| 单词 | left hand |
| 例句 | He sat up again, very abruptly, with a great slosh of tub water, and dropped his dry left hand over the side of the tub. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Basta took off his jacket and went slowly over to the window, holding the garment in his left hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He’d seized the rope when Lyra dropped it, and now he wrapped it around his left hand for protection against the knife. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A microphone in his left hand, the towel in his right, he preaches. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Evan dribbled the ball back and forth, left hand, right hand, and then through his legs. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I feel the baton smack into my left hand, I curl my fingers around it, I switch it to my right hand and take off down the chalk-striped brick-colored lane. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I switched the whip to my left hand without meaning to, without even realizing it at first, took hold of its worn handle, lifted it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He considered this request, his left hand still holding his place in his book. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning, the keepers marched each gallery’s prisoners to an outdoor latrine to dump their tall iron slop cans, or night buckets, which each man carried in his left hand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had caught it with my left hand and was holding it still. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Harry, guess what?” said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glittered there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His left hand, shakily, roved through his thinning hair. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z His left hand closed, stubby fingers locking into a fist; Stannis had hacked the ends off at the last joint, all but the thumb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He put the bayonet in his teeth, carried the shot putt in his left hand, the sword in his right. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I had cut the palm of my left hand on a dull blade at breakfast. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Xan waved her left hand dismissively while her cheeks began to flush from pink to scarlet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The knuckles of his left hand had been tattooed with the word sexxy and his right with beast. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I cracked my knuckles and grabbed the Player Two joystick with my left hand, poising my right hand over the Flap button. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He did nothing, except reach his left hand around to turn on the radio without even looking at it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lawson’s left hand guides the chalk rapidly across the board, but Gogol’s pen begins to lag. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Since there was neither seat nor seat belts, Father had to hold on to the flying machine with his left hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his empty right hand, and, in astonishment, his empty left hand as well. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Then she gave a long sigh and the doctor reached with his left hand and lifted away the mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Using his left hand like a vice, he held my head still and clipped away with his right. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z That was why she didn't notice that the young monk-in-training trembled as he hid his left hand tight behind his back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z With a smooth twist and jerk of the knife, he pried the glass from its frame and caught it in the palm of his left hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I started creeping through the hall, the bat clinched tight in my right hand, my left hand sliding softly along the wall to guide me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Once I get Tank’s leash on, I put my left hand through both leash handles and grip the nylon tight. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Clasping Deedee tightly in his right arm, he ran forward, catching up with Trina and gripping her elbow with his left hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Coraline reached out her left hand, scared that if she took her eye off it it would vanish, and she fumbled for the burning thing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She wiped the tears off both sides of her face with the back of her left hand, leaving dark lines of soil along her cheekbones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his left hand in his pocket and in a moment took it out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes clenched tight and his hands was holting on to the cap’n’s left hand, which was wrapped ’round his throat. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He clenched his right fist and punched his left hand. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z With my left hand I fished into my pants and took out a green apple that I’d brought along for a snack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Confused, faint, and feeling nauseous from sneezing, tears streaming down his flushed cheeks, Bud raised his left hand. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Right foot rain barrel, left foot window ledge, left hand iron drainpipe, and I swung myself onto the lip of the first story roof. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Phil whispers my name and takes my limp left hand in his. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Renly sat with his young bride on his left hand and her brother on the right. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Finds the microphone switch with her left hand, the transmitter switch with her right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With nothing but a bag over my shoulder, a map and directions written on the back of the guidon in my left hand, and a tiny flashlight in my right hand, I was gone. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She spun, the stick in her left hand, whirling, missing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Clutching my mom’s phone in my left hand, I stepped out of the car. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The left hand was curled open; the fingers were filthy; the wristwatch gave off a green phosphorescent shine as it slipped beneath the thick waters. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Unless you are a lawyer, it will probably strike you as odd that Count Olaf’s plan was defeated by Violet signing with her left hand instead of her right. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z In his left hand he held up his glimmering staff, the light of which just showed the ground before his feet; in his right he held his sword Glamdring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He placed his left hand on my chest and I did the same. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He closed the window, using his left hand for the first time. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I listen, but succumb to anxiety—lose all distinction between left hand and right—fumble the musket—find myself marching into my companions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Before Polly knew what was happening her left hand had been caught in a hand so much larger and stronger than her own that she could do nothing about it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 He raised the vial in his left hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The only thing I could make out was that someone had leaned some dark bundles or sacks up ’gainst the left hand side of the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He kept his left hand at ten o’clock on the steering wheel and his right hand at two. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The right hand was bandaged, and the left hand — which I thought was bandaged — just had an IV stuck in it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab a ballpoint and write "Bobby" on the palm of my left hand. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Move with your left hand, shoot with your right, and try to stay alive as long as possible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A change can e over her expression and she changed the knife to her left hand. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Absently, he took his left hand out from between the girl’s upper arm and chest wall. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Instinctively, he threw out his arms to break his fall, and the fingers on his left hand bent backward. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Kiyoshi wasn’t wearing a jacket today; finally, she lifted his wet shirt with her left hand and tried not to gasp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He concealed a quarter in his right palm, and openly displayed the other quarter in his left hand, between finger and thumb. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The old man held him with his left hand and his shoulders now and stooped down and scooped up water in his right hand to get the crushed dolphin flesh off of his face. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I switched the glass from my right hand to my left hand, wiped my right hand on my jeans, and switched the glass back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I pick up my cutlery: fork in my left hand, knife in my right—European-style, like my mother. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A spotlight shines brightly on the single sheet of paper he holds in his left hand. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Adam rubbed the back of his left hand with his right. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if it was okay to shake his left hand instead. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her white shirt is buttoned all the way up, and there's a black briefcase in her left hand. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He dribbled low with his left hand, turned, and put an elbow in my side and ducked his head toward the left. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Kaisa came closer to her and took her left hand, the one that was not wearing the moonstone ring, for Ash had curled that one away behind her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As they did their count, Jon peeled the glove off his left hand and touched the nearest haunch of venison. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He held a spear in his left hand and was tossing up a pebble and catching it again with the right. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Thus far he had lost two fingers off his left hand and the pinky off his right, but only the little toe offhis right foot against three from his left. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cady shifted the groceries to her hip and twirled the small bunch of yellow wildflowers in her left hand, watching the petals spin in dizzy circles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was the sleeve of my own bathrobe I was looking at, and my left hand lay pale as a cod at the end of it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z His left hand patted around the air searching for something: a shot of whiskey, his pipe, a whip, a shotgun, the Democratic platform, his heart—Vera Louise never knew. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He took it from her and slipped it onto the ring finger of her left hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In his left hand he still held the flashlight, gripping it for sheer life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The throb of pain in his left hand made the words harsher than they might have been elsewise, but he meant what he said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His left hand cradles the side of my face, and his warm lips kiss mine in a frenzy. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z His left hand went to her throat and he cut off her wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I lifted my hand and showed her more black dots on the fingers of my left hand. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z With the cigarette still in his left hand, he motioned for us to follow him. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z On her left hand she wore a ring that was as simple as it was ostentatious—a single sapphire, bright and blue and round like an egg. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z So, lacking the truly perfect response, she lifted her legs and spun around to the piano, where she proceeded to bang out “Heart and Soul” with her left hand and “Chopsticks” with her right. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Which was exactly where she sat, her left hand, palm down, no more than an inch from the white deposit. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z That fluttering shadow before my eyes was his jabbing left hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Following the forelady’s instructions, her left hand picked up a foot length of shiny wire. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was there, cleaned and ready, and he picked it up with his left hand and ate it chewing the bones carefully and eating all of it down to the tail. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His left hand was behind her neck, gripping her hair, and with his right he held her forearm which was raised in protest, or self-defense. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Katie was always correcting her and transferring the chalk or the needle from her left hand to her right. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At first it seemed impossible to hold an axe in his left hand, steady it with his bad right. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But his head was buzzing, and his left hand throbbed horribly, and he saw his two fingers again, lying on the roof, and then he thought of his mother, his poor mother…. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He passes a knife from his left hand to his right hand, and I see nothing but his eyes as the second knife hits the target above my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When he gave to charity, his left hand never knew what his right hand was doing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I dug five of the chunking stones out of my tote sack and put three in my left hand and two in my right. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His left hand came up. “...we might be witnessing a gift from Jesus Himself!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z This explanation satisfied Francie because she had never been able to tell her left hand from her right. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His features stayed in the shadows, but I could see a book in his left hand, his finger marking the page. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he tore a little strip of skin away from the side of the thumbnail on his left hand. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Like most people,” Violet said, “I am right-handed. But I signed the document with my left hand.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I put the girl in my right arm and got a chunking stone ready in my left hand for the dog outside. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I put my right hand on the Bible and held my left hand up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He had a shield in his left hand and a flat wooden sword in his right. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He put down his left hand and scratched her forehead and the back of her ears and the scruff of her neck. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The letters were as clumsy as though written with a left hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Pigman reached his left hand out to me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Could it be the evil eye?” asked Dona Maria, holding the velvet bag in the palm of her left hand. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I went into the lunch bar, sat down in an end booth, and kept my left hand over my black tie while I ordered soup, rolls and black coffee. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Stanley still managed to hold the sack of jars in his left hand as he slowly moved up, from ledge to ledge, crisscrossing the rut. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He picked up his black cloak and folded it carefully lengthwise into four, after which he wound it round his left hand and forearm as a protection. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the hardest thing, harder even than the left hand. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I smile and lean in to him, closer, closer, snaking my left hand around his waist. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z That forced me to put my left hand on the ground for stability. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I therefore kept them on my left hand, as well as the island, which grew smaller and smaller, behind me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z That night when I bathed, with a bucket half full of rainwater, I did not scrub my left hand, the hand that Father Amadi had held gently to slide the flower off my finger. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The silver dollar remained cold in his left hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The Man with the Torch scrunched up his mundu and held it tucked under his balls, in his left hand. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the knife and hugged his left hand to himself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your extended left hand holds and balances the rifle. Your right hand aims and squeezes the trigger. See, it’s easy!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I start to lift it, bringing my left hand to meet my right to steady it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he passed the line a little lower on his shoulders and braced his left hand on it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When she placed her left hand on an unaffected part of his leg, he flinched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He had squinted down at the name in his left hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We both gived a yell, and Ma reached down to get her frock with her right hand and, spreading the fingers on her left hand, she put ’em ’crost her chest. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The woman waited, her knife hooked downward, her gloved left hand raised to protect her neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He places his left hand on the edge of the seat, an inch away from my knee. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Tyr scratched his chin with his left hand, which was his only hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She fell backward, and he followed and gripped her hair with his left hand, feeling no pain, feeling only an immense and shattering despair. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to shout and wave at them, but all he managed was a lame flopping of his left hand. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The fingers of his left hand had started to tingle as sensation returned. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Keeping my left hand on the joystick, I reached in my pocket and pulled out a digital watch. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I drove my right fist into the palm of my left hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He could feel the steady hard pull of the line and his left hand was cramped. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw him take off his glove and shake his left hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z With her left hand she grabbed a handful of dried grass, growing from a crack in the rock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Canvas bag in his left hand, rifle in his right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He was holding his bat in his left hand, standing very still and staring at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Rab never said to him, ‘Now, Johnny, you’ve got to learn to write with your left hand,’ but he would give him things to copy, take it for granted that he could—and he did. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He placed his left hand over it and began to pump in the manner of someone attempting to resuscitate a drowning victim. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But later, he looked down and saw the wart on his left hand, by the light of the fire. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z To make it last longer I pinched up little bites with my left hand while I nursed Martin on the right. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he handed the glass to Camilla and, left hand free, reached down and turned the fibrillation into the opening notes of a Scott Joplin rag. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My hand — my left hand, nearest the fire — throbbed with the heat, and I felt the sweat run down my chest. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Using his left hand to hold tight to the foliage above him, he finished unwrapping himself and prepared to move. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z After hammering out a pile of jagged iron fragments, I slipped while crawling out and threw back my left hand to catch myself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He tried to teach himself to write with his left hand, but it didn’t work. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “In the name of Allah, I perform the ablution,” the Muslim said aloud before washing first the right hand, then the left hand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m laser-locked, focused on the ball in Thunder Pitchers left hand as he winds up and delivers the pitch...right where I want it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Hesitantly he raised his left hand off the ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Back in the stern he turned so that his left hand held the strain of the line across his shoulders and drew his knife from its sheath with his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As he listens, he stuffs the cheese squares into his mouth with his left hand, but his right hand holds a pencil, and this hand is never still. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I rub the beads in my left hand and feel a warm current drifting up my arm, across my shoulders, down between my breasts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His left hand,- his bandaged right was still too raw and clumsy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Wincing, he wiped at his mouth with his left hand, then stared at the glistening red on his knuckles. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Snape was muttering incantations, pointing his wand at the wrist of the hand, while with his left hand he tipped a goblet full of thick golden potion down Dumbledore’s throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was no hair on his left hand, either. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bastian is maybe two hundred yards away, he turns and raises his left hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I held the neck of the bottle with my left hand and began to swim toward the surface. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I put the stone under my right arm and held the ax-head in my left hand. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He closed his left hand on the imaginary quarter. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As she passed Teddy, she put out her left hand and grazed the top of his head with it, saying, “Somebody needs a haircut!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He still held her left hand between his. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She does not know how to move the finger of her right hand from the display counter or how to get the coins out of her left hand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The second net fell useless to the ground, and then Will leapt at Iorek, feeling with his left hand, cutting with his right. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z All four fingers and the thumb on his left hand were removed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z One of them lifted his left hand from time to time and patted the floor lightly and swiftly ten or twenty times, then sat motionless again. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z With his left hand he wiped away a warm inconsequential water from his neck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubbed the marriage tattoo he shared with Isaac, a story he’d told us when RiRi had asked about the black outline of a buffalo on the back of his left hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z His left hand, still at the end of his arm, was as black as his cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I point to the museum with my left hand while the empanada warms the fingers of my right hand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He wore a work glove on his left hand, and, like the boss, he wore high-heeled boots. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I held the cotton shells steady from underneath with my left hand while I picked the bolls with my right hand and piled them on the ground. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The ball came to me and I put a head fake on Nick, did a stutter step, switched the ball to my left hand, and ran him toward the pick. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Make your left hand into the letter L,” Ms. Parker says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z We all froze, except for Brother Fowles, who jumped up and held out his hand to Father with the left hand clasping his forearm, secret handshake of the Congolese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes and lifted her left hand to her grandmother, palm out. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “When I raise my left hand, you run. When I raise my right hand, the rest of you fools run.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Even wound properly, the tokar required its wearer to hold it in place with the left hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Merry was riding behind Dernhelm, clutching with the left hand while with the other he tried to loosen his sword in its sheath. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He leaped to the man’s left, away from the knife, holding his left hand high, and kicked hard at the man’s knee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich wedged in his left hand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I lifted Lincoln’s Bible, and Barack placed his left hand on it, vowing to protect the U.S. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell you what his left hand was doing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And as she looked at an itemized bill for plumbing her left hand strayed to her neck and touched the chain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But he had carried his fish spear, the original one with the two prongs, and he moved the bow to his left hand and carried the spear in his right. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z To amuse Ruth May I’d told her they looked like lions with six legs and were huge, as big as her left hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He glances conspicuously at her left hand and raises an eyebrow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She then placed the receiver in my left hand, and I lifted it to my ear. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The woman switched her baby to her left hand and covered my mouth with her right one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Holding the line with his left shoulder again, and bracing on his left hand and arm, he took the tuna off the gaff hook and put the gaff back in place. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Moaning, Donovan extended his left hand and tossed them so they landed a couple of inches from his body. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After an awkward moment, Dr. Begbie stuffed her hand back into the pocket of her lab coat, but not before letting it stray over the restraint securing my left hand to the bed’s guardrail. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And when I say yes, he stands, holding my left hand like he is adjusting the ring. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “Hello,” she said, keeping the fingers of her left hand outstretched and away from her white silk dressing gown, which was all that she was wearing, except mules—her rings were in the bathroom. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He peers at the remainder of my chips cupped in my left hand, as if wondering what they are, so perplexed is his expression. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z His eyes looked glazed, and he was pulling at the hair of his beard with the fingers of his left hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my left hand free and started pointing like crazy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He would take an axe in his left hand and chop, chop, chop ... so he fell asleep. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Oscar stepped to a telephone pole at the curb, braced his left elbow against it, gripped his right wrist with his left hand, and drew a bead on the entrance to the little alley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Within three days he could lift his left hand to his nose. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I grasped a piece of his hair with my left hand and snipped with my right. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Nu? Who was she—your left hand or your right?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Teacher Li finished erasing the blackboard and turned around, brushing her right sleeve with her left hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His left hand gripped her shoulder, pressing her head tight against the hard, flat plane of his stomach. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d been trying to tear open a seam in a leather jacket last night and I’d tugged a little too hard; the seam ripper slipped and sliced open the back of my left hand. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He held Gaily down with his left hand, pushing down on the boy’s neck, as his right fist rained punches upon Gaily s face, one after another. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Lefty raised a cup of wine in his left hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick up my screw gun and drive screws with my left hand, but the pressure is uneven, and with my weight gathered on one foot, my balance is poor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She is still sleepy, and rests her cheek in her left hand while holding her ear with the right. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His left hand with a gold band around his ring finger. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She sat back and used her right hand to place her left hand in her lap. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I drop my left hand to my lap, under the napkin, under my waistband, and find the three scabby lines, drawn straight and true. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Ash watched the huntress, who was gesturing with her left hand as she spoke, and the ring she wore — a gold signet ring stamped with the seal of the Royal Hunt — winked in the light. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Child 1 puts their left hand in, 2 put theirs on top, 3 and 4 continue the pattern. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Still in a squatting position, Boo Boo put her left hand through the V of her legs, touching the pier boards in order to keep her balance. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She brushed the dirt off her skirt, then held her right elbow with her left hand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I find the fifth car and grab the handle on the side with my left hand, pulling as hard as I can. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet he took no lasting harm except in his left hand, which was frozen and must be amputated. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The girl read it over twice, slowly, with her left cheek resting on her left hand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Very carefully, he put the goblet in his right hand in front of Vizzini and put the goblet in his left hand across the kerchief from the hunchback. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He let go of the device with his left hand, felt along the side until he found the trigger again, fingered his way to where he knew the green button to be. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Chas loosened his grip, and I was standing again, but he held on to my necktie with his left hand as he raised a fist with his right. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dad was at his desk, holding a phone in his left hand. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I opened my left hand, because I knew if I tried to say something I would just start crying again. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When I set the glass down, I was unsurprised to find my left hand trembling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t lower his left hand until his legs started to ache, and he didn’t move his other foot until he absolutely had to. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Then, as he leaned against the line and slapped his left hand hard and fast against his thigh he saw the line slanting slowly upward. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Nicholson sat motionless for some few minutes after he left, his hands on the armrests of the chair, his unlighted cigarette still between the fingers of his left hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There is something really weird about being cornered into shaking a guy’s left hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She twirled her club in her left hand, and my eyes followed the wicked head of the weapon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Franny gave a minimal glance down at her left hand, and dropped the stub of her still burning cigarette into the ashtray. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I look at Four’s knives: one in his right hand, two in his left hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I took the food out of the microwave and scarfed it down using my left hand, which was weird, but my right hand couldn't even hold a fork. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Jimmy did her exactly right—the way she swatted her left hand at something funny, like there was a fly in front of her face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Every person in the crowd presses the three middle fingers of their left hand against their lips and extends them to me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A year later, when I was well enough to work at a tortilla factory, a machine tore two fingertips off my left hand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Though none of them compared to the boulder weighing down her left hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He scored a fast-break layup with his left hand, pulled us within four. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z From this shelf, Edward saw Bryce open the door one day and stand in the threshold, the silver harmonica in his left hand flashing brilliantly in the sunlight flooding in through the windows. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I push her third finger down on her left hand. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He washed his left hand and wiped it on his trousers. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, will billions of years from now be utterly destroyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Davos pulled off his glove and held up his left hand, with its four shortened fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he came up, his left hand slipped behind her back. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally it loosened enough for me to slip my left hand up and out against my chest and rip the tape off. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He grabbed her hair with his left hand and stretched toward the shelf without straightening and pulled out the book. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Left arm is back and up at a right angle, the left hand relaxed at the wrist. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At night I would run my left hand over the rough, scabby surface of the skin that wasn’t covered by the bandage. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I cupped my left hand and caught the warm, yellowish stream in it and rubbed my hands together. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Her left hand clamps the banister, in pain maybe but holding on, steadying her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his left foot on the heavy line that the left hand had held and lay back against the pull against his back. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In his left hand he had hold of the lump of wax, all that remained of the candle that had brought him here. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I press the three middle fingers of my left hand against my lips and hold them out in her direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He shook Shadow’s left hand with his own. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I do one more bass riff—the fingers of my left hand dancing on the deeper-toned keys. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I grabbed Gay’s left hand and Phil’s right and held them in my lap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He had no feeling of his left hand but he braked all he could with his right and the line rushed out. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was about to peel the loosened ropes off my left hand when I felt the warlock’s grip upon my shoulder. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Springing to my feet, I pushed myself up by putting my left hand firmly down into his nuts, and JP groaned and doubled up, letting go of the ball. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Switching the ashtray over to his left hand, he went up to the night table and, with the edge of his right hand, swept his father’s cigarette stubs and ashes into the ashtray. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z With his left hand, he slides the long, razor-sharp knife from its sheath. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Now he couldn’t call Noa with her location, but he still had the car keys in his left hand. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z You were always so tired you didn’t care; I would cut off my left hand to have one here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The guard straightens the back of his navy blue baseball cap with his left hand, curving the bill with his right. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Resting my left hand on the handlebars, I grimace through the pain. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I can tell because his left hand is balled into a fist even as his right arm envelops me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The fingers of Kate’s right hand slowly curled around the palm while the left hand crept like a lean cat toward the edge of the desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z With his left hand he grabbed hold of the frame. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If he stayed in front of me and reached for the ball with his left hand, then there was no way I could get past him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “One must have a left hand,” he said, showing me his left hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He held a candle in his left hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z If you want to go up, you pull up with your left hand. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With a long knife in his left hand and a club in the other he made a rush at the ring, trying to burst out back towards Hobbiton. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z My left hand swung out into the air. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Teacher Li cleared her throat and unconsciously brushed her right sleeve with her left hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She gripped the staff in her left hand, taking in the strength of the wood, the strength of her friend. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The chink confirmed the illusion that both coins were in his left hand, while they were now both held safely in his right. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Since it was her left hand I looked particularly for a wedding ring, and saw that there was none. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched her constantly, fixing a ringlet of hair that had fallen into her face, brushing a speck from her shawl, and patting her left hand with his right. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached out and clung for life with my good left hand like a claw, grasping at moving legs to raise myself from the dirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll start with your left hand, cutting the knuckles and inserting the medicine into your veins. Then we’ll do the right.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning; in each right hand there was an axe; upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Your left hand holds a stick which contains the engine throttle, plus the control which makes the helicopter go up and down. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After I had finished jotting down the letters in Yiddish, my left hand kept moving, but it was only to repeat the question in Russian. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Cole fingered blades of grass under his left hand, then broke off a few and brought them to his bps. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Moss put his left hand on his leg, and Javier looped his fingers into Moss’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She was putting each one she retrieved with her right hand into the cup of her left hand, like picking blueberries. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The two-faced doorman held a silver key, which he kept passing from his left hand to his right hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then he’d change the soap to his left hand and do the same thing to his right side. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I look to my right hand that holds the coin, and my left hand that holds the promise of sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He could feel his missing fingers cramping: two on his left hand, one on his right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You seen that glove on his left hand?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z When I wake up again, I’m on the floor with the two cards next to my left hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He opened and closed his left hand, which I think meant un peu. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Britten walked away from the trunk, running the fingers of his left hand nervously through his hair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was silent for a beat, and I could picture him running his left hand flat down the side of his face, debating. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At last, Dad swayed up to Anglesey, raised his left hand 'cause his right was so busted, and did this...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I held my fountain pen in my left hand, the nib sunken into the tender flesh of my right forearm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I clench my left hand in a fist; my right grips my camera even tighter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then he appeared to take the quarter from his left hand, while actually letting it drop back into his left hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Cecilia’s left hand was cupped above her cheek, presumably to exclude him from her peripheral vision. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When Faramir had taken white bread and drunk a draught of wine, he sat upon a low chair at his father’s left hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I touch the back of my head with my left hand—the arm that’s not bandaged. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Capricorn played with the rings on his left hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I watch his left hand, his wrist in back, in line with his head. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He appeared to take it into his left hand in one smooth movement, while casually finger-palming it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z In his right hand he carried a basket and in his left hand a wooden staff. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z You put the mouse on your right hand and a little piece of cake on your left hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z They plunged their left hands into their pockets. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Charlie kept his left hand in the air with his wrist bent for emphasis. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z His eyes, slightly glazed, were now fixed on the pocket set, which he gently held open in his left hand, talking to himself, totally unaware of my presence or that he was in a restaurant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The woman spit on her right fist and rubbed it in with her left hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z For several minutes she had been holding her cigarette ashes in her cupped left hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She held the spoon in her left hand and ate sloppily. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He patted his upper right arm, where the muscles were, with his left, scattering gray ash from the cigarette in his left hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z With Christmas approaching, upon an impulse I bought for Malcolm X’s two oldest daughters two large dolls, with painted brown complexions, the kind of dolls that would “walk” when held by the left hand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was trembling violently, but he propped up his left hand with his right while the man spread more ointment over the stumps and wound a strip of linen tightly around the hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed away from the Gemini gently, hoping that my right and left hand had each exerted exactly the same pressure, so that I wouldn’t twist sideways. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The engagement ring on her left hand glints in the muted London morning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Gandalf stood in the middle of the span, leaning on the staff in his left hand, but in his other hand Glamdring gleamed, cold and white. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z After Lee drove away in the dark Samuel picked up a lamp in his left hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Now put down your pinkie on your left hand,” I said. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z No harmour for the left side, no shield or ’elm, and ’is left hand tied behind ’is back. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinny only rolled her eyes and reached to open the storehouse door with her left hand, while she waved her right hand in the air overhead, scattering moths and a spiderweb from the doorframe. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “She’s lovely, she’s engaged, she uses Pond’s” the advertisement read, showing two exquisitely white hands with perfectly formed and manicured nails, long nails, and a diamond ring sparkling on the gracefully curved left hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave a good-natured salute with his left hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With her left hand she held the end of her sari to her chest, so it would not slip off her head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I lifted my left hand and placed it in hers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cap’n’s left hand was yanking rough on the woman’s hair, pulling her head backward, and his right hand was clamped on his pistol, which was jammed under her chin and pointed upward. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He held Gaily down with his left hand, pushing down on the boy’s neck, as his right fist rained punches upon Gaily’s face, one after another. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z Kareem lets my chin go and takes my left hand in his. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Ginny’s left hand kept holding on to, then letting go of Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He raised his left hand and I closed my eyes and tried to mash myself down into the dirt. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She tapped her cigarette ash into her cupped left hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He shut his eyes and struggled for a while; but resistance became unbearable, and at last he slowly drew out the chain, and slipped the Ring on the forefinger of his left hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z With his left hand he drew back Gollum’s head by his thin lank hair, stretching his long neck, and forcing his pale venomous eyes to stare up at the sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She held the sword in her left hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Only when I shook out the match did I realize that I had used my left hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He transferred the reins to his left hand, and extended his right hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, he had felt the hot breath of that sigh on his chilly left hand. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z His left hand hovered in his coat pocket. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z They left him with a clumsy left hand and a slight slur to his speech. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His left hand had three fingers, his right four. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He walked over to Bobby’s table, held out his left hand, and said, “Read it.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She felt the slender, smooth stone in her left hand, which she had been about to try to skip as far as she could. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z For instance, the Q, A and Z, all of which are hit with the little finger of the left hand, were colored blue to match the blue little finger. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He offers me the little finger of his left hand. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Dribbling three times with both his right and left hand, Bull went into a strangely graceful crouch and threw up an arcing two-hand set shot that swished through the net. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath him his mount stretched, and padded, its warm fur under his left hand, its feathers beneath his right. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Father gripped the frame of the wing tighdy with his left hand and pulled back sharply with his right, so that the front rudders angled skyward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d have to time his move perfectly—a few seconds of confusion, grab the platter with his left hand... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Zooey glanced up, very briefly, at his mother, then switched the nail file over to his left hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Well—” Gilly slid off the bed and put her left hand on the doorknob and stuck her right hand on her hip. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He tousled Ruth May’s head and shook my hand in the Congolese way, with his left hand clasping his right forearm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a bottle of beer in his left hand, and he held out that fist to bump knuckles with me, and I did. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I reached with my left hand and caressed Adam’s head as if it were the scroll of my cello. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She pressed her lips together and fingered the large manila envelope she clutched in her left hand. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He flipped the penny up into the air and caught it, then slapped it down on the back of his left hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I instinctively reached behind with my left hand and scooped up a rotten strawberry. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She pounds the hamburger with the palm of her left hand to flatten it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole gripped the knife with his left hand and clawed with his right at some long stalks of Devil’s Club—anything to pull himself away from the raking claws of the bear. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Very slowly, Sergeant Hicks transferred the swagger stick to his left hand, unsnapped his holster, and slowly drew his pistol. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His left hand, motionless on the armrest, with a fresh, unlighted cigarette between the fingers, looked oddly white and inorganic in the brilliant sunlight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Finally he dropped the coin back into his left hand, and he placed it into his pocket. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The window was just beyond my left hand, and the chest of drawers was on the other side of the window. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my forehead on the cool glass and my left hand on my dog and argued in my mind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Before nightfall he saw away off on his left hand the long, faint shoreline of a great land, which must be Karego-At. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I hold the knife in my right hand, my left hand out and ready, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Singer carried the suitcase with his left hand, and with his free hand he supported Blount. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They grunt, drink the milk with their left hands, stuff in the cookies, their eyes never leaving the board. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His left hand twitched and moved back and forth, pretending to pull the at.oow over his freezing body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Ben pressed in close to him with his left hand waving in front of his father’s eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It just suddenly appeared, and before I knew it, he’d grabbed my left hand and dug into my first knuckle. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z James cut them up and Maybeth ladled them awkwardly into jars with her left hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She ate, and drew pictures with her left hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Each nail he drove took about ten swings using his left hand, but gradually his swings got better. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I slowly lowered my left hand from the ceiling to reach out and take his. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z "Two ears, three toes, and the little finger off my left hand. I got off light. We found my brother frozen at his watch, with a smile on his face." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But there’s no guarantee I can fire it with any accuracy with my left hand.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Only two runs,” Mr. Galanter said, smashing his right fist into his left hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Madge and I arrive at school together, pushing open the doors with our left hands, trombones in our right. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He was showing me where his littlest finger on his left hand use to be. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The woman kept her left hand out, pinching the air with clawed fingers, keeping Luna in place from several yards away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I dangle for a couple of seconds, then get my left hand to hook on as well. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z With his left hand, Wes held a wet paper towel to his lip, trying to stop the steady flow of blood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Next thing I know, I got a hanger from the closet in my left hand and a butter knife from the sink in my right. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z With his left hand he grabbed at the tuft of hair that grew on Tenorio’s chin and yanked it hard. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They asked if I could move my left hand. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then we were to lower our left hand behind us and lower our stances even more. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She’d keep her eyes closed and her left hand would start moving like it came alive and was acting on its own. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The side of his left hand was smeared with black ink from his pinkie to his wrist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z On his left hand, he wore a ring with the SS death’s head—a sign of his loyalty to Hitler. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I tentatively lift my left hand above the cover. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I stumbled backward, switched my sword to my left hand, and lunged desperately. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We shook hands, and for a second he placed his left hand on my right shoulder lightly, and I wanted to turn and kiss it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain reviews the fingernails of his left hand, then his right, then his left again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In his left hand he carried a long staff with a pencil point at one end and a large rubber eraser at the other. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The little finger on his left hand had a long, clawlike nail. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I clench my left hand tighter; my nails bite into my skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Balancing the small reed and wires in my left hand, I used the other to pull myself onto the tower’s first rung. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z She sighed, and she rubbed her temples with her left hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When he wasn’t gnawing on the fingers of his left hand, he began biting his shirt, actually chomping pieces out of it and leaving holes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He looked at his bandaged left hand and shuddered. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to be watching his right thumb rub the knuckles of his left hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Using only her left hand, her good hand, she unplugged her suit from the air hose. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother’s eyes were closed and her left hand was resting on Susan’s. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Since leaving the toy booth moments ago, Hugo’s left hand had been clenched into a tight fist, which now he slowly opened like a flower. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He held his left hand to his chest. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d play a minor chord or two with his left hand and, with a flourish of his right, wipe his perspiring face with an enormous white handkerchief. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He practiced on the sawhorse how he would hold the reins in his left hand and a hat in his right hand. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The fingers of his left hand were slimy with blood, and his right throbbed from the weight of the bucket. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He did all his signing with his left hand and only while wearing the dark glasses and false mustache he had used unsuccessfully to help him begin playing basketball again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He's got his sax case in his right hand, and that big red book in his left hand. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost in tears at his kindness, Stella thanked him once more and walked out of the store, the brown paper bag in her left hand, and the cookie in her right. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Something moved at her feet, and she closed her cupped left hand over a cricket. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He looks up at me thoughtfully, his left hand balancing two plates and his right hand holding the tub of butter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His left hand is all taped up, and it appears one of Jared’s hornets got him in the upper lip. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The Assassin balled her fists until the leather glove on her left hand creaked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I covered his right hand with my left hand, which made him cry instantly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He held up the files in his left hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I dropped my hand to the table, moving my left hand so that my palms were pressed together. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Close to him was the skull of a mammoth, polished and brown, and a hairy ochre cloak, being worn by a small woman with a deformed left hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He turned, his right fist at the ready, his left hand on John’s collar. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Olive was tugging at the thick padded flight glove on her left hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fadi held the flashlight steady with his teeth and moved the flap with his left hand. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z With a palette balanced in my left hand, I press the tip of my brush into the gray splotch of acrylic paint. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He transferred the cigarette to his left hand and offered the right one to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His small beard was well peppered with grey, and he wore a leather glove on his maimed left hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The gun feels unfamiliar in my left hand, but I can’t bear its weight with my right yet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I heard it flare and ran my left hand over the top of it There was heat It was burning. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat still for a moment, holding her cigarette, but without dragging on it, in her left hand, and with her right hand fixed tensely around the base of the glass of milk. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Then she sprang into the air, holding the branch in her left hand, as her dæmon skimmed down low over Malcolm and Asta in farewell; and then they were gone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It glanced off the goalie’s left hand and carried into the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I remember, because I watched her left hand trembling as she signed her name.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Sixty minutes of me turning library-book pages with my right hand and June taking notes with her left hand. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “What do you think you're doing, Panchito?” he whispered, placing his left hand on my left shoulder and digging in his fingers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She held Needle in her left hand, her sword hand, the candle in her right fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As she came briskly, smiling, to her chair, Lane slowly got up, a napkin in his left hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The apples and peaches fell from her left hand and rolled out of the bag. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Carefully, Tristran unwound the silver chain, unhooking it from the root, while stroking the bird's ruffled plumage with his left hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He showed me his left hand, which had YES tattooed on it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, my left hand patting Schwarz to encourage a hiatus in her meowing, I worked the top off my drum with my right hand. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The sound of an airplane flying overhead came from the cassette player just as Crab forced the door open and walked in, dripping with sweat, rifle in his left hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He gripped his trident loosely in his right hand and stretched his left hand out like he was blessing Leo, or possibly attempting to levitate him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He pulled the glove from his left hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hermione called to him, and she took out her wand, still gripping the back of Harry’s robes with her left hand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z After that he settled the line across his shoulders in a new place and held it again with his left hand resting on the gunwale. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She used her left hand to hold the rod and kept her right arm behind her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The ball came back to Rostelli who dribbled it to the right of the key, Ben overplaying the right hand again, watching, tensing, until the moment Rostelli moved the ball to his left hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You did not do so badly for something worthless,” he said to his left hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When my left hand finally stops shaking, I start to draw. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At the other end of the pool, a massive statue stood thirty meters tall, a globe held aloft in her left hand and a staff in her right. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Frankie pulled at the net, already in midair, catching it with his left hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I take the gray can in my left hand, the white in my right. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His left hand, which rested on his enameled sword hilt, was bandaged. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z In Will’s left hand, bleeding again from the blow he’d landed on the monkey, was Mrs. Coulter’s pistol. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When the operator finally rang her room, she was sitting on the window seat and had almost finished putting lacquer on the nails of her left hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I wash quickly with my left hand, leaving my right hand hanging at my side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she scooped up some of the rice with the fingers of her left hand and shoveled it into her mouth. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s just standing there, the dog’s empty water bowl still in her left hand. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He held out his left hand with the thumb and forefinger curved round, indicating the gap between them to be about as long as the thumb itself. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Each of them held a glass of beer in his left hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She swung a shimmering left hand, catching the haint across the face, and watched the foul thing sprawl backward. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But just as she raised her left hand the crowd on the benches became restless again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Jack transferred the knife to his left hand and smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the plastered hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Everyone, even the youngest children, knew that you should eat with your right hand and use the toilet with your left hand. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought the ball in, took a dribble with his right hand, pulled up and brought his left hand toward the ball for the jumper. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Violet, with some embarrassment, felt the stone in her left hand and was glad she had not thrown it at Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Come, Fyrian,” he said, holding his top left hand out and allowing the dragon to alight on his palm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He had been fighting with a man called Sir Alphagus, whom he had killed after getting these wounds—three of them on the head, four on the body and on the left hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The fifth, with the broken fingers, spat and pulled free a dagger with his left hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lorraine muttered, her left hand opening the front door just a crack. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Her left hand disappeared into the pocket of her skirt, and she ran her finger in rapid circles around the birds on her ring. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z An amazing woman but totally crackers, if you ask me—hope her own right hand knows what her left hand is doing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I showed her my hand and shook my head, but she put the pencil in my left hand and told me to write with it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried his black bag in his left hand and he held his right arm stiffly. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I’m just about to step forward and lift her down when she opens her eyes, removes her left hand from the pole, and in one graceful movement swings around so she’s facing the audience. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He had tried a few practice matches with his left hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The middle finger of the left hand was bullet-shattered, and blood gushed from his goatee. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was there it held out its hand for the lance, which the Wart handed up, and, feeling all secure, opened the visor with its left hand, and held it open. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he closes his eyes, slowly removes his left hand from the floor, and holds it out to the side. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The Preacher said, “After they catch you and bite you..He snapped his left hand shut like it was the mouth of one of these hoop snakes. “...the true horror begins. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She raised her left hand and held it in front of the moon, so that her forefinger and thumb seemed to be grasping it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z At age five I raised my good left hand in Sunday school and used a month’s ration of words to point out this problem to Miss Betty Nagy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I held up my left hand and spread my fingers out in a fan and we made our fingers and thumbs touch each other. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Room was made for the hobbit at the king’s left hand, but no one called for any tale. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When they run out of hands, the children pull their left hand out from the bottom of the pile in turn and place on top, continuing until the end of the verse. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I pick up my apple with my left hand, and grab his hand under the table with my right. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He sat by the hour rubbing the back of his left hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Smeath turns and looks at me, a skinless potato in her left hand, the knife in her right. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, we ask the new-free folks to, one by one, climb the ladder of the steeple and rub the bell with their left hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They took the left hand way and found themselves in a passage that was hardly lighted at all and which soon began going down steps. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Kino carried a bundle in his left hand, but the big knife swung free in his right hand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The rings of her left hand cut into my fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now put down your ring finger on your left hand. The one with the two.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father answered in his sweater and sandals, his newspaper dangling from his left hand neatly and his reading glasses perched on the bridge of his nose; her mother stood just behind him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He took Penelope’s left hand in his right, circled his other arm around her waist, and off they went. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My sonatina needs work, so I play it again and again, going over the tricky left hand fingering of that one tough passage a zillion times. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z We looked at each other, and together moved out into the hall; we each held ready to use our various armaments—the spiritual in the left hand, the mortal in the right. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He grips the iron railing with his left hand and lunges forward with his right, grasping the sleeve of Alec’s shirt before he’s swept out of reach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “What?” said the gray-haired man, and bridged his left hand over his eyes, though the light was behind him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z And God ordered his left hand, the angel Gabriel, to go down to Earth and stop the lawlessness. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Because the left hand is the hand of the Devil.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As he cut, he put more and more weight on his left hand, making my neck twist to the right. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The old man held the line delicately, and softly, with his left hand, unleashed it from the stick. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I switched the pen to my left hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Coraline leaned against an armchair, adjusted the cat with her left hand, put her right hand into her pocket, and pulled out the three glass marbles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She’d whirled in her tracks and was at me before I could blink my eyes, her left hand gripping my arm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I saw him and his dog walking together sometimes, his right hand holding the dog’s harness and his left hand holding the accordion case. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He took my fingers into his left hand and, with the right, slapped me hard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He could sit down at the piano, looking as if he had given up on China, but pretty soon his left hand would get the cannon booming and the drums beating. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His head hangs low as he picks at the cuticles on his left hand. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He gripped the dagger very tightly in his left hand and swung it upward. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Horace went on, “And it must have blowed the rod right through you and took off your left hand too.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She held the note I had just returned to her in her left hand, and now she waved it like a tiny flag. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Then she threw with her left hand, and fought her whoop of triumph as the blade sank into the handle of another dagger. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The woman smiled in recognition and opened her arms wide, beckoning to Sefia with her gloved left hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Martin picked it up and tossed it to Moss, and he caught it with his left hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He lifts me without difficulty and holds on to my leg with his left hand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then I slammed with my left hand and then I slammed with my right hand and then I threw the ball against the boards and went up and slammed the bound. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Bigger saw Gus cup his left hand to his ear, as though holding a telephone receiver; and cup his right hand to his mouth, as though talking into a transmitter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in blue jeans and he carried a big push-broom in his left hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the grocery bag in Cletus’s left hand and the famous suitcase in his right. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z He came quickly to Getheren, reaching out his arms to hold him, and seized him by the left hand. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I shoved my left hand under my thigh to try to keep it warm. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He moved her left hand down on the grip. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I never before saw anything so beautiful as the way she reached up and put her left hand over the big bony hand that clasped her right shoulder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And he thrust his left hand into the fire. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s practice those steps once more,” she said, taking his left hand and putting her arm around his neck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As a silversmith he had already learned to use his left hand a certain amount. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I walked down the highway into the darkness again, carrying both duffel bags in my left hand and feeding myself the tasteless pineapple fried pie with my right. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Soft-spoken Lord Cerwyn had actually brought his daughter with him, a plump, homely maid of thirty years who sat at her father's left hand and never lifted her eyes from her plate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Fie lit a cigarette and tucked it between the remaining two fingers of his left hand, the one resting on the steering wheel. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She ran a few steps ahead of him, caught up her left foot in her left hand, and hopped two or three times. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z When his arm was as shiny as Mr. Davanzo's bald head, she started over, this time with the left hand, fingers, wrist, forearm, and again...elbow. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She ran the fingers of her left hand through my hair and stared at the Bahrami Family Portrait Gallery until she found a photo of my tenth birthday party. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He kept the pistol on me with his right hand and waded to the shore where his shirt was, but what he done with his left hand brung back something I’d forgot I remembered. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There were the warts, still on his left hand. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He showed me his left hand, which had YES tattooed on it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z With his right thumb and finger pinching the $20 bill, he reaches his left hand into his left pocket and pulls out a lighter. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He reached out his left hand swiftly, and found the switch and pressed it before he could stop himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Looks to me like a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing,” Shorty drawled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He held the tail in his left hand, trying to quiet it down as he talked. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Without warning he swung his left hand, forming it into a fist as it came around and crashed into Thomas’s ear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Fill the cup again and pour it over her entire left hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Holding tightly with her left hand, feeling the strength in her arm, which would now briefly be her only support, she planted her feet firmly to push off and propel herself across the rock. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She rested her left hand lightly on the gash and crossed the fingers of her right. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Avert!” said Vetch, turning his left hand in the gesture that turns aside the ill chance spoken of. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Heisenberg paced as he spoke, a piece of chalk in his right hand, his left hand buried in his jacket pocket for warmth. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With a small paintbrush she began applying it to the nails on her left hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Dad typed away on the laptop, balancing it in his left hand while pecking away with his right. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The pearl ring on her left hand was cold against my palm. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z David rolled his eyes, then brought his left hand close to his chest and made a V, then a C with his fingers. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His back is to me, his left hand stretched out to hold on to a shelf, his right hand dangling at his side. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z But I must have understood something, I must have, because why else would I have opened my left hand? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Using his left hand, he guided my fingers as they pushed the needle all the way in through his skin and out the other side. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If her left hand failed, the stretcher would certainly tip. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I found my way to my elbows and raised myself up, grabbing with my strong left hand at legs that dragged me forward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With the thumb and forefinger of his left hand he made a small “o” about the size of the bit, which was an inch and a half in diameter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached up with her left hand and stroked his scalp with her nails, and it calmed him down instantly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z O’Brien held up the fingers of his left hand, with the thumb concealed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He carried the white stake in his left hand. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the ring on the third finger of her left hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Grimacing, he raised his left hand to wipe his own blood from his lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She finally put together some semblance of a figure and raised her left hand in the air, trying to ignore how much it was trembling. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z My left hand grasped the yellow ripcord for dear life as my right hand pressed against the side wall of the C-130 for balance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The cut on my left hand pained me too much to use it, and my right hand was not big enough, my arm not strong enough, to carry two buckets at once. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But to the wizard’s eye there was a faint change, just a hint as it were of transparency, about him, and especially about the left hand that lay outside upon the coverlet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I saw that he had something on his left hand. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon tried a practice cut.He was clumsy and uncomfortable with his left hand, yet even so the steel seemed to flow through the air, as if it had a will of its own. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a small sea rising with the wind coming up from the east and at noon the old man’s left hand was uncramped. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had two strings of fish in his left hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He puts his left hand around my waist and pulls me closer so that our bodies touch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I cross the fingers of my left hand for luck and knock on the door with my right. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I glance at his left hand and see his wedding ring. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly he realized that it was not so, his hearing had deceived him: the orc-cries came from the tower, whose topmost horn was now right above him, on the left hand of the Cleft. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Violet’s eyes were wide as she looked down at the document, and her face was pale, and her left hand was trembling as she signed her name. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Laying hold of the staff with his left hand, Sam swung it up, and down it came with a whistling crack on Gollum’s outstretched arm, just below the elbow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She put her right hand on the bar, then lowered her head—bowed it—and put her left hand to her forehead, just touching it with the fingertips. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, we’ll come quietly,” the Savage answered, dabbing alternately a cut lip, a scratched neck, and a bitten left hand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He sprang forward with a yell, and seized his master’s sword in his left hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She turned him over on his stomach and with her left hand pulled up a fold of skin from his back and then released it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I squeeze shampoo into my left hand, then put down the bottle with my right. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z My left hand rested on top of it in the seat next to me, and I traced the symbol stitched into the front cover. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He realized fingers on his left hand were ablaze, and Hazel was staring at him in terror. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I backed up a couple of steps, went into a crouch, swung my gun arm up, straight out stiff, left hand clamping right wrist, like I saw on TV. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I take in the familiar bend of his gimpy leg, the little curled left hand. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the rock from Wally and pushed it into Beto’s left hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He shoved his left hand into his armpit and pulled it back out. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Instead it sounded like the squeak of a sixteen-year-old boy who had to check with the back of his left hand that he hadn’t just wet himself. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Rachel looked up at me and clapped her left hand over her mouth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was bent over, his glasses slipping down his nose, his left hand curled around so he could write properly. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I let the spool roll in my left hand as I ran, felt the string cut my right hand again as it fed through. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At last, very slowly, the young king drew out his sword, with his left hand—a sign of truce—and dropped it, as if casually, in front of Hrothgar’s horse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z His left hand still throbbed—a dull pain, but persistent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He took the claspknife in his left hand and stealthily drew forth the maimed hand to steady the loaf. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and Peewee kidded a guy from the 159th Transportation Battalion who had lost part of his left hand about how he should have taken one of his boats home when he had the chance. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted his left hand and wiped sweat from his forehead in a long slow gesture. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z With his left hand, the gray-haired man shaped the ash of his cigarette on the rim of the ashtray. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z One woman brags that she can read and write upside down and backward, and that when she writes with her right hand, her left hand can follow along and write the same sentence backward. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She held the back of her left hand up to his face and wiggled the fourth finger. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z These stars the beautiful Kalypso bade him hold on his left hand as he crossed the main. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I balanced the spool in my left hand and fed about three feet of tar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He clapped his left hand against Henry’s shoulder and reached his right one out to shake. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Lash my left hand to the left oar and tie the rope with a good knot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In his left hand was a cell phone, which struck Taylor as odd, but she tried to keep her focus. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He put his left hand behind her back to help guide her out of the room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She cups the front of my hair in her left hand. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z With his left hand he aimed the flashlight toward the unseen intruder. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like I should be grabbing the rail with my left hand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z She lunged for the sword, her left hand wrapping around the cool hilt as she twisted in the air and swung. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Small works of goodness over here,” he let his left hand drop slightly, “small rewards over here.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you shouldn’t try writing with your left hand,” Raizel said blandly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He held the permit in his left hand as he steered with the right. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Perrington’s eyes fell upon the black ring on his left hand and darkened, as if his pupils had expanded to encompass all of each eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But then Daily and Meeger strike out and the next guy hits a pop fly the shortstop catches with his bare left hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Will had to crouch and take two or three deep breaths and put his left hand under his other arm before he could go on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z R.C. held the catfish tight in his left hand and had the nail of his fish line in the other. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z There was a wrinkled Oriental rug bunched up on the corner of the table in front of him, and his left hand rested on what appeared to be a book. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Reach with her left hand, arm stretched across the rock, under the nest and grab the handhold firmly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The stone dust that powdered him seemed a badge of slavery, and the two bloodstained rags about fingers of his left hand proclaimed the unskilled depths to which he had fallen. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z His left hand was still cramped, but he was unknotting it slowly. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He simply wrapped his left hand around the stump of his right and squeezed it as hard as he could, to slow the spurt of blood to an ooze. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Charlotte climbed to a point at the top of the left hand side of the web. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z If it relaxes in sleep my left hand will wake me as the line goes out. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She peered into her satchel, found her sharpest pencil, and held it in her left hand—lightly, as though it was a butterfly and might fly away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She let go with her left hand for a moment and then grabbed the branch again. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Maybeth put her left hand into her lap and straightened her back. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He changed the pencil from his right to his left hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You can use your left hand if she doesn't want you. It's a free country, dude.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He took a coin from the candle flame of a candle on the wall, another from his beard, a third from Shadow’s empty left hand, and dropped them, one by one, into the glass. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Shifting the weight of the bag to my left hand, I tear a four-inch hole in the corner with my right. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Instead, I stretched it out to the side and placed my left hand on the ground for extra support. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They nailed his left hand to Spanish Harlem, his right to Watts, his feet to Overtown, Miami. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Esther was laden with big overstuffed shopping bags, but her left hand held onto Barbarossa's and on her lips was a blissful smile. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He raised his left hand and touched the wall with his right. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Meera moved in a wary circle, her net dangling loose in her left hand, the slender threepronged frog spear poised in her right. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She raised her left hand and waited a beat, and just as the shadow reached her, she smacked her drawing with her right hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But his left hand had always been a traitor and would not do what he called on it to do and he did not trust it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he looked for his sword that he had let fall; for even as he struck his blow his arm was numbed, and now he could only use his left hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Right hand, left hand, right hand, left hand, the ball drummed against the cement as Ben waited for his father to move out against him and Bull held back, fearing the drive to the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to slap the swagger stick into the open palm of his left hand again and again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Still crouching low and hidden from little Ellis’s view by the end of the bed, the doctor unfolded the towel and spread it over the palm of his left hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted some sea water with his left hand and put it on his head. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe my right hand and her left hand both came from the same supernova. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z As Woody got closer, his attention was diverted from Wes’s left hand to his right, where he held a long-bladed knife. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z A stone-faced woman stands before him and his horse, her right arm raised toward the sky and a feather as long as her torso in her left hand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He fell forward, under Falconer's blade, and landed on his outstretched left hand, at the same time thrusting his sword before him, parallel to the ground. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Then, with his left hand, he slowly reached up to one of the bulging tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I shove my head under the faucet again, this time massaging my scalp with my left hand to get the soap out. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The map was in his left hand and must have been there for over an hour. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Joe Mondragon, carrying a rifle in his left hand, leaped from the pickup and ran around it screaming obscenities in Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, he took his cigar out of his mouth, but transferred it to his left hand and kept it there. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z And in his left hand each carried a tall flintlock gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Bodega shook his left hand in the air dismissively. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My legs kept going as the motion of my body pulled first my right and then my left hand free of the Agena, and I tumbled off into space! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “The pauses in your keystrokes are off. You’re favoring your left hand.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Sitting at the table one day, I held the fork in my left hand and pierced a piece of fried chicken. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He offered me his left hand—strong and brown. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z It was the territorial line between where the right hand and the left hand traveled, between the treble and the bass clefs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He tried to pull himself up onto the ice, but his left hand went through and he almost went under. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He slapped his left hand back on the weapon and gripped it as hard as he could. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She just panted and shook, not taking her left hand from the hilt of the sword, even after those hungry eyes turned dull and its body sagged atop hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She could not bend the last two fingers on her left hand, and the others would never again be dexterous. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He holds his left hand up and opens and closes it several times back to me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In his left hand he was grinding a piece of paper on which the doctor had written the name of a psychiatrist in town. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Gestapo man watches him, his attention on the stone, his left hand on the door of the strongbox. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the steps I put both crutches in my left hand, grab the pipe rail with my right, then hop up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He held the reins in his left hand and carried his right arm in a white silk sling, but otherwise looked as grotesque as Sansa remembered from when he had visited Winterfell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The thumb of her left hand was covered with blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His hands slide down her arm until he’s holding her left hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Steeling himself against the painful vibrating shock that he knew would go through his entire body, Matty placed his left hand on the mother dog, his right on the puppy, and willed them to live. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Diallo reached the inside door and grabbed the doorknob with his left hand while, as the officers would later testify, turning his body sideways and “digging” into his pocket with his other hand. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They are pixels, of course—but the man still falls backward, his left hand now cut off from the rest of the space, useless. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Most times when you’re doing something important you’re supposed to use your right hand, but we ask ’em to use their left hand ’cause it’s closest to their hearts. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I hung on, standing on the deck, reaching inboard for wheel and throttle and clutch with my left hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And each carried a flaming torch in his left hand. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her left hand was closed tightly but her right was open. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Jack Rabbit Jones on keyboard laid down smooth chords with his left hand while the fingers on his right hand hip-hopped across the twelve-bar blues trail. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She cleared her hair back from her forehead with her left hand and said, “God. I don’t know. I mean what do you think?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He stopped a few paces away and moved the gun to his left hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He paced his office, holding his pipe in the palm of his left hand and rubbing it with his thumb. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Helicent caught his left hand between her teeth and worried it so fiercely Reek feared he might lose two more fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She thought of switching to her left hand, but because she was right-handed she was afraid she might spill the sauce with her left hand, which could enrage Count Olaf again. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z |
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