| 单词 | limp |
| 例句 | A grizzly may chew on a limp form for a minute or two but generally will lose interest and shuffle off. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The look on his face was priceless, and his body was limp with helpless vexation. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He raises a limp hand to his forehead and turns away from me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Its masts were shattered and its grimy gray sails hung limp and torn. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The other was long and boneless, a fleshy tentacle with limp fingers at the end. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A Dauntless traitor to my left is looking away, nudging a limp Dauntless with her foot. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Way more than half of the runners had gone by before we saw Danny limping past the first bend. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Jorge had one blind askew eye and poor vision in the other, he was bald, limping noticeably, haggard and frail and crotchety. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While everybody stood about the package, petrified, an old woman with a decided limp in one leg hobbled from the back of the crowd to where the package lay. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He also gave Liddy something he called a “gait-altering device,” a lead insert placed in the shoe that caused the wearer to limp. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He moves across the room to the map with the colored pins, his limp more pronounced than usual. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He limped to the thwart and climbed on it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I find the daffodils, crisp at the edges where they’ve dried, limp towards the stems, use my fingers to pinch. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They have grumbling lions with gleaming teeth and a snaking line of elephants, each clutching the limp tail in front of her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Yossarian tried paying no attention to him and limped wearily to his cot and sat down with a labored, drawn-out grunt. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z On that first morning of her new life April had spent half an hour arranging her limp blond hair in a high upsweep, such as Dorothea sometimes wore. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She was limping badly and there was lots of dried blood on the bare legs that showed beneath her skirt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She limps when she walks, and sometimes her foot gets infected when she stands in one place for too long. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z "You were right. I don't limp so bad anymore." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He went on a bit then, filling me in on the rest of his limp life history. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When he moved there was a limp, but not a clumping wooden-legged limp. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She told him how that little dog had limped all the way back to his boy and collapsed right there beside him, his chin resting on Mark’s frozen gloves. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She is a limp rag without her stuffing. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She had limped out onstage with her crutches while the curtains were closed and planted herself securely by the piano. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The Resistance leader limps to a table where Tariq is sitting and gestures me over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Soon there was a huddle of limp black players slumped along the wall. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But a few were uninhabited and gloomy-looking with dandelions overrunning the yard and limp gutters hanging loose from the weight of soggy old leaves and broken tree branches. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She sat on the chair instead, hands limp in her lap, eyes staring at nothing, and let her mind fly on. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With beautiful clean clothing and beautiful false papers, I limp toward a beautiful bus with a thin-as-a-pin dog painted on each side, a bus bound for Los Angeles, The Angels. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He rose, tottering, and he shouted that all was well; he charged forward, limping, his men behind him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “He’s just made that rule up,” Harry muttered angrily as Snape limped away. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z His face was bloody where they’d beaten him, and he hung limp, not even trying to stand. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Clutching a robe about her gaunt frame, her unknotted hair hanging long and limp, she tried to focus her dulled eyes on the shocked face of her visitor. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Both are limp and wet with dirt and sweat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But he had no time to wonder what it might be, for almost immediately another rabbit appeared and limped to where Holly was lying. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for a bit of a limp, it didn’t seem like he was even hurt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Hazel was limping away from her attacker, her jeans ripped, her left leg bleeding. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A pair of legionnaires march out from behind the belltower, dragging a small, limp form. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It forces me to limp as I try to keep up with Curtis. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As Coraline watched, they waved to her, slowly, with limp hands. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Then I limped into Dockside and waited for Pike and his friends to spot me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the girls reached the beach, the tide was high, and the ship — a magnificent reproduction of an eighteenth-century sloop built on a studio lot in Hollywood — listed and limped in the high winds. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Helene grabs the bow from me, takes aim with the corded arrow, and a second later, one of the legionnaires rappelling down goes limp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She glanced back, saw the second guardsman fall, his blade dropping from limp fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Between his legs hung a limp cocoon that seemed smoother, free of the wrinkles that crisscrossed the rest of his body like mosquito netting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I watched Mama walk toward the kitchen, in her limping gait. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The flag that fluttered on the roof had grown limp and old. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Letting my body go limp, I hoped my opponent would think he had subdued me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had never seen them run; he stared, began limping forward to see. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking down, he saw that his new gym sneakers had been slashed, the canvas now limp shreds, rag-like. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear Dante crying—and when I turned around to see where he was, I saw that he was holding Richie Valens's limp body in his arms. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She ran on and on, limping and sobbing, until she had reached the big wrought iron gate. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His father, not far off, limped as he worked along the newly turned rows of corn. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Several plays later, he left the game limping with a cramp and did not return. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His arms and legs dangled like a limp marionette. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Azareen gasped at the sight of one old woman, and Lazlo noted the way her sword arm fell limp to her side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I shook myself off, clutching my limp and torn garments, and headed for Perilee’s to bring in the dry laundry and start supper. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I limped up to them, using the wall as a crutch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps Sounder had limped down the road, the way the wagon had taken his master, and died. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tori and Harrison come to the lobby after a while, Tori limping toward a chair—I almost forgot about her bullet wound again; she was so nimble when she killed , Jeanine—and Harrison following her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Besides, a man has to lie for months on his belly in the hospital, and afterwards he would be almost sure to have a limp. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was well past midnight by the time Kote made it back to Newarre with Chronicler’s limp body slung across his lacerated shoulders. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He swam about in the murky water, feeling for Jojo, then managed to heave the limp, heavy body onto his shoulder. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z There were a few old men in pastel suits, limping, I think, on purpose. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Raymond limped from the ashes of the old schoolhouse and threw himself on top of a high pile of dirt. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The phantom Samaritan stuck the book between his teeth, crouched down, hoisted Arnold Jones’s limp carcass over his shoulder, and hauled him out of there like a sack of flour. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was driving slowly when I noticed a limping man at the side of the road raising his hand to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shards of glass and metal spray from the center of the bloom, and Uriah’s body is among them, a limp projectile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Halfway there Hushpuppy met them, limping a little, but wagging his tail energetically. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z All of a sudden he was leaving Sunset Towers, pushed by his limping partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was strange, the languorous, limp hand coming to rest at her side while her breathing was coming so quick and fast. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He thinks his father’s limp is the consequence of an injury playing soccer in his teens. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Pinmei’s feet lost all feeling, and her legs threatened to go limp with each step. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When I congratulated him after the wedding and shook his hand, his fingers were limp and moist. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z That my walk across London ended at the church on Clapham Common, and that a cowardly Briony limped back to the hospital, unable to confront her recently bereaved sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Soon she was moving about the ship without difficulty, albeit with a slight limp. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He could limp the short distance, get under the floor and then make his way to the ditch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A dozen men were splitting logs to feed the blaze when Asha came limping up with her keepers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And no ladders. He could break a hip and have a limp for the rest of his days.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Woundwort limped across to the two runs, halfway down the eastern wall, which Groundsel had been told to get open. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His ears dropped, but he didn’t follow as I limped over toward the door. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He sorted through the limp pages and spread out those that answered to their location. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It hung there trembling, within an inch of those limp fingers, on the verge of contact. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank limped around to the back of the house until he reached a door almost completely hidden by ivy, took out the old key, put it into the lock, and opened the door noiselessly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I limped home to my Dumpster, to my mother, to Freddie the Malaysian. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He walked ahead of us, limping as if his left knee would not bend. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I rush forward to help him pull her limp body over his shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Mace murmured, “You bloody well limp till we’re out of sight.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her bare legs and arms were bruised and scraped; one ankle was badly swollen and she favored it, limping to the table where Alys had set a bowl of porridge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ivy stood up and limped over to the remains of their house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was a gesture so familiar, so routine for anyone who’d ever worn glasses, that my whole body locked up like cement, then went limp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The boy looked at her and shrugged, the bow limp in his hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sometime in the wee hours of the morning, Carmen got out of bed and limped over to the window. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z My hand advanced a few inches, then retreated and fell limp. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As one limping man to another, old Zooey, let’s be courteous and kind to each other. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z They wheel in a woman on a stretcher, her arms and legs limp, her eyes open too wide. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He turned and limped away, leaving Ranofer staring after him in a ferment of joy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Mama began to weep, great silent tears, and Papa was now limping back and forth beside the bunk, like a caged animal, brandishing his long, polished North Dakota cane. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Had it not been for my superior brawn, she would have sacked my wagon. Finally she limped away from the fray, her glad rags askew.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Six months earlier Tamara had been badly injured in an air raid with a compound fracture to her left leg, which left her with a permanent limp. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The man had a pronounced limp and was glad for the help. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He removed her sword and tried to make her comfortable, but she was as limp as a scarecrow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The head of the man was pulled to the side where a limp arm dangled and where the foot pointed outward as it was dragged through the dust. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembers his father’s footprints in the sand; because of his limp, the right toe of his shoe was always turned outward, the left straight ahead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He would tell the intern about the person who limped into the Westing house; maybe that was the murderer—unless his partner was the murderer! The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a limp—not at all—just the suggestion of one, but it looked like an affected walk, the strut of a very young man trying to appear more sophisticated than he was. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the smallest guys on Buffalo got around the back side of the net, bumped my leg, and I went limp. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I do know that on the day of my big piano recital, he was already walking with a slight limp, his left foot unable to catch up to his right. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I must look funny limping alongside my pretty mother in my big old saddle shoes—the only shoes that feel sturdy on my feet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Nin buckled, as if someone had taken a sledgehammer to all her supports and she were bursting apart, falling, fading, and then...gone, her hands as limp as leather gloves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Kaz pulled them on, then limped to the holding area with the rest of the prisoners. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her one hand was limp, like a flipper. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His legs stayed put, hanging limp, refusing to respond. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Jonathan watched him silently, watching the slow, limping shuffle and stride of the weakened leg. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Just placed it on the counter and limped back to her little chair by the door where she always sat in her apron, sorting and stacking vegetables. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hand on the coverlet, when he took it in his, was limp and cold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then, barely a week later, she limped into the kitchen as Finn was scratching around in the cabinet for boxes and jars. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I only see them place TJ on the gurney, his fingers curled into a tight ball, then releasing to a motionless limp. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I turned off my lamp and moved aside the limp curtains, thinking of Ned and looking for the big orange harvest moon he’d written of. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The rebels kept coming in, row after filthy row, most with their heads down, some limping with a crutch or an arm in a sling. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the hunters limped, and I felt a cramp in his calf. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Aron leaped at him and the limp body of the rabbit slashed against his face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, at least now I know they're here,” he grumbled as he limped up the stairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Two days after Doc Murphy brought him here, Shiloh’s up limping around on his bad leg. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces only inches apart, Mudd helped Booth limp up the steps and into his home. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Gray limped from the woods and flopped to the riverbank beside Pax. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Freebie had made a complete recovery, except he limped sometimes and was afraid of cars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I pace the room a little, remembering to limp for the camera. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As they headed to their hotel, the mustached man’s limp grew increasingly pronounced and by the time they reached the lobby, he was struggling to keep up. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We can't go to downtown Greenville without seeing the teenagers walking into stores, sitting where brown people still aren't allowed to sit and getting carried out, their bodies limp, their faces calm. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I went back into the library, limp and exhausted. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His mind had gone limp; I felt like I could reach both hands up and reshape him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My mom screamed when she came to pick me up and found me playing with a limp, scaly rope I’d somehow managed to strangle to death with my meaty toddler hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then I rode the Greyhound to Atlanta and limped into the admissions office. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her body’s limp, her arm dangling off the bed. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The fever that swept up over me made my body go limp, and I was pressed back against the bed, sinking into the pillows there like I was falling through clouds. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Amelia greedily eyed the fish, which, fearing the worst was about to happen, made itself as limp as it could in Mary Poppins’s hand. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He was limp in her arms, but she rubbed her face in his fur. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed, clenched his jaw against the agony in his leg, and limped forward, trying to see Diana and Z in the haze. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Grandfather stayed silent until we approached a limping man dressed in dark rags, pushing a cart. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it appeared to be a child carrying something on its back and limping. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Scrimgeour glared at him for another moment, then turned and limped away without another word. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And then from behind the workshop came, in a sort of lurching limp, a shape the size of a large dog, but hunched and heavy in the shoulders, which stood and stared at them directly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Even Charley, who is as honest as they come, is prone to limp when his feelings are hurt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When you shook his limp hand he was like a scary doll that whispered, “Goodbye, dearly departed. Rest in peace.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Meaning that Dumbledore’s very interested to know who’s got it in for that boy!” said Moody, limping nearer still to the foot of the stairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was the best I could do while limping along with internal bleeding. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The legs were loose, the belly flaccid and limp. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached for her notebook, and June let it go, her fingers limp. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He limped among the men, passing each one like a warming fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The fade-out scene, the one that had Dad actually wringing out his handkerchief, showed the old woman, shivering in a worn and inadequate hug-me-tight, limping slowly up the hill to the poor house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding out a limp Fig, I cried, “Sir Fig Newton has the silent cat killer.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I’m waiting for her to say more when a door opens on the far side of the cavern to admit Keenan and a limping, silver-haired man. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s not far,” he said and limped away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He was limp all over; he was standing up here against this wall by some strength not his own. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And Harry was left alone, with nothing to distract him from the stabbing pains in his limp arm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Anya clawed her way to her feet, limping and hobbling to where Håkon knelt on the floor, holding his arm and moaning with pain. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A stinging blow from a weasel’s club sent Basil limping and tripping to the ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Nabila stood by the door, her arms limp at her sides. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z After his initial panic, Chronicler went quiet and limp. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His head hung limp upon his chest, his beard spread like a rumpled napkin. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He stood up and shook his leg before trying his weight on it, then limped toward the tree. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Staying close to the floor, he snaked himself down the first flight of stairs, gently dragging the limp, unconscious body of Angel with him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinner would be whatever strange thing we’d been able to buy at the side of the river, but breakfast and lunch were always limp cassava bread and fish wrapped in banana leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I limped away as quickly as I could. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When he got to the top of the steps she was completely limp and was still trying to mumble something. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The chief psychologist had a limp handshake, and a weak laugh. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z His limp sack of bones smacked against the door as I slammed it shut behind him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes at night, in secret, I still limp purposefully around my apartment, like Mr. Hyde, trying to recover my old ways of seeing and thinking. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He limps off faster than I would have thought possible. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Troubled by their blisters, they limped back in the direction of the beach with the idea of finding Mace and sharing the food and drink. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I bobbed a clumsy curtsy and walked as fast as I could with the limp burden in my arms, beseeching with every step. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I still have a limp,” I mumble. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly Taisin’s body went limp, her eyes blinking open in the darkness of the tent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By the time she gets to the finish line, she is limping and crying. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z They limped about in crippled, teetering circles; on their backs they frantically scriggled paraplegic legs; on their sides, twisted into grotesque agonized shapes, they arched and jerked and quivered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I found my walking stick and limped across the floor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some hang limp from laundry lines as thin and worn as thread; others are nailed clumsily to the doors of modest mud-brick homes not so unlike my own. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I limped through the pasture until Dad was out of sight, then collapsed in the tall wheatgrass. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “What happened to your limp? Was it an affectation, or the real thing?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The chariot hit the floor of an open-plan office and limped around, the left front wheel trembling unevenly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was then that I noticed that Perez had a slight limp. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z As I lift my baby from her limp arms, they fall open in her lap, palms facing upward. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He got up and limped downstairs into the kitchen with the idea of refilling his hot-water bottle to ease the stiffness in his knee. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A couple of limp cabbage leaves lay on the bottom of the box. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I noticed you were limping more than usual today. Is your leg bothering you?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He limped about, looking soft and sad, and soon all John’s sympathy was given to this violent and unhappy woman. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry to intrude,” said Scrimgeour, as he limped to a halt before the table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Once upon a time the world was so thick with ghosts, I could hardly breathe; I could hardly walk, limping my way around the White Ghosts and their cars. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tristran Thorn approached the gap in the wall, from the Faerie side, for the second time since his conception eighteen years before, with the star limping beside him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Thomas tried to imitate Alby’s lifeless body, hanging limp in the vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z He jerked to his feet and made his way wordlessly to the doors, limping on his maimed feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His chest was heaving; his face was red, and his dæmon was limp and fainting in the monkey’s hands. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Penny huddled in her cabin with her dog and her pig, and Tyrion brought her food, limping on his bandaged calf and sniffing at the wound by night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bacon limped behind me yelling, "Don't you dare soil my carpet again!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He limped toward the fire, and with every right step he took, there was a loud clunk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The nurse’s neck fell limp, like a broken doll. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I reach down, tug a flower from my mom’s flower bed, and twist it around in my fingers until it’s limp in my hands. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He filled the white-rabbit rice bowl with noodles, the long strips hanging from his chopsticks like limp threads. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But they were not used to such idleness and had gone limp with despair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He knew they were dangerous, that they would soon suck up all the air around her and leave her limp on the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Pick up the little scoop and start shoveling ice into the limp plastic bag. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The hair hung down, limp and draggled, or matted with dried blood where Hal’s club had bruised him. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind me, Laia pitches forward so suddenly that the Augur falls with her, her hands still pinning the girl's limp arms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Would you tell me again how you got your limp?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Hazel and the others followed as best they could, with Pipkin limping and staggering behind, his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My dagger is driven through a limp piece of parchment and into the scorched ground beside the tree. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I picked him up and held him to me; his limp, emaciated body, so light I might have been holding a handful of leaves, not a child, sagged lifeless against mine. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaning far over, Stephanie sucked his limp nub into her smoky mouth . . . just as another snap! and death struggle took place in the nearby kitchen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She read slowly, tracing the words with her long, limp finger. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He put me in a body cast so my legs would heal properly, and now he’s disappointed to see me limping. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He dragged one leg as he walked, but nonetheless he kept urging them on, as if to prove he could move faster than they could even though he limped. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As I walked toward the door I supposed that Quackenbush was studying me to see if he could detect a limp. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I reach the house’s gate, my hair is wet, limp, and heavy against my forehead and cheeks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Out of nowhere Nick developed a terrible limp. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z What sort of welcome would he have, limping as he was on crutches? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Until he grew much older, he was never known to pick up a restaurant check, suffering what a friend called “limp wrist syndrome.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This morning, he limped into our house, slumped in a chair, threw his sprained knee up on the table, and smirked. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He put out one more candle, then set down his silver snuffer and hobbled toward her with a pronounced limp. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Way down the hallway was a blade of muddy light, so that was the direction I limped. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z One, carrying a doctor's bag, quickly limped on crooked legs to the side of the writhing doorman. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As I pelted away he limped after me, shouting that he would kill me for what I’d done. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I caught Noodles in the corner of my eye as he sort of limped down the steps. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The snake fell limp, blood pooling in the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He often took constitutionals with his dog, Spiro, an old gray-and- white shepherd mix that limped devotedly behind him on stiff arthritic hips. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned away without another word and limped from the room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I wonder how he got such a limp, if he was born with it or if something bad happened to him when he was young. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Yesterday he had limped, but today there was no part of his feet that didn’t hurt, so limping did no good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He merely threw the lighter in a wide high arc into the trees at the foot of the hills and limped down the footpath, paying no attention to the direction he was going. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walked out the door, she stood watching me from the living room, her arms limp at her sides, her shoulders slumped over, her face only half alive. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t limp anymore; my parents would only figure that this zombie and I were a match. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wiping the metal counter with a limp rag. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until Ben Cho nudged Grace’s limp hand with his sneaker that any of us realized she was dead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He saw boys with scars, boys with limps, boys with pockmarked faces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rest of us got up, limped our way to the benches. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He limped inside, wincing, with a duffel bag hiked up on his shoulder. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z There was a subtle limp to her walk, maybe, but if I hadn’t known what had happened, I would have just assumed she was coming in from a long afternoon of working in the Garden. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She was still limping slightly from kicking the toilet bowl, but apparently her foot wasn’t broken. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Gathering her pack, she ran her hand over the outside to check that its contents were safe, and limped away from the water to set up the little tent. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Chamberlain limped to the boulder, to stand at the colors with Tozier. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A high-pitched cry hitches in his throat, stopped before it really began, and his hands go limp for just a moment. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His entire body goes limp, catching his Dauntless traitor escort off guard. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The hair over her eyes was limp and wet, and her face felt damp.“Ahoy! Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He limped to the couch and sat in the vacant space. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Behind him, limping and complaining, came the survivors of the ill-fated raiding party. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But the old dog was very weary, mid his pace had dropped to a limping walk. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She had held onto the violin and bow in her limp hands for a littie while and had continued to look at the sheet music as if she was still playing. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with no warning, Jeanne’s body stops trembling and goes limp. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When the can was heaped with crumpled paper, he dropped the leather cover—empty now, limp, like the husk stripped from an ear of corn—on top and kicked the can under his desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was so thrown by this, all I could find to say was a rather limp: “Forgive you for what?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His dark coat rippled in the salt breeze, his limp more pronounced tonight, as it always was when the weather turned cold. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She dragged herself away, limping as fast as she could, and the terrible fury of the man came after her, thrashing and beating with his stick, and the frenzied laughter-like agony filled the air again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She limped toward the nearest tapestry—a cityscape of Ancient Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And “This is Giles,” said Maxim, prodding my arm, and Giles stretched out an enormous paw and wrung my hand, squeezing the fingers limp, genial eyes smiling from behind horn-rimmed glasses. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She was nearly blind in her left eye and walked with a severe limp, dragging her Ieft foot behind her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And the lady limped on too, right next to Fatima, and screamed again. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Vonetta looked more like Frankenstein than a flower girl, limping and lugging her white-casted arm while Fern imitated her so there would be two Frankenstein flower girls. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The writhing snake hung limp again with the rest. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Voxy holds my hand as I limp with the rest of them to the grove. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Bigger extended a limp palm, his mouth open in astonishment. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My gown was stained and wrinkled from the journey, and my hair was probably limp and unkempt. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The direwolf’s breath frosted the forest air as he padded after them, still limping on the hind leg that had taken the arrow back at Queenscrown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I guess if I got the urge to bust loose now, me and the lame mare could waddle and limp our way into the woods. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I limp through the streets along the rim of Alta and Winter sector, along the lake and out in the open, lost in the crowded shuffle of other people. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I do not think that he knew I was picking him up, for his body was limp, as if he were dead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran off like a limping mongrel, dragging it beside her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to limp noticeably, and several of his colleagues urged him to see a doctor, a dreaded experience that Bobby would only agree to if he were in enormous pain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Each time he woke, he remembered the loss of Hazel and suffered once more the knowledge that had pierced him as the shadowy, limping rabbit disappeared in the first light of morning on the down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks strong and healthy, so different from the sick, starving boy I knew in the arena, and you can barely even notice his limp now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I mashed a bit of the last blackened, limp banana between my fingers, and you swallowed a few small bites. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Vonetta’s limp wasn’t so bad, but she still had her cast in a sling. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It is James, his thin body lying limp. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I limp back to the tree they’re resting under, and sit next to Feathers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z First, old Amarante Cordova, wearing his mammoth pistol, limped between ghost houses and down the plaza to the steps of the small mud-plastered church. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was kind of limping like something was wrong with one of his legs. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He watched as the guards picked Citra up and carried her, limp as a sack of potatoes, outside where, no doubt, an ambudrone was already waiting to take her to the nearest revival center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Look at the kid limping along the sidewalk,” the smile would say. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But one arm hung limp and seemed to be bleeding; the other hugged a large black bundle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I saw them, arms limp, faces sometimes twisted in anguish, mostly calm, and I was afraid of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sherman limped outside, scribbling notes on the flight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally the boy landed a blow to the head and the mercenary went limp. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By the time Viserys came limping back among them, every man, woman, and child in the camp would know him for a walker. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Yes, all right,” said Hazel good-naturedly, as he began to limp along the bank upstream. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Past the Charm Bracelets, through the Kilt Pins, deeper into the locker room, Calliope limped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The limp hands tighten, the eyes blink, and with a deep breath she summons the infinite control that is Claire’s. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She turned her back on me and limped down the hall. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He had barely stood up, however, when a door opened and Hagrid squeezed through it, his face covered in mud and blood, limping a little but miraculously alive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now only a few feet away, the visitor grew louder and louder until Thomas caught a shadowed glimpse of a skinny boy limping along in a strange, lilting run. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then he picked up a small carton that lay waiting on the floor, set it on the bed, and lifted the limp body into it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The birthday girl’s head fell back and her body went limp. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Will I lose myself entirely if I lose my limp? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab the parrot’s limp body and hurl it from the crow’s nest, watching it arc across the sky like a feathery fireball, until it is taken by the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then his hands went limp and fell with their own weight from her shoulders. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Try to make my breaths all long and drawn-out and my face muscles limp. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He called again, a low guttural command, and the dog raised her head, barked twice, sprang to her feet, and limped away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He only had his dog, Hoppy, a quiet mutt who limped, to keep him company. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He got the money and I got this limp.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He frowned at something on his worktable and limped over to it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Yossarian shouted anxiously at Doc Daneeka as he ran up, breathless and limp, his somber eyes burning with a misty, hectic anguish. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I limped back to the Hab and fumbled my way into an airlock. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At last she hung there, limp and panting. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He staggered backward and collapsed onto the waterlogged floor with a great splash, his wand falling from his limp right hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She falls, first to her knees, her hands limp at her sides, and then to the pavement, slumped to the side like a rag doll. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Jinny felt herself cutting across the beach alone, carrying her limp bundle beneath the smudgy sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The troll grunted, flipping the limp human body over his head. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Before I could let go of the suddenly limp head, my hand was painted in a gush of warm blood. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Leaning and limping, the star made it to the table and sat down at the bench beside it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The room was drab in the fresh, hot morning sun, and a pair of silk stockings hung limp and withered from the cord of the windowshade. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A strand of hair dangled in her eyes, limp with sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I opened the door and watched her as she limped off to the doghouse. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The goats ran as best they could, but while Snarler ran well and ran fast, even with the weight of the giant’s cauldron to pull, Grinder limped and staggered. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I noticed he had a bit of a limp, although the accident had not, to my knowledge, hurt his legs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The driver cursed and limped the Greyhound over to the side of the highway. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I expect her to explain why she chose to take that dagger for me, but she just limps away, her brethren supporting her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It limped toward Sierra, thrusting one long dark appendage forward and then fluidly gliding ahead on the other like a wounded giant. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The hands of this God would be bright with flowers that would never die and this God would sing and stutter and limp along an alleyway and pass judgment in the land beside the river. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was limp, flat, the pocket long since gone. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As they got drunker and drunker, some lay limp on the floor and others took felt-tipped pens and began to write on the exposed skin of the fallen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That explained his limp and his lack of transportation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tehlu carried the demon’s limp body all through the long night, and on the morning of the ninth day he came to the city of Atur. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So, clutching my dog blanket around my hips, I stepped out of the truck and limped awkwardly to the passenger side while Cade slid in behind the wheel. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He limped back to the basin and sat on the edge. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I can only see the smooth side of her face from this angle, the limp but curled hair, the full mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I limp toward the door, which is a pane of frosted glass. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Bod limped up the hill and retrieved a folded piece of paper from beneath a stone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Shahir, already limping, caught an elbow to the face and came out with a bloody lip. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The hunter now limped and rattled and was covered in scars. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He reaches the singing man, grabs the collar of the old man’s dirty coat, and punches him until his body is limp. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She came and took Carrie, all limp and sleeping, out of the big bed. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no breeze, my white curtains are like gauze bandages, hanging limp, glimmering in the aura cast by the searchlight that illuminates this house at night, or is there a moon? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair wasn’t slicked back but fell limp on either side of his face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The mouse, I’ve been sure for years, limps home from the site of the burning ferns wheel with a brand-new, airtight plan for killing the cat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Theon grabbed hold of a branch and pulled himself back to his feet, knocked the snow off his legs, and limped back toward the lights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He returned first—” “Because he cheated—” The door opens, and Zak limps in. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z After finagling ourselves out of a visit to the principal’s office, we limped home. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He puts a small, limp piece of rubber on the nozzle. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The Thenn was frightened of the horses, however, and preferred to limp along despite his wounds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His eyes searched hurriedly, frantically, through the immobile maze of limp figures. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Chamberlain gathered strength, limping along the ridge, tucking himself in under his soft black hat, out of the sun. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie’s bald spots started growing fur, and the fur that he had to begin with started looking shiny and healthy; and he didn’t limp anymore. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And when they let me go, I limped out, holding my stomach, my eye already shriveled. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I went limp, the way animals sometimes do at the moment of the predator’s leap. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it takes a few minutes before her hand goes limp in mine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As he limped across the outer yard, he heard the portcullis rattling up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He stood back to let them into his empty classroom, limped in after them, and closed the door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I am still figuring out the logistics of interacting with physical things,” Marco says, flattening the raven’s wings and letting it limp down the length of his arm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My hands were limp on his chest, and I felt lightheaded again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The tree stood mournfully above them, its dry leaves now hanging limp, and rattling in the chill easterly wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Under the cover of night he wobbled unsteadily to his feet, limping away up the bed of the ditch towards Redwall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then they turned and went back to the house, Mr. Loomis once again limping slightly. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Her body became perfectly limp as the spirit of Goré left her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, without that person knowing it, his string would go limp and he’d think that it had just snapped, but no, Sapo had cut it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Camel limps weakly behind, popping his head around one side, and then falling back and running along the other like a disgraced puppy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The physicists are another species, whiter-skinned, towel-draped against the sun, unearthly, the soles of their feet so sensitive that they limp on sand. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked with a limp, and he had the ball that wounded him on a string around his neck. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they see that Fina is limping, and they go back to worrying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The quilts on our beds and the clothes in our chest were limp and smelled of mildew. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Others walk as if injured inside, hunched and limping. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On the last night of their stay, the woman, whose hair was so fair it was almost white, and who walked with a limp, looked at the man, and said, "Well?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A moment later he was down the bank and limping up the track, pausing from time to time to sit up and look about him for an Efrafan patrol. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In his blue overalls that hung limp over his skinny little body he was like a blue-and-yellow rag doll. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he knew it was wrong to be mean to Celia and let himself go limp again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She pictured Mr. Lawrence, limping through the classroom. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z His many scars made him stiff, and limping helped ease the pain gnaw- ing at his hip. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She rushes as best she can, limping heavily, toward the open back door of the truck. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z But instead he limps to the door as if I've ceased to exist. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Now, as he watched him limping and staggering up the slope, it occurred to him that he might actually be wounded in some way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z People are limping about, arms outstretched, their clothes on fire and their faces half melted like wax. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Poor bloody infantry. If you want to go home to the crumpet, get between us and limp.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was limp in its thrall or rigid in an effort to dismiss it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was limping and had a strained, resolute look. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She limped around the perimeter of the house, looking for a garden, some carrots she could dig from the earth, a tomato she could pluck from a vine, but these people didn’t keep a garden. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I limped slowly back toward the apartment, coat pulled tight around my neck, trying to smooth away the fear from my face before I had to see Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The assistant reached her long, bony arms inside and dragged out a limp, defeated Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In a few minutes the pain in my toe dies down a little, so I head for the third floor, slowly and limping a little. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z TeLinde, one of the top cervical cancer experts in the country, was a dapper and serious fifty-six-year-old surgeon who walked with an extreme limp from an ice-skating accident more than a decade earlier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She limps, and Jesus, dear God, a scorching burn rises up her legs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Ralph went first, limping a little, his spear carried over one shoulder. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Finally she stood in Pilate’s doorway, limp, wet, and confused, clutching her bundles in whatever way she could. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood with her in his arms; she was limp. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He limped for weeks, and was forbidden from seeing Brother Cyrus, who’d grown so agitated by his visit that he’d had to be sedated. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Some great journey!” the Centipede said, limping across the room. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Guiteau dropped through the opening, his limp body hanging from the noose. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z After about fifteen minutes, Roger comes out of the office, limping slightly less than before. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z For a long time—as his brother was taken back and forth to a special medical home and was forced to wear braces on his legs, which left him limping—Morrie felt responsible. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas watched, speechless, as Gaily staggered to his feet and walked forward, dragging his right leg with a heavy limp. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She limped on, leaving a trail of bloody footprints on the stones behind her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I watched her limp away, rocking like the Old Ship of Zion. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had healed remarkably well, but he still trotted in front of the fire with a slight limp. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He was moving extremely slowly, and she realized that he was limping badly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He limped noticeably, and he was dressed in a ragged version of the clothing of the whites. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised her hand to her wet head again, picked at a few limp filaments of blond hair, trying to cover her exposed ear rims. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes, she’d have fits of consciousness and try to walk beside him at a slow limp, but it never lasted long. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Signora Divino slumps into a chair and remains like a flour sack, limp, mute. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z For two weeks Frederick has limped around bruised and slowfooted and puffy, and not once has he spoken to Werner with anything more than his own gentle brand of distracted kindness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Keeper spotted them and approached at a limping run. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He got off the boardwalk, and limped along the strange Brooklyn streets. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As the boy started for the charcoal bin, Rekh limped past him and spoke to the scribe. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He walks stiffly, but his limp is gone. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He was about nineteen, long black hair brushing his shoulders, a curling mustache, like a limp black snake draped on his upper lip, the ends dangling near his chin. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t look anything like the guy she had once kissed as he limped a step toward her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The sails were dry and he bagged them all except the working jib and mainsail which he left up, hanging like limp rags waiting for wind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor Moody was limping down the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She insists I lay on my back for three years crying for Leah to stay close and play with me, until finally one day without prelude I rolled off the couch and limped after her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to catch the dinner smells, but they escaped and climbed into the limp brown hotel curtains. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was shrinking back into her emaciated body, shoulders slumped, wrists limp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z With a scornful laugh Gebu lowered his fist to his side, leaving the boy limp and covered with cold sweat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And now I saw a man appear in the door and limp forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He limped through the gravesite and began collecting every single robot part. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He worked his fingers on the pup’s limp ear. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so called before he limped as he does now.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Bringing up the rear was an efficient-looking woman in a limp felt hat—presumably their governess. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The fox smiled, briefly, and then he limped away. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I could see the wreckage clearly now as I limped forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I counted out our dollars and he nodded and limped through the beads. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He lumbered to the edge of the porch with a slightly bowlegged limp. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z One had a black mustache and walked with a limp. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Old Drasco limped past her, mumbling his own endless stream of riddles, and his parade of cats marched along behind him as always. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z While they idled at a red light, a sad man with a dirty beard and a cup limped to the driver’s side. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z On her way out of the building, limping, with her cane, Andrea hopes HR won’t review her call log tonight, even though she knows hope is a dangerous thing in this profession. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Kin limped into the barn, letting the door fall shut behind him, acting as though a thousand birds rushing past was a normal occurrence. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Under the pitiless double assaults of her mother and grandmother, the cottage where she lived was always squeaking clean, mopped and swept and scoured into limp submission. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hand was limp and covered in sores. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When the smoke cleared I saw that the Mechagodzilla’s right arm now hung limp. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A hot desert wind blows in after him, rustling the limp curtains. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Finally, numbness would overcome him and he would drop on the bed like a huge limp seal and sleep for days. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry limped down into the clubroom, dragging his crippled left leg, the perpetual grin spread across his skinny face. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At least, I must go limp, because I find myself at the base of the flagpole, unable to account for the last few seconds. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Her legs kicked out, and she went limp and leaned back against the wall. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their delicate winged bodies, prone and limp, were snarled in the girls’ hair, attached to their clothes, even stuck to their bare arms and legs, like dried pressed flowers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Dumbledore bent down over Moody’s limp form and put a hand inside his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His limp went away, but he wore his sleeves rolled down and came to school one day with a black eye. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The towel she had been using to clean my face hung limp on the guardrail, dripping water. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Tommy, by contrast, didn’t seem to be experiencing any difficulty, though there was a hint of a limp in his gait. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the night, though, I think I might be limping back home. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He used one hand to clamp together Clyde’s limp wrists while the other hand dug in his own pocket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I get to my feet and limp down the stairs one at a time, careful not to slip off the side and plummet down to the water. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Despite the loaded gun at the Black Tips’ feet, Kaz turned his back on them and limped across the cobblestones toward the eastern arch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But I see a boy with one leg very clearly longer than the other, limping past me, with a giant hunchback taking up the rear, and I wonder: What show is this boy right for? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The doc looked up from where she knelt beside a huge man cradling a limp, skeletal body in his massive arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Jacob is limping along, like he’s in a lot of pain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z See if he was bent over, limping, or if his ribs had healed any so he could at least stand up straight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z There was no railing, and I wondered how Mr. Ray would be able to keep coming down here, to this secret lair, when he was older, especially since he was already limping. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After I show Dell, he limps to the garage and yanks down the building rep parking sign. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The short man dressed in black limped over to us from his post by the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam sat back for a moment, limp but proud, before he got out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The coyote had probably been hit by a car on the highway and then limped out here into the middle of the wash to lie down and die. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Is there any—” His eyes flickered and he went limp, falling bonelessly backward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The banner in the hand of the foremost rider hung sodden and limp, but the guardsmen wore indigo cloaks and on their shoulders flew the silver eagle of Seagard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The memory of running, climbing, even dancing, was alive and throbbing within her, but frailty made her hobble and limp. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Being satisfied with the response, the passerby thanked him profusely and went onwards, toward the tea-room he sought; and I took the slave by the arm and helped him limp to the physicians’ tent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They waited with their mothers, hearts pounding, as men came up the street carrying the limp body. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I understood how he could run so fast and still limp when he walked. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We filed one by one up a dark cement staircase at the back of the first floor, which was filled with empty beds and limp white curtains. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z On the table under the window' lay a massive volume bound in limp black leather-surrogate, and stamped with large golden T’s. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked a little like a slug herself, flabby and limp, leaning on the table with her face buried in her hands. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If Joseph’s father had come within range, you know he’d have limped out of that barn. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He was gaunt, with limp blond hair and pale eyes deep-sunk in a bony face, and there was a dagger in his hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So you limped around and did just that happily. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She showed Amari how to walk with a limp and look with a vacant, stupid stare to make sure the soldiers would pass her by when they looked for women to come to their rooms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He fumbled for a pulse, felt for a heart beat, prayed for a stutter, or a limp, or a song of flowers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d tripped over an aboveground root bent like an arthritic finger and picked up a limp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She remembered Boo lying limp in the Sleeper’s hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But when she rushed at it, it turned and ran limping into the forest. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost nobody even noticed the Washington shell apparently limping along out in the middle of the river, so far back one could barely see it in the gathering darkness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ivy got up and limped toward the checkout counter, where she found a piece of plain white paper in the printer. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The last picture showed policemen lifting a long, limp blanket roll with a featureless cabbage head into the back of an ambulance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The journey back, with the three limping hutch rabbits, lasted more than two weary hours. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And in it was a small limp heavy bundle. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither of them bothered to watch the lame rabbit as he limped back by the way he had come. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His battered fleet limped back to New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And his new overcoat was thawed out and limp now. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he’s the pickle on my plate next to the cafeteria’s limp grilled cheese sandwich. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z When he saw her limping forward, he laughed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The insects were diminishing in number, and soon their season would be over, which was just as well, as the Fentress Firefly Prize ribbon was grubby and limp. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He remembered how heavy a deer is and how hard it is to carry the dangling limp body from the place of the kill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This smarted a little, and Amarante croaked a string of feeble curses as he limped around in the road, amazed by what a flabby uncoordinated old geezer he had become. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Men limped back, sat out in the fields making fires, sulked along eastward, out in the dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the nearest snake, and though his gray flesh began to smoke on contact, he strangled the basilisk with one hand and flung down its limp body. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She bit her lip as she limped along, listening to the excited voices around her. "—the King's Hand, Lord Stark. They're carrying him up to Baelor's Sept." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I set off limping, eyes fixed on the ground. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z If I ignored the limp and the wincing with every other movement, she looked great. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was almost as if they were a little bit afraid of finding out whether there was any mysterious writing on the slip of paper that still hung, damply limp, from Thoth’s beak. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Passengers cursed and ran, seagulls came from all over the harbor and Mam hung limp and pale on the ship’s rail. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I could hear his peculiar limping progress all the way down the stairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Andrew had rolled out of reach and tried to stand up, making the most of the blows Malcolm had landed, wincing, limping, touching his face with delicate fingers. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then she limped swiftly off in the direction of Redwall with the captured plans. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Robin, looking over his shoulder, saw Geoffrey Atte-Water, the same lad he had first seen limping through the corridors of St. Mark’s. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It was her bedmaid, the mousy one with the limp brown hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The red stitches along the hem of my shift are ripped, the bright yarn limp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One couple leaned against each other as they walked, the woman cradling a limp child in her arms. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “What were you doing?” he asked of his limp hand and the gun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Judge Ford didn't limp; besides, she couldn't be a murderer, in spite of his clues. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As he approaches the dark bulwark of the ramparts, a man in uniform limps toward him out of the blackness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Inside lies my mouse-bitten doll, her arms wrapped around the limp fuzzy body of his chick. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The limp of a German sergeant major with a dead voice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "Remember that time you said I wasn't limping so bad anymore?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt faint, dizzy, sick, disgusted, limp with shock. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Lots of people leave Pennsylvania limping and bruised. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She lifted Grandmother’s hand, which was perfectly limp, and laid it back down with a sigh. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Later in life, his enthusiastic enjoyment of weekend skiing and hiking often would be evidenced by his limping into the lab on crutches come Monday. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One looked red and one paler, white or yellow maybe, but both were limp and with the dusk settling, she could not even be certain that red one was Lannister crimson. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “He’s going to limp up and down all those flights of stairs, dodging patrols?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “He’s doing fine. Still got a limp, but he eats good.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A soldier hurried over and hit the monkey with a double load of ketamine, and the monkey went limp. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her body wouldn’t obey her: It jerked when she tried to remain still and went limp when she tried to move. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “But this isn’t even limping. A limp has rhythm. This is more like someone falling down a set of stairs. Uneven stairs. With a midden at the bottom.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As he walked, he was “guarding” the gland and therefore limping. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As his blood oozed into the piranha-infested water, he quickly waded to the river's bank and limped back to the campsite at the foot of the rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He would lie beside her under the blanket and his eyes would be fevered even after he was limp and incapable of taking any more from her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Caught on a piece of iron that stuck out of the concrete wall, a ragged T-shirt hung, limp as a flag of surrender. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They started back toward the entrance at Mr. Ages’ slow, limping pace. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She pushes herself to her feet and limps toward Evelyn, who calmly takes her gun in hand and points it at Tori. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z When I opened it he came limping in, one shoe off and one shoe on, leaving a muddy trail of macabre, unmatched footprints behind him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Biter sat on top of one of the dead men, holding a limp hand as he gnawed at the fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Ray moved toward the living room, and I stood behind him watching as he held the food and limped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After a long day of school, sometimes, maybe if it was about to rain, JT had a slight limp. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It took nearly three hours to attach emergency controls to the engines, and the Yorktown then limped into port. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Her arms hung down limp and her legs were twisted loosely about each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They twisted in the air like sacks of flour and limped off in pain. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Slowly, painfully, Pollard rose from the chair and limped along the catwalk, pursued by his doctors and nurse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A little girl’s scream comes out of the Mexican’s mouth as he covers his face and crumples to the rug on Jimmy’s limp body. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I hunched over, sucked my injured thumb, and limped on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The women in the town wore high-heeled shoes, and when Pauline tried to wear them, they aggravated her shuffle into a pronounced limp. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I lit out for home in a limping run. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They crept down Main Street, dragging their feet, each having one ankle completely limp and dangling behind him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Then the one-armed robot limped out of the cave and continued the hunt for Roz. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Dad brought Littlebit’s limp body home that night and, while I wailed, turned me over his knee and gave me three good whacks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She sagged as if all her spirit had bled out, and Kasusu dropped from her limp fingers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The sails sagged limp and soundless, and the Dolphin rolled sickeningly in midstream. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A limp black bow hung by the open door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She was limp on the wet grass, and after a while her breath came slow and easy again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Hazel bent over Fiver, pushing the limp body with his nose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What would normally be a ten-minute ride is going to take an hour because I’m limping badly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I saw the paleness of his skin, the stray white hairs, the way his arms hung limp and helpless. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes her by the hand, her small fingers hanging limp within his. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Slowly, using her stick, she limped toward the path that led back to the village, holding on to a small hope that she might still be welcome there. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His naked body was pressed to hers and yet he was limp. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As she dried the limp blond hair with a towel, she leaned in close, inhaling the scent of my sister’s scalp. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The man with the limp doesn’t shoot well. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Klaus felt his body go limp as the hook-handed man left the room, and he wanted to sit there for a moment and catch his breath. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He tried to ride a steer in a pasture, got tossed onto the ragged edge of a fallen tree, and limped home with his gashed knee bound in a handkerchief. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Though I had felt little love for my father, sadness like the constant tide swept over me, leaving me limp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She straightened as best she could and limped past Finn toward the open door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Why are you limping like that?” said Burke. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He turned and limped away through the forest toward Jack's end of the island. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But when I heard the words coming out of my mouth, they felt limp, like overcooked spaghetti. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He kept his arm tightly around me, supporting me as I limped toward the school. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Days on the march, trailing behind the khalasai, had left her limping and hag-gard, with blistered and bleeding feet and hollows under her eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And before I can even ask Auntie Idris what she means by that, she limps past me, back out the door again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I felt limp and betrayed, like the skin shed by a terrible animal. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I looked into a garbage can and saw a couple of limp chicks inside. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Prudence laid down the quill with a long sigh, and plopping down on the hearth, dragged the limp drowsy cat into her arms. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Zvezda limped up to her, bleating loudly, with his tongue lolling out of his mouth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I will if I have to,” Newt said, surprising Thomas; though he’d never talk about it, the older boy’s limp was a constant reminder that something horrible had happened to him out in the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He patted the boy through the blankets and rose and ran limping across the street. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They left two days later, the man limping along behind the cart and the boy keeping close to his side until they cleared the outskirts of the town. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He hung limp and vulnerable in the man’s grasp, although he was now frightened enough to nip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I would have liked to have a good, maudlin drunk, but I couldn’t afford it, so I made my slow, limping way back across the river as the sun was setting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was asleep, his hand limp in mine. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Up ahead, the rider had slumped forward and now his limp body was sliding from the saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She tried to yank Hazel to her feet, but Hazel went limp, like a kid throwing a fit in a store. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Her weary legs and arms were limp and all but collapsed onto the padding. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a limp flower bud there, tucked behind a clump of grass—the only splash of purple anywhere in sight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The meetings were held in the basement of Wharton Hall, a harshly lit, windowless room, paper plates, pizza cartons, and soda bottles piled on a metal table, folding chairs arranged in a limp semicircle. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Harry, let go of him,” he heard Fudge’s voice say, and he felt fingers trying to pry him from Cedric’s limp body, but Harry wouldn’t let him go. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He let himself go limp; he did not brace himself against the nausea. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I carried my limp and worn five-dollar bill to the back table. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The party limped along slowly, painfully, suspiciously, preoccupied by the worries they all shared, but no one spoke aloud. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I was being dragged forward on limp legs, the image of the nearest white SUV swimming in and out of focus. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Felicia dropped a rag into the skillet and watched it go limp with oil. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the hair as mine had been for years, conked by cooking it with lye until it lay limp, looking straight like the white man’s hair. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I hung on to the towrope and tried to make my body go limp in the water on the shady side of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She is walking slowly; her limp has become more noticeable, her body moving sideways with each step. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Montag stood with the flame-thrower in his limp hands, great islands of perspiration drenching his armpits, his face smeared with soot. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The punch knocked the wind out of me, and I went limp as a noodle in Bull’s grip. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Will saw the knife lying on the table in the center of the room, but before he could pick it up the old man was limping toward him with a bowl of water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She took it from him as Alfhercht got him to his feet, and the three of them limped out of the arena, scrambling into the long, dark hallway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “For now I better limp up to the dump before those rats multiply and take over the town. What would Mrs. Roosevelt think of that?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Punching Aarfy was like sinking his fists into a limp sack of inflated rubber. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But as I limped on home, I figured that if I read an act that night, and another on Thursday, and Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, I could have it all finished pretty painlessly. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It was Mr. Kumar, coming up to the railing in his usual limping and rolling gait. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Now thirteen years old, he’s gone white in the muzzle and hobbles around with an arthritic limp. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But I knew her sick from the disease that would not go, her legs bunched under the yellow sheets, the bones gone limp as worms. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about the stupid politicians in the Western House of Assembly that the police had to use tear gas on? Tear gas! And their orderlies carried their limp bodies to their cars! Imagine that!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Unable to contain their curiosity, the defenders questioned the limp, half-awake fox as they carried him across the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Once there, I lie on the top rail, queasy and limp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Now he could no longer see the limping rabbit ahead. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He limped away through the fruit trees, drawn by the thought of the poor food yet bitter when he remembered the feast. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Moody limped around the table and bent down; Harry thought he was reading the S.P.E.W. notebook, until he muttered, “Nice Cloak, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She would always limp, she knew, for Tristran was no surgeon when it came to mending a broken bone although he had done the best he could. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Weak writers like to use scientific-sounding words to lend authority to limp sentences. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunny asked, his noodle-y body bent over, hanging limp, his fingertips pressing the track. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z His leg was bruised from the fall and he limped as he ran. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He limps through the aisles and gets a honey bun, an apple, and a pack of hog head cheese. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Dobrynya limped up, holding his side with one hand and his broken sword with the other. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He wore overalls over his tall, thin frame; his black hair was greasy, and he walked with a slight, menacing limp. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I turn back to face the enemy and start limping my way toward the seventh hurdle. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She stroked his limp white hair and felt his brow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And now my hair hangs limp with the humidity. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked again at The Consolation of Philosophy, which was opened on his lap, and turned a limp, damp page. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My fantasies were a moral bulwark that enabled me to feel I was keeping my emotional integrity whole, a support that enabled my personality to limp through days lived under the threat of violence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked home limp as a rag; I had not felt anything except sullen anger and a crushing sense of shame. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The old dog limped towards it; but before he ate he looked up in the direction of the hillside where he had left his two companions. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "He never lived, my princess. The women say . . He faltered, and Dany saw how the flesh hung loose on him, and the way he limped when he moved. "Tell me. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t say anything else until we’d parked and were walking toward the building, and I noticed that he was doing his best to conceal a limp. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It broke under his weight and he lay sprawled in the wreckage, limp as a rag doll. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That fear and sadness stayed with her as she limped la-boriously upstairs and Thomas urged her to explain what was wrong. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Luis started walking, in his limping style, through the gate and down the sideline. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He limped dramatically, just far enough to display his new handicap, and continued. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Her arms and legs went limp, and she plummeted into the water like a stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The people, thousands of them, crept forward, their limbs stretching, elongating as they limped and crawled and skittered like insects. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He withdrew and reappeared with a limp rag. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And with that, he turned and ran into the Maze, his limp barely noticeable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Despite all this, I made my limping way the long miles across the river to Imre, hoping against hope that I might still find Denna waiting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He took it out of the limp hand, which yielded it automatically, and began to read, tilting the page to the light. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His face is swollen with bruises, there's a bloody bandage on one arm, and from the sound of his gait he's limping somewhat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I left the house while she was at work and limped about ten blocks over to Maria’s house. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and went limping down the stairs and opened the front door and went out into the street backward watching the house. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In one corner stood a potbellied stove, hissing softly, surrounded by a semicircle of limp boots and draped with wet woollen socks, which steamed foully. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He reached down and yanked her to her feet, and they limped together off the beach. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Ellen lay in her bed, limp with the agony of a headache. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt turned a corner and saw a female police officer helping an injured man in a suit limp down the street. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Coach Whit came over and helped me up, and once I was standing, I yanked away from her and limped over to the bench. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Her injuries had stopped being so irksome, but she still couldn’t walk without limping. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I limp away from the opening and shout, “Go ahead!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Esperanza limped inside nearly an hour later, and the conversation stilled immediately. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z From one end of the harbor to the other, Greek soldiers, exhausted, cadaverous, unclean, limped toward the embarkation point at Chesme, southwest of the city, awaiting evacuation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Rusty brown hair scrambled every which way on her head, and she walked with an ungraceful limp. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He felt suddenly weak and powerless, as limp as a rag doll. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He hung a few inches above the ground, his limp feet dangling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A brigantine was moored off the island’s opposite shore, its sails hanging limp and useless. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I settled deep into the shelter of the tree, my body going limp as tension drained. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He folded up the limp and rotting pages. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Soon afterward Hazel, limping ahead with Fiver near him, found himself on a narrow green path that divided the wilderness from the riverbank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She proud & limping, her pretty bare feet hideous with open wounds and her white face swollen with bruising, ignoring me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The audience atmosphere was almost as if the people had gone limp. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles led the way out, limping tragically, like a man with one leg several inches shorter than the other. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He pulled limp leaves and filled the holes left by squirrels and rabbits. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The circumstances had been so different then, when she entered the cavernous room and limped alone down its central aisle hungry, lonely, and fearful for her life. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped, like a limp doll, onto the girl’s mat, shivering in my wet clothes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Still he moves closer, limping on his left side... Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Once he’s limped back home behind her, she disappears to shower and he stems the bleeding with a Captain America Band-Aid from his bathroom cabinet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And then it staggered and limped awkwardly over to Snarler, and it let out a high-pitched bleat as if it were in pain. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He becomes dizzy and utterly weak, and his spine goes limp and nerveless and he loses all sense of balance. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Within seconds his body hung dead and limp. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She bowed to the gods, even Hades, and then limped over to stand by Artemis's side. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When her hand went limp, I would let myself wander over the ground of what happened. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her left arm and leg lay limp as if some cog within her had snapped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He held the cold, limp hand that had thrown the pitch that had struck out Willie Mays, that had betrayed the old man’s stoic ways by giving him a squeeze. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I hit it, it fell, then got up and limped away yelping. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I limped wildly from corner to corner of the square, searching madly for the old farmer who had given me a ride. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He limped to the front door, opened it, slicing the room with a beam of moonlight, blasting through the fog of Charlie’s memory, of his many pasts. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Pithy is limp in her arms, her blood soaking into her mom’s blouse. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I slash the scythe across the empty air until my arms feel like overcooked green beans, limp and wobbly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She tiptoed in, late and limping, her cheek raw as red-brown meat. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I limp because I had polio as a child,” the stranger would reply. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped a dozen yards away beside a copse and waited for the star, who limped down the side of the caravan steps and came over to him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z My arms go limp, and the quilt falls into my lap. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z On his left foot he wore a corrective shoe and he walked with a slight limp. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m onto it,” growled Moody, and he raised his wand and limped off into the forest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And he was swallowing blood, trying to look normal as he made his way, limping, back to the main palace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He’s sitting on the platform, his back to me, head hung down, his whole body limp. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Slowly the arms stopped moving and then grew limp. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Matthew, I didn’t see you sitting there. How are you?” he said, walking toward me with his familiar limp. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He limped along the crest, not paying much attention to the view. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have limped off when Mama and Jay came. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I think it’s always really limp, when guys can’t talk to girls they went out with. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His limp body is thrown into the back of a garbage wagon. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead, a single iguanodon limped along the cobblestones, its hunchbacked rider reaching a long pole up to light the street lanterns one by one. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We pick it up on the end of a stick and examine it: whitish, limp, rubbery, like something inside a fish. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z During the afternoon of the following day, while the Off Fore Mark were at silflay, he came limping through the sentry line with a straggling handful of six or seven rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I went limp as a baby—I was too smart to fight back. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I noticed he wasn’t limping nearly as much as he had before the trial began. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The doctor says the limp should go away, but it might take a long time. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The limp, in theory, would distract witnesses from noticing other details. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Aru stumbled back as the shadow thing limped out of the lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Dawn is still a blue rumor on the horizon when I limp into the Commandant’s chambers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Briony felt her blistered heel rubbing against her shoe, but she was determined they should not see her limp. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was almost upon him before Bigwig turned and began to limp up the north slope of the combe toward the trees of the Belt. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then this limping sergeant major with a dead voice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She forced herself to relax, letting her body go limp, and tried to clear her mind. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He strolls off and I watch him go, his limp more pronounced than usual. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Carl stood hunched in the doorway downstairs, limp, with his peaked cap pulled down over his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I notice as he walks away that his limp is getting better. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A summer limp with the weight of blossomed things. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He limped over to them, gave them each a ten-dollar bill, and said seriously, “Enjoy your youth, my young friends. Tomorrow it may be gone.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The more evil air a person had, the more my body turned into a limp rag afterward. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that morning Holly came limping into the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “These are Danielle’s boots and something magical happened when I put them on. Look, I can walk again, without limping.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Jinny woke up with one arm limp and wobbly, full of prickles. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z With trembling, dusty fingers, he touched the kid’s limp, scrawny hand. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Homemade banners hung limp in the hot, humid air. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The walk was slow with sickness and the limp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He massaged some life back into them and limped heavily to the table where the septon was snoring softly, his head pillowed on an open book in front of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Theon drew his gloves on over his maimed hands and took his leave, limping on his maimed foot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As quickly as she could, Cas lowered herself down from the cabinet, limped around a broken desk, and got close enough to see out the window. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z That day, I held her limp hand and watched as her breathing grew ragged, as eventually there were long pauses between her inhales. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Here she is,” Ignatius said to the office manager through the big leaf of limp lettuce that was hanging from his mouth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But please, God, Shiva, and Frida, it would be nice if you could help me get over my limp. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They knew that old Frank’s devotion to the house and grounds amounted almost to an obsession, and it amused them to see him limping across the garden, brandishing his stick and yelling croakily at them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Show me a pink sunset and I’m limp, by God. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She didn’t say a word until Mrs. McCraw limped out, her handbag bumping against her side. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the same look on his face as on Grandpa’s when Granny’s hand went limp in his. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Ron gave a great shudder, a rattling gasp, and his body became limp and still. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He crossed his limp wrists in his lap and hardly seemed to be breathing as he sat with his gaze drooping toward the floor in acquiescent defeat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Kote turned around and shrugged Chronicler’s limp body into Bast’s arms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I catch my reflection in the windows just beyond the main corridor—my hair is stringy and limp, and the bandage dominates my forehead. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When he opened his hand, the man’s limp body flopped to the deck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was wearing a limp, checked seersucker nightgown with puffed sleeves and yellow turmeric stains. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But a warrior struck him brutally to the ground, leaped astride the limp figure, and trussed him tightly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I see my mother in the huge bed nearby, bleached and pasty, arms limp on the orchid-figured comforter, raising her head anxiously. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z "I'll get it," said Henry, limping up with the Vaseline jar. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She clutches Uriah’s hand, which stays limp on the sheets. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They both had purses slung over their shoulders, holding their books and binders on their left hips, while Grace’s backpack hung limp from her shoulder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The leaves on the trees, spring new and kelly green, hung limp. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z They hung limp now, but during the night they would flap like flags. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob stared at the king, his limp hair dripping with raindrops. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He limped out to the wagon and peered up at Jethro. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z In the warm bakery, steam rises from the laundry, and sleeves and skirt folds that were stiff with frost now hang limp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “You’re limping. Your left arm is swelling up—you need to go to the hospital. The dean’s probably called your parents already.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She was as limp as Mulie when I nestled her back in her bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Their limp fins were pumped by the gentleman and then by the lacy lady. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “So close,” he said aloud, “so close ...” He put die hatchet back in his belt and went out of the shelter, limping on his sore leg. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Gray rose also and limped uphill to the protection of a sweeping hemlock bough. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And he licks the hand of the limping young man. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He limped a little as he walked to the sink. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He turned her loose and she lay back on the bed, limp, whimpering. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They don’t have to love me; I just wish they’d stop looking at me like I was a three-legged coyote that limped in from the mountains. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z As if on cue, we heard the unmistakable sound of Miss Peregrine limping up the stairs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I bruised the tendon of my heel, wrenching it like a fool when my foot was caught between two boulders, and limped out the afternoon. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long until I had him limping with all four feet. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Two big men were carrying a limp body in between them, all three splattered with blood. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He assumed I was limping because of the fight—battle wound—and was telling me how everyone was talking about how I mopped Brandon, even the people who got chocolate milk splashed on them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He found himself stiffening, as if for a final spring; he no longer felt limp like a helpless prey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Years later, when Rahel returned to the river, it greeted her with a ghastly skull’s smile, with holes where teeth had been, and a limp hand raised from a hospital bed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Mack pulls her, limping, into the ring, where she tracks a circle in the sawdust. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Then his smile dropped from his face and he limped around the counter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She limped through the darkening market, pausing beside a tent from which music and applause could be heard, and from which light spilled like warm, golden honey. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then, without explanation, she turns and limps out the back door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The next morning I run into Holly in the parking lot, limping badly and heading back to her car. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor, marched down the length of the hall flanked by his twin sons Horror and Slobber, the former limping from a wound taken in the battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At first, whenever I heard a wagon or a horse approaching I found myself limping off to hide by the side of the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They struggled to their feet, and keeping bent, limping like footsore soldiers, they shuffled back towards the rear of the line. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Hoping that this was the night of my long-deferred salvation, my mother came forward, limping, weeping, smiling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Loomis was going very slowly and limping a little; Faro was tugging at his short leash. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I worry that the surgeons won’t get it right and Erin will have to walk with a limp, or even worse. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Judd would have sold him to me by and by because of Shiloh’s limp. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He came now out of the coconut trees, limping, dirty, with dead leaves hanging from his shock of yellow hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was miles back to my secret place, and my limping progress was slow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was limping, his ankle screaming in pain, though he had no memory of hurting it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Yossarian was enraged when the ambulance returned him to the squadron, and he went limping for justice to Doc Daneeka, who glared at him glumly with misery and disdain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had a black eye, and he was limping, but he had a smile on his face. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His body went limp and leaden across me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His body goes limp and he melts into the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She limps from the big top and I rush out behind her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He straightened, limped over to Meryra and, taking the hammer from his hand, dropped it into its slot in the tool rack. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He used one hand to clamp together Clyde’s limp wrists while the other hand dug in his own pocket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Elinor was limping, but she did her best not to hold up the others. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Some came limping in with their shoes and sore feet from walking. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She caught hold of the Savage’s arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The rhododendron leaves grew wide and green and when their color was at its deepest and waxiest, they suddenly surrendered it and lapsed into limp yellow hearts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood and saw Nan limping along, already red in the face from the effort. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Normally I was fairly disciplined about keeping it close to my body to try to disguise my limp. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He was still limping in his left hind leg where the Fortune magazine had hit him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The man limped about to gather the few items they’d started to unpack, already guessing Isaac would extend the inevitable invitation. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They hang limp, reminding me again of my Cuban rag doll that Mami threw away. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z When we got to the top of his stoop, which felt like it took forever because of his limp, he jammed a key into the wooden door. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I lifted the limp arm onto the wooden board and covered it with the shroud. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The morning of the exam I limped to the testing center and sat in the drafty hall. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Though still deeply shaken, Frank took a firmer grip upon his walking stick and limped over the threshold. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His face had got limp now all of a sudden. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He wouldn't spoil this wonderful, spooky Halloween story by telling him about the real person up there, the one with the limp. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The limp body, with not a torn spot or a tooth puncture in the skin, would be laid at his master’s feet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see what looked like a small, limp body on the surface. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She averted her eyes as she limped past the wall of the gymnasium where a few mothers had ducked out of the afternoon PTA meeting to smoke. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There sat Hercules laughing, in each hand a long limp body. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z By now the shipowner would have gathered up coins and cane and limped on to the soup shop. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I want to turn the photo over so that I don’t have to look at him, but Auntie Idris crosses the room with a few limps and picks up the photo. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z My fingers went limp, and the pencil rolled off onto the floor. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She limped away, her breathing hard and ragged. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The third years emerged from Transfiguration at lunchtime on Monday, limp and ashen-faced, comparing results and bemoaning the difficulty of the tasks they had been set, which had included turning a teapot into a tortoise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He came toward me, without his cane at the moment, his new walking cast so much smaller and lighter that an ordinary person could have managed it with hardly a limp noticeable. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Cholly stood up and could see only her grayish panties, so sad and limp around her ankles. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked slowly because Khaled was still limping, passing the post office and climbing among the cemetery with its unmarked graves. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the best- known subject is a man or boy gingerly holding a “were-jaguar”: a limp, fat, sexless baby with a flattened nose and a snarling jaguar mouth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I watch for a moment, relieved to see that while she moves carefully, she’s not limping obviously. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The hair on my neck is limp, and I feel a trickle of sweat down my back. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The old man took a gulp from a bottle filled with rum and leaves and limped towards the yard where the fight was taking place. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She kissed me again, a real short one this time, but soft as hell, like she made her lips go completely limp or something. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt saw an older, heavy-set woman limping towards him and waving her arms like a broken windmill. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Naked, bloody, limping, she was only a woman, not so very different from their wives, more like their mothers than their pretty little maiden daughters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And I come into the apartment, walking with so little a limp that only I notice it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He limped to the window and watched the bright strip of grass and flowers beyond the wall. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Janie was tired and limping, but she had not had to do that hard swimming in the turbulent waters, so Tea Cake was much worse off. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He limped as he walked toward her, not the crooked limp of Doctor Sikes, just a small limp, a painful limp. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She limped into the lodge on her injured foot and sat close to her robot friend. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z People turned to watch me carrying the limp Horse up the aisle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But neither the delivery boy nor the judge limped, and he still hadn't figured out she or plain. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She was floating on her back, her legs limp and broken. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He points at Walter with a limp hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Scrimgeour limped toward Harry and jabbed him hard in the chest with the point of his wand: It singed a hole in Harry’s T-shirt like a lit cigarette. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z After twenty-five lashes, she takes him by his limp stalk of a neck and turns him around. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Camilla was limp in Henry’s arms, her head thrown back like a dead girl’s, and the curve of her throat beautiful and lifeless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I asked as he limped up to me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I can walk, though, so I get moving, trying to hide my limp as best I can. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a bad limp, but he acted like it didn’t bother him. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z He limped along the rock, trying to work out the stiffness. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We pretended with our heads thrown back, our arms limp and useless, dangling like the dead. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Basil strode off in high dudgeon, re-emphasizing his previously forgotten limp. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I remember stroking its striped feathers, so smooth they were waterlike, as my father held its limp body. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After their encounter with Kymopo-what’s-her-name, the Argo II limped through the Aegean, too damaged to fly, too slow to outrun monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I felt my body go limp with relief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She is limp, without will, made spineless by love; as I am. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Jutta moves through the world somewhere, watching shadows disentangle themselves from night, watching miners limp past in the dawn. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He was carrying a tiny, limp figure in his arms. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Constance pushed her way through to the limp sodden figure. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah?” said Moody quietly, limping forward a few steps, the dull clunk of his wooden leg echoing around the hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Ignatius limped around Mr. Clyde to illustrate, his desert boots scuffing along the oily cement. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother, bleeding from a shotgun pellet, made her way along the hedges in broad daylight, with Woundwort limping beside her. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat limped as it walked, and Thor cursed Loki, whose fault it was that his goat was lame. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Trying not to limp, not to think of the bulges in his groin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I make myself stand and begin to limp away from the wall of flames that lights up the sky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Show’s not till eight,” she says in her Breton French, and he nods as he limps past. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I start laughing, thinking about James fake crying behind me, complaining about his ankle and limping along. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z She hugged her damp pillow and limped over to where her family stood, staring at the house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I’d hear my name and I’d limp on over to my teammates, occasionally issuing a high five and talking about how we were going to crush our opponents. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Her head lay limp in the crook of his arm and his hand reached for the hem of her dress, caught it in his fingers and gathered it up slowly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Wincing, she staggered to her feet, replaced her notebook in her satchel, and tried her best to hike without limping. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Harry saw Mad-Eye Moody limp into sight through the narrow gap between their heads. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As he limped down from the bank his near foreleg trailed and he staggered sideways. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He walks with what looks like a fake limp, and his mouth looks more like my father's than my mother’s. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I limped along the side of the road and they passed me and paid no attention to me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Doubletree Mutt put his stupid nose in the trap and got it smacked, and shrieked with agony and limped away with blood on his nostrils. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands lay limp in her lap, palms up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The black calla lilies balloon to the size of a carriage and catch her limp body. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I figured if I could survive this, I could limp my way onto the soccer team.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As he limped back to the others, he glanced again at the slain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Larson slumped back in his chair, his long arms hanging limp at his sides. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z When he saw me in the doorway, he closed his eyes and went limp and quiet but for a pitiful sobbing deep in his throat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The cut along her thigh wouldn’t stop bleeding, her arm hung limp, and her face and arms were a patchwork of cuts and rapidly forming bruises. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Dragging his wing through the feathers that cover the ground, he heads for the face, he is limping toward the face when the second blast comes— Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Her brassy blond hair was pinned in a bun, and she was limping. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I reached the street limp with perspiration, still unsure whether I had seen the man or had dreamed him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When they finished with the thing, it lay there limp on the ground all shiny blue and red, covered with a slick white film. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, she’s fed up, so she is, and off she goes across Henry Street with her black shawl pulled up around her white head, limping along in her black high-laced boots. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He limped out of the hospital in early spring. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hears the German limp out of her room and go down the stairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The size of big rats, they hang limp and lifeless in his hands, their fur matted to their bodies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should have come straight to me!” she raged, holding up the sad, limp remainder of what, half an hour before, had been a wyking arm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The Abbot came bustling up with Basil limping in the rear. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As I limped back to my place, they turned their eyes away from my stippled sinner’s knees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still warm, but limp in his fingers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But I thought better of it and limped off with my horse in tow. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” the limping woman gasped, out of breath, as the Man in the White Shirt boosted her up the bus steps and helped her down the aisle to an empty row. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The guards grab her arms, hoist her up, and drag her limp body out of the auditorium. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There were still some treatments to take before my course at the Ospedale Maggiore was finished and I walked along the side street practising not limping. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They came limping on crutches, or leading spent horses which could carry them no longer, or, as one did who had lost a hand in battle, carrying the one hand in the other. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skin was already beginning to react to the grass cuttings stuck to the ball, whose sogginess was suddenly explained by the overweight Labrador who now limped into view. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She was still limping from what they’d done to her feet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe beat me so much I would limp, just like Aunty Cloud did when the guards punished her for no reason. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z None of the other men paid Toomer any mind as he limped in with the oysters. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When we were kids and she didn’t have her shoes yet, Amanda just limped around, her hips swiveling up and down with each step. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The car had just passed the zugangi barracks when the hospital door opened and a small thin boy limped down the steps, his right knee bloody and his blue eyes ringed with dirt. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He limped to a rock cave and lay down to recover. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He punches back with his hand with the big limp gold bracelet on it; it hits Aaron’s watch, clanging. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He grabbed Harry’s arm below the shoulder and helped Harry limp toward the plinth where the cup stood. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I limp into the shower and program in the gentlest cycle I can remember, free of any soaps and hair products, and squat under the warm spray, elbows on my knees, head in my hands. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He saw the old man limp in my arms and fell back a step. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I reached my hands down to my foot and felt the bandage before I stood up and limped outside, where some soldiers and the sergeant were sitting. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Finally she stood, straightened herself against her walking stick, and limped from the room. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sue-ellen made you soft. She still associate with that limp wrist Jonathan?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z There was the hot panic that welled up in my throat and swept through my blood when I first saw the lazy, limp coils of a blueskinned snake sleeping in the sun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Above us, the sails lose their stiff convex tone, and sag limp and lifeless. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The fits of shivering stopped, the stiff limbs fell limp and relaxed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Morrie’s brother, David—who still walked with a limp from his childhood polio—lifted the shovel and tossed dirt in the grave, as per tradition. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom hates it when her hair gets wet—it gets stringy and limp. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Ivy shook her head, her hands limp on her notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “One night’s good sleep will fix me up,” he says, putting his hand on his hip and limping like an old man. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Timothy was still behind me, but he felt cold and limp. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s limp, a tiny pink turtle hiding in its shell. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Booth limps off the stage “with a motion,” observes one spectator, “like the hopping of a bull frog.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z All of them, Werner notices, are in some way broken: they limp, or are blind in one eye, or their faces are lopsided from strokes or the previous war. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, she slept, without dreams; and in the morning when Kira woke the little cloth was limp, no more than a wrinkled scrap of pretty fabric in her bed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped his briefcase and let his arms hang limp. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When his father doesn’t respond, he adds, “That’s why you have that limp, isn’t it?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The paper is limp, already damp with humidity. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My breath came faster, and something coiled around my chest and squeezed tighter and tighter, until suddenly, like somebody had snapped off the panic switch, I felt myself go limp. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, while he was sweeping the storeroom, he saw Henry limp in through the front door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A few garments hung out of the windows, limp and crinkled, as though they had been recently laundered. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m limp. I’m absolutely limp. Look at me!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “I know a limping verse when I hear it,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The traveler moved on, around the bend where the road limped between the denuded hills. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My hand goes limp and I drop my pencil. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Wounded men limping forward into the fight with nothing more than pistols in their hands. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Rubbing his throat, he limped down the steps and down the street with everyone staring. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas turned to look at Newt: limping along as well as he could, he’d only made it halfway to Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The parrot wheezes one final breath and goes limp. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She whisked her limp brown curls off her shoulders and wound them quickly into a bun, exactly the way she’d done every morning for the past eleven years. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She sensed his unspoken displeasure and fell back into her place, cowed, her hands limp at her sides, her mouth open. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She had another of those little sparks of euphoria, and when a stray dog with yellow eyes limped by, Laila leaned forward and pet its back. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I’d been limping before because of my toe, so my new hobble isn’t so noticeable. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After a few seconds of silence, he slowly rose from the chair and began limping toward the wall. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He limped out of the heather, sat on the stones and shook the wet from his fur. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Because as I limped past Goldman’s Best Bakery, the front window was filled with cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He walked to the edge of the road, limping a little—but without the cane—and stared after the dog. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Hazel was limping and had evidently found the climb a strain, but after resting and feeding for a short time he was able to run down to the warren almost as fast as the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiver and Pipkin, limping behind the others, and conspicuously undersized and tired, were being attacked by the crow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see Mae’s hands, too, hanging limp, clenching, then hanging limp again. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked with his arms limp, shoulders slumping, as if something had hold of him and was dragging him to the earth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Thomas tried to imitate Alby s lifeless body, hanging limp in the vines. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z At the boys’ appearance, Newt limped over to them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Yvaine remained as pale as the moon, and she did not lose her limp, no matter how many leagues they covered. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I dove into the nearest room, and stayed hidden until she’d limped past me and down the stairs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The next day, heading back to land, the Warden got lost, the hull grazed a rock, and the Lady Gin limped into port. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Zalmai lay around the house, eyes dulled and half closed, or in his father’s lap, limp as a rag. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His limp was nearly gone now, but he carried his cane and went staggering off down the narrow walkway between the barracks, punching at the packed earth in front of him. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a short man with an unruly strand of hair and a limp, who may have been in the war himself, or so rumor goes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mechanical,” he said, “Works on a hinge. Got a spring. Don’t even limp when I set my mind to it. I’ll show it to you when I take it off. Come along with me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Keenan pulls me to a cavern door, and I hang limp, my breath gone from my body. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Her hands lay in her lap, withered and limp. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked with a slight limp, leaning on a horned staff, and as she approached she called out, “Good morning, travelers! That’s my dog, Cavin; he’s harmless enough.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some limp and dangling things look like slices of our bath mat. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Phil whispers my name and takes my limp left hand in his. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was better, Bronwyn decided, to send Olive up the rock face than down the mountain, and with limp, feverish Claire in one arm, Bronwyn led Olive by the hand to the wall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He tugged the folds of cloth of his pants and undershorts free from his crotch and gave Yossarian a limp hand to shake. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Moody was limping toward them, leaning on his staff, his wand lit. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z For the next few days I walked with a severe limp. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even when I passed a quietly sobbing Miss Sarah, the limp and motionless body of Miss Rose lying in her arms. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And sure enough, the man Harry had seen in the Daily Prophet was following along in Percy’s wake, limping slightly, his mane of graying hair and his black cloak flecked with snow. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I stop and look back at Mags’s limping form, the sheen of sweat on Peeta’s face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the next day, he had to limp along one-legged with an arm around Gendry, and now he couldn't even do that. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Basil Stag Hare limped up and threw Matthias a wobbly salute. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But there was blood on his shoulder, blood on his face, his arm hung limp, he had no sword. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked from seven in the morning until noon, and I was limp, washed-out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mole finally came back, he was limping. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I limped back to Anker’s and found the common room buzzing with excited folk talking about the fire in the Fishery. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Fjerdan grunted as his arms went limp and useless at his sides. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His eyes became filmy and dull, and his reaching hand fell back with a limp thud against the throttle. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was standing aside, aimlessly cracking a twig over and over again until it became a limp ribbon in his hands. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘She’s got more than one poison. When she’s hunting, she just gives ’em a dab in the neck and they go as limp as boned fish, and then she has her way with them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The cabbage leaves were limp and yellow on her plate and she couldn’t eat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Like shaking her could stop her body from being limp the way a body is when it has no muscle tone. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This hand, which has stolen more than any other hand in the history of the world, hangs limp over the side of the bed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lewis limps into the middle of the street. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I notice with fierce pleasure that he’s limping. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Taking what might have been measured as a halting half step and then pulling a stiff, dead leg forward, dragging a foot turned sideways in the dust, the man limped into the yard. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But Sydelle Pulaski was there, thumping her crutch against the baseboards as she limped through the carpeted halls on the arm of her pretty partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued to walk with a slight limp for the rest of his life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And as he did so Carl’s sons came around the corner of the house running—a boy of three or four, Art guessed, followed by another of about six, who limped. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he noticed Alfred's stare, and limped heavily away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And with a hasty bow, he limped off. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Her uncertainty was written all over her: in her too-wide eyes and trembling lip and the way she held her bloody arm limp against her middle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They grinned and licked their lips and hooted at her as she went limping past, her breasts heaving with the effort of the climb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Kara repeats the kiss, and we are limp with our howling. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The knockers— hardy mountain dwellers accustomed to the cold—carried those who would have otherwise frozen: some of the dryads, or the winged sylphs, whose bodies were limp in the wintry air. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So he started limping upriver in search of a safer crossing. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Even if she was wound up, she’d eventually fall asleep on my lap, her face mashed into my shoulder, arms limp, mouth drooling. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She limps over to the couch where Marisol, the twins, and I are huddled together, eating from our plates. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “But considering your limp, I think we can make an exception. The stairs wouldn’t be easy.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z So Toomer rose, limped to the other side of the wagon, mounted, shook the reins, and climbed the causeway leading to the bridge. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered if it was affected, or if his religious freedom allowed him to retain whatever scarring caused the limp. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She’s so interested in the conversation that she hasn’t touched the limp grilled cheese sandwich on her tray yet. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He, to my crying shame, obeyed them in his limping dip-straight-dip fashion. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was laughing anyway, the bumps shaking laughter out of him, like feathers out of an old pillow, until he was limp and there were tears in his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It hung pale and limp, but the swelling was down and the bruise was almost gone. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They stumbled over the frozen ground, Hunt wincing from gout, cursing, disbelieving; Olmsted, his teeth inflamed, his night an ordeal of wakefulness, limping from his long-ago carriage accident. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Roz moved slower than before, and she had a slight limp, but she was back to her old self again, and that was a relief to everyone, especially Brightbill. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But she would sooner have her tongue torn out than confess how bad she felt; limping, tight-lipped, trembling, she kept pace with Will and said nothing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs carried Reg’s limp body off to the school nurse, and he saw Kaisha and the others chase after him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “He’s limping, and Flatnose's face has seen better days. Not that he was ever much of a beauty.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The men were limping out of his reach. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He said he wasn’t hungry, but he managed a few limp little sips of the orange juice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Someone nodded toward the parking lot, and I looked up to see two little freshmen guys walking toward us, their T-shirts hanging wet and limp from their narrow frames. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His boots were unlaced and he was walking with a limp. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Aurelia hung limp from his hand, still on the ground, sobbing. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I heard a scream and saw the limp body of a child heaved out into the mud. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I will beat you!” she would say, when Ifemelu did something wrong, but there was never any beating, only the limp ear pull. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Summoning his last reserve of strength, the old man limped to the edge in order to watch it fall. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I take my time, reminding myself to limp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z When she came back to her regiment she was limping, loaded with gifts, and extremely pleased with herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Behind her Mr. Ages limped along; ahead she could hear the scuffle of Justin’s footsteps. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The shambler goes limp and I push her to the side, climbing to my feet as I wipe blood and the shambler s brains off of my cheek. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z His battered face was twisted with grief and fear, and he could barely limp through the wreckage. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The fourth day, when the Astrea lay at anchor, her sails limp, another ship passed them, moving steadily against the current. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The pot was filled with limp, almond-shaped leaves, boiling away in about half a gallon of blackish water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "Sure, Brother," Tarp said, limping before me into one of the dark rooms and snapping on a light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He beat the animal to death with a hammer and threw its limp body out a window. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She bobbed up to the surface, limp, her body still pulled downstream, her face pale and her eyes closed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Javier sniffs, then squeaks back, “When we wake up—” and in an instant, he goes limp and stops breathing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z No sooner had they stopped than the press began to thicken around them, as more and more of the afflicted came limping and shambling toward the wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Thalia Grace limped along, holding her ribs where Reyna had hit her with the chair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dad got out of his truck and limped over to where we were. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He put it on and limped back to the path. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The trembling stopped, but her body went limp. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat limps where the dog’s teeth got it right in the hind leg. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A slight limp causes Ashoke’s right foot to drag almost imperceptibly with each step. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His white hair hung limp around his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I tried desperately, diving below the blackness until I was limp with fatigue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry paid the driver and limped heavily to the lobby elevator. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled her to him, and for a while Olanna did nothing, her body limp against his. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Money to install water pipes, or to repair the electric wires that had gone down in the storm and hung like limp, useless, dried-up worms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As the producers intended, I think people sat just about limp when the program went off. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "Because I have to, I guess. Now don't go trying to get me to say what I can't. You're the talker, not me," he said, getting up and limping toward the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was somebody else with her now, someone taller than she was, who was limping along, looking excited. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z No matter where he was hurt, Mutt limped. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He limps to the bed and places his arms around Mam’s shoulders. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They didn’t move with them; Reg turned around, his limping more pronounced. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The old lady dragged behind, taking slow steps, and by the time they reached the airport she was limping. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But he got up and ran limping and crying towards the bank where I lay. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our idiot government should break ranks with Britain too. We must take a stand! Why is Britain not doing more in Rhodesia? What bloody difference will limp economic sanctions make?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The crowded tent was hot, and sweat plastered limp yellow hair to her broad, homely face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly the riders moved in unison, circling her, and she felt like she was being spun like a limp doll held by a willful child. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid a heavy hand on my shoulder, and leaning on me with some stress, limped to his horse. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He glanced back apprehensively, half expecting to find the limp white things crawling after him in sightless pursuit or snaking up through the treetops in a writhing and ungovernable mutative mass. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I went limp, hoping to lull him, then concentrated and muttered a binding against the man’s thick hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She took the limp form of Uncle Andrew gently in her trunk and set him up on end: upside down, unfortunately, so that two half-sovereigns, three half-crowns, and a sixpence fell out of his pocket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I slowly get to my feet, dust myself off, and start to limp off the track. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z It looked just like every other earthworm I’d ever seen, except that it lay there like a limp piece of string. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z By the time we finished, I was as limp and wet as the rushes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The woman and the van driver had realized that their argument ought to be handled by their insurance companies and were exchanging addresses when the woman saw Will helping Lyra to limp away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad got it running—“More like limping,” he said—but it never went any faster than fifteen or twenty miles an hour. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When his limp went away he continued to use it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She limped after them in her mother’s tiny shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the two limped together to the edge of the fields, or wandered off into the pine woods. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I struggled to my feet—there was a sharp pain in my ribs, but nothing seemed broken—and limped home in the dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Why are you limping?” he asked sharply, as Yossarian moved to the door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He limped on to his bench to resume work on the jewel box he was making for the tomb of a wealthy Theban. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Her enemy had a face: ugly dishwater eyes and cratered skin, with a few limp locks of hair floating around her cheeks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Portia left the supper to cook on the stove and sat silently with her long hands dropping down limp between her knees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The left side of the knight's face ran red with blood, and a cut to the hip opened a gash .in his mail and left him limping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The shoulder strap was torn from the back and hung limp and loose on the side, and there was an extra rip under the armpit. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My arm went limp as I passed the phone to Ma, and she gave me a sympathetic smile. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Anatole and I took turns rocking his limp little body, talking to him, trying to coax him into the world of the living. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Lace curtains hang limp over the two front windows. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Daisy Mae’s body was turned awkwardly, her fluffy little feet limp. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Kira lowered her head and limped past them, ignoring the cruel laughter. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hush! Don’t say anything,” she whispered, adding aloud, “It’s nothing. I turned my foot a little, that’s all,” and limped upstairs to put her things on. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here,” he says gruffly, tossing it into Charlie’s lap, and then he limps away.... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But Aimee noticed me limping, slight as it was, and she took me off to the side. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Lyra was afraid that the Lady Salmakia was dying: she hadn’t uttered a word for several minutes, and she lay faint and limp in Lyra’s hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She limped slightly, as though one leg were shorter than the other, a gait that made her seem even smaller than she was. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He limps into the street faster than I’ve ever seen him move. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Finn O’Sullivan limped straight through the living room to the kitchen and back again, tracking water and mud everywhere. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I hurried to gather my possessions, treating Ben’s book more gently than the rest, and limped off in what I hoped was the direction of Seaward Square. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He is limping on his broken leg, staring desperately at me, openmouthed, like he needs to tell me something. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Fatima, unsure of who this lady was or what she was about, jumped up, grabbed her backpack, and limped on. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z From the way she limped, it looked like her leg was injured. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Her brassy blond hair was pinned in a bun, and she was limping. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Beside her, in the sand, the laughing children imitated Einar, dragging their feet and limping dramatically, and then watching the furrowed ruts they made fill with seawater and smooth over. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was limp against the wall and floor, his head hanging down and turned to one side. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Ron called through the curtain as he pulled Harry’s limp fingers through the cuff. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I grinned and watched as she limped off to get some rest, and then it was just me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He limped back to the car, trying to stay calm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He threw off Minho’s and Newt’s grip, ran to the limp, lifeless body of his friend. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In my confused and credulous state, the sight of the man in the demon mask startled me into wakefulness, the seductive warmth I had felt a moment ago vanished, leaving my body limp and leaden. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her blower cut off, and her suit began to go limp until it stuck to her sweaty scrub suit, and she felt contaminated air creeping around her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Startled, poor Fig limped out of the room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I practiced walking with the peculiar little hop of the morenas, but felt as if I were limping. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He was lifted into the air, and it took all his determination to remain limp, yet the pain he expected did not come. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The barrettes were scattered randomly throughout Louisiana’s limp blond hair. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The curtains, usually limp, furled and billowed, magnificent with life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I held back, pretending to limp a bit from my dead leg. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The soup was tepid, and you were lucky if there was a limp potato floating in it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, though, Markie’s friends got called home for supper and I was looking down at one grubby kid with a limp balloon trailing behind him. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As the lady limped to her chamber and the master disappeared down the stairs, I picked up the tray that held the last of the dishes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His gray hair hung limp over his forehead. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Slowly they began to limp back towards the farm. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z In the road, he could not climb the bank and had to limp along the verge until he could crawl under a gate. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was limping a little and breathing harder than one ought to after a walk of twenty yards. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z One man came limping in, unassisted, on a gangrened leg teeming with worms. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I noticed Vanessa standing just outside of the festival, as Wilfrido had ordered, flyers limp in her hands. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Carefully she untangled his limp body and lifted him out of the bag by his front legs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she carefully opened another box and pulled out what looked to be five or six dead foxes with open beady eyes, limp paws, and fluffy tails. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She limped into the clearing, whining as if she’d been injured. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I limped hurriedly back to the gate, to find Mr. Armin and Falconer engaged in heated combat. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z In that very race he was badly injured and limped into Irwin’s barn a seemingly ruined horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her head lolled, her eyes closed, and she went limp in Festus’s claw. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Catching her breath, Kira limped past the gardens to where the old woman stood sweating as the heat from the flames pulsed and shimmered in the air. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes you walk with a limp, like there are little fires blazing between your toes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z His wet hair stuck out in random directions, he was limping slightly from his wounded foot, and he wheezed through obstructed nostrils. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They went with the pot roast done in the pressure cooker along with the limp carrots and the flaccid potatoes and the onions with their slippery layers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Another woman, or maybe I should call her a girl since she looks about my age, limps into view. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her dæmon fell limp on her shoulder and flapped his gorgeous wings once or twice before fainting, and the woman herself seemed to be unable to stand fully upright. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Witch had left the outcropping and was, right now, limping toward the town walls, just as the Council was carrying the latest baby to the gates. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “She done told me about that pageant, Nessy,” Pop Pop says, limping to the door. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At last I unwound part of my sari, meaning to tear it, but the material would not tear: where my hands were it gave, limp and perished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew it too,- the grey face, the hollow eyes, the limp. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Until I stop limping, we won’t know for sure if putting the cast on both my legs was worth it or not. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It was boneless, limp, and felt like dough. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I was out of my chair and limping through the kitchen before the clock stopped bonging. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Leary looked pretty tired as she limped over to a duster of boulders. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Argo II limped forward under sail power, but their plan had paid off. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I dreamed of myself, limping beside him, laughing that high, horrible cackle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She struggled to stand, straightened as best she could, and limped past the boy toward the open door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He gave his father one last look then turned away, limping for where Lucky Girl lay bound. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He comes out of the hospital carrying a cane and limping all over the place, all over London, not knowing who the hell he is. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She had protested, but only mildly, the same limp no with which she greeted the frequent deposits to her bank account and the new Impala with the soft upholstery. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His left leg is still limp in front of him, the cane is leaning against the lamppost, and, again, he has a cigar in his hand. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Now it lay dull and limp on the floor, slowly melting. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Errol!” said Ron, taking the limp owl from Percy and extracting a letter from under its wing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Sansa felt limp with exhaustion as she made her way down from the gallery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So he lay back down, groaning from the effort, and in doing so felt the limp body of the puppy shift inside his shirt. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z When Shorty let me stand up and see in the minor, my hair hung down in limp, damp strings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She then limps backward, away from the gun and toward the edge of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Tentacle tongues shot out from beneath the rock, shivered, went limp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The Peacekeepers ignore me completely as they drag Cinna’s limp body from the room. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She is about a foot taller than me and walks with a stick and a prodigious limp. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z This man was dusty and a little crumpled, machine gun limp in his hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her socks lay limp over the door to the bathroom. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I felt my heart limping in my chest, and was revolted by it, a pitiful muscle, sick and bloody, pulsing against my ribs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her stomach rumbled as she limped after Robin down the stairs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He limped through the darkness and smoke, toward the open door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead deer shot and waiting to be loaded—sodden fur and limp legs. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z After too long a run he limps on his right hind leg. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He limps forward on bare feet, stumbling first one way, then another. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The barn door opened then, and a thin, stooped black man limped over to them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Horrible, debauched, mouth limp and cracked, loose against the teeth as an ancient dog’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not until she began laying her eggs into the hole that Toomer rose, and with his strangely graceful limp, made his way down to the turtle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam was there, and he gave a queer look at the limp bundle that the men carried. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Once when he was young, Mutt got caught in a coyote trap, and always after that he limped, even when he was scolded. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent and moved her head with his hand and found that she was relaxed and limp. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z To die or not to die, that was the question, and Clevinger grew limp trying to answer it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Slowly at first, some limping or leaning on their fellows, the captives began to emerge from their rough-hewn pen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He limped over to his bed and flopped down on it, burying his head in his pillow. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The one-armed man walked at the head of the procession, limping heavily. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He offers me the limp goat in his arms. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She extended her free hand toward me and gave me a limp handshake. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He limps on, heading for the outskirts of town. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z |
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