| 单词 | loop |
| 例句 | “Just because we live in time loops doesn’t mean we’re stuck in the Stone Age!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He lifted the ornament by its loop and hung it there. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Uh...actually, I was getting ready to turn around. I usually do a loop, but I’m not going to make five miles pushing this thing. I’m already wiped out.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z That means it should be, as much as possible, a closed loop, recycling fertility and using renewable energy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Finally, Taryn collapsed at Ivy’s side, looping her arm through Ivy’s. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Behind them Baby Kochamma’s Christmas trimmings hung in loops from the ceiling. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The gently looping script was pale gray on the creamy paper, too faded to make out in the dim room. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The tails of the K’s and G’s were curled and looped. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “All the other days the loop’s been looped.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then he coils it into quick, neat loops and walks off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Together we discussed and gravely considered the relative merits of side compression straps, spindrift collars, crampon patches, load transfer differentials, air-flow channels, webbing loops, and something called the occipital cutout ratio. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I was somebody else there: Mr. In-Your-Face, jiving and driving, looping and hooping, staying clean and being mean, the inside rover till the game was over. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she looped a gaudy set of necklaces laden with gold discs the size of her palm around her neck and put a hand on her hip. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z When you read the four lines before and the four lines after, you’ll see how, thematically, they are concentric circles that loop around that middle line. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Unpleasant loop entrances serve a purpose—normals tend to avoid them, so we peculiars have them all to ourselves.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Beneath the overalls his body was looped with filthy yellowish rags, just recognizable as the remnants of underclothes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A wire looped around a hinge sawed steadily, but the women were talking so loudly they couldn’t hear it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z High school kids from the neighborhood in black Dickies or baggy jeans, white wife-beaters, chains hanging off belt loops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The sky is black above me, swallows looping and diving, the air thick with moisture. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A thin chain loops through an opening in the handle. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Tarantulas looped from gutters, and pumpkins flashed and growled. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Fake gold earrings and fat plastic beads loop around her neck, framing a face that might have once been pretty but is now deeply lined with exhaustion. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers had found the outline of the golden belt that ran through the loops of his underwear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z As Route 1 looped north, they crossed under the Thruway and spent a miserable night huddled at the back of a shopping center. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The gift is beautifully wrapped in thick green paper, looped with rainbow shades of ribbon. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You call that quiet?” she asked, tightening the loop with a tug. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “You got it,” Rafe said, then looped his arm over her shoulders more comfortably. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Lyddie demonstrated—her powdered fingers pinching, looping, slipping, pulling—all in one fluid motion that magically produced a healed warp thread with no hint of a lump to betray the break. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The old monk leaned over the basket and looped the braid around the baby’s wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Monkey feces lay in loops on the floor and was squiggled in lines across the walls and printed in the shapes of small hands. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we were nearly ready, except for one thing: when we left the animals’ loop, we’d be just as lost as when we’d come in. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He looped his arms over the rails, and made his sign for the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Jam felt around the loop that the horn was caught in. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Respect your immortal best friend and tell me what’s happening. I didn’t go to hell and back to not be kept in the loop.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He flung his club at it, but the little creature pulled back from his heel and looped, at great speed, away behind one of the white chalk boulders. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “About the bird and the loop and the grave.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Boys and girls, next year your class will be looping,” Mrs. Williams said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z There are also miniature chocolate leopards, and strawberries coated in looping patterns of dark and white chocolates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A pink jump rope looped behind her neck like a stethoscope. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The man tugged on a smaller loop at his end of the four-foot pole. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Caul was no longer with us—he had stayed behind with the larger contingent of soldiers to “mop up,” which I think meant scouring the loop for hiders and stragglers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The brand wasn’t like American brands, which were initials or letters or even numbers; it looked like a big butterfly with its wings outstretched, or two loops of rope tied together in the center. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z His mother looped her fingers between his and squeezed once, but he was lost in the news broadcast. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If I can fling it and loop it around one of the spotlights along the bridge, I can pull myself up fast enough to get there first. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I read from The Federalist Papers to prepare for a quiz I had the next day in government, but my mind kept returning to its continuous loop: Guthrie and Whitman and New York and Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead, he wanders through pathways and concourses and walks in loops around the courtyard with Marco in tow, who is taking notes whenever Chandresh finds something to comment upon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Annabelle can hear the music just ahead, and there are red and green banners looped across the street. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But what if the railway line had loops and branches so that a train could keep going forward but come back to a station it had already passed? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It couldn’t be, though: we were inside a loop, where hollows couldn’t go. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She looped her arms with mine and Jennifer’s and marched us out of the restaurant. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z We walk around both the small and big loops, searching every nook and cranny. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The next afternoon I looped the basket over my arm and went down the pavement toward the store. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z August grabbed hold of the chain around black Mary and unwrapped a loop before handing it off to Sugar-Girl, who unwrapped it a little further. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She is in front of him now, and he loops his arms around her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She takes it, lightly traces one loop of the embroidery, grins at me, and slips away. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Its ropes had been looped over the posts and its slanted gangplank slid ashore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Kino heard the creak of the rope when Juana took Coyotito out of his hanging box and cleaned him and hammocked him in her shawl in a loop that placed him close to her breast. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of Mamá’s worn waitress aprons with loops and odd-shaped pockets sewn awkwardly all over it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She flew up and down the river, looping and spiraling; finally she turned and flew to Sam’s mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He gave a sharp tug as if against some obstruction, and looked up into the buffeting dark before looping the rope around a cleat on the suspension ring. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was looping back again, and Moss couldn’t tear himself away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Thread the twine through the roll, then tie the ends together to make a big loop for hanging. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Reilly had added a new touch to the office the day before, streamers of mauve, gray, and tan crepe paper looped from lightbulb to lightbulb across the ceiling. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s when a loop of line snags in the tub. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I could increase my running and plot out a new loop that takes me right by the Gardens of Glenwood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But Route 1 was the shorter way, even though it looped up north of the Thruway before entering New Haven. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to cramp your style, but maybe you could just humor us? Keep us in the loop about stuff where you can, and we’ll try not to be weird and obsessed.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Steep as a stair, it looped backwards and forwards as it climbed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “And if we go off in search of loops, and you depend on me to save you from monsters and instead I get you all killed, is that destiny, too?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There’s this little loop of hair hanging awkwardly over my ear, so I give it a tug. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Like we could just waltz into a punishment loop . . .” Millard was hyperventilating, hysterical—and it scared me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I got one strand loose and then the other, and untied the loop. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When they were solid she webbed them with hide, made loops for her toes, and put on her snowshoes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the buses were pulling into the loop. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A glass cylinder looms in the center of the deck, upon which a list of names and numbers constantly updates and loops. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But Piper didn’t answer and just kept saying We have to help them We have to help them, over and over like a desperate tape on a loop. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a looping cursive that stood straight up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The only thing to distinguish each building is a number and a name; to either side of it are more units, absolutely identical, each three stories tall, arranged around a vast looping road. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He stared down at his babas hanjari, still looped into his belt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There were photos of Sookie’s shark, bound and hanging in a loop on the wharf, the heads of people in the crowd framing the huge fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The parade actually leaves the school grounds, where it loops around for a block before coming onto the track circling the football field. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I sort of put the tip of the screwdriver where the loop went into the lock, and then hit the end of the screwdriver with the hammer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z There was a gravel path looping round, with more benches here and there, and spherical garden lights. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Lightning flashed outside, making the arrow loops blaze blue and white for half a heartbeat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Terry goes to the tall windows and pulls back the drapes, fastening the loops on each side. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z After she did that he looped the phone’s safety bracelet around his wrist and lowered the phone into the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And the Aurora was swaying above them in golden arcs and loops, and all around was the bitter arctic cold and the immense silence of the North. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not meant to tell you this,” she said, “but common people can’t pass through time loops.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He slipped one of the loops over each of the footposts of the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Farming was no longer an ecological loop—it was more like a factory. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The pipe that leads to the tap has to be held to the wall by a piece of twine looped around a nail. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I admit I somewhat downplayed the punishment loops’ dangers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z For the subsequent trip through the loops of silver clockwork and tunnels they end up on a serpent and a rabbit with no complaints to be heard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Within the loop five wide rings were suspended, each one larger than the last, nesting snugly inside each other, like the rings of Saturn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I count the number of loops, then go from letter to letter and name to name, crossing them off until she ends up with only two: Carver J. and Shack. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z At the same time, up went James’s hand and the seagull flew right into the loop of silk that he was holding out. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Now I was standing on a semitransparent running track, a curved looping ribbon suspended in a starry nebula. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The multicolored loops are right up against our faces and fill in over our heads as we move. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He paints very swiftly, in violent eye-burning acrylics, reds and pinks and purples, in frenzied loops and swirls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Hamilton reversed the engine and sputtered back to where I could leap aboard, grab the line, and leap back onto the dock, where I looped it around a solid piling head and pulled it snug. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He skirted the warren, following the manor foundations around in a long northwesterly loop. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In the distance she can see the orange and blue and green loops and swirls of the rides. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Shoelaces,” he added vaguely, looping the Polaroid cameras strap around his neck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I back out, close the door, slip the padlock through the loop, and snap it closed. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They got in the car, and Mrs. Sen drove around the asphalt loop several times. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Even so, in a few miles, we turned off and took an older, slower road that would loop hack into the highway before Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point in the evening, each of those fans suddenly becomes a small bird, until flocks of them loop the theater to uproarious applause. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Soot stains marked some of the arrow loops, and here and there a crack or a missing merlon could be seen in the curtain wall, but it seemed little enough from this distance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s got every loop ever known to exist.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z "It seemed to be an ordinary silver dollar, with a metal loop at one end so it could be fastened onto a key chain around the neck." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was standing the same way, only her pajama bottoms were inside-out and she had the jump rope looped around her waist like a sash. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She hugs me, and the sudden movement triggers a mini avalanche in the paper loops that fill the building. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z My shoelace is tied but I hold the loops in my fingers, knowing when I let go, I’ll have to do something. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his thumbs in his belt loops and let the sun warm his face. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere just after the endless Highway 900, after a lunch stop for a bagel and water, Annabelle tackles the Coal Mines Trail, which parallels a railroad track before looping through a dark and fern-filled forest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They weren’t supposed to fly more than three loops in a row, but Anya Demchenko got in trouble for doing six! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z ‘Arion took me on a complete loop around the perimeter. A lot of tourists, but no crazy goddess.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t care for this loop,” he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Come help me,” he said, and Miss Maggie held one side of the loop, Osh the other, so they could more quickly slip it around Mr. Kendall’s ankles and pull it tight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “It became a hollow that could enter loops.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Over and over on a constant loop in his brain. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z An idea began to form in Pearl’s mind in wild golden loops. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Having flown fighter airplanes for years, I was accustomed to rolling and looping and even spinning, but I had never flown sideways or backward before. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed some masking tape out of the desk drawer and began to create makeshift handles looped on the back of the poster. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He sliced off a long cluster of vines and laced them through one of his belt loops, trying to ignore the burning and itching in his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His tail looped and snaked like a lasso at a rodeo. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She ties it to a loop on their boat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z But after another half loop of the lake, he'd be back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Around their necks and looped over their arms were many, many strands of black beads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tristran took it; the little man's gift seemed to be a thin silver chain, with a loop at each end. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Black Ears rode on both sides of him, their grisly necklaces looped about their throats, while Bronn went in front to clear the way. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was leaning with one elbow against the door frame, his red scarf slung into great careless loops around his neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Ruby’s feet are looped with rope so that she cannot run. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Finally, on his sixth try, the loop neatly encircled the shining moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “It is,” said Henry, “but we can’t do that. Too much red tape. The eyases would be grandparents by the time we got through all the bureaucratic loops.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Separating the Meadow from the woods, in fact enclosing all of District 12, is a high chain-link fence topped with barbed-wire loops. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He ground through twenty-four-hour endurance tests and “stamina runs,” in which contestants looped up and down local roads until their beleaguered automobiles exploded or shed their wheels—the last one rolling was the winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She dug into the diaper bag and pulled out a burp cloth and a big sheetlike thing that looped around her neck that she used when nursing in public. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One poster advertised a circus and showed a lion jumping through a loop. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Elise, you need a break,” Dad said as he looped an ocean-blue scarf Mom got from her friend Anna around her neck. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Ivan pulled her into a tight side hug, ending up with his arm looped around her neck. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “You’ve got to be out of the loop for hours and hours before time starts to catch up with you, and it won’t take nearly that long, will it, Jacob?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Those are the hands that had looped so easily around my neck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He unhooks a heavy ring of keys from his belt loop, shaking his head. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z People roam from tent to tent, wandering down paths that loop over each other, never seeming to end. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She touched the pushed-up part, brushed away the dirt, and discovered a pale green loop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He held his needles awkwardly and wove in and out, looping the yarn slowly around each needle. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “The kite! Its background blends into the clouds! Looks like it's just the dragon flying up there! What a beaut you picked! I’ve worked out how to do a double loop!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Because it all happened yesterday,” Millard answered, “and the day before that. Isn’t that how things go in your loop?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His whole body is pressed against the window as if he’s trying to make himself a part of the landscape of colored paper loops inside. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I dragged the battery to the side of the rover and looped one end of the harness around it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know she was already really freaked out that you weren’t going to make it back to Pittsburgh alive, and seeing you show up here? I have a feeling it’s thrown her for a loop.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was no telling how long he might’ve been dead; as long as the loop kept looping, it could be fifty years and only look like a day. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The brilliant threads crisscrossed in an intricate pattern of loops and knots that Kira had never seen before, that she could not have created, that she had never known or heard described. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From the perspective of beings as large as we are, the loops look like points because they are so tiny. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Officer Begay opened the door at the end of the hallway with a key attached to a large loop with hundreds more rings. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It is exciting to watch the airplanes looping and rolling over the runway at low altitude. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That you can loop your thumb and forefinger around their necks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “But what if all the other loops have slipped too?” said Hugh. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I could reach him with my loop now. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny loop on the crossbar of a letter “t.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But Ben ignored him, pleading for help as he started to pull on the leather looped around his neck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Also, he wore a leather belt inlaid with shining gold through the loops of his underwear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was as tall as her chest, thinner at the top and thicker at the bottom, carved with a border of knots and loops. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I swam around behind him, popped him in the head again to make sure he was going to cooperate, looped my arm under his chin, and side-kicked us to shore. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z You could stretch the tube map into all sorts of hoops and loops and it would be the same map, as long as the junctions were the same. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I play the video, which I could listen to on loop. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z See the loop of line snagged on my wrist. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Chi-Boy looped back and guided us to a swatch of even ground under a ridge of thick pine where we’d spend the night. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “That’s amusing—but no. He was no accident. I’m certain these ‘enhanced’ hollows were an integral part of the assault on our loops.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Delsa looked at me with a wicked grin, and without a word, we looped around the bush again then switched and went in the opposite direction. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “The PX doesn’t sell them and there’s no loop at the back.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way he made a slow loop around the pancake-house property, but there wasn’t a soul to be seen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his saddlebags and took out a thick rope covered with blue velvet and looped at either end. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I remember. It’s been looping ever since.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “If there’s a loop entrance nearby, this tale may tell us how to find it. It’s a short one, luckily.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It takes up the entirety of the tent save for a raised path along the perimeter, a winding loop that begins at the tent entrance and circles around. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It began to loop its huge, lazy coils around the man Jack. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They could loop it around their feet and then pull up with their arms and shoulders, stretching it as far as they could. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned against the doorjamb and hooked his fingers through the belt loops on his shorts. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He shaded a thick loop of the letter Z with slanting lines. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I retied the plastic bag to a back belt loop, rolled my sleeves up, took a steadying breath, and started. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The head was in a stout leather case that had a brass-riveted belt loop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The room smelled like rubber from the loops of fan belts hanging from the ceiling. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I imagine that the loops and twists are perfectly calculated equations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It was written in her perfect looping cursive handwriting and in the careful English she always used when she wrote something. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He was in a mercurial Hastings temper, and a halter and chain looped over his bridle barely restrained him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Until then, the farm’s nitrogen had been recycled in a natural loop. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Asher’s voice comes on in my ears, fed into our personal team loop. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He imagined it flying on until it spied a narrow green valley, a scooped-out basin with a creek looping and winding its way through the center. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It would be so easy to finish and then come back here, where WA 27 loops right back to home. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Finally, he pulls his headphones down and loops them around his neck, then reaches up to take off his sunglasses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I circled a few loops around my waist and made sure I had enough slack to reach him and then tied a knot at the very end. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She looped it around the bike and the rack and clicked it all together and spun the combination lock before I had crossed the curb. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As I inched forward along the conveyor, flat-screen monitors mounted overhead showed the same ten-minute training film over and over, on an endless loop: “Indentured Servitude: Your Fast Track from Debt to Success!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The silence dipped and soared and swooped and looped in figures of eight. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The video loop made the Rotunda Reading Room feel as if it were a gondola gently swaying beneath a motley-colored airship drifting along on a warm breeze. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Instead, a particle loop approaching a black-hole loop stretches out and touches the black hole. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The fog had burned off from the morning, and Emily’s sweatshirt looped uselessly around her waist. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He looked outside and saw a tall metal fence with looping razors at its top. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “You’ll age forward if you don’t reach another loop soon. We can help you—but first we have to catch a pigeon.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We’ve gotten kind of used to the paper chain, but I’m suddenly seeing it through Rabbi Gold’s eyes—every single loop commemorating a life lost but not forgotten. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They wore telltale blue kaftans and gold belts, and each had a hanjari dagger looped on his belt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Nabila’s words kept playing in a loop in my mind since yesterday. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I doubled the rope and tied it in a loop around the bull’s horns. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z In an hour the animals’ loop would be dark, and finding our way down the mountain would be much more dangerous. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The propeller was spinning invisibly in front of it, and then, like it was nothing, it made a lazy loop above us. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Retrace the filament and you go back to the cocoon’s beginning in a tiny knot, a first tentative loop. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He seized them, looped the chain across the wolf’s throat, and pulled, the veins in his neck cording from the strain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The blacksmith made a loop with his finger, then tied an invisible bow in the air. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Note the loops at the ends of some particles, the so-called shepherd’s crooks or eyebolts, which are typical of Ebola Zaire and its sisters. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled Immie’s hand toward her until she was close enough that she could loop a rope underneath the arms, making sure to keep it loose so it wouldn’t leave a mark. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Their loop had been raided, they explained in their strange and broken way, but they’d managed to escape into the catacombs and hide among the bones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He hooked his thumbs through his belt loops, then pulled them free. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The Seine’s loops shone like a great unwinding spool of silver mesh off the port wingtip. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Once, I remember, we went ice skating late at night, tracing loops and circles under yellow floodlights. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They hand their burdens to others while they mount, then take the sacks again and loop them over the pommels of their saddles. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He hooks a thumb in one of his belt loops and says, “How are you, Beatrice?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He opened the door, looked in, and then, seemingly as an afterthought, looped Faro’s leash around the door handle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z In Washington, Civil Defense Minister Fiorello La Guardia looped around the city in a police car, sirens blaring, shouting the word “Calm!” into a loudspeaker. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z These eleven were the major events, and they were hooked together like a fragile daisy chain looped around the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a loop of silk string in his hands. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Still, it was obvious she wanted me to stay; beyond my own safety, my presence in the loop would make everyone else safer. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It’s stuck inside his brain, on repeat, the same loop. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The fog had burned off from the morning, and Emily’s sweatshirt looped uselessly around her waist. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I pull on a baseball hat, tugging my hair through the loop in the back, and run out with Ayesha. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Waves of happiness washed over him as he ran his fingers over the worn leather braid and the metal snap that allowed you to attach it to your belt loop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z After another moment, she drew a looping line all around the word, a frame. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Jonathan found the boy’s parents out beyond a small field, not far from the rear loop of the fence. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Crane-man stood aside while Ajima lifted the lid of the container and closed it again, fastening it with the straw bobble and braided loop. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He looped an arm over Sheed’s shoulder, hoping his cousin didn’t have his usual awkward smile. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That night I was able to fall asleep but woke before dawn, mind looping from Mom to Otto to those two little bonobos in the crate. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She’d clearly been knocked for a loop, but she was trying to act more with-it than she was. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I had to talk mean and threaten him with a club before we could get him close enough for Mama to hook the singletree over the loop of rope I’d tied around the bull’s horns. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a vision in cowries: they rattled from her wrists, were strung through her curled dreadlocks, and looped around her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “As an ymbryne, it is my sworn duty to keep those children safe and above all that means keeping them here—in the loop—on this island.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Inside are oats and water buckets and horseflies flying sleepy loops but no horses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The words were playing in my mind on a loop. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She’d been queen of their little island world, but now she couldn’t speak, couldn’t loop time, couldn’t even fly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She entered the first-floor hallway, crept along the walls on tiptoe, and looped the end of Franz’s leash to the doorknob that led to their apartment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Well, for a few of the loop’s twenty-four hours it’s September second, but, yes, it’s the third.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She stands, shoves the binocs in, loops it over her shoulder and looks me in the eye. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z At the stronghold he tied the ribbon around thp puppy’s neck, laughing as it backed out of the loop and chewed at the ends of the ribbon. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z My mind felt broken, stuck in an endless loop, and I couldn’t think anything except: Mom decided to stop working. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He pulls the sleeve back off my shoulder to reveal that pretty gray brassiere, to loop his finger through the strap, to rest his lips on my collarbone. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Time seemed to loop and leap, making it feel impossible to measure or track. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The old man held in one hand the end of a loop of cloth which O-lan had torn from her girdle, and within this loop the girl child staggered to and fro without falling. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z William slipped the belt that had been hidden in his mattress into the loops of his underwear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Looking for a bit of distraction, I started testing out the elasticity of the phone cord, seeing how many times I could loop it around my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Sandpipers ran along the beach; gulls screamed and looped through the air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Next stop is the art room, where we divvy up these forty-two precious names and transfer them onto strips of colored paper, to be formed into loops and added to the chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z As these particles can go round the loop any number of times, they pass each point on their route many times. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end, a man slept on a chair with a leash looped around his wrist. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Willie looked at me with an impatience I hadn’t seen in his face even when he took thirty minutes to loop the laces over his high-topped shoes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollard wrapped the reins in loops around his fingers and waited in the gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z You loop the wool over each nail in turn, twice around, and use a fifth nail to hook the bottom loops over the top ones. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I made a long triple loop and tied a knot at the back of my neck. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then I made a short vidcap recording of my avatar reading it aloud and set it to run on a continuous loop on my POV channel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His mom looped her arm around Moss, and he took Eugenia’s hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The tape has pulled out of the cassette, hanging in a long, delicate loop. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The tendrils looped and looped around anything that would hold them up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Separating the huts from the trees was a wide stretch of bare ground, which he knew would be inspected each morning for the footprints of rodents or the looping trails of snakes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “You say he didn’t even realize he was in a loop?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Just then, the volunteer in the parking loop signals to us and starts to walk over. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I held the hose as Sohrab took the end and wove it back through the loops. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We walked to the end of the peninsula and made a loop past the break wall and the wide ocean. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And it seemed to him he led an old outcast, a beggar man, leaning most painfully upon a stick, his poor cloak, all in tatters, looped about him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks over the loops and swirls and leaves etched into the top. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I looped the cord around my wrist, using my teeth to knot it, and took a deep breath. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It took a bit more wiggling to accommodate the spirals of the horn, but Jam felt it slip out and then felt the loop slither away, leaving a distinct residue of disappointment on her fingers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “We caught one of your spy pigeons,” Emma said proudly, “and she led us to this loop.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The man carried a long pole with a loop at the end. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by his friends, thumbs hooked in his belt loops. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “In the account I struck upon an especially suitable simile in comparing the Scenicruiser bus to a loop-the- loop in a surrealistic amusement park.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind us, what should have been a celebration of a new High King continues: the shrieking, the feasting, the whirling around in endless looping dances. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “How much?” one of the girls pointed to a necklace with red beads in which you’d tied your special loops and knots. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z On this side of the loop, electronic things worked fine. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Haven’t any of you read about the punishment loops in your peculiar history books?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Downward came the bird, lazily looping through the haze, gray in gray descending, gliding, a summer sledder down a slope of sunsmoke. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z His was only the life sign, ankh, a green-glazed cross with a looped top, tied to his wrist with seven knots to bind his spirit to his body. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Okay, I’ve got it. Simple video network. Not even digital. I’m going to broadcast a loop of the last ten seconds to every camera through our dishes. That should give you a few minutes.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z LeVisqueux attached a pulley to a pinion he’d staked into the cave floor, then looped a cord through the pulley’s wheels. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Then her large hands were at my neck, opening the button loops. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Faded loops of coloured paper hung in the windows, and on the shelves were shabby little boxes of Sherbet, old Liquorice Sticks, and very withered, very hard Apples-on-a-stick. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Of course not,” said Mr. Powell, even though she probably could if she just put her looped glasses on and got to it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Iron rod threaded through three rusted loops, old mortise lock with a rusty cam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, Tallow lifted her gun, looped her rabbit snares around her wrists and set out to hunt, now with more urgency than ever. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Suddenly the thin golden wire from above springs down at us, bunching in tangled loops and curls around our wrists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I slid my hands up, right into place inside the looped rope handles at either end of the crate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just need to loop this around your neck...” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And then we found out that we’re looping and will get to be with him again next year. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “That loop is full of shadows that bite—which could only mean one thing. Hollows!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She let it out, looping between her gloved hands, until it seemed the length was right. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Here and there a loop stuck out, maybe big enough to stick your pinky finger through, pitiful testimony to the challengers who had tried and failed. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer came in more loops and swirls of light. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Higher and higher Harry climbed; he looped and swooped, spiraled, zigzagged, and rolled. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She remade the noose, slightly larger this time, and looped it for a second time between her gloved hands. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The blue kite sliced a big purple one and swept twice in big loops. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the chain he carried looped over his shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She looped one of my arms over her shoulder and supported most of my weight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He looped his own towel around my waist and drew me to his side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She swings them in loops and circles, leaving glowing trails of white light in their paths, moving so quickly that they look like strings of fire rather than single flames on lengths of chain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Together they smuggle the wire home and loop it back and forth through nail holes in the eave outside the attic window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I have checkpoints along the loop through town. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He dodged Bobby Gene’s kicks, then swooped his legs forward—both at the same time, however impossible—and looped Bobby Gene’s ankles, locking the two of them together like a funky pretzel. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And he ran, lots of running, pretty much daily, often a loop of seven or eight miles that took him from the house to the McDonald’s. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On their second morning, they sit in the Place Chateaubriand across from the historical museum, where sturdy benches face flower beds ringed by shin-high metal half loops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He pulled his belt out of the loops on his work pants and wrapped it a couple of times around his knuckles. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, taking the length of rope from her bucket, she fashioned a loop at the end, and with one expert throw lassoed the doorknob at the far side of the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d already tied a rope around Jumper’s neck, leaving the loop big enough that it would pull back against his shoulders. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Her arms were looped around his head and when she tightened her grip he rose through it, desperate to breathe, up to his full height and enfolded her, crushing her head against his chest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I packed my supplies away, retied the plastic bag onto my belt loop. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think another ymbryne will come along to make a loop here someday?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Braden Duvall Parks, I wrote, feeling every loop and turn of the letters, and wishing, somehow, that I could detach myself from my name. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z "My bad," Brit-Brat said softly, which I have to admit, threw me for a loop. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z A loop of rough leather, fastened to the metal with a massive staple. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z At the base of the ear pendant, a serpent’s fangs held a small loop. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He took the loops of chain down from his shoulder and began to play them out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z If this loop was downloaded to my Cog, and it’s still in my mind, but I still remember who I am...maybe whatever Ben was trying to do worked. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When she looked down, she saw loops of cable closing over her, binding her upper arms tight to her body. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Oh my god,” she said, and then she sat down next to him and looped an arm behind his head, pulling him into a strange hug. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I loop a green silk scarf around my neck and lift my bag onto my shoulder. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He looped the excess length of the unruly hose around his shoulder, and let the other end fall in the red can. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I sling one over my shoulders, loop two more over my arms, and still have a free hand to drag my wheelie cart. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Her vision blurred, time stretched and knotted, memories looping, bringing her back to where she had begun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I wanted to go down to the cave and count them, to see if they would make two loops around my neck, but I did not leave the ledge. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Could he really have aged forward, like the leathery apple I took from Miss Peregrine’s loop? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Arm found the loop of string with which the bag was tied. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The planes overhead tipped to one side and circled in tight loops as photographers snapped aerial views. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I took my rope from around my waist and shook out a loop. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The song races, seems to loop back over itself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe the hollow in Miss Wren’s loop was a freak, somehow.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z At some places, an anbaric cable looped down from a bracket and provided enough feeble current to power a naked lightbulb or two, strung out over the nearby huts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He made an awe-inspiring loop and cruised upside down beneath her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The train tracks loop around the Dauntless compound and then continue farther than I can see. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We walked back down the path together, and Javi, because he was Javi, just instinctively knew I needed a hug, so he looped his arm through mine and squeezed me close as we walked. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Long loops and strands of yarn dangled out of the cubbyholes, and the browns and grays and purples were mixed in with the ochres and olive greens and dark blues. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She took the Island Explorer, the free bus that makes a continuous loop of the island, and got off at the closest stop to Vivian’s, about a ten-minute walk. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But otherwise the subjunctive is found only in subordinate clauses, generally with mandative verbs and adjectives, which indicate that something is demanded or required: I insist that she be kept in the loop. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Anya looped the linen around the branch and went to tie the knot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It came off the wings of huge mothlike creatures drifting and looping in the underwater current. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I headed my skiff in the right direction, grabbed the stern line, and looped it around the outboard’s handle. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I hung it on my belt loop and slid down the banister. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “What’s changed about hollows that they can get into loops now?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The news plays on the radio, but after the third loop, I don’t think any of us are listening. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z There were the regulars, like the old couple who arrived every morning, each holding a loop of the shopping bag which contained all their notes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “The great loops of London have fallen to our enemies.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Beetle took advantage of Will’s distraction to duck beneath his arm, loop her skirts between her legs, and take off down the road to the river. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They forced his arms back, looped a zip tie around his wrists and pulled it tight. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He hooked his foot in the loop on his rock and his hands worked quickly, tearing the oysters loose, some singly, others in clusters. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He drew another loop around me before swimming away, and as he sailed by, he made a ping. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Shae sat cross-legged in the canopied bed, nude but for the heavy golden chain that looped across the swell of her breasts: a chain of linked golden hands, each clasping the next. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rocking, rocking, listening to Plum’s occasional chuckles, Eva let her memory spin, loop and fall. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I figured the car had been empty when the tree hit, because seriously, I probably would have been in the loop if someone had bitten it inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Vivian unfastens the silk loops from their hooks at each side of the casing, letting the heavy paisley curtains fall across the glass. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The beads made not two loops but three. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Caitlyn is leaning against the wall, her face buried in Marc’s neck, and his fingers are hooked through the belt loops on her shorts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He must have rolled all of the clay into one long pink coil and looped it once, twice around his shoulders like a circus performer's boa. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He looped his greasy hair back around his ears and leaned forward eagerly. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Alex checked that the quad was out of sight, then looped the rope over his shoulder and shoved the flashlight into his belt. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Rounding into the bend for home, Pollard let a loop of the reins slip through his fingers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I made loops with hooks and metal links. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I keep the loops of wire a few feet to my left as a guide as I run but take great care not to touch them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Watched her loop around to the exit and cautiously merge back into traffic. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It hung in the air for a second and came looping back toward him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One day when the tiercel was brooding the eggs and Frightful was looping and gliding, she heard Sam whistle from the mountain that rose above the river. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z There they sat, a big gray Erector set, now looped with yellow police ribbons that said DO NOT CROSS. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On my third, I manage to swing the loop across the creature’s snout. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was wearing a microphone looped over his ear. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I decided to turn east at the next corner, and then loop around after a few blocks and try my luck on a different street on my way back to the boardwalk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her gown is white, covered in what to Bailey looks like looping black embroidery, but as he walks closer he sees that the black marks are actually words written across the fabric. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z All his work, gone, in the endless loop of snot-grey crayon. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The world around me and my past seem far away and distorted, as if time and space were taffy being stretched and looped and twisted out of shape. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z In the 1880s Chicago was experiencing explosive growth that propelled land values to levels no one could have imagined, especially within the downtown “Loop,” named for the turn-around loops of streetcar lines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was no chain, but there was a loop on top, as if it were a pendant. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He hurtled himself into the air, bulleted down the river valley, made a two-circle loop, climbed, and sped back to the bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z With my knee against his back, I pull his wrists together and squeeze them into a plastic loop. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I dropped my loop around him, gave it a quick yank, and lifted him, squealing and kicking, up out of the shuffling and roaring mass of hogs below. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Could it be, I wondered, that these children died every evening only to be resurrected by the loop, like some Sisyphean suicide cult, condemned to be blown up and stitched back together for eternity? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Please,” Horace moaned, “enough talk of smashing loops and stabbing hearts. You’ll frighten the little ones!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His only chance of purging the loop was a complete reboot. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I smile at him, grateful that he’s looped me back in to the conversation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The bat swooped over Boots, lightly brushing her finger with its belly fur, and then soared back into the air in a loop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They looked as though they were the scribbles of a crazy person—a tangle of loops and smudges and words that meant nothing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you heard about the time a normal actually did enter a loop?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My hands are shaking, but not so bad I can’t tie a loop in a rope. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When we get home, pushing open the enormous wooden door with its looping ironwork, someone is shouting upstairs, as though in distress. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In this hot noonday the trees of the Belt were looped and netted with darkest shadow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon watched him closely, making note of how he went, and where he found each handhold, and when the last loop of hemp uncoiled, he took off his own gloves and followed, much more slowly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a long, roundabout looping journey, but at the end of it Coraline was satisfied that she had not been followed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He looked up at Despereaux and then back down at the loop of thread. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z His vision makes slow loops, as though something has gone wrong with his balance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I looped the straps of the backpack over my shoulders again and kicked the sheet off. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The guards looped their big arms in mine and lifted me clean off the ground. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then, with a thrill of recognition, I watched the curves of Alexandria’s two harbors slide into view, their outlines looping like an Arabic epigram inked in incandescent gold. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The rope was looped around a cleat that was inside the barn. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked for a few minutes to release my arms from the loops of rope around the palm trunk, and then slid out from under Timothy’s body. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian explained how we could make a catapult, like the medieval ones we’d read about, by piling rocks on the mattress and rigging it with ropes looped over tree branches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A large button snap revealed that the loop could be opened and closed, and its purpose became obvious. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Perhaps—p-e-r-h-a-p-s—you are under the misapprehension—m-i-s-a-p-p-r-e-h-e-n-s-i-o-n—that I am dangerous,” he said, turning a smart loop to the left. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The kind of contact she hadn’t had in years, wrapping around and around her like a bandage, until all the broken things inside her were held fast, secure in the loop of Archer’s arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t need the looped glasses to look like a jerk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of the other stylists have tried to steal Cinna and Portia’s idea of illuminating their tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A dense swampy mist seeped out of the bag, and her wrists were bound with several loops of twine. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He looped so appealingly that she looped in response. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Next thing I saw, Kevin had his hook looped into the top of her skirt and she was leading him out to dance. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When I didn’t run after him and sock him, he doubled back and looped his arm through mine. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The pocket watch he hangs around it, looping the chain as best he can. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It surprised her, because the man had seemed to be stuck in a sort of time loop, living the same moment over and over. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The loop at the end had a single broken reed still attached. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya hit one in herself, a beautiful, looping shot into the upper right corner of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s Ren, leaning against the side of the entryway, his headphones looped around his neck. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She pauses at a page that holds a scrap of paper bearing the looping signature of Lainie Burgess, next to a space where an equal-sized piece has been removed, leaving only a bright blank void. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a Christmas bauble tied to the loop on top of his tea cozy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A knife sheath had been knotted to a belt loop on his work pants, but no knife was in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Couldn’t I be like Grandpa Portman, who for fifty years had lived and thrived and fended off hollows outside the loop? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Your soul could live hundreds—maybe even thousands—of lives before you got out of the loop of life and death by achieving enlightenment. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the years prior to his death, when Halliday had been living in seclusion, the only thing he’d posted on his website was a brief looping animation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The shark swung over and the old man saw his eye was not alive and then he swung over once again, wrapping himself in two loops of the rope. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But for the very first time, we don’t see loops of construction paper. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We were not allowed profanity or even obvious sarcasm, but Bailey looped his language around his tongue and issued it out to Mother in alum drops. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Each card had a hole punched in it, with a piece of string looped through the hole. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A few feet past it is another fence, this one chain-link, like the one around the city, with barbed wire looped over the top. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They looped and hooked and twirled every possible combination of fingers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Rescued from other loops,” he said, holding a door open for us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z To run and hide until there was no safe place left to go, no loop to sustain my friends’ artificial youth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The human life is all one thing, like a blade tracing loops on ice: a little kid, a twenty-three-year- old infantry sergeant, a middle-aged writer knowing guilt and sorrow. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to a wide arch corresponding to the window, and hung like it with a Tyrian-dyed curtain, now looped up. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He placed his right hand on Kaisha’s left, running it down her skin and looping his own fingers in hers. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “She could help Miss Peregrine—and then we wouldn’t have to go anywhere near the punishment loops!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Instead, the map was scattered with tiny spirals, which I took to be the location of loops. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “The school board has decided that next year will be an experimental year. We’re going to try looping in one classroom.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The two loops tremble, tear, and form one loop: a slightly more massive black hole. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This time, the plan was to just do a loop. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Acorns and caterpillars dotted the asphalt loop that framed the complex of about a dozen brick buildings, all identical, embedded in a communal expanse of log chips. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Paths, which in daylight seem clearly trodden ways, twist and turn in the night, looping back on themselves and vanishing into dense thickets. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I peer out the window as we loop around each row of the deck. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I just threw the looped reins off my shoulder and ran up beside him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They looped around me, sounding like sputtering, single-prop airplanes, before hurrying home. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “A loop!” he cried, jumping from his chair. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Jam watched Redemption nod way too many times, like he was in a loop or a trance. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon, after everything has settled down, I put away my garden clothes and I run the mile loop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z My mom told me her neighbor back home had pigeons who could do full loops or fly with their bellies up. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A red collar with three tags hanging from a silver loop. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Other Ebola experts have taken to calling this loop the eyebolt, after a bolt of the same name that can be found in a hardware store. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, strings of globe lights were looped around tall mirrors, bedposts, and the odd nonfunctional chandelier. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Every single surface is hung with loops of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and every imaginable shade in between. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Lily had her arm looped through his, apparently unaware that our mother was sitting five rows behind them with her eyes on their backs. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He wanted us to find Miss Wren’s loop, and think that it was we who’d cracked its secret. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Maybe it was just the one loop that was breached,” I said hopefully. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z How many centuries has this loop been running through my mind? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I loop around to the kitchen to find her stowing away a half-eaten bag of chips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You can do this” looped through my mind repeatedly, serving as a mantra for any challenge during competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Look at this honker. Look at this long sucker here,” Jahrling said, his finger tracing a loop. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew had been listening, his arm looped casually around the post as if he were waiting for a bus instead of hurtling down a steep hill. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Because every fifteen minutes, the animated ceiling looped through call numbers for every Dewey decimal room in the library. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He clawed again for the copper and looped the wiring around his hand to counteract its slickness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They forded the Red Fork late the next day, upstream of Riverrun where the river made a wide loop and the waters grew muddy and shallow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes they spin high into the air and fly unpredictable loops before catching on the branches or disappearing from view. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “He isn’t from any loop,” Emma said, keeping her voice low. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z After tying the strands together he made them into a loop, which enabled him to trap—with great cunning—the birds, without their even knowing they were in danger. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But she didn’t move, and the words didn’t come, and while she hesitated, he tilted his head to the side in a movement that was so familiar it looped around her heart and pulled tight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Where a fallen tree dammed the flow, the hunters were forced to loop around a deep green pool, but if the direwolves had done the same they'd left neither print nor spoor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I hook my index fingers into her two front belt loops and tug her closer. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z This is the man who slid his belt out loop by loop and wrapped it around his knuckles. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They told stories about famous peculiars and about Miss Peregrine in the strange, exciting, early days of her loop, and eventually they came around to telling their own stories. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He made a row of bold vertical stripes topped with thin loops, like bars and razor wire. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She walked over to me, gently looped her arm with mine, and slowly led me into the house. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His arm snakes out of the loop in mine. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He seemed to be stuck in the moment of his immolation, like a black-and-white video on a permanent loop. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I had enough trouble not saying anything stupid when I wasn’t looped. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I was drawn to observe the various manners in which men touched her, the grasp of their hands, the motions across the looped skirts and petticoats of her gown, the intricacies of her bodice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ash looped the reins over the rope, and then walked toward the line of marquees. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Fred felt the loop loosen around his neck and was about to smile in gratitude just as the jail door slammed shut in his face. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Zu, Chubs, Zu, Chubs, my mind was stuck on a loop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He picked up the bra and inspected the complicated hooks and loops in the back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The rain'd gummed a loop of her beautiful hair to her smooth forehead. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She became a familiar figure in the fields—a slender, muscular young woman, with her skirts looped up around her waist and a vivid bandanna tied on her head. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It overlooked Baby Kochamma’s ornamental garden, the gravel driveway looped around it, sloping down towards the bottom of the slight hill that the house stood on. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The defender took off after Maya, who looped the ball over him, right to me, in front of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he loops his arm around my shoulder, and I’m so happy, I can barely breathe. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Instead of pulling into the usual circle where all the other vehicles go, though, ours turns into a small looping road that takes us toward the expanse of tarmac behind the airport. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Before he could react, a rope was looped twice around his wrists and secured to the trunk of a tree. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose even a simple slogan can be twisted into whatever shape we want, like a balloon animal—we can even make it loop back around on itself, becoming a noose. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z That electric cord looped out our window, seven stories above the sidewalks, and right into the window of the Jenkinses’ apartment next door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He looked at the small girl, staggering persistently at the end of the loop her grandfather held. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The tendril was polished on the underside; pigs, passing through the loop, brushed it with their bristly hide. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Outside stood a hard-faced woman with leathery brown skin, three necklaces looped about her scrawny neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “This is not helpfulEnoch said. “Get to the loop entrance part!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then the two of them went outside, and through the window I could see them pull on a rope looped over a branch. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Off in the distance, the Hindenburg, trailing an Olympic flag, droned over central Berlin in a lazy loop, then turned and slowly began to approach the stadium. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They walk in loops around the circus, sipping their cocoa and munching on chocolate mice and the sugary cinnamon pastry things, which are just as good as promised. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I looped my arm through his and tugged him back toward the table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Kyle looped the cables around his waist and tied the other end to the handrail of the hover ladder. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Because as human beings we store digits in a memory loop that runs for about two seconds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “That we tour London’s loops and hope to find someone still at home? And what would you say the odds are that the corrupted, who are looking for us, would leave all those loops unguarded?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z From here, we traversed all the familiar loops of the old argument. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I suppose we would head west again, back where we come from. Miss Peregrine could make another loop for us. One where we’d never be found.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Interlocking loops of multicolored construction paper—six million of them for the six million Jewish lives snuffed out during the Holocaust. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z All the entrances faced west, and each door consisted of a wooden panel hung on ox-hide loops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then you just glue the ends together so they form a loop. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I found her house, which was a little house with her parents’ upcar parked outside it and some kind of a sculpture in the yard, with some hoops or loops and a floating, spiky ball. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also his plan to shorten their journey by cutting across another great loop of the Road: east beyond Weathertop it changed its course and took a wide bend northwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The night rages on in one continuous loop of laughter and dancing and questions and excitement until I'm brought to the Belle apartments right after the midnight star rises. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z From up close, she saw that the alien creature’s tentacles were actually made of words, tightly packed together, looping lazily over each other. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A pulsing jugular looped lazily down the length of her neck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There were other reasons to keep Ernest Lawrence in the loop. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Polishing Grand Baroque with all its loops and curls is a two-arm job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He rolled in loops, then once more on his back. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Then again, I had to keep reminding myself, I wasn’t normal; and as long as hollows were hunting me, any life lived outside the loop would almost certainly be cut short. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I keep my head down and, looping her arm through mine, walk toward the woods. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He felt the loop of the chain tighten about his own. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Jack leans down; he eases his arms around me, and I loop mine around his neck as he lifts me from the car. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The D had a whole lot of swirling loops inside it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z We go into neighborhoods I didn’t even know existed, looping and zigzagging with no real destination. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He reached behind the shine stand and brought out a gallon lard can with wires looped through holes in each side to make a handle. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He unhooked his thumbs from the belt loops and made himself more upright, taking on a self-conscious air of menace. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Momma wrote the L and K of her newish name with such long lines and loops, they nearly touched my name down in the center of the envelope. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It put me to mind of the snares Bear used to catch the birds we ate: an unseen loop, pulled tight, until the unsuspecting birds were caught. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But everything here seemed peculiar—this entire loop, with all its chaotic strangeness, was perfect camouflage for peculiars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Johnny had started running that year and was doing loops around the perimeter path. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But if it did, it would be a three-minute ride that involves a climb nearly a third of a mile long, up to 1,600 feet, followed by a sheer drop and seven loops. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With that self-defeating thought looping in my head, I never caught the bar once that entire week. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z After another few minutes, the road led them to a place where, off to the left, a shallow stream looped near, with willows and sheltering, scrubby bushes. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom has one arm wrapped around Dad’s waist and the other looped over Lily’s shoulders. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Sheed, using the natural athleticism his gangly legs allowed, circled Mr. Flux twice, looping the rope around his calves. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Madge comes from behind and loops her arm through mine, and relief rushes in. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z But all he does is reach for the rope from the terrified driver and loop one end into the lid and then through the bumper and knot them tightly together. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Am I to drag my best dress through the dust, or loop it up, please, ma’am?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The words “riot” and “looters” were being thrown into the conversation too, my picture next to Galluzzo’s flashing across the screen, the footage of the arrest, looping. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My thoughts continue to churn, looping back over and over on Kenn’s words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As we entered the house, Audrey hooked her finger through the belt loop of my jeans and crept so closely behind me that her breath warmed my neck. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He pointed to a photo of three young men standing close, arms looped around shoulders. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The door latch rattled again, and this time the hook just kept on rattling until it worked its way out of the loop and fell hanging. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Some voices called, and she saw a crew member pull loops of rope loose from the moorings. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Stowing the light, I pull out rope, hand the loop to Jay. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z His signs appeared all over the halls, and gushing fifth-grade girls colored in the loops secretly to show their eternal love and devotion to the artist. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z At Boston’s Suffolk Downs, horses skittered and blew over the track, slower ones making lazy loops around the oval, faster ones humming down the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog ran ahead of him, at full cry, but held back by the rope that his master had looped around his shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Shomari moved first, reaching for the slingshot hooked to his belt loop, but with surprising speed, Father Olufemi blocked his hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She handed the camera back to Rishi as she flapped the picture, and, wordlessly, he looped the camera back around his neck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Watching his finger on the page one day, she had noticed that goldenrod and greenwood began the same way, with a looping downward curve. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The shark would have looked powerful swimming in the ocean, but it seemed freakish hanging in a loop on the dock, bunched up in some places and stretched out in others. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Keeping a mound of earth between himself and Brother Rufus, Matthias silently looped the rope around a projection at the edge of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Instead, she points to the sign for the drop-off loop. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The Great Meadow, Judith explained, was the grassy land that lay within the wide loop of the river. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z So, one can regard the pair of particles as a single particle moving on a closed loop in space-time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I looped the rope around the lowest limb of the tree and, bough by bough, branch by branch, made my way to the small, precious orchard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z After so many weeks of cutting and looping, gluing and volunteering, you couldn’t get the kids here to show up for a school activity if you were handing out gold bars. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She even loops her arm through mine rather than Donna’s. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It crawls like a maggot into my head and gets stuck, unwelcome lyrics and music playing on a loop. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Moss put his left hand on his leg, and Javier looped his fingers into Moss’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was no longer extrapolating; I was looping it through the core, freely talking about my life, suddenly breaching the confidences of my father and my mother and my wife. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feel the explosion rattling his torso as he threw himself into a reverse loop. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Turn around,” she instructs, and when I do, she loops the sash around my waist and ties it in the back with a wide bow. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Axel pulls up his sweatshirt’s hood, loops one thumb under each backpack strap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z That trapped and cornered feeling slipped into my skin, and I quickly looped her arm. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She hooks her fingers in my belt loops and pulls me against her, so I have to catch myself on my forearms. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A staff she gave him, and a leaky knapsack with no strap but a loop of string. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With his weight against them, it was hard to pull them loose, even though they were sailor's knots and had loops in them. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He unwrapped a hollow wooden ball with a loop of string attached on one side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z With a great deal of effort, they looped the string of a rod around one of the sticks. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I used the resin and straps to make two 10-meter circumference loops. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The loop tightens and now I got my hands full, hanging on as the tail lashes back and forth. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Fern looped the watch around her arm so the face sat on her wrist instead of dangling downward, like usual. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She stood up and walked one loop around the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He loops his gold headphones around his neck. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A broken razor flinging them backward over his shoulder the same motion complete the jerked skein of blood backward not looping. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I show her the loops near the waist for weapons and how to secure the waist ties and extra strings at the ankles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I realize that Dad is so asleep/stoned/out of the loop that he thinks I’m out with Jeff tonight. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Each time they approached the grove of pine trees where the asphalt loop met the main road, she leaned forward, pinning all her weight against the brake as cars hurtled past. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z What he does is tie up my feet and hands and then he loops the end of the rope around his waist. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The conversations had run in a loop since that day: Would they really convict him? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It looped itself once around my waist, then down my left leg. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I loop both leashes on one hand so I can slip my backpack off. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z A silver thread of river bisected the field and there, nestling in the fold of a meander loop, was the proud oak. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I cut through the lunch line, loop around a couple making out by the door, and start down a hall. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She held her small jug with its coin-size mouth and a handle for her to loop her finger through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The car loop volunteer turns to see what’s taking us so long. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Because of the hollow in the menagerie loop?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The extra rope, ten feet or so, I looped around the footrest oar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He finished looping tape into a handle on the back of the first poster and handed it to Kaisha. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Every night she would set out the same kind of snare, a simple loop knot that someone had taught her long ago. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She stood poised on her stand; an arc of wire rose over her head and looped through two needle-holes in her fists. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Those aren’t just loops of paper in there! Those links represent people who died in the Holocaust. You can’t just chuck that like it’s nothing!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I looped the reins around my forearms for a better grip. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Now that Mom’s cut me loose and I’m in good enough shape, Sherlock and I run the whole five-mile loop over Aggery Bridge every morning. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Trees knitted overhead, so only knots and loops of sky showed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The dormice were huddled miserably together, their necks looped cruelly together on a rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I walk the outside loop of the water park, looking for the other girls. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Silver chains loop around their wrists like bracelets, and jeweled collars tether them to high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We continued our loop around the market and passed by four vendors before I built up the nerve to say, “Mom? Can I ask you something?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z We make our living by catching electrons at the moment of their excitement by solar photons, swiping the energy released at the instant of each jump and storing it up in intricate loops for ourselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched a bandit loop a rope around my youngest aunt, Lovely Orchid, and prepare to drag her off. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy idled the motor and Mr. Johnson looped a long rope around some branches on the rose of Sharon bushes so the boat would stay put while Daddy reached for Peach. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally he would jerk, almost as if he were throwing a punch, and the loops would come loose. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Her legs looped and rotated like an acrobat’s, her neck swiveled with extra ball bearings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The wire looped under and over termite-eaten posts on the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed out first and looped a rope around one of the pilings. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He wore a thin white cloth around his loins, looped between his dark legs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they took off together, a synchronized pair, looping and diving in the sky. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Silently he drew the amulet string over his shoulder and loosened the loop from the horn handle of his great knife. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The words fly out of his mouth and loop around my heart and fling it right out of my chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The referee pulled them apart, and ducked as a long right arm looped over his head. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘This place makes the snake house at the zoo look like a Sunday school picnic,” I said, referring to the fact that I couldn’t see much besides a jillion loops of umbilical line. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Happy music sounds like the music they play at the beginning of baseball games, except sped up, and looped over and over and over again, until every lady in the church catches the spirit. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Now, except for a packed- in clump at the center, it was practically all loops. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He could barely move as Connor looped a leg around his and rode him until the period ended. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Far, far below he could see the real world: the sunlight pricking out every tiny tree, turning every winding river into a thin silver snail-trail glistening and looping across the landscape of Faerie. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I unwound my rope from where I’d packed it coiled around my waist and shook out a loop. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “If he’s who he says he is, then why don’t he know the first thing about loops—or even what year he’s in? Go on, ask him!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I felt it, too: the dread, the weight of the horrors we’d seen, which replayed themselves in an endless, lurid loop in my mind. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We used a wrap of wire to make a loop at the top and bottom of the rocket and then slid it down the rod. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all the other times people have used this loop,” she explained. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Otto grabbed his backpack from the grass and retrieved the camera, looping the strap over his neck. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was to have more than 10,000 magnets arranged in a loop 54 miles around, about the size of the beltway highway that circles Washington, D.C. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z So it did seem like our duty to worry, since the ymbrynes had clearly not done a good enough job worrying to keep their loops from being raided. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Sailors clambered up the masts, checking winch hooks and loop points for rust or repair. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Only see it on the loop through town. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Its wings spread strong and wide, it flew lazy loops above the prairie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t see any island on this map. Don’t see any loops.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He would have sneered, then, at the upholstered period chairs, the looped drapes, the men and women cut from a glossy whisky ad. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She wanders around the main lobby, loops around the gift shop, visits the cafeteria. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His gun belt was looped under his arm and ’round his neck, with the holster and pistol hanging behind him on his back. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Until Axel climbs the fence and sits just like his dad, feet looped behind the middle beam. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The Bird only allows us to go over for a few minutes at a time, just to keep the loop open, you know.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Otto remembered what Grandma said when he asked if people who never got pulled from the creek looped until they died. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then he raised his head off the ground, trembling with the effort, and breathed into my ear: “Find the bird. In the loop. On the other side of the old man’s grave. September third, 1940.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Slowly, meticulously, he unwraps the coil, carries the entire looped mess downstairs, and calls Jutta inside to hold the pieces for him while he splices the breaks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I carried Him home in the loop Of my arms. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the loops to his harness had come undone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In the same second Sister Willson caught his tie, looped it over her fist a few times, and pressed down on him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in desperation, he fashioned a makeshift net, looping the strands of Gabriel’s blanket around a curved stick. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He gives her the shopping bags, watches as she loops them over her wrist. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I remembered beginning the loop around Sky Harbor International . . . but not ending it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He put the keys back on his side belt loop, where he always has them. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z With quick fingers she worked the needles through the yarn, finishing off the last row of loops, then snipped the loose end with a pair of scissors she pulled from who knew where. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But this stage is not the same after all, because of the three wooden posts that stand on it, with the loops of rope. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bring the kid by the science lab,” he offered as we walked from the drop-off loop. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z High above the library’s stained-glass windows and soaring neo-Gothic spires, screeching seagulls whirled in white loops against the slowly bluing sky. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She fastened the saddle to the horse, looping the chest piece around his front. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I grab my cleats off the floor, loop my arm through my bag, and open the door. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Anyway, I did a lot of loops and rolls, and I felt fine. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Agena was below me on my left, and a loop of my umbilical line was awfully close to it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I swung my arm out like a car door and he looped his hand through. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z More goodbyes, Dicey thought to herself, coiling up the last rope into a dark brown hoop, piling loop upon loop. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But Zu only slipped her notebook back out of her pink duffel bag and wrote in her neat, looping handwriting. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The three of us walk to the park and make the same loop around it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z One more loop was attempted, and this time the linen slipped from her fingers and fluttered to the ground beside the bank. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Tom White had no formal training as a law-enforcement officer, and he struggled to master new scientific methods, such as decoding the mystifying whorls and loops of fingerprints. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The loop hadn’t yet reset, and the bog was pocked with bomb holes, the sky buzzing with planes, walls of orange flame marching against the distant tree line. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Most of the paper airplanes drifted in looping circles, spiraling down the three stories under the dome in one or two minutes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She wears a fancy uniform: gold epaulettes shine from the top of her cloaked military robe, white ropes loop around her shoulders, and a double-arrow insignia is printed on both sleeves. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I’m sure it’ll go fine,” she said, and then she looped her hands into the straps of her backpack. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We walked half a block more, my thoughts running in a loop. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a rusty hasp—a slotted hinged metal plate—fitted over a loop for a lock, but there was no lock. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And a huge violation of my privacy, I want to add, but I don’t because my tongue is fighting with my brain and really I’m just hearing Hiroshi’s words on a continuous loop. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Round and around in swoopy anticlockwise loops I looped, a stone on the end of a string. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She climbed, looped, and finally, in a graceful maneuver, held on to his feet as he flew upside down beneath her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I ran my finger down the long, winding sartorius muscle, which looped around the thigh. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She smiled and looped her hand over his forearm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She sent it loose and the loops unwound between her gloves as the rope shot out like a snake she had once seen unwind itself in pursuit of a mouse frozen in terror. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In addition to its bulk was the distressing awareness that several loops of it were wound around my body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z You can see how it loops and curves but when you are on the ground you think it is straight. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna looped her arm around her grandmother’s waist. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It was only when her wards left the loop that they were killed and Miss Bunting kidnapped. If they’d only stayed put, nothing bad would’ve happened.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then he looped around and ran back aboard the Kurosawa. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The plane swooped down off the porch, then suddenly caught an updraft and climbed higher than their heads, looped and glided smoothly to the grass. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z We can still loop around the fire and double back to the reservoir. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I swoop in a familiar loop in the sky, taking my time, enjoying the sun on my face, but I can’t shake the feeling that something is very, very wrong. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She's rocking in her chair, hands pressed together, prayer beads looped around her palms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I recognized your tiny handwriting right away, all wobbly and with those weird loops you put on top of your t's and i's. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Although he was certain no humans had followed him, he took off east, snaking a loose loop for half an hour before doubling back to drop down to the river. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine that this landscape of loops was made one link at a time, starting that afternoon in the art room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The silver band on her finger is engraved with what Marco had thought was an intricate filigree, but is the same phrase in a looping script. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I’ve got the river started at the top of the page, looping down to meet with a second river. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He clasped her back to his chest, his arm looped under hers and across her body, the way she’d been holding him only moments ago, as if she were drowning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Another thing to come out of it was that Amos became super popular and Julian, because he missed the whole thing, was really out of the loop. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Matthew had been listening, his arm looped casually around the post as if he were waiting for a bus instead of hurtling down a steep hill. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z However, if the electron is a loop of string, the particle is no longer a singularity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “How on earth do you propose to get a loop of string around a seagull’s neck? I suppose you’re going to fly up there yourself and catch it!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I understand you’ve been on your own for a long time, but we’re in the loop now, and it’s best if you listen to what we have to say. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z External events combined with mob psychology and generated a positive feedback loop. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Ivy glanced at June, who was smiling as she watched Taryn loop her arms around Drew’s neck. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Like I mentioned, I was a little out of the loop with these guys because I hadn’t hung around them that much these last few weeks. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She cuts off a little strip and I have to hold Manchee’s head down while she loops it around the mess of his tail. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Between the hat and the card there is a folded white lace handkerchief, its edges embroidered with looping black vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When Polly hung herself in the barn with a loop of hemp, Old Jockey said, You did everything together. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Bronwyn gave us each a crushing hug and handed out black rain slickers she’d snagged, which I’d suggested we wear to provide some measure of protection from the storm raging outside the loop. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z So I looped my arm in hers and she helped me up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They could circle him at the fastest speed he could hope to make, just loop around him with ease. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Jumping off a high dive, or riding a roller coaster with multiple loops, or passing a note to Scott Thomas—those were all voluntary thrills. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He gave us three loops and a snap roll. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z So good, the guilt can’t squeeze into the loop of his arm. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Before I black out, I realize that my pendant is no longer looped around my neck. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She uncoiled the rope that she had been carrying looped around her shoulder. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “This loop was the twenty-ninth of March, 316 A.D. It existed until sometime in the year 399, though the day and month are unknown.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Wash waved and looped the shirt over his arm. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I hook my fingers in his belt loops, my eyes closing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A toddler is playing with it, knocking beads together, chasing them along the loops and waves of colorful wires. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I did as I was told, and she smirked and held up two metal loops tied to her belt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “And if there’s a tale about this cathedral, there’s probably a loop entrance here, too.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He swaggered back to the fire escape, his pirate sword swinging from his belt loop. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But it was the roughly braided loop of red, black, and blue leather that made Gregor’s heart stop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was her grandmother’s handwriting—swirling loops in dark blue ink. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Thomas watched as Alby unbuttoned the collar, then wrapped it around Ben’s neck; Ben finally looked up just as the loop of leather snapped closed with a loud pop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Rescue boats bob in the rough surf, plucking the treaders with looped gaffs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At six forty she collects her white cane from the corner, loops a finger through the back of her father’s belt, and follows him down four flights and up six blocks to the museum. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Our corner was also where a lot of minibus drivers ended their routes and turned around to loop back to the minibus rank. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Their long braided hair looped around their waists, where it was cinched tight—a testament to their years of contemplation and combat training at the top of the Tower. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Naturally, Europe and its many loops were well-defined, but farther afield things got sketchier. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She looped a piece of thread, knotted into a circle between her index fingers and thumbs, and ran the double strand across her forehead. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This animation had run on a continuous loop for over a decade, until it was finally replaced by the Scoreboard on the morning Halliday died. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But those who had ridden on the causeway now loop out over the sand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Something Will—the other Will—said right before Tiny and Jane walked up keeps looping around my head: love is tied to truth. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Jagged chunks of black diamond studded his swordbelt, and a chain of gold and emeralds looped around his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The needle scratched and hissed in an endless loop, but Albert didn’t move. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I expected Big Ma to be thrown for a loop or to jump out of her skin. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Her thick hands lace the string through a series of loops and pegs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then I remember to loop it twice, and it’s good. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She took Wednesday’s forty-five dollars and insisted on writing him out a receipt for it in wide, looping handwriting, on the back of an expired soft-drink coupon. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A gold glittery star bearing Arletta’s name in looping fuchsia cursive sparkled on the door. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly they reappeared again and, looping side by side, flew straight toward Delhi. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She loops her slender arm through his and talks to him in a low voice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If there really was something dangerous on the island, it might kill me the minute I set foot outside the loop. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I’m not lying, he was wearing a white lab coat and—I couldn’t believe it—dark glasses on a chain looped around his neck. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “What good are loops if they can be breached by hollowgast? Even the secret ones in that book will be found out eventually.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I loop Viola’s bag as gingerly as I can over one shoulder. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Lyra saw that three witches were holding a rope looped around a rock, anchoring the great buoyancy of the gas bag to the earth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “And talking loop theory is better than going into pointless hysterics.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And that’s when I see it, hanging from a wire ring looped into a zipper: my lucky rabbit foot from Libby. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z With his part of the rope, he ran around Mr. Flux in the opposite direction, doubling the loops around his legs. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Are there loops in these places?” asked Olive, pointing to a void that stretched across much of China. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He stood in the doorway, his thumbs hooked through the belt loops of his gray shorts until the entire class was staring at him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The letter was handwritten on fine, unlined paper in looping script so ornate it was almost calligraphy, the black ink varying in tone like that of an old fountain pen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “It’s triple looped,” I said in a quiet voice. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Dollops of glue land on colored paper, and fingers form loop after loop. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was a whipping movement, an abrupt snap, and in a looping, swinging motion the Frog slipped back around and up and took the main force of the pressure wave from the tanker bow-on. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For as William pulled up his robes past his midsection, she saw, holding up his underwear, a belt inlaid with looping whorls of gold. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z That final descent and series of loops takes sixty seconds, but the 10 G centrifugal force that results from the 223-mile-per-hour loops is what kills you. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The industrial organic food chain is anything but a closed, renewable loop. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Quickly Pippin took it in his fingers and knotted it again into a loose bracelet of two loops and slipped it over his hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Even if somebody ties me to a chair, sticks headphones on me, and pipes “Link Rowley!Link Rowley!”in an endless loop at top volume, I will train my brain to block it out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He kicked his foot free from the rock loop, and his body rose to the surface and his black hair gleamed in the sunlight. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I touched a fat, slick loop of vine, prepared to leap back in horror, but it was only vine, no worse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z My new teacher has brown curls looped tight to her scalp like circles in a beehive. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It is slightly tarnished and engraved with something that the boy thinks might be words in Latin, but the script is looping and flourished and he cannot make them out. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The creature tried to pull up, and that crushed her fingers between the loop and the horn. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z When everyone is seated, Miss Larsen pulls a loop on a string and a colorful map of the world unfurls on the wall. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Beads slipped and rolled away at my touch, and I couldn’t make the complicated knots and loops that gave your necklaces a finished look. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A heavy silver chain was looped round his neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But we kept watching as the story looped. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’m scratching at my wrist, prying under the loop of line, but it’s way too tight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If you stretch out a bullet, it begins to look like a length of rope, and if you coil the rope into a loop, it becomes a ring, like Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears looped scarves and the room smells like vanilla. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She looped the skirts up when she was in the field. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re looped into shape and glued together, added to dozens of mini chains all around the room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Like I knew he had eleven keys on his key ring, and that he wore the key ring on his side belt loop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It was a circular, sloping patch of ground, with a steep gravel driveway looping around it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Was the water magnifying it, or was the loop getting bigger? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I strung deer hide crisscross through the loops. I made a loop of hide to hold my toe and straps to tie the shoes on. “ My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He looped the rope to the bucket handle and tossed the bucket over the edge. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Alicia feels it hit the backpack, so she pulls the zipper closed, swings the bag behind her, and loops the straps back over her shoulders. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I lived in another loop before this one,” he explained. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I said, knotting the loose end of the spool tar to the string loop tied to the center spar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He pretended to hold a skirt and looped from side to side. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z As a precaution, I remove my belt, loop it all the way around the branch and my sleeping bag, and refasten it at my waist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Still silent, he fixed the twine cleverly around the monkey, tied a firm knot, and slipped the loop around his belt. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She trails her hands through my hair and loops a strand of it around her finger. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She has a Mets baseball hat on, with a ponytail looped through the back. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The speeds don’t get above 25 mph, and it only lasts ten seconds, but there’s an upside-down loop in the middle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Bound up from head to tail, it couldn't swim anymore and was now a twenty-mile-long deadweight, looped in over itself like a ring of impotent fury. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z No matter how he timed the thing, he was always off, and the most he could manage was a weasel of a hit that looped back to the pitcher’s glove. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z If he was the only one who could fix this, and he was stuck in a creek loop... The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Javier had an arm looped over his chest, his fingers gently exploring Moss’s left arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z With big loops and little ones—my fancy writing, she used to call it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The sergeant major loops one finger under his collar and pulls against its tightness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He crouched to let her climb onto his back, then looped his arms under her knees to hold her in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z In front of them about a football field away, he saw a tall metal fence with looping razors at its top. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Camp 14 had cut Shin out of this propaganda loop, and he listened to the West’s counterpropaganda with the ears of a child— curious, confused, sometimes even bored, but always lacking in context. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was like a hoverboard course made solid, complete with tight, banked turns, sharp climbs followed by long drops, even loops that took Tally upside down, her crash bracelets activating to keep her on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It’s still alive but not strong enough to fight, or to keep me from looping the rope around the stern cleats. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Aden swung out like a turkey vulture that goes in big, looping circles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looped a long arm around my waist and scooped me into his arms. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The letters, the tiny loop at the stop of the cursive s. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Ahead of them, over the mountains to the north, the pale arcs and loops of the Northern Lights began to glow and tremble. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There was a loop tied in the end. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And Willis looped the pitch up to him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Hoover had no idea that he was being left out of the loop. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Most of the room was taken up by a long winch, handles at each end, thick loops of chain spooled around it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So I pull him over to a pine tree, take the belt off my jeans, loop it through the raggedy old collar Shiloh’s wearing, and fasten the belt to the tree. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The bad news: apparently every looping trip had aged him a year. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It sounded up and down the dead staircases that looped through the dark. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The loop it makes is manifestly as close to Dracula’s castle as can be got by water. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Here to erase me,” it continued, its voice trailing looped faint smoke into the air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Often he wakes up to find himself tied by his ears to a bedpost, or else he finds loops of string around them, to which are attached dead bugs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see the black canisters of tear gas in the belt loops of the cops. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “The security cams up here were looping old footage. Security’s swarming to try to catch the shooter.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He drove a long, high, looping pass into the penalty box that Gino and Victor both went up for. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was on the ground, her forebear looped over her back, which freed her spear to pin foes to the ground while her kierie hammered them senseless. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Which girl's carrying the other half of my kid, deep in those intricate loops? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Have we seen their raided loops with our own eyes? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I’d slop the pigs and fill the trough for the cows and horses, then I’d hop over the corral fence, loop around the barn and step through Grandma’s side door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It fell endlessly, caught itself, climbed, and made a loop. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Real tears were blurring her vision, and it was impossible to see where one rope started and another ended amid the complicated array of knots and loops. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Someone lowered a rope from above, the end of it tied into a big loop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Chunky clods dislodged from the creek’s bank and toppled into the water, swept into the loop. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Oksi chased a group, missed them all, looped, and came back to the bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Enoch rolled his eyes but stopped short of saying what he was We were tired and hungry, every one of us, but finding the loop had given us a burst of new energy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z After an hour, except for a few more finger-size loops, all Maniac had to show for his trouble were the flakes of knot crust that covered the table. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Streams and veils of light hung like curtains, looped and festooned on invisible hooks hundreds of miles high or blowing out sideways in the stream of some unimaginable wind. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z So on the days that the radio played Ammu’s songs, people avoided her, made little loops around her, because everybody agreed that it was best to just Let Her Be. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If it’s going to rain soon, we should take a shorter loop around the park. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z After she left, Milagro and I packed our clothes in a duffel bag and looped the crane scarves around our necks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z How can I, when behind the words, on the white background of the paper, I’m watching an endless loop of my parents’ deaths? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then she started looping yarn around the needle until the whole thing was covered. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I stand stiffly for a second and then loop my arms around him and sigh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z All week long Gaines had been nervous, almost snappish, but now he was surprisingly relaxed, glad to be insulated from it all as the car spun its way toward the Midland loop. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth is still making loops around the sun. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z You can also do loops, but they are not as much fun as rolls, because they take a lot longer. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I grip my toes, and with each heavy push, I move faster and farther than before, so that soon I’ve made another two loops around our yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Connor Herrera was standing just off the mat, his singlet down around his waist and his headgear strapped to the loop. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “When we leave here, this loop will close behind us. It’s possible you may never be able to return to the time you came from. At least, not easily.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Intricate loops and spirals had been carved on either side, ancient hieroglyphs the meaning of which had been lost to the ages. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Vola dropped a handful of nails into an overall pocket and slid a hammer into her belt loop. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I am not unused to being confronted with my own lies, but those of others never fail to throw me for a loop. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Each packet was held together with stout loops of string. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He looped the string first one way, then another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Every one of us got to join in taking off a loop of chain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A coiled length of rope was still looped over Sheed’s shoulder. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The twelve chariots fill the loop of the City Circle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The red crêpe paper hung down in long fringes from the mantel and also was looped around the backs of the chairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He pulled the bark tight, then looped it under itself and tugged on it once more. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z All morning we sat out on the bench beside the door, plaiting each others’ hair in rows and loops, receiving the compliments of passersby and the bunch of admiring small children who gathered around us. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When he leveled out of his loop the pilot looked back again and shouted, “More?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She made a loop with her arms, fingertips barely touching. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He looks calm and unfazed, his goldwinged headphones looped around his neck. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And then we found out about this looping thing, and I felt the good hurt inside all over again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The oranges and pinks of the bleeding sunset made their usual swirling patterns above the mist, looping and arching. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Someone shouted Run! but we already were, tearing down the path toward the one place the hollow couldn’t reach us—the loop. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The river was nowhere near straight, looping back and forth and actually flowing slightly north back along itself at one point. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He took turns as they presented themselves, slowly putting a loop together in his mind. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Travis’s father unbuckled his belt and whipped it off with a swift motion, popping loose one of his belt loops. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Bramble and bits of leaf were tangled in her hair, and...two tiny silver bells looped on ribbon were tied around each ankle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was George Rowley’s greatest hits, played on an endless loop. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z As he watched, the paper shot skyward in a graceful loop and headed over the roof of the Castiglione’s tree house and toward the train tracks. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The doublet was black velvet covered with golden studs in the shape of lions' heads, the chain a loop of solid gold hands, the fingers of each clasping the wrist of the next. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For a while I thought “the loop” could be a street in Circle Village—a neighborhood that was nothing but looping cul-de-sacs—and that “Emerson” might be a person my grandfather had sent letters to. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The loop of rope at my waist is gone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The other tied a thick rope to a loop on the metal neck ring. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When she reached the boys she raised her arms and they looped a rope around her waist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He shifted his feet and thumbed his belt loops. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “How would you even get to these ancient loops?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “A loop,” I repeated, remembering my grandfather’s command: find the bird, in the loop. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A length of twisted copper wire, gleaming dully in the first sunlight, was looped round his neck and ran taut across one forepaw to the head of a stout peg driven into the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The horn felt like regular horn when she got to it, until she traced along its length and felt a loop pressing down halfway. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A coil of insulated electrical wire was looped over one shoulder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was loop of creeper with a tendril pendant from a node. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The goddess made a wide loop...to the top of Italy, then east to the sea, then down along the western coast of Greece. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Cora moved to one part of the collection and touched a metal loop with spikes radiating toward its center. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I looped the bracelet around my wrist and studied the silver and gold charms. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Soon the young fighter pilots at Engels were practicing shooting at targets and working on aerobatic loops and rolls. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “He came here from the country, probably after his own loop was raided—only to have the one he’d escaped to raided, as well.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I held Stew Cat against my chest Standing with his back to the storm, Timothy put my arms through the loops of rope, and then roped himself, behind me, to the tree. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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