When Mr. Trepid had lifted one of the more promising-looking stones, three lizards raced across his boots, and one darted up his pant leg. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

As they stood side by side a crane rose slowly from the beach, with a graceful lift of its great wings, and they followed its flight, a leisurely line of white against the dark trees. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her chin and surveyed a rack of weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The sight, bloody and black, made Bigger flinch involuntarily and lift his hands to his eyes and at the same instant he saw blinding flashes of the silver bulbs flicking through the air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts my head and slides the book out from under it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Her gardening gloves, still smudged with the last soil she’d ever lifted; a box of her favorite tea, which had long ago lost its peppermint scent; the thick candy-cane-striped kneesocks she wore in winter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His hair jutted out from the sides of his hat, and he had to lift his shorts up every time he bent over to pick up more flyers. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Pet reached out to lift Jam, with Bitter’s obscene dead hands around her ribs, and set her aside firmly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The wind sighed through the trees and lifted her hair so that it tickled my face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He lifted his fingers and let the last wafting air carry the notes out into the room. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He smiled at us, lifted his gun, and fired several rounds toward the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The window frame groaned as Frankie lifted it outward, its hinges ungreased and neglected. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She lifted her head to gaze at his face. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He lifted his face and their eyes met. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“We lifted her as gently as possible,” Geyer said, “but owing to the decomposed state of the body, the weight of her plaited hair hanging down her back pulled the scalp from her head.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Lupita looked about for Lucky and saw him a distance away, lifting the hood of another truck. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I quickly stepped to Otto and lifted him from the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like it could lift me up right out of this bed. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you a lift home then. Any idea what this says? Been puzzling over it for half an hour.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She lifted the first lid on the funny old stove and stuffed in some of each. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped open the box lid and lifted the gun out. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

She pressed the button and the lift came up and she got in. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Leader allowed Matty to lift down and look at any one he wanted. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

"To Mami," the father said sheepishly, lifting his glass in a toast. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The real entrance was by a giant tree, where a root lifted and revealed a staircase and down you went until you arrived at the fifth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after a hesitation, he suddenly lifted the jar and emptied all the water into the cauldron. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted one of the food bags, like he was waving. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her hand to stroke his thin one, but thought better of it She squatted cm her hams. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes?” my mother said, lifting her eyes from her work to look at me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stiff breeze lifted the hair from my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I lifted him and tried to move his fingers so I could see how bad the bite was, but he refused and struggled to get down from my arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from this, Herbie had been led to believe ants could lift loads ten or fifteen or twenty times their own body weight, and supposedly they were fairly intelligent. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, teams of Sparra warriors were jointly lifting struggling rats and flying high to drop them into the middle of the Abbey pond. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She lifted the baby up, but when Amari reached for the child, Mrs. Derby drew the child to her chest once more. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my foot and opened the book with it, using my dexterous toes to turn the pages until I got to page twenty-three. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She climbed up on the wagon step and lifted the child down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I dare myself to lift my hands off the handlebars. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The shapeless mass of darkness he had lifted split apart. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Shay was skimming just above the torrent, so low that she lifted a wake every time she banked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Robinson, ignoring his own wounds, lifted the injured Seward from the floor and laid him tenderly in his bed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of gauzy skirts, high heels with stars on the toes, hats covered with fruit and feathers, lifted eyebrows, pencil-thin; gaiety and excess. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jon lifted the kettle off the fire, filled eight cups, and carried them into the tent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What if I lifted it over her large head? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He also lifted weights, rode horses, hiked, ran, swam, rowed, and tried all different types of sports. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He lifts up his pants leg, revealing a plaid sock over a prosthetic. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When the pale but striving sun has lifted the gray morning mist, Count Durufle and the bishop arrive. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And I grabbed her crescent flukes and tugged, inch by inch, until the water lifted her enough so we both slipped back suddenly into the sea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I just relax and...let go, I guess. Then I lift up like a balloon.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He lifted his face to kiss my eyelids. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We knock into each other, and he spirals away from me, lifting his hands to. his chest and making a face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I lift my chin and stand as straight as I can. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Suheyla followed his glance, but no sooner did she lift her eyes than she lowered them again and shuddered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

All you have to do is to lift up your right hand and cross your right thumb over your first finger in the form of the cross. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the men searched for signs of the stowaways, the mate wandered among the stores, checking the insides of a crate, lifting the lid on a barrel. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Edwin casually lifted an oily rag from the bottom of the skiff and wiped away the slime, then tossed the rag back under his seat and again fixed his eyes on Cole. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I saw Charles return for him, despite their quarrel; saw him lift the old man upon his back and charge with him into the foam. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“To the air!” ordered Solovet, and the five bats lifted off in a V formation. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We lift our horns, purse our lips, and blow until we play a new song, “Rondeau,” perfectly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had not even realized that he was clammy or that there was a heavy weight pressing on his stomach until both sensations lifted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then I lifted a corner of that note and stuck the older one beneath it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He was very heavy and the only way I could lift him was by kneeling and putting his legs around my shoulders. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far off in the field his brother was lifting stones from a sled and piling them on the stone wall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny lifted the teapot to set his note under it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aha,” the mysterious potion brewer says, lifting a vial of blue fluid in one hand. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“What Ambrose says makes sense. Would you lift the wretched creature up and carry him to the sick bay, please?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Four sighs and lifts his arms from my body. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But after a step or two with Genie’s help, Grandpop would lift his hands again. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Byron lifted the record that was already on the turntable and started putting one of his own cool songs on. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Kaede reached down into the boat and lifted out a long oar, dipping it into the azure sea to propel the small craft away from the shore. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the pain in his leg and head, he covered her with a blanket and lifted her gently from the bed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted me by the forearm, hurried me across the room through a door into a dark parlor, and plunked me down on a stiff cane-back chair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The pencil lifts away, and I open my eyes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She lifts her head high now and nods at the dome’s crowd. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the cotton grass heads were gone, the winds would lift the snow from the ground to the air and she would not be able to see her feet. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yards of pleated cloth spilled over his knees when he lifted it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A pair of slave soldiers lifted her to shoulder height on a shield. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Starfish squat over mussels and limpets, attach their million little suckers and then slowly lift with incredible power until the prey is broken from the rock. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trashman lifted the basket with just a little more effort than usual, hauled it to the river dock, and plopped it into his boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When he reached Gray’s den, he lifted his head and wailed the notes of grief. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of hands lifted me from the ground, dropping me on some other surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Around midnight a truck stopped to give me a lift. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, staring at my lifted hands in the dawning light of morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind and updraft lifted flames hundreds of feet into the sky and created such a bright light that it reminded some people of daylight. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I try to keep track of the staircases, lifts, and shop names, but the corridors twist and turn with no orderly pattern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It made things clear, it clarified motives and it certainly lifted the entire matter above segregation and desegregation. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of times we did get a lift on a power-sledge, once for thirty miles. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All three of them lifted their right legs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In such places my spirit lifted to the sight of the drifts of white clover or the clouds of purple vetch with here and there the flaming cup of a wood lily. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“When a storm was on I thought the whole roof was going to lift off, like in The Wizard of Oz. Used to petrify me.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Within two days the observation platform was designed and built and lifted into place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Actually"—Fifi calculates by lifting her fingers one by one from the baby's back, then patting them down—"it was the fourth night. But I knew the minute I saw him." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Pa, try to take some water,” she’d say, lifting his head and holding a glass to his cracked, parched lips. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It throbbed and left me dizzy when I lifted my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When I lifted the top off, flaps of bread guts were hanging down, and Jimmy said it looked “unappealing.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The mate lifted his weathered face to the wet breeze. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They lifted each item high in the air and stared at it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, he bent down and lifted the thing up carefully. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His arms slip around me and hold me tight, lifting me onto the tips of my toes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tiptoed into the room and lifted the top mattress of his bed and pulled forth the gun and slipped it inside of his shirt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once she’d finished talking, she lifted her face and looked around. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, I put on my backpack and lift up the trombone case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Now John lifts Sherrie by the elbow and raises his hand to slap her again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the wind drying her Ups, lifting her ponytail up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And Gram, sitting by the stream in her long cotton dress, her face lifted toward the sky, listening. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The dog lifted its head and watched him for a second, then settled back to sleep. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He lifted up my mosquito net and crawled into my bed next to me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The page lifts the horn to his lips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of fun to keep Lori guessing, so Molly just lifts her shoulders in a shrug. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Out of it streamed a great host as swiftly as swirling waters when a sluice is lifted. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They lift their glasses carefully and slowly drink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But as we approach along the shimmering causeway, a wheel somewhere turns, chains tighten and groan, and the bars lift. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn set down her trunk and lifted Miss Peregrine out, and she wobbled drunkenly across the cobblestones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kenyon emerged, the aroma of her perfume filling up the tiny aisle, and lifted the book by the tip of its spine as if it were a hair clinging to my sweater. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When nothing else could help, love lifted me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The people lift me up high and walk with me in a slow procession toward the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman was holding the beaker in one steely-firm hand while her other was trying to lift Lyra’s head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The unicorn lifted his head and gave Kaede permission to draw his blood with her knife, the same one that had killed Elowen. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pressure now was almost lifting me off my feet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The train whistle blows, and I lift my huge head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There had been no stir at all when Jonas lifted him from the crib and placed him gently into the molded seat. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

We lift the cast carefully and set it on the floor. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lancelot suddenly lifted both gauntlets to his helm, as if he were trying to bury in them the face which was already hidden, and said miserably: “I am Sir Lancelot Dulac.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before he could suggest that, the top of the stand was suddenly lifted off. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understands the fear for his people that makes a coward of him, so that, that night when I attacked her, he would not lift a finger to preserve her. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I felt myself lifting up, up away from my body. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Though the waltz was playing, those not dancing quieted themselves as the mysterious masked girl lifted her skirts and took a step, then another. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Longstreet, lifted his palms out, folded them softly, slowly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes—try,” repeated Mary gently; and Mary’s hand removed my sodden bonnet and lifted my head. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Using their saw, the Shouns cut through her cranium, then carefully lifted her brain and placed it on the plank. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were all silent for a minute; then Ellen went to the door, lifted the gun that was held on hooks above the casing, and laid it carefully on the floor beside the bed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that, even as his eyes were lifted up to gloat on his prize, he stepped too far, toppled, wavered for a moment on the brink, and then with a shriek he fell. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her arm had become an immensity, though, too burdensome to lift. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you see clouds, expect rain. If you see cracks, lift your feet. If you see houses, expect them to be the same houses every day, because houses don't move. They don't change." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Fabian passes back the place values test, my mood lifts when I see 100% at the top of mine. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, I lifted the screen and threw the meowing ball out the window. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It is true that two men can lift a bigger stone than one man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The coroner strode to the table and lifted the kidnap note with a slow, long, delicate, and deliberate gesture. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Doc says, lifting his hand for a high five. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Moms lifted his chin and asked what was wrong again. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My father comes to me, lifts my arm across his shoulders, and helps me across the room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Experimentally, I lift the latch up and let go. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Turning their backs to us, they bend and lift the dusty corpse off the ground and drop it into the well. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as her lips touch his skin, Chandresh feels better than he has in years, as though the last of a fog has been lifted from him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With one hand she lifted the folds of her sari; her walk was flavored by her costume: her steps were short and light and there appeared to be great movement around her knees. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attending nurse lifts the hooded veil and helps me up. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She turns around and throws the peace sign up to her friends, then turns back and squeezes me, tries to lift me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He lifted his cap and scratched his hair underneath. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lanning set his lips and raised his eyebrows in the direction of Dr. Susan Calvin who lifted her eyes from her precisely folded hands for the first time. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted the lid of a box in his arms, and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside poked out a long, hairy leg. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He invents a machine to slice carrots: lift a lever, nineteen blades drop, and the carrot falls apart into twenty neat cylinders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Coop looks me over, and one corner of his mouth lifts. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

He lifted the brick again and again, until in falling it struck a sodden mass that gave softly but stoudy to each landing blow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his shoulders as he stood there, like someone proudly wearing clothes that were not his size. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He trailed off, lifting up his clawed feet. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

By deftly lifting and twisting the claw, they could slip it out of the hole, and then they used their trunks to examine the wheel all over, cleaning the rim, checking for cracks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She leans over my shoulder and lifts a dusty rag, one of my old cloth diapers, to remove a tape measure hidden underneath. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was lifted out of the sea bottom recently. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted the chain with his dogtag from around his neck and lowered it over my head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the trigger of my rifle without lifting it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Black Book flips open and dozens of Amaris appear around the office, each with their hands lifted to the sky. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Crab lifted his rifle in both hands, like he was about to demonstrate how to shoot an arrow from a bow, which would’ve been just as cool, in Genie’s estimation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to lift this peach clear out of the water!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

George lifted his tick and looked underneath it. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since you can exert more force pulling and pushing on a lever than you can turning a crank, this is more efficient than a crank mechanism would be at lifting weights. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It is a fair tale, though it is sad, as are all the tales of Middle-earth, and yet it may lift up your hearts.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Because Mom lifted one hand and pointed toward the laptop screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He laughed, lifting my bank out of its box. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Holding his discovery as carefully as his fingers could, Mario lifted the insect up and rested him in the palm of his hand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift a box from under my chair. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were even a few chicks in there getting their lift on. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then lifting up his head he gave a long whistle. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I dug out my keys, and with his back braced against the tree he lifted me up along the broad smooth trunk. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow shook her head, sadly, and lifted her ax. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He lifted a hand then, ignoring their exclamations, and began to smooth the thin hairs of his beard. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

All four wall panels lay ready to be lifted into place. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The woman looked at Pinmei, smiled sadly, and lifted the lantern up to her face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then I lifted my right hand with the razor and let it drop of its own weight, like a guillotine, onto the calf of my leg. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She came and lifted me down and wiped my face and hands with a warm cloth. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried flapping them a few times, but he still was not strong enough to lift off. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In his mind Lefty Stephanides grew younger and younger while in actuality he continued to age, so that he often tried to lift things he couldn’t or to tackle stairs his legs couldn’t climb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The little boy tried to lift the legs, but the couch was too heavy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mundín fared much better, I thought, with a see-through doll whose top half lifted off. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She lifts herself out of the chair where I'm to sit, where she was waiting for a customer, I guess. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Kaisa lifted her hand to Ash’s chin, turning her face so that she had to look at her, and she was both hopeful and resigned. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You pressed your palms into the bed like you were trying to lift it off us. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted up my head to look: the roof resolved to clouds, high and dim; the gleam was such as the moon imparts to vapours she is about to sever. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A series of chariots drifts along a shiny lattice of cables, lifting well-dressed people from one balcony to the next. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Drenched to the skin by torrential rain, they unloaded the shells from a baggage car, lifted them over their heads, and hustled down to the river to stow the boats and inspect their new quarters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She reached up and lifted the Christmas ornament from its nail and placed it in Beto’s hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted the bar, set it adde, and pulled open die heavy oak door. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A truck with an elevator platform lifted workmen to the top of the stack. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He lifts his arm from his knee, holds his hand out, and wiggles his fingers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My green cloud entwines with his silver one, and I feel the recent tension between us lift a little. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad would give me a lift, but then they’d know. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the gloom of the hut, the big man lifted out a golden crown. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

They embraced, and then he lifted her up in the air. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He lifts up his shirt, flashing his piece. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

He stood, feet apart, swaying with the imaginary movement of the deck, and lifted the sextant. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom crouches over and lifts it up again, and then peers inside. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He lifts a hand and waves it over the party. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The man lifted a hand in the air and continued with what he was writing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Murmurs went through the crowd of onlookers as the Amagqirha lifted her head and stared straight through me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Kelton,” she says, then adds, “If it means anything, you’ve been officially lifted from ‘creepy dude next door’ status.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted up his head, and she saw tears mingled with his sweat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She cut open the belly and lifted out the warm liver, the “candy” of her people. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I always reach back and hoist myself up, because the thought of him trying to lift me and failing makes me cringe every time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As he lifted his arm to drink, his cloak was pulled a few inches from the ground, and Harry saw, below the table, several inches of carved wooden leg, ending in a clawed foot. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, however, she could hear Mia in the kitchen: the rumble of a kettle coming to a boil, a whistle springing to life and then subsiding as someone lifted it from the stove. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It roused her some, and she lifted her working leg. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted him out and dumped him on the glass-topped table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Because with a roar, a cloud of burning darkness lifted two giant fists over the cliff top. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The girl was standing in a large field, bright green grass surrounding her like the ocean, and she had her hands lifted to the sky. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth took a deep breath, then lifted the little black kitten with the smudges of white fur on her paws out of the cabinet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Never in my life have I felt so lifted up and more than myself than when I met you for the first time. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He had never seen a woman with such a perfect incline to her cheekbones that made her entire face seem so alive, so architectural, lifting when she smiled. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She watched his eyes lift to the Tower, and then arc slowly across the sky and land on the forest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was so weak, just lifting my feet for the next step was almost more than I could do. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He lifted it as lightly as he could because his hands rebelled at the pain. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts his gun, and behind me, Tobias lifts his own, and we stand just yards away from each other, at a standstill. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for a metal post that supported the ceiling and spun around, lifting my feet off the floor as I thought about the Mosses in their respective jail cells. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He lifted his fingers up, and the tools shuddered on the walls. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Baba didn’t lift his head to meet her eyes, and there was a long silence. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And yet there was a problem, one I discovered in the split second it took to lift my little fingers to the keys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Malcolm lifted up his dæmon and hugged her close, and they both wept. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Daddy lifted his head, and we all waited to see what would happen next. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She raised herself up again and used her back to lift whatever it was with as much force as she could. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not your mother,” Miranda said, lifting him by the armpits off her bed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then she lifted the pillow and shook the egg. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The voices in the visitors’ hall had a lift to them, now and then there was laughter. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mami has been so depressed that Tía Mari thought that just seeing her old friends secretly from the window would lift her spirits. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I grabbed on to the undercarriage of the train and lifted my legs up, suspended under the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

At times some Rider would lift up his clear voice in stirring song, and Merry felt his heart leap, though he did not know what it was about. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Like the buttercups beside them, their three fox faces lifted to the morning sun. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I lifted my chin enough so that Arturo caught my meaning and glanced behind him. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She lifted her wings and chased him to the edge of the aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Paula, startled, lifted her wrinkly head and blinked a few times before hiding inside her shell. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he watched Mr. Dalton there flashed through Bigger’s mind a quick image of how he had lifted Mary’s body in his arms the night before. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Father lifted the Mellower right off the ground and shook him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As if it were a signal, everyone rises to their feet, lifting their glasses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my weapon, focusing on Miss Duncan and trying to decide if she is indeed a revenant instead of thinking about the deep burning in my poor scrawny arms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mack walks over to the beetle and lifts his foot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Once, after he’d caught Louie wiggling through a window in the middle of the night, he delivered a kick to the rear so forceful that it lifted Louie off the floor. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Fern lifted her turtle head and pushed the meat to the rim of her plate. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She lifted the three dolls and held them to my sick uncle’s mouth, and when he breathed on them they seemed to squirm in her hands. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this, he lifted in his own hands the king’s portion, a chine of beef, and set it down before them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The film showed it clearly: Woolf had lifted his whip up and repeatedly cracked Johnny Adams on the flanks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Claude lifted his tiny steel spectacles with one hand and wiped his bloodshot eyes with the other. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

When I finished, it was almost sundown, and Ray reached down to lift me out of the hole. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even as the first one they came driving straight at Ged, and even so he caught both, hurled both down, and drowned them; and he had not yet lifted up his wizard's staff. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had to set aside his hammer to lift the cask. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He lifts his chin in the direction of Coop and Rae’s station. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He lifts his right hand, his index finger curling into the shape of a hook. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I lead them toward a covered pile in a corner and lift the plastic. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I want so badly to follow them, but the seawater saturates my wings, making it impossible to lift them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They could see far down into the valley now; the mists were lifting and floating away upon the breeze. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dad dropped his chin for a few seconds, then lifted his face and quickly whisked tears away from his cheeks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, a dream,” and then sleep overcame her again and she fell back and began to snore, but the shock of the ammonia had lifted her up nearer consciousness and she was more restless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I and my belongings are lifted into Port Authority Bus Terminal. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I lift my head as far as I can and look down at my leg. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The man lifts his eyebrows as if to say, Me? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I might lift off the ground, like a hot-air balloon. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He lifts them and presses his lips to the edge of my palm. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She lifted the covers on the bed and looked at the sheets. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug in, lifted my knees high, and pumped as hard as I could to get back up the hill into campus, trying to put all the people from Fullbrook out of my mind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to lift it, a whitish stain in the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa lifted the cup to her bps and took a sip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When he lifted the clinging, silky dress again he thought her look of uncertainty mirrored his own. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was understandably taken aback at the discovery and when he saluted sharply and barked “Pasa” I released the brake, put both feet down and lifted them a bit too sharply. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother lifted a cold hand to Ivy and brushed it against her cheek. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

With extreme care he lifted one arm and was relieved to find his hand attached to his wrist. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She found the biggest rock she could lift. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the spigot at the base of the oak barrel and captured a few ounces of amber liquid in a glass jelly jar. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I lift my chin a bit higher, put on my most winning smile, and wave with my free hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, the ground crew would lift each loaded aircraft onto the platform. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

On the top shelf, the leather binding on Pappachi’s set of The Insect Wealth of India had lifted off each book and buckled like corrugated asbestos. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that the vague thought I had had earlier, that goodness and intelligence could somehow lift a person above the idea of race, was wrong. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s more than we’re supposed to have, considering our rations, but it’s not just that—she’s filled our glasses to the brim, so that you can’t lift them without spilling some. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My father, uncle and three other men lifted it up the stairs, then had to remove the door to get it inside. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Beetle had been to fairs, but only to beg a turnip or some pig bones for a stew, and never had her belly been full enough for her to lift her head and look around. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perplexed, I stand and lift the wire, confirming it’s attached back at the tree. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arya lifted her gaze from the dead man and his dead dog. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At that Ged lifted up the staff high, and the radiance of it brightened intolerably, burning with so white and great a light that it compelled and harrowed even that ancient darkness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his thin shoulders and wrinkled his forehead in an expression of ignorance. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Idek’s command, two inmates lifted me and led me to him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lifts her bare feet into her lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I look at my escape map, then lean forward, lifting from the seat pocket the laminated safety card. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He even lifted his tail and head higher than Miyax had ever seen him do, and, acting like the boss wolf, loped up her frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens the window all the way and I lift him out and put him on my shoulders. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back and lift Flannery up to my face, thinking Tats would call this cosmic, me reading the line Are you married or are you single? just as Jeremy appears on the horizon. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I have good news and bad news,” August says as he helps them lift their bags onto the porch. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"My brother has not changed," their young king told them as Brienne unfastened his cloak and lifted die gold-and-jade crown from his brow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She looks at mine, lifts it up to hers, and says, “Yes, but yours is a little bigger.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I lifted the bonobo from the table, gently cut his mangy rope away, and brought him to the sink. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton hugs me so tight, she lifts me off the pedestal, and for a second I think we’ll go tumbling to the floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At last his father lifted a stained white sheet, and there it was . . . the mechanical man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A pop song that’s as substantial as a balloon, but lifts us in the same way when we sing it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The doctors and the others lifted Bill Smith up as he grabbed for breath. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She pushed down her shoulders and lifted her chin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Will lifted up his tattered tote bag and walked slowly across the road toward them, moving very carefully in case it all disappeared. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my head and squinted out at the bright blue plate of the sea—a bright blue plate with a dirty rim. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Superman burst through walls, lifted cars, and caught people falling out of buildings before they hit the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The moonlight seemed to transform her, lifting the years of bitterness and hardship and leaving her with a sad serenity. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Armin lifted Julian's slight body easily in his arms. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Tyson reached up and lifted the Fleece off its branch. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Quinn lifted the ends of his fine wide mustache with the back of his forefinger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His legs trembled as it continued, then he came back to me and lifted his arms to be picked up, murping. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I then lifted his head and put water in his mouth, which he swallowed. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tripping and lifting out Olakunde and the sack of muskets, we floundered through the water to the grass, captives again of the grosser elements. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Ms. Faraci waddled around her desk and lifted the oxygen molecule over her head, setting it on the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lying on the ground near the cauldron, he was trying to lift himself to the cauldron’s rim. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as he spoke, he lifted his semiconscious wife into his arms, blankets and all, and strode back toward the house. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, Travis. You can start asking questions now. The spell is lifted.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Milkman had first assumed his sister had an occasional lift home from her job. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the honey house I lifted up my pillow to be sure my mother’s photograph and her black Mary picture were still underneath like I’d left them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he again lifted the lid off Lucy’s coffin we all looked—Arthur trembling like an aspen—and saw that the body lay there in all its death-beauty. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He handed the money to the mayor and lifted his empty glass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, Mrs. Doyle,” I break in, “if you could give me a lift to the library, I have to finish up some of my research for the history final.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Grandpop lifted his right leg and rested his ankle on his left knee, so he could scratch the snake bite scar. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ben pulls on new gloves and lifts one of the Cogs from the box. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before I can argue myself out of it, I lift the cup to my lips. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I walk up to the highest bench, and lift the chair above my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice seemed to lift me off the steps and carry me toward her. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

With Midnight still bowing, she lifts both whips and flicks them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nutmeg lifts her head, and I look away quick. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand on my tiptoes, lift my head, and kiss him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He lifted his eyes shyly to Max’s; Max was looking at him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the basin, carried it over to his desk, placed it upon the polished top, and sat down in the chair behind it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every so often she’d lift a vial and swirl it, then walk to Miss Peregrine and pass it under her beak—much the way smelling salts are waved under the nose of someone who’s fainted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Upon Penelope, most worn in love and thought, Athena cast a glance like a grey sea lifting her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts his hands, covered with sticky dirt, soot, and ash. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Good thing the TV is small enough for me to lift. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, he lifted his head up and quite openly put the rest of the strip in his mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he felt cool fingers of air lifting the wet, fair hair on his forehead. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hovercraft lifted, and Fidelito announced that he always got sick on airships. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She intended to lift off the porcelain lid and fiddle with the arrangement of bulb and plug inside. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hangs onto the nipple and lifts the other in the same upward arc. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The fog lifted some more and Jonathan saw the cow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We take one of the golden lifts to a higher floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They said they would not lift so much as a finger to help Southern slaveowners catch their runaways. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon Longbridge lifted his binoculars and focused them on the wooden box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He took a fresh grip and lifted it, his nose wrinkling. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She lifted his head on her arm, and he swallowed the medicine. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of his dogs lifted its ears and looked right at me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stick leaned over and popped the lock, lifting the sash. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When her shadowy self lifted, she raised us up too. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There were two lifts, or cages as they were sometimes called, side by side. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts his eyes to mine and unzips his sweatshirt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t hear the stove lid lifted up, but she heard it bang down again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then they had to be lifted from the cones and moved to the scalding tank. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I sense my family in a flurry behind me, Mom’s and Jack’s voices pitched in panic as I lift my foot and try to hop to the nearest tree trunk to support myself. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He cradled the instrument in one arm and, almost before his fingers touched the strings, a gentle melody, as beautiful as the curve of the harp itself, lifted like a voice singing without words. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then, using its large snout to lift her off the ground and into the air, it caught her, throwing her over its shoulder like a rag doll. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He saw that she was going to hit him again, and lifted his arm to guard his face. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

One lifts me like a rag doll and carries me up to the roof, onto a hovercraft, and fastens me into a seat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

With just the power of his mind, he lifted the other fighter right off the ground. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

Wherever he came men’s hearts would lift again, and the winged shadows pass from memory. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could see the darkness lift off Connor like a blanket as his eyes lit up. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The boom caught him on the side of the head with a terrific clout, a blow hard enough to lift him off his feet and tumble him, stomach first, into the water. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pupo lifts his shoulders and ducks his head as if just the mention of his superior's name could cause his head to roll. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He lifted his dark face, indolent dark eyes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to press my forehead against the frosty glass, had to deep-freeze my brain and ice down my anger before I could even lift my arm and rap on the door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He lifted the ax to his shoulder and paused. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted a hand to us and then plodded off. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I lifted my head and turned it left and right to check if she had eaten through my neck. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When Prosper lifted the basket he heard rustling inside, He nearly dropped it again in surprise. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Trashman lifted the little boy out and danced around with glee. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She dredged a morsel of sadza with relish, lifted it to her mouth—and sprang to her feet, knocking everything to the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I run a scissor blade around the package and lift off its top. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I can barely lift my head, and my feet seem miles away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I lifted the covers, and for a moment, I couldn’t make sense of the dark stains on the bottom sheet. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to lift him, put him over the rails, then lay him on the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kira had lifted it from her mother’s neck when she was ill in order to wash the fevered body, and had placed it on the shelf near the basket of herbs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a surge of memories, Kit could almost feel the deck lifting beneath her feet, and a longing almost like homesickness caught at her throat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena glanced at Pelor, whose hazel eyes shone as she lifted the glass of wine to her lips and drank a sip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the sound of boots on stone, the Lord of the Iron Islands lifted his eyes to behold his last living son. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sandra is sitting next to me, peeling an old student council vote sticker off her desk with precision, lifting this end, then that corner, making her way around the edges carefully. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When they were gone he lifted each of the stout bottles to his mouth and drained it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I lift my head slightly, just in time to see the tallest man aim a bottle at the storefront. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Winds that would make the lander crash were probably strong enough to lift dust off the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lifting lids off pots, opening the oven door, peering into the garbage can. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever she finds some with her cane, she stops and bends and tries to lift the thin plate without breaking it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tool got to her first and yanked her upright, lifting her from the deck entirely. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pippin lifted it, covered it hurriedly in his own cloak, and half turned to go back to his bed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Because their anger lifts a rock inside of her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The placard was too heavy to lift, so the men had to dig a hole and lower it onto the tortoise's back. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I lifted the box and marched down to the Roosevelt Community Center as quickly as I could. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I lifted my hand to the spot and felt Fred’s gold necklace. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I lift my head off his shoulder and look at him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As I lift the knocker, I read the Dutch name, Van Sandtford, beneath it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Sweet Pea!” he said, lifting me up as soon as he walked through the door, giving me a raspberry on my cheek. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Genie was back in staring mode as Grandpop lifted the jug higher and higher, a waterfall of tea all landing in the quickly filling jar. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She lifted her face to his and smiled. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain lifts his gun and points it at my mother. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It smelled as close as it ever did, but her son’s curious personal odor, which always reminded her of the scent of old tea bags, seemed to have lifted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cops had been lifting some young dude through the front doors and he had fell, I guess. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They knew the techniques of using pulleys and tackle, and presently one suggested a way of lifting Mary easily into the canopy so as to save her the dangerous labor of climbing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nazario waited a few seconds, and just when he was about to apologize the old man lifted his hand to indicate he wasn’t finished yet. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

For conditioning class, we did tear-offs in weight lifting on Tuesdays. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The chariot lifted off and zipped out of the house, Triptolemus shouting to the sky, “Away, my serpents! Away!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Carefully, they lifted Adaon from his steed and carried him to a hillock. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

After considerable wiggling, the board lifts, and I stick my hand in the dark hole beneath. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She lifted little May out of her dreaming and ran and put her in the old metal washtub. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we move apart, she looks at me again, till a small tear lifts itself up in her eye. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Real annoyed, I lift my shirt and pat myself down. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Of these adventures, Muse, daughter of Zeus, tell us in our time, lift the great song again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But if she discovers how wrong she was, she’ll want to lift the spell.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully lifted Daisy Mae, my little calico cat, out of the crook of my arm and placed her at the foot of the bed and got up and opened my window. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him he heard Kira rise from her chair as well, lift her stick from where it leaned against the table, and walk across the room. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her heels lifted from the sandals now and then. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The older one, who always gives me a nasty look when I show up, lifts her head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I saw her gloved fingers unhooking something behind her ears, and then...then she caught hold of her cheeks and lifted her face clean away! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When I lift my hand from the mug, I realize that I’m shaking. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I could not apply myself fully with their speaking; I lifted my hands to my ears and pressed my fingers in. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I got up and carefully lifted my pack onto my shoulder. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The ugly jealous feeling lifts its head and roars, and I beat it back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I am in control of this situation, I tell myself and lift my chin higher. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lifted it high above his head, and the light shattered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I lift it up, knock three times, and wait. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It felt more like a curtain that could be lifted away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I carefully lifted it out with my feet and laid it on the floor in front of me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A large construction crane lifted the coaching launch from a flatcar and placed it gently in the Hudson. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Malcolm lifted his head and looked at the woman, who seemed to be looking straight back at him, so he felt horribly uneasy for a moment; but then she turned to the headmaster. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I lifted Otto’s hand so it looked like he was waving at my mother. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my head and shot him a frightened look. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was hundreds of feet deep, and filled with rocks and trees and lifting shadows. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The suck of air was audible and popped low in my eardrum like a lid being lifted. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hand and opened his eyelids; gazed blank, and with a straining effort, on the sky, and toward the amphitheatre of trees: one saw that all to him was void darkness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, she thought as her spirits lifted, this year it might be rather nice. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small hands reached up from within, and the woman went to the cradle and lifted out a baby. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And he lifted the headset from her console to perch it precariously over his own large head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It hit the bird’s right wing, which Sumac lifted high in the air as he squawked in pain. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But Baba straightened his shoulders and then lifted his chin. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed his hand gently under her body and lifted it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the book right in front of his face. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He ran down the steps and advanced with the lifted switch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The structure for lifting, sorting, and dumping the coal was called the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The snakes seemed to be drowsy, and this time Mortola did not put on a glove before she lifted them out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lift the plugs of dirt out of the hole. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He lifted it to the level of the door and the draft sucked it from his fingers; he watched it fly into the red trembling heat, smoke, turn black, blaze, then vanish. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only time we lifted our eyes from Cletus’s suitcase was when Ob wanted to watch those two Barbie and Ken dolls dance the tango. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got my knee off his back and lifted him from the couch. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"They said you lifted your caisse by yourself and hurt your hand, but you didn't have it with you. I brought you there empty-handed." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He kept trying to push himself over the edge, but again his head was lifted and more warm fluid flowed past his bps. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Slowly the burden I had carried for many months lifted somewhat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack reaches for me reflexively, lifting his arm as a barrier behind me; I flinch away from his touch. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But there’s an older woman—she’s probably at least eighty—who catches my eye and lifts her hand to her shoulder in a little fist and gives me a nod. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She set the cat down and lifted the guitar case and sack out the window and onto the front porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I scoot after them, wiping away any marks we made in the dirt, and carefully lifting the board back into place. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Hedge scrambled away, but the first two skeletons grabbed his arms and lifted him off the ground. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She felt herself lifted, and she felt how hard he was and she pressed back into his hardness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Beside him, his friend lifted his eye patch and scratched the skin stretched over his empty eye socket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Justin’s head had been down on his desk for most of Sarah’s presentation, but he lifted it at that comment. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So when Miss Roginski’s note came—late—it got sent to Knopf and they took their time relaying it—I was really ready for a lift. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then he grabs me with his powerful arms and lifts me off the ground. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would grab the backs of my knees and lift me onto her shoulders and slowly walk me around the tub. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So long,” he said patronizingly to the Warden, who had accompanied him as far as the lift gates. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood so close together that she could see only their faces, which were lifted up toward the sky, with the hard bright lights shining down on them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Without lifting his eyes, he said softly, “Take them couple miles out and leave them.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand closed around me and I was lifted off her lap and transferred to the handbag. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He lifted a finger and pointed without taking his hands from the steering wheel. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She lifted off the pillowcase, and there I was, standing in my old suit, looking at an old typewriter with a fresh ribbon. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the lid of the plastic case and grabbed a paper tissue to pick out my donut. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I must lift the muddy waters of the river in blessing to our new home! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms were held out to Jethro, and for that moment when he ran toward her, all the shadows were lifted from the April morning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I lift and smooth my dress once again before laying it down carefully, making sure it will not be wrinkled tomorrow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay flat on his belly and tried to lift his weight by his hands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The sudden silence around me is the kind that makes me lift my head without thinking. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

His eyes were shining with excitement, but in decency he pulled up his rock, and then he pulled up his basket of oysters and lifted them in. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today we are seeing this revolution of the non-white peoples, who just a few years ago would have frozen in horror if the mighty white nations so much as lifted an eyebrow. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t lift the body from the cell right away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena observed her face; her lips were pursed, and the princess lifted her chin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Hold out your finger and put it behind his legs. No, lift it up under his train.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He prided himself on not hoping, on not allowing his heart to lift inside of him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The energy in her voice lifted and she began to speak quickly, pulling for breaths in between questions. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She lifts up the blanket and crawls under the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I lifted the first bite to my mouth when a noise snapped me awake. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she lifted her gaze again, something was in her eyes and her vision blurred. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, you don’t,” the nagual said, using my elbows as leverage to lift me from the ground. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then he turned the water off and lifted his hand to caress the wet leaves. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Immediately the wind lifted both of them and she saw herself sailing off the fill to the right, out and out over the lashing water. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He carefully unfastened the nearest part of the tarpaulin and lifted it enough to peer out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

After only one chapter, the principal lifts a hand. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pet lifted its chin, about to respond, but Jam put a hand up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Matthew lifted his eyes from the hornbook to his niece’s white face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her legs straight out to the sides and touched her toes in a move Gregor thought he’d maybe seen cheerleaders do. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of hitting the beast head-on, she lifted to a standing crouch on the saddle and pulled the trike to the side at the last second, hurling herself onto the tyrannosaurus’s back. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Beneath her cape, Nina lifted her hands, sensing the flow of blood in the guard’s veins, the tissue of his lungs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nina lifted the white comforter over her and gave her a smile. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He take one of her playing cards and try to give her a bite of it Sofia come over and lift him off. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam, who had never been inside a restaurant, found it odd at first to sit in a crowded room with so many strangers, to lift her burqa to put morsels of food into her mouth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Chubs lifted his hand from where it had fallen across his stomach. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Underneath the clothes, I keep the few items I had on me when I was lifted from the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He pulled her hands away from her breasts, gently but firmly, then lifted her face again to make her look at him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Between the two of us, we managed to lift the thing up and then Dadi began to guide me out into the hallway again. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, seeming to have decided Mark would live, he stood, returned to the controls and lifted the Berg toward the sky. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A gust of wind lifted my kite and I took advantage. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of the legionnaires lifts Nan by her neck and slams her frail body against a wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stooped and caught her shoulders and lifted her in his arms. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the fall, he’d invested a large sum of money in new construction equipment—an excavator, a man lift and a welding trailer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It takes four men to lift each crate, with its groggy bonobo contents, onto the beach. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Down below I could hear Hamilton knocking about, lifting boards and looking for leaks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

As the old Ent approached, the trees lifted up their branches, and all their leaves quivered and rustled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At the door of the honey house, Neil and Zach lifted the statue out of the wagon and carried her inside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lift was crowded with men from the Alpha Changing Rooms, and Lenina’s entry was greeted by many friendly nods and smiles. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two devices were used to lift the stones and concrete to the roof for the construction of the vaults. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

He keeps his eyes down on the way to his table, not even lifting them to look at me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they lifted their long hands to their mouths, and sent forth ringing calls, clear as notes of a horn, but more musical and various. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Al sighs too, his rib cage lifting and falling against my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Knowing how the story always went, Celaena lifted the candle to the arches above the portals, looking for any inscriptions regarding the sure death that would meet her if she walked beneath a specific arch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A hood lifts above my head: a privacy canopy, shielding me from view. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And yet he didn’t know where he came from, or how he’d gotten inside the dark lift, or who his parents were. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The fire has lifted over us and is now dropping on the reserves. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lift doors opened; the old witch with the anthill hair left, and Ron darted past her out of sight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He smiled, holding my glance, trying to lift me out of my sudden, unexplained dejection. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s clear how the above property of numbers led to Archimedes’ famous pronouncement that given a fulcrum, a long enough lever, and a place to stand, he alone could physically lift the earth. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man lifted the frame and stood it against the wall with several others. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hallyne lifted the lamp and led the way back to the stairs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Bryson, I’m not trying to be negative—I swear to God I’m not—but I’m not sure I’m cut out for this. Could you lift your pack over your head like that?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she was out, she lifted the end of the ladder with a pole and draped it over a convenient branch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the bead pouch out of my shirt and cut the string. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man lifted the stout lady down and they hurried into the inn, leaving the boy Tam to put the horses away and see them dry and fed for the night. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The birds lifted from their roost and massed behind the girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her hand was steady enough to lift it after that first sip. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Leaning it against the wall, he lifted the massive weight of the tractor with one paw and laid it on its side before bending to examine the crumpled runner. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then a pair of hands buried into her armpits and she was lifted off the ground. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sensing Lyra beside him impatient and angry, Will said quickly, “Excuse me, but Lyra thinks that when she had a lift in your car earlier on, she left something in it by mistake.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted Rowan up and pushed him against the wall with a bruising slam that made Rowan sorely miss his painkilling nanites. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Samuel lifted down his saddle from the big nail where it hung by one wooden stirrup and swung it over the broad back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I lifted him on the bed and covered him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick glared at me as he lifted them right back out of my hand. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Alex, finally at his limit, lifts his chin and spits out, “I already am like you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was lifted up and over Lady’s head like a bit of thistledown. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He lifted the candle to the wall, and there I saw that he had tacked sheets of music all over the plaster, high and low, affixing other pages with paste. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The furious claws almost lifted Matthias from the weather vane as the King gripped the belt, trying to drag it off him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Not like he had at first, during those early days and weeks when the church seemed to lift him right off the ground, when a new and holy life had felt possible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They all lifted their glasses of Chianti in a toast to Smith’s statement. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She came back to herself and studied Jam for a little bit, the sadness lifting from her eyes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Milkman went into the bathroom, lifted the !id from the toilet tank, and took out the half-pint bottle he kept hidden from Macon, who wouldn’t have alcohol on the premises. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No! I didn’t lift her into the front seat!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So rare is it to encounter a young man willing to put aside his ego when in need of help, your spirits actually lift a bit as you push the button to comply. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Again Gandalf approached the wall, and lifting up his arms he spoke in tones of command and rising wrath. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"No?" the dancer said in a surprised voice, lifting up her eyebrows. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Not far from the cliff face, Duchess lost her lift and fell down through leaves and twigs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And the Old-Green-Grasshopper said, “How can a few seagulls lift an enormous thing like this up into the air, and all of us as well? It would take hundreds...thousands...” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wash lifted his hat and waved, but Naomi was already on her way up the porch steps. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Butler was lifted bodily and flung against the wall. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Kaisa lifted her right hand to brush a strand of Ash’s hair behind her ear, and she cupped her cheek in her palm. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malik walked over to the edge of the pool, knelt down, lifted a door hidden in the patio’s tile, and pressed a button. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He hopped up on the garden table where his mum used to drink Pimm’s in the summer, and he lifted himself up and over the back fence. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

My sisters didn’t have any problem lifting their forks. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sophie, crouching underneath the blanket, felt strong fingers grasping hold of her, and then she was lifted up from her bed, blanket and all, and whisked out of the window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted his hands—and caught the water balls. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted his head to try to see. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“That there’s the big top,” he says, lifting the kerosene lamp and waving a crooked finger at the great rolls of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So they wondered, and began to feel that their fear was lifted from them, and then they began to rejoice. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mother lifts her gaze to meet Lily’s, a long exchange in a language only they know. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But the viselike grip against my ribs eventually lifted, and then, fingers clasping a sloping ledge, I pulled myself out into a small grotto. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She lifted her bowl and drank the last of the espresso from it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The keys clanged as he walked, and the more noise they made, the more he stuck out his chest and lifted his chin. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Just then, the Object lifted her hips, very slightly, to make it easier for me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I jerked away enough to lift my lips clear of the water and spit out the thick liquid, and that movement pressed my tummy forward into the puddle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The mango I ate must have helped me, because the fog lifted a little bit. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And then he lifts the crab and holds it about six inches in front of his face. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The smallest pup, whom Miyax called Sister, lifted her head, saw her favorite brother in action and, struggling to her feet, followed him devotedly. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the lift to the second floor, went through a set of glass fire doors, and walked along the corridor whose polished boards creaked in a familiar way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Don't take too long,” Mrs. Levy said while she was going through the heaving and lifting process that was necessary to remove one’s body from the sports car. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed his forepaws on the stern bench and lifted himself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have to be taken out of my chair, lifted onto the toilet, and held there so I don't fall. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He lifted his gaze, too, from the daisies, and turned it on her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the day wore on the light increased a little, and the mists lifted, growing thinner and more transparent. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I washed that foot thoroughly, lifting it by the ankle to soap the underside as one does a baby’s legs in cleaning its bottom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my hand to my mouth, taking one last look at the world. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She turned round and round on the log, looked up in the tree for a perch, lifted her wings to fly, and then stood still and listened. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other Marines, lifting their glasses, thundered, “The Corps!” and the band struck up the Marine Corps hymn. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone lifts a rack of glasses that tinkle together like rain. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Do they always stay close to the ground like that, flat? Or can they lift up and be 3-D like us?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They sit in his room with the chess table between them, not moving except for their hands, which lift, hover over the board, plunge down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

From buttoning pants I to lifting a dollar out of your pocket, a good hook is essential. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, he lifted his chin and said, over the cardboard flap, “I’m fine, though I appreciate your asking.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I’d been worried the Amagqirha would lag behind, but I had to sprint to keep up as she scampered ahead, lifting her skirts so they wouldn’t drag. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Boards have been lifted off the trestle floor itself, and the handrail has been replaced in spots. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then God’s terrible gaze would fall on us and lift us to Heaven’s bliss or throw us down to the everlasting flames of Hell. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The horse’s head was lifted, and its nostrils were wide and red as it neighed, smelling battle afar. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The streets were narrow and Lyddie stepped gingerly around the refuse and animal droppings, lifting her skirt with one hand and trying to balance her new trunk under the other arm. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

All slow like, I pull the cord that lifts up the blinds. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He is making straight for me, and I can see, by the way he lifts his hat, that he wants to talk.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I change as fast as I can and let my hair hang loose because I can’t lift my arms to tie it back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I won’t tell him how I got it, of course, but it’s an added bonus to gift him something I lifted, because that used to be our thing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she lifted her head and kissed him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hard hands with rending nails gripped and lifted him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

One let go, and his rope lashed itself loose from the bollard; but the other man, feeling the rope lift, instinctively clung on instead of letting go. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gasp a bit and slowly lift the lid, feeling like she might step out of it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was too heavy for him to lift. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“A plumping mill is a mechanical device run by water power. It lifts a hammer and drops it.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we lifted it over the door frame and onto the marble floor of the library, where the wheels ran quiet and smooth. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I felt the brush of her bottom lip on my skin there and the small hairs on my arms lifted. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s an old one,” he said, helping the hunter lift the deer up on his shoulders again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The water splashed down, filled her wooden box and lifted the stone, and she was back in business again. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my palms to catch the confetti and something I can’t describe lands on me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ben spread his feet apart, to ground himself, lifted an imaginary microphone to his mouth, and began the color commentary. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

As it comes from behind you, a transverse waves lifts you up and then drops down; a longitudinal wave coming from behind pushes you forward and pulls you back. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The chain holds a silver pendant that’s got a figure of a man with long hair who is standing on one leg and lifting the other in the air. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Our strategy was simple and defensive in nature: to drag out the case until the State of Emergency was lifted and our lawyers could return. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she shifts her weight and lifts her foot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The dummy suddenly lifted both its hands and let out a roar, which made everybody start back. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He congratulated me, and asked that we might remove ourselves there instanter so he could sleep without being roused by Irish balladry and ensigns lifting their shirts to compare back-hair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then she grabbed him before his little teeth could snap at her and quickly lifted him into the room. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He shifts his jaw and lifts his shoulders. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Vonetta didn’t say anything else, but she lifted her arm to show me her cast. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Galileo heard from a worker that these pumps had a problem: they could only lift water about 33 feet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

My hands felt weak, like I couldn’t make a fist, but I managed to lift the duffel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He stood the trunk on end and carried his right hand over his left shoulder and stooped and caught the strap and lifted the trunk to his back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I couldn’t lift my gun then, with her staring straight at me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gavin’s buckled over, and Daniel lifts him up by the collar. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The heralds in the Constable’s pavilion moistened their lips, which the breeze was cracking, before lifting their trumpets far a fanfare. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn waking he lifted his head; the rain had ceased; he saw, sheltered in the folds of his cloak, a little animal curled up asleep which had crept there for warmth. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it you?” their meek old faces ask, lifting the torch to each monster-shape in turn. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute or so I felt myself being lifted up; and swinging back and forth in the net, I was carried with my three companions to the white truck I had seen earlier. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The air from the heat pump is making the sheet lift up just a bit. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s my pleasure. Just trying to add a little sunshine,” she said, lifting a hand to her mouth. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Arms at the sides, knees bent, lift the pelvis, roll the backbone down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke off and lifted his eyes above the River, and it seemed to him that all he could see was a vast and threatening shadow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The reprimand lifted my spirits some, made me feel more normal. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In a broad reach of savanna, the Beni’s original inhabitants built raised fields—artificial platforms of soil that lift crops above the floodwaters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’d quit staring at me after awhile and give me a chance to lift: my gun. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And without thinking, I reach down and take her hand and lift it up so I can see it better, feeling the tip of her index finger with my thumb. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought you might like a lift to the campground,” Jim said. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the other paddle and added a little beat of my own. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And when the veil lifts, we can see the world as it really is, just for those few seconds before it settles down again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Neala lifts my head and tucks the pillow under my neck. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She lifts the bag over her head and sets it on the stone floor. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

So the last to be removed, Zeta-3, is being lifted to a seated position. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she lifts her head, he keeps his eyes locked on hers as he slides her coat from her shoulders, resting his hands on her bare arms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But at last the Queen drew her hand away and lifted Kaede’s chin so that she had to look into the Queen’s golden eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He lifted his cap and scratched into the gray hairs of his head, his eyes wise and wide with amusement. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led me to his horse and lifted me into the saddle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then he bends down and lifts the lid of the rice pot next to Pa’s feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted me up effortlessly, his large fingers wrapped around my neck. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He tried to get under his father and lift him up, but could not. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed hold of one of the forks of the lifting assembly and gave it a hearty handshake. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He lifted me and sat me upon the counter, put his hat upon my head and ordered a drink for me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offered assistance to one, lifting him from the ground; but he filled himself with heaviness, until all my efforts could not support him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Even though he was lifting a lid on a fly factory, Kyle was feeling pretty pumped. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

As the bronze man lifted a pointed crag to hurl it at the Argo he grazed his ankle and the blood gushed forth until he sank and died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it uncurled its handles and one handle lifted its lid with exaggerated courtesy while the other helped him to a generous spoonful. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his sword high over his head, defiant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He lifted the weapon, nestled it in the crook between his neck and shoulder and held it there with one hand while dropping the other to rest at his side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Delicately, I lifted it off with my teeth. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I heard Mama’s voice lifted high and sharp. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked in the mirror, my heart lifting when I saw the truck turn its other blinker on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then she turned the whole thing upside down and lifted the skillet, revealing our birthday cake. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I lifted Grandpa Bobby’s coin from my chest and turned it back and forth in my fingers, the gold catching the sunlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We stayed two more days in Kurkurast, getting well fed and rested, waiting for a road-packer that was due in from the south and would give us a lift when it went back again. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the gate men were turning, hurriedly trying to brace for the shock, tyrion lifted his axe and shouted, "King’s Landing!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Planting her palms on either side of her crossed legs, she lifted herself up, like a yogi levitating, and scooted over to make room for me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They got themselves in a mess, trying to lift it Then Gawaine suggested that it had better be dragged with rope. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trip quickly organized the whole troupe into a great chanting, howling mass that my father managed to withstand for almost a minute before he stooped and lifted his lute back out of the case. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She put her pack on the floor and lifted the camera, aiming it at the room. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew it was a vain hope to look for him,” the king said finally, lifting his head. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Four’s eyes are still on mine when he lifts his hand, pulls his elbow back, and throws the knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When this was done, he lifted the child and said: Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The sheet is lifted from my skin, a draft pimples me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were being lifted by the strength of the message Barack was putting forward, but also, I knew, by the promise and the symbolism of the moment. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s heavier than I can lift, but I think I can take it apart. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Though the rain washed Mammachi’s spit off his face, it didn’t stop the feeling that somebody had lifted off his head and vomited into his body. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stocky cop lifted the radio from his belt and spoke into it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to lift it up the steps but could hardly raise one end and twice he dropped it painfully on his foot. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Heart hammering, I lifted my hand, the one that held the cross of lead. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In a single night, Nina might sometimes have to lift over three tons of explosives. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I said as I lifted him up and got back on the bike. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the sixteen and pulled the trigger. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rupa’s sweeping had reached Neel’s feet, and he lifted them so she could continue. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow lifted her and wrapped her, fragile and almost weightless, in a blanket, and placed it onto the bag. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We were sitting so close together that when we’d lifted our heads our faces were only inches apart. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Here, let me give you a lift home.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he pulled out a can of fluorescent spray paint he’d lifted from an unattended public-works survey truck a few months before. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But it’s like each step is swamp mud sucking him down and he’s got to lift extra hard to get to the next step. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had regained her strength, but the craft was still too heavy for her to lift. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl squealed with laughter and turned red as her skirts swirled and lifted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His gratitude that they were not gave him the strength he needed to lift her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a burden has been lifted for now. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

On hearing his name, Franklin lifted his troubled, regal head from the recesses of the hatchback, and I saw the black-and-white markings of an English setter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He lifted him and carried him all the way up to the earth and on to Mycenae. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not get through the opening under the fence, so I cut the bindings and lifted out two of the whale ribs and thus took him into the house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay there a long time, lifting up the water to his mouth a palmful at a time. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

Eagles, for example, identify thermal columns rising from the ground, spread their giant wings and allow the hot air to lift them upwards. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they walked toward the south hallway, Moss felt like a screen had been lifted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Needles lifted his head just a little, maybe a half of a half of an inch off the pillow. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He lifted his head and looked at me lazily then laid it back down like he was saying, Maybe for you. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

With a soft laugh, the demoness took it and lifted the lid. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what was it about my innocent Luna blood that was to help lift the curse from my uncle? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newt grabbed him by the shoulders and lifted him up, gripping him under both arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ralph turned to the shelter and lifted a branch with a whole tiling of leaves. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, if it’s only a bird...” said the policeman, lifting his cap to scratch his head in a puzzled sort of way. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ben lifted his left shoe up on his chair and began unlacing it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were powerful words, though spoken softly, and they seemed to lift the hopes of the others. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Wynn shuffled around, hardly lifting his eyes from his freshly shined boots. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was a stirring sight, yet it did not lift her heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Rosie curls her trunk, lifts her right front foot, and sets it gently on her ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I hear the breathing, the clearing of throats, the accidental springing up of a seat as the audience adjusts and the conductor lifts his baton to begin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But Judith’s eye had fallen on a light blue wool and she lifted it impulsively. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“A hundred and fifty miles or so; we’ve come farther over worse ground. There are roads all the way; people will take us in; we may get a lift on a power-sledge.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

After they had eaten and drunk, sitting upon the grass, Celeborn spoke to them again of their journey, and lifting his hand he pointed south to the woods beyond the Tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As she lifts me, my head rests next to hers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

This time he lifted his head to look Tad straight in the eyes. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He lifted his finger to his lips and reached into his coat to access the shoulder holster snug against his left side. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she lifted her eyes again, she focused on the pink-faced boy, because he did not look much older than her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Max was waiting, but instead of taking the packages, he lifted the fence post out of its hole and pulled me inside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He came close and slowly lifted my shirtsleeve. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some days we miss the way the red dirt lifted up and landed against our bare feet. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mami leaned over and lifted a small cast-iron statue from Yoyo's box: an old man sat in a boat looking down at a menacing whale, its jaws hinged open. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then he checked my eyes by lifting up my eyelids. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She felt the dizzy drop, then the supporting lift of the swing. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Bug boys were often remarkably small; Wad Studley was so tiny when he started riding—eighty-two pounds—that he had trouble lifting his own saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using the plank as an improvised stretcher they carefully lifted Cluny on to it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then it lifted her over the front gate and swept her upwards towards the branches of the cherry-trees in the Lane. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Someone hands him a dark bottle, and he lifts it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Three muscular young men were lifting and straightening some heavy boxes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gingerly he lifted the hem of the cape, under which I was wearing a sweater and a zipped fleece jacket. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He must enter her surreptitiously, lifting the hem of her nightgown only to her navel. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift her up, letting the wall bear most of her weight, and her legs drape around my waist. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He lifts his arms: Come give me a hug. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled, trying to lift him up, but he was too heavy. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tucker’s face lifted, a smile tugging at his lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A physicist named George Weil stood on the floor, holding the rope that lifted it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it, and I lifted my head to hear better. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though it’s not regulation, I lift my hand in salute as I pass him, gratified when he nods in return. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ignatius said grandly and lifted the arm that was not holding the sheet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roan lifted her lean, bony head, tossed her mane, spun about, and galloped from the clearing. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted so much to grab on to his leg, to feel him reach down and lift me to his chest, but I couldn’t move, and neither did he. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to lift his body and was pushed back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to lift the screen in one of them and found it frozen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a while the English ambulance came up and they put me onto a stretcher and lifted the stretcher up to the ambulance level and shoved it in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Musa had just lifted his foot and was trying to separate the sand from his flesh. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I pull closer to him, pressing my body against his, and lift my head to kiss him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts her skirt up and shows me the big red and purple patches covering her white thighs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Daniel saying that his mom could lift that car. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

An entire tower standing on the roof of Priam’s palace was lifted from its foundations and toppled over. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I be hanging wash and I knowed lifting weren’t good for it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea, that by Therese's death I am forgiven, comes over me like the tide, lifting me with its gentle force and bearing me toward a solid shore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She was sitting in the first row, looking regal in a floor-length black-and-white sequined dress we’d picked out together, her chin lifted and her eyes proud. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Amidst all the good news, however, the ANC objected to the fact that Mr. de Klerk had not completely lifted the State of Emergency or ordered the troops out of the townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and see Gale has lifted Prim off the ground and she's thrashing in his arms. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

First snow day always lifted her out of her skin, made her feel sharp and alive. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He lifted Robin to his back and they went, down the green, to the brook outside the walls. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Your mom’s pretty cool,” Kelly said, her eyebrows lifted. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

The dress hangs in such a way that I don't have to lift the skirt when I walk, leaving me with one less thing to worry about. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A sickly child, he made the family library his playground, poring over volumes he struggled to lift from the shelves. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She lifted the stake high in the air and brought it down, splitting his head like a watermelon. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Azar gave the rope a quick tug, and out in front of Bunker Six, the white sandbag lifted itself up and hovered there in a misty swirl of gas. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silence from the bear; and then he dropped the ragged bone and lifted the jar to his muzzle again, drinking the powerful spirits like water. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Without his even realizing it, the wings sprouted out of his shoes and lifted him a foot off the ground, then back down again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And she lifted her eyes and looked at him full and passionately, and she passed him, silent as a shadow, and was gone. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, I crouch in my best batting position and lift my bat over my right shoulder. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even after so many years, Reyna had no idea where they came from or where they went when she dismissed them, but seeing them lifted her spirits. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tally stepped back, lifting her goggles, the saw powering down in her hands. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She lifted her head and looked at me through her tear-filled eyes. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

One of them lifted a fake rock panel and punched in a code on a keypad. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It is the same as I explained yesterday,” she said, lifting me out of my bed and setting me on her knee. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergio put a hand on either side of the turnstile, pressed down, tucked his knees to his chest, and in one smooth motion lifted himself to the other side. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He lifts a heavy glass paperweight and brings it down on her hand, hard enough to break her wrist with a sharp crack. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I leaned down and opened a compartment under my sink and lifted out a bottle of very old and reverend brandy brought along for weddings, frost bite, and heart attacks. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And right when Mrs. Stevens would think it was over, Cynthia would lift up and ask, "You know what I would do if I was a negative number?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I lifted the bayonet and threw it into the air. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rab was grunting out of the side of his mouth to a thick-set, active-looking man, whom Johnny would have known anywhere, by his walk and the confident lift of his head, was Mr. Revere. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu’s mother began to sing a church song—“the Lord has given me victory, I will lift him higher’’—which was often sung at collection time. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought about how much time we spend trying to shape our bodies, lifting weights, crunching sit-ups, and in the end, nature takes it away from us anyhow. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, then lifted the broomstick in both hands and brought it down across her knee. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She lifted her hands in the air to mimic splashing water, still holding the paring knife in one of them. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was as though a fog had lifted, forcing him to confront an uncomfortable truth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A sort of...sharpening of the lines of her, as though a diaphanous veil had been lifted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mouths full of macaroni and cheese, barely lifting our forks from the tables, we all manage a weak “Yeah...” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But we could lift up a log and take some grub worms and do quite fine too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not at the moment. Go on home, Sal. Tell Anne I shall be along after I’ve lifted a few glasses in celebration.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bitterly cold day, worsened by the wind that lifted the papers along the block and sent them flying across Malcolm X Boulevard. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd be happy to give you a lift up to your car. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit lifted Ginny up on his shoulders so she could see. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted his face to the sky and sang, “Swing low, sweet chariot, comin’ for to carry me home….” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then he lifted his right foot —he was right-handed, though people say only men are— and took hold of the mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s interesting,” said the Mellower, lifting a tear- streaked face to look at her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts the paper bag dress to reveal a low cut crop top and olive green shorts so tiny they could be underwear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And that is very different from me giving you a lift. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

After a minute or so, she lifted a corner of the blanket and peeped out. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts a second glass to his mouth, this time green, washing away any trace of red. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had been lifting weights and looked like a professional bodybuilder. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to lift the lid of the precious container of serum. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I reached up and grabbed them, lifting the Story Box off the pedestal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Scott grabbed the other, and together they lifted it and began to walk out of the garage. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I lifted my camera and took a picture of him. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His knees still buckle under him, and he cannot lift his feet properly, but he does manage to move. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The gangways were lifted around 12:20 p.m. amidst the wails of the unworthy on the dock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He shot her a glance, lifted his lips, and spoke with his teeth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my eyes blurred for a while, and the pressure in my chest lifted just enough that I could swallow down the rest of the words and keep them to myself a little longer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I walked behind her, lifted her tail, and saw the head of a dead lamb sticking out between her legs. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

But the devilfish was too heavy to lift or shake. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vola lifted a finger to stroke the feathers bunched at her throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux’s bent knees straightened, lifting the rest of his body to a standing position in a way no normal human could ever manage. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was Mrs. Dalton, her white eyes held wide and stony, her hands lifted sensitively upward toward her lips, the fingers long and white and wide apart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

August lifts a piece of toast with flourish, smiling broadly with closed lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We walked down the corridor and rang for the lift. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I was six I could lift him up an’ put him on top o’ the dresser if he annoyed me. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he lifted my foot and put it in the right position. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper birds began to flap, flutter, and lift into the air. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I lifted the Coke to my lips, tipped the bottle up, and gulped, and gulped, and gulped. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If she lifts one arm, I think, she'll look exactly like the statue in the harbor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I forgot this, ” I say, and remembering practically lifts me off my feet, lifts us both off our feet. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He imagined the tiger standing on the mechanical lift that would hoist him close to the surface. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Standing there, in the middle of the floor, in front of everyone, I lift my hands and reach for the ceiling, the sky, the stars. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moths were perched on the wooden headboard and the pillows and the wall behind the bed, and when the door opened, they lifted into the air like leaves stirred by a wind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Nailer lifted his own pistol, shooting through the rain, sure that he was missing and yet squeezing the trigger anyway. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And in doing so, I have lifted one chore from my ever-lengthening daily list. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It moved more rapidly over the top of her wings than under them and created lift. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He got so that he could almost feel the food on the end of them as he lifted it into his mouth. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper carefully lifted the tortoise off the sand that Victor had poured into the bottom of the box; “She looks a bit parched.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced up, saw Mr. Weasley, turned radish red, and left the lift the moment the doors opened again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And everyone is going wild, stomping and crying and lifting their hands up to the sky. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When finally Ivy could cry no more, she lifted herself up and looked around the empty cottage. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fig lifted his head, yawned, and promptly went back to his nap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible to lift the long stick she kept at the foot of the trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trotter came over and with two hands lifted Gilly’s face to look into her own. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Carefully he lifted the covers, rolled them back. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the tiny thing just as it lifted its wings and tried to land on my hand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His dragging and wriggling was unseemly to watch, but when Meera moved to lift him he said, "No, don't help me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The bag shifted, then lifted, and a face emerged. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Why the giant weight on my chest suddenly lifts when I think about moving to Boston. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dr. Martin lifts the thin sheet covering the eaglet, his body stirs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s wonderful that you brought this. You have no idea how it lifts my spirit. Please, keep it safe.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When we reached the dock, the man who had fished me out of the water lifted me out of the boat with his fishy-smelling hands. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted and lifted until every part of my body was in pain. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I would fall and he would lift me up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cello music swelled out from the house, rising higher and higher until it lifted off the earth, sailing toward Venus. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a loud clicking noise and suddenly he felt something long and hairy seize him around the middle and lift him off the ground, so that he was hanging facedown. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He lifts me high enough that Rani can reach my hand and pull me up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My mom lifts her eyes from the tea, her voice trembling. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Lyra stretched and yawned, and Will felt a great weight lift off his shoulders. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gingerly lift my hand to my head and find it bandaged. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She could carry three small bucketsful in her bucket, but it was so heavy she couldn’t lift it to dump it into the high tank on the flatboat. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I consider ringing Marv for a lift, but I manage on my own. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They would say a flock of moths came, frantic, and tried to lift her away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ma lifts the simmering curry from the stove and heaps huge servings on two plates. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked thoughtfully at the door in front of him, then, lifting off the sponge bag, he tried the handle. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tugs a series of braided cords that dangle along the wall, and a tapestry lifts back, revealing a complete wall of rose-porcelain portraits set in a curling network of brass tubing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Slowly lifting the visor, Cluny allowed his single eye to rove around. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’d crush you,” he said simply, easing his legs over the side one by one, and lifting his belly over the wood with his hands. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She lifted her sleeve to cover her nose against the musky green smell. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He nods, and I lift the poncho and duck underneath and lean my head against his chest, and it feels cozy and dark and warm. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he lifted his head to the great yew tree and he spoke. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The wound was raw and moist and from time to time he lifted his handkerchief to fan away the gnats. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, John. But I still feel young,” she said, lifting her head and wiping her tears away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I could feel the soggy heat rising from his body like he was a wet tea bag that had just been lifted from boiling water. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the balding wizard lifted his wand, Harry raised an enormous fist and punched him, sending him flying through the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ophie’s stomach growled at the smell of cinnamon and maple syrup that wafted off the oatmeal as she lifted the tray. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I lifted the lid off the second tureen and uncovered a wedge of macaroni, stonecold and stuck together in a gluey paste. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He walked up and eased himself down beside him and they sat watching the leaden sea lift and fall beyond the breakers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He used to lift the bags of flour one by one and contemplate them, to see if they all truly weighed the amount the man said they did. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hector asks his daughter, lifting her chin to face him and weighing the look in her dark eyes with his own. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t know where they moved the couches, but I do know they did a lot of heavy lifting to set this up for me, and that I should be more appreciative than I am. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When Dr. Preston lifted my shirt his face got really worried and he lowered my shirt again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Marines in the room rose as one and lifting their glasses they said in unison, “The President,” as the band played the national anthem. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man walked to the door and lifted his fist to knock. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dallas lifts his head from the water fountain and looks at the fifteen kids sitting in their seats. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Osh and another surfman lifted a second sailor out of the belly of the boat and laid him on a waiting stretcher. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Molly gets down on her hands and knees and lifts the eyelet bed skirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He lifts it, nervous but elated, knowing how he will make use of it tonight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He felt like dropping to his knees and lifting his face to the sky and saying: “I’m hungry!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man who picks Miss Larsen and me up after school signals surprise at my presence with a lift of his eyebrow, but says nothing. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I jog in place, lifting my knees in a fierce rhythm that raises my breath and sets my heart pounding, but doesn’t quite drum out my rising thoughts. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could lift off the top and take out my survey. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Harry’s Patronus stood sentinel before the golden grilles as they shut and the lifts began to rise. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The way the government people reckoned a child’s age was to ask him to lift his arm, reach over the top of his head, and touch his opposite ear. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removes her hands from my jeans and lifts my shirt a little. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He lifts his hand and snaps his fingers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was with a very small boy, unmistakably her brother, whose cap she removed by lifting it off his head with two fingers, as if it were a laboratory specimen. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The dog’s growling stops, and when I lift my head to look at it again, it is panting. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I can lift my shoulders up and down. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

In silence the two boys lifted the heavy stake and carried it between them out into the deserted street, in which the rosy light was graying into dusk. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A different PSF lifted me off my knees and guided me in the direction of two other girls about my age. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They lifted him into the waiting car and he sat between two policemen, still looking fearfully at the fiery cross. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Max lifted his hand to touch Bigger, but did not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a sickening loop-the-loop, the guardhouse lands with a thud and I lift my head, still clutching Ma’s purse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Quickly, she dumped the decorative pillows and extra blanket stacked on top onto the floor, then lifted the lid. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I lift up my skirt to spread it out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I walked behind him, lifting the back end to lighten the load. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my headphones over my ears and start for the steps. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of flinging my arms above my head, I lifted them only to my shoulders. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Grandma lifted the kitten out of the hamper by the scruff of its neck. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the briefest of moments, the wind lifted Brightbill off the ground. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I took her by the shoulders and lifted her into sitting position, resting her head on my shoulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now and again they came to rough places and were lifted from their feet for a while, and then set down again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There leaning against a pillar, sat the man and never lifted up his eyes, but only waited for what his wife would say when she had seen him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted her face with a skeletal hand and turned her head from side to side. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His curse was lifted, and healing began immediately. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When I closed the door behind me, Nabila walked over to the window and lifted a small ceramic pot resting on the sill. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I lift it to my lips as salty tears drip into my throat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her lift the giant lid of the pit and fork out a great chunk of meat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts her head to peek up at me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Will stepped over and lifted the box off the table. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Mooooo!” one said, and lifted its nose as it spoke as if making a signal to somebody far off. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo’s first chore, as soon as darkness lifted, was to get water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It lifted her soul and gave her more to believe in than what was in front of her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray clicked the last lock, and lifted the lid of the casket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Cole cried out in pain as he was lifted from the boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But when his eyes lifted, all he saw was a very weak-looking teenage boy lying in his bed, eyes closed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the stranger turned back, Mr. Polstead lifted his head and forced a bright smile. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I lifted my camera and centered Beau’s eyes in the frame. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to lift others onto the top rung. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He lifted his wrist to look at his watch and remembered that Grace had not given it back to him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard Silvertongue breathe a sigh of relief, as if all the cares in the world had lifted from his shoulders. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She took it gently and lifted the hem of her blouse. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I watched him peer into the graduate, lifting the dropper and sniffing it, his face glowing with exasperation. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deen had lifted the bell and rung it to summon the others. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised and howling. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The Squallers lifted their arms, and the wind wailed a high, keening cry. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I lift his book to my nose and breathe in the faint smell of Javier’s bedroom. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Oliver was afraid Mama would lift him off the ground in her enthusiasm. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He went back to the basement, dragged the trunk to the door, lifted it to his back, carried it to the car and fastened it to the running board. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my foot to give my leg a scratch and managed to knock a book off the bottom shelf. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She let herself out of the apartment and hobbled to the back door of the house, lifted her hand to knock, hesitated. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was lifting the latch: a sudden thought occurred to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mom takes the walking stick from him, lifts her phone in her other hand, and gestures at the oversized blue chair a little farther down from us. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We both lifted our feet when a little water from the tide came rushing in. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As one, sixty oars lifted from the river, then reversed and backed water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They come from nowhere, made by the heat of hell, they carry with them the evil spirit of a devil, they lift sand and papers in their path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fishes a skinny breast from her dress and lifts it to my mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As he talked, he reached behind his back and, using the handle, he raised the soupspoon off his head, much in the manner of a man lifting his hat to a lady. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They smelled the smoke before they heard the flames, because a breeze from the sea was lifting it inland. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another splintering crack echoed like a gunshot deep in the Maafa, and the ship tilted, lifting me higher while Uncle Cotton slid to the other side. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Confused, I lift my arm and see it’s entangled in shimmering golden threads. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arya lifted it out almost tenderly and drew the slender blade from its sheath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Slowly its wings lift and fall, huge arcs rise and collapse, rise and collapse, up and down, up and down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He nudged his head up and lifted the handle, and the gate swung open. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Candelario, she pleads as she lifts her hand to knock, for the burning has spread. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Flaps of fresh sow’s peritoneum ready cut to the proper size came shooting up in little lifts from the Organ Store in the sub-basement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest lifted his hands toward the Sacred Rock in reverence. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Struggling to gain their balance with their legs tied, the four men were lifted up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

From the way it looked here, where you could hardly be bothered to lift your feet to step over a dead woman's arm, he did not think he would be needing apologies or tributes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She has a weird obsession with being strong, with proving she can lift heavy things. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped next to the window, bent over and grabbed the man around the torso, then lifted him, holding him sideways. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Stooping like a cloud, he lifted a burning branch and strode to meet the wolves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was cold out, and the air seemed to lift up under the heavy coat Ty'ree was wearing. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The thin man came up to Amari and lifted her upper lip, pinching the flesh with his long, bony fingers. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The statue is lifting the rose, gradually, to her face. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I lift a mug of hot chocolate to my lips and offer a frothy, chocolate-mustached grin. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Her eyes barely opened, and she didn’t lift her head from where she was, facedown on the boat’s floor. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, lifting my fork to my mouth and trying to sound casual. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“For grandchildren, you need children. For children, you need to lift some skirts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She hoped the water would lift her spirits, but it’s doing the opposite. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He wanted my dad to come and help him lift it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She calls for more and I mix it with water to stretch it because I can’t be spending my life running around lifting lemonade from pubs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We’ll have to lift the cast at exactly the same time so it doesn’t break apart. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Edwin lifted a heavy box of supplies and headed toward the cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She took the boxes into the bathroom, lifted their tops, and emptied the contents into the toilet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I lost my strength, so I could not even lift my hands to place pins in my hair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Joe lifted Charlie up so that he could get a better view, and looking in, Charlie saw a long table, and on the table there were rows and rows of small white square-shaped candies. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of witches broke away from the queue for the lift and bustled off. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All afternoon at her desk, Liyana felt lifted up by the glint of her secret. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she lifts it, the wound heals as if she never stuck me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Gently, she lifted the kitten and put her in the hamper with our lunch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Cheer up,” he said; he cupped her sharp, small chin in the palm of his hand, lifted her head so that she had to face him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her three sisters lift their eyebrows at each other. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I must learn how to lift it right up into the air and keep it there. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around for a few minutes, lifting the dead leaves with my stick, but I saw nothing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When his straight path took us over fallen trees or boulders, he would help me, lifting me by the elbow, and then releasing me instantly when I was clear. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The man made no answer and kept his eyes dosed, but he lifted his hand again and pointed onward with his thumb. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to look upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my head too fast and get dizzy. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He turned away from me, lifted his shirt in the back so that I could see his scars. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the lids and stared at the folded clothes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the old Archmage lifted the staff, and set it to earth, and leaned heavily on it with bowed head, as if he had scarcely strength to stand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As six men lifted the body of the drowned man and started to carry him toward the house, the people around us started asking us questions. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t lift them to take the next step! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were around me now, strong and warm and pulling me close, and he just about lifted me off the floor. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, there’s really only one way I can think of,” said Tess, the first to have a Plan B. “We block both sides of the box, then lift it real slow and grab it.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Still they did not come up into the village, but waited at the lower end till the mist should lift and lay bare their loot and prey. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jo read it thankfully, but the heavy weight did not seem lifted off her heart, and her face was so full of misery that Laurie asked quickly, “What is it? Is Beth worse?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the gulls were pulling at his legs and shoulders with giant beaks, trying to lift him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Here was her son on his stallion, glancing back at her one last time and lifting his sword in salute. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I know these gentlemen. They’ll expect to have everything done for them, expect it to be easy. They won’t lift a finger to work.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Doc approached me while I was trying to lift the full bucket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I brushed through my hair quickly when I was inside, feeling a slight lift of excitement as I contemplated getting out of Forks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have to lift weights that are tied around the ankle of my right leg. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Finally I had to do the only thing I could think of and powerfully lifted Alma Ember up and back so that she went flying into the water. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She lifts a broad foot and scratches her head with a curved claw on the end of a long, narrow toe. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spread a napkin out in front of me, then lifted out my Cheetos, apple slices, granola bar, and peanut butter and jelly sandwich and arranged them on the napkin. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to pummel Aarfy, but lacked the strength to lift his arms. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ellis, even when he lifted his head from the pillow, couldn’t see what the doctor was doing there. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind that lifted spray off the white-capped waves was monstrously cold, and searched out every gap in Lyra’s wolfskin, and her hands were soon aching and her face numb. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Imani cries out, lifting her hands up to the ceiling like one of those fake TV preachers. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It took all his strength to lift it, and as he did so, a blast of cold air hit him in the face. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“No, here,” I say, lifting her leg into the tub. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He lifted the hand that had, moments ago, been holding the piece of mesarthium. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wake up early with a bad feeling and lift my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Moving swiftly, like shadows, we would lift clothes, watches, wallets, handbags, and jewelry boxes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the mattress from the upper bunk bed, and pulled out the two envelopes that held keys for apartment 1 IF and apartment 14J. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I gently touch my side, lifting my shirt to unhook the tube, surprised that the skin around it is even redder and more inflamed than it was before. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The troll lifted massive shaggy shoulders, its retractable claws sliding out with an ominous schiiick. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Like a cornered beast he lifted his eyes and glared at her. ‘Our sup­plies are running out,’ he snarled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stands still over me, lifting his chin. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The forest re-echoed; and birds lifted, crying out of the treetops, as on that first morning ages ago. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tía Carmen lifts her open hands to heaven, a gesture she no doubt picked up from one of her priest friends. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The sun was blazing down, the air was sweet, but every leaf that the wind lifted, every rustle of a pheasant hen in a clump of ryegrass, sent needles of fear through their veins. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captains, hoping to curry favor with Cluny, harangued the hapless runners: “Pick your feet up, you lily-livered scum! Come on, lift that ram properly, you idle devils.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Streaking down the homestretch, Woolf was a crimson blur on Seabiscuit’s back, lifting him, holding him together, begging him for more, dropping flat to lie under the wind. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the tip of the quill, he gently lifted the latch. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

But when I held the string out for him, his hand lifted from his pocket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped to the ground and raised his arms to be lifted. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, they said, there lived a Rachel lifted her head and listened. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his father prayed, his head lifted up and his voice going on like a distant mountain stream. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you lift him up and put him on the hood of that car?” a corporal standing in back of Yossarian drawled. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She transformed herself into an astonishingly large hawk, descended on the child, gripped the swaddling clothes in her talons, and lifted the baby into the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The stuffing in one doll was something like black sand, spilling out as we lifted it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was at the mill at dawn the next morning and saw men lifting huge logs with tackle blocks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not for people who don’t want it to. But for me”—she stabbed a few green beans and lifted them to her mouth—“it definitely got easier.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sucked in a breath, and he stepped around, lifting me toward him with one arm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His public defender stood beside him, lifted a legal pad full of notes, and cleared his throat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lifted the hem of my pants and was relieved to see it hadn’t spread up my leg. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He helped them to lift her on to the sofa and bent over her. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I glanced up and noticed that Francis was looking at me with lifted eyebrows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I step back to let Caleb practice, and watch Tris fire again, watch the straight lines of her body as she lifts the gun, and how steady she is when it goes off. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The old man came out of the rain at the speed of a newborn glacier, taking two steps, then lifting the walker, then setting it down, then two steps, lift, set. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We need to know how big the wings should be in order to lift my father into the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper birds, as if by some signal, lifted in one great flutter of wings and roosted next to the girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She sensed the sand coming up around her ankles and found that it was more and more difficult to lift her feet. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Not until I lift my head do I realize what I've been running from. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When at last he lifted up his eyes he saw a new Heaven and a new earth; and he heard a new sound of singing, for a sinner had come home. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A shield I can lift up and hide behind whenever I want. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Mama lifted the ears of corn from my skirt and looked at them all over. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At last, the spirits of the Soviet people began to lift a little. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She watched them, lifted her wings to migrate with them, then folded them back in place. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Praise Singer lifted Sekai from her beer crate, and she smiled at him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They saw the fur on his shoulders rise, his hindquarters begin to lift from the ground, and the tip of his long tail begin to twitch like a thing with its own life. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When his breathing quieted and he stopped sobbing, I lifted his face and looked into his eyes, as brown as a shady pond after rain. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Augur who restrained Laia lifts the girl’s body with difficulty and staggers off the dais. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sunlight streamed in through the windows, and from time to time a gentle breeze lifted the curtains. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lifted my arms to let the faint breeze blow a cooling breath under my arms and across my aching ribs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had lifted the trapdoor in the roof of the jail, allowing the half-dozen delinquent citizens of the county to climb outside so their voices might add to the clamor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted up my throbbing arm, an offering of broken bone. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Stick lifted his fists from the table and stepped back. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her arms quivered as she lifted herself again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Papá asked, lifting his hands palms up, helpless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He gingerly lifted out one of the scrolls. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly I wish Father would appear in our doorway and make Mother’s lips curl upward, lifting them from a permanent frown of worries. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When the voice drawled TEN I was lifted up and dragged to a chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Marv, do you remember what happened last time you gave me a lift? A few weeks ago?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

John Henry patted her on the head, nearly smooshing her, then looked confused when he lifted his hand to find Gum Baby stuck to it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Water wall to launch, with your permission,” Jessie said to Isa when she got to the roof, lifting the water bottle out of the REP bag and holding it up. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The bat lifted his head in puzzlement, then understood. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mami lifted Héctor to her shoulder and paced, bouncing him up and down to get him to go to sleep. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She lifted the body from the noose and sprinkled it with a magic liquid. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got a lift from the airport as far as the junction.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

His age, the suggestion of infirmity, had lifted from him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Johanna lifts her head I am worn to the bone. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the floor beneath us shivers and then lifts us up through the ceiling and into the lobby of the Department of Hidden Places. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He reached his arms for his father, now tied, being lifted onto the deputy’s horse. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Crouching among the slimy seeds, she felt herself being lifted up and up and up. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel lifted his cider mug to toast the two of us. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A magic trick,” Lazlo had said, when it had seemed to grow with the lifting of the lid. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The plane lifted off, rose hard and fast, and cleared the rockets. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They have loaded up all of our food, and as soon as a breeze lifts, they will set sail for England. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, I stepped over to her bed and lifted the netting. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you lift an arm, or when someone sits up in bed, you can feel this pale, shadowy movement all around you in the tiles. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was when Big Ma lifted herself up and out of her comfy chair that we knew she wasn’t just fussing with us, and we scooted back to our rooms. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Papa lifted the part that was over Camp’s head, put it down quick, and turned away, his face like ashes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

To raise is to bring something up; there’s always a “something” that’s being lifted. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his lips and his face contorted into a snarl, revealing yellowing fangs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I lift my head back up so my voice isn’t so muffled. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Romantic, that was the word I had tried to remember coming up in the lift. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and his muscles lifted his body in slow motion. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then she lifted me down slowly to the cold floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts the bandage away from my wound. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Some instinct made her lift her hand and cup his cheek with her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then I rolled up the grass mat my mother had woven for me and lifted it onto my shoulder. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey slammed on the brakes and backed the car up right on the highway until Chas lifted his down-turned head and saw it was us. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her face was lifted to his; her eyes were empty, eyes that looked upward when the last hope of earth had failed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the lid by its stem and looked for something in the water. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The benevolence, the spiritual calm, that radiated from him seemed so clear and true that, for a dizzying moment, I felt the darkness lift almost palpably from my heart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was not sure what the race was for, but I lifted my skirts and joined along with it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved to me when I lifted my head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And it explained the look she always got on her face when she lifted the Roc. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She lifts her trunk and trumpets, taking off at a thunderous run. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s the one my mom’s heavy crew used to pull sheet iron. Said he could lift four times what a man could.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

On a hot day in early July, Duchess sat at the edge of the aerie, her wings lifted to keep her cool. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Twenty-three,” I told him, barely even lifting my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The General grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him right off the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wheel Sarah up the walk, unbuckle her, set her at the foot of the porch steps, unhook and lift out the grocery bags, fold up the stroller. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing his voice makes me feel like a boulder has been lifted from my chest, letting me breathe again. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I lifted the turtle and turned it over. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Father Drozdov lifted his arms up to halt the crowd coming forward, blood dripping from his nose down his face. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As Boxcar leveled his shotgun at White’s chest, only inches away, White lifted his left forearm to shield himself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Once he saw Kuda defiantly kicking as he was lifted into bed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At Gray’s pain scream, Pax’s guard hairs lifted and his heartbeat quickened. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They lifted her into a van alongside the man who had hit her and another who was whistling at the wheel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had unlocked them all, she lifted the front of the first one, and the pale form of a sparrow fluttered out, but fell to the ground before she could fly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the shell on his knees and looked round the sun-slashed faces. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As I walk along I feel as weightless and insubstantial as a slip of paper, lifted by the wind and gliding down the road. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Liam moved to lift his head, straining the muscles that lined the strong column of his spine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The same men who had taken Rosa now entered, gently lifted El Patron into a wheelchair, and rolled him away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gravity-defying performances of those dancers, with their impossible leaps and lifts, and ballerinas who spun ’round tirelessly, like those on the tops of music boxes—well, that sounded well worth the trouble. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Alter?” a voice called from far away as the water lifted up around us, as if displaced by a massive form that swam unseen through the black depths below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, almost reverentially, she began lifting the cover. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When they took hold of me and lifted me in their strong arms, I thought nothing of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

With two burly hands, he lifted the twisted heap of a bicycle off the ground and threw it into the bushes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The wind tore a forty-square-foot segment from the dome of the Machinery Building and lifted the roof off the fair’s Hungarian Café. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But he seized my chin and lifted it, forcing me to look in his eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I am planning to allow some Muggles to glimpse me soon, a long way from Hogwarts, so that the security on the castle will be lifted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to the quietest place we know,” Dad whispered, and lifted me up to touch the lion. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We returned to the little hospital in the ambulance and after a while and much lifting I was upstairs and in bed again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Milton lifted his face, trying to get a whiff of fresh air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hauling, wrestling, heaving, Lord Roke finally snapped open the key ring, and then he had to lift six other keys out of the way before the black-taped one was free. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When she lifted her eyes, they took in my face, then went straight to the whale pin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the books on top to see the ones beneath. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the spell from Michah's kisses lifting away, and my skin tries desperately to cling to it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The chin did not lift itself; no eyes turned up to meet the boy. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Howard grabs a nearby cart and a man helps her lift up the suitcases. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

With a flick of his blade, he severed its string, then lifted his fallen purse with the point of the sword. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, he lifted the hatchet and began striking the center of the log. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He lifted his arm and the blanket fell away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey didn’t know how her grandmother stopped the questions, but she did, by the glitter in her eye and the lift to her chin. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts up Grandma’s quilt and snuggles in next to me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then he lifts up his eye patch, revealing a nasty hole that has been plugged with a peach pit. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"In holdfasts all across the realm, men lift secret toasts to your health while women sew dragon banners and hide them against the day of your return from across the water." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The coroner rose, lifted his hand for silence and read a long string of words that Bigger could not understand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Secondly. There’s to be no more talk of you and Cilia. Don’t you ever dare to lift your eyes to one of my girls again.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took every fiber of her will to lift herself from the ground, to walk toward the waiting god. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The booing rose and died again as Piggy lifted the white, magic shell. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He covers his brow with his hand and when he lifts it, his eyes are red-rimmed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Like many inmates, he’s in excellent shape from weight lifting. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lifted her, feeling the wind screaming a protest against him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She took Laurie to the park, lifted her out of the sulky and let her run around on the grass. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will then lift her own glass and hold it up high. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the bottom of the shade an inch. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jason changed the course of the wind, and Percy called up a massive wave, which lifted the ship higher than the fort’s walls and pushed it out to sea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“She wears herself out over people like Widow Brown, and honestly, Mercy, if Mother were ill how many of them do you think would lift a finger to help?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted a honey-colored piece of wood, just the size Pax had been when he’d found him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As I looked back I noticed something I hadn’t been able to see before the dark lifted. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Look!’ he cried; and stooping he lifted from the ground a black cloak that had lain there hidden by the darkness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ged lifted his face and gazed at that remote bright crescent in the west. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She accepted the yellow rose without the least bit of malice, amused, rather, by the extravagance of the act, and she lifted her shawl to see his face better, not to show hers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was no breeze to give her lift. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Signora Divino lifts one bent finger and aims it at him. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

A few moments later we all lifted our eyes in awe as a spectacular array of South African jets, helicopters, and troop carriers roared in perfect formation over the Union Buildings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With jagged, mechanical motions, the gypsy lifted her arm and lowered it once more. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then very slowly, with a slow and marvelous grin spreading all over his face, Grandpa Joe lifted his head and looked straight at Charlie. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Silently, the emissary and the soldiers watched the paper lift higher and higher in the night sky, until it overlapped the moon and disappeared. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then the curtain was lifted and before he knew what he did he looked and he saw sitting in the shadowy recess of the chair, painted and cool as a lily, the girl Lotus. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She lifts her shirt up just high enough to attach her G-tube. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was as though it had flung her first at the gate, waited for her to open it, and then had lifted and thrown her, bag and all, at the front door. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Jon came around behind him, slid his hands under his arms, and lifted him easily to his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then an arc of fire lifted up and up into the darkness, turning and cartwheeling and spewing bright sparks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their rockets had reached speeds of Mach 15 in flight, and they were confident of their abilities to lift a payload—a satellite and a human passenger—into orbit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The last time Christina pulled me out of bed, it was to see Al’s body lifted out of the chasm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies had to lift their skirts as they climbed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was kicked again under the table and, looking, saw Frances, Robert's lady, her chin lifting and her face hardening. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Each link in the chains was too heavy for a normal man to lift. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The blast lifted him forward several feet and drove him face-first into the soil. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stacked them neatly by the desk, lifted my pack, and sought the kitchen once more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Emilika lifted a curtain that divided the front of the store from the back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So he lifts her up for the agent to get a good look at her. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted the breadbox and took out a tiny volume bound in leather, and the gold tooling was almost completely worn away—The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius in English translation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey simply lifted the latch and pushed open the door and went in. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I catch sight of Camel, who lifts a hand in greeting before passing along the Sterno fluid. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the troops stood there, facing the horizon in their tin hats, rifles lifted above the waves. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once we lift off, I understand why Kim got so queasy. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She does finger-wiggling jazz hands and then moves into high knee lifts like in PE—with enough enthusiasm that I wonder if it’s possible for her knee to smash into her nose. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Their mother lifted up her hands like an Island traffic policeman, halting their requests. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She lifts one hand from the grips of her rollator, lets it dance around in the air like something important is coming to her. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The flame of the sunset lifted from the mountaintops and dusk came into the valley, and a half darkness came in among the willows and the sycamores. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy would pass through the house lifting his nose to the air, saying, “There it is, there’s my country.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my face neutral as I took wrinkled paws as well as brown hands like mine and lifted the Midfolk off the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had lifted her from her nest on a cliff. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He lifted me and looked at my back. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion was annoyed to see that the king had lifted the visor of his helm again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After a nasty fit of coughing, Pond lifted his head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The food lifted his spirits, and soon he was poring over the map in the flickering light. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then die!" the snake hissed, and it seized Ku-Ang with its knifelike teeth, lifted him up into the sky, and flung him away with all its might. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She meets my eyes, then lifts her wrist and gives it a subtle shake. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then she would lift her face, the corners of her mouth turned up with hope. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Not have him acting like I don’t know what I’m talking about, or that I’m only good for stuff like lifting his two-ton backpack? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Before her cup was empty, she felt something lift from her shoulders. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the way out he lifted the lid off his centerpiece, liberating all the sparrows inside the house. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I lifted my arms to the sky in praise and prayer, as did all the people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Ride you, ride you? Run you, run you?” asked the roach, and Gregor understood it was offering him a lift. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan lifted up the corner of the box and peered inside. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He lifts the plastic bat and moves his feet apart. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel his cheek lift as he smiles. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She and her brother helped lift Bran out of the wicker basket. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Over my shoulder I watch Matthew lift the gun over his head and fire straight up, at one of the glass panels above him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And they did so, and lifting up the bed they bore it from the chamber. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Odin filled the Gjallerhorn with water from Mimir’s pool, and he lifted it to his lips. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The depression that had lifted at Riverbank now claimed her again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In ducking, he lifted his hand from the table, just enough for her to wrench away and stand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!” came a flurry of women’s voices as they swept down the stairs to lift Matt from Steven’s and Emilia’s arms. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as though I could have lifted my other hand and touched him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She clung to submerged rocks and lifted her head above the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were too heavy for the loader; only a crane could lift them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t believe they were cowering from their own father—Baba, who had never lifted a hand against either of them! Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kilvin lifted one comer of it carefully with a bandaged hand and I recognized it as the charred remains of my cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The giant’s own momentum lifted him off his feet in an unintentional pole-vault manoeuvre and he flipped over onto his back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sympathy could start a fire without flint or lift a heavy weight without cumbersome ropes and pulleys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he lifted his gaze, he found that Kamau was staring at the memorial wall. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s still a playground rocket, not a real one, but every time I turn the wheel to the left, the trees in the park lift up their roots and sidestep it to the left. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He lifted his arm and knocked sharply on the door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She moved next to the body, taking care not to disturb the Wyrdmarks etched into the ground as she lifted Verin’s rigid, cold hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His gait was stiff, his legs difficult to lift. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Malcolm lifted his head and watched as the nun led him to the seventh crib from the end. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He lifted the cold hand, raised the eyelid. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The garage door began to lift and, in the glow of the red taillights, the silhouette of a man pushed the heavy door all the way up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Jason lunged toward him, summoning the winds to lift him out of the river, but Achelous was quicker and more powerful. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Life had become quiet and peaceful, and I felt like hundreds of pounds of pressure had been lifted from my shoulders. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put in the clutch, lifted my foot off the gas, and wiped my nose on the shoulder of my shirt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The room spins when I lift my head, but I manage to put my legs over the edge of the bed and stand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hands from die wheel, just slightly, and held them waiting to see what would happen. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the little girl was lifted into the air. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I lifted the oar in the air and I shoved its handle into this looseness, into this lifesaving de­tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I found I could lift all of the pieces but one—the big cast-iron firebox. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Whit took a pause, inhaled and lifted her arms as if she was conducting an orchestra, and started again with the count. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I placed one end of it on top of a post, then lifted the other end to the opposite post, connecting the two. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Down on the first floor, sensing something, Mrs. Stark stops doing leg lifts; and three weeks later she sells the house and moves her daughter away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then she pulled loose as many of the yellow kernels as she could easily lift, and putting them in the shuck-bag she hopped off briskly for home. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were moist as he lifted me up to the wagon seat and then nodded. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany lifted his polished black visor The face within was her own. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Singing echoed down the hall, and Ophie’s heart lifted a little. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My fingertips brushed along her bra and I reached around to fumble with the hook until I gave up and lifted the whole band up over her breasts. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He could not lift his head from the desk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut off the motor and lifted the pole out of the water. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We went out to her car, and she lifted out the bike I had left with Mrs. Chavez. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I lifted my hand to rip it off. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She lifted her feathers and softened her eyes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Obiora s sentence had a lift at the end, and it came out sounding like a question: “to the glory of God?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Patches of bright blue sky were beginning to appear over the castle turrets, but these signs of approaching summer did not lift Harry’s mood. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You guys waiting for a lift to Alpha Company?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue mountains lifted into the rain and the rain fell down into the long canals and old LaFarge and his wife came out of their house to watch. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the men took Alba out, practically lifting her off the floor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drummers in their high bearskin caps stood with lifted sticks, waiting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, lifting his hand, he gave the signal. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted a swollen face from the crook of her arm. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man next to her—her husband, from the familiar, tender way he touches her—tries to help her up, and the soldier lifts his gun and gestures for the man to keep going. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I lifted my pillow and counted the worry dolls. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

On the river the freighters gliding through the lifting mist bellowed at one another, the sound of their deep foghorns echoing among the rusting file cabinets in the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the lids of the pots and sniffed the food inside, but without heart for the matter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My arms lifted and reached for the child. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Moving my own hand with his, we lifted the pancake together. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There was a moment in the darkness when the fear lifted. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I touch the wheel just enough that it lifts off the roof. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I lifted the lid to the baker's trash bin and found it spotlessly, heartlessly bare. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The horse lifted a leg and kicked him decisively in the head. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using his great height and strength, he fairly lifted the men onto the back wall one by one. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her head and looked deep into his eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the van, stood on her toes, and lifted up the closest windshield wiper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Balekin lifts the crown and sets it on his own head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They lower it remotely and lift Len on as it hovers a meter off the ground. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I got closer to her she lifted both bags and so I picked up the box; it was very heavy, full of glass jars and tins of pickled vegetables and meats. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we lift the veil and look underneath...we shall discover much emptiness, darkness, and confusion; nay, if I mistake not, direct impossibilities and contradictions.... Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the hollow lifted us off the ground—six inches, then a foot, then two—only to slam us back down again, shattering the booth windows, raining glass on us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Katherine looks back at the sheriff’s dead body, lifting one of her fair hands to her cheek, which is dotted with bits of the dead man. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The strong soldiers lifted the horse in a wooden tub, while it danced to the stone drums and flute music. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted it up and carried it into his room. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He lifted a glass and presented it to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Both parties heartily endorsed it, and to acknowledge that low-wage work doesn’t lift people out of poverty would be to admit that it may have been, in human terms, a catastrophic mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my favorite was a stirrup cup molded in the shape of a wolf’s head and shoulders, with the head lifted and the mouth pulled into an O for a long howl. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I began to lift, but he moaned and went rigid, so I stopped. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When Bitter turned off the ragas and opened the door to see her daughter at her feet, she knelt and slid her arms under the girl, lifting her up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The child was a boy and he grew up strong far beyond others, so that when his mother finally took him to the stone he lifted it with no trouble at all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his little friend up and carried him to a soft patch of grass. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his head from the table to look down into the yard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I...I wasn’t asleep,” I say defensively, lifting my head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Redemption dragged the bench over and levered half of it so it was at a right angle, a narrow L. Pet lifted Hibiscus easily with one hand and deposited him in the seat. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Near the bottom, the trail swooped around the pylons of a chair lift. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then one of them lifts a water bottle to his lips. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I groped at the door, catching hold of the frame, but he lifted me off the ground, flattened my arms against my body, then dropped my head into the toilet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man put up his other hand and lifted him up. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Frank wished he could do more to lift Hedge’s spirits, but this talk was making him worry about everyone he’d left behind. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He lifted his heavy feet and forced himself to start down the street. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

And across the city, atop a monolithic wedge of seamless, mirror-smooth metal, a statue stirred, as though awakened by the tumult, and slowly lifted its great horned head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As he found each piece, he lifted it carefully, every nerve in his body aware of his missing fingers, and slipped it into the sheath. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Following her gaze Alice lifted the iron and saw what Violet saw: the black and smoking ship burned clear through the yoke. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our spectral host lifted his hands from the dock, thus giving himself over to the directions and exhortations of the tide; and with that, he was swept away into the darkness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The guards shoved Gendry inside with the boy and barred the doors behind them, fust then, a breath of wind came sighing off the lake, and the banners stirred and lifted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You were lifted clean out of the stream of history. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She fanned herself now, and lifted her damp hair off her neck. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“A breeze could lift a spark, start a blaze. It wouldn’t take much. There hasn’t been enough rain.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she lifts her arm, I see the corner of a tattoo under her armpit. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Surprised, me and Jay both lift our brows. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He sighed, lifted his eyes and saw Bessie standing behind him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One lifts a dagger high above her heart, but before it comes down, I whip my scim around and through his neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

One of the men lifts and cradles me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He lifted the boy clear of his head and placed him gently on the ground. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If this gets too wild, lift your hand and I’ll know to stop, okay?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the moment she heard gospel, her mood lifted. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Artemis lifted a headset gingerly from the workbench. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mother lifts one brow, what she does when she thinks I’m lying. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

One of the cats leapt fearlessly into her lap; she rescued her teacup, lifting it high and out of reach. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another place, his little sister lifted her head to sing to the moon, and a hundred small grey cousins broke off their hunt to sing with her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She turns, and I have to lift my hands so I don’t touch her more intimately. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The jet engines roared and the cabin bounced as they picked up speed, and the moment they felt themselves lifted into the air, the men cheered and slapped each other on the back. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

No one on either side of the fence makes a move or lifts a hand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed, and he could not lift them till he had finished reading all the spell. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I lifted my face, he met me halfway and kissed me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As Rollo lifted his hands to his face in tardy defense, Carter’s fist sank sickeningly into his stomach. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, my body felt light, lighter than the water surrounding it, like a balloon lifting into the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The fog was rising, lifting to the tops of the trees. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jon had hoped that the arrival of men from the Shadow Tower would lift the spirits in the camp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I lift my hand to his cheek, and the tension bubbling beneath his skin eases. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He lifted one down with more reverence than he’d ever felt for the sacred texts at the abbey, blew off the dust, and began to read. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He lifted the rucksack higher on his shoulders and turned toward them to see what he could find. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Mind your own business,” the man barked gruffly, lifting his stick as though he might beat her too, and the woman retreated sheepishly with an abject and humiliated air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When I lifted my head, the photographer had vanished. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The one hemlock tree among millions came to mind, and she lifted her wings to fly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Grandma India asked as she lifted the lid of the first trunk. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just hazy recollections of long, adult legs shuffling around our apartment and hands lifting me from my high chair. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Without completely stopping, he lifts her off her feet and runs. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She paused before she lifted the door knocker. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel lifts the hat carefully from the box, the long ends of the ribbons spilling in a waterfall around it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He lifted her gently, carefully, and carried her up to his bedroom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Weight lifting was also popular, and when I was new at Sing Sing, it was intimidating to be faced with the huge, muscle-bound inmates who took it seriously. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went down in the lift to the ground floor and made our way through the Reading-Room to the Lounge. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I lifted my hand and went on over the hill, listening to the car. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts both his arms like a magician presenting a trick. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hearing back from Babbage gave her a lift, so she decided to try her luck again with Raven, who was, of course, online. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She grabs its golden tail ribbons, then lifts the teacup from its tray and sips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He looks back at me while lifting his coffee cup to his lips, gaze stern. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hand, threatening to strike her. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He walked to the front seat of the car and lifted a pair of shoes whose toes were covered by white sweat socks from under the seat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since my parents split up, I have begun to wonder if this is happening to me, too: if I am getting more weighed down, harder to lift, as I move through this world. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Father, stabbed, who had never lifted a finger to hurt anyone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I lifted my chin in the air and said it confidently, as though my brain weren’t racing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I lift my head up, choking and gasping and coughing more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My electric chair is a lot heavier than my manual chair, and it’s almost impossible for Mom and Dad to lift anywhere. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Falconer lifted his blade and brought it down, not upon Mr. Armin's head, as I feared, but upon the flank of the horse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were best with the bees, and there wasn’t room for so many hands in the hives, lifting the dripping frames. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ma lifted her head and looked at Ba again. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Six days later, by the following Wednesday evening, she was able not only to lift the cigar up into the air but also to move it around exactly as she wished. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

My heart lifts as I think that maybe she even left me something to explain it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Underneath, the white bones revolved in the edthes of the water, the heavy ones lying still and the airy membranes lifting gracefully, like leaves in an autumn wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That all you two are getting?” he asked, and lifted his chin toward the sweating bottle of root beer tight in my hand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I would shout and she would lift her hand, and the water would come rushing back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He leaves his ID and keys with the lady at check-in, and a second guard lifts his chin as Jus approaches the metal detector. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After a moment, the elephant lifts her foot and holds it in front of her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Just a present from the House of Wu,” Yishan had told Pinmei when she looked at him, her own eyebrows lifted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She felt a hand on her face, lifting her head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked as if several thousand pounds of worry had just been lifted from her shoulders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

One can certainly explain the lifting of the boats by the tide, even if the lifting of the boats is itself the best evidence that the tide is rising. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A sudden crackling sound startled me, and I lifted my head. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Together they lifted the lid and looked inside. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boat turned, lifted in the flood, and spun in circles around the whirlpool. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"The king went to Baelor's to get the High Septon's blessing. Now he's walking the walls with the Hand, telling the men to be brave, lifting their spirits as it were." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Other roaches scratched along the floor in wild countless battalions as Ben lifted his feet off the floor and prayed that his pilgrimage and exile among the roaches would be brief. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it does nothing to lift the darkness in my blood. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his left hand and wiped sweat from his forehead in a long slow gesture. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted up the window and leaned out a bit. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bree brings the teapot over, lifting the lid to show me the swirling rose petals in the hot water. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She lifts the wool from my two hands, where I have been holding it all this time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frolic went to the base of a wooden post that was entwined with a purple-blossomed vine, and lifted his leg to proclaim his presence and authority here. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Amari lifted her arm up and touched one of the welts on her back. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted a stack of them from under the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She lifted the pot and rested it in the sink. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His father lifted and inspected it, pointing to a live mussel underneath. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maxine lifts her sunglasses up and nestles them into her hair. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We waited quietly while she read, and our intake of breath when she at last lifted her head made her gag with laughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It lifts the guilt—at least some of it—from Ishtar's shoulders. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I stood in the sunlight outside the church, noticing that passersby either lifted their hats or made a discreet sign of the cross on their chests as they came abreast of the church. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my fingers until they are silhouetted against the sunlit window. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But she looked so on edge—her eyes darting every which way, landing on Ashish for a brief second, and then on Rishi, and then lifting off—that Dimple couldn’t bring herself to. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet slowly lifted his head up and stared at Nathan with lifeless eyes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He lifted the hangings from the wall, uncovering the second door: this, too, he opened. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Blood on his face, hair pale with the dust of collapsing ruins, he lifted his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Or the fog might lift and I can make a deal with one of the tuna boats out on the fishing grounds. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even this simple act of lifting herself made her head swim. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Marie-Laure—” “She is not—?” Before he can shake his head, Madame Ruelle is lifting the hinged counter and ushering him out; she has him under the arm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I felt a weight lift off my chest as I finally regained my breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But if they earn enough spintria, we can lift away the darkness, find the beauty underneath the gray, and maintain their transformation. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He started to reach out a hand to Daenerys, but as he lifted his arm Drogo grimaced in sudden pain and turned his head.. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted a final stone and Winnie saw a low spurt of water, arching up and returning, like a fountain, into the ground. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jaws were strong enough to crush rock, but Ton-Ton lifted the boy as gently as if he were an egg. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, she lifted the plastic page and removed the photograph of Amanda sitting in her little baby seat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kainta sprinkles a bit of tobacco on the river, closes his eyes, and lifts his hands, and I know he is praying. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even the Brown Bomber seemed to get quieter as the V.D.L.A.I. arm from the record player lifted itself and moved toward the 45 that was on the turntable. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona lifts up her hands as she enters the lobby. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But made up or not, the silly dream had lifted some of my anxiety. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she nodded breathlessly, he reached down and lifted the cub out of the cage, talking to him in a clucking, rumbling tone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Taking off her pack she opens it and gently lifts a screaming, fighting baby goshawk. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa would lift his head from the pillow, take the letter from me and open it himself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hand into the air as he spoke, giving it his best to reach the aspirational, as he neared the end of the speech. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I missed the water with the oars in the dark as a wave lifted the boat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the helicopters lifted off, Caputo gathered his platoon and set out on one of the first American patrols of the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But gradually her depression lifted, and as she kept rehashing the Town Hall recital in her mind, she came to realize that much of the criticism was justified. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The Captain had found a cot mattress, and he and my father gently rolled the old woman over and lifted her to the mattress. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted the plate cover, the condensation dripping all over my chicken tenders. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I lifted his arm to get him started. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tighter and tighter he gripped it until the point lifted from the floor and the bright blade stood out level in front of him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was seawater that had been lifted up into the center of the hurricane by the low pressure. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

By the end of April the air was full of summer and the small wind that lifted off the river was heavy and uninvigorating. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that great weight that had been lifted for just a moment would come crushing down again, worse than before because I wasn’t ready for it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mama lifted her head and gave me a quizzical look. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maxie lifted her head from my shoulder, pulling away from me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Other crew members scrambled about, tending lines, lifting crates, but the dark-haired boy wasn't there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And when they looked back down the road, they could still see smoke lifting from what was left of the fields and the cane of Vienna. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One idea involved turning the president upside down for several hours and allowing gravity to pull the bullet toward the entry hole, where it could be easily lifted out. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The driver lifted his hands from the wheel and shimmied them in the air, laughing at her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his sword to parry a Cyclops’s club, then stabbed the monster in the leg, sending him backward into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He stood up, lifting Zero's worn-out body off the ground. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I lifted her into my arms and was surprised at how chunky she was. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I had a notebook filled with words and phrases I might need in Australia: chemist means “pharmacy,” boot means “trunk,” lift means “elevator,” and to come good means “to turn out okay.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I will not” Arthur’s hand lifted the curtain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger caught the skillet and lifted it high in the air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The point of Millennium Challenge was to show that, with the full benefit of high-powered satellites and sensors and supercomputers, that fog could be lifted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I told them you were all right,” my mom said, but she sounded like the weight of the sky had just been lifted off her shoulders—and believe me, I know firsthand how that feels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Eifler lunged at the small man, seized him by his jacket, lifted him off the floor, and smacked his back into the wall. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Best put that down," he says, and he pulls on the rope and lifts me up. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

We lift off his heavy limbs, crawl free. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Interesting . . . and brilliant . . . and mysterious . . . and perfect . . . and beautiful . . . and possibly able to lift full-sized vans with one hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ucho lifted the stick higher and tried to move my hair away from my face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Powell lifted a foot to the first step, then another to the second. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Lina lifted it and, taking small steps, moved it forward. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, he leaps, lifts off his haunches, and flies. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

To do this, he had to run up and down a ladder attached to a huge machine, and push a variety of buttons that made gigantic cranes move like mechanical dinosaurs to lift the bundles. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She lifted her hands to touch her curled and pinned hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Amaroq glanced at his paw and slowly turned his head her way without lifting his eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift the camera and disappear behind the lens. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I repaired to the market to see if any might have need of someone who could tell sums and lift. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then she lifted herself, reached across, grabbed the now visible handhold with her uninjured arm, and pulled herself triumphantly across the cliff face and to the steps that would lead her to the top. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Tozier on the rock with the flag in his hand, Tom plugging the gap, bayonets lifted, that last wild charge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pass one reveler in a goblin mask, he lifts it and winks at me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With difficulty, I manage to lift my head and raise myself onto one elbow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She inspected Barack with her chin lifted and her bottom lip stuck out, as if to say, Who are you to be telling us what to do? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson walked over to the piano and started lifting the lid. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

While the heavy-duty cleaners and scouring pad lifted the black from the white bathroom sink, Miss Patty Cake’s body was another story. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would walk around the house in them, lifting her sari a little so that everybody could marvel at her tiny feet. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lifted her down from the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stroking its great fierce head, he lifted the heavy antennae, still moist and curled, and let the creature taste the flavor of his skin until it was entirely under his command. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He can lift the sledge at front or rear to ease it over an obstacle. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard yelling, elated screams, and I saw Luke racing toward the boundary line with the red team’s banner lifted high. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He lunges for me and lifts his palms in one quick movement, cackling triumphantly as he crashes into me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is a bad scene in a movie, because the microphone makes the throat-clearing sound like a rocket lifting off. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We lift the oars out of the water and rest. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The fog is lifting, just as it did for me in the hospital's emergency room after my concussion. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he jumped out of the van and lifted his binoculars to his eyes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hauptmann lifts an hourglass from a shelf and sets it in a crate, and his pale silver-tipped fingers hang in the air. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he lifted his hand to his neck and began to curse, and sat there, cursing in a harsh whisper. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sailors by the brigantine’s longboat lifted their arms, waves gathering behind them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

No rope ever held the door to its frame, and no teen-agers leaped on his running board for a lift down the street. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feet and sides loosen as we lift together. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"This is a noble work, my queen," he proclaimed loudly, lifting a large platter for her inspection. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I take my hands from my face and lift my eyes to his. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And then Colin felt angels lifting him by the armpits, pulling him toward their home in the sky, and he felt light and free. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Now he was standing there saying that he willingly, spontaneously, had helped an old white man lift a huge, heavy crate. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Interesting,” Rishi said, a small breeze lifting a tuft of his hair so he looked, adorably, like an Indian Dennis the Menace. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He tried to lift it once, twice, but it was too heavy even for him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But he lifted his head to look at them and he saw that they were indeed men from the town, dressed in long robes of soiled silk. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He was slowing and lifting his head to cast left and right. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment the latch lifted, the white gate opened, and Abra emerged. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were very quiet sounds: a chair being lifted and replaced, a short whisper, the creak of a floorboard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A forlornness would descend on her like a shroud then and would lift only when Eid had passed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They have to lift the blubber sheets on hooks and feed it into the ‘try-works,’ where the blubber, it’s all reduced with, you know, fire and heat. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped in his ragged pilgrimage only to lift his hat to white men who fled past him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lifted my hand and held it against his chest. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Now I am the one who heats and carries the heavy buckets of water, stirs the soapy brew, lifts the sodden clothes to be rinsed, and spreads them to dry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Dad lifts his chin—his Don’t mess with me look. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I lifted up the tarp and found it was half full of scrap metal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then without hesitation, he lifted the door handle and yanked the door open. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I flip the little cupboard open and lift out the bottle: it’s disappointingly light, not much more than a glassful in there. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom said if you ever spit at me again, she’ll—” “I didn’t spit at you,” Zane replied, barely lifting his eyes from his book. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In Malawi we like to say, “One head cannot lift up the roof.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The fourth was only a young girl, and the drug had evidently affected her more strongly, so I lifted her on the sofa and let her sleep. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hearing back from Babbage gave her a lift, so she decided to try her luck again with Raven, who was, of course, online. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They lifted as one into the air, and they streamed through the window, carrying the madwoman on their collective backs, and flowed silently into the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He slung my arm around his shoulder and lifted me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lifted one eyebrow and his voice was even huskier than before. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My heart lifted and I rejoiced in the same sun that almost killed me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The exterior of Quality Orthotics and Prosthetics does nothing to lift my mood, but the instant we go inside, Chloe certainly does. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Please, now,” Roberto said, his voice lifting again, “join me in song.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But Burr’s entire life had been a sermon on the capacity of the sagacious spider to lift himself out of hellish difficulties and spin webs that trapped others. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m not dreaming of Pop, dying in a kitchen fire, or Mama lifting me up, to save me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Now lift up your dress,” the woman said. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now this ebony stranger had lifted that shadow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Pycelle lifted a tiny silver bell with thumb and forefinger and tinkled it gently. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Alex reached back into the case, lifted out two cupcakes, and handed one to his sister. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Annie reached across the table and lifted my chin with her soft hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He lifted the glass and drained the liquor and set it down and leaned forward and toyed with the cigarette in his fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then Finn was waking up, lifting his head from where it bobbed against Chess’s shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, every time I lift my leg from the water, the pain rebounds so intensely I have to slide it back in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They lifted Booth from the floor, carried him under the trees a few yards from the door, and laid him on the grass. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers stopped, lifted his gun, and fired. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She whips her tail and lifts one foot briefly, almost like a wave. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She lifted her shoulders, curled her arms over head and clapped her hands, then stamped her feet, fast, fast, fast on the floor as if she were putting out a fire. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then the four men began to lift the awkward makeshift stretcher. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crane-man stood aside while Ajima lifted the lid of the container and closed it again, fastening it with the straw bobble and braided loop. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As Meggie came closer to the grating her mother lifted her head and was now looking at her as if nothing else in the world existed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After slipping back into his room and sitting the gift on the bedside table, I lift the covers to crawl into bed next to him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then he lifts my leg and uses thick tape to strap it down. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I lifted him easily and he hugged himself to me', his fragile arms as light as a necklace. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It challenged me and humbled me, lifted me up and shrank me down, sometimes all at once. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mom immediately lifted my bag off me and carried it to the table. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the hog was dead Pa and Uncle Henry lifted it up and down in the boiling water till it was well scalded. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted both arms above my head, flashed a smile in the usual salute to the judges, then stepped to the center of the runway. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then the boy opened his eyes and lifted his black brows and shrugged his shoulders and he said to his father, “You spoke of it first!” and then he turned away and went out. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“He keeps his grog ready mixed in a little tub on the table. Wait a moment, and you’ll hear Clara lift him up to take some. There he goes!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lifted up the hinged section of the countertop and floated closer to the curious man. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

So he gave me an old yogurt container full of water, and I opened the crate door without lifting the burlap, stuck the water inside, and shut the door again as fast as I could. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“M-morning,” he stammered to Harry as the lift set off again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was like when you lift a rock or a log in the forest and see the ground alive with a writhing mess of bugs and worms. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes traveled past the tree, and then her heart lifted. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Just the effort of lifting his arm to knock exhausted him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam swivels around and hugs Willow with such force that her feet lift up off the ground. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the robe from the drawer and carried it to the table by the window. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to back down before he lifted his paw in the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the rue de la Crosse, the Flotel of Bees becomes almost weightless for a moment, lifted in a spiral of flame, before it begins to rain in pieces back to the earth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I heard a distinct smacking sound, and when she lifted her head again a giant bite had disappeared from the goose leg. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Grunting, Trey lifts up, grips, and turns me over like I’m a sack of potatoes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He bayed again, and this time Gray lifted his voice in an echo of loss. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When the weary passengers finally boarded the giant jet at Kennedy Airport and it lifted off the runway, her mother clutched Liyana’s wrist hard. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the fog of the nagual’s spell had lifted, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t made the connection sooner. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That seemed to make sense, so the seven men lifted the young lieutenant up and stretched him out carefully on the hood of a parked car, still pinning each struggling part of him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After taking a sip of wine, Mary lifted her napkin and wiped the corners of her mouth, and then her napkin again disappeared underneath the table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He lifted one of the first-graders out of his tire, plunked him on the ground, and sat in the tire himself. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step on and the current freezes me until I’m lifted on board. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When he was out of reach, he lifted his chin and looked down at me with narrowed eyes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Don’t let her lift me up to get it round me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just seeing her excitement lifts my own spirits. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Phelan lifted him into the air and slammed him against the cell’s metal wall. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salmakia lifted her foot away from Pantalaimon’s leg, and at once he fought free of her grasp and changed into a wildcat, hissing ferociously, fur on end, tail lashing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He reached gently into the undergrowth and lifted out a small frog. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The door curtain lifted again, and the King was in the room. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy lifted the weak head and made a quick slash with the knife. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at it with no small amount of trepidation before lifting the top. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I lift the lid, and it’s worse than I expect. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Janie achieved the tail of the cow and lifted her head up along the cow’s rump, as far as she could above water. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I lifted the dead raptor and held it against my chest. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hands and pushed against the rafters. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because writers never have to beat anyone up or lift anything heavy. At least I don’t think they do,” he joked. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I'm exhausted from lifting rocks and whining about lifting rocks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Dad lifted Mother from the station wagon and I saw her face—her eyes, hidden under dark circles the size of plums, and the swelling distorting her soft features, stretching some, compressing others. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I looked at the desk organizer for a moment, then lifted it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Hercules lifted him up and holding him in the air strangled him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not realize that one photo was missing until Mrs. Richardson lifted the last to reveal a bundle of negatives. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lifts his head so he can see me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She lifted the bundle and put it beneath the wagon seat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my backpack and zip open the smallest pouch. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The pressure lessened as, instant by instant, the colossal weight lifted. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I gasped and ran to her, lifting her sunglasses off, cupping her face in my hands, studying it for bruises, for anything that might seem amiss. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It lifted, and through the opening Coraline could see only darkness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly exhausted, lungs squashed flat, limbs too heavy to lift. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She bent over, lifting the front of her dress to dry her eyes, and stood so for a moment on the bottom step while he watched her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I lift the latch and push him back. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my face and looked at Tia straight on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But he just lifts me up, dodging my kicking feet, and slams me down on the metal slab, knocking the wind out of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had lifted Campbell Junior up to the window so he could watch a hen leading her baby chicks towards the front yard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room is a tree in a giant water tank, lifted high above the floor so I can see the tangle of roots beneath it, strangely human, like nerves. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some sort of current glues me to the ladder while I'm lifted safely inside. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I take a breath and hold it, like I’m about to lift something heavy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I smile and I don’t even have to think about lifting the corners of my mouth. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The older man lifted his hand to rest on the boy’s shoulder and let it hover just above for a moment, before thinking better of it and letting it drift back down. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Kat lifts the cake from under the table. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In two ferocious strides, the emperor seized and lifted the boy as if he were an animal the emperor planned to slaughter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maddy ran up on him like a maniac, threw her arms around his legs, and tried to lift him! Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The man pressed the button to call his mom and lifted the phone to his ear, winking at Moss as he did. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bigger lifted his eyes and looked about; no one was watching him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the car lurched over the snow he lifted his eyes and saw black people upon the snow-covered sidewalks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She went over to the fireplace, went up on tiptoes, and lifted it down. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It was important, he said, not to go out smelling of wine: the lift attendants were very observant. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Give a lift. You’d better hold this ladder. It seems rickety.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach lifted and I was dizzy as we coasted down the back of the wave. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wind lifts my hair, scrubs sand and salt against my skin, invades my nose. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t meet Mom’s gaze, but I can sense the lift of her brows. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The paramedics were lifting the victim into the ambulance. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted the rock pendant from the neck of her shift. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rule here is that one must be escorted up to the reading room in a lift, whose cramped space makes small talk compulsory as far as I’m concerned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The smell of fermented fruit was overpowering, and a haze of escaped flies lifted off the tables like a buzzing veil every time Morgan moved. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Falconer suddenly lifted the point again and pressed it against my chin. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She gasped and lifted out a sturdy pink metal lockbox. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Emma lifted herself out of the hay on her elbows and rolled toward them, and I got closer too, to listen. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Al grabs me under each arm and lifts me easily into the car. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I said goodbye to him, before he left for the airport, I lifted his suitcase and it felt heavy. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My right leg lifts onto the ball of my foot, and my heel taps uncontrollably. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Armbrust led the detectives into the kitchen, where she lifted a sheet of oilcloth from the floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What is this for?” she demanded, her eyebrows lifted in distaste—and wariness. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless it needed the strength of the two Men to lift and haul them over the ground that the Company now had to cross. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The oars lifted, expanding into aerial blades with a sound like ninety umbrellas opening at once, and the Argo II rose into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This was lifting up one end of the lake and causing the water to run out at the other, as would happen if you lifted one side of a child’s wading pool. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A large knob-knuckled hand was laid on each of their shoulders, and they were twisted round, gently but irresistibly; then two great arms lifted them up. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I felt his struggles suddenly grow more desperate and lifted my face to see why. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then Mam’s retort, as clear as day: “A man whose mother won’t let him lift a finger is ruined for a wife.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gradually, Jack felt his mood of despair lift. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

What a difference a year makes, especially when you can count on loved ones to lift you up and God to pull you through. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The lift doors closed and as they clanked down another floor, Mr. Weasley said, “I hear you laid information about Dirk Cresswell.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My sister and I would shriek as our butts lifted off the seat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z