His lips pulled away from his small teeth; his gray cheeks folded. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips would be sealed tight, and after each move I made, a soft “Hmmmmph” would escape from her nose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a dollar, only a xu, she says, and you stare at her lips way too long. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“After I got the wax off my fingers they were working okay so I folded some tissues into a wad and shoved them up between your upper lip and gum. That’s what stops a nosebleed.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One scout hung his head, let spit fall from his lips. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood flecked across his cheeks and lips. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He allows a nostalgic laugh to exit his lips. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And his lips would purse a little like he was getting ready to whistle. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She was biting her lip, and tears swam in her eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Slowly he leaned over and put his lips on mine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

Grandma looks at her from head to toe and purses her lips. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His tongue lolled out between his sharp yellow teeth, licking his colourless lips. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The captain fought the smile that played at the corner of his lips. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, a wry smile curling around her lips. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he guesses how easily promises are coming to my lips. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You remember the conversation we had, Headmaster, just before — ah — the start of term?” said Snape, who was barely opening his lips, as though trying to block Percy out of the conversation. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And that thought made him the more thirsty, made his lips dry and his tongue stick to the roof of his mouth. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was as pale as his was red, and she was biting her lower lip, but she didn’t flinch. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie runs her tongue over her lip, as if this takes all the concentration she has. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy looked a bit sheepish, but again put his finger to his lips for quiet. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty bit off the end of a cigar, rolling it in his puckered lips for a moment before he scratched a match on his zipper and lit it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came forward like she was going to tell me a secret and brushed her lips to mine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His lips are cruel, his eyes are mean, and he has a villain’s beard.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instead her voice is nervous, her lips pursed in anticipation. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head, pursing her lips as though she’s trying to hold in her scorn. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the tire swing at midnight, our arms and legs wrapped around each other, lips warm against cool night skin. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I thought I saw his eyes begin to mist and his lips tremble for a moment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He puts up a hand to shield the sun out of his eyes and licks sweat off his upper lip. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Even as I said it, I could feel the smile on my lips, and I realized I’d probably been grinning into my plate for the last few minutes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The others, disconcerted, bit their lips at the ring in the young man’s voice. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they’re swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to memorize the way his hair curled at the ends, the scar at the edge of his lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his stomach and licked his lips to show his hunger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” I agreed, and then bit my lip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His smile pulls at the piercings in his lips, making the holes they occupy wider, and I wince. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She pursed her lips, and I could tell she was gathering patience before responding. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He noticed the ashen tone of her skin, the tiny beads of sweat above her lip. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Only his dark green hair, eyelids, and lips are different. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smacked his lips a couple times and closed his eyes halfway, making me think he was still asleep. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Aah,” said Aunt Marge, smacking her lips and putting the empty brandy glass back down. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her face is hard, but her lips tremble. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The long, lonesome hair on Miss Hennepin’s upper lip was even curlier and shinier than the last time Roy had seen her. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lose all words and, instead, lace my fingers through his hair and pull his lips to meet mine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I press my lips together, try to hold my breath, but the tears come anyway. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Good. Now leave your lips open and blow a steady stream of air across the hole like this.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I mean when she was talking and she got excited about something, her mouth sort of went in about fifty directions, her lips and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She sucks her lips in and looks at me again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Garret Charles turns very pink and bites his lower lip. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jinx stuck out his bottom lip and spoke with a feigned country-bumpkin accent. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he crawled over the lip of the jar and emerged from his glass cocoon. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I watched the lady go, and bit my lip until it got all bloody. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, it brought the scent of a perfume he knew well, and the touch of a kiss—a kiss that came from far away, slowly, slowly, until it rested on his lips. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Being so young in your magic, you wouldn’t know this, but there are ways to make truths spill from lips like water from a fountain.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She turned toward me, the bare hint of a smile on her lips. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I start pulling open the cabinet drawers, frantically searching through all of Lily’s nail polishes and lip glosses until I find what I’m looking for. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was beginning to worry that the meeting had gone really, really badly when she pulled back, her eyes wet, a small smile playing at her lips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And, while he spoke, his hand was on her breast, and his moving lips brushed her neck. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the fountain, I sit on a bench and bite my lip and dig my fingernails into my palms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have not been married long,” I said with dry lips. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beto pressed his fingers into his armpits and bit his lip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward, her weight pressing into him, and as her feet gradually slipped down the stone, their lips met. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I pressed my fingers against my lips to keep from crying. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Grandpop bit down on his bottom lip, like he was embarrassed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Maria leaned forward, and Matt felt the cold brush of her lips on his skin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips moving up my neck, leaving a trail of wet kisses behind. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Meg’s lips asked the question, but her eyes added, “And what becomes of you?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping his gaze on me, my father lifted the back of my hand to his lips and kissed it again and again and again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Cook pursed her lips and shook her head. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Our lips have just barely touched when the clunk outside makes us jump. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His lips were open, exposing the absence of four front teeth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chris pulls back with a gentle tug to my bottom lip. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I’m expecting snake lips, which is to say none. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine purses her lips in thought, the storm of her earlier emotions subsiding. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Celia watches both of them, Poppet biting her lip and refusing to meet Celia’s eyes, while Widget leans against the door. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He leaned over and kissed her lips, and Ugwu felt a buoyant relief that they were speaking normally again. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s taken her face mask off and I can see her lips twitching into a smile. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The breath that came from between his chapped lips was hot and dry. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But her surprise was mixed with a pleasure so like the joy that flooded through her when she had put the fruit to his lips that she couldn’t protest, because she was breathless. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Apart from her arm travelling with the cigarette holder up to her lips on average every twelve seconds, she was still. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to know,” I said, nursing my bruised lips. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a little while before my turn, take a breath, and dive in: Some are skinny like chicken lips. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought...I thought he was going to kill you,” Amil said, his bottom lip trembling slightly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They reached the lip of the roof overlooking the ice moat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Why should we give a traitor medical attention?” a Dauntless man with wispy blond hair and a doublepierced lip asks over his gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sang loud enough so no one would notice Daddy’s lips weren’t moving. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I think, um, you just got hit by the trolley car, sir. You’re—” She bit her lip, but then realized there was no point in not telling him the truth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips into a thin white line and disappeared into the kitchen. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Five years later, Justin has a forest of his own growing on his legs and some fuzz on his upper lip. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I do not have a black eye, and a split lip, and a bruised jaw. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His top lip is split, and blood dribbles down his pale neck. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Virgil lifted a spoonful of milk to his lips and slurped. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He sighs deeply, smacks his lips, and then rolls onto his side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Harabugi, I say with my lips moving but without the sound, if you are in heaven with God maybe you can hear me too. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Almost time for Police Patrol. Monique said suddenly. “My lip hurts. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed over the poster I’d spent the most time on, a big bass with red lips, eyelashes, and a crown covered in glitter and stick-on jewels. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I lean over and put my good ear to his lips, which tickle as he whispers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When asked if he anticipated the violence, she pressed her lips into a line and said no more. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She put a finger to her lips, picked up the photo packet containing the negatives and went out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see Asher’s lips moving, giving each of the Riders their instructions. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Papa put his finger to his lips as a signal that Mario shouldn’t say anything more and the two of them began to clean up. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dark young face, his lips locked to keep down any cry of pain. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips parted, bluish, revealing a row of long, slender, amazingly animal-like teeth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, he’d stand staring at the silvery ribbon of moonlight on the Lena, moving only to bring his glowing cigarette to his lips. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Everybody knows you don’t put your chapped lips all over somebody without permission. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flicker to me before she brings her loaded fork to her lips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They don’t make me hear everything clearly, the way you do. I have to fit the sounds with the shape the lips make, like a puzzle,” Renee said, looking from Gen to the woods. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I peeled one and rolled it all over the baby’s head, his eyes, his lips, off his bump of a nose, his cheeks, his dear bald head and fontanel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the shortest second, his lips were icy and hard against mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Please, no, don't make me, I beg you ..." Joffrey pressed his lips together. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mariam interrupted his morose thoughts, an eager smile playing on her lips. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I’d heard the grunt of exertion escape his lips as the blow landed, seen the momentary bulge of his eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bit his lower lip when he was worried. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He grins, but then his scabbed lip cracks, and he winces and looks away. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Humph,” she says, pursing her lips, when I stand in front of her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Brenda had her lip stuck out because Ellie had gotten a pair of panty hose in her Christmas stocking and she had only bobby socks. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then her soul sat on her lips, and language flowed, from what source I cannot tell. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A scar stretches in a thick line from just above her right eyebrow to her lip, rendering her blind in one eye and giving her a lisp when she talks. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped open my compact, smoothing down my edges and slicking on another layer of clear cherry lip gloss. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

June looked down at the floor and her lip trembled. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We were whirling around so fast that Jesse couldn’t hold his head up any longer and buried his face in my neck, his chapped lips grazing my skin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She looked up, her pale lips curving into a small smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The floral night breeze blew a lock of Lydia’s disarrayed hair against Dill’s lips. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I clench my hands at the slur rolling off of the lips of one of my instructors. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She has dark eyebrows and eyelashes and deep-set brown eyes, and her lips are stained a dark red. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I release a slow breath through my pursed lips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I let the words out, each one tugging and pulling at my lips as they fight to stay in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her lips were so close to me that I could feel her smile. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Professor looked up and around the circle of intent faces, and his lips moved in their slight smile. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gripping the stony lip of the fall with his fingers he let himself gently down, until when his arms were almost at full stretch, his toes found a ledge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She scowls and starts walking home, her lips taut, thin like Ma’s when she’s angry. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Like, I think I’m going to ask if I can put some lip gloss on Emily. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I put a nose and two paired indentations for lips and a neck running down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he glances around, and then you see that his lips are smeared with something slippery and red, mixed with black specks, as if he has been chewing coffee grounds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost hear him bite his lower lip. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Dimple bit her lip to keep from smiling and then very deliberately looked down to pull out the scavenger hunt list. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She listened carefully to the music and let it pull her lips into a smile. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the conch to his lips and began to blow. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ellis chews on her lower lip for a second. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I pursed my lips, deliberated, then shook my head with a tight grin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That is very crucial too, my dear, because the lips determine the expression of the face.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

June’s mouth sat open in a wide circle, and not a word crossed her lips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They limber up their lips with a tongue twister. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

A huge lump formed in my throat and a small moan escaped from my lips. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her lips resemble two leeches puffed up from gorging on blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Who could take seriously a vice-principal with one gnarly hair sprouting out of her lip? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put one finger to his lips as she approached. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His hot tongue parted my lips, and all I could think about was how he felt inside my mouth, the weight of his hands upon my back, the crisp scent of his cologne. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then, with a smile playing around his lips, he says, “Forgive me if I’m wrong. But are you—were you—did you come here on a train from New York about ten years ago?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My lips never so much as brushed his cheek before. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” he asks, looking at my lip. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The woman working there was young, maybe only thirty or thirty-five, but she had wrinkles all around her lips that made her mouth look permanently puckered. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Axe, as everyone called him, had a soft voice, a courtly manner, and a brushy mustache that ran the length of his top lip. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But then I saw their dull eyes, their dry lips. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I reply, and the smile that comes to my lips surprises me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

With his face turned up toward me, I could see the muscles around his mouth twitch, every so often turning the corners of his lips up in an unnatural smile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. V sets Penny back down, Penny pokes her lips out, throws Doodle on the floor, and wraps both her arms around her chest. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The rays from the lantern fell on his wasted face, on the tight yellowed skin, on the lips split with fever, on his limbs which were like a child’s. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the point, worn away into a little hole, and the pink lips of the mouth, lay eighteen inches of shell with a slight spiral twist and covered with a delicate, embossed pattern. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sleet on one’s lips tastes of smoke and sulphur. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I stand there, biting my lip as she clambers onto the branch and sits down, then begins to scooch across it until she’s reached the other side of the wall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bigger paused and looked round the poolroom with a wild and exasperated expression, his lips tightening with resolution. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She chews on her lip without taking her eyes off me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Only his lips moved, like he was praying. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Well, maybe she didn’t want to admit her feelings to a friend yet, or even to herself,” I said, watching her lips purse as she stared at the screen. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He stood with his knees slighdy bent, his lips partly open, his shoulders stooped; and his eyes held a look that went only to the surface of things. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In an effort to avoid conversation, I made a major mistake by wrapping my lips around the straw of a mega-sized Coke and guzzling the whole thing before the flick even started. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was smiling his gently indulgent smile, and she reached out and traced his lower lip with the slight fuzz underneath. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were shiners, split lips, swollen cheekbones, bruised arms, scraped knuckles, and bitten earlobes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her lips together and shakes her head. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You may be right,” the second C.I.D. man decided after an instant’s hesitation, and smacked his lips crisply. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Biting my lip, I pivoted the candle gingerly on its side and watched as one drop of wax after another plopped onto the surface. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, he said, “That’s the best method, I suppose. And your salve has a nice herbal odor. We’ll rub some of it on our upper lips, so it will block that foul smell.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

If Harry had not seen Dudley’s lips move, he might not have believed it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I kept quiet for a second, feeling my lips tighten and my eyebrows narrow. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The zebra’s thick, strong, black lips grasped the carrot eagerly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He broke out into a spastic fit of coughing almost as soon as the joint passed his lips. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We found one dug-out full of them, with blue heads and black lips. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair and beard were white, but strands of black still showed about his lips and ears. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

Without a word, but with lips tight and eyes narrowed, the girl and her daemon left and went to bed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She bit her lip and didn’t answer, just headed downstairs to our bathroom. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Harry paused, biting his lip, and looked into Dumbledore’s lined face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Grace looked as uncomfortable as Joaquin had earlier, squirming and biting her bottom lip. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A man’s mouth was working, a fleck of green on his lip. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He smiled and then wiped a bit of grease from his lips and ran a finger under his collar. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting next to her on our couch, I studied her lips, searching for burns. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

While I walked I thought about Dee, thought about her frayed orange and gold sari and the red color painted on her tiny lips. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I blow a long breath from between pursed lips. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it was lips that touched her, not the palm of a hand. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And the taste of salt on her lips that time when for a second he had touched them with his own boy’s lips, clinging to his glass-bottomed box. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s a tradition, Evie! I buy you and Cil—” She stopped talking and pressed her lips together so tightly they turned white. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Its back legs must be incredibly powerful because it lands a mere ten feet below us, its pink lips pulled back in a snarl. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He bit his lower lip and walked away. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He glanced back at me, biting his lip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip and glance around to see if Carver Jamison or anyone else from the popular group is hiding out, in case they’re playing some sort of mean joke. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

All day she lay so, only rousing now and then to mutter, “Water!” with lips so parched they could hardly shape the word. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was six feet tall, with huge, slanted green eyes and thick red lips and a vacant, Slavic expression. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Edward was walking past the front of my truck, looking straight forward, his lips pressed together. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The words bubble up and brim over my lips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her lips are cherry red, like she been biting on them to stop the words from coming out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

During Lent, they noted no meat passed my lips, not even a steaming broth when a bad catarrh confined me to the infirmary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light dust lkuku was blowing, in brown spirals like uncoiling springs, and I could taste the sand that settled on my lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But this is a new day,” they said, pulling down the corners of their lips. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi bit her lip, exhausted all over again by the complicated dance she was going to have to do during the coming weeks and months. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine my feet dangling over the chasm and bite my lip. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dray licks his lips as if to hold on to the taste of me for a moment longer. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I form the words with my lips, but keep the sound inside. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She promptly poured herself a goblet of wine and quaffed it down, smacking her lips. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She touched her forehead and a small smile made her thin lips curl up at the edges. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that her lipstick was bleeding into the wrinkles around her lips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A part of him was disgusted by how easily the lies came to his lips, but he would not leave Nina at Brum’s mercy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Kate bit her lip, clenched her fists, and for once, said nothing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She is as I remember her—cracked lips, thin, and bruise-eyed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Blanca puckered her lips and shook her head from side to side. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her lips move as she gives instructions to her team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His lip seemed like it was connected to the bottom of his nose. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She picks up the trumpet, and when she presses her lips to the brass, her three fingers make a loud parade of blaring notes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

My lips tremble, and my voice is small. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Money,” he said, moving his lips exaggeratedly as if talking to a lip reader. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That bloodless lip quivered to a temporary spasm. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

What Rishi was pretty sure was a life-size doll sat in a tree like she was watching the proceedings, her lips, hair, and dress glowing from the black lights strung in the tree branches. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I finally managed to pry my lips apart, but when I spoke, the words sounded like whispers. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He stuck his lower lip out as if he were four years old. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His eyes got beady and his lip turned out. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t hear you swear to keep your lips locked.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I felt the blood run over my upper lip and then I could taste it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With her lips flapping like a flag, she reminds us that the “Community Concerns” meeting is Wednesday night, to discuss a sit-in at the Woolworths lunch counter on Amite Street. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together against the pain. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips were trembling below a nose dotted with blackheads. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had learned to follow the movements of people’s lips and to understand what they said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He wore a battered bowler hat, pulled down low over his huge toadlike eyes, and he licked his wide lips with a tongue as thick as my arm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the men began to cry in their despair; some shouted curses to the wind through cracked and frostbitten lips. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

So I breathe sweet peace to them — not with my lips, but through my fingers — and they hear me, not with their ears but through their skins. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip trying to figure out his motivation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean,” Colin said, “it was dark and our whole faces were touching except our lips. She just brought her head against mine all of a sudden.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She licked her scarlet lips with a deep red tongue. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s lipstick was a creamy rose color; it outlined her lips perfectly, and it matched the color of her fingernails. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. White thundered, his lips snarling back to reveal gleaming teeth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Zu’s lips puckered in thought, her eyebrows knitting together as she surveyed the Everest of undergarments in front of us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I love you, Willowdean ” She presses her red lips to my forehead. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He wets his lips just ever so slightly with his tongue. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Archie had that dreamy look again and his lower lip drooped. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goat can’t baa, Because his lips Are gripping the pipe — A funny sight for The chickens, Who stay clear. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the chalk down and turned to Mrs. Baker with a song of victory on my lips. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His lips parted and he gave that same awful terrified smile I’d last seen the day I’d found him on the side of the road. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius watched with fascination the elaborate process of gums, tongue, and lips that ever\\ piece of sandwich set into motion. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to him and glared, mustard oil thick on her frosty pink lips. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Biting my lips to keep from crying, I pick up my pine knot and return to the road and the dawn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to hand Vivian the packet, but instead of taking it, she put the cigarette between her lips and leaned forward. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sewn into the bandages over the insides of both elbows were zippered lips through which he was fed clear fluid from a clear jar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was annoying that he had hit upon an old identity and I shook my head, seeing him purse his lips and eye me sharply. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chews on his bottom lip, his gaze following me until I turn the corner. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Now, however, though the code of silence is still nominally in place, inmate lips seem looser and officers’ use of snitches more widespread. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then she licks her lips, takes a deep, noisy sniff. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He holds the pitcher to my lips, and I rinse my mouth into the basin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He pinches his lips shut for a long moment, and when he finally speaks, his words are clipped and cutting. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her black button eyes were expressionless, but her lips were pressed tightly together in a cold fury. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

For a long time she stared at him, and then she bit her lower lip and said, “Colin, maybe the problem is us.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She paints in arched eyebrows, then outlines her lips a bright orange. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the answer, the one that was important above everything else, ran through my body and fell from my lips: “You can’t just pull me out of your life and throw me away.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips were cracked and felt as if they were bleeding and if he did not drink some water soon he felt that he would wither up and die. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly his face softened with an idea, and he curled his lips with wicked pleasure. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I part my lips, but no sound comes out. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He has her almond-shaped eyes, long face, high cheekbones, and thin lips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His flesh was a ripe violet-blue, his lips and nails bluer still, so dark they were almost black. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My eye cuts loose, and my bottom lip starts to quiver, even though I’m trying my hardest not to cry. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Alaric brought it to his lips, and the Witchlings leaned forward in anticipation. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He expelled the air and his lips combed the rushing sigh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to go to the bathroom,” she said, pronouncing each syllable with difficulty with her swollen lips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's the first time I've ever kissed a boy, which should make some sort of impression I guess, but all I can register is how unnaturally hot his lips are from the fever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As though I did not possess the power of speech, I stepped forward and simply handed her the forged note, not parting my lips. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not for me to say,” was Amy’s grim reply, but her lips would smile, and there was a traitorous sparkle of the eye which betrayed that she knew her power and enjoyed the knowledge. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windy’s eyebrows lift high on her face, and her lips turn down. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look at her and see that she’s biting her lips. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The fae brought it up to his lips and took a long, hard gulp. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her lips pursed and she looked at me with a face that said, “Just wait till Carmen leaves.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And Sarai noticed, outside the dream, that his real lip was likewise caught between his real teeth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I rifle through the pack and find a toothbrush and a little bouquet of new lip glosses tied together by a silver ribbon. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

His lips parted under my hand, and I could feel his cool breath on my fingertips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ned had lingered scarcely a fortnight with his new bride before he too had ridden off to war with promises on his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hauptmann’s lips are pink and his eyelids are improbably thin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Etta bit her lip and thought it over; she squeezed her cheeks between her fingers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His lips barely brushed against my trembling lower lip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I saw a small cut next to his lip, but it looked like a razor cut. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No, I know that you’ll lose no matter when you get off,” says Eric, biting down briefly on one of the rings in his lip. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then she bends down again and lets my dog kiss her on the lips. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We learned to lip- read, our heads flat on the beds, turned sideways, watching each other’s mouths. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor purses her lips, and I know that Lynn is as good as dead. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She used dry eyeliner, liquid eyeliner, lip liner, lip conditioner, a frosted highlighter, and a pore minimizer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the starlight his lips shone with wetness, but there was no smile yet and his voice still raged. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Those lips will lead you into trouble, my pretty flame.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He takes a deep breath and presses his lips together, then says, “Let’s go.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two nights ago, it killed a youngster he knew, a tall, skinny migrant with a cleft upper lip. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I bit my lip again and then, after I checked to make sure Mr. Paul wasn’t looking, I opened up the box. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and pressed a finger to my lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She twisted her lip but fell in behind him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His knights pulled him out before he drowned, but not before his lips turned blue and his skin as pale as milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then I would hold the cup with both hands and raise it to my lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny twisted and turned and brought the whistle to his lips. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat quietly, and once he began to pick his nose, saw his father look at him, and stopped, his lower lip trembling a little. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He could see the lips move, see tears on all the faces, but he could not hear that sound, the sound of the cannon was too great. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pursed his lips and tented his fingers in front of him. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Javier gave a slight nod, then licked his lips before saying, “Moss, come meet my mamá,” and he gestured toward the kitchen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His lips were scalded, but that was good. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds up a finger to his lips. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Nothing will pass your lips that does not entirely delight you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I felt my lips form the words, as if I had been there to say them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When the day of the trip finally did come, Gloria was all but her old self again, and no mention of Robbie passed her lips at all. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Scabs of dried blood molded to his upper lip came away satisfyingly whole. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

James pressed an index finger to his lips as he looked her up and down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I moved to the lip of the cut bank. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lips parted at the sight of green bananas, just a few days shy of being ripe. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lana stuck a cigarette between her coral lips and lit it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together for a moment, as if she were deciding something. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morosina stepped between them and glared down at Barbarossa with pursed lips. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When someone finally did answer, I sucked in the tears that wet my lips and told them that on the corner of Tanglewood and South… But she cut me off. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Kaisa’s green eyes were flecked with brown, and her lips were shining from the water. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together, holding them in an almost smile. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Whenever she spoke, her lips blurred to a dull line in her face. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips trembled and I was certain he would cry, I would have to destroy him from pure disgust, but he held it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

King lifts his cigar to his lips, eyes gleaming. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He put a drop of the pink liquid on her lips. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I snicker, and even though Antwan rolls his eyes and looks even more annoyed, I can see his lip twitch into a smile, just a tiny bit. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He examined my face, and his lips were about to utter something, when my stepmother came out. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I chew on my bottom lip as I debate calling Levi. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her bright red lips moved as she counted heads, making sure all eleven of them were together. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Her face was stubborn, her lips pressed together, her fists clenched. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Professor Binns paused again, pursing his lips, looking like a wrinkled old tortoise. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy wiped her eyes and dragged her teeth over her bottom lip until her eyes were dry and her voice felt steady. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her lips were steady now; she smiled slightly. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips were pursed, but then he relaxed them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I came in, he said at once, as though the question had been waiting on his lips:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had silver-gray hair, slightly myopic eyes and thin, overhanging, sensual lips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When she kissed him for the last time, Dany could taste the sweetness of the oil on his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I answer it, her face appearing, her pink lips turning up at the corners. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“This is where his lips were that I used to kiss a lot. Where are your jokes now, your games, your songs?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like my lips are sticking way out. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she looked at the numbers on the scale, she pursed her lips and frowned. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá bit his lower lip and nodded in approval. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I think she's in shock—or maybe she's the kind of person who smiles so much, her face is fixed with a permanent grin, in her eyes as much as on her lips. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lee lifted the bottle to his lips and took a deep hot drink and panted the fumes out of his burning throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my lip to the point where it could bleed any second. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He parted his parched lips and tried to say something, but no sound came. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa almost did not know; only later did she recollect that what he had actually done was run his tongue over her lips — he’d licked her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their nails were long, polished pink or orange, their lips red as tulips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mosca put a warning finger to his lips as they passed the stairs that led to the second floor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear pressed his lips together so as not to grin too widely at the potter’s departing back. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I feel Simon studying my face, lips pursed like he’s about to ask me something. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Shorty just smiled, cool as a cucumber in spite of a split lip. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie opened his mouth to say something, but only a whimper escaped from his lips. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

His round face seemed to sink in upon itself He licked his lips and said hoarsely, “What did you say?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He stuck out his lower lip petulantly, just like Akira might, then idly scratched at where his ear had once been. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The woman pursed her lips together, then shook her head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps . . ” Miss Whitlaw tapped a finger against her lips for a moment. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bites her bottom lip again and scrunches up her face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His lips pressed together; the skin around them twitched, as if he were trying to speak but couldn’t. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He laughs and howls until tears run down his face and his lips tremble from exertion. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His split lip was beginning to swell painfully. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I approached my cheek to her lips: she would not touch it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The expert stretched his lips into a smile and pulled a large toothbrush from under the table. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the glow of the bedside lamp, Ashoke notices a scattered down emerging on his son’s upper lip. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her lip split and blood ran down her chin, to mingle with the salt of her tears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The guard began humming again, the cigarette between his lips. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He wiped his arm across his nose and upper lip. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His hand, trembling with his effort at self control, bore to his lips the last of his glass of ale. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Some of the cards slipped from between her lips. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But when Paolo’s full, soft lips brushed hers, she liked it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My face is burning, but the tips of my fingers are cold, and they feel good against my sore lip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She pulled him to her, found his lips, and devoured them—a messy kiss, tasting of chalk, but *it felt so good! Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook and her lips chattered together as if she’d just come in from a snowstorm although it was warm and humid outside, about eighteen degrees. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cathy was shifting from one foot to another, chewing on her lower lip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple bit her lip and forced herself to say the next part. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked sideways to see if Jaja and I were singing and nodded approvingly when he saw our sealed lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mussed brown curls and full lips gave him an air of innocence, but his hazel eyes were as hard and wary as those of a meadow viper, his handsome face all sharp edges. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She chews her lip and stares past me into the mirror in front of my bed. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He ran his tongue along the inside of his lip to see how bad the bite was. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She kissed her own ring, getting just the slightest bit of Rowan’s blood on her lips. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“And what have you done with your tag numbers?” the man shouted, flecks of spittle flying from his lips. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He lifted her hand to his mouth and pressed it against his dry lips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, his lips twist in a wily smile. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found Captain Westfall standing across the path, watching her with pursed lips. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He passed his tongue across dry lips and scanned the uncommunicative forest Then again he stole forward and cast this way and that over the ground. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Get up off the floor and into your bed,” he directed Dunbar through thin lips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And Patty—who by the way had on shiny lip stuff and had her hair greased and slicked straight back—squatted down and stared, almost like she was mind-beaming speed to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Have you seen the teeth on that girl? Tombstones. She’s hiding a graveyard behind those lips.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had told his body slave to give him his first, very light shave, just his upper lip where the dark down had begun to gather. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I watched his lips move in a soundless explanation, my eyes drifting down to the crisp stack of papers on the desk in front of him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Big, full lips and a long, thin Indian nose. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, so that in their approach they will not catch a movement at the window, Carlos lifts his finger to his lips. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She whispered at him, her eyes still closed but her lips tightened in a thin line, “It takes a mighty brave man to run over turtles.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wore a stud in her lip, another was a self-styled Paris intellectual—beret, scarf tossed around the neck, volume of poetry. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and looked at August, hearing the quick suck of air through my lips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother was in the kitchen poking out the clogged holes of a colander with a hairpin, and biting her lower lip with concentration. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And most of all, I love it when our lips are touching and our mouths slide open and my heart’s a mile a minute, and breath becomes something we share. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Instead, she parted her lips as if about to say something. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my lip, try to keep these tears from falling because I don’t like to cry in front of people. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Next came the bees themselves: just a few at first, drifting through his parted lips. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was not crying, but his lips were trembling and his chest was heaving. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And in the dimness three or four stringy-haired girls would nod, once, and bite the corner of their lips, and shift their eyes away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Alex says finally, faintly, touching one hand to his lips. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But with the coming of spring talk began to surge up out of their hearts and to make itself heard on their lips. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He tilted his head and curled the corner of his lip into a strange shape. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth didn’t say anything; she just bit her lip and looked worried. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Madam Pomfrey pursed her lips and strode away into her office at the end of the ward, slamming the door behind her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks darkened a little, and her teeth worried at her lower lip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Not that I could talk much, because my lips were swollen and there was blood all over my mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip, trying to remain serious. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The shambler kicks out, her heel catching me in the mouth and splitting my lip. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Splinters stung his lips and water ran up his nose. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her lip is bleeding, tears streaming down her face. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Harry saw Fenrir, skulking, chewing his long nails; the great blond Rowle was dabbing at his bleeding lip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She pursed her lips together when she was done, like she had to struggle to keep back some words. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Ralph took the conch from where it lay on the polished seat and held it to his lips; but then he hesitated and did not blow. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland seemed about to speak, and then he wet his lips and was still silent. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I fixed the Alar firmly in my mind, put my thumb and forefinger in front of my pursed lips, and blew between them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sweaty strands of my hair are stuck to my lips, my face; I can feel them sticking out at odd angles from beneath my pink beanie. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That was amazing,”she whispered, letting her lips brush his ear. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s me giving you another chance,” Ruby corrected, a string of the aforementioned saliva glistening between their lips when she drew back to speak. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Barrelhouse looked at me roughly, his lips pushed out. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I licked my lips and rolled my eyes, then looked at her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Leaning forward an inch, he kissed her dry lips. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Waited this morning,” he says, and then licks his bottom lip so nervously, so perfectly, it causes pain deep in my chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I lean forward and press my lips against her temple. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her brow crinkles, her head tilts, she bites her lower lip, and her eyes roam: up, down; left, right; shoulder to shoulder; head to toe. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked back at Ben, who stared viciously at Alby, his tongue darting between his lips to wet them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Her face darkened, anger bloated her lips and lit fires behind her black brooding eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

His touch and his eyes spoke the words that his lips couldn’t. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, Spoon Man whistled like the wind and burbled thunder from his lips, flailing his arms to capture the fury of the tempest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Others passed them, hearing, looking down, pursing lips, struggling not to notice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips moved feverishly in prayer to Lord Hanuman as she asked that good fortune smile on her oldest son. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Another one had poured the coffee from that same silver coffee pot, had placed the cup to her lips, had bent down to the dog, even as I was doing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Noah laughs so hard that spit flies off his lips. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She don’t have no teeth showing, just a lip smile, kind you got to watch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He watches my lips, and I let my words trickle out as softly as his...on the influx of better thoughts. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She powders my face and rubs a rouge-stick over my lips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her lips pressed together, pulling down into a frown. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her lips began to move, forming soundless words, and they continued to move. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance we could see that the open side faced into the wind and that the drifting snow was nearly up to the lip of the sleeping platform. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Here, tonight, it was the wood plank beneath my seat, the barbecue grease on my lips, the need to hide from white eyes degenerate with contempt . . . even in the land “where livin’ is fun.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the brush of fur-soft wings against her lips, but that was all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She followed my pointing finger, and her lips parted a little bit. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He picks Evie up out of her pram to give her a cuddle, and I catch sight of myself in the hallway mirror, my face pale and my lips stained dark red with wine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Toby would nod, biting his lip because he was going against the plan. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

By the second verse, he’s warmed up and throwing me cheesy pop star looks with eyebrow raises, penetrating stares, and pouty lips. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He bared his teeth and licked his lips, as Blackberry had done before the dead hedgehog on the road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could stop time or lift a car or press my tongue between his lips. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She pulled him closer, drawing him into her gaze, until their faces met and she kissed him lightly, lingeringly on the lips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With three quick strokes she sketched the problem on the page—across, down, and then a sinuous line that made him think suddenly of lips and hips and other curves. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She squared her shoulders as Cain strode straight toward her, his thick lips parting in a grin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ibis close, I see that his jaw juts out, making his swollen purple lips even more prominent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’m too focused on his lips and smile and eyes to listen to his lessons on Motown and a man named Berry Gordy who started it all. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And she closed the gap between their lips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I push the lime past the lip of the bottle, into the gold beer. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fang was all lips and teeth and long hair, all muscle and sinew and bone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and tried to think, sucking the weak air in through my chapped lips. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said, and then stopped, the beer bottle at my lips. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She bit her lip and looked nervously at Jamison. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moves suddenly, smacking his lips and rolling from his back onto his side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see it, but I bet Byron’s lips stretched a mile before they finally let go of that mirror. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tater was perched on the lip of the toilet seat. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He leaned in and just grazed Ma’s cheek with his lips, awkwardly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Eleanor's lips were soft and warm, and he could feel her pulse in her cheek. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“A ministering angel,” said Bono, and pressed her free hand to his lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

So very small differences in the mouth and lips can mean the wrong harmonic comes out. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He would just wait, and if his mother wasn’t sad, with her lips stretched thin, she would stop humming and tell about David the boy, or King David. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione pressed her lips together, looking angry and disapproving, but was distracted by a third owl landing in front of her carrying that day’s copy of the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her mouth hung slack, viscous sap the color of molten gold glistening on her lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He kisses my bottom lip and then bites it gently. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he kissed her neck, her jaw, her lips; under the pressure of his tongue, she opened her mouth and the gushing warmth of it overwhelmed him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nora’s mouth is warm and tastes horrifying, like peach schnapps, and she bites his lip and messes up his hair for good measure. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head slightly, and her lips are pulled in, and she’s blinking and blinking. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I feel a smile flicker on my lips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You see,” he said, his lips moving against mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A tin gallon can has been cut in half, the lip ragged and dangerous. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was puffed and bore horrible marks, one lip was bleeding where her tooth had bitten down. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Evy rolled her eyes up and sighed, pulling in her lower lip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And Amos was like, bam, he rammed right into the leader. They both crashed to the ground, like in a real fight! It was pretty awesome. Amos’s lip was bleeding and everything.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turned my lips to the hand that lay on my shoulder. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My lips mumble something about leaving, about a friend who needs me, about my parents worrying. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tasha's a straight-A student, and even though she always gave Noodles a whole bunch of lip, she was a cool girl. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

High John had both hands in his pockets, but I could see the anger in his jaw when he spoke through tight lips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her lips pinch together as she breathes in through her nose. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A sigh of relief escaped from my lips as the soldiers herded three other kids into a small room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Yakov bit his lower lip, staring down at the spread of cards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her voice is slow as a summer breeze, and she bites her lip. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip to keep from smiling. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I put my hand up to stop another quote from leaving his lips. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He had a veil of thinning brown hair and a goatee framing his lips. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Ekon noted that the fruit had stained her lips dark red; he was still staring at them when her words really hit him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They both have high cheekbones, happy eyes, and big, comfy lips. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

No. He looks away from me, his lips pressed together. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts a finger to his lips and his other hand out to still me, but I flinch. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone at the table is leaning in, our lips open, our eyes wide. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Peeta holds a bottle to my lips and I drink thirstily. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were narrow and close and always on the sharp for the least bit of spilt flour or the odd crumb on the lip. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His voice broke with emotion as his fingers traced the outline of my lips. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The cowboy broke away from his aroused fans and began to synchronize his lips to the lyrics on the record, slinking around the floor like a chanteuse in boots and Stetson. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his eyebrows at me, flashing the gold tooth under his lip. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

This time, it was the smug, know-it-all smile on his lips. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her face was red, her lips puffy and bleeding. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Laila dragged a dry tongue over her lips, thinking of the well outside, the water cold and fresh. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

From the walls, the painted eyes of former Directors seemed to follow him, their faces austere, their lips unmoving. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then the Old Lord answered without opening any wider the crack through which he pursed his lips, “Now curse him, that dog left me many months ago and he is not here.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I make sour lips and hold the trombone up, slide in position. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her face is heart-shaped, her lips painted a glamorous red. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t look back at me, but I can see his lips tilt up at the edges. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Like right now, my face is still tingling where her lips touched it, and I haven’t taken my eyes off her even though she’s across the room. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Ophie gnawed on her bottom lip and stared at the empty shelf. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He ate his food in tiny, fastidious bites, hideous bites, napkin pressed to carved lips after each forkful. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on me while she sucked his lips. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip so that the pain will steady me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When it was Toby’s turn, his lips formed a rubber-band grin. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Her lips parted, and she pushed past him, stepping down from the tank. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He pauses, then licks his bottom lip again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Father laced his fingers together in front of his chest, then tapped his lips with his knuckles. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

His left eye had a big black bruise that slashed down toward his cheek, and his upper lip puffed out like he’d been stung by a bee. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I must die, I will die with an axe in my hand and a curse upon my lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Fine and dandy,” Sam says quickly, raising a finger when his mother isn’t looking and crossing his lips. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Toby followed Luke outside in the cold, trying not to think about his throbbing lip, or the way Tyler had smiled—like he knew exactly how to hurt him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“No, no, Master Fowl. My lips are sealed.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She’s chewing her lip, ruining that pink lipstick she put on at the last minute. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together, but he knew this wasn’t the last he’d hear of it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nailer chewed his lip, considering their own rough shelters on the beach: squats made of branches and scavenged planks and palm leaves that blew away like trash whenever storms came. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gingerly touched his swollen lip and let out a pent-up breath. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip so as not to smile. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He put his mouth so close to my ear I could feel his lips on my hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc looked concerned, and he bit at his bottom lip. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’d make it way ahead and wait at the top of a tree, lips anxiously pulling back over his teeth as he watched my slow progress. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the underside of its lid was a lip of clay that held the lid in place. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pomodoro glances up at my stone tower and moves his lips around as if he is tasting them from the inside and says, “Of course.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Perspiration poured down from under his derby and the wax in the points of his mustache melted, causing the neat adornment to change into disorganized hair on his upper lip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together and his eyes narrowed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

After the fourth game, “Cookie” was on the lips of everyone. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

His lips hung open and he shook his head slowly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stella bit her lip to quell her rising panic. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I take a step back and feel a bad quivering in my bottom lip. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes met mine in the mirror, and her lips twitched. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Macon paused again and touched his cut lip as though that were where the pain that showed in his eyes was coming from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gazes back at me over the lip of his Bible, open in his hands once more. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull his mouth open with one hand, and press my lips against his. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She brought one gloved finger to her lips, which were scrunched and hard looking and made me vow that when I grew old, I would make sure that I smiled all the time. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There was that diaper spread over Susan Marie’s shoulder, and her gloved index finger pointing out the church cake, that white finger inviting him to slide a mint between his lips. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Watching her, Mrs. Glass, who happened to be a great judge of young girls’ figures and young girls’ walks, once again, in lieu of a smile, tightened her lips a bit. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Arya stopped at the door and turned back, biting her lip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But it was tender and strong, as if the pressure of his lips could communicate all the things he felt for her, all the things he still didn’t have the words in him to say. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I could taste the salty sweat that ran from my forehead to my lips. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His cheeks are rosy and his little lips parted and his chest rising and falling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few drops of spit struck my lips. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mama quickly rolls and then unrolls her lips. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She'd lost control of her liquor now and suddenly I bent and kissed her upon the lips. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his lips and bugged out his eyes in a mask of fear. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When most people smile, their lips go out sideways. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’m dizzy from blowing and my lips hurt. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He planted his lips on the ring, pressing hard, feeling the edge of the setting catch on his lip. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She has red lips and a flower in her hair. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I put my finger to my lips to shush him, but Robin didn’t seem to hear anything. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We are lips and arms and legs and bodies entangled. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Felice has helped her loosen two braids behind her ears and her fingertip is stained with the rouge she has stroked across her lips. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He eyed Ned with a smile on his lips that bordered on insolence. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“As wiped the honey mustard off of her lips, she spoke to me about her third husband and the healing power of crystals.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And man, when she opened her full lips and said, “Hola,” I was glad I was already seated. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He moved his lips in the darkness and made the words silently in his head and yet he could hear them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her lips together and then smiles. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Ifeoma smiled; the movement of her lips did not brighten her face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, quite,” says Uncle Al, bringing a finger to his lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So I pretend to lock my lips and toss the key. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Should that name pass his lips, it might cost him a finger or an ear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was having difficulty swallowing, and drops of sweat were forming on his brow, along the edge of the dressing and along his upper lip. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His lips were set in a mocking smile. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father is passing out Pall Mall cigarettes, with one already dangling from his lips. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips, faintly moist in the hazy blue light, were parted and he saw the furtive glints of her white teeth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Alice has her own way of looking at things,” he said through tight lips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The last of her village, keeled over in the rows from a knot in her brain, blood pouring from her nose and white froth covering her lips. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It is not enough to give lip service and to believe in equal pay: there has to be a conversion, from the heart. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The memory brings a small smile to her lips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Joe splashed over and fastened onto the bottle, tipping it to his lips while the old man squinted his eyes and watched eagerly, nodding happily as the young man drank. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t hear the words over the fan and the priest’s voice, but I read his lips. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She envisioned her former master tangled in linens, purple tongue poking from his lips. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My lips are not used to saying this word. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Feeling foolish, I placed the potato between my lips and put my face close to its beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She settled herself back in her rocking chair and pressed her lips together like she knew it was gonna be something bad. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Archer was staring at her, sweat glistening on his forehead, his lips parted, though no other sound came out. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt’s Rose’s lips twisted in a smile, and she tapped the space on the bed beside her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I licked my mouth, but my tongue was almost as dry as my lips. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was thirsty, so I brought him some water and tipped the glass to his lips. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Wished I’d rubbed ointment into my lips ’cause they get chapped when it’s this cold. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“No doubt...” the girl said, her lips twisting a little. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look back up his eyes are soft and his lips are parted, and then I understand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Taylor took a pink gloss from a hidden pocket and slicked the glittery wand over her lips. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

President Snow rises and dabs his puffy lips with a napkin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy trailed off and gnawed on her lower lip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And with brave but trembling lips she fled blindly, masking her feeling to save her child. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his wrist, he briefly blotted his perspiring upper lip, and then he began to use the orange stick to push back his cuticles. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I brought water down from the hut, raised his head, and ordered him to drink it With one hand, I found his lips and then guided the cup to his chin. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the terrible agony and the lips tightened down to hold back the cry and desisted. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He turns me toward him and then slowly brings his lips to mine. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had a very shapely figure, smooth brown hair, and full lips. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

With a single finger, you touched the lip of my bag and tilted it down just enough to peek inside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I bite down on my lip and take the seat next to her. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His face was in shadow, but she saw his lips curve as he smiled at her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips were still against his and her words suddenly took on a different meaning and she moved back and pulled her dress over her head in one fluid gesture. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her lips were flat and drooping, as though they were too heavy to hold up, and her cheeks were sallow and dull. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Ophie bit her lip once she got the question out, waiting for the censure she was certain would follow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And that’s when I believe my dark skin isn’t a curse, that my lips and hips, hair and nose don’t need fixing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She bit her lip and took a breath. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He bit his lower lip and shifted his body to the side, away from me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Now, please try to behave yourself,” he continued, and he bent to softly brush his lips against mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He saw her lips moving, then heard her speak softly, leaning toward him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips trembled and her eyes filled with tears. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts her finger to her lips and nods to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The commadant’s lips thin and his eyes narrow and an expression of slow and intense malice rises in his face. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, glad even in his anguish to hear the words fall from his lips, “that was my son.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was biting the corner of her lip, and frowning, and she held the steering wheel slightly away from her, as though she were afraid of this car. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gideon says nothing for a long moment, his lips pressing together in a thin line. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips against her wrist, then her forearm and the inside of her elbow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Wesley raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His pale eyes were frosted with sun glare and his lips scaly as snakeskin. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he leans in and kisses my awaiting lips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

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

The skin on his hands looked dry, parchmentlike, and his lips formed a thin line beneath the heavy tangle of gray beard. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The moon rose in the sky as Montag walked, his lips moving just a trifle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too many tamales, but Uncle Nacho says too many this and tilts his thumb to his lips. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was racing, but my lips were totally disconnected from my brain and I said, “Yes.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her lips moved again, forming her last word to me, a whisper almost too faint to hear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the doctor said “family conditions” Mom bit down on her lower lip and uncrossed her legs, pulled down on her skirt, and crossed them the other way. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bit her lip as she veered around a sharp corner. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She kissed his forehead as she’d done before, and where her lips touched, a red light burst out of his skin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Levy asked the office manager, whose lips had turned white. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He inhaled with satisfaction after he packed a wad of tobacco behind his lip, then Cade spit into his water bottle. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Viola clanged about in the kitchen nonstop for hours with a plug of snuff in her lip, bringing forth our massive dinner out of clouds of steam. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Coach Disaster holds the microphone too close to his lips, so all we hear is the sound of his spitting and breathing. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

You might think lips and tongues would run out of things to try, but they really don’t. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and licked his lips. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wears no make-up apart from something glossy on her lips; two small brown moles by her right cheekbone are the only things that distract from the pale peach of her complexion. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the parking lot of the last shop, Mother pursed her lips, then said, “There’s one more place we can try.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her full lips were loose and her eyes were black—with shame, or rage, or both. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They had smelled the horse and rider and were looking up at the ridge; his motion sent them running, with grass still hanging from wet lips. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my lips together to keep from answering him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The salt in my tears feels good when it stings my lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They head for the stairway to keep on locking lips. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her pink lips spread outward into a wide smile around her wet knuckles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I tear out the page and clutch it in my hand, press it to my lips. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, spraying a few mashed blobs off my lips. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I landed on my side with such force, my breath rushed past my lips. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That voice, fair and terrible as burning silver, like moonlight on river stones, like a feather against your lips. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She presses her lips to my forehead and keeps them there for the longest. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mum bit her lip and they both stared at each other. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingertips reach up, shaking, as I touch his lip print on the window. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She pursed her lips, hung a cigarette between them, but her eyes stayed on Nye. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, he kisses me lightly on the lips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It looked to me as if his eyes were glistening and his lips were trembling. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

My lips curled into a dumb sort of smile, and I barely even registered the clatter of a receiver leaving its cradle or the rattle of buttons tapping out a number. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I trembled so hard that my lips shook. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Coach’s brow creases for a sec before a smile tugs at one corner of her very thin lips. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“He does love me,” Celia says, though the words do not sound as strong when they fall from her lips as they did inside her head. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I pursed my lips, feeling that bite of tension I always felt when the people of PPC, who seemingly had limitless pockets from Narnia, talked about money. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then she put her finger to her lips and shook her head, and backed out of the stable as quietly as she had entered it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cardan’s cruel mouth is surprisingly soft, and for a long moment after our lips touch, he’s still as a statue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At first, his lips parted but nothing came out. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Get her squinty eyes fixed first, then her lips, and cross the river in stages. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But he tapped the pen to his lips and replied anyway. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I watch as her gaze travels over me, and her lips dip down at the corners when she sees the way the fabric stresses against my hips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then his cold, marble lips pressed very softly against mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His nose quivered and his bottom lip was mottled and bloody where he had bitten it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was off-balance on my toes; the world swaying dangerously under me as his lips traveled to my cheek, to my jaw, to where my pulse throbbed in my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His lips brushed against mine in the lightest of kisses before he rose to his feet and left the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then drop to my lips, my neck, my chest... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She looked up as her father and I came in and her mouth moved a little, loosely, as if she had no control over her lips. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lower lip began to tremble, and her shoulders went kind of slack, so I sat on the bed and put one arm around her and tried to act stronger than I felt. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Matt pulled his lips inside out at me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But before she can vocalize her surprise, his lips close over hers and she is lost in wordless bliss. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“So that child gets punished for his family’s wrong?”I can easily imagine my mom shaking her head in the way that she does, lips pressed together. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

An onion-breathed technician in a lab coat measures the distance between Werner’s temples, the circumference of his head, and the thickness and shape of his lips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And then he was staring at me again, one corner of his lips turning up, then the other. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The hitch in his breath and his slightly swollen lips and knowing I’m the one who made both of those things happen. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux clasped his hands behind his back, pinched his lips together, took on a troubled posture. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The girls have red lips and their legs whisper to each other through silk stockings. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came up behind her and laid his hands on her shoulders; bending low, he put his lips close to the nape of her neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But things could always happen over there—it wasn’t the most stable place in the world, after all—and then a little devilish smile came to their lips. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she saw the lip of the land begin to extend, farther and farther, as though the world was turning toward her, offering its face with a smile. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I put a finger to my lips, she nods, and I run on my toes down the hall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Helena bites her lip, screws up her face, and I have no idea what is about to come out of her mouth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And his lips are curled back around teeth as long as carving knives. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I split my lip on the last tumble and tasted wet pennies and heavy perfume. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She put her lips down over the puncture and sucked hard and spat and sucked again while Coyotito screamed. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you’re right, let’s leave God out of this because you know nothing about God. And we didn’t find it,” she said, clamping her lips together firmly. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ma bit down on her bottom lip for a second before letting herself smile. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Although surprised, Govinda was compelled by a great love and presentiment to obey him; he leaned close to him and touched his forehead with his lips. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally this wouldn't be a problem at all, but with my extremely rough navigation, I could easily end up at the lip of one of them and have to backtrack. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pleasant “thank you” seemed meant to laugh it off, but a blush, a quivering lip, a tear in the eye, shewed that it was felt beyond a laugh. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The blow to his mouth had split open his upper lip and broken six teeth, three of which were embedded in his lower lip, hideously inverting his beautiful smile. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bites his busted bottom lip and hangs his head down. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to shout, The money is underneath thefalse bottom! but pressed my lips together. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the glass to my lips and took a deep breath. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And of course because this saying-what-I-really-feel thing is still new, the moment I part my lips to take a breath, all the feelings come spewing out like water from an uncapped fire hydrant. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Something about his mud-encrusted boots and the way he let smoke curl from his lips and how the sinking sun lit his green hair reminded me of a punk, redneck James Dean. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

“For my lips are very attractive. I often think they are my best feature.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He clenched his fist and beat hammer wise on the red wall at his right His lips were tightly compressed and his eyes yearned beneath the fringe of hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Salaam, General Sahib,” I said through heavy lips. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me,” he says, a ghost of a smile around his lips, “to leave.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He licks his lip, looks at me desperately. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The sheerest smile brushed his lips, and heat rushed up my body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rani presses her lips together in a tight line. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She takes the cans of food from her great-uncle’s coat and sets her lips on their rims. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dimple’s heart still raced, but she felt all the million old arguments stall, unspoken behind her lips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

What’s in my future—a tin of kerosene poured down my throat and a match held to my lips? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She put the root-beer bottle to her lips and drank it empty. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did they—” he starts, but I stop him with my lips. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth pursed her lips, then said quietly, “I’m going home for the year, Percy.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped the blood off his lips with the back of his hand, grinned, and said, "That was a stiff one, Mord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her lips didn’t start moving again until he was out of sight and running down the road. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the reflection of my round face in the rearview mirror—the big eyes that seemed almost sleepy; thick, dark brows; full lips—I could see the revulsion slide over it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That nasty red sore still on the side a her lip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together for a long moment, studying me, then seems to make a decision. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Also, there were barely any rests, so once it started, you were playing until your lips were numb and your lungs collapsed. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips and tucked his hands into his camo jacket. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then she wet her lips and without turning around spoke to her husband in a soft, coarse voice: "Get some chairs, why don't you, so somebody can sit down." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it gushes up, and I clench my lips, but it's like trying to hold back an ocean. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Rasheed pursed his lips and blew, then put the spoon into his mouth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I crawl out and try to wipe the slime off my eyelids and lips, but my hands and shirt are just as slimy. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The problem was you’d look at the picture of his pursed lips and cruel eyes and you knew the whole story. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I cycle faster into my freedom, tiny beads of sweat popping up on my upper lip and brow, first hot, then cooled by the wind. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He looks pained and leans closer to me, so his lips brush mine when he speaks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After asking whether the taste of blood on his lips is actually the ‘taste of love’, Salome revisits the kiss, in supreme triumph. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Again the forefinger of the judge stroked his lip, this time appreciatively. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Winifred pushed the patient gently back on to the pillows and held a bowl of water to the cracked, dry lips. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I fold my hands together and pinch my lips between my fingers to restrain my words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Nan bites her lip, her eyes sparking blue. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I can’t recall, but I feel the hardness of the word on my lips. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Emma gave a start, which did not seem like being prepared—and her eyes, in eager gaze, said, “No, this is impossible!” but her lips were closed. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He watched the words shape on their lips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a dead silence while the electric clock chimed eleven times, and then the robopsychologist said, “Very peculiar,” and the corners of her lips moved downward. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I often think of putting my arms around him or running my fingers along his lips. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When that was done, he put his finger to his lips and ran to the old woman cooking hot chocolate over the coals. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Drink, says Volkheimers mouth as he holds his canteen to Bernd’s lips, and shadows lunge across the broken ceiling like a circle of wraiths preparing to feast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Papa waved a clenched fist in the air, but a smile whispered on his lips, and he made no attempt to conceal the delight in his voice. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, her face fell, and she bit her lip. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Right foot rain barrel, left foot window ledge, left hand iron drainpipe, and I swung myself onto the lip of the first story roof. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t even have to look at her face to know that she’s got on her signature summer-shimmery-glow makeup and lip gloss. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She holds her head in both hands and presses her lips together tightly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When her lips touched his skin, he sucked in an involuntary, desperate breath and a weight slammed into his chest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Jane! my hope—my love—my life!” broke in anguish from his lips. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His skin is darker and his lips are pinker than they should be, because of the makeup. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, a smile slipping onto my lips as I put the note back down and walk over to the actual med cart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He drew back his lips and showed his teeth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Got somebody waiting for you?" he asks, his lips parted in a toothy grin. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Kin nodded to her, lip stiff, and pulled the bones close to his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Darker than the blood though are her lips, thick enough to laugh at and to break his heart. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So clear and piercing was the note that the others stood amazed to hear such a sound come from those old bearded lips. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His lips move poison and she smiles and then she kisses him wet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were lines on his forehead and his lips were pressed together, which meant he was angry. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In quick, light motions, it nibbled at my lips with its dirty beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Often she dug for clams and when Kapugen returned he would crack them open and smack his lips as he swallowed them whole. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede lowered her eyes to where their hands were clasped together, remembering the curl of Elowen’s lip as she said the word mother. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She formed the name on her lips, asleep in the tower room with Kaede beside her, and she felt the woman in the fortress come alive. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

One near Bailey has a flute at his lips, the instrument silent in his fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At times he made frightening gestures with his tongue, lips, hands, and body. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He pressed the golden metal to his lips and whispered, “I am about to die.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Joe bit his lip and wrote a few more obscenities in the dirt. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smile still played about her lips, and he reached for her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Pain throbbed through my lip, and coppery blood spread across my tongue. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I imagined him there in the hospital room, leaning stiffly over her face, above her wracked lips, to listen to her speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then her mouth quivers, and she presses her lips together to disguise it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The pink wart quivered on her thin upper lip. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He presses his greasy lips against my cheek. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue,” Miss Ohio said and licked her lips. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The blood spurted from Mack’s lips and ran down his chin. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his left hand, Wes held a wet paper towel to his lip, trying to stop the steady flow of blood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I hold his cheek and let my lips reintroduce themselves to his. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, and her lips parted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"No, Peeta, I don't even want to discuss it," I say, placing my fingers on his lips to quiet him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sores lined his bottom lip, and his gums looked purple. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I smiled at her, and a salty drop of tear and mud caught on the edge of my lip. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The thin lips trembled when he snarled, “Because you are a bruja!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d had it from the lips of one of the grooms who tended the king’s horses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her lip was split and her cheek was badly bruised, and though her skirt and hands were stained with her effort to stop the blood pouring from her nose, a little still trickled down. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to see a woman with a lip ring raining down the stink-eye. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s lips were parted slightly, as if she were calculating the answer to a math problem that had been in her head a long time but she had only just come upon the answer. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I held the bowl to my lips and tasted a small drop. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But instead of saying anything, she pressed her lips together, swallowed hard, and looked away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Director tightens his grip more, and a grin escapes his purple-red lips. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She settled on his shoulder and he nuzzled her with his lips. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

As I clipped into a fixed rope and prepared to rappel over the lip, I was greeted with an alarming sight. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As the words passed their lips they became trees, but still they were together. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he lay there his lips moved once or twice and his mustache jerked with a nervous quiver. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ms. Brenda looked at him like he had a third eye and a third lip. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She wrinkles her lips and scrunches her nose. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Biting her lip, she watched him as he walked up and down in his distracted anguish. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Alice danced to Jasper’s side and whispered in his ear; her lips quivered with the speed of her silent speech. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For now, she pressed her lips together tightly and set her knife and fork down in a neat X across her plate. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yessuh,” he whispered; not speaking, really; but hearing his words roll involuntarily from his lips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Ma, you have to eat,” Papa said, and held a spoonful in front of her lips. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The eunuch pursed his lips and gave a little whistle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on my lips, reminding Mama that she had to watch what she said. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Close your ears, or else you might turn into a human ice cube,” Pond said, a smile curving his lips. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her lips are tight and she has one eyebrow raised. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I pushed my lips out so Mama would see I knew what she was doing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Similarly, when my dad focuses on something, he bites his lower lip and squints his eyes, as if to suggest that whatever he’s doing is extremely complex. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I hooked the pick of my left ax on a nickel-thin lip of rock and weighted it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad met my eyes, the tiniest of smiles curling his lips. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We enter a small, dingy room where a man is lighting a bidi, smoke snaking out of his lips. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I feel my lips curving into a grin. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Defeated the troll, and without a single plea for aid passing his lips. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When her mother murmured, Kira leaned forward with the water container and moistened the dry lips. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was parted on the right and came down to her shoulders, accentuating the mole by her lips. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wind rushes over the lip of the hole and washes over me, and I close my eyes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I said, “If I was a Negro girl—” He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, it was just a pink jagged line running up from his lip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled his mouth down to hers, wanting only to taste him but mostly tasting the blood on his lips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His lip droops a little, and I realize that even though I hear his voice, words aren’t coming out of his mouth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He pressed his cool lips delicately to my forehead, and the room spun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pick up speed and a shout of exhilaration rises within me, stopped only by the wind that fills my mouth the second my lips part. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He lifted his fingers to his lips and gave a long whistle. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The middle finger traced a heart on her lips. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Digger frowned and his lips parted as a scared, hurt look softened his steely expression. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

August’s lower jaw opens, and he inhales with a terrible rumbling and smacking of lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I can end this conversation if I can muster the courage to arc my body into his, bring my lips to his mouth, let our bodies align while the rest of the world falls away. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But she took the joint and inserted it between her lips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She purses her lips and shakes her head. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But most days she’d be in her getup, the lip metal, the jet-black hair, or sometimes it was green or red. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Minerva jogged, her arms pumping at her sides, not going much faster than a walk, her lips pushed out like a Nish GPS system. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Sefia bit her lip to keep from gasping at the impact. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“My name ... it’s ...” He put a finger to her lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s from Bangladesh. He has a cleft lip and palate. His parents sent him here to have surgery. He doesn’t speak any English.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Though the Met Bongs’ lips continue to move and words continue to come out, I can no longer hear them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not see his lips moving silently, forming the same word again and again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His lips fluttered a little and a soft impersonal voice came from between them. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the ground braiding and unbraiding her hair, biting her lip with a scowl. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Scipio straightened his jacket and licked his lips like a lion anticipating a hunt. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs my arm, that devilish smile playing around his lips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

None of the latter's children had looked so much like him, not even Aureliano José, particularly in respect to the prominent cheekbones and the firm and rather pitiless line of the lips. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His lips were dry and clung to each other as he spoke. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my lips to his once brilliant and now rayless eyes—I swept his hair from his brow, and kissed that too. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I got to Mattie, her lips were as purple as the spring crocus, her skin the color of wet ashes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Quincy, having already heard about the meeting that night, put a finger to his lips and shook his head, at the same time glancing at the heavy, lonely figure of Otis. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he’s being sneaky his lips move a different way. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She caught glimpses of feathers and crooked paper crowns, rose-hued cheeks and deeply rouged lips, gowns of rich red and gold velvet. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns her gaze back to me, steady and clear, a small smile on her lips. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She became distant again for a moment, pursing her lips and staring remotely as she walked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She mimed zipping her lips, locking them, and tossing away the imaginary key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He buries his hands in mine and leans in to kiss me, but I put my finger against his lips to stop him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t stopped chewing on her iced-coffee straw, and now it was stained with her pink lip gloss, the top starting to fray into pieces. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His lips quivered and the spectacles were dimmed with mist. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then he said violently, “At least, I will not have a woman who is pock-marked, or who has a split upper lip.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say “Yes, Papa,” because he was right, but the burning on my feet was climbing up, in swift courses of excru- dating pain, to my head and lips and eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Diego tore into the ribs with zeal, and his lips and chin, were soon slathered with barbecue sauce. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He got a busted lip, and I got a whooping. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When I grin—because let’s face it, I can’t help but grin; it’s nice to feel powerful again—she looks at my mouth again and licks her lips. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She leaned her forehead into her clasped hands while her lips moved. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The lips are the gates of their desire. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was really the paint that appealed to me, the whiteness of it, like a mask, and the bright red lips. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

What lush lips, what white teeth, what fine and shiny hair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips and then said, “I should go home.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I curve up the corners of my mouth without biting my lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel, however, returned and sat pensive at the lip of the hole, looking out at the silent, rippling veils of rain that drifted across and across the little valley between the two copses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured,” he says smoothly—but when I glance back at him, he’s chewing his lip. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

August lifts a piece of toast with flourish, smiling broadly with closed lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

More wealth than most of the crews collected in years off the ships, and yet it decorated this girl’s fingers as casually as Moon Girl pierced her lip with steel. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his eyebrows, which were thick and fused together, and blew a dismissive, blubbery sound through his lips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Aunt Lydia waits a moment; then she gives a little smile and raises her whistle to her lips. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my smile quiver on my lips, in danger of falling away entirely. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had talked to her not with his voice, but with his ears, eyes, and lips; and he had even commended her with a wag of his tail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita asked, biting the inside of her lip. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Instead she is pale and biting her lip to hide its wobble. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I bet his lips looked like a giant rubber band before they snapped away from that glass! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips had, in fact, been moving, and were moving now. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Alex is frozen, registering the press of Henry’s lips and the wool cuffs of his coat grazing his jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Rishi bit on the inside of his lip to keep from smiling with pride. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I touch my bruised cheek and the rough scab on my lip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I closed my eyes I could still feel him against my lips. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘Ma,’ she said, licking her white lips, ‘shall I run for Doctor Warren?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips work their way along my neck, sending shivers up and down my back. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hand that held the window bar was not quite steady, her lips too were trembling. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood viewing the proceedings with disgust, lips pursed and hands on hips. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sister pressed her lips into a thin line. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I could see his bottom lip shaking, just a little. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Once again those lean long hands of hers clutched convulsively at her dress, and she passed her tongue over her lips. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I move in when he's not looking, ready to plant a fat, wet one on his lips, but someone calls my name. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stare at Max's face, watching the pink slowly return to her lips, when a long shadow is cast over her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The class reads slowly, some of them moving their lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even Ellidyr made no reply; he bit his lips and fingered the hilt of his sword. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Where one was allowed to live and work could rest on such absurd distinctions as the curl of one’s hair or the size of one’s lips. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat beads plump up on my cowboy’s upper lip. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His lips were warm and his skin smelled clean. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Each week, I responded the same way: I pressed my lips together and stared at my feet. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He raised Charley’s lip with a shaking hand, then turned up an eyelid and let it fall back. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It glared at him sullenly with one fang over its lower lip. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Portia wet her lips nervously and said: ‘He coming back whenever he get good and ready. Buddy will be glad to ride him to town in the car. Buddy just love to drive.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not the color of his colorless eyes, not the shape of his nose or lips, not even the shade of his skin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Standing at either end of the long, handsome bronze coffin were two big, dark policemen, mostly looking straight ahead, but moving their lips when some viewer tarried. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow thought of the touch of Laura’s lips, bitter and cold. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mascara is smeared over my cheekbones, and I have a cut on my lower lip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to be able to see people’s faces so I can put the sounds and lip movements together. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her lips were parted, and she was breathing—not softly as usual with her, but in long, heavy gasps, as though striving to get her lungs full at every breath. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I told her, “Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips didn’t move, but her voice echoed across the valley. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She bit her lip fiercely and felt fresh tears pounding against her eyes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Dicey looked at the page and chewed on her lip. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her family was told that she had died as a consequence of “warts on her lip.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Natalie was part of this group of girls...they all wore lip gloss,” he began. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His lips were swollen, one side of his face was puffed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited until he fell asleep, his arm flung over her, his snoring loud through parted lips, before she got up to call Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He flipped it open and put a cigarette between his lips. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And too late we catch him, his fingers in his mouth, his lips covered with dust. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She smacked her lips in disgust and then pedaled after Juanita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was moving his lips, mouthing out his part of the quote. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I lift it to my lips as salty tears drip into my throat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited until the goddess left them again before looking at Ekon, the smallest smirk touching her lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Their father’s face is pierced in several places, nose and ear and lip, but his wide, bright smile and dark complexion are more familiar to me, because he passed them both to his sons. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When he turned around and kissed me, gently, on my lips, I blushed and told him to stop. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

His lip was busted and one of his eyes was swollen completely shut. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I considered, scarcely daring to entertain the prospect, a father might hold me swaddled in his arms, and raise me to his sister’s lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Tom groaned, licked his lips, groaned again, opened his eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s lips thin, and he mumbles something to Momma. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Those lips that curled when he was teasing her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“This is great!” she chirruped in her reedy voice, lips wet with anticipation. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the corners of her lips turn upward. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I walk into rehearsal that afternoon, Abby is sitting in the front row of the auditorium with her eyes closed and her lips moving. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The lieutenants received the loudest hosannas, for the veterans knew these contests were won and lost through the lips of these lieutenants. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, here's the thing. There's only really one other thing you need to be ready for this. Something for your lips." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But he stayed where he was, holding the back of his hand to his bleeding lip as he wept. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

This at least is better hearing, and I licked my dry lips and said, “If you would tell us where he went—we must go to him, there is no one else....” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on his father’s lips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dries my face and hands, and kisses my eyes, the tip of my nose, my lips and each fingertip. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For a moment they were silent, facing each other, their shoulders thrown back, their lips compressed to hold down the mounting impulse to laugh. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately I felt him turn to unresponsive stone beneath my lips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“From your lips,” he said, “even a shriek would be the very call of the nightingale.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ruth stood there like a carved statue, her finger still held to her lips. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kiss his lips, which always have and always will be perfect. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His hand shook as he wiped sweat from his upper lip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Myron works his lips around his cigar, foul and intimate with his own juices. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Emma and, doggone-it-all, she was squeezing that awful doll and starting to pull her lip down and cloud her eyes up, getting ready to bawl right along with the new-free folks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Celia looks at him, a slow, sad smile tugging at her lips. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I listened to the music, ignoring my stinging lip and the blood running down my chin, into my hands, down my arms. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She could feel little pinpricks of sweat on her upper lip. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Hila had gotten up, as silent as a mouse, and was standing before them, a curious smile playing on her lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Putting a finger to her lips, Mrs. Rappaport quieted the class. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

His mouth was stiff and sore, as if a punch had split his lip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He tried to move, and a groan escaped his lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He licked his lip, trying to think of what else he had done. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I bring my hand up to my face: it looks startlingly white against my reddened skin, my purple lips, my bloodshot eyes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine her lip curled in disgust. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a glass-fronted cabinet opposite, filled with plates on display stands and teacups with so many curlicues it was a wonder you could drink from them without cutting your lips. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I looked up into Miss Corrie’s cat-eye glasses, she pressed her thin lips together. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodson was a tall, brown-skinned woman with an intelligent, pleasant face anchored by a resolute lower lip that signaled that she would put up with no nonsense whatsoever. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Because at home was my mother with her dead eyes and my little sister, with her hollow cheeks and cracked lips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And when he saw her, cheeks red, teeth nibbling on her bottom lip, he knew they’d already said something. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She gnawed on her bottom lip, unease rising as she watched its crimson folds flutter in the breeze, noting the violating way its central pole impaled the maiden night sky like a gilded spear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her lips move the whole time as if she were doing her usual sullen, under-her-breath grumbling, but Yoyo knows she is casting a spell that will leave the men powerless, becalmed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Her lips are moving and I guess she’s reading the card. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was gazing at her in surprise, with his lips parted. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dad stared at me, and the skin where his lips had been tightened. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mack’s lips were split against his teeth and one front tooth bent sharply inward. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hint of a smile appeared on his lips. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A smile played around his mouth and, as if it were contagious, spread to my lips, too. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Milo’s office was a barbershop, and his deputy mayor was a pudgy barber from whose obsequious lips cordial greetings foamed as effusively as the lather he began whipping up in Milo’s shaving cup. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize what he intended to do before his lips brushed against my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together and stares down at me and then at Apa. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after I first noticed them, they look like a thick set of parentheses around my lips, and every time I see them, my stomach drops. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

His eyes drooped but he formed the words silently with his lips. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed the remains of my cereal around the edges of the bowl, biting my lip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her mother held her head high, but Koffi saw it, the slight tremble in her bottom lip, the fear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“So,” Brinker curled his lip at me, “your little plot didn’t work so well after all.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I run my fingers through my hair, wipe the blood off my lips, and slide the door open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My teeth don't even stick to my lips. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her lips unfurled into a wide smile, as though this was most excellent news. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I put some on my lip to grow me a mustache,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smile on Esther's lips disappeared in an instant. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Shame on you!” he scolded severely, breathing virtuous fire down and upward into his rusty mustache through his billowing nostrils and prim lips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

However, Dustfinger put the second bottle to his lips, filling his mouth until his scarred cheeks were bulging. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Charles leaned in and cupped a hand around his mouth so no security cameras could read his lips. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She leans in to me, her breasts against my chest and her lips against my ear. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I picked up a french fry, thinking how his hand had touched it and now I was putting it to my lips. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He has gel in his hair and a Clark Gable mustache above his thick lips. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s gestures as he broke the kola nut apart into five lobes were eerily like Nnaemeka’s, as was the set of his mouth, with the lower lip jutting out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To this day, I can smell the smell of the bark—a sweet, woody smell—and feel the ridges in the bark, and taste that distinctive taste on my lips. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And when Mrs. Bannister held the cup to my lips, I fanned the hot milk out on my tongue as it went down, tasting it luxuriously, the way a baby tastes its mother. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She swallowed hard and passed it to me, and I did the same, thinking as I did that her lips were just pressed to the same place, and wondering if she was thinking that too. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The screen’s camera flickered with laser light, and a green grid sprang up on Shay’s face, a field of tiny squares imposed across the shape of her cheekbones, nose, lips, and forehead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Insults would have risen to her lips if Chaol hadn’t touched her shoulder, his chestnut eyes filled with some emotion she couldn’t yet understand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The younger boy licked his lips in a most animal-like fashion, while the elder boy merely stared at Penelope. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Her lip is curled up slightly, and she takes her sweet time to speak, like she’s getting a kick out of our fear. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Perfectly beautiful,” replied Stuart, wiping the sarsaparilla off his lips with the corner of his sleeve. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The sergeant looked at the wan figure before him, at the watery pink eyes behind the bifocals, at the dry lips through the white goatee. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face maintains a semblance of girlishness, in the length of her eyelashes and the slight pout of her lips, despite the fact that she is clearly too old to be properly called a girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I shook my head hard and bit my lip to stop the tears. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A small half smile forms at the corner of his lips. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking my brother, curled and slumped to one side in his wheelchair, a napkin at his throat to catch the spills of champagne that someone held to his lips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Octavian’s face looked almost ghoulish under his white mantle - his eyes too piercing, his cheeks too gaunt, his lips too thin and colourless. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And leaning over the youth’s chair, she took the glass from his hand and held it to his lips. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Afraid to wake her and have her freak out, my dad put a finger up to his lips, mouthed, Be quiet, and walked lightly to the kitchen sink. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Where his eyes should be are two dark pieces of coal separated by a sharp, thin nose, below which are thin lips that spit out saliva. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She collapsed back on her bed, and her fingers reached wonderingly to trace her own lips, where a moment before his had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Apa stands through all of this, his back stiff, a layer of sweat already glistening on his upper lip. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It only lasted a second, maybe two, but Luke was spinning when she pulled away and wiped her lips. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His gentle words bring a small smile to my lips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panic must be written all over my face, because Anna purses her lips. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and purse my lips together, to hide my smile. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

George says the word like it tastes bitter, spitting it from his lips. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I felt Danny stir and saw him turn his head, the grin gone now from his lips. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His lips were moist, his neck red above his collar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His skin grew clammy as his lips tried to form them, and yet again he watched Koffi's circling thumb. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had known Martin was awake for at least ten minutes; his breathing had become much lighter, and he had stopped doing his weird little lip licking and grunts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not just her short hair cut regularly like a man’s, or her large sleepy eyes and busy lips, or the smooth smooth skin, hairless, scarless, and wrinkleless. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel knelt down beside me and put his lips to the coffin and whispered, “I am sorry, Alaska. You deserved a better friend.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He scrunched his lips while he retrieved a thought. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She dipped it into the cool water in our earthen pot and pressed it against your bleeding lip. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He said it like a joke but I wiped the color from my lips anyway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mama bit her lip and shook her head. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I press my lips together and stare at the floor, hoping this will conceal the emotions starting to boil up inside of me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His lower lip puffed out, giving him a sulky expression. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter wanted to say more, to ask the dozen questions that rose to her lips, but the king had moved on, unwilling to keep his commander waiting, and she had to follow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The glisten of perspiration on her upper lip. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry saw his lips form the words “send us your answer . . . in the normal way.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But having started it he moved into the warmth of her face anyway and put his lips against hers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A blaze of desire surged through him and he leaned into the honey-slowness, pushing the hopelessness out of his way to take that sweet, soft lip between his own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Theon ?” His lips skinned back in what might have been a grin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip to stop myself from protesting. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Her lips moved, but her words were no match for my music. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She puts a candy cigarette between her lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was white, her lips almost blue, and she breathed shallowly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Our eyes meet for a second, and I see a slow smile linger on her lips before she catches herself and glances away. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dorian leaned forward again, but she smoothly put two fingers against his lips. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her lips was moving but all that was coming out was a gurgling sound. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The next time Jazz saw him, she rode him hard about it, squeezing her lips up like a fish. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And the old woman started up blinking and licking her dry lips, and she said, “I am not to open except to such as may rent the whole inner courts.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy stared at the picture, chewing on her lower lip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He jerked his chair up and pulled himself over the lip. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I suck in my breath and bite my lip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Amos was going to be the hardest because just like her ears were set to believe everything that came out of Todd’s lips they were set not to believe anything I said. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When he saw me he smiled, his big lips uncovering all his teeth. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They all have beautiful lips, carefully outlined in red and polished to a shine. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I see are lips, teeth, and that big ole afro. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But I was still biting my lip so hard, thinking about eggs and birthdays and allergies and not crying, and I didn’t think about it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She says nothing at first, chewing her lip before she answers. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

My teeth dig into my lower lip so hard I wince. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together so hard, they go white. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed—he always prayed from memory, except during a Festival or a High Holiday Service—and he was swaying slightly back and forth, his lips murmuring the words. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My lips are chapped and I dig for crust in the corners of my eyes before I get into his car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He chewed on his lip for a moment. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My bottom lip quivered as the news sunk in. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He blinked and licked his lips nervously all the time. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He picked his way through the cramped room with an air that showed he had visited many times before and bowed low over Hepzibah’s fat little hand, brushing it with his lips. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She smiled at herself in the mirror, and Taisin felt her own lips turning up at the corners. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The other mother stood very still, giving nothing away, lips tightly closed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

His skin and hair and lips are all as pale as dried-out cornstalks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tip glass, tip!" she ordered, but her lips didn't move and she made no sound. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wipes the tears from my cheeks with his thumbs and kisses me on the lips. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth as if she wanted to ask something about him, but then she just drew in her lips. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He smiles again—so of course I notice his lips. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He looks at me, his lips scrunched up, and nods slowly. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what that meant, but she said it with a smile on her lips and a twinkle in her eye. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He sets me down and stares at me, his fingers brushing over my forehead, my eyebrows, my cheeks, my lips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Awkwardly he bent to kiss her on the cheek, but she moved her mouth as he did so and pushed her lips against his. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He studied me, and an inane grin spread across his lips like a stain. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He looked at our group and put a finger to his lips, demanding silence. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The woman purses her thin lips and motions with her hand for me to get going. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Madam squeezed her lips together so tight I thought she had bit them off. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darius bops his head, sings some of the lyrics, licks his lips a few times, and glances at me plenty of times. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I leaned in, I heard his wheezing breath and his weak coughing, and he smacked his lips softly before he swallowed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do not ask me, reader, to give a minute account of that day; as before, I sought work; as before, I was repulsed; as before, I starved; but once did food pass my lips. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hassan's lower lip was hideously busted—he looked like he was chewing a fat wad of tobacco—and his right eye was very nearly swollen shut. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Only, he had to deal with blizzards, not a tropical storm,” added Nala, her lips fluttering in the blustery breeze. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ropy, vivid red scars run from her forehead down across her cheeks, lips, and chin, all the way into the high neck of her black dress. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After another burst of cackles she rolled backward and disappeared behind the lip of the roof’s gutter—one of the few homes that still had a roof. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He pushed together his lips and puffed out his cheeks—his best Storch imitation. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The edges of his lips nearly reached his ears. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

We paraded into the backyard, all the Daughters with tiny smudges of grease clinging to their lips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Travis licked his lips, shifting his weight between the balls of his feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Momma crossed her arms, the glimmer of an I-told-you-so smile creeping across her lips. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Tio brought the cigarette back up to his lips, this time leaving it dangling from the corner of his mouth. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A hint of a smile touched his lips. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And he couldn’t deny that he was aching to learn what Celaena’s lips felt like, what her bare skin smelled like, how she’d react to the touch of his fingers along her body. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The two women were sitting together now, and Calixte whispered something to Tzara that made the warrior bite her lip and flush. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Before I get a chance to look around, Kasim’s arms are around me and his lips are touching mine. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

You flattened the ball into a perfect circle, concentrating, with the tip of your tongue between your lips. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Two thin ribbons of smoke undulated from his nostrils, and his lizard lips were curled in a sleepy grin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Joaquin shook his head as his lower lip began to wobble. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But you see their connection in the way they twirl their hair or chew on their bottom lips or how they whistle through their straws before each sip. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I purse my lips as he tapes them shut. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He twisted his own face, practicing, pushing his lips up against his nose, and then flapped his arms, the way the cloth of his mommet might flap in the wind to frighten away the crows. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Skin and bones dancing, lips upcurled like oyster shells, a no-count man with a femur in his hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice trails off, and she bites her lip. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could still feel her lips on his own. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I press the three middle fingers of my left hand against my lips and hold them out in her direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Reek remembered the dungeons underneath the Dreadfort, the rat squirming between his teeth, the taste of warm blood on his lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She waddles to a table and brings back the head of a black boy with kinky hair, big eyes, huge red lips and an open mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I pressed my lips together, biting my lower lip, so my mouth would not join in the singing on its own, so my mouth would not betray me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dandy stood at the edge of the ghoul-gate, on a lip of stone and looked down into the darkness beneath. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Her lips were parted and her eyes glowed like embers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Thereupon she stood up and came towards him, her moist lips gleaming attractively in her young face. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run an index finger over my lips and notice a few flower petals in my hair. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And then some strange magnet was pulling our heads together, but just as our lips were about to touch, the quiet was shattered by terrified, bleating shrieks from the next room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I found the compact mirror in my purse and checked my Rock Star Purple lip gloss. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I need to rest,” I told Beau, though my lips were so dead from the cold it just sounded like a groaned mumble. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Miss Effie Belle had a grim face any time, punctuated by a big pink wart that stuck out from the side of her upper lip like the feeler of a bee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And if anyone quarreled or complained, he would simply tighten his lips and arrange his shoulders in the correct command posture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The touch of his lips somewhat banished my fears. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The mare’s ears went back naughtily and her lips drew away from her yellow teeth. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jane puts a finger to her lips, and then dramatically tiptoes out of the house and very slowly closes the door behind her. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He pulled her to her feet and pressed his lips against her mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when he thought of the weary painted woman and her thick lips, his heart swelled with sickness and anger and he sat there muttering to himself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She pulls our joined hands to her lips and kisses mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips were bluish-purple, her fingers like icicles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And in the firelight her lips and her eyes were alive with her fear. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he had his fill he bent down and pulled my arm so’s my hand was at his lips. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Her lips were pressed together into a thin line. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

During recess he disappears into the cinder playground, where last week he had his lip kicked open during a soccer game and had to have stitches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I poured a cup of water from the pitcher and held it to her dry lips. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chewed her lip, and darted through the doors, crouched low where the smoke wasn't quite so thick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then another white shape moved close by, and Hermione, coated in dust like a second statue, pressed her finger to her lips. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward, watching me intensely now, the smile still on his lips. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She will be found,” repeated Habib, his lips compressed into a tight line. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

For a moment a phrase tried to take shape in my mouth and my lips parted like a dumb man's, as though there was more struggling upon them than a wisp of startled air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Using the tip of her little finger, she rubs some of it on her lips after school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then, just as I raised a fistful of berries to my lips, the sounds changed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Rogers cleared his throat and passed his tongue once more over his dry lips. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She bites her bottom lip and bursts into tears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I bite my bottom lip and think of a very careful way to respond. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lending her a lip gloss after the cut. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Kate’s lips were smiling sweetly and a gaiety was coming over her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He bit his lip, and let a lifeless worm dangle between his fingers before he dropped it on the wet earth. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The lamplight sets a gleam on his wet lips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jorge and David throw a miniature football back and forth across the room, and Dario climbs on his desk and starts dancing, flipping his hair, and pouting his lips. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

By Mr. Rochester they were not observed; he was earnestly looking at my face, from which the blood had, I daresay, momentarily fled: for I felt my forehead dewy, and my cheeks and lips cold. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Frederick’s lip is curled and his upper teeth show and a string of drool swings from his chin and touches the paper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her head was covered with a kerchief, and there were faint tufts of sand-colored hair on her upper lip. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Senior monitors started fanning down the aisles to locate the source of the trouble, but before the monitor was even with their row, Knapp's hands were folded in his lap; his lips, sealed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lick my lips and look at the next one. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You were like this on the sideline,” she says, and she kinda leans to the side, holding her crotch and licking her lips. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I wiped the back of my hand across my lips. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I admired the immense, steppelike expanse of the lady's wool-clad bosom as she retreated a few inches from my eye, down the creaking wooden stair, a sort of Siberian bitterness on her vivid lips. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I see a faint scar above his upper lip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips squeeze into a tight single line. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our lips were just inches apart, and I could feel her heat and smell that awesome stuff she uses on her hair, and I thought, Oh my God, she is finally going to kiss me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ibis pushed his lower lip upward, then let his head bob from side to side, as if it were on a spring, weighing the pluses and minuses, seeing things from both points of view. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Her mother pressed a kiss to her forehead, and her lips were warm. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I think of our first kiss after the Yo-Yo Ma concert, how I didn’t know how badly I’d wanted his lips on mine until the kiss was imminent. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also become renowned in school for imitating famous singers, using an imaginary microphone, flinging my hair around and dancing and singing and pursing my lips. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So each time it happened, I’d have to let it go, biting my lip and hoping the moment would pass quickly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts it to his lips and chugs it down where the others can’t see him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mother bit her lip, then she stood and smiled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Booth’s lips turned purple and his throat swelled. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethan leans over, one eye on the road, and rubs his lips against my temple. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His face was so tanned from their time on the coast of Africa that the scar on his lip looked like a chalk mark. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My lips ended up pressed against the cold, metal locker. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She stares up at me and cries, her lips quivering and her face crumpled. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide them into my purse, which is only big enough for my lip gloss, mints, house key, and these cards. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I looked down and bit my lip, hard. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Imperial servants line both sides of the entrance, heads bowed, hands resting in front of them; their faces are angular with peach lips, rosy cheeks, brown eyes, and milk-white skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Though I could see only her profile as she glared at the patrolman, I noticed her lips trembling. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Slowly he brought his lips forward and sipped, then took in the whole spoonful. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

His fingers were on his lips and he shook his head urgently. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her mother looked about hastily and put her finger to her lips. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The green visor cast a deadly color upon her face, upon the Dutch cookie crumbs that rimmed her thin lips. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corner of Dr. Calvin’s lip twitched, “I was afraid you would. It’s difficult to work with you, Herbie. You’re always a step ahead of me.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Their lips and faces are still numb from the cold, and at first they still keep their coats on. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion asked innocently, wiping bubbles of blood off his broken lip with the back of his hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her lips trembled and she began to cry. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the night air touched her face, Ma thought of Minli, bit her lip, and sighed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His lips were quivering, and his eyes were wet. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He turned, his hands finding my waist, his lips finding mine like he’d been preparing himself for this moment. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together as she studied the circles and lines that covered my paper, then looked up at me suspiciously. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A lip of skin hangs from her forehead and the blood from it has covered her eyes, her nose and one cheek before it jelled. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scowls, curling back his lips to bare his teeth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, yeah. Exactly,” he says to her, and licks his lips. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He stood, always, with his head slung forward and his lips in a pout, like a man straining to remember something. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pursed her lips, checking my face for mockery. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dad pushed his lips up and leaned in about an inch from my face to show me his teeth. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He snapped his can of tobacco and packed a black wad behind his lower lip. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes rolled back into her head, her lips moved and twisted. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I brought her hand to my lips and kissed it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stretched her lips into a smile again and got up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pumpkin didn’t say the word, only formed it with his lips—‘Spurs.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start chewing on my lip, trying to figure my way out of this. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was Mrs. Dalton, her white eyes held wide and stony, her hands lifted sensitively upward toward her lips, the fingers long and white and wide apart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom puts a finger to her lips and shakes her head in warning. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She ran a hand across the lips, then across the brow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His lips move a certain way when he’s thinking. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read slowly, moving his lips over the words. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Salim’s eyes stared at the tablecloth and I saw his lips move but no sound came out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I held one close enough to the head of the match to get it to take, and Vivian leaned forward with the cigarette between her lips. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did she see, young girl like that, barely out of high school, with unbraided hair, lip rouge for the first time and high-heeled shoes? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chew on my lip for a minute, watching the blue and red lights get farther away. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His lips go down a little at the ends and his head tilts like he doesn’t Get It. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from his lips came a soft, tremulous sigh. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My newest spot, hovering just above the left corner of my lip. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dex frowns in disapproval, a comment dying on his lips, and silence falls across our table. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer had tiny bits of peanut brittle adhering to his lips, chin and cheeks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The morning light coming from the side window showed stubble on his chin and above his upper lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Garria’s tongue tried to pry open her lips while his hand pressed against her jaw until he forced it open. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could tell that by the way his lips were tight and thin and his eyes flashing like neon signs. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me fixedly, compressing his well-cut lips while he did so. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And so the day Kainene did not give him the usual goodbye kiss and instead pressed her mouth to his, lips parted, he was surprised. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then more still, surprised at how soft his lips were as he pressed them up and down her neck. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya heard sobbing from inside the building, and then a shriek so loud and full of pain that it made her bite her lip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her burgundy lip gloss matches her wine-colored cashmere sweater dress. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I have to bite my lip not to scream every foul name I know at the fire starter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He made a half gesture to the woman who sat beside him, but her thin, bloodless lips merely pursed themselves a trifle. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She looks younger than I do, her eyebrows are thicker, her lips fuller. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press my lips together, give Uhmma a few seconds to change her mind. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I know you,” he whispered, through cracked lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even toward the beginning she must have noted my silences, my bitten fingers, the dark scabs on my lips where I’d pulled off patches of the skin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mixed with the spin of holographic stars, glimpses of pale faces with red-tonic-lined lips wash by like anemic vampires. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But if you were to see me nod and smile exaggeratedly, with the corners of my lips tightened, you would take it that I had been teased and was responding sarcastically. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Percy’s lips were so parched, it hurt to smile. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A howl of rage strangled on the angel’s lips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His bloody face was pressed against the wolf’s ruff, his eyes tightly shut, his lips moving. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She shook her head at this, and, the difficult speech halting on her lips, she said further, “Well, and my lord, come home unexpectedly.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Our upper lips are stiff, and it is possible people are curious about us because we do not show them our hearts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But again that passionless cold little voice stopped the words on his lips. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

His voice was hoarse, and I think it hurt him to move his lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He moved his mouth close to her lips and eagerly inhaled the scent of anesthesia, but he was not bold enough to touch them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Anise, it’s a smile that barely turns up the corners of her lips, so it’s more like a blank stare. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the top right corner I draw his mouth with his lips curled up to show he’s happy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall, and seemed to be one of the younger Ents; he had smooth shining skin on his arms and legs; his lips were ruddy, and his hair was grey-green. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In response, Mr. Griswold pulled an imaginary zipper across his lips and gave her a wink. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I pressed it against Dad’s upper lip, giving him a ridiculous bumpy pink mustache. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And her mother would climb down and kiss the honey from her little-girl lips. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t even sure he was awake at first; his eyes barely opened, but he licked his lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how old it was, I never did, with babies—for all I knew it could talk a blue streak and had twenty teeth behind its pursed, pink lips. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The hands that gripped my waist were bruised and calloused, but his lips were soft as velvet, yielding against my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I trace the outline of stubble on his jaw and finally work my way to his lips. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Francis—his face moist and very pale—bit his lower lip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A girl, with blonde braids and blue painted eyes and red lips. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her lips moved, she was saying something; but the sound of her voice was covered by the loud reiterated refrain of the sightseers. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Luna, and pressed her lips to the child’s forehead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He has very red lips under his white beard. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her goading struck into his brain; his lips snarled and his eyes were fierce again. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raise my hand to my face: these are the lips that have been selfishly kissed by one boy; this is the cheek that has been tenderly caressed by another. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The queen’s lips tightened, and her chin gave a small quiver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can hear her squealing with delight from here and I’m smiling again—the smile has barely fallen from my lips all day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he read to himself but then his lips began to move and in a moment he read aloud—slowly, pausing at the end of each line. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biting his lip, Chapter Eleven selects an egg from the bowl, studies it, returns it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and bit her lip and sent the fear away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The color was muddy and the lips rough and uninviting. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The jury leans forward, fingers on their lips. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding a letter in her hands and her lip was trembling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You know, Milo, I think Colonel Korn and I might be willing to take the syndicate off your hands,” he suggested in an offhand manner, almost licking his lips in savory anticipation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I try to move my lips around like he’s doing, like I’m trying to eat his mouth without my teeth. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Her lips pressed together like she’d tasted sour lemonade, like that time we added salt instead of sugar. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This woman's lips went upwards and downwards, showing all her front teeth and gums. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When he rode off there by himself he liked to talk to himself and you could see his lips moving. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together and fingered the large manila envelope she clutched in her left hand. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Your lips,” I say, feeling the dangerous pull of gravity between us, daring me to kiss her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I laughed when Safa smacked her lips on our way home. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She pauses for just a second, keeping her lips so close I can feel her breath on my face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A smile twitched at the corner of Mr. Frost’s lips. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Thatha's lips wobble again, but Patti says yes, and she gives me a shiny new plastic comb and a toothbrush with a bright green handle. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His lips were so pale they were almost white, and his tongue seemed to flop around uselessly in his mouth as he spoke, as if it kept getting in the way. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my lip to give myself a fresh pain to focus on. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I half expected him to lick his lips with a forked tongue. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His breath was cold and musty as a mausoleum, but she endured it until he finally, finally closed his eyes, his lips an inch from her face. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her big ol’ eyes flashed straight ahead, and her upper lip was always tucked inside her bottom one. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They loved to stay in the water until their lips turned blue and they couldn't stop shaking. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Fadi put his fork down, and his ears perked up to the details spilling from the commentator’s lips. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Diego’s back stiffened, and he bit the corner of his lip. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You know, Wolachu,” he said to me, tapping his lip with his long forefinger, “that Golden Rule and those other things that Jesus Christ said people needed to live by?” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those living dead people with black lips. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long horn, but Thor was Thor, and he raised the brimming horn to his lips and began to drink. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We dipped them in the creamy soup, thick with onions and bits of roasted meat, and jammed them between our lips. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lee and Cal and Abra stood at the foot of the bed, and Adam’s eyes moved slowly from one face to the other, and his lips moved just a little in greeting. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their mother shushed them with a finger to her lips, her eyes never leaving the preacher, who was talking about Moses and the Hebrew slaves. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Judith spoke, Kit was surprised to find that her own lips were strangely unmanageable. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She continues over my lips, down my neck, my chest and arms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The breathless air was still coming from between his lips, but it was even shallower now. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her lip went up in the middle and touched her nose. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The hand of the judge gently stroked his upper lip. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Walter, still holding him upright, removes the cap and holds it to the old man’s lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Gingerly he pressed it against the thin cut on his lip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa stared into his plate, his lips tightly pressed together. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A hint of a smile played around his lips as he handed them to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They kiss her with dry lips, slip off her pumps, and boil pots of water for her bath. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit with my arms crossed over my chest, my lips a tight line. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

"You mean you couldn't take him and I was giving him lip?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if it’s my imagination, but a fresh crease of the green tonic seems to line the corners of his lips. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our lips became parched and our joints weakened and ached. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His touch was feather-light, stroking my skin with a kind of reverence, but the instant his lips found mine again, a single thought was enough to rocket me out of the honey-sweet haze. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Exactly,” she murmurs, her lips soon on mine. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He closes his fingers around mine, raises my hand to his lips, and kisses my palm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My lower lip trembled uncontrollably, and I bit my inner cheek to steady myself, to bring me back into the moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

An insult Laila had heard on the street rose to her lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He drew his lips back, imitating a smile, and turned triumphantly to his companion. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chews on her bottom lip for a moment before nodding. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rebecca slashing at her horse; Rebecca seizing life with her two hands; Rebecca, triumphant, leaning down from the minstrels’ gallery with a smile on her lips. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The feel of her skin stayed on his lips for a long time after she was gone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no way he could look paler, but his lips are unusually violet, and he looks like he might pass out. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Abuela’s lips curled into a smirk and finally broke the silence. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He lay down and put his lips close to the smudge and blew softly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Hmm, I wonder . . .” He leaned in slowly; the beeping noise accelerated wildly before his lips even touched me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then his face crumpled, one fat tear squeezed from his eye, his lower lip shook. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her eyes roved across my face, which was smarting with pain, and then settled on your cut lip, but she didn’t comment. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His lips were the color of a day-old bruise. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ser Archibald drained the last of his goat’s milk and wiped the milk mustache from his upper lip with the back of a big hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was still in his room with him when, up in her own, she parted her lips to receive her moths home. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Becky put a finger to her lips and pulled me away from the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talked about food words in those thousand-year-old languages and licked their lips over the ancients’ words for “oranges” and “deep-fried.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The cinema man's lips twitch numbers as he paces down the pavement, slow as a coffin bearer. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The uncertain half smile on his lips softened his face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

With one hand he held her wrist, the bundle of bedclothes under his arm; with the other he beat off the clinging filmy spider webs that came thick onto his lips and eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips are pursed, though not tight, and they can work well enough to say be careful and lightly kiss my ear. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha, ha. I guess Papa’s new job with the government does have some perks. Plus, it’s kind of a gift before I . . .” She bit her bottom lip. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He smiles at me, and I move my lips toward his. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her lips were pressed tightly together, and she was deeply asleep, there was no doubt about that, for her dæmon lay coiled and unconscious at her throat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Billy pursed his lips, and the little straw that had been in the corner of his mouth rolled down to the center. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got in a couple of good punches,” answered Amos, wiping his lip. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It is slobbery, and even though he must’ve just had a mint so at least his breath isn’t bad, his lips are chapped and scratchy. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"But . . . who . . . why would . . ." She put a finger to his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nor was she the acid-tongued shrew who defended herself with a vicious vocabulary and a fast lip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain that movement caused was searing, but he bit his lip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I wipe the crusted blood from the edge of my lip with the hem of my T-shirt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And then his parents were talking to my parents—the conversation all nodding and tight lips. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My body was wet with sweat, and my lips were trembling. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eva’s eyebrows fluted up and the newlywed pressed her lips together in shame. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he brought the fork to his lips, he gagged and pushed the plate away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had big lips and fat cheeks and a very fat neck. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though at this distance she couldn’t see his eyes clearly, she felt his gaze on her, probing, questioning, lingering on her eyes, her lips, her face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He stuck his lip out slightly and felt the skin splitting open. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His sparse hair was long and stringy; his nose drooped wearily above his upper lip, which in turn drooped toward his chin in a most mournful expression. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A woman touching up her makeup in the side mirror of a Chrysler, cigarette dangling from her lacquered lips. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of his lips began to rise and fall. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His unnerving blue eyes dart back and forth across my face, and his cracked lips peel into a truly terrible grin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the time we’d been together he’d learned the Navajo way of pointing with your lips or your chin rather than your hands. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat was dry' and the words were choking me, paralyzing my lips. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was dry, but his lips curled into a smile. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Speaking made me realize how cold my lips felt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Zooey went on looking at her for a moment, his face essentially expressionless—discounting a line of perspiration on his rather long and singularly Irish upper lip. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Beatrice,” he amends, and touches his lips to mine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each fiend had big, red, unblinking eyes and a wide red mouth without lips, from which protruded massive, shiny, razor-sharp teeth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looked up, the old monk had his eyes closed and his lips shut in a straight line. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Mama tapped her first finger against her lips like she did when she was thinking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She turned her beautiful head toward him once more, and he broke into a run, a question burning in him, but as he opened his lips to ask it, she vanished. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The boy curls his lips and looks at my mother. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Her lips did not move and her eyes did not flicker. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She jerked away and threw herself down again, her lips pulled back, her teeth bared. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The smile flies off his lips faster than a door slamming. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

An auburn-haired woman with a tight bun and pursed red lips peruses the laptop on the desk in front of her, reading the data from our barcodes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The dark eyes were hot with hatred but the heavy, bluish lips were composed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Of course Bacchus in granting the favor foresaw what would happen at the next meal, but Midas saw nothing until the food he lifted to his lips became a lump of metal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Duncan looks back down the road, her lips pursed in thought. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I want your lips naked, like I want your—” He stops. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But forming my lips around the word “executed” makes me shudder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips began to tremble, and there wasn't a thing she could do about it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The way he said it, with that look of warmth in his eyes, that smile playing on his lips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His eyes flicked to her lips, and she felt an unwelcome flush. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Eyes fixed straight ahead, she pretended to ignore the gallantries, but a couple of times her lips curled into a smile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I quickly lizard- licked my upper lip but didn’t taste any blood. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Luma pursed her lips in a tiny sign of disgust and kept pacing, quietly. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He twirled a side curl around one of his fingers, and I saw his tongue dart out of his mouth, run over his lips, then dart back in. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then he held a finger to his lips, because the phone in his hand began vibrating. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There's still life in her now though, in the rapid rise and fall of her chest, the low moan escaping her lips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And just over the lip of the ridge, and nearly upon him, was the other glow—the blue glow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I can hear how foreign the words sound on his lips, can see the discomfort it brings him just to say them. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he stands with blood pooling in his palm, and his lip snags on his teeth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She smoothed it carefully over the arm of her chair and held it up, moving her lips as she read. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I wipe away the sweat on my top lip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ida purses her lips in the near dark before nodding. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His upper lip is bluish purple, split like a grilled sausage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I chewed my lip and stared at her daughter, who had brought me a drawing, wondering what education she could hope to receive from a mother who had none herself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The cold water on his face helped wake him, and a careless touch on his hurt lip jogged his memory. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The wife and the two daughters and the son raised their glasses to their lips. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was strong, squatty, with a huge mouth framed by fat lips, freaking bembas that could almost swallow you. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She drew in her lips and I could tell she was pleased. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her lips were tightly pressed together to keep them from quivering. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will be unmistakable: the long line of jaw, the slightly crooked lip. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my lower lip. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then she pours a little something from a bottle on the shelf and dabs that on my lip. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her smile’s all scarlet lips, sparkling white teeth, and menace. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He could still feel her lips on his, smell the scent of her hair, and see the gold in her eyes flickering in the candlelight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He saunters into the room, and she backs away, sticks out her lip, and sits on the bed, hard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She approached the farm as cautiously and as quietly as she had left the island, a prayer on her lips. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo stood on tiptoe, leaned over into the cannon’s mouth, and parted his lips. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He panted and licked his lips and tap-danced in the snow. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I tried to picture Mom’s old smile, the huge can’t help it smile, where her top lip curled up a little to show her gums—and I couldn’t quite see it anymore. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth, but Mama held her index finger in front of her lips in a “Shush,” so I just hiccupped again. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I speak, he puts a finger to my lips. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Over the lip of the little dell, on the side away from the hill, they felt, rather than saw, a shadow rise, one shadow or more than one. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has a spare upper lip and a full lower lip. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He held his hot tea to his lips, and patted delicately at his beard, his fingers slowly adjusting the symmetry after his nap. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He grinned, and bent to press his lips lightly to mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mouse Girl pushes her lips up in a pout. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then Denna hung from the lip of the rock and I grabbed her legs, letting her slide down slowly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For Loki, the pain of being unable to talk hurt even more than the pain of having his lips stitched into the leather. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

His hands and lips were warm and full of life, but at my back I felt a chill. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t have done that,” Colin said, his lips turning downward at the corners. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jake puts a finger to his lips and steps closer to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I let his tongue slip between my lips and press my hips against his. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dari raised his pointer finger to his lips and held it there as we tiptoed through the lobby, moving so slowly we hardly moved at all. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had the distinct impression that his lips were pulling from her a thread of light. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It licked its lips and reached out for the panicked goblin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I could feel my lips making a smile. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

And when at last I opened my eyes the silence which had enfolded me had given place to a pervasive murmur, the sound from the suppliant lips and beseeching throats of the multitude. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she did, and it was a quick and fragrant touch to his lips that gave him courage and, even before he started out, made him yearn to come back home. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

His lip is split wide open, and it’s dripping blood to his cheek and shirt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

At her request we powdered the down over her lips and throat, penciled definition into her brows, and walked her to the banks of the fish pond where our children played cricket in the afternoon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bull was breathing as though steam engines were working his lungs, his lips were flecked with dried saliva, and sweat was pouring off his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of it got on my face and lips, and I wiped my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then my shouts died on my lips, fori saw my brother waving a sword. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Lyddie saw him watching, and she could tell by the smile on his little round lips that he was pleased with her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my lip with the back of my finger. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

With her lips against its surface, she takes long inward pulls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I looked happy, and yet there was something so sad in my expression that the smile immediately faded from my lips. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There was a fanatical gleam in his eye, another smile playing on his lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Snot drips from her nose, down to her lip. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Bob looked like he wanted to argue, but he pressed his lips together and remained silent. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Otherwise he lay quiet like a bruised fledgling, with the dry, parched lips of exhaustion and a body which could struggle no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offered to help her but instead she just held the book up to her lips and blew on the bottom edge of the page and flipped it over with the strength of her breath. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even now, thinking about all the years I’ve lost makes me feel like I’m on the lip of an enormous chasm, like I could fall in and never come back out. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then I glanced at your cut lip—the proof Appa had given me that he’d keep on hurting you as long as you were nearby. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He smoked all the time, a cigarette between his lips as he added up the figures, and sometimes left burning on the counter while he went to look for stock. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya bites her lip, shakes her head, muttering, “How can it be mandatory if I don’t have a way to go?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the end, I bit my lip and sulked. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stare at him, I realize that even his facial features are big—big nose, big lips, big eyes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A toothless smile quivered on the ancient lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The cut on your lip, is that from when you got knocked down the other day?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood spills over her lips and curls around her chin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Count smiled, and as his lips ran back over his gums, the long, sharp, canine teeth showed out strangely; he answered:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They’re really moving now, wrecking each other’s suits, Henry’s lip caught between Alex’s teeth, the portrait’s frame rattling against the wall when Henry’s head drops back and bangs into it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted to shake her until she told him the full truth of the afternoon, what she had done with the man, why the lipstick was gone from her lips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The air between them is electric as he leans in, gently brushing his lips against her neck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath like he was going to say more, then he clamped his lips shut. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"You were right, and so was she," I said, biting my bottom lip. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It tastes mighty good to me, Dale,” he said, and smacked his lips. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

In one he’d enclosed a picture of himself posing atop a bomb with a cigarette dangling from his lips. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“It could have been all manner of ..She stopped, chewing on her lower lip. “ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had Dad’s razor blade in his hand and was shaving off the faint hairs over his upper lip and laughing at the same time. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made the sign of the cross on my lips. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Make me a cigarette,” she murmured, staying nestled in his arms while he fashioned the cigarette, lit it, and transferred it to her lips. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go into the back room and grab a can of Coke and press it against my lip. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why are you just standing there all moony, talking about Natalie? Why is it different if she wears lip gloss than if girls in your class wear lip gloss?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes again and fought the nausea with all my strength, clamping my lips together. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His black- bearded face—hard, sharp eyes and frowning lips—forever scowled at me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

That morning the horizon might curve one way, my lips resolutely curved the other, in a smile. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Nana saw the bowl, her face flushed red and her upper lip shivered, and her eyes, both the lazy one and the good, settled on Mariam in a flat, unblinking way. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I put the sweating can to my lips and drank. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was funny because his skin tasted of salt when my lips finally reached his cheek. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He bit his bottom lip, a desperate measure to hold his body together at the mouth. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Claudia held her finger up to her lips and signaled him to stay quiet yet. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach dropped as I slipped back in my seat, lips trembling. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The press of his lips was so dry and light that she might have imagined them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I saw the rapid, moth-wing fluttering of her lids become the softness of her lips as we were drawn together. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought the blunt to her plum-painted lips, pulled, exhaled, then pulled the smoke back in. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

I press my lips flat on the cold mouthpiece and blow softly—not enough, and the note leaks out, like a tire deflating. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

"Can you not hear the gunfire? The bombs falling across the world? How many last breaths? Your name should be on the lips of the dying." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Basta's lips twisted in a scornful smile, but he lowered his knife and, for a moment, Meggie even thought she saw a hint of fear in his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her eyebrows rose and her lips parted, like she was so surprised by what I’d said that she didn’t have time to roll her eyes or sneer. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Things, the word she used when whatever it stood for was too distasteful or filthy or horrible to pass her lips. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy who have the same fat popsicle lips like everybody else in their family. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look unflinchingly at Fizz’s face, but my lips close up after saying his name. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The boy's hand hovered over a button, and his lips bore a cheeky Mona Lisa smile, as if he were hoarding all the secrets of the universe and would never share. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I walk out with only a bag of potato chips, juice, lip gloss, and gloves. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I took Amaka’s lipstick from the top of the dresser and ran it over my lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stood close by Boatwright’s legs with all her fur bristling, her lips drawn back, her tail slowly swinging, a deep growl like distant thunder coming from her throat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her lips went right up, but her eyes went watery. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips to hers and gestured to the old boubou she was wearing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She paused, and suddenly picked up her glass of milk and brought it to her lips. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dipping a mug full, he splashed water freely on his lip and chin before he drank. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And so quick were my thoughts, that I saw myself despised by unborn generations,—Estella’s children, and their children,—while the wretch’s words were yet on his lips. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

A small smile hovers on the edge of his lips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A laugh breaks from his lips, maybe twenty meters ahead. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Lets just sit over here,” I say, pressing my lips together. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Three girls with lips stained damson and flowers in their hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Styx teased the candy cigarette between his lips. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I have a question,” Albert says after licking the milk from his lips. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes are merry and staring at my lips and I’m having trouble thinking. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ron had just raised the glass to his lips when Hermione spoke sharply. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His lips moved silently for a moment as he invented. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He stared at her beneath lowered brows, his lips tightly pursed, and she shrugged as she dropped the chain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dimple looked up at him, chewing on the inside of her bottom lip. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His lips were chapped and he had tiny freckles over his nose that I hadn’t noticed before. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The glint in his eye and the curl of his lip scare me a little. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's okay," he mouthed, without really using his voice so I had to lip-read, his full lips puckering as if he were throwing little kisses at me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I choose mannequins out of a catalog that look like these girls, with pencil- thin eyebrows and rosebud lips and soft, wavy hairstyles, and dress them in the latest styles and colors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Connor surveys me with his finger to his lip like he now has to send all of his mosh pit extras home. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For full effect, it needs reading aloud by several people at once, moving the lips in synchrony. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a breath, tightened his lips, and spit on me, then resumed singing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her lips are soft as flower petals, but with an intensity behind them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Florence knew that he could not unlock his lips to speak; he could not say yes to his mother, and to the Lord; and he could not say no. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The word burst from her lips nearly of its own accord. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He leans forward and whispers the words with his lips right up against his left ear. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Though his lips never moved, somehow she could hear his voice, whispering in her ear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I open my locker to grab my lip balm, I find a red sucker. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The geoducks raised their necks from the mud and aimed their lips at the sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He bites his lip and then breaks into a big smile and looks up at the sky before straightening his back and taking a giant leap up onto the porch. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Tinkerbell’s once perfect little nose had completely disappeared, and her saucy red lips had been replaced with an ugly, lopsided smear. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It crunched loudly on the treat for a few seconds, then reached for the re­maining piece, lips flowing over Mr. Kumar’s fingertips. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each lie they told fell from their lips and scattered on the ground, tinkling and glittering like broken glass. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I regretted the words even as they left my lips, hated myself for saying them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For emphasis, lips compressed, she brushed some imaginary tobacco flakes from the lap of her kimono. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She probably read all their lips and kept a diary of their secrets. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Not that I’m looking at Rae’s full lips when she talks or anything. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He pursed his lips and shook his head at her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

An incipient fuzz appeared on his upper lip. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Their lips were tight but a few of them smiled and quickly unsmiled. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Heather where to buy a mouth guard so her braces wouldn’t cut up her lips if she got hit with a ball. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

His lips were parted, and his breath reeked with foul, sour fumes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what was wrong with her, but she had a scar extending from the side of her nose down her lip and across her cheek. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My eyes were fixated on his lips, the white teeth gleaming behind them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I notice a faint smile tugging at his lips. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Then Kat gave Aunt Gloria the bath oil, saying it was a present from both her and me, and when Aunt Gloria looked at the label, her lips went up. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny hairs velvet the groove above her lip. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The word doesn’t pass my lips, but it ricochets through me until I am rocked raw and split open. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw her lips twitch at the picture of the funny face she’d been making in the antiques store—glasses askew, mouth contorted into a grimace, nostrils flaring. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“They used chopsticks made from rhinoceros horn, and they ate ducks’ tongues and monkeys’ lips.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips slowly move against my cheek, then his arms tighten around my shoulders, and he buries his face in my neck, breathing against my collarbone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

With a straw, I’d measure from the lip of the can to the money. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rubbed the flat of my thumbnail against my bottom lip. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I turned aside from Hamlet's lips after one chaste kiss, and we parted for the night. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Fatty,” echoed Ike’s dark-featured friend, his lips curved with laughter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It was also thrilling to see Deidre Baker’s lower lip begin to quiver. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then she put her fingers to her lips and said, “Don’t tell your brothers.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Melissa dipped her finger into the slippery, shiny substance and traced her lips. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Gus pulled down the corners of his lips, stepped out from the wall, squared his shoulders, doffed his cap, bowed low and spoke with mock deference: “Yessuh.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was some way Father held his teeth and lips that made the water spray like that. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She now had a smear of chocolate ice cream all around her lips. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The milk left a moon crescent on the darkness of her upper lip, which she didn’t bother to wipe away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began speaking in the same expressionless voice as before, with lips barely moving, a mere murmur easily drowned by the din of voices and the rumbling of the trucks. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

You would think that after all the hours I’d spent with Gale—watching him talk and laugh and frown—that I would know all there was to know about his lips. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His lips are so cracked that a little blood has trickled down to his chin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was kind of funny to think about hanging out at Tina's house every day, doing each other's nails, trying on lip gloss. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My bear was light blue with pink lips and a bow in her hair. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I move closer and touch his nose with mine, and our lips just brush. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I bet you can still picture Mom’s pursed lips all those times you asked to watch one. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I lift a mug of hot chocolate to my lips and offer a frothy, chocolate-mustached grin. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Hank pursed his lips and gave his head a little shake. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They both watch, confused, and before they can say anything, I press down on the lip and the plate flips and crashes to the floor. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The lips of her little mouth were parted to show her small sharp teeth, and the canines were longer and more pointed than the others. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His lips are big and soft and never seem to close all the way, which makes him seem like a child, his mouth open in wonder. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opens her eyes, and I see her lips moving silently. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“What did you do? Oh, your lip is bleeding.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But for days afterward Johnny would see a look of dreamy content in his eyes, a slow smile form absent-mindedly on his lips. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raises his hand, slowly tracing my eyes, my lips, the curve of my neck with the tip of his finger. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He danced out of her reach easily as she swiped at him again, his lips splitting into a wicked smile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He tilted her face up, and trapping her against his ribs, kissed her eyes and parted her lips with his tongue. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to go much smoother when Dad was on our side of the camera, for now he too was ordered where to stand, when to lick his lips, and, occasionally, to stop fidgeting. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex bites his lip and watches Henry squeeze their waists in return, and then Alex has him, inhaling the clean smell of him, laughing into the crook of his neck. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted to remember Javier running his lips over Moss’s jaw. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She ran to the cupboard and returned with a plate, already licking her lips. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She appeared agitated, gnawing upon her lip and rubbing her paws together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now and then, his lips would move, so fast it looked like they were trembling. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her lips curved up naturally, giving her a pleased and contented air. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a time, a thread of blood began to trickle over the lip of the drain into the trampled, deserted ditch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven gave her the side-eye, taking in her straight, short black hair and bangs, her round, pale face and flush red lips. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He paused again, still stroking his lip absentmindedly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Moistening his lips, the boy drew a long breath and padded across the courtyard toward the storerooms. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He seemed utterly unconcerned that someone might overhear him, eating his grapes and dribbling the seeds out onto his lip, flicking them off with a finger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Obscure Object’s lips were a perfect ripe oval and into that target, that bull’s-eye, Rex Reese directed the stream of musky smoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My brother’s face was white as a ghost’s and his thick lower lip quivered as he introduced her to our family. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She licked her lips and said she was thirsty, then before I could stop her she stood and reached for the tap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I recognized him, recognized his flattop of blonded hair with the ornamental frontal curl, the snarly lips, the athletic lumber. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He moved about nervously and licked his lips. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And my lip split so badly, the nurse sent me to the hospital. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But Papa didn’t say, “Have a love sip”; he didn’t say anything as I watched him raise the cup to his lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lay against a log, his mouth gaping, blue shadows creeping round his lips. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then she wiped her upper lip with her pointer finger. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Felix wore a dark suit and his Nike Flights and stood next to his mom and sister, smiling until his cheeks hurt and his bottom lip felt like it might split open. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The skin around Uhmma’s eyes wrinkles in concern, her lips gather together in a knot. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sweat beads on my lip, under my arms. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dimple laughed, wanting to tell him she’d kiss him even without him doing that, but then their lips met again, and she lost her train of thought. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They put a mask upon my face, with a metal bit between my lips to silence me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I smooth my hair and roll on some lip gloss and pull on a bathrobe. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I want to lick it off my lips and die with die taste of it on my tongue.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

I shake my head, and words spill from my lips. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She put one between her lips and stood before the small oval mirror on the wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

After tipping the bottle a! the way upside-down, she pursed her lips and blew across the top of it in two sharp bursts so that it made a hooting noise “Where’s my question?” she demanded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I slipped my camera over the lip of the desk and began taking pictures. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She kissed his cheeks, his lips, his chin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked out the window toward Doc’s cabin and bit her lip. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Not bad,” she said, then bit her lip. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And right before my eyes, he reaches over the podium in front of Charlise and kisses her on the lips. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His lips were pulled back and his teeth clenched. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips weren’t pursed in the way they got when she was focused. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I thought there was a touch of the stage villain here—the gaunt figure, the black coat, the lurid lips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maldagha pressed her lips together to still their sudden trembling, and, in a gesture that pained Lazlo to interpret, laid a hand to her belly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I nibble at my bottom lip and stare at the words “PSYCHIC” and “NO ADULTS” for what seems like a hundred years. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

At least he hasn’t licked his lips, I think. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A cigarette dangled from parrotfish lips that were puffy and painted the color of sliced mangoes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sohrab bit his lip and blinked and squeezed out a few stress hormones of his own. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At this point Terry seems to be talking to herself, or possibly to Jack, and there’s little Molly can do but bite her lip and nod to show she gets it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I watch Simon chew on his lip while Garrett stares at the directory. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Our friends,” Mark said, sure that he’d never heard such a bitter voice escape his own lips before. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His solid, thickset body spoke of fights that he had started and won, and the buck-teeth that gaped through his lips made him seem vaguely dangerous. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Beautifully colored, if this can be said, the blackness of her hair, the faint blush of her cheek, her lips. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She groans, and I hear a gurgling in her throat, watch blood trickle from her lips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He put the empty popcorn bag to his full lips, inflated it, and waited, his eyes gleaming with reflected Technicolor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are running out of time, his lips say. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t let it pass my lips. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear Tom,” she said, and her lips moved. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Kiss the prettiest girl in the room on the lips.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z