they don’t see me as much of a threat. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She took Father’s arm, and they left us. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rounded shoulders, hips, arms, legs—even his head was a ball. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

They threw javelins and axes, and one of the men caught the guard’s thrashing arms and tried to yank him free. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami takes Izzie in her arms and hugs him, then she comes over to the bed and hugs and kisses me too. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, exactly. They went to the place where memories once existed before Receivers were created. Someplace out there—” He gestured vaguely with his arm. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a chance,” Colonel Varney answered, walking Lillian into the house with his arm around her protectively, “there’s always a chance. Let’s hope for the best until we have a reason to think otherwise.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His progress was very slow, through the cornfield, the thick stalks bunched together and got in his way, and he had to shove them back with his arms. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He was dreaming of her arms around him strong, when the rain on the tin roof woke him up. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hambro lived in the West Eighties, and once in the vestibule I tucked the hat under my arm and put the glasses in my pocket along with Brother Tarp's leg chain and Clifton's doll. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She throws an arm around each of us and runs us back the way she came. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Grandma,” I said, stepping away from the mixing bowl and massaging the ache out of my arm. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I have all the symptoms. Pain in the left arm. Tightness in chest. Difficulty breathing.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She knew Jesper was well armed and could take care of himself, but between his lanky frame and Zemeni skin, he was just too noticeable for comfort. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My dad is very tall, and very thin, and very bald, and he has long thin fingers, which he taps against an arm of a floral-print couch. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

When I delivered Mrs. Mason’s groceries, she saw that I had Jane Eyre stuck under my arm. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He reached down and ran a hand over it, remembering the sight of his father stepping out of the market, the paper bag in the crook of his arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Trotter in the doorway lifted her arms, the brown purse dangling from one of them; the faulty clasp flew open as she did so. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if he understood anything I said through my blubbering, but his arm tightened around me and he kissed the side of my forehead. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But when she threw her arms around him and coaxed him, “Father, dearest, let me be like Diana,” he would yield and she would be off to the deep woods, blissful in her freedom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching for the cup, she wrapped her small arms around it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A handsome young swank comes to offer his arm to Katherine, and she reddens. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So I carried him like a human baby, his body heavy in my arms, singing the same lullabies I’d sung to him back when we’d first started knowing each other. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He releases my hand and runs into her outstretched arms. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pop pulls her rosary beads over his head and then extends his arm toward me so that the black crucifix is dangling right in front of my face. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow I marshaled the concentration to lift an arm and pull him close. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The furrier, a plain woman with spindly arms, leaned over the counter, digging her hands into a stack of fox pelts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure if the same strategy could work with two other people, but she put one arm around each boy and tried to keep them afloat as they held the cornucopia between them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Connors and Basketball Coach talk serious frown talk arms on hips, biceps flexing. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stooped and caught her shoulders and lifted her in his arms. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I inhale, and I try to wrap my free arm around Mama Ya-Ya. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were her mother’s slender arms, which looked so fragile and birdlike, as if they might snap under too great a weight, but which could carry more than any woman Pearl had ever seen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Papa put his arms around me and put his nose in my hair. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

The woman nods and then holds out her arms. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That the Capitol falls, lays down its arms, and gives up its prisoners before they hurt Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There’s a Brazilian samba she stamps to in bare feet, waving her arms until she is flushed ^nd exuberant with the rhythm of the drums. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crosses his arms, turning up his nose like he can’t stand the sight of me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Just put your arms around me and close your eyes.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The sudden appearance of a man’s face and arms, hanging upside down right in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I kept scratching him behind his ears, long after my fingers got tired and my arm ached. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His arms were folded and he glared straight ahead past Gerald’s cap. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I hit Benny as hard as I can in the arm. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She lifted up her white arms, and spread out her hands towards the East in a gesture of rejection and denial. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then a long robot arm would reach in and pull the gosling back outside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I felt the shock wave a split second after I heard the detonation and instinctively dropped to the floor of my hideout with my arms wrapped over my head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He jumped down, pushed the bag of fireworks at me and stretched his arms out to Susie. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Seven carefully slid the two heavy boxes atop the pile in Pixel’s arms and watched as she practically sprinted up the hill toward the side gate entrance of a bright orange house. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s leaning against the wall by the painting of the kiss, his arms crossed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The young man put on his robe, closed the lapels tight, and jammed his towel into his pocket, He picked up the slimy wet, cumbersome float and put it under his arm. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

That was another thing about Leon: soft and charming in company, but through his jacket his arm had the consistency of tropical hardwood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We were nearing the lunchroom, and Ignacio slowed down, tugged on my arm, and whispered, “It’s all because of politics.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Not only did he seem to be able to grow facial hair overnight, but a generous layer of black hair covered his arms and legs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pounded his back until he raised his arm in protest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vole paused for a moment, resting her hand against the statue’s arm. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“In our house,” they said together, and raising their arms they pointed down the dark passage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That’s when Mom rushes out, throwing her arms around me, in a deeply embarrassing hug. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he opened the door, I stepped forward, but he grabbed my arm to stop me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Joaquin asked her, crossing his arms over his chest as he leaned closer to look at one of the baby pictures, an infant Lauren propped up in toddler Maya’s lap. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“But, Lenina . . .” he began protesting; and as she immediately untwined her arms, as she stepped away from him, he thought, for a moment, that she had taken his unspoken hint. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up, hold out my arm and give him two fingers but he’s already disappearing behind big clouds of smoke. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Spidery arms gently rake through the bed in advance of the blade, scaring off any mice that might find their way into the salad. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then he took the scarf she’d used before and quickly wrapped it as secure as he could around the T-shirt and her arm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lazlo reached out a shaking arm and yanked the curtain closed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She crashed into his back and wrapped her arms around his neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t stop herself from screaming out as her arms were wrenched behind her back and tied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Beck draping an arm over Athans’s shoulders and Burleson grasping the Texan’s climbing harness tightly from behind, they shuffled carefully down the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry, but the orphan children, they are not legal, they must return . Zola enters from the side door, swinging her arms. She is determined about something. Paolo follows her. “ The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

In secondary school she had been the bubbly tomboy, very tall and skinny and straightforward, not armed with the mysteriousness of girls. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My arms acted like windup toys gone bananas. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I asked some Red Guard comrades in the train to reach their arms out to me and help me to climb in the window. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something that means I need to leave the top of my backpack unzipped, and instead of swinging it to my shoulder, I carry it gingerly in my arms. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The devilfish was in front of us, swimming slowly near the surface, moving all his arms at once. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple asked, frowning, reaching over to put a hand on his arm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sonia is tucked under her father's strong arm, and Tara is squeezed between her parents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She thrust her arms toward Mariam, demanding to be held, her tiny hands opening and closing urgently, on her face a look of both adoration and quivering anxiety. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

August’s arm was around my waist like she was afraid I’d keel over again in a blind faint, but really, I had never been more present. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy wraps his arms around her and kisses the back of her head. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Lightly but firmly. Fingers—not the wrist and arm—help guide the thumb and index.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now the watch-towers, which had fallen into decay, were repaired, and filled with arms, and garrisoned with ceaseless vigilance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The short guy—Clyde, the other had called him—stepped toward her again, but his friend swung an arm in front of him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I still had my arms wrapped around the pig from behind, but I told Angelo I wanted to take a picture. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I stand there for a minute, my arms crossed in front of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hear her moan and die in his arms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The crack of his skull vibrating up the hammer, up your arm, into the hole in your chest where your heart is supposed to be.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Em threw both arms up in the air, did a graceful U-turn, and started running back to her team. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, without warning she broke down, dropping her face down upon her outstretched arms and crying as though her heart would break. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she did feel bad after seeing the photos of her friends with their arms around each other. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He stretched his arms out, and turned his head one way and the other to make his neck crack. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I cross my arms and don’t look up at him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then Loma appeared on the trestle, barring my way, flapping her arms at me like a farm wife trying to keep a goat out of the garden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I breathed a sigh of relief when Mr. Banner flicked the lights back on at the end of class, and stretched my arms out in front of me, flexing my stiff fingers. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in black camouflage with her Celestial bronze knife strapped to her arm and her laptop bag slung over her shoulder—ready for stabbing or surfing the Internet, whichever came first. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She grabbed me by the arm and dragged me to the door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She gets up, stands behind her grandmother, and puts her arms around her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before I can say or do anything, Saleem drops my hand and grabs Ayesha’s arm, yanking her out of the line and throwing her into the dirt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Audrey will never feel the arms of that kid, Angelina, wrapped around her neck or see the pieces of the mother all over the supermarket floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, while the men played cards, she would sometimes fall into long elastic silences, her eyes fixed on the dark, her arms folded, her foot tapping out a coded message against the floor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been shackled to a chair with his arms behind his back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The scowling boy handed over the snarling Frisbee, ducked under her arm, and took off after his friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then Bronwyn lowered the camera and raised her arm, pointing at something beyond us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Fern folded her arms and said, “They are not my friends.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The coffin has hit the fourth man in our hole on his outstretched arm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was spitting and sputtering, and another monkey, a green bracelet around its arm gleaming in the light, scrambled to it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When Bitter turned off the ragas and opened the door to see her daughter at her feet, she knelt and slid her arms under the girl, lifting her up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The slugger waved until I stood up, and then its arm melted back into its body. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jay lets out the rope inch by inch as my feet and arms move, search for any grip, any edge. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Kira looked at the woman, who was holding the arm of a toddler roughly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This one showed Henry Wilhide Webb III, standing, pumping his arms, shouting, cheering. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They were armored with bronze helmets and greaves and breastplates of heavy leather and shields of wood and bronze, and armed with swords and the long Kargish lance. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The cuts on her naked body were smaller, dotting her arms and legs like slightly parted red lips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Luisa was holding a little boy in her arms, who had obviously just woken up from a nap. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

My skin prickled at the sight of him, bristling on my arms and the back of my neck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my arm, she pulled me down on the bed—pulled so strong that if she’d really been pulling me into her grave, I wouldn’t of been scareder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And then she was on the trestle running toward me, her arms outstretched. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The hairs on my arms stood up straight, and then, with a crackling burst, another blast of nightning shot out of the precious stones. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He puts an arm around me, gives a squeeze. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe how content Stephen Kellner looked, cradling me in his arms, his lips resting in a kiss on my fine baby hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The drone of bloodthirsty mosquitoes had woken me several times during the night, and my arms itched with bites. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I reach for her arm, but she wants none of it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In this epoch, we live between spiral arms. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miguel put his arms around her, but that did not console her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy’s eyes closed; and Van Helsing, who had been watching closely, took Arthur’s arm, and drew him away. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Those lodges weren’t very hot, but we sat in them for hours and willed the sweat to pop over our willowy arms and hairless cheeks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The boy took the girl in his arms and led her back to the cabin, where she collapsed on the steps, all knees and pointy elbows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He could never scale the walls of the hole they’d fallen down with Boots in his arms. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His clumsy arms had come together with a thwack, blunt fingers interlacing. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It originated in Mrs. Gardiner, who, fatigued by the exercise of the morning, found Elizabeth’s arm inadequate to her support, and consequently preferred her husband’s. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Her strong arms seemed made to gather them in warm embraces, her broad shoulders to carry them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If there was no food on the streets, under the arms of the ladies in the fox-face furs, I went to the shops. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Once Coach was gone, he shook his arms, his legs, and put on his singlet. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the wake he was allowed to fall asleep, and arms carried him to bed. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arm was bandaged up and he had an adhesive plaster on the comer of his mouth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain saw a man on his knees before him, facing the enemy, arms clutching his stomach. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take this opportunity to congratulate officers and men of our armed forces for their gallantry and bravery, which have earned for them the admiration of the whole world. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I go rigid as she wraps her arms around me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There were so many people on the train, I couldn’t move my arms, I couldn’t breathe, and a man, he hung himself with his own belt, and I thought...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But he kept his rifle in the crook of his arm. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Guess who I just saw. Guess who came. Mr. Vanderfeller;” he said urgently, pressing his father’s arm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bit waved his arm like a game show host showing off the four cups. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped by a white angel, arm uplifted, a stony sadness. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his arm across his nose and upper lip. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His arms were sore and his foot hurt a lot when it wasn’t raised, but he hadn’t been able to lie around doing nothing knowing Pax was still out there. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I saw the realization come together behind her eyes, even before the PSF stepped forward and took her arm, yanking her away from the table, and from me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Toby Smythe, who, by the way, is wearing a sleeveless athletic jersey even though it’s the middle of January, raises both his arms in the air, makes a stupid roaring noise, then sits back down. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Kept breathing hard and held his arms around his own middle. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sharp sight on the muzzle pressed into my arm. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘But facts are facts, and I’ve a cup with your arms on it to prove what I say is true.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there went T, arms full of milk and stuff. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She rushes forward, grabs my arms, and pulls me close. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After while Herman E. Calloway raised his arms and said, “Hey. But don’t forget, this is your little red wagon, you pull it if you want.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She flings her arms around my shoulders and nuzzles closer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The guards opened fire, and the Tidemakers vanished, then reappeared behind the soldiers and lifted their arms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We stand in the dim light coming from the lampposts on the bridge and lean back against the railing, their arms around me and mine around them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Axel pulls his arms tightly around himself and drops down on the step that he wanted to walk up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A sea dragon roared up from the waves with a maiden of extraordinary beauty by its side, her arm extended as if she had just caught something. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But this bustling group of aunts and uncles swirled in circles as Sitti, their grandmother, threw her strong arms around each one of them in succession, squeezing so tightly that Liyana lost her breath. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One put her arm around her waist and two others kissed her cheek. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta’s fingers trace the upholstered pattern on the arm of the chair. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I stuck my hands under my arms, and my sweat was ice-water cold. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a lot of people don't realize, though, is there are a lot of fantastic things about not having arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They got up, went to the window and remained there, with their arms about each other. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured Bertha was gonna be mad at me for kicking that girl, but she surprised me by putting her arm around me and saying, “Tomorrow’s a new day.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The giant was half the length of my spear from the reef, but while I watched, one of his long arms ran out like a snake and felt its way into the crevice. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gary is rubbing Jane's arms up and down to keep her warm when finally the line starts to move. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Far worse, she couldn’t move her arms and legs to get up. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I shook my arm free, but her fingers closed around a handful of my jacket. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s alive, you know,” says the master-at-arms—a seasoned crewman in charge of the cannon, with unpleasant tattoos up and down his arms. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But in general she preferred to assume that her children were smart enough to make their own decisions, that the school had armed them well with knowledge. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes one of them grabs Ray’s arms and swings him like a tetherball. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I did,” I say, blood from Tori’s bite trickling down my arm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bull took Lillian in his arms and kissed her lightly, playfully. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile is gone and her arms are folded tight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was about to give Joana’s suitcase to Poet when an armed sentry corralled us into line. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A small child can’t do that: His arms are too short. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stowing her helmet under her arm, Holly smoothed the creases from her uniform and stepped into Commander Root’s office. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There are three people in the tattoo place: the other tattoo artist, who is drawing a lion on another man’s arm, and Tori, who is sorting through a stack of paper on the counter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even stand still without wondering whether I was holding my arms dumb or worrying about whether I was blinking too much. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Delia went to the door and blocked it, her feet apart and arms crossed like some kind of mobster. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He drops his arms and puffs up his chest. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I cradled the blocks in my left arm, picking up one at a time to place it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jefferson and the girl were laughing when Jessie marched straight up to him and punched him in the arm. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to get mad—to argue, to insist I was wrong—but instead he sat poker faced, drumming the arm of his chair with his pen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I slip out from under his arm and sit up to check my phone. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Robin felt as if he must run to meet the company, must see his father, and feel the comfort of his mother’s arms about him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He wished Fern were there to take him in her arms and comfort him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Someone comes over to touch my arm, and I finally look away and step down from the stage. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They were less than two feet apart now, little more than an arm’s length. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Blinking his eyes, he takes Ma into his arms with Pa standing quietly beside them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bend down, and he flies into my arms. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She thought she would start with the corporals legs in order to be out of the way of the nurse who was beginning to search his blackened arm, looking for a vein. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She especially forgives him for it whenever she sees him write by hand; he crouches over in concentration, his arm curled and his fingers pressing hard like a child, and she loves this. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As he told it, it may have been because of the arthritis in both hips or the one arm that was shorter than the other or the constant pain in his legs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she taught them to make angels by lying on their backs and waving their arms and legs. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They hurtled past huge trucks full of NVA soldiers, coming so close that one scraped Yen’s arm where it stuck out beneath the canvas siding. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

His white shirt was pasted to his arms and back with sweat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A year of rowing had given him prodigious strength in his arms and shoulders, and he worked his way through the pile of cedar bolts like a machine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Taking her rucksack in her arms, she ducked through the window in the air and vanished. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, he instinctively knew not to pull her into his arms. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ethan Potter saw and raised his right arm in the air. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He put the strap carefully over my arm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bed dipped as I crawled across it, wrapping my arms around his chest from behind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her arms hung down limp and her legs were twisted loosely about each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only thing I could see of him was one long arm still grasping his prey. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as strong as an ache, I want to take her in my arms and tell her the stuffies are real, my god, please, please, they’re real. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Moss yelped when it dug into his arms, but the pain in his fingers quickly drowned it out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’d seen the adults in the enclosure play that way with their infants, lifting them into the air with their feet and holding on to their arms as the babies whizzed around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

That he did, albeit with poor grace, crossing his arms, scowling, and ignoring the naked steel in his lord commander’s hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They demanded explanations from his father, raised their arms to make their points, tugged agitatedly at their beards, and moved back towards their room quite slowly. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Momma, wait a minute, I can’t move, Joey’s got me by the arm and if I move—” Momma pointed her finger at Byron and said, “Don’t you move a muscle.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blocked it with my arm and backed away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The convulsions are generalized grand mal seizures—the whole body twitches and shakes, the arms and legs thrash around, and the eyes, sometimes bloody, roll up into the head. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A carabiniere went in after him and came out holding the man by the arm. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dad is walking back and forth with Oliver in his arms and Eugene is playing on the floor with a pot and a spoon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

George indicated the brown paper packages he was carrying under his arms. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad stepped back, keeping his arm extended to hold the screen open. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My arms tremble as I hold the scythe up in the ready position: vicious curved blade pointing down, body-length handle at an angle across my chest. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Toby pushed against his arm in protest, and Luke let him go, suddenly aware that he had his friend pinned against a tree. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Amari’s arms and face were lashed and sliced as she huddled with Afi in the bottom of the boat, trying to get away from the sailors’ ferocity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ignore them, ignore the soreness in my arms from digging a grave only a night before, ignore the sting of the wound through my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He waved three of his arms in greeting and Luna waved back. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Lying on the cold cement floor, he felt his arm throb with pain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at our speckled linoleum while Dad told us how the baby had been lifted from its mother’s arms, its face smeared with her blood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He raised one hideously swollen arm and looked listlessly at the pus that seeped through the fabric of his sleeve. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I pick up two bags and carry one under each arm. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had written several more posts on my blog—mostly stuff about the park, school, tarantulas, and how I do things without arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dylan wraps a shaky arm around my shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sausun, rocking back and forth with her arms wrapped around her knees and a frown on her face as if she’s experiencing menstrual cramps right in front of everyone, clips her Qur’anic answers in staccato. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He kept hold of my arm while he leaned down to pick it up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A skeleton monkey was perched in her bony arms. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

His arm was loosening up every day, and for the first time since his fall with Fair Knightess, he began to look like the rider he had once been. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The audience gives a big laugh and the president puts his arm around me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every day she opened her arms and welcomed riders aboard. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I felt little control over my arms and legs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Research into HPV eventually uncovered how Henrietta’s cancer started: HPV inserted its DNA into the long arm of her eleventh chromosome and essentially turned off her p 5 3 tumor suppressor gene. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Bucky doubled over from the force of the blow, pressing his arms against his stomach. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Polly touched her arm but couldn’t think how to help her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved her elbow and knocked her empty glass off the arm of the sofa. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, you slapped your partner’s arm near the elbow, lightly with the back of your knuckles, the way you might do to attract someone’s attention. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white guard caught the preacher by the arm and, pointing to the cross on the floor, said, “Look, Reverend, he threw his cross away.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a lot to believe. Jason is coming back with a bunch of Greek demigods? You say they’re going to appear in the sky in a heavily armed warship, but we shouldn’t be worried.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He went up and slammed with me hanging on his arm, but the ref didn’t call the foul. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Herbie slapped his cheek, squashed an insect that was punching a hole in his ear, then brushed three more off his arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Cole’s arm roughly, but then let go. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My arms, in the thin morning light, looked almost nothing like wings. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I turn on the flashlight, and David steps toward me and wraps me in his arms. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Their gloves were black, their long-sleeved undershirts stretched tight over large arms, and their boots glistened, even in the shade. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He came quickly, put his body in front of mine, and pulled my arms about his waist. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie wrapped me up in her arms, her poncho snug around me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

McNair was sobbing over his decapitated ex-wife, her torso in his arms, her limbs strewn in front of him. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Is that—?” he asked, reaching out a trembling arm, and I nodded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I touch his arm with my index finger, barely making contact. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then he fixed the stems of his glasses once again behind his earlobes and folded his arms across his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Brick's arm goes around my shoulders, heavy and sure. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She spread her arms like she wanted a group hug. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For a moment she was weightless in the dark, the sides of the hot stone pit burning her arms. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His arms went around her again in a comforting, re-assuring gesture. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his arms out signaling for me to pick him up, but just as I was about to do so, a white truck driver yelled for me not to touch the boy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lance corporal with a pistol on his belt and a swastika band on his left arm steps in from the rain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Scipio scolded him, holding on to his arm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But if her parents are like these Candor, simulation controlled and armed, there is nothing she can do for them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself thinking, Why couldn’t I have lost an arm instead? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The little boy slept in a bundle under my good arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back, still asleep, with both arms on top of the covers and crossed over his chest. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The reins were tangled in the buckles of the metal bracer on his arm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It felt like swimming through the woods, my arms fleshy paddles against the cold air currents. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Another bar ran along the length of the Berg’s lower edge, with just enough space for Mark to slip his arm through it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Bailey places the loose page on top of the book and tucks it under his arm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She is shaking, and though she steadies when Marco holds her tighter, she continues to tremble in his arms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She scrambled up the bed and jumped in beside Rose, pulling the older girl's arm over her like a comforter. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One day a patient with his arm in a cast walked into the room where she was working and asked her to come outside for a minute. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

His trembling hand and the big scar on the underside of his arm were the result of a narrow escape from an attack—but not from a wild beast. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night one kid or another ends up under the crook of my arm or spooned against my back. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Miss Patty Cake’s dimpled arms and chubby legs. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says nothing, just checks the chains on my legs and arms and then nods to the Commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Each tree stood in a space of its own, and the branches zigzagged against the clouds and sky like arms reaching out for heaven. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll see,” said Adam, and he started out, swinging his arms with bravado. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Going down to the lodge with a basket on my arm, grapes and peaches for the old lady who was sick. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow my sister manages to avoid his arms—and Ma's eyes—as we disembark. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then she buries her face in her arm, like the Bollywood actresses always do when they are overreacting to a marriage proposal. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And I felt him sigh, too, as he wrapped me up in his arms and said, “Let’s try not to do any of this again. At least not today.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He turned so that his left arm was fully facing her, so she couldn’t miss it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I lifted my arms to let the faint breeze blow a cooling breath under my arms and across my aching ribs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was, for the record, his left arm, not his strong side. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He hung with both arms to the mule’s neck, but he was caught and being dragged away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She grabs my arm and gives me a roller whip. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“But your arm was never cut from you,” Ma said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Audrey linking arms with some girl and whispering. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He brings one arm up, fist clenched, as the stick comes down on it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She scoots close enough for me to feel her bare arm against mine. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He tightened a tourniquet around his upper arm and told me to fetch Mom’s sewing box. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seven wiggled her arms and legs and made a weird face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His face widened with surprise and he grinned as he looked at the box under my arm. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms in front of the staircase, and Harry had a sudden vision of his mother doing the same thing in front of his crib. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I took it all in: the firm but biscuit-doughy feel of Big Ma’s arms; her gardenia talcum powder and Dixie Peach hair grease dabbed under her wig around her temples. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As I step off the curb Mateo’s arm bangs into my chest. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not the guy who used to laugh and tell jokes and put his arm around my shoulder. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mark reluctantly slid his arm from her back and then focused on Deedee, bending over to look into her eyes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He felt armed in certainty, in his belief in the Hallows, as if the mere idea of possessing them was giving him protection, and he felt joyous as he turned back to the other two. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dad wheeled the bin into the shade because, despite the hat, Luke’s hands and arms had turned red with sunburn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Wildly, her fists beat against the arms and thighs that enclose her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Blake stepped out of the cabin and crossed his arms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She put on her long dressing gown over her nightdress and stood there with the back of the gown draped over her arm. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Gaily was speaking again; the Griever pulled back its arm, as if it needed the thing to be able to observe and listen. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos keeps an arm around me and leads us to a small room that has nothing in it but a table and some chairs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

With a moan, Gurgi rolled over on his back and covered his face with his arms. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Nick is in a crowd of soccer guys at the very edge of the pavilion, his arms flung around Garrett’s and Bram’s shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He rested an arm on the mule’s back, pointed south. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many are dripping blood from their arms and legs where shrapnel sliced through their skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One arm up, the other outstretched, fist balled around a pretend sword. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The arms were so short he didn’t even have elbows, and the sleeves of his T-shirt had been cut off so they wouldn’t get covered up. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she would put her arm around Cathy’s waist, and Cathy would put her arm around Alice’s waist, and they would walk away—best friends—and tiny as the head of a pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She felt nothing as she saw the feathers erupt from her pores, as her arms widened and her body shortened and the old woman screamed in power and pain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Bar the door,” shouted the bug, jumping up and down and waving his arms. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly sharpened my pencil, cracked my knuckles, yawned, stretched my arms, and was ready. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My arms were weak and my shoulders sore, but they weren’t what hurt worst. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A group of armed vehicles stopped moving forward, and under covering fire, turned laboriously and moved back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then as the crowd shifted I noticed that in his other arm he held a little girl. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to get up and she caught hold of my arm and held me in the chair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were eight-foot-tall giants with wild eyes, pointy teeth, and hairy arms tattooed with snakes and hula women and Valentine hearts. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was also trying again to get up from the bed, to sit, to raise his arms. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One arm had been ripped right off the shoulder,- Arya saw the bones a few feet away, gnawed and cracked, picked clean of meat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He flung out one arm to make Harry and Hermione stop. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stood up suddenly and lengthened his arms toward the minister, the coffin and his wife’s corpse. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to hide her arm under the sweater she was holding in the other hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Putting on the gloves, I hold the screaming warrior at arm’s length. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remembrance seemed for a while to overpower her, and she drooped and would have sunk down but for her husband’s sustaining arm. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A short round girl with honey-brown skin and gold snake bangles curling up her arm glared at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I noticed my own arm was being held on to tight and looked to see who’d grabbed me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The older men called to Bud and Dr. Corey, who waved or shouted back, but Donatelli kept his fingers digging into Alfred's arm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he bent down and pulled Aurelia up by the arm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She rocked her head and raised up them arms and said, ‘Come on! Come onnnnnn! If you think you crazy, you just try it!’ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The music director faced the singers, frozen with his arms still raised. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The atoms that built the highway of nerves in my arms were still disconnected from my brain, so I could not even move my hands to cover myself. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He started mumbling some African talk against it then commenced to crying in quiet jerking noises that made his teeth rub up against my skin and made the chains on his arms and legs rattle. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was a robotic arm with two shoulder straps that controlled the motion of the plastic fingers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

My arms shake, and I open my eyes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Somebody was complaining about the heat: “ . . . feel my arm, steamed soft clear to the bone.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After embracing her mother and shedding many tears, she put her arms around me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hold out my arms like I’m trying to keep my balance and rock in all directions because this move looked hilarious in my parents’ mirror, too. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I then realize that the voice isn’t coming from his mouth, but from one of the skulls inked on his arm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Sweat beaded on her skin and ran down her arms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When I stepped into the church that day, propped up on the Pastor’s arm, I thought I was stepping through a couple of sloppily painted, standard-issue doors, the kind they sell at Home Depot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I dodged sideways this time and stabbed him under the arm. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the fire, I realized that I had bruises on my arms, back, and foot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pack these for you,” Hermione said brightly, taking Harry’s presents out of his arms as the three of them headed back upstairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Strauss’s allusion to a “humanitarian” H-bomb drew derision from critics of the arms race. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One takes my arm and pulls me to standing and cuffs my hands behind my back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And then she jumped around with her arms flopping up and down as I had done. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My spirit wraps invisible arms around him, making him cry even more. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cobb was no longer clenching the arms of her chair, and she was no longer fussing at the organ music, and she was no longer humming to the refrain. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then Papa put an arm around her and kissed the top of her head. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once in my half-sleep it seemed to me someone was tugging at my arm, but when I woke it was only Nathan clutching at me in his sleep. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to fall into her arms and be comforted, as I hadn’t been able to comfort Perilee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I am told by Will that I should not fear Carolinian numbers so much as Virginian sharpshooters, who, armed with rifles, can far outreach the musket in range and fatal accuracy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was too late to warn Frith, the car itself came upon us standing on the terrace with cushions and papers under our arms. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She broke free of the great heavy arms of the Wood and emerged, breathless, at the hawthorn tree. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to people outside Garland, money was so desirable that the bank had to hire armed guards to keep criminals from stealing it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” she said, and she tucked her hand through his arm. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He loaded the clear one, shooting it into the sprite’s clammy arm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

If chained is where you have been, your arms will always bear marks of the shackles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sana runs her hands over my legs and arms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I tried moving but my arms were aching. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We held the rose of Sharon branches in our open arms, held them close to our chests while the cold black water swirled all around us, trying to tug us back into the current. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She took towels, wiping Liyana’s face and arms and legs very hard. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

An arm of the glacier has withdrawn from this slope within the last fifty or hundred years, leaving the planet’s bones raw to the air; no flesh of earth, of grass. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she walks over to the railing beside me, hanging her arms over the side. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Rachel flung her arms around him, and her father seemed surprised, like she’d never hugged him before. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A few mornings later, Mrs. Albury turned up at our front door with Little Dizzy on one arm and a basket on the other. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms in front of himself, letting the sleeves of his black master’s robe hang loosely at his sides. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wiped them on his chest, on his shoulders, on his bare arms. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here is the baby in the arms of a woman who is not me. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Jake takes up position next to me, pressing his arm into mine, bolstering my resolve. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He turned to the Queen and took her in his arms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his hairy knuckles and lifted up his arm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was a homosexual, and had to wear a pink triangle on his arm. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He washes his face, takes off his shirt, and washes under his arms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Chess caught up to Finn and put his arm around his brother’s shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She held her arms out like she was saying, Duh, there's yarn everywhere, dummy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He tilted the bucket and poured green paint on my chest and legs and arms. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The tray is out of my arms, the cup of hot tea sailing past my head and exploding against the wall behind me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Boggs appears and gets a firm lock on my arm, but I’m not planning on running now. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Jest never thought to,” said Grandpa, grinning proud and draping his arm around Loma’s shoulders. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Gandalf was gazing up, his arms out and downwards, stiff, his hands clenched. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I sighed and swung my arms back and forth, wondering if I should tell him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The stranger screamed and thrashed and flapped his arm until finally he shook free. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His lips sucked happily at the pipe, which was as long as my arm. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would move to accommodate me, spreading her legs or throwing an arm around my back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“This ought to be fun,” said Scythe Chomsky, folding his arms, ready to relish what was to come. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on his arm, but he pulled away. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She threw open her arms like a magician’s assistant. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s not really mind-reading,” Cain murmurs, and I wrap my arms around myself and lean away, though I know doing so won’t shield my thoughts any better. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Not a minute later a soldier armed with a rifle came to order Mrs. Coulter out of the airship. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Curly armed himself with the flashlight and entered one of the Travelin’ Johnnys, leaving the door slightly ajar in case a hasty exit was required. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a broad, good-natured face, which was weatherbeaten and so freckly that he looked almost tanned; his arms were muscular, and one of them had a large, shiny burn on it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

With her arm, she made a wide swipe and knocked over the table next to the chair as well. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his one arm elevated and fumbled with the clasp. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stroked his arm to keep him calm as Patrice worked the needle in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when we pulled up to my driveway, Omi put her arm around my shoulders. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he would be hairy everywhere else too, but his hair was cut shorter than Sohrab’s, and he had pale, hairless arms. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He started homeward, the hated wineskin under his arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

With one arm around each man's shoulders, Ned managed to descend the steep tower steps and hobble across the bailey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She sat like a little crescent moon in the curve of his arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He winds up his arm and throws the crab well beyond the reach of chicken on string. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He was juggling a few small cardboard boxes in his arms. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

We got hit, on the left arm; it hurts like hell. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she touched his arm and said, “Don’t worry, if he put the manuscript in a box, it will be safe from termites.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You promised you would never tell!” cries Christina, smacking my arm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He flexed his arms and bent his knees as he shot a free throw. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I lean forward with my arms on the front seat. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She made both her hands into little fists and walked away with her arms straight at her sides. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Pleased with himself and the world, he stretched his arms and lay down on his side. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the side of the courtyard, he squeezes his arm around the quiet kid’s face until it turns bright red. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She looked in the mirror to see Isabelle and Celia stumble in behind her, arms around each other, laughing and swaying, clearly drunk on something besides life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looks so relaxed, his head back, his arm slung over his knee. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I continued to tread water with only one arm, I gave thanks for Dad’s swim training. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were pulling on his arms as if to tear him in half. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The woman collapsed onto the floor, and the lifeless creature rolled out of her arms, leaving a glistening crimson trail down the front of her dress. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The two freshmen shoot their arms into the air, as if they’ve been waiting their whole lives for this moment. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

When I hopped out, Henry waved his arm toward the hillside and shouted, “Help yourself.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again Gandalf approached the wall, and lifting up his arms he spoke in tones of command and rising wrath. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His arms are around me before I even realize it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Put your arm around my neck,” he said; deftly he whisked her up, as lightly as if she were made of straw, one arm under her head and the other beneath her knees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Warren McCleskey was a black man facing the death penalty for killing a white police officer during an armed robbery in Georgia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I hold out my arms like the plant of corn. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms dosed over the swell of her belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He felt a strange sensation, like hundreds of tiny ants crawling up his arm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes Oak in her arms and swings him around and around until they both fall in a whoosh of Vivi’s skirts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Two men stretched his arms out, as though about to crucify him; they placed a foot on each of his wrists, making them sink deep down in the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He carried a flat package under his arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually I’d be mortified at such over-the-top PDA, especially with her decked out in red boots, silver arm cuffs, and a gold belt, but today I didn’t mind. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ron let out a noise between a whimper and a groan and dropped onto the sofa: Hermione joined him, gripping his arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter put her arm around my shoulder and gave it a squeeze. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Holding the hobbits gently but firmly, one in the crook of each arm, Treebeard lifted up first one large foot and then the other, and moved them to the edge of the shelf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Struggling, he raised his head for a better look at his right arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He crossed his arms behind his head and stared up at it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was easy to see the two arms of sand that made the entrance in the moonlight, and he centered between them and almost scooted out of the bay into the open sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is leaning against one of the bunks, his arms crossed, staring at the floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His brain apparently did not fully grasp—or still disbelieved—that the arm was gone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He found a place deeply hidden in the trees, took the newchild there, and lay down, holding Gabriel in his arms. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

She gave me a sound pat on the arm. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dr. Musoke tried again, putting the needle into another place in the patient’s arm and probing for the vein. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his arms around both their necks. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

About how Brandy stood next to me then, and put her arm around my shoulders at his funeral. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I walk faster, and when I get to her, she holds her arms out and hugs me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I move my arm back from under her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In his memoirs, Reagan wrote, "I intended to let the Soviets know that we were going to spend what it took to stay ahead of them in the arms race." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even see him clenching his arm. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron, Fred, and George seized Harry’s arms and pulled as hard as they could. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I said, and I wrapped my arms around her so hard I thought I could never let go. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I saw Ms. Gruwell waving her arms around like a crazy lady, but no one was reacting to her caffeine high. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

During the next three days, the two travelers passed by a number of armed tribesmen, and saw others on the horizon. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carla catches my arm, pats my face, her eyes scanning my body for signs of trouble. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turn on my side to face Phil and draw my arm across his chest. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They still held him to the bed, but he could move his knees a little and could turn his head from side to side and raise his arms from the elbow. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Doon clasped his arms together and pressed them hard against his stomach, trying to stop the queasy fluttering. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fog’s so thick, I have to walk with my arms out straight so I don’t collide into any mailboxes or telephone poles or trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They wore silvery ski parkas and jeans, and they were all armed with bows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The relatives of the family had torn the flesh of their arms, bodies, and faces, so that they were covered with clotted blood;... Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to grab my arm, but I jerked it away and looked around to see who might have noticed. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Grandma put her arm around my shoulder and squeezed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She began to tuck the brush under her arm, but then Kaede held out her hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Neither girl spoke, and when they linked arms it seemed they were resuming, after a lifetime of experience, their walk across Westminster Bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kreacher’s thin arms trembled with the weight of the pan, still held aloft. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One day he was leaning on the stone fence, arms crossed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He recognized her even less when she threw her arm around him like an old friend. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I grip Natalie’s arm so tight, it feels as if I’m holding bone. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped off my slacks, which was much easier than pulling off jeans, and laid them on the other arm of the couch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A windmill swung its giant arms in slow obedience to the wind and a farmer passed them carrying a sack of grain to be ground. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Neither of them was armed, and one had a towel wrapped around his head like a turban, having just finished bathing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I spread my arms and fall down next to her, the snow molding to my body as I land. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z