I twist the loose wire from the spine of my notebook around my finger. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Don’t want to have to worry about Shiloh when he’s running loose and I’m in school. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, Pilar let her hair swing long and loose, courting danger. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a blond head across the crowd—Tris, wearing a loose blue shirt without sleeves, showing the edges of the faction tattoos on her shoulders. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her next words jarred his stomach loose from his backbone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the messy glob of together-yarn came loose again. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I felt my knees get all loose and floppity, like I was gonna fall into a heap right next to the wagon. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu wore a loose print shirt and a pair of knee-length khaki shorts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin had had a moist pinkish sheen, and her hair had been long, dyed deep brown and ironed into loose curls. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They checked the bars on the windows to make sure they would not come loose. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices grew louder together, until Gary stopped, tears and sweat pouring from his face onto Deborah as she screamed,“Thank you Jesus!” and let loose with a chorus of hallelujahs and praise Gods. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The instant Abbey clamped down, the stranger howled and let loose of her neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But a few were uninhabited and gloomy-looking with dandelions overrunning the yard and limp gutters hanging loose from the weight of soggy old leaves and broken tree branches. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When Moch finally turned them loose in the final mile, they exploded into a seven-length lead, and they were still pulling away as they crossed the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I kicked at some loose stones along the asphalt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“About ten thousand mice are hoping you build it loose,” Garvey said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Well, he would be ill-advised to repeat this ploy once my punctuation vigilantes are on the loose. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

It runs through me, trying to connect, bits that are loose. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess we have to expect this too,” he said, pulling some of the hairs loose from the wire and letting them blow away in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“When the rocket took off, the propellant was so loose it just fell inward. Too much of it burned at once.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Then the main royal came loose from her gaskets, flappin’ and makin’ the mast quiver like a bean stalk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She plopped down in a wing chair, her limbs loose and relaxed, and Ophie envied her for a moment. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He slugged me over and over on the arm holding the apple, trying to knock it loose. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had Jasper Jr. knocked me to the ground than I heard Bull cut loose with a spine-chilling wail. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

No maps or scraps of paper, no empty cups or loose change or receipts. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since Doc Kelly had finally cut me loose from that contraption, I could start moving around a bit, building up the strength in my leg. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the laugh—loose and loud—that confirmed the theft for some and discredited it for others. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loosed the ties a little and pushed a finger inside the top, absentmindedly seeking purchase. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Her long hair hung loose, shimmering like Christmastime fiber glass angel hair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was loose and half-falling and she wore a nurse's dress. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Wallpaper hung from the plaster in long, loose strips. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The street she turned into was steep and she switched the ignition off and let the car roll, loose bolts rattling. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A secret kept, in other words, only by the loosest definition, so that now—as I get ready to leak the information myself—I feel only a slight twinge of filial guilt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I reach up and let my hair loose from my ponytail, let it fall over my shoulders and run my fingers through it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the terrace, then down the slope towards the sea—obliquely—to the end of the island where loose rocks went out into the water. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I thought I had them in a Prince Albert can under a loose board near the fireplace in there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

An outrider, a mounted attendant assigned to catch loose horses and assist injured ones, galloped up and grabbed Seabiscuit’s bridle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was unsteady on his feet too, and more than once he nearly turned his ankle on a loose stone. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

As she watched, he found the pine tree he had in mind, and pulled a length of one supple branch loose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

While all this was happening, Mose Wright stood as calm as Jesus on stormy water, like he couldn’t see or hear the hell that had broken loose in Judge Swango’s courtroom. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His hand closed over my arm, and it was like a bee had been set loose inside of my skull. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He told you more than once that the most dangerous of these spies was still loose, and you wouldn’t listen. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the end of the second orbit, an indicator in the capsule suggested that the all-important heat shield was loose. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Check if my boy was getting loose with his girl. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Either way she was conscious of the most horrible danger, because the flood was threatening to sweep her loose completely, and it was immense. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her sense of power was loose and her vixen carefulness abandoned. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The toilet stood stranded on loose tiles and ran continuously. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that he might have a few loose ends here or there. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

I started playing him real loose and kept switching off on number 5, Trip’s man. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Beak first, a dark and secret complex, a personality disorder let loose on the world, it plunges! How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The woman was wilder, her eyes shifting restlessly between the men facing her, and the loose grouping around me, her chaotic hair quivering in the slight breeze. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her black hair, which was normally coiled in two careful braids tucked against the nape of her neck, was coming loose as though she had rushed through her morning rituals. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

French fries spring loose in the bag, and it shakes around like a maraca. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Make it count," says Peeta, unzipping his jacket, letting me loose. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He giggled, and the giggle turned into a chuckle, which grew into a hearty laugh that sounded wet and loose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Superman relied on his enormous physical strength; Oppenheimer could let loose the energy locked inside atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler pours the orange liquid into a glass and begins to drink, carefully, delicately, because his front teeth are still loose, still trying to jump out of his mouth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

‘Sometimes. I’d have gone off fast enough when that sheet let loose.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wears a light yellow tea-length dress with gold sandals and her hair loose around her shoulders. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Liyana knew he was trying to lighten the atmosphere, but a huge babble broke loose. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Holly was tempted to loose a few blasts into them from the Neutrino 2000. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The grip finally came loose, the player slipping to the ground as if he was sinking into a swamp, and Comer broke off into the end zone. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't know what is behind all this, but I've had enough. We're here to do calculus. We're here to work and not act like toddlers let loose at the zoo.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Falling asleep might sever the tether,” she said, “and cut the moth loose.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were crouched in a loose huddle behind the grass, taking turns peeking at the lighthouse. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I worried constantly that the raft would come apart, that the knots holding me to the lifeboat would become loose, that a shark would attack. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing with her back to me and the strings of her apron dangled loose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had popped a belt on some big, crowded highway, and Tinkle, who was sick and tired of being cooped up, you know how that goes, had gotten loose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because of this, on the first day of High Mourning ten thousand demons were set loose on the city. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Until now, I’d constructed my existence carefully, tucking and folding every loose and disorderly bit of it, as if building some tight and airless piece of origami. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She’s been wearing the same loose and frumpy nightgown, and I’m almost positive she hasn’t taken a shower this entire time, which is scary, because Amá is the cleanest person I know. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Don’t shake him too much. His head might be on a little loose.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sucked at the loose edge, tasting blood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Her hair was pulled back in a loose bun that bounced like a pompom on a toque as she ran. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I break a few branches loose and run my hand up and down them to get the leaves off. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It falls loose across the width of my back, the wet strands sticking to my body. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The tube is loose from the machine and jerking around like a mad firehose. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then, keeping his mouth on hers, he loosed the pins from her hair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“A mistake isn’t a failure,” Candice said, pulling at a loose thread. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dimple gathered her hair into a loose bun and looked down at her feet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Byrd nods her head, her loose morning curls hug her face. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Instead he was wearing loose pajamas, silk from the feel of them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Loose khaki cargo shorts, and an even looser gray hoodie. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He steps away and kicks the loose leg of a picnic table so it tumbles to one side, then he swings around. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Just be careful when you go out there. Lots of fields, lots of crops. Could be karpoi on the loose.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once inside their rooms, Dallas and Florida each pried up a loose floorboard and deposited their takings from the kitchen: one nearly whole piece of bread and one raw potato each. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wedged the corner of the blade under it and pried it up and then knelt and took hold of the lock and twisted the whole thing loose and pitched it into the grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He swung at him and hit only the head and the shark looked at him and wrenched the meat loose. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother looked in the foyer mirror to affix her loose curls and put on her hat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He opened the refrigerator himself and counted about nine loose cans of beer. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling it wouldn’t be all smiles and playful arm punches later on when she got me alone and let loose. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They made good speed for two hours and then reached the loose belt of ice they had seen from the lookout. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“You should wear your hair loose,” he says, unpinning it from its ramshackle bun, running his hands through it to make it fluff out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knotted the two loose straps together so I could sling the derelict hulk of my backpack over my shoulder like a satchel, gathered my stuff up, and hurried to gym. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But it only brought back the memory of Jordie’s cold flesh, the way it had grown loose in the salt water, the bodies crowding around him in the flatboat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Moments later the car rolled past a group of twelve young men in loose black pants. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I only went because a friend of mine had recently died of his long illness and I was feeling at loose odds and ends. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to tie down a loose cannon, you can’t give it much rope, follow?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stands by my bed wearing Indian clothes, a loose tunic and wide pants. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As I did so, the devilfish saw my movement and let loose in the water a black cloud of liquid which instantly hid him from view. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was loose and fell like a shiny silver sheet to her waist. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like my brain can’t take in everything Christoffel is saying at once, so it latches on to loose phrases, here or there. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That Thursday, Mayor Clarkson placed a notice in the newspapers saying there was “great reason to apprehend that a dangerous infectious disorder” was loose in the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She was arched over a garden gate, head tilted back, arms loose around her face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She caught her breath, then stretched forward and pulled loose some dried seaweed that formed part of its construction. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s a large dog loose in the wood.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apprentice loosed his arm, looking somewhat sheepish. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Many of the American and European emigre scientists who developed the first nuclear weapons were profoundly distressed about the demon they had let loose on the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jerked my head from side to side and tried to kick or bite, but I could not get loose. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she marveled at how, after all these years of rattling loose, she had found in this little creature the first true connection in her life of false, failed connections. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Guidance seemed more like a term for cutting us loose. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She nocked the arrow and loosed it in the direction of the Cauldron-Born. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Henry’s with June, making a gesture at her hair, and she turns and lets him fix a piece of her braid that came loose earlier in a fit of anxiety. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now there was a crack of daylight between them, like my shell was coming loose. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He saw only eyes and mouths and fists—wild eyes and half-closed eyes, wet, loose mouths and clenched ones, black fists and white. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His grey shirt hung in loose tatters except where it was stuck to his body, stained a dark, sullen red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Forty years old, with a thick mustache and the posture of a flagpole, Liddy was known around Washington as intelligent, fiercely loyal, and something of a loose cannon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I tell him about the plank that sprung loose near the keel, and how I’m pretty sure it’s gone bad. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mapper stood beside him in the stairwell doorway, wiping his glasses on his sleeve and arching an eyebrow; he was decked out in loose overalls and a way-too-big white button shirt. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One gloved hand still clutched the rusty iron longsword he had taken from the crypts below Winterfell, and from time to time he would lash out at a branch, knocking loose a spray of snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That snake mouth had snapped shut on his nose, driving the fangs in so deep that it was a full minute before he could sling the bloody head loose. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the pianist let loose a sequence of rising and falling syncopations and a man’s crooning voice stretched over it all. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in math, and the teacher has this loose sole on his shoe, and every time he takes a step it makes the rudest noise you ever heard. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The dark underbelly of the human animal was turned loose on that vehicle. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he’s wearing a ratty red knit cap, loose black sweater, jeans, sneakers, and these fingerless black gloves. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stops to brush around a dark spot with his finger, chiseling around its perimeter until a rock comes loose. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though her inventions were known to get loose from time to time. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She wore no makeup, and her loose flannel shirt gave her a lumpy appearance. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Granddad kept letters in it, and loose tobacco. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, he began to burrow out of sight under the loose heap of potatoes. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s shameful to admit, but I had just about forgotten Laura when she got loose from the mob and rushed up, big-eyed—and stopped. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All hell broke loose. It's spinning on the long axis with a seventeen-degree precession." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook loose from the little ones and trotted on. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They loosed the skiff’s sail and it pulled away from the dock. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean that God might even decide to punish me by giving us a looser bomb pattern?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It would only take a moment to take them aboard and set them loose anywhere. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And the next thing I knew,all hell broke loose and someone yelled to look out because the kid had a knife in his hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The main force of the flood was broken up here and baffled by the trees, which was why the canoe hadn’t been torn loose and swept away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He watched her with his jaw hanging, and his lips loose and wet. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They wore blue jeans and shimmering green T-shirts, and their brown hair floated loose around their shoulders as minnows darted in and out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully she tugged at a thin side branch, broke it loose, and tossed it aside. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The nasty, smooth, clean, man-smelling peg was laid bare to the length of a rabbit’s ear, but still it did not come loose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s clad in the loose robes of his people and looks more like a kindly old uncle than a Resistance operative. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I can’t let loose of my memories, even if I wanted to. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tie hung loose around his collar and his shirt was untucked. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The material was loose, and blotched with whitish mold. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After his hands slipped loose, his knees hit muddy ruts and there was screaming and the sound of bone crushing, hollow white skull bone beaten to bayonet edges by the jungle rain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a paperback prose translation, abridged, set loose from its numbers, robbed of the music of the ancient Greek but—as far as I was concerned—still a terrific read. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We tiptoed down the hall, my knees barely bending, my ankles mushy and loose. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The realization made her joints feel warm and loose, liquid. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My knees got real loose and I was having trouble swallowing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Binding or loosing. But that was a long time ago.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Montague selected several pages, and turned them over quickly; they were covered with loose, sprawling penciled words, and Mrs. Montague frowned, running down the pages with her finger. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Second, it is argued that theories have a very loose relationship to the facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The girls, in loose skirts and clunky shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in the wake of Brown’s little adventure, all hell was breaking loose. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn't say, Yes I’m carrying my worst American habits in the zipper pouch of my suitcase and I plan to let them loose in your streets. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I squirmed and kicked and tried to bite, but I couldn’t get loose. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He gave a brief wave, and without any further word headed off, the bell on his walking stick clanking as he walked and his pigs trailing in a loose mob behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I got one strand loose and then the other, and untied the loop. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was that similarity that had jarred loose Chess’s memory. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I will use this sharp pain to penetrate my daughter’s tough skin and cut her tiger spirit loose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always had it in a ponytail, and I’d never seen it loose. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Behind the little girl is a whole pack of shamblers, their clothing in tatters, their gray skin hanging loose. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Cressen owned no hollow rings, such as the poisoners of Lys were said to favor, but a myriad of pockets great and small were sewn inside the loose sleeves of his robe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Once, after I’d rolled Dad and collected a handful of change, I pried his fingers loose from the bottle in his hand. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

All those stupid tears I'd been cramming back finally broke loose. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Towering behind one building was a gigantic three- story-high ribbed-metal pipe, like a caterpillar loosed from the mind of H. G. Wells. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The chaplain was shocked by his bellicose words and tone and, to his own amazement and mystification, deeply chagrined that they were turning him loose. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I even walk around, bouncing lightly on each floorboard in hopes that one might be loose. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She just had this look on her, like she was going to spring loose all of a sudden and snap clear across to the other side of town. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing I couldn’t turn my dogs loose, I broke off enough of the wire to lead them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever any creature broke loose on Zuckerman’s farm, the event was of great interest to the others. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so people stood in a loose group at the side of the road. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I warn you, Miss Lumley! If they behave like wild animals at my party tomorrow, I will implore my husband to set them loose in the woods again, where they belong!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He turned loose my hair and dropped the knife on the rug. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped the blanket around me and stood at the window, my hair loose over my shoulders. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby continued squirming to get loose as the guards struggled to take him to an unknown destination. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was usually covered by the loose tunic all the Tang men wore, but today he had worn a special blue silk coat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over them, the ceiling of rock shook loose and fell. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

Gaia turned into loose white sand, but Jason summoned a squadron of venti who churned around her, constraining her in a cocoon of wind. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This was a law-abiding family neighborhood, and no one wanted a creep like this on the loose among so many children, least of all the police. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One of Judge Quinzy’s eyebrows arched so high, Penelope was afraid it might come loose. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

What broke loose is popularly and succinctly described as hell. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I set my hair free from the Twiggy bun, part it in the middle, and let it hang loose. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He saw a hand and wrist rip loose, pale fingers wriggling, the sleeve faded black roughspun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Say rather that the Machine is shaking the boat—very slightly—just enough to shake loose those few which cling to the side for purposes the Machines consider harmful to Humanity. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I try to hook my finger around the fabric, but it doesn’t come loose. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was shoulder length, framing his face in loose curls the color of frost. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The earth, now warm, shifted; the first forepole slipped; loose rock fell from the face of the tunnel and caused a shield to give way. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After repeating the words a few more times, he let loose a booming laugh as if he’d just heard a rare jest. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the glow of the JumboTrons, Tess and I can see the soldiers at the end of the street as they inspect each home, their black capes shiny and worn loose in the heat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her gray hair was loose and she wasn’t wearing any makeup. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I swung around and stood face to face with a little old lady in a pale blue sunbonnet and a loose brown dress. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed on distant brown hills, the reins loose in his hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He bit his lip as soon as the words were out; then, to excuse his loose tongue, told himself it could do no harm for the girl to know that much. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas ripped a length of cloth from the hem of his loose shirt. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She watched him pull on a vest over his loose linen nightshirt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sprawled on the floor, she heard things slide loose and break. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We stuck to the shadows as best we could, until we got to Old Main, and then we sprinted down the middle of the street like a pair of dogs let loose in a field. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a little loose change, but not much else. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before he could let loose his argument, Bill told him that he also thought he had succeeded. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

All holy hell breaks loose on his face as it erupts into a smile and then in a flash he’s up the path, the steps, and in the studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The drawers I open reveal nothing remarkable: rolling papers, some loose tobacco, a few bullets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“When he caught me, my shoulder sockets came loose and my arms tore right off.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Behind us, kids were scampering, and a melee of screaming kite runners was chasing the loose kite drifting high above the trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the guys twitched and fidgeted like boys half their age trying to hold it and not let it all loose down the pant leg. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She jerked at the rope and to her relief the twig on which it was caught snapped and the rope fell loose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He blew on a withered flowerhead, and the seeds shaken loose went up on the wind like sparks of fire in the sun. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

One of the kids got loose and asked someone walking by for a piece of salmon. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

How could I not have seen what was going on under those loose dresses? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aluminum tab in his mouth made it sound like he had a mouthful of loose teeth. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If I could get it loose, I could connect it to my Netbook upstairs and see what it contains. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She looked out at the thrusting tide, clenched her toes into the loose sand, and smelled the salty, piney air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She might have broken loose—stomped his foot or . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Five miles of treacherous roots and loose stones, trying to twist my ankles or otherwise incapacitate me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Glass shattered, the frame splintered and snapped, and I pulled the photo loose from the mess. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was like a restless child whose fingers stray to every loose article. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the Odom boys chased each other around the room, their ties loose and their shirttails flapping. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Char lets me loose, and heads over to the twins. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The woman loosed her grip slightly and Hazel lunged for the nearest thing—which turned out to be the arm strap of her backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh. yeah, Irene. You come by for me in that car of yours. You remember the fender came loose entirely right in front the bowling alley.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick at a loose thread on his comforter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know how big a rat on the loose can get in five months,” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The giant slammed her in the ribcage so hard that strands of her jellyfish hair came loose and drifted through the poisoned water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His skin was loose and he seemed to have already given up the battle to live. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half hour later I am feeling really loose. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He’s still in his fancy work clothes, but the tie is loose around his neck. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tie him to it with some twine that's loose on the counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was going to loose the dog on her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it arrived a couple of days later, she yanked the neck until it was loose and sprayed the bottom edge with bleach cleaner to make a stain. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He pounded the robot’s head with his heavy hooves, denting and crushing it into an ugly shape, and with one final crack the head broke loose, soared through the air, and squelched into the muck. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’ll loose thee, Splendid, come what may, Even though it break my heart. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I put on a loose dress and went to the kitchen to see what we could make a meal of—if I could get Kevin to eat. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Mask saunters through the gate, big hands loose at his sides. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Hunt had dismounted, too, and the riders were ranged around the three of them in a loose ring, as if to prevent them from running away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On a long table, also heaped with old books and papers, the proprietor was writing tireless prose in purple letters, somewhat outlandish, and on the loose pages of a school notebook. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There is a blue car, a new dress, loose unribboned hair. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Saw that big German shepherd of Baker’s that gets loose sometimes, and saw a little old gray dog, but sure didn’t see that beagle.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if everything came loose in Brian at the same time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

We crouch among the scrub and loose rocks in a small fold among the fabric of the hills. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She must be loving it up in heaven, where I figure everybody must just let loose. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I searched my pocket for loose coins, it took me a moment to remember these clothes weren’t mine. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The car made rattling sounds as if some bolts had come loose and were shaking with every rise and fall of the bumpy road. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And you think that somewhere inside that brain maybe a screw came loose. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t see the bubbles yet, but they were there, simmering below the surface, just waiting for someone to turn up the heat and all hell would break loose. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her curly hair is in a loose bun, and her green eyes are outlined with dark eyeliner. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The trumpet call had let loose an enormous volume of noise. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A woman stood at the edge of the clearing pouring grain from one bark platter to another, and the loose chaff drifted off on the slight wind like smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see no signs of what had been set loose upon the earth: the highways, the towns, even the fences were gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a loose pair of pants that looked like bloomers, and a pink T-shirt with Donald Duck on it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not, I don’t think. His dad survives by constantly surrounding himself in a booze haze and setting the hell hound loose on the neighbors.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The crystal beads looked like paste now, and where Ana had torn the bodice, ordinary threads hung loose. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must be swinging, loose, behind the closed door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I turned them loose, saying, “Go get ’em.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some owners leave out rolls of coins or even stacks of loose bills, perhaps with a video camera trained on them to catch some light-fingered or especially hungry maid in the act. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped the nearest manikin’s neck, where loose copper wires sprouted from underneath its breastplate. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Moved by a sudden impulse he groped for a loose stone, and let it drop. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And if I cut the fish loose I can get home sooner. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re still a bit loose. But they feel better,” I said. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She splashed the water on her face and ran her wet hands through her hair, pulling it loose from the knot at the nape of her neck. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilot did not move except that his head rolled on a neck impossibly loose as the plane hit a small bit of turbulence. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was a kid, he used to hide pages and pages of loose leaf paper covered in messy, loopy handwriting under the worn denim cushion of the window seat in the house in Austin. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We recognized no loose ends, everything could be controlled by our science. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over by the campfire, Tyson let loose with his paintball gun. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her green wrap dress hung loose on her slim frame. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And men struggled with numb fingers to reef and loose sails. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the barn, another cow and the horse were tied to the wall, straining to get loose. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer grabbed a loose service panel and hurled it, but his father dodged easily. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled again and took another sip of the loose juice. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Wearing an old felt hat and dirty overalls, Son sat sideways, slumped, with one leg crossed over the mule’s shoulder and the other hanging loose. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her head was bare and her hair loose and short like mine. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were loose in the bag and wrinkled; a few were marked with crayons. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

One hand pulling her braids loose, the other searching the dresser drawers, she had just begun to get irritated when she felt it in her blouse drawer. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me one of them buckets,” Papa cried out, shaking her arm loose, heading for the part of the line closest to the flames. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So Melanie scratched the ends of the eyelashes loose with her longest fingernail, and then April pulled them the rest of the way off. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then their stomach skin would come loose, like a plate, and their insides would fall out, and they would die. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He slipped the boy’s knapsack straps loose and set the pack on the floor behind him and he put his thumbnail under the aluminum clip on the top of the can and opened it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Robert kicked at the left front tire; the recap was beginning to peel loose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He nearly shook his hindquarters loose when Kino glanced up at him, and he subsided when Kino looked away. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what I’d rather do is take you up this road a mile or so and then turn you loose. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Under certain circumstances, the membrane surrounding blepharisma disintegrates and comes independently loose, like a cast-off shell, leaving the creature a transient albino. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the loose, shabby, but definitely male clothing I had chosen, my height and my contralto voice would get me by. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what it is, but after that all hell breaks loose. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tunnel came to an end at a fancy, balustraded staircase that was free of ice but awash in loose papers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Babou had changed into a plain white shirt and loose white pants with a drawstring waist, and he had hitched them halfway up his torso. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A small slack dam finally let loose in a hollow near Six. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I jump up, quickly pull on my jumpsuit, and finger-comb out the tangles, weaving a loose braid. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A little sack hung from the corners of his eyes and rested on his cheek-bones; a loose- filled bag of feathers hung from his ears and rested on his neck beneath his chin. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

One after another scurries forward and pokes at my loose hair and then scampers off to the others, giggling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tried to shake the anger loose, but no one liked them by now. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My jaw feels a little looser as I chew. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His loose lips were lifted in an ugly snarl, baring his white fangs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cardan is lying on a blanket, his head tipped back and his loose white shirt unbuttoned. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the end, she had to fumble around in the darkness outside the cabin for a sharp-edged shell to cut the cushions loose. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It didn’t work, so she turned one of the dogs loose on him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get there, I see other boys in their trainers, with the laces loose and the tongues folded down. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She should have known better than to wear that loose shirt—a cotton one, no less. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The door shimmered when they pulled together, a vibration that traveled all the way up their arms, then it opened so suddenly with an unsticking feel—like tearing loose a strip of silent Velcro. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t playing,” I say, trying to pull loose from the big one with the droopy pants. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

His head was wrenched sideways, as if loose at the neck, and the dead young man seemed to be staring at some distant object beyond the bell-shaped flowers along the trail. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Has a nut come loose in your head, gbo? You are not going anywhere.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her loose shirt and buttoned the child inside. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the tables have been pushed aside, and a panoply of people sit in a loose circle. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Those hot blue eyes, that loose mouth, and the careless familiar laugh. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My siblings stood in a loose half circle around the room, facing the four intruding adults: three large, unfamiliar men, plus a woman I’d seen before, from the welfare office. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess she has a second thought about what she’s doing, because she turns my arm loose and starts giving me one of her speeches. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of the pegs on my lute was loose and I didn’t have the money to fix it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His diaper had worked itself loose on his journey on his bottom down the stairs, and when he reached the last step, when he reached the little hall and stood up, the diaper fell off. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to say,” he asked, “that you loosed that falcon on purpose, with her cranes on, so as to be able to murder me when I was naked?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helen, meanwhile, hired a plumber, scraped the loose paint so it wouldn’t hang, walked Ralph’s file cabinet into the back bedroom to hide the crack. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last house in the subdivision was still under construction, but the shoeless boy dashed heedlessly through the lumber and loose nails. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body starts to sway, and her clasped hands rock beneath her chin until it seems she is all loose, swinging angles. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A bug got loose, but it didn’t infect people. It infected petroleum.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Maria toppled forward, Linda yanked her upright and practically flung her ahead into the other kids, who were in a loose bunch, running well. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He oiled himself with warm, peppered coconut oil, kneading his old, loose flesh that stretched willingly off his bones like chewing gum. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, and loose straw separated from the bunch. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She dresses in dull, loose clothing every day. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Butler had seen that pose before—on the snouts of starved pit bulls, just before their Russian handlers set them loose on a bear hunt. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Shelly had said that most of the regular customers were so heavy into the gambling that a rhinoceros could get loose on board and they wouldn’t care. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Grandma, there's a loose end in my mind.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her haste she missed her grip on the bucket and, to her horror, it slipped loose and tumbled several yards down the hill behind her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The top of his head had been jammed back up into the corner where the side of the boat met the sink stand and when he moved it everything inside seemed to come loose. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push back my scarf and undo my bun, letting my hair fall loose like all the other young women. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I got a better apartment after that, where I lived for the two years it took Luke to pry himself loose. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jib was loose, without the benefit of a boom to hold the bottom edge stiff, and it slapped mightily in the wind, like a wild white rag. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the nets got tangled, some lazy fishermen would just cut them loose and let the trapped animals die. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I look at the hundreds of long pine needles, each perfectly aligned with the next, each end carefully pushed into the loose soil, forming a curved snake that flows in and out of the ground. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If you pushed your hand down too far into the loose sand your skin would be burned. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flat rock was stuck to the seaweed, and she pried it loose carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was a shadow cut loose, held above the other shadows by a pair of Jackboot arms. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A hiss escaped her lips, and she let loose a stream of Polish that he didn’t understand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

This made it quite easy to move around, except that the slopes above the valley were very steep in places, and I slipped several times on the loose, gravelly soil. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The old men discussed how to get rid of her; nobody said so, but they all knew that they could not simply turn her loose or leave her behind, tied to a tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

All our demons let loose into the night air, carried up to the stars that we can see so clearly here. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A big, jagged rock came loose and hit the floor with a heavy thump right where I had been standing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted and worked myself loose from Abel. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Man, they can hardly get him loose, the way he's stuck deep in that mud, and before they drag him to shore they're all covered with slime and mud. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The zinc-sulfur powder mix was too loose, I decided, probably because it had air pockets in it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I remember everything about you," says Peeta, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Once she pried loose a crucifix with an ivory Jesus from a Station of the Cross and blessed her baby brother, Javier, with three mild raps to his forehead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patti squeezes me tighter, but my heart keeps sliding around in my chest as if it's a loose stone. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

There were tufts of hair snagged in the barbs of wire, and in some places a strand of wire had been pulled loose from a fence pole and was hanging slack like old clothesline. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Finn had let loose with a loud wail: “I just want my mommy!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She shrieked in pain and I broke loose. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loose penny was clattering around so loudly in the drink holder that I almost reached up from under the sheet to grab it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There was another yellow butterfly, like one of the sunflecks had come loose. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

If necessary I could shush my sisters with a glare to bottle up their loose giggling. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted the blade and as the shark slid loose he said, “Go on, galano. Slide down a mile deep. Go see your friend, or maybe it’s your mother.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her Dad was too tall for his workbench, and his big bones seemed joined together in a loose way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their sudden movement knocked something loose in me and I found my voice again and shouted for them to wait, but they were already pounding the floorboards toward the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"Some loose tongues spread tales of the preparations for Tyrek's wedding feast, and these wretches got it in their heads they should be feasted too. His Grace led a sortie and sent them scurrying." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We carry him to the battle, and we aim him and turn him loose. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a floorboard was loose, the nails having missed their targets underneath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The rope had come loose around his hand once more, and there seemed to be a surprising amount of blood from somewhere sprinkled on the lead and on his own shoes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time that shepherd gets loose, there’s trouble.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him on my way out of Patterson’s office, massive and oafish as always, but unbuttoned, loose, someone I admired because when I asked him to be there he had been. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want her to notice the bins full of yellowed towels waiting to be washed on Monday, the graffiti on the walls, the loose tiles, and the rusty pipes that dripped continuously. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gentle snow gully Fischer and Lopsang had been gingerly descending ended here amid outcroppings of loose, steep shale, and Fischer, like Gau, was unable to handle the challenging terrain in his ailing condition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

His pants were so loose that every time he leaned over the water, I could see several inches of his underwear. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Through the throngs of shoppers, she spied loose clasps on bracelets and jackets bulging with coin purses, but now was not the time for thievery. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He cleared his mind and dropped his hands—loose, low—and as soon as the coach’s whistle rang out, he smiled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Beneath my fingers, I felt the loose flesh around Morrie’s bones, and I thumped him hard, as instructed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't want to miss a thing, or a clue, or wait around in her apartment with a murderer on the loose. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women are wearing red lipstick and colorful snug- fitting long dresses that split at the side over loose, flowing pants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even more had found refuge under loose shingles and were on their way to climbing up to the roof. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington pulled abreast of Penn. But Bobby Moch still hadn’t really turned the boys loose. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, with fifteen minutes to go in the game, Josiah controlled a loose ball on the left side of the Fire’s goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The'gown w^s loose below the waist, so that was where he slid the blade in, slicing upward slowly, so as not to,cut her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My lean was better, Mrs. Baker said, and my arms a lot looser. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the course of our conversation, Horchow did this over and again, delighting in tying together the loose ends of a lifetime. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt warm, salty, and had the consistency of loose phlegm. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t let something so powerful loose in the world.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He moved down the hill, careful not to knock loose any rocks or step in the dry tumbleweeds. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the monkey words would unsettle me; a curtain flapped loose inside my brain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would let loose annoying bursts of learning. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lindsey let loose a chirpy laugh and contorted herself to kiss her boyfriend sweetly on the neck. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I took a step closer to the loose dirt. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Max blinks twice and kicks away a chunk of concrete that's come loose off the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He tore loose my bra and I prepared to move. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When his eyes were fully open, he felt so drowsy that he could scarcely move, and then he sat up to find his bandage loose and his bed crimson. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mud baby, molded into form by creative children on a rainy day, soon to run back into the loose earth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loosed another arrow, but it only glanced off his flank. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She fluttered briefly as her ghost shook loose, and torch ginger buds rained out of her long hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For it was darkness itself that had awaited him, the unnamed thing, the being that did not belong in the world, the shadow he had loosed or made. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I took the alleys and concentrated on the sound of my tires over the loose gravel, on the whir of the gear chain. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

This was always her sign-off line when I was alone and on the loose in sunny California. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was clad not in her usual white gown, but rather in a dark tunic and loose trousers, and she clutched an ornately carved wooden staff in one hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The impact shakes something loose in my mind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He began fumbling with the rope tied around his neck, finally getting his fingers underneath it enough to work it loose. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The hem of his loose shirt fluttered in the breeze, his arms spread like those of Jesus on the cross. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon, we just set the whole pack of kids loose in somebody’s playroom and cracked open a bottle of wine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The principle of the scaffold was that loose bricks and mortar always were at the level of the top of the wall being built. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she got done with her Verse, she went way down in the jungle to turn that baby owl loose, and we thought she never would come back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovers that the trunk is loose—the rope has slipped and it is leaning. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when Chandra was out of the room, I hunted until I found a loose mud brick in the wall. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he cut the other line closest to him and in the dark made the loose ends of the reserve coils fast. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the belt came out and I jerked loose and flung her away. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing a rail, I pulled myself up to a squat—but didn’t have the nerve to turn loose and stand up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Poppy pulled a handful of dinky loose change from his pocket and dropped it on the ground in front of three boys. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At one awful point, every kind of canine voice imaginable cut loose, rejoicing, wailing in pain, some barks offering challenges, others announcing, with fear or ecstasy, the hectic gang-banging of females in heat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gave him a horse and a banner, a soft woolen doublet and a warm fur cloak, and set him loose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There could be a mail thief on the loose! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the colored crowd showed up for the sit-in trial, the police department simply stepped back and turned the German shepherds loose. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She went round and round until she found a spot where the wire was loose at the bottom. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, Bongo let loose a hoarse and gleeful caw, and set off to wait for children to arrive at school. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d have to wrap him up in a gunny sack or an old coat and pry his claws loose from the butter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he braced his arms on the top of the crate where he’d taken cover and let loose with both barrels. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nali withdrew two bulging Ziploc bags, one filled with bundles of lavender tied with white yarn, and another filled with loose leaves of gray-green sage. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When I caught up to him again, my fingers closed around the soft, loose leather of his jacket’s sleeve. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kat says it is good for loose bowels. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamma darted an indignant look at Papa, who appeared to be extremely invested in a loose thread on his kurta. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were just about to cast loose when their guide paused, boat-hook in hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The buzzing of grasshopper wings came from the weeds in the yard, and the sound made his backbone loose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If there was a God, He’d guide the winds, let them blow for me so that, with a tug of my string, I’d cut loose my pain, my longing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leroy’s shirttail was coming loose from his jeans, and when he answered Harley he had trouble making the words come out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the way I knew that he wasn’t Scott the first time I saw him, when he was nothing but a shadow moving towards her—just an impression of tallness, of loose, languid movement. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, hesitated, then he said, “I found a letter. Upstairs. It was hidden under a loose floorboard.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I know how hard my son worked to get where he is. All that is not to be wasted on a loose woman.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wears no hat, her red hair loose, whipping around her head in the wind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Upon his arrival, Francis did not get halfway through the door before I let loose that the answer to everything was in our hands.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“None, m’lord. She come alone. Her horse was dying under her. All skin and ribs it was, lame and lathered. They cut it loose and took the girl for questioning.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yet when he bent to pick up the shoe, it wouldn’t come loose. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few people are trying their luck selling food at the fence, but I take the back alleys to our spot, where the loose barbed wire will let me into the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He would have left him there but noticed that it was a child, not an old black man, as it first appeared, and he prodded the body loose, netted it and hauled it aboard. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped the chicken crate and tried to wriggle free, but he had me good and tight by the arms, and there was no way to get loose. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam cleared his throat, his jaw working, as if trying to shake the words loose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I see you crying like a crushed snail, the way you cried when I helped you pull out your first loose tooth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Pulling it loose, I dragged it back to the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The back was tall and square, with a tarpaulin hanging loose to conceal whatever might be inside. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I had my bayonet on my left hip and some magazines and loose bullets in my side pack. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once its onboard radar detected it was thirty meters from the ground, it cut loose the parachute and inflated balloons all around its hull. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall glass doors with shattered panes stood open into the garden, torn damask curtains flapping like a loose tongue in the wind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because no sooner had Fezzik’s great hands reached out than the man in black dropped and spun and twisted and was loose and free and still quite alive. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He just stood there, arms loose by his side, the nozzles of our drip torches gazing at each other. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looks ready to hit the beach compared to me, in my track pants and loose T-shirt. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Dress her in pants and a shirt—something loose, nothing frilly or revealing, and bring a cloak.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her skin was blue and her slip was...it was pink, and her hair, spilling loose, was the orange-red of copper and persimmons, cinnamon and wildflower honey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing loose clothes and carrying a practice sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Trip seemed grumpy and at loose ends, and Moody suspected—correctly—that he’d planned to meet Pearl and something had gone amiss. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two sailors barred her way, and she said, “Down there! The prisoner has got loose! Get help!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His whole body gathered up behind the bit, and he skittered around like a downed electrical wire, begging Pollard to turn him loose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

William Still wrote their names down on loose slips of paper. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's like I'm trapped underwater or something, so weak and floaty I can't hardly fight him, can't pry his fingers loose from my mother's neck. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

A Lee cousin primped up slightly wilted heads of lettuce the way a girl primps a loose finger wave. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was also over dinner that the girl let loose a steady stream of worries. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The rocker began to move back and forth, rattling the loose boards in the porch floor. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lunged at her with the knife and she grasped my hand and tried to twist the knife loose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her skin, it was too loose,” said the woman wearing my mother’s dress. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

On the top of the filing case there was a loose card—the note on Lancy Davis. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He glanced coyly at the tall, skinny guy in a loose T-shirt. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boards began to come apart, and the loose mud under the walkways began to slide toward that giant bathtub drain. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The garment was a clumsy thing, a long loose shapeless sheet that had to be wound around her hips and under an arm and over a shoulder, its dangling fringes carefully layered and displayed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The loose knot of his wrapper had come undone, and the wrapper had slipped off his waist to cover the stool, its faded blue edges grazing the floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She chose to go left first, stepping over spill that had come loose from the walls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Turn me loose! Turn me loose!” the man screamed over and over. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a few squeaky misses, I overcame my reserve and tore my tonsils loose with a yell that would have been worthy of Zapata. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rolling her eyes, Marmalade pulled a pile of canvas scraps from a pocket of her loose patchwork jacket and slapped them onto the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The rear wheel shock absorber was loose too. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the few loose squash and tucked them into the bag that had fallen open. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The mortar was crumbling and bricks had come loose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man wore English clothes of loose tweed—but he was not English. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is so characteristically Japanese, the way lives were made more tolerable by gathering loose desert stones and forming with them something enduringly human. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do what you want with them, boys. Put them in those old Mason jars over there, poke a few holes in the top. Mind now that they don’t get loose again.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

O’Brien had wrenched the loose tooth out by the roots. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he lashed out with his tail, trying to loose the hold on his neck, and struck the side of a rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You would think all hell was breaking loose.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Soon as I'm within a squint of the castle, I'll turn the beast loose. Guard our prisoners!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of loose, tan pants and a blue shirt. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I mirror Jamie: arms loose, knees bent slightly, planting your boots solid. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Later, Elizebeth had seen firsthand how the FBI played fast and loose with the truth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

By then a second wave of arrows had been loosed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“No, for the ladies. If the bucket don’t convince them to set, you dunk them in the rain barrel a time or two and turn ’em loose. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She still had on her hijab and her work clothes, dark, long, loose pants and a brown cotton tunic top. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then he swings his weapon at Baxter and lets loose three quick bursts of fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I held out my hand, and he shook it, though it was loose and fleeting and felt kind of weird. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, they heard the chief mate cry out over the storm: “Time to cut her loose!” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You know,” said Jean Louise gently, “they go around loose up there, all kinds of folks.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Not a single button missing or even loose. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I undo the ties on my blue knitted wool hat, let it flap loose on my head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A group of children surrounded him, clutching the hem of his loose shirt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And whenever she wanted to let it loose to leap into fire again, whatever happened would be quick. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pastor Weeks sat at the front of his squeaky wagon with Old Ben next to him, the mules’ reins loose in his hands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bags of sassafras and licorice root and birdeye vine sat open for bargaining, and by the time we poked around those a minute, Constantine’s whole body’d be rambling and loose in the joints. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Fixing me isn't like fixing a loose screw or a little bit of rust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Yet it crossed his mind to wonder if indeed Gollum was not now as dangerous turned loose as kept with them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The trilling of our neighbors’ tongues set loose knives that cut the flesh from our bones and made us fall down with our shame and our love and our anger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman seen in the mirror of a beauty parlor, half her hair wound neatly in curlers, the other half streaming loose in a tousled swirl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He came too late, though, and this folly... buying sellswords, loosing two dragons on the city ... that was madness and worse than madness. That was treason.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My body tightened up and I flailed around, trying to get loose. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was nothing for it, I’d either have to get it a bigger home or let it loose. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Now at last in the middle night the assault was loosed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But when she reached over to work the knots loose, he grabbed her hands and yanked them behind her back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I would show August the picture of my mother and see if the moon broke loose and fell out of the sky. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamlet found some loose breeches and a homespun tunic and covered his curls with a leather cap. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And then I jump over the chickens and scurry up the ladder, pushing aside the loose planks and crawling through the little door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how he manages to control them at work, or even if he does, but when he’d get home, he’d let them loose. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I jab the stick at the cluster a couple of times, and sure enough, part of the glittering rock comes loose. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The boom jerked back and forth, ropes flopped like sick snakes, the sails looked sloppy and loose, and she rolled from side to side on the smallest swell or wave like an old washtub. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Select loose, upbeat, uplifting music, or music that pertains in some way to the course or topic that day. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She had scooped up a handful of loose soil. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was draped in a white-and-green gown made of thin fabric, its loose folds billowing around her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Violently, he jerked his head down, then left and right, as if he were trying to knock something loose from his skull. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Keep your wrist even looser,” was her reply. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But soon they found an explanation, which he illustrates with a looser simile: We’re all used to gravity being a force that does only one thing: pull objects toward each other. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But he hoped, he prayed, she’d never get loose and fly away. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I fell a couple of times, tripping over roots sticking out from ground that was ashy and loose in the thinning earth, washed out from the endless rain. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There was also a machete, two knives, and a wooden crate packed for shipment with the lid pried loose. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When every skin was loose and peeling, Ma lugged the heavy kettle outdoors. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the wheel began to turn, loose nuts and bolts and a couple of wrenches rained from its hub and spokes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He worked carefully, prying each nail loose so he’d be able to close the crate tight again when he was finished. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

In Tall Andras s field the mommet flapped its loose fabric arms and the crows, made timid by it, called out harshly and went to other fields, other crops. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then Bloom kept holding onto the pony until Joe said impatiently, “Let go,” whereupon the lawyer released the horse and all hell broke loose. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaped toward the high chair and whipped a loose cloth diaper off the back of it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His teeth caught my sleeve and he hung on until I shook him loose. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could see several loose sheets of dark, shiny paper scattered over the table in front of her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reeled away, unsteady on his feet, and Grey Wind snapped at his arm, teeth ripping at his sleeve and tearing loose a scrap of cloth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When she turned her loose, the girl reached down as slow as she dared and took something out of her shoe. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my new family loose in the house and shut the door quick. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“She's loose in London. And with Uncle Andrew. I wonder what on earth is going to happen now.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t doubt it, if your son’s been let loose on them,” said Ogden. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But there is a continuous gradation from triple systems through loose clusters of a few dozen stars to the great globular clusters, resplendent with a million suns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a vest of woven gold thread over a loose gown of purple silk, and on his feet were pointed slippers of soft velvet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I also had to fit in a pyramid tin from Rose City Teas: some loose leaf FTGFOP1 First Flush Darjeeling I bought as a gift for Mamou. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Out of the shrill pitch of shouts and screams he caught a few distinct words: “. . . turn ’im loose. ...” “. . . give ’im what he gave that girl. ...” “. . . let us take care of’im. . . .” . . bum that black ape. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And his two sons held him, one on either side, each holding his arm, and he held tight in his hand the warm loose earth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I can almost hear him asking her to turn him loose. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She used to spend long hours in the garden, weeding and sowing, pruning and picking, her neck arched elegantly as a bird’s, with her black hair coming loose around her face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“La Saline be the first to go. Nothing but loose trash and cardboard between us and the sea.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished she plopped down onto her couch like a string puppet that had been cut loose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The stream bank is mud, muck, loose sand, and pebbles. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He shone the flashlight on it.'It had an unusual luster, so he worked it loose. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though they were tight on time, they were loose on talk. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’m always leading the chants, doing whatever I can to keep the Renegades loose and fired up. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Hospital staffers chased him outside, snagged him and pulled him back in, but Neves soon broke loose again, made it out the door, leaped into a cab, and rode back to Bay Meadows. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew on die hand that clutched the drinking horn, figuring to give them a shot to talk about, but Todric spoiled it by lurching to one side just as he loosed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It made us fight and throw books at one another, sell loose joints on the stairways, talk back to teachers, and leave classrooms whenever we wanted to. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He turned her loose and she lay back on the bed, limp, whimpering. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can only tell she’s a girl by the shape of her body—but her oversized jacket, loose jeans, high-top sneakers, and hat with three bumblebees on it make her almost look like a boy. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His near-expulsion actually seemed to shake something loose in her brain; she was maybe more surprised than anyone that Ocean had voluntarily broken someone’s nose, and, suddenly, she was asking him questions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They waited till most of the grownups were looking the other way, and then Lyra scooped up some snow and rammed it into a loose powdery snowball, and hurled it at random into the crowd. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Fairies, magic, and now a hostage loose in the manor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Huge chunks of brown rubble lay forlorn across the loose rocky ground. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A bunch of them from the farm below him got loose this spring and made a mud hole of his garden. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it ended, we formed into a loose line and swept east through the village. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He never lived, my princess. The women say . . He faltered, and Dany saw how the flesh hung loose on him, and the way he limped when he moved. "Tell me. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pull it loose and cross an invisible boundary from immortal to mortal. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

August lets loose a long string of curses and runs up beside her, swinging the bull hook and driving the pick end into her shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She wears a soft cream sweater that makes me think of a baby lamb, and her hair falls loose and wavy over her shoulders. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw their footprints going up the hill; he could see the pebbles and rocks they had knocked loose and the dry grass crushed under boot heel prints. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They straggled down the highway in a loose body, blocking the way from the white line to the frazzled weeds that bordered the sun-heated concrete slab. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bowstring was taut, the arrow nocked to it in readiness; she could have pulled and loosed in less than a second, and Mrs. Coulter would have been dead before she finished drawing breath. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, when she tried on the mock-up a few weeks ago, this was her size. Now there’s at least three inches of material that’s loose. See. Look.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The pinning had already gone on for hours, and Penelope had run through all the treats in the nursery trying to keep Cassiopeia from squirming loose and hiding under her bed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Bump to eight flip, like always, check loose to B over, okay, not strong set, okay? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge padlock on the door protected the contents of the hut, but Bod had long ago discovered the loose wooden board in the back. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He called a taxi, and when it came — a bright yellow Checker, with a loose muffler — he directed the driver to Ralph’s address first. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can't even begin to imagine what I look like: mismatched clothes, my hair loose and tangled, a run in my stockings. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The man staggered backward; his crossbow loosed its bolt, which flew wild. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a loose thread; she longed to pluck it out. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This tube ran all the way up to the second-story balcony, where the people that worked there would keep filling it up with loose Legos, all shapes, sizes and colors. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Papa always used pruned lengths of the roses that climbed the little house, weaving them into a very loose topping, but those roses had burned when the old house had last year. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She’s let her hair down and her new dress is loose like a slip, short, the color matte black. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel big fire in my chest and then all over, and when I try to put it out, something pull loose, make it worse. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when you divide with it, all hell breaks loose. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

That thing in my brain started to jiggle loose a little bit more. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He finally gets the knots loose and pulls in the rope just as the engines come to life and the boat starts moving away from the Lincoln Building. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This time tomorrow she would be loose in the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There Rutherford held forth three times a week to an audience of about forty students, occasionally consulting a few loose pages of notes drawn from the inside pocket of his coat. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Her mother sat behind her on the edge of the narrow bed, loosed the dark brown hair, and brushed it to a gloss. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When they did die, I experienced a peace I never knew. I could tell the moment they left me, like a puff of energy was turned loose,” she said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The stick came loose and I stumbled back against an empty desk and my fangs fell out and rolled across the floor in pieces. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had grown long enough now that she usually tied it back, but tonight she had had the opportunity to bathe, and it fell loose, still slightly damp, to her shoulders. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My pants felt loose around the waist, so I tightened the belt another notch. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She presses a loose strand of hair back into her braid. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We could pry a board loose and see out of the south window down into the courtyard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Every time he would make a stitch or two, his arm would jerk and the stitches would come loose. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The prayer rug, the one with the oblong, woven Mecca, came loose from the wall at one point and landed on my head; the dust from it made me sneeze. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He might not have a grudge against her, but at the very least, she was a loose end in need of tying. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He turned the boy pup loose, turned around, and slapped her clear off the log. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me a small paper packet and a loose jingle of change. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d stand in front of the mirror in his trousers, his suspenders loose over his undershirt, and he’d lather up his face until the lather stood in peaks like whipped cream. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that he summoned all the violent winds and let them loose, blinding sea and land with storm-clouds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were herded into long lines to be inspected, interrogated, stamped, and then set loose among hundreds of other immigrants, speaking languages that sounded to my ears like the braying of farm animals. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The thin layer of loose dirt on the flat rock floor was cool against his palms, and his head touched the jagged rock ceiling. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the while I wrestled with the tight ropes at my hands, working them loose slowly, carefully, until I was able to free my right hand. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Behind me, I felt Martin grab a few loose strands of my hair and begin to twirl them around his fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The tubby, loose figure of his superior officer stopped, turned and came trotting back down slowly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I play out the plan for the hundredth time and then I hear a creak on the loose floorboard outside my door and my remembered heart flies to my throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But I think Richard’s tooth only fell out because it was already loose when I punched him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was no rug on the floor and the plastering on the walls and ceiling hung loose in many places. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly went through the loose pennies in his box and picked one made in 1865. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The loose monkey was very frightened and the soldiers were very frightened. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For just a second, everything and everyone in the church except Reverend Taylor and Sister Monroe hung loose like stockings on a washline. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll really, really, really miss you,” Lydia said, and loosed the floodgates. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He lay in bed, thinking about the sufferings of his friend and colleague Dr. Musoke, fearful of what sort of organism had gotten loose among the medical staff at the hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As panicked marchers scattered in all directions, Sheriff Clark’s mounted possemen let loose with a rebel yell and charged, swinging bullwhips and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We had a single sanitary pail with a loose lid and vermin- infested blankets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by dozens of stacks of sheet music stretching across the room, both loose and bound into books. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mine is still in the middle, one of the bolts still loose. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Any wizard realising that one or more Ashwinders are loose in the house must trace them immediately and locate the nest of eggs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twirl one around my finger to put a loose wave in her hair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her hair lay loose on her shoulders, unbrushed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her face glistened with sweat, and her golden ringlets fell loose over her eyes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In his eagerness, his feet slipped in the loose sand and down he went. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only a few seconds until he would be loose. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Hair textures range from loose curls to needle-straight to corkscrew curls to waves to zigzag coils, and the styles showcase each new hair-tower trend. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I guess if I got the urge to bust loose now, me and the lame mare could waddle and limp our way into the woods. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Ice better tell her to keep her attitude and her loose lips out of other people’s business. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry silently to the back of our house, get a good foothold on a loose brick, and fling myself upward. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He picked up a loose sliver of tile and tossed it off the roof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“A real wagon-tipper, as we used to say back in the troupe. All the wind and rain might have scattered one loose from the pack.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tucked a loose hair behind my ear and handed me a tissue from the front pocket of her housedress. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I remember overhearing my aunt and uncle talking about it one day when liquor had made their faces red and damp and their tongues loose. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the dirt floor there was a large, fairly deep hole covered over with loose boards. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another fell away, shaken loose by the beating of his wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I walk over and begin to unfasten the row of tiny buttons along the back, slipping it over her head once it’s loose enough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It smelled very different from the pillows in their St. Louis house, which smelled more like fresh air, like a good loose breeze. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I brush a loose strand of hair off her cheek. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once, a shingle came loose under Dustfinger’s boots, but he managed to catch it just in time, before the terra-cotta tile could fall and break in the street below. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They kissed until his brain spun, until her limbs fell loose and soft and open, until the moon hid its face behind a veil of clouds. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The chickens stepped out, at first tentatively, then wildly, as if they’d been loosed from prison. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about feeling loose and light and unstoppable. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She pried the book loose from its spot and held it up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With each hour that passed, and each bottle that emptied, things got louder and looser. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He backed up so he could get a flying start and then we whooped across the bridge, our wheels clattering across the loose boards, space gaping below. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian plucked some of them loose, rolled them in his fingers. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the others, the guard stood with his arms loose at his sides, face blank, eyes forward, gazing at nothing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I circle around to the place where the barbed wire is loose, only it isn’t loose anymore. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’d just rounded the corner when Gaily came screaming out of the Homestead, looking like a ferocious beast on the loose. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I unroll that and discover seven loose audiotapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Beneath loose garments of flame-colored silk, rolls of fat jiggled as he walked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Since it was partly Lissa’s fault that the old woman was loose, she might as well be the one to fix things. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I shivered when I envisioned the hate-filled Klan on the loose, posing a real threat against the nation’s homes, churches, and neighborhoods. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, so they say. It seems all that loose drapery throws off the hot rays of the sun.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stroke after stroke he dealt, until at last all the web within his reach was shattered, and the upper portion blew and swayed like a loose veil in the incoming wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe thinking smart is cutting loose the fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I expect it will be loose by the morning and then it'll slip off easily." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

First the place mat, then a loose thread on his shirt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sirius’s letters, which were now hidden beneath the highly useful loose floorboard under Harry’s bed, sounded cheerful, and in both of them he had reminded Harry to call on him if ever Harry needed to. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She was already changing, loose slacks and a blouse. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something busted loose inside me and I cried a little, too. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, we found an astonishing treasure: cardboard boxes filled with loose chocolates. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s this fellow loose that killed the little girl on our block.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach clenched until I spotted it underneath some loose burlap sacking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

The gauze covering his forehead had come a little loose. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He haunted Elm Street like a tiger on the loose. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My hands were feeling particularly loose, and somehow it was nice being up before anyone else, doing my own thing. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called upon his brother, the God of the Sea, to help him, and together, with torrents of rain from heaven and rivers loosed upon the earth, the two drowned the land. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger pretended to be preoccupied with pulling a loose thread from his coat sleeve. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stopped, frightened at what he had said, afraid of the rage or the contempt or the violence his words might let loose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She swung up the bow and loosed the arrow in less than a second, and the Cardinal fell choking and kicking to the floor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a time, he told me, when he’d been looser, more wild. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

White customers on the shine stand, especially, would laugh to see my feet suddenly break loose on their own and cut a few steps. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

David let loose the ropes—sheets—that held the boom so the mainsail could luff easily and went below for the jib. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small child cowered in the corner, her blonde hair loose and tangled, her feet bare and black with dirt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The humidity by the sea was less than inland, but since there were no trees to provide shade, the sun penetrated right into the sand, making it hot and loose. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Before the strange ship was close enough for the lookout to see her colors, the guns were cast loose and ready for action. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two came together again, like two rams locking horns, and the bartender and the other two men had to pull with all their strength to pry them loose. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sideways, spinning, the sled hit a bump in the hill and Jonas was jarred loose and thrown violently into the air. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her brow furrows, and she knocks her fist on her forehead like she’s trying to jar something loose. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His joints finally loose and he tries to point the rifle at me, barrel shaking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mama always wore loose housework dresses at home, but Miss Love had on an old pink afternoon dress with white eyelet embroidery and a low-cut neckline. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We were six days in when all hell broke loose, so that leaves enough food to feed six people for fifty days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms go out wide and strong and then fall loose and easy by my sides. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

So at least his death would put an end to the evil he had loosed by living. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice thing about it is if there’s a storm you can submerge, and it’s quiet. Sleep like a baby and all hell busting loose up above.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His camouflage outfit—he had swapped his Gap combat trousers for the real thing—fitted him badly, cutting in between his legs and under his arms but hanging loose everywhere else. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re still days away from any true ending, but I can tie up a few loose ends before we call it a night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He's wearing a loose white shirt and a half smile, like he's in on a joke that nobody else seems to realize. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I imagine this balloon coming loose and chasing a little Mexican girl throughout the streets of Chicago. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She rushed out of the house, her bonnet ribbons loose, her shawl flying. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the second half, the Fugees let loose with another fusillade of shots—and misses. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One of them is vastly pregnant; her belly, under her loose garment, swells triumphantly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loose flagstone was lifted, pushed aside, and a slender shadow emerged as if from the ground itself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Inej’s purple silks were far too loose, and as for Nina... Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She is dressed in a stomacher of gold and a skirt of blue, a circlet of berries in her loose hair. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her new blue dress, one of the loose dresses she’d made to keep her cool, and I thought I’d never seen her look so pretty. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her soul had shaken loose from her body she’d had nothing to hold on to it with; no arms to reach with or hands to grip with. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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 needed more beer to keep him loose inside and to make his stomach feel better. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ate them as he walked, cracking the shells one by one, working the nut meat loose with his tongue. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Turner felt about as low as a raft set loose on the New Meadows River. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Her hair soon came loose from its arrangement, and a sheen of sweat appeared against her collarbones. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Volt meter’s down around nine somewhere. Alternator belts were loose, I guess. I got ’em tightened up better now, but meanwhile I’m dead in the water.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He started reaching deep into his pockets for loose coins. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At other times spraying, while reasonably effective against the target insect, has let loose a whole Pandora’s box of destructive pests that had never previously been abundant enough to cause trouble. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her hair was loose and she was barefoot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My appearance, with my arm bandaged and my coat loose over my shoulders, favoured my object. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton held it tightly with one hand, but looser in the other. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Silky black hair tumbled loose around their shoulders. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I buy five goldfish and name them all Olly and let them loose in the fountain. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing on a narrow track made up of loose gray pebbles that crunched under his combat boots when he walked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There on the hill-brow she stood beckoning to them: her hair was flying loose, and as it caught the sun it shone and shimmered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Down below, on the murky peak, the demons were busily cutting the stairway loose with axes and hammers and saws. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, she wrenched the grate loose and dropped onto the shiny surface of the table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lady Galbert-Bertulf grabbed a knife in each hand, leapt up on her chair, and let loose a high, savage battle cry. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her hair had come loose and was hanging in a tangled blond curtain all around her face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Now it’s your turn, Abbey. How ’bout you let loose of that boy?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Must have come loose when I fell down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Trub’s hands rest lightly on my shoulders, and I keep my knees loose so that I bounce like when I’m riding the bus in Brooklyn. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her left foot felt loose, and she peeled it from the grass above her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"I thought that this afternoon we might let loose and have a party, you and I. How does that sound?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

To be honest, the boss was a little pooped; a bit under the weather; unhappy, and baffled too; call it at loose ends. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laced and silent in his small bed, he tried to tie the loose cords in his mind. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet dreamed, storing up energy, knowing the fight was coming and resting deliberately, relaxing the muscles, feeling himself loose upon the earth and filling with strength slowly, as the lungs fill with clean air. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother took off the necklace and tied the loose scarf around her neck. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

When night fell, he got loose and crawled to the water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see the tracks of the cart where they sloughed up through the loose sand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I dart over to the loose board, carefully pull it aside a couple of feet, and then squeeze my way out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I tried reining them in, but they broke loose, night after night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind pushes strands of my hair loose and tosses them over my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She pushes a loose strand of hair behind her ear. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Love," Yo enunciates, letting the full force of the word loose in her mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

On the street, in vestibules as well as house parties, they are spectacular, moving like taut silk or loose metal. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older people always remarked, “He is old enough and responsible enough to find himself a good wife, but he likes to be alone, he likes that loose life.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The knob turned, but the door wouldn't come loose. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He jammed his fingers down around the edges and worked it loose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That way you can rescue your crewmates if all hell breaks loose. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard feet shuffling against the loose asphalt outside; all I could smell was smoke and blood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

What a cold, loose touch, he impressed on my fingers! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My hair stays straight and loose—a discomfort for someone who spends most training days with her hair pulled securely away from her face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The box also contained white stockings, white leather shoes, and an enormous white hair bow, already shaped and ready to be fastened on with two loose ties. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a light yellow snake, covered with bright copper spots, like the wild flowers pulled loose and traveling. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She made a neat move with the ball to get loose in the corner, then she crossed it, hard and low, right across the front of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a final look inside the bowl but doesn’t find any loose carrots or noodles. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Behind the brother, the huge blackboard suddenly tore loose from its moorings and slid majestically to the floor, like a final curtain dropping on the chaos. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, as was her habit, Boori Ma reknotted her hair, untied the loose end of her sari, and counted out her life savings. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And this time I see where the bait bag has been cut loose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was loose, the curls wild and free about her head. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His turban fell at some point, let loose curls of shoulder-length blond hair. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Under her loose scrutiny I grew more buxom, and my brown skin smoothed and tight-pored, like pancakes fried on an unoiled skillet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let me hit the ground hard, the loose gravel cutting open my legs and palms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Some wrathful thing in this boy was begging to get loose, and Rollins didn’t want to be around when it slipped its leash. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The door was scarred; the bell-chain was dangling loose, and the bell would not ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

With difficulty she pulled the rope loose from the tree and rewound it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know. Leave that to me. Now, friend, before boarding begins and all hell breaks loose, I need you to bring me the nurse.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes dart to the loose, white sweater I’m wearing, then quickly away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Smearing the bolts with grease from the cloth, he silently worked them loose. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Would they have to break his arms to get me loose? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came home to find him at the dining table, bent over loose sheets of paper, writing letters to newspapers and magazines. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My arms loose and flapping in the wind, I pretend that I am a dragon flying high above the city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Instead, he busied himself peeling loose bark from the tree. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked at the nurse’s loose brown curls for a moment, slipped the item into my jacket pocket, and left. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I prayed that none of the fasteners we’d shaken loose had secured anything crucial. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then, like a taut bow finding release, he sprang to his feet, shaking loose from Bigger and turning to get away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I got up to add wood to the fire, my feet wandered themselves to the pantry, and my hands pulled the loose board there. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew out pins and thread and with little tucks here and there stuffed in the loose materials, then filled the toes of the shoes with tissue paper, until everything fit. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair hung wet and heavy, a loose strand stuck to her forehead, and she could imagine how ragged and wild she must look, but for once she did not care. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I just couldn’t face the thought of leaving any loose ends, so I climbed into the trunk to reach the last two sticks of dynamite. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It vibrated inside my head to the point that I felt my brain had shaken loose from its anchor. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"I let him loose. He doesn't like chains." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pulled my skateboard from my backpack straps and explained that my rear wheel truck was loose, a lie. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The damp wind whipped back loose strands of her hair. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We stayed that way and as the bus rumbled down the road it felt like the whole planet was loose and was bouncing down a long flight of steps. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was time to turn the big dummy loose. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was stuck in a stranger’s barn with seven loose chickens that no one knew were mine, and a hawk-chicken outside. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He wore a Western suit jacket with a vest that closed too tightly around his stomach, but his pants were very loose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swung around above and loosed a dozen arrows into the melee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To their right, a slope of rough stones, loose and precariously balanced, rose high into the dusty gloom. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Behind him, a boy dressed in a loose, sapphire blue pirhan-tumban followed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This one is spectacular, as tall as me, with hair that falls down her back in long loose locks that appear to be made of silk, not stone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The headset came easily, but the microphone switch at the pilot’s belt was jammed in and he had to pull to get it loose. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could barely play the cello, because it meant turning loose of his hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

One man had long blonde hair loose across his shoulders. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The unfrosted light bulb overhead was swinging crazily on its loose wire, and the jumbled black shadows kept swirling and bobbing chaotically, so that the entire tent seemed to be reeling. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her blouse was often half unbuttoned and her shoestrings loose. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After a moment he walked to the door with loose, uncertain steps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I want these men drilled until they can cast loose their guns, run them out, and fire—” he snapped his fingers—“like that! Do you understand?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like a crack head and most of the dudes hated it when a girl got her string cut loose from crack. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning I woke up sore and disoriented to the sound of a loose shutter banging somewhere. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I looked around the boat for loose items that needed to be secured. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And graceful little Alice pulled back her lips in a horrific grimace and let loose with a guttural snarl that had me cowering against the seat in terror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe a piece of wood from the porch had come loose and she was replacing it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Other girls at Thurmond could pick themselves up after a few minutes, shaking off the nausea and disorientation like the loose grass clinging to their camp uniforms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, there were no straps or hoses dangling loose. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shook my hand loose and started to the back of the store. He caught me at the cash register...” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I wondered, briefly, if Irwin would send his check to the hospital after that, and then I thought, "Of course he will, he's a mathematics professor—he won't want to leave any loose ends." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were gamblers or ex-cons or war veterans or what Mom called loose women. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a fish will run right across the surface, skipping and leaping and trying to shake the barb loose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When you went to her house, you had to keep alert because you didn’t want her to come at you from around a corner, her hands loose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flat on his belly, Taran squeezed and fought his way over the loose stones. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Upon his arrival Francis did not get more than halfway through the door before I let loose that the answer to everything was in our hands. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Then everyone started screaming and laughing, or they weren't sure which, but letting loose all the same. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then something began to jiggle loose in my brain. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They were skirting the well in the middle of the square, trying to give the cow monsters some distance, when Hazel stumbled on a loose piece of cobblestone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He lifts a hand to her hair, wrapping a loose tendril gently around his finger before yanking it hard, pulling her face toward his. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A few managed to break loose and make a mad dash for freedom, only to be recaptured in no time, admonished or whipped, or both, and ordered to march again. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of his fur was pretty loose and blew right off of him like a dandelion puff. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gardening at dawn in a thin shift and with loose hair was nearly fun. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Oxo tin's hidden under a loose floorboard where my bed was. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

With their loose sentence structure and the melodic give and take allowing a team approach to conversation I knew they were Guyanese. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Alice picked up a loose stone from the parapet, as big as her fist, and hurled it straight at him, and again he fell. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On February 8, state and local police, erroneously believing that one of their officers had been shot by demonstrators, let loose a fusillade into a crowd of students gathered in front of a dormitory. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had been about to stash away my diary under a loose board. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

These two men—and others—had murdered a boy, and now their fellow citizens had not only turned them loose but were celebrating. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The spring on the trap had caught the mouse at the neck and nearly pulled his head loose. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The head of the ax—the metal part—was loose, and as she swung the ax, it came flying off. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woundwort, feeling his enemy’s fear and helplessness, loosed his hold of the ear and rose above him, ready to bite and tear him across the back of the neck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were always trying to get out, and I had to make sure they didn’t get loose. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chas was still in his uniform shirt from dinner, but without the tie, and Joey and Kevin wore loose sweatpants and T-shirts. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The safety pin is stuck and when he wriggles it comes loose, sticks him in the hip, and starts him screaming for Mam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was nailed shut, but the nails had some give on one side where I could work the lid loose a little. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a pretty little thing: her blond hair hung in loose curls, and her brown eyes were flecked with green. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She is in her early twenties, her hair loose, her heavy-lidded eyes slightly lowered, looking to one side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a sound: a shoe against loose rock. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once, many years before, Katrina had been asked to replace a few threads that had torn loose. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s never told anyone about the loose panes; he always suspected they might come in handy one day. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It had been attached to my chestpack but had worked its way loose and was now out there somewhere in its own orbit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait—” Tiller said, but it was too late, and the bucket had come loose from the rope, and they heard it splosh in the water below. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s hair was tangled in hairpins which had been pulled loose and hung around her head like ornaments. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I told myself I'd misread the signs completely when I got back from school, and my gut knot unworried itself a bit looser. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then Fang suddenly let loose a great, echoing bark, making both Harry and Ron jump out of their skins. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The whole jumble of loose pack hissed and rustled as it rose to the swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The terraqueous globe theory was not underdetermined; in this case the relationship between the theory and the facts was a tight one, not a loose one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then Emma took my arm and yanked me away—down another hall—into a kitchen—out the back door—into an ash-dusted garden—down an alley where the others were running in a loose group. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had the hot, blue eyes usually associated with heavy drinking and loose living. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Although her bindings had come loose, her tiny feet made her body sway pleasantly, her shoes like little bridges. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

People are gathered here in a loose circle, but they remain silent, their faces hidden in shadows. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And she picked him up carefully, avoiding his spurs, and took him outside into the dark, where a loose piece of corrugated iron roofing was banging in the cold wind with a melancholy sound. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They dressed like Americanos but walked with a jaunty hop that made them look as if they were dancing down the street, only their hips were not as loose as Puerto Rican men’s were. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He would have to lift her in his arms; his arms hung loose and did not move; he just stood. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Technically all the pieces were there: loose trousers over tall boots, a linen rubakha, and a stocking cap. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then I pull the cell phone loose from the charger wire, flop down on my bed, and go to work. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the dam, a path of loose dirt and stones veered almost straight up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It had been sagging, loose on my emptied sleeve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I kick loose and then we're up on the first floor, bursting out of the cellar hole. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Today she had on a blue dress with yellow roses, and her honey-colored hair was loose around her shoulders. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grampa claimed he was feeling better, but his skin stayed gray and loose, and he hardly ever showed the passion for things that he used to when I was little. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Callie rises up inside me, wearing my skin like a loose robe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The remaining library walls tremble and shake, scattering dust and loose stones over us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed crazy with anguish, reliving a pain he’d kept locked up all this time, and now that it was loose, it had overwhelmed him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Swords. Axes. Aye, and bows, a hundred more bows, and men to loose the arrows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair was loose, and its ripples shone in the candlelight. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I leave the wine and the little bottles of gin, even though they would help me sleep, even though they would let me slide, warm and loose, into oblivion. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That one dodged his blow, then wrapped around his wrist and shook the axe loose while four other branches wrapped around his ankles, other wrist, and waist. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She pounded the mealies with a long pole until the tough outer husks came loose. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bad form to cut loose in the middle, and then also perhaps hazardous; Jack had once told me no one had ever done that before to Dennis Hoagland. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone discovered a loose board behind some luggage on the back wall. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The screams of the big cat and the deep bellowing voices of my dogs echoed through the mountains as if the demons of hell had been turned loose. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My medals were placed in ajar of loose change. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep your body upright, tight. Everything else loose.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

No family left, no loose ends, no great loss. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair, half up and twisted with a fuchsia ribbon, fell in loose waves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then there was dysentery, the specter of which was raised with every loose stool. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He kicked his boots loose from the stirrups and stretched his legs; the tendons and muscles unlocked from the flexed position of the saddle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Candace downed what had to be half a cup of loose juice. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

That other world was suburban and endless, organized around pot roasts, blueberry pies, fireworks, ice cream sundaes, immaculate bathrooms, and small toy trucks that were loosed in wooded backyards with streams and glens. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I pumped and pushed, my ankles loose and wobbly in my sneakers, my jeans stiff and hot, the whole time seeing Lu out the corner of my eye like a white blur. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her skin becomes yellowish, aged, and hangs loose from her bones. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Jerome laughed, going loose in the body and slapping his hands together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I dreamed it was me lying in that bed, my body wrapped in loose bandages, mummified. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She snapped the tether of consciousness and cut the moth loose, losing the dream in an instant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I...I’ve been trying,” I said, and pulled a loose string on the hem of my dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was drunk, and dirty, and very old, and her mouth was bigger than his mother’s mouth, or his own; her mouth was loose and wet, and he had never seen anyone so black. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They fought the older boys for loose balls, made crisp passes, and managed one run after another against the Fifteens’ goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One whole side of the building had tom loose and fallen away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Um, I live down the street, and my dog got loose, and I can't find him. I was wondering if maybe you heard anything?" Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When she yanked out the first hair, I was sure my brain came loose, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The nurses had told me not to, but I couldn’t resist pulling on them real slow to see how big a scab I could get loose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around midnight they had arrived at the mule barn, finding a rusty padlock on the back door, knocked loose with a whack from a hammer out of Roy Lee’s car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was partly braided but mostly loose, and her eyes were so dark, it looked like she hadn’t slept in days. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I turned Old Dan loose and walked over and picked it up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Totally unconcerned about getting stuck, Joe swerved off the beaten path at a good spot, bucking through loose dirt, sand, and muck to where busted trees lay all about. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of unyielding steel, my fingers sank into loose, warm soil. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I put the beef back, I studied the loose board in the back of the pantry. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first I have to tie up loose ends. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The explosion that followed shook the inside of her ear loose; she was sure that if she bent her head sideways, something hard-soft like cartilage would fall out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to,” I say, playing with a loose thread on the yellow sheet covering the couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was on the opposite site from the loose plank and was apparently locked with a latch and padlock from the outside. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could respond, the baby let loose a pitiful cry. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I liked Sohrab’s laugh: It was loose and free, like he didn’t care who heard it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The refutation of the supposed antipathy between garlic and magnets was like a loose thread on a sweater: pull on it and the whole thing would unravel. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Redtooth dodged back as his request was greeted by howls of derision and some loose pieces of masonry from the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“It might be time to learn. Looks like some boards came loose on this blockhouse.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tools and loose change are scattered everywhere on the floor. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The going was loose and he was heavy, and more than once the scree shifted under his feet and carried him down again in a scramble of dust and gravel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knew I didn’t have the strength to get my body loose from this grip. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I think we’re almost ready to put the stuff away now,” Roger says, giving the loose string one last firm tug. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And if she doesn’t believe in me, if she doesn’t feel the enormity, then I will simply seem like one more crazy person let loose on the world. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He screamed, loosed the stone in his hand, and hit Xan on the left wing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His mouth was like a boy’s anyhow, except looser. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She asks why am I going to Char’s if I’m trying to shake Char loose. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I noticed a certain merchant who followed her hungrily, his lips loose and drooling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must look baffled, because Camel lets loose with a toothless cackle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There were cut lashings of net twine visible there, loose ends dangling, ten or twenty figure eights, cut through cleanly on an angle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The binding had been eaten by mice; some of its pages were loose and crumpled. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the girl had got off the motorbike at the scooter show freestyle jumps, everybody had assumed she was a man, until she’d taken off her helmet and loosed her long hair. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sprinted upstairs and threw himself under the bed, wrenching up the loose floorboard, and grabbed the pillowcase full of his books and birthday presents. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I put on a loose dress and went out to the front yard. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A brazen feeling had broken loose in me, a daring rorwething that had been locked up in my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunkering close against the rocks, it unhinged its saw-toothed mouth and let loose an ear-splitting shriek. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In recent years, dictionaries have come to accept a looser usage, meaning “because of” or “on account of”: Richie threw the suit away due to the hole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, hearing the word at that moment, from someone else, knocked something loose in his mind and it clicked. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In front of the mirror, I let my hair loose and stare at the strange girl facing me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the wind is alive, pressing her robe to her fat, loose hips and bosom. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands are still numbed out and I can hardly walk, so all I can do is sort of fall on top of him and try to shove him loose from her. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was nailing a wall board that had come loose in our room. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

More than anything, she wishes she could take her gloves off and touch the keys and the wallets and the loose change. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair had come loose and fallen out of its elaborate style. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I wrapped the phone cord around my neck,” I said, picking at a loose thread on my jeans. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then, when Marshall discovered that the wooden base of the Diana statue was hollow, and one side was a little loose, they had a perfect secret vault for the storage of sacred records. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark immediately followed Alec’s example and worked at his own noose, finally getting it loose. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I let my hair fall long and loose around my face, which I can never do when the Doctorita is around. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon brushed the loose soil away to reveal a rounded bundle perhaps two feet across. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tenderly, as they walked along, the bird plucked up a strand of hair that had fallen loose from Omakayas’s braid, and then he tucked it behind her ear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The first voice let loose a brief grumble, and silence reigned again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When the crates were opened, they were found to contain loose bits of wood, metal, and painted cloth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter was stunned for a second, and her hands came loose. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As she laughed, a naked man slid his arms around her from be-hind, biting her neck and rubbing the heavy white breasts that hung loose beneath her shift. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They corrected each others work and policed their ranks like soldiers against tardiness, sloppy appearance, and the perception of loose morals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I scanned the room for something stronger and quickly spotted a loose railing on the bed frame. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her hair, white-gold in the sunlight, hung loose down to her hips. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And the feeling that he had let loose a wild, hard rhythm in him that wouldn’t stop. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They work with the Minute Men,” A.M. added, pointing to the opposite side of the library where another group of fifty or sixty men in loose fitting jogging suits gathered. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Straps and ropes for oversize freight lay on the floor, loose and serpentine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Her hair falls past her shoulders in loose waves, not a bobby pin in sight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Doreah washed her hair and combed it out, working loose the mats and tangles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My voice is loose and out of control and doesn't even sound like me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The flying sneakers had always been a loose fit on him, and finally Grover hit a big rock and the left shoe came flying off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Bill startles awake, loosing a thick stream of tobacco juice in my direction. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The Fourth of July was over, but there were still plenty of loose fireworks around. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled myself onto my chest to push myself up, but the board beneath me was loose. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner of her closet, there was a large green-tinted glass jar of loose change shaped like a teakettle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When August turned Zach loose, I saw how much skinnier he looked. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny piece of something came loose from the pile and rolled away, making a sound that seemed huge in the silence. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He had told me to wear comfortable clothes, so I’m wearing the loosest pants and sweater I could find. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Out, along the corridor to the stairs, turn, nock, loose, and another man fell; and already a loud jarring bell was filling the ship with its clangor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my mother wasn’t a prude; she was just afraid of what would happen if she let herself run loose, even for a day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I feel loose now,” he said, swinging his arms. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When it came and Brother Hinton was taken to Harlem Hospital, we Muslims followed, in loose formations, for about fifteen blocks along Lenox Avenue, probably the busiest thoroughfare in Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the track, while other riders flailed and winced and scratched their way around, the Iceman “sat chilly,” as loose as water, his legs and hands supple and still. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull at a loose stitch in the fingertip of my glove. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her face was flushed, and strands of hair had come loose from her bun. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to look at Hassan, but his head was downcast, his shoulders slumped, his finger twirling a loose string on the hem of his shirt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His tooth was loose, and the nurse was pretty sure he'd broken his finger. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But suddenly Father stiffened, hooked up a loose wire, and stood back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding a loose page of a comic book. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The rats would swing the cord round and round, gaining momentum until, judging the right direction, they loosed the cord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I decided to go exotic, with a flower-print sarong, black hair loose and a hibiscus flower behind my ear. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the river, fireboats let loose with their sirens and shot white plumes of water high into the air. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The prop wash peppered me with stinging bits of loose dirt and small gravel, but no big rocks. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He leaned down to turn it loose, still thinking about how best to help it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When the line to the ticket taker had begun to move, Big Ma had gotten teary and mushed us up in her loose- fitting, violet and green muumuu dress. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s not just academics who loose these zombies on the world. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone was so hype, jumping around, trying to stay loose. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The shards already loose in me dug deeper. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stole a glance at Hafa before I moved away, her braid coming loose as she ran back to her house. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The bar creaks beneath me and comes loose, clattering against half a dozen bars on the way down and bouncing on the pavement. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Only, in the far comer of the room, which had been netted off for Cully—loose there, unhooded and deep in moult —they could hear a faint muttering from the choleric infantry colonel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she bent her head forward, and Immie pinned up a couple of pieces on the neck that had come loose. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And the whole time he was trying to rattle them loose, he was picking his nose. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was fiddling with a loose thread on her uniform, wrapping it around and around her finger. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They had made a schedule that said they would check in once a week or so—it was very loose—and that they would call if there was an emergency. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The end that had been tied to her horse’s halter flapped loose in a slight breeze. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He shook himself loose from the slow measured speech of his memory, and smiled. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mesh sagged in certain places where it had come loose from its posts, a victim of the kids who used the yard to play soccer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had pooped in her pants, and it was loose—a real mess. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue-gleaming blade shore through them like a scythe through grass, and they leaped and writhed and then hung loose. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was ideal apple-eating weather; the whitest sunlight descended from the purest sky, and an easterly wind rustled, without ripping loose, the last of the leaves on the Chinese elms. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I heard it, I felt looser, freer. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a loose noodle stuck to the side of the bowl and she carefully pinches it, dangling it above her face before letting it drop into her mouth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She wore her shiny black hair in a loose bun, and wooden earrings dangled from her long earlobes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Papa breathed out, this slow, heavy thing loosed from the bottom of his soul. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She made him sit down on the rim of the pool, tore a strip from the loose part at the top of his tunic, and clumsily but carefully bound up the bite. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He lashed out, but the enemy had already loosed his hold and was beyond his reach. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t do anything obvious, but perhaps he could find a loose thread, or a long splinter from the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Just trying to fix Hector’s car seat. It was getting too loose.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had thrown it over her shoulders like a cape, or worn it loose, hanging open, her hands deep in the pockets. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As her weight crushes me to the dais, the dagger Marcus has flung into her side is jarred loose. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The dog was immediately outside, scratching eagerly, whining and throwing up loose straw as it sniffed along the foot of the bales. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pictures with Carl were taken just inside the entrance, then we were cut loose to enjoy the carnival part: rides, games, delectable delicacies like Koolickles and deep-fried Ho Hos, the whole deal. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Shackleton ordered the sails raised and led the way through the loose pack and pancake ice again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He feels it tighten like a noose, but then the scarf comes loose from his neck, and time speeds up again as Lefty is thrown clear of the auto. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The mainmast was gonna snap if someone didn’t take in that royal or cut it loose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The hairdresser piled my hair high on my head, with loose ringlets cascading over one shoulder, and a white rose pinned behind my ear. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The nurse had tied them into a double knot, the way one does for children, and Shadrack, long unaccustomed to the manipulation of intricate things, could not get diem loose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I let loose, going from one apparatus to the other, trying to copy skills I saw the older gymnasts practicing in the gym. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Winston made a frantic effort to tear himself loose from the chair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His coat hung loose and he was burning muscle. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s a little scary,” I said, grabbing onto that loose thread of hope. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The master chained her in the barn fifty times, and fifty times she loosed the chains and went home. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie’s mother and grandmother sat plaintive all afternoon in the parlor, fanning themselves and sipping lemonade, their hair unsettled and their knees loose. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gramps pulled on one and it came loose. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I remember the two of them were in full uniform—Metias with his jacket open and shirt hanging loose; Thomas neatly buttoned up, with his hair carefully slicked back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Did he have Hope and Dell's loose curls or my tighter, kinkier hair? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then I walk over to the tree, where Tomás has dug a hole out of boredom and is kicking at the loose grapefruits like they’re soccer balls. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He yanked at the bodice, pulling loose the hooks at the side. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We walked awhile more, and then he let loose of the arrow, and it screamed forward, piercing its mark cleanly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath his hands, its soft, loose body struggled and heaved about, and then went dead still. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At the top is a rocky outcrop of boulders and loose stones with shrubs and straggling bushes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

While Papa tended to the team, I turned my dogs loose and let them stretch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They built barricades with sandbags and paving stones that they pried loose from the main courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that was some years back. Right after Pearl Harbor. But now they’ve turned them all loose again. Sent them home. I don’t guess you could keep up with news very well in the hospital.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Courtney Speed appeared at the bottom of the steps, her long black hair piled loose on her head, strands hanging in wisps around her face, which was thin, beautiful, and entirely ageless. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

To the complete surprise of both the hobbits it came loose. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

White would need to tie up these loose ends, but at last a witness had emerged who could directly implicate Hale in the plot. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And now he had found himself at loose ends, having no family of his own to help support and being twelve years of age, finished with school. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami’s sewing machine, the bed, her rocking chair, the small dresser where Papi kept his special things, baked in the sun, their worn surfaces scarred, their joints loose and creaky. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

After a few steps, I stop and kick the ground, spraying up the dust and loose gravel. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

On the loose bottom of the wooden butter-mold was carved the picture of a strawberry with two strawberry leaves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d put her hands up in front of her face and Joey was, very gently, tapping them with loose fists as she taunted him. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subsoil beneath the palm trees was a raised beach, and generations of palms had worked loose in this the stones that had lain on the sands of another shore. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pulled the loose strands of her thin gray hair back into a bun. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Often it must have been damaged, torn, or either left as a loose page or omitted altogether. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If she loosed the arrow now, it would strike him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I shook myself loose and glared at Adrian, sprawled on the locker room floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Melanie got down on her knees and tried to take Marshall’s hands, but he wouldn’t turn loose of Security. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair was wavy and loose, curling around her neck. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He looked about, adjusting the loose belt of his hieb—he wore no coat. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

In his lean body, about which he daily wrapped more tightly his loose girdle, there was a determination to live. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as summer comes around, her family whips out these loose cotton tunics in colorful designs that her grandma sends from abroad. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Even in the darkness her hands had no trouble finding the loose brick, the one with the secret little empty space behind it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, every displaced person milling about on the streets means another pair of eyes looking for the five rebels on the loose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Radar got the doorknob loose, and we each, in turn, peered inside at the unpainted, unfinished wood around the knob. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Thanks," I shouted when we had been set loose. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Abalones are mollusks that cling tenaciously to rocks, and one has to pry them loose. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in ripping it loose, I lost my balance and only Timothy’s hand prevented me from falling in. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Massa Clay got loose and kill the snake,” she added fearfully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot remember being at a loose end here, in the summer holidays when I was your age.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And with one broad swipe of his staff he knocks loose the remaining stars from the sky. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He had a rail-thin body, but with loose, floppy cheeks like a bloodhound. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Instead everyone was in place by the appointed hour, eight o’clock, when the masks went on and all hell broke loose. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on my tiptoes to reach the top shelf, I feel my apron fall loose, the tie at my waist coming undone. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He cut me loose, though, explaining that, thanks to the damage to the gym, we students had “suffered enough.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Wilbur walked up to the fence and saw that the goose was right—one board was loose. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The sand their feet kicked loose made a swirling trail in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Burning seawater streamed down its sides, and it let loose a soul-crushing bellow as it began to pick up speed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Arthur, who had been playing with a loose stone which he had dislodged from one of the machicolations, got tired of thinking and leaned over with the stone in his hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The constellations glittered in the black sky, a star streaking across it like a shimmering loose thread. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

At the same moment the kestrel, all beak and talons, hit the loose earth immediately outside like a missile thrown from the tree above. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at her, watching as she undoes her hair, letting it hang loose for a moment over her shoulders before wrapping it thoughdessly around her hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When, at last, the loose stones and broken bits of things had been cleared away, Egypt looked clean and bare and ready for whatever might be going to happen. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake her hand loose, ready to protest, to remind her about the Biermans and their strawberries. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t last more than a few semesters at any of these schools, finding himself driving with regularity to Arizona, where the booze laws were looser, partying regularly. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

By the time a loose shingle undid him, Donald had conveyed a dozen souls to the Free States. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The plants were not arranged in straight lines, but rather in slow, big curves, like a loose letter S. And of course in the background, at the horizon, rose mountains. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On his bedside table were loose matches, unused stationery, a penny dreadful left facedown at the page he had stopped reading. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The man swung the loose end of the chain, and it struck the boy’s father across the face. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must think Hudson is a loose cannon and I’m the summer school know-it-all. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

If I had not loosed, he would have seen my threats were empty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Madmen loose in the world,” his father muttered, standing there with his hand on the phone. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the rubble pile as Ivan let loose a battle cry and ran at the creature, sword raised. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It’s like everything that was contained and hidden has been let loose. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Several fairies darted over from the garden, hovering around her in a loose semicircle, interrupting the warbling tune with fervent chirping. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Instead she gritted her teeth and moved the arm gently until it felt looser. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her customer said, “It’s cute,” as she paid Mariama, and shortly after she left, a young white woman came in, soft-bodied and tanned, her hair held back in a loose ponytail. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She stood there before me panting, with her hair shaken loose and coiling about her shoulders. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prisoners slept on bunks filled with loose straw. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he’s talking, Roger is forcefully twisting a loose string off his gym shorts. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair fell loose around her shoulders, but Leo didn’t find that attractive. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was time to cut loose and have fun, and not worry about tomorrow. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju had made her tie it, in a loose bow, at her navel and she wondered now if it was truly stylish or if she looked silly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was cut from pale blue glass and was fitted above a thin neck, under which were blowing loose robes of thin yellow silk. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still clutching the sides of the buggy so tighdy that I could not turn them loose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two hundred miles an hour wind had loosed his chains. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

If he had, certainly, all hell would have broken loose. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The retropack, it was hoped, would keep the potentially loose heat shield in place. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She curled a loose strand of hair behind my ribboned braids. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I milked the cow and turned her loose. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With water sloshing over his back, he forced a paw between the logs and pried the top one loose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t learned anything from him except not to set pixies loose.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Here lay a dead Karg with yellow hair long, loose, and bloody; there lay the village tanner, killed in battle like a king. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cut the fish loose is giving up, and that means breaking Rule Number Three. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, he’s fighting inside a thick hide that fills a dog’s mouth like a wad of loose sacking. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lament subsided into bitter tears that left me shaking as if all my limbs would come loose from my body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She motioned to me to follow with a tilt of her head, her long hair loose against her faded grey T-shirt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She chose a skirt and a tube top with a loose white blouse over it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The physical therapist was showing me how to bang loose the poison in his lungs—which he needed done regularly now, to keep it from solidifying, to keep him breathing. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the real room, her moth took stock of real Lazlo, the relaxation of his face, and his long, easy limbs, loose in slumber. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

April and Melanie and Marshall were on their way home through the alley when, by the sheerest luck, Melanie noticed the loose plank. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The straps had broken loose and the saddle had torn away in the whirlpool. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her hem caught on a loose nail in the splintered wooden bench and ripped as she fell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The crisp-skinned pork, sliced from the roasted pig on the spit, smelled delicious, but she knew it was not for her, not with her remaining teeth loose and her gums sore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had been afraid that running might break the loose ankle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flies buzzed over a big, sticky jar of loose candy on the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some of the buttons were coming loose, and when she unbuttoned the first one, it hung down on a single thread. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled the loose board away from the fence, so that there was a wide hole for Wilbur to walk through. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The poor nubs would probably be discovered before they managed to get loose. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In a loose, conversational sense, some implies “some, but not all”: when I say Some men are chauvinists, it’s natural to interpret me as implying that others are not. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a patched set of pants and a loose shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few stray locks of hair had come loose from their ties, and her clothing was rumpled, but she seemed unhurt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve already covered the whole barn more than once, counted the baskets, recounted them, made an attempt to fix the loose board in the wall even tho no one asked me to. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Slanting silver ropes slammed into loose earth, plowing it up like gunfire. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started to say “I think it might be a . . .” but then slipped on loose gravel, and her last word was lost as she scrambled and caught herself before she could fall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Their dad kept an apple cider jug filled with loose change down in his basement workshop. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

If Anya set two elves loose—two elves that the tsar wanted kept alive in his dungeons—would Vasilisa leave Papa in Rûm? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They were all dressed alike, in either denim jackets or the big, black loose cotton tunics that reached to their hips and had wide, winglike sleeves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now he noticed that loose peas, like little green marbles, were all over the ground, like a hundred pods had just exploded. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The next dawn, Willis was at the dock with him, loading in a jug, some cheese sandwiches, and some corn muffins, then casting him loose, waving him out into the incoming tide. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They kind of swarmed all at once in confusion, like a cloud of bees busted loose from their hive. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you set a squirrel loose in the house?” she demanded to know. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It summoned up all its courage and let loose a mighty croak, which cracked the acorn to bits and freed the witch. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When she’d been a Christian, she had felt connected, too; but when she left the Church, she felt loose and free and light, in a universe without purpose. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as she closed the door she heard voices and instinctively touched her loose hair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so lovely that he seemed to shed a brilliant radiance and his long, black hair hung loose far down his back. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The shoulder strap was torn from the back and hung limp and loose on the side, and there was an extra rip under the armpit. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry walked over to the bed, openmouthed, treading on a few loose pages of Travels with Trolls. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A smallish woman with her hair swept up in a loose bun and a smile painted on her face greets us at the door. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She’s about six years old, in a plaid jumper dress, white T-shirt, bobby socks and shoes, her hair loose from its braids, right hand gripping something against her chest. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Bailey places the loose page on top of the book and tucks it under his arm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sole of my right shoe had come loose and flapped with each step. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Along the coast, where Tisquantum and Massasoit lived, villages often were smaller and looser, though no less permanent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Through carved archways they could see spacious courtyards filled with greenery, and there were great buildings that looked like palaces, for all that the steps were cracked and the doorframes loose from the walls. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father comes around the corner and pauses, staring at me, his arms loose at his sides, his hair uncombed, and his face lined. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Sorry to be so late. We had to cover a big story about a truckload of chickens loose on the highway.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ray cut away at the gums and rocked the jaws from side to side like a gruesome set of false teeth until they came loose. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

To do things involving practiced skills, you need to turn loose the systems of muscles and nerves responsible for each maneuver, place them on their own, and stay out of it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he moves easily, caught up in the rush, and other times he’s tense and taut and wants Alex to work him loose and take him apart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He set out, visiting the work sites, tying down ladders, packing up tools, brushes, loose tiles, Sheetrock. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The chair came apart in his hands, the screws which had previously connected its several sections ripping out and hanging loose. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I take a breath and loose the bolt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And more loose straw, falling down on them. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The puppies were kept on board the ship, where they occasionally got loose and ransacked the stores. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

His father could sense the rising wind, and besides, it would shake the loose windowpanes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And like a giant exclamation point on her words, the world lets loose a violent thunderclap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She stand up and let loose my hand. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Party noises hung in the air: loud music, the raised voices and high laughter of boys and girls, all of them looser and freer than they would be the next day. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I always wore my watch loose, back when I had one. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The boy noticed that his mother had stopped rocking; the loose boards did not rattle as the chair moved on them. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was only one rule: Only take loose change. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

You got to think how to get loose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I slip on her high heels and let my hair loose and admire myself in the mirror. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pieces of hair fall loose from his ponytail and he brushes them behind his ear in that little movement that makes me feel all liquidy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rahel, standing on the car seat, had grown out of the Plymouth window like the loose, flailing horn of a car-shaped herbivore. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to wonder at times if the shadow he had loosed might have grown weak, or fled somehow out of the world, for it came no more into his dreams. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

So they pretended they were tired of riding, and let the old horse loose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I ease my way through a crack in the fence, push aside the loose board, and crawl underneath the porch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m fireproof. That’s not the first Flame Serpent to get loose, I’m afraid.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A few loose peas fell to the ground. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas helped as the Builders gathered every loose item they could find and piled them in the gaps, nailing things together as best they could. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Said, ‘It’s time for everyone to stop wagging loose tongues.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn't loose by the morning and it wouldn't slip off. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Books tumbled down, and loose papers rained on the floor at my feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She pulls at the ends of her jump rope and shakes it loose. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sammy gave a gulp so loud everyone in the tent heard it, then he let loose of his pants and they dropped right ’round his ankles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I reach in and pull it loose and look at the label. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They tore chunks loose and hurled them at the detectives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s in a room dimly lit by warm light, pulling his tie loose. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt as if she had left her pearls lying loose for too long and it was time to gather them and guard them more carefully. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He worked his way onto the small platform and avoiding the cranking, spinning blades he grabbed the loose wire. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranee notices her granddaughter tucking loose curls behind her ears, fingering her earrings, leaning a bit closer with every story. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The distance back to the front of the building seemed miles away, and in his haste Fadi faltered, tripping on loose gravel. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But I liked her better with her hair loose. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The boat’s rope must be floating deep, loose inside the water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her sister’s skin hung loose, like a hollowed frog’s, as if she had shrunken inside it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched them stumble and crawl up the loose clay of the steep riverbank. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The engineer set them loose from the boxcar. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It be like being told you are too sweet, too loose, too woman and not enough girl, too girl and not enough woman. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

All my fear lets loose...all my hurt...even anger that Mama Ya-Ya is dead. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Meg drew her aside, under pretense of pinning up a loose braid, and said approvingly, “It was dreadfully provoking, but you kept your temper, and I’m so glad, Jo.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He advocated thrift and hard work and disapproved of loose women who turned him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Involuntarily Frodo loosed his hold and put his hands over his head and ears. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Where I hid my Omega is a work of genius and second in security only to my Oxo tin under the loose floorboard. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Since the school closed, I had been running loose, and yet not running very far at all, sticking closer to our barracks now than ever before. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows were still loose, and I had to do something about them, anyway. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It swung open, and a stranger in loose gray clothing shuffled in. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Looking into the room, he noticed that the loose monkey was spending most of its time hiding behind the cages. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she plucked at a thread on her ragged cape or bent over to pull on her socks, which were loose and tended to slide down around her ankles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lula stood talking with her mother, the tiniest beads of sweat on her nose, her loose hair a silver-and-gold cataract in the sun. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Moody, gliding to a stop across the street, saw a slender girl in a long, crinkly skirt and a loose T-shirt with a message he couldn’t quite read. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pried her loose from the wood spar, for her fingers were locked there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When she had to rip it loose, she began to cry and could not be comforted. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for Kenzi and Simeon, this was where they could let loose. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The frightened animals bolted through a rail fence, overturning the wagon and kicking themselves loose from the tongue. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although they hadn’t found Julio, and they were still worried that a killer was on the loose, they also knew that Julio most likely wouldn’t survive on his own in the harsh and unforgiving jungle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

This time he felt the bone at the base of the brain and he hit him again in the same place while the shark tore the meat loose sluggishly and slid down from the fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert Einstein stood on the porch of his rented cottage, looking cool, tan, and relaxed in loose pants, a T-shirt, and slippers. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sold loose teas in all sorts of interesting flavors. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the table and snapped the corner of a loose card. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw stood just outside the door, moving his toes about in the loose gravel, listening to the soft, rough sound it made. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt walked out onto the track with a bucket, burning off a little nervous energy by picking up loose pebbles and clumps of dirt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brushes away some loose shreds of lettuce. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"No bragging to your friends. No loose talk. No nothing." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Madam let loose on me in the kitchen after the gentlemen had taken Master Lockton to Ashley’s Tavern for a night of beer drinking and pipe smoking. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair shone brassy gold in the artificial light, falling loose and wild down her back. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Our hogs ran loose on the range in those days, the same as our cattle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wore a loose, open bag around my neck so I could easily drop the rocks in with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He could hear its breath and the loose gravel flying under its paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the boy reach back and rip loose the final wooden board. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

By the time the competition realized the threat—usually when Bien fired a perfect cross or let loose with a bicycle kick—it was often too late to react. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The outfits worn by my fellow students were, in my opinion, either way too tight or way too loose. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Still she took it and put it in a deep pocket in a very loose fitting white dress that she had made herself from the cloth that I had brought her on my last visit. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes, saw the blue kite spinning wildly like a tire come loose from a speeding car. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Kings backed out, in a loose circle around Tariq and the big man. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the rope that had gone into the crevice was loose now. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This is when there are few starfish feeding, for they are as hard to pry loose from an abalone as an abalone is to pry from a rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heave my full weight on it, and the rivets pop loose. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Slowly and sadly he gathered up all his presents and his birthday cards and hid them under the loose floorboard with his homework. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Zoe let loose two quick arrows that exploded at their feet in clouds of sulfurous yellow smoke. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And while they were down there the rope came loose and they drifted out to sea and got stranded with no oars. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Flecks of loose limestone crumbled off the cave ceiling and rained onto her shoulders. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Grady and Bill are both grunting, bracing their legs to keep me from getting loose. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I felt my spirit snapping loose, soaring above my body and looking down at the scene. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods helped me to pry the lashing loose until it fell away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for me it was simply loose, terrible business. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People seem pretty excited about what you’ve done. There’s a lot of loose talk out in Mansfield. Do you think this represents a real threat?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morrie was in his wheelchair by the kitchen table, wearing a loose cotton shirt and even looser black sweatpants. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried that if I moved my head too hard, I might knock some tears loose. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Ancient chuckled and loosed his donkey to drink. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the meantime I could let loose clouds of smoke and die by suffocation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the gargoyles pulled themselves loose from the stone and padded down the side of the tower to where Bran clung, he knew he was not safe after all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, when Hyacinth let Franz loose, she did not count on someone coming home at that exact moment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Someone had replaced the loose board and nailed it into place with big, long nails, and some fresh strands of barbed wire had been strung around the top. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover hovered above the pool in his flying sneakers, trying to pull the net loose, but it wouldn’t budge. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

This is true whether you’ve hung pictures, hung loose, hung out, hung laundry, or hung up. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no telling where he would let loose the next explosion. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The impact must’ve jarred something loose in my brain, because suddenly the directions came rushing back to me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He knots it three times, binding the book closed with the loose page against the cover, the cards securely pressed inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I caught a glossy black feather that fluttered loose from Old Familiar’s back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A loose shutter on the second floor banged against the side. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

With all those eyes focused on him, the ball popped loose from Don’s hands without anyone’s touching him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trained to remain calm while sorting through loose snippets of information. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flickering light cast a topaz glow over the narrow verandah, over the stubby gray hairs on Papa-Nnukwu s chest, over the loose, soil-colored skin on his legs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, she drew back from his touch and a pin shook loose from her hair. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With how dark it had been, Katz would have only been able to see his loose curls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My flip-flop slips on some loose earth, and all at once I’m skidding downhill. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Messes” of loose paper, clothing, or toys are to be stacked into “neat messes.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The spear came loose and clattered to the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push myself farther back against the bank, and some of the loose dirt and rocks give way. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His jacket and shirt hang open, his cravat is a loose tangle, and his sailor pants are worn at the knees. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A mound of loose white sand was visible at the entrance. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Try as I might, he wouldn’t turn loose. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, when my arm is good and loose, I start talking. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom retrieved Sunflower and held her while the volunteer mounted up and Joe helped adjust the loose rope. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sighting Karen with her two friends to the right and beneath the scoreboard, Ben waved to them and winked as he retrieved a loose ball. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So this is where my journey of breaking loose from the “system” began. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I grab the loose Halloween picture of Esme dressed in waders, holding a fishing pole, and Henry dressed as a giant fish. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Groundsel, who felt that he ought to set an example, himself dug his way into the loose, fallen soil of one of the bank runs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a loose rock and tossed it, watching it absently as it bounced to a stop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was a brief volley; a few rebels who could not hold their fire, terrified at the approach of their King’s army, let loose a round without harm to any. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Keep him on rein, but on a loose rein. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry, Ben. I dare not loose the dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once she tried to interest me in it, when I was thirteen and miserable and at loose ends. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The force of his movement shook the rat loose and it sailed through the air and struck a wall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

June gathered up all her loose papers into a neat little stack and tucked them inside the journal while Ivy watched. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could hear Mrs. Henning gossiping on her front stoop and dogs barking at a pig running loose in the street. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of strands come loose from his ponytail and tumble to his forehead. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They were big men, and fierce, faces covered with thick beards, hair worn loose past the shoulders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I asked cousins and other Chinese children whether their mothers had cut their tongues loose, they said, “What?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled my loose hair and wound it around her sticky fingers. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Now the index fingers of both hands press the buttons, and—ka- lump—the press comes down. But one finger on a button will release it—ssssss—the steam lets loose. Sssst—the water squirts.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Frank had feared, a loose ring of campfires glowed in the woods, completely surrounding the property, but the house itself seemed untouched. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Many people, particularly sticklers, are under the impression that every bubbe meise ever loosed on the world by a self-proclaimed purist will be backed up by the major dictionaries and manuals. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A meter’s worth of precious copper tore loose in his hands and dust clouds enveloped him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The loose pant legs of my pajamas flap as I move, and I almost feel like I’m growing taller with each step. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But over the next few days, there’s an itchy feeling inside me that I can’t seem to shake loose. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Facing the prospect that something else had gone wrong—that Blackie Thompson had sprung loose—he picked up the receiver and heard the urgent voice of one of his agents. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

This time I let them loose in the yard, where they hopped around hunting food, perching on Rontu who by now had gotten used to them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Man could collar the heavies but if they did they would just let the dogs loose and the bust would be wacked out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We herded the cattle into pens, and untied the poor hogs and turned them loose in the hog pens, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball had popped loose, it was wobbling in the end zone. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When he pulled it, the knob came loose in his hands; he was too tired and sick to laugh at this truck, but he would have if Helen Jean had been there. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I turned it loose on an unsuspecting Mars. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he is loose he cannot do that” “You could strike him yourself, Mam,” said the Kestrel, “judiciously, you know.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fought to break loose, and she fumed: “You’ll know me well today!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fly of his pants was unbuttoned and one of his shoes was flopping loose on his foot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a buzz of anticipation, I sprung out of bed and found the loose board, only to have Shady call upstairs. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nailer grabbed another loose maintenance panel, then looked up at where it had fallen from. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘It’d be nothing short of murder to turn him loose with all these wolves about.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was lean, hard muscle, where Reek was loose, grey skin and brittle bones, a white-haired starveling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some wrote small and cramped; others, loose and sprawling. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A tamed fox, set loose in the wild? You know he might be dead, don’t you?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They don't work on the Sabbath, but they have a fairly loose understanding of what constitutes "work" anyway and usually spend their free time dancing to jazz records. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As I grew, I longed to wear the uniforms I saw the big girls wearing when they arrived each day: shalwar kamiz—a long deep blue tunic and loose white pants—and white headscarf. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The sound met the air like a real voice, and her body had mass like a real body—though she knew it followed a looser set of rules. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Nailer scrambled a little farther into the duct, ripping more staples, hurriedly yanking extra copper loose. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had left the front flap of our tent loose, and the wind had blown it against the stove. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly, holding on to her wrapper that seemed so loose it would slip off her waist any minute. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Missing settled over the girls like a sudden coat of snow shaken loose from an awning, and they moved forward on autopilot, dazed smiles in place, and stated their names and representative states. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The ladders of meaning that led from every one of the alethiometer’s thirty-six symbols, down which she used to move so lightly and confidently, felt loose and shaky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Turns out it weren’t nothing crucial, just a loose connection on the fuel line. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was blowing hard, and garish petals shook loose and tumbled back among the cars, sticking to the damp windshields like bits of confetti. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She shook the loose powder from her puff. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sleeves of the sweater had stretched so that they hung loose and made his hands look very small. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

From under her pointy hat fell a cascade of gray braids that she always had done in the colder months, her tight curls loose and flowing whenever it was warm out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He felt teeth loose in his mouth, an ache in his jaw. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him. I have seen dead men with more humor than your Ser Alliser." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her skin was loose and her ears buzzed, but she was filled with a kind of strength that had been missing the day before. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His uncle’s wife had nothing active in her body except her tongue and this she now loosed upon Wang Lung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Right,” I say, pulling at the loose strings on her flowered comforter. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

If that happened, everybody agreed that all hell would break loose. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora smiles her tiny smile, and her hair is loose and wavy, and there’s actually kind of a lump in my throat. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When I crouch and look under, down at the bottom by the keel, I can see where one whole plank has come loose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Edward patted her shoulders and hands and comforted her as well as a small boy could and cheered her by wiggling his loose front tooth. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made us feel surrounded on both ends—like we had a future and a past all bundled up in her round dark cheeks and loose curls. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But Kathy let loose a fusillade of pungent suggestions, leaving them dumbfounded and momentarily speechless. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He watched me joking with Sharif, watched Soraya and me lacing our fingers together, watched me push back a loose curl of her hair. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Asleep in my chambers. Her Grace does not allow Ghost in her presence. She claims he scares the princess. And so long as Borroq and his boar are about, I dare not let him loose.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I watched a long loose line of geese zigzag across the sky. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Two young mechanics in loose jumpsuits smoke cigarettes with oil- creased hands. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spins me and dips me and runs his fingers through my long, loose hair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as she spoons loose tea into a strainer and pours the boiling water over it into two cups. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

One’s magnetic and directional subsenses are all wrong on other planets; when the intellect won’t or can’t compensate for that wrongness, the result is a profound bewilderment, a feeling that everything, literally, has come loose. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wound my braid into a tight ball, then arranged and snipped the loose silk strands until they fell into a neat tassel. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gears were starting to shift into place inside Thomas’s head as well, almost as if a prior memory was beginning to break loose. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When she wiggles a hand loose, she slaps at him. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She was kneeling on the carpet again, stiffly shuffling together the loose photographs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sixteen had always seemed the magic age that signaled the beginning of freedom, when Mama and Grandma might let loose their hold and let me go out with my friends on pre-dates. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water rises through the clay to meet it, but cannot proceed further because the sand is too loose for further capillary action. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If they would shoot a grieving mother, they might shoot a woman with loose legs.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Jinny stepped out of her loose pants and kicked them aside. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Joel lets his chickens loose in a pasture, he is using their natural instinct to clean up after herbivores. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My loose post wasn’t even along the border anymore. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her white shirt is buttoned all the way up to her neck and hangs loose over her shoulders. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The meat hook fell from her grip, though she never loosed her hold on it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As the ship had gone onto its side, the service panels that had been in place on the floor had come loose and fallen free, revealing the huge gears and interlocking hydraulic systems. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her thoughts loosed themselves from their everyday moorings and wandered. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five: Twenty years ago, as the senior prank, someone had let the biology teacher’s pet python loose. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She whisks me into the back office: she doesn’t want me dangling around in the empty gallery, at loose ends while the first revelers trickle in, she doesn’t want me looking unsuccessful and too eager. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It must have scared Horse because he let loose and jumped back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wearing soft, loose clothing of vampire-bat wool, he swanned around his palaces with a bowl of palm wine or chicha, a sweet, muddy, beer-like drink usually made from crushed maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But here are a couple of loose ends you may want to tie up. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was behind us, running as only the dead can run, tirelessly, her white hair wild and loose in the wind, her gray dress fluttering. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I knew the first one was from Carlos, but not all the rest of them, because I didn’t recognize the lettering, plus they were too loose. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He wonders what her face looks like without her glasses, when her hair is loose. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the loose parts were then lashed together with vine and tree bark. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

In Thomas’s mind, Newt was in charge, but he could also be a loose cannon sometimes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I have dark hair and a wide jaw and stumpy legs; Mom has loose blond curls, a narrow chin, and legs like a supermodel. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Shadow observed, with a wry amusement, that the bows of the stringed instruments, played by mechanical arms, never actually touched the strings, which were often loose or missing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Ancient asbestos fibers and mouse grit puffed up around him as the wire tore loose. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m surprised by how loose my body goes, how relieved I am by this. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So it was important to check the fences regularly, just in case there were breaks or any loose wire. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The ring of mist that surrounded the island was looser somehow, so the sunrise blurred rather than creating its usual clear pictures. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her hair is loose—long chestnut curls that fly behind her like a capelet, a few strands braided with gleaming silver thread. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, like my sister, I leave it hanging loose, but my reflection still shows Tara Das, and Tara Das only. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think it was anything,” he said, his voice loose and wandering. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Pollard tried to rally him, but he was blocked by traffic until deep in the stretch, when he shook loose and flew up, almost catching Professor Paul for the win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to follow in his tracks, take shovelfuls of loose dirt and rocks and clumps of old crabgrass, toss everything into piles on my right. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Aimee grabbed for the loose coin that was standing upright and rolling across the floor, but it got away. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Right when I took the last sip of loose juice, I felt a tap on my shoulder. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It sounded as though a giant was walking on loose gravel. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the exposed parts of me through the boy’s eyes: the scrawny waist, loose pants moldy and spotted, bug bites up and down my arms, bruises from Anastasia’s bite still healing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The knots in the wet and swollen rope were loose, and I figured that Mr. Kendall had already struggled with them while the branch he stood on sagged further and further toward breaking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I felt foolish, but I pulled off a loose button and gave it to him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Cold on the porcelain, her hair was down, loose around her shoulders, and matted with dried blood. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Dimple picked awkwardly at a loose thread on her sleeve. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I looked over my shoulder at the choppers as they landed, blowing away the loose grass and debris on the ground. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of look like the god Shiva on my pendant, my right leg unmoving in the cast and my left leg on the loose. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Macey picked up the loose story threads the best she could. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He held his forehead, letting loose a string of oaths. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She washed her face and put on make-up, combed and puffed her hair in a loose pompadour. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned me loose and took hold of my chin, tipping my head back, looking straight into my face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But even Father could hardly order her to do push-ups if he detected a loose thread. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s only two feet away, her hands loose around the ax handle. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They scrubbed her clean and dressed her in sandsilk, loose and flowing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But just turn one loose in a car and he’s bound to show off. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I do. I feel lighter and looser. It’s like I was holding my breath for all this time but didn’t realize it.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It hung there, half asleep, sagging in its own loose hide like it was dead. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had known that things were bad, but my mother’s tears had let loose something in me: fear. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hafa’s long braid, longer than mine, had started to come loose and she didn’t have a tie. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I ran leaning forward, my arms and legs like pistons, head straight and still, hands loose, breathing controlled. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Inside, the mother fussed at them—their sloppy clothes; their long, loose hair; their looking tired, too skinny, too made up, and so on. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The rowers in the ship’s boats had loosed their tow ropes and turned back toward the cog, stroking hard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to tell him it was all over, that the lion was dead, to turn loose as I wanted to see how badly he was hurt. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the moment that he raised his head and looked out over their faces again, his tongue was loosed and he was filled with the power of the Holy Ghost. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He picked up a handful of loose soil and rubbed it between his hands. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He hollered for Bull to cut him loose, which was all right with me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His tie was loose and his shirt was wrinkled. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m in the middle of a story about our cute math teacher when Sonia reaches out and touches my hair, which hangs loose to my waist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying too hard and plucking on his loose, instead of leaving it to the bow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, brushing down my dress and adjusting the clip in my hair, which was coming loose. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His hands were jammed deep in the pockets of his loose canvas pants, and his dented hat sat on the back of his head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d always been a mild kind of kid, rolling with the punches, loose and carefree, running around the track while the other kids sat uptight during practice sessions. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spoke for a few minutes, and because I wasn’t really seriously considering a job, I was loose, sarcastic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw that his skin was looser than she remembered. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the evening, she was a pretty strange sight, with bits of loose hair everywhere which she wouldn’t bother to push away off her face when she talked to you in her quiet, deliberate voice. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour or two I felt something fall loose and heavy on my sock. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Got loose, he did! My dancing bear. World famous!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she loosed the arrow from her bow, a sharper one than I expected. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My hands go automatically up to my hair, which is loose and hanging past my shoulders. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Cut the fish loose, or find a way to keep rowing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I found them in a Lucky Bill cigar box under a loose floorboard,” I answered a little too quickly, and it made me sound guilty. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"You're enough to give the devil himself fits! Haven't I so muddled their brains they want to turn you loose? And you reward me with a royal squawk!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The one they had was a crumbling white beast, long-suffering but dependable, filled with ladders and wood and rattling with loose screws and brushes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She knew he was standing there because the stairs up to the second floor porch were loose and squeaked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The green plaster over the kitchen sink had finally cracked loose, leaving a powdery-white hole as big as a fist. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting under the dessert table, nibbling at an oatmeal raisin cookie and wiggling a loose tooth with my tongue, when two boys walked up. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the drive to the clinic, I try not to let my hopes run loose, but they rush with the water under the bridges. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down to where music drifts out the doors of bars, and people are looser and altogether more free. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about how Papa had hidden all the good jewelry under the loose tile in the living room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But I won’t deny that there may be a screw or two loose. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he threw back his head and let loose a laugh, which shocked the room even more. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A hovercar passed overhead, blowing a maelstrom of dust and loose wood chips into her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“As soon as they come in sight, Fflewddur, Doli, and I will charge them from the flank. When they turn to give battle, loose your arrows.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was another one that was a painting of water lilies done in a very loose way. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something jangled as he moved; a set of keys, maybe, or loose coins in a pocket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Horrible, it was horrible," Otis Amber said with a shudder that sent the loose straps of his leather aviator's helmet swinging about his long, thin face. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He goes on and on, a loose ball racing downhill. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes and let his vision go slack and loose the way he had back at Petey’s house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gone her neat bun; her hair hung loose, tucked behind her ears. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it wouldn’t budge, but slowly it gave...like coming loose from strong glue. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The sweater under his suit jacket would be buttoned all the way up, but I know his thoughts are not—they are loose. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Before I can even register my own movements, I’m on my knees, phone light aimed at the ceiling, trying to get my fingernails under the loose floorboard. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He’d snort and wheel to run and fall back against his tie rope, trying to break loose. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I’m a falconer, too. You set her loose, and as soon as I’m gone, you’ll whistle and she’ll come right back.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard and the other exercise riders were given instructions to simply lean on his neck, sitting still and leaving the reins loose, so that the horse could choose his own pace. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And arms are like nothing, especially in your loose top.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Her long frizzy hair was damp and hung loose down her back, plaited only at the very end. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wordlessly, she reaches up to the nape of her neck and undoes the loose bun she wears when cooking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In 1997 it proposed a very loose set of rules that gave agribusiness everything it wanted. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Asteroids, as most people know, are rocky objects orbiting in loose formation in a belt between Mars and Jupiter. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Inside the big envelope were dozens of loose photographs, old ones in black and white and in faded colors. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Arwin chases Cody to our work area, and loose straw flies. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He dragged it out of the heap of fence posts, hauling it loose from the ones it was stapled to, and began to work on the paddle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

If only this fancy gray dress had a nice loose pocket in front for her poetry book! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When I come close, he sits up straighter and tucks loose strands of hair behind his ears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She realized it was Frank, grumbling as he tried to extract himself from a pile of loose rope. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Below were two men in loose black clothing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It is well worn and the stitching is coming loose. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Any more and he would shake himself loose and fall, forever. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"How do I know it's legitimate? The boys in my custody have proven themselves dangerous to society. Am I supposed to just turn them loose any time someone hands me a piece of paper?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

You look like a puppet, when all the strings have gone loose.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Twice they had stabbed him, once in the back leg, and again right through the loose skin and fur at the scruff of his neck. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His shirttail was loose, making a little skirt around his slim hips. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the sack of clothing Horatio brought, I pulled on an embroidered shirt that belonged to my father and a pair of worn breeches whose loose fit would hide the roundness of my hips. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My feet come loose and I try to stand up and I have to lean some of my weight on her. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

As he talked, the crumbs came dribbling out of the corner of his loose mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of the thick, leathery skin along the trunk had come loose and crumpled in a heap about the massive foot: Senor Saguaro had lost his pants. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And, as before, the ground was all holes and mounds of loose dirt. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He wore an ancient flat straw hat, blue jeans, both coat and trousers, and heavy shoes of which one sole was loose so that it slapped the ground when he walked. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often unraveled my hair and wore it loose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put back the loose tile and tapped it down. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“One of the limos must have broken loose,” said the Porcupine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite daily maintenance, there was a very real danger that any given rope might pull loose under body weight. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A mood of reserved shock had come over most of the Gladers, who were milling about with solemn faces, kicking loose rocks and not saying much at all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mtisha said no, that she wasn’t thinking about cutting me loose, but there was a moment of hesitation before she said it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were not loose, but stuck down tight in moss and sand, and were black and shiny, as if they had been polished. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a sand-hued wrap, a kind of sari, except it was looser than that, as if it had just been unwound and then only casually repinned. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s clad in a loose black robe that softens the disdain on her masked face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“What a mess,” I heard him mutter to himself, trying to shake his pant leg loose of a blackberry vine that had meandered onto the walkway. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Territorial empires are tightly controlled but costly to maintain; hegemonic empires are inexpensive to maintain, because the original local rulers incur the costs of administration, but the loose tie between master and vassal encourages rebellion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I asked Salatin why the chickens had been let loose in the pasture instead of fed in a chicken coop. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Tables sat lopsidedly on a loose- plank floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully he pulled it down, tied the loose ends and put the brake on the turning blades. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's wearing yoga pants and a loose shirt, and her auburn hair is twisted up in a high bun. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dolores’s loose hair tickled her shoulders as she followed the curve of the highway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The stitching from my sandals is coming loose, my toes are crusty, and my knees are ashy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She emptied it of coins, a few crumpled money bills, a giant key, some loose buttons, and a pink comb, lining her treasures on a table. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my best efforts, a tear broke loose and slid down my cheek. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His hair is mussed, his necktie is loose, and he’s already shrugging out of his sport coat. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger stood, her loose gown billowing about her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then they tied down or put away anything that was still loose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His hair was a big loose Afro because it was a little stringy. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the Masters and from ancient Lore-Books Ged learned what he could about such beings as this shadow he had loosed; little was there to learn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The unripe pods were either green or vividly yellow, the ripe pods either loose or tight. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The office looks like a hybrid got loose in here too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He chugged two cans at once, lifted his head like a wolf baying at the moon and let loose with a burp so loud it must have deafened house pets three houses over. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like my arm will be torn loose. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She pried herself loose from the bar before the bartender could stop her and came over to Ignatius, who was huddled against the stage as if it were a warm stove. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the pig wrenched the statue loose from its pedestal, I let go. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Strands of hair have come loose from her chignon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was scrambling toward the man from behind, with the loose rope in her hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bowed and the soft flesh of her breasts hung loose and curved like cow udders. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was a clang, and a pack of hyenas was let loose from one of the side gates. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In his sleep, his fingers tug his shirt ruffles loose. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He banged away in frustration, as though he could knock the music in him loose. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My muscles are warm and my body feels loose. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bracelet must have come loose when I’d shaken it and dropped straight off my wrist. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sorrowfully they cast loose the funeral boat: there Boromir lay, restful, peaceful, gliding upon the bosom of the flowing water. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She’d love a cup of tea but there’s no way of boiling the water till Malachy pulls a loose board off the wall between the two upstairs rooms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tugged at a loose thread on my bedspread. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My bare feet slip a bit in the loose sand on the side of the road. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

At the door I paused; the place was already full, jammed with vets in loose gray shirts and trousers and women in short, tight-fitting, stiffly starched gingham aprons. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran my hand roughly through my hair, ending up with a few loose strands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Roy poked the tip of the dead branch through the loose dirt, but it yielded no clues. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then opened the roar of loose declaration in favor of 'Squatter Sovereignty.’ Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But language changes, and upright citizens have been using hopefully in that looser way for ages. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In comparison to theirs, our raft wallows dangerously low, its inflated sides loose and sagging. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on my hands in her cramped, sweltering office that has shelves covering every wall, each stuffed with piles of books and loose papers looking ready to whip around the room in a windstorm. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If you will excuse me, Madam,” said Balan, “perhaps we could manage the ordeal tonight? I believe the candidate is loose, for I did not hear him being tied up.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the small canvas bag of money under my loose shirt. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the barbed wire was loose—because Max had made it loose—giving just enough space to crawl beneath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s really gross the way Timmy lets loose with flying gobs of spit. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her loose white dress contrasted with her creamy brown skin, and a three-plated gold torque covered much of her chest and neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It even covers his head, and there is a glass mask for his eyes—like the wet suits skin divers wear in cold water, only looser and bulkier. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I see a mane of heavy black hair come loose, and my heart seizes—it’s Laia. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

To Mia’s astonishment, when she pried the house key loose from the key ring and handed it back, Mrs. Delaney pulled her into an uncharacteristic hug. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jerking loose from me, he ran over to the tree, reared up on it, and started bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something broke loose and whirled in a blaze of flickering light and pain. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Your hair was long and loose and you wore an emerald and gold salwar kameez. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was deep blue, as finely made as Father Olufemi’s, but far looser on his bony frame. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Fighting him, Maniac, straining to get loose and bust some Cobras. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the ceiling as though there is a full moon up there, and I let loose a long wolf howl. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly she pulled it loose and held it out. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he shook loose a smoke from the pack Bud had given him, set the weed in his mouth, and lit it—flame flared up before his eyes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, he's known for busting a head or two if your lip gets too loose on him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Or did he shake my brain pan loose and I’m over there dead on the ground... The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And then she cut loose like a wild woman and paced the room back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her hair was loose, covering most of her face, but the eyes that looked up at him were brimming with feeling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The man on his left lifted up his loose black shirt and pulled out the heavy pistol that he had stuck under his waistband. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a chance that the mother tiger broke loose and came across the river,” Baba said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Putting his last strength into the effort to remain where he was, he loosed his teeth from Woundwort’s shoulder and dropped his head, like a cart horse straining at a load. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poetry aims for an economy of truth—loose and useless words must be discarded, and I found that these loose and useless words were not separate from loose and useless thoughts. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I put most of the silverware, loose and clattering, in bags. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“If they wash loose, they will be crushed among the boulders!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Didu reclaims her sofa spot and the loose end of her white sari floats across my lap. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m in the audience, flailing my arms like an idiot, signaling for Tanisha to let loose. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I felt around it but the rope was no longer tied to it He'd cut the raft loose! The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then a ball jerked loose from the basketball game nearby and rushed toward her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I saw the Japanese wood block of the ocean waves and shifted the loose stack with my fingertips. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mother laughed so hard that her ringlets fell loose from the kerchief she had tied around her hair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her toe stubbed on a loose rock in the street, and she felt a jolt of pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Their Noise washes down the hill like a flood let loose right at me, like a fire, like a monster the size of the sky come to get you cuz there’s nowhere to run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even the Latest Model was aware that all hell was liable to break loose at any time after Dad submerged under the black cloth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question, like a hit to the temple, jostled something loose in my head, and suddenly my heart was in a panic. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Roza hid the heavy knife under a loose stone in the floor. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Georgie reached out over the water to prod a few leaves loose with his stick. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He finally shakes me loose and wheels and pushes me hard with his knuckles against my breastbone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most are suspicious that Irene will pocket loose change or a pen or keys or whatever. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I taught you better than that, Hiram. Any good fisherman can loose a snag if he uses his head. If nothing else, you can just cut the dang line.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

If all hell breaks loose on my trip, I'll have time to fix things. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishtar flicked her loose hair from her face, and starlight sparkled within her locks. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dries already worries about Theo being so much in the art world, with its loose ideas about sex. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He brushed the loose dirt from his shirt and walked up the side road until he got to the oil-top road that led to the church. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled and twisted and got my legs loose finally and turned around and touched him. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It tore loose from his shoulder with a spray of bright red blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I rummage and plow among the loose papers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Wash held the fishing rods and tackle box loose in his hand as he walked down the path to the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It has a flap to close it, but that was hanging loose, partly open. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some had their weapons raised, some had them holstered, their hands ready to snap the guns loose at a moment’s notice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Tumbling in the rapids seemed to have shaken his brain loose. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’d clearly once been strong, but now his skin hung in loose folds and his muscles sagged. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Only after you were able to prove your firm grasp of sygaldry to him could you move on to a loose apprenticeship with one of the more experienced artificers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So, willy-nilly, a little fragment of problematic facticity was let loose in the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were always together, a pair of reptilian kabuki creatures at loose in the camp hospital. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every stool was looser than die one before, and smelled fouler. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All the loose ends I will leave will be easily tied up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my fingers loose about the egg. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then, just before the bomb explodes, he cuts himself loose and dives for cover, and you breathe out and nearly cry with relief. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whiskey is flowing, and I’m definitely in the mood to just shake off my thoughts and let my body loose. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair is loose and blowing in the breeze and he's got his poet face on. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dad shook the loose change in his pockets, the way he did when his brain was elsewhere. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Instead he’s running around loose in the world. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had become unmoored from the present, loose and untethered, her mind rolling back into her memories, rolling forward into the future, anticipating, and then dropping again into this torturous, unbearable present. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My plastic sandals slip and slide over loose pebbles and water bottles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then it was like an entire zoo had shaken itself loose from the heavens. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She summoned Alecto, one of the Furies, from Hades and bade her loose bitter war over the land. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Servers would sometimes tuck a couple into the loose disposable serving gloves they wore and slide them around the edge of the steam table to friends on the other side. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sound and no motion; his words had not pried the person loose. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once, he fell; clouds of dust obscured everything, and he ran from the dust—he hurried faster, sliding and tumbling on the loose pebbles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he shook my hand and held it so long I didn’t know how to get it loose. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

And that small motion seems to shake loose more tears, because suddenly my eyes are filled to the brim again, and I’m whimpering. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He stared blankly and struggled to get loose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blew her hair out in loose waves. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Do not, under any circumstances, let that thing loose in here. I want it out of the house. Do you hear me?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She nimbly tied a knot on the cord that had connected the baby to its mother’s blood, then quickly she bent and with her teeth she bit off the loose end. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball was loose in the middle of the floor. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

As I stood up, my artificial leg started to rattle loose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He unbound his queue until his hair hung down loose on his back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A manila folder is tucked inside the box, along with loose papers, envelopes with broken seals, postcards with bright illustrations. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen it happen over and over again: a black person gets killed just for being black, and all hell breaks loose. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

If Finn’s teeth hadn’t felt so loose in his head, he might have laughed again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The parlor came next, where the furniture, loose and sloping with age, was set about helter-skelter. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin from his wrist to his knuckles was dotted with age spots, and it was loose, like skin hanging from a chicken soup bone. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late in the game, one of the North Atlanta forwards got loose with the ball on Zubaid’s side of the pitch, and Zubaid rushed upfield to defend. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I handed him the spool, holding on to the string, and he spun it quickly to roll the loose string back on. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't drunk or nothing, but I was definitely a lot looser than normal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The bracket flies loose on the first try. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The queen sweeps a loose curl from Charlotte's forehead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I take off the rest of the clothes, the overdress, the white shift and petticoat, the red stockings, the loose cotton pantaloons. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to tie it pretty loose, because the fake-jagged-cut bottom barely covered my nuts. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She ate for the first time since Bate had turned her loose. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

His hostage was loose in the house, her fairy powers restored to her. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A slim woman dressed in the fashion of the time: long, loose chemise, narrow shoes with sharply pointed toes and high spiked heels. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silently, one by one, they came up the hill, passed through the wire, and drifted in a loose file across the compound. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then that loose thing in her chest made its way up her throat and into her eyes, and suddenly she was crying. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once that thought had got hold of Malcolm, he found it hard to struggle loose. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

After seeing that look in his eye when he picked up the shotgun, I don’t know who’s the looser cannon now, him or Jacqui. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Toes lined up with the edge of the carpet, laces worked loose. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tell us, have you been setting anything mad and hairy loose in the castle lately?”’ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Nettle had put his boots back on, but he had left them loose, with the laces trailing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the potion loosed its hold on my senses, it also released my emotions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“We put the tea in like this,” he said, scooping loose tea from the huge frosted glass jar on the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I say guy, but I mean it in the loosest sense of the word. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Lucky for her she didn’t, so I turned her wrists loose and drove on. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still hadn’t let go of me; his fingers were wrapped around my forearm like a loose bracelet. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Let the laddie loose now, shall we? Or shall we have to call the big fellas? Shall we, Rosemary?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She slid down the muddy bank, clutching at loose roots that ripped away in her hands, and landed in the turgid water, tumbling over and over in the dark and the cold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He relaxed now that the goats were loose and the yellow cat had her milk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z