| 单词 | lump |
| 例句 | She stood in the bathroom and combed her hair, then she padded to the kitchen pantry and pulled out a dime-sized lump of brown sugar from the sack on the shelf. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The fourth box contained dynamite, which was disguised to look like lumps of coal, incendiary pencils, timing devices, fuses, primers, wire, screws, and sulfuric acid. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z A huge purple lump pushes through the red hair on his forehead. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z One teenager was whittling at a lump and not paying me the blindest bit of notice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Then make it. Please. And put in two spoonfuls of sugar. And you can throw a lump of coal in the fire, too.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And just like that, I felt a lump welling up in my throat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That put a lump in my throat, and I didn’t care about Thanksgiving anymore. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z My fingers obsessively trace the hard little lump on my forearm where the woman injected the tracking device. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Chest pains and headaches, joint aches and night sweats, paralyzing pains in her ears, lumps no one else could feel. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Even down in the hollow where they had just hidden, a lump detached itself and crept up the side. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A huge lump formed in my throat and a small moan escaped from my lips. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Morehouse doesn’t say anything, for a split second I think about hanging up, but somehow I squeeze the words around the lump in my throat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Using his foot to spin the base of the wheel, he placed dampened hands on the sluggardly lump, and for the hundredth time Tree-ear watched the miracle. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Cora mashed the lumps with her tongue the way she did when one of Alice’s helpers had prepared the meal and not the old cook herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So I just sat around like a lump in front of the television, trying not to move. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a lump in my throat as I said, “I’m sorry, little girl, I should’ve known.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Alyce left the barn and went next to the smithy, where the manor blacksmith and his apprentices were hammering lumps of iron into shoes for horses. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I just have the lump in my throat, shoulders heaving. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There was a lump in her cheek that looked like it might be a bunch of chaw. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Each man had a daily sugar ration of three lumps, but most of them willingly put one lump a day in the “sugar pool.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z My phone is a heavy lump in my pocket. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It is just as well that large lumps of neutron star matter are unknown on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Little lumps of lead in copper jackets were crisscrossing the woods under the shellbursts, zipping along much faster than sound. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo could hardly talk with the lump in his throat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If left to its own devices, a sufficiently large ball of gas would collapse under the weight of its own gravity; it would crush itself into a tiny lump. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As if dropped from the stars, a third man had materialized under the dock lights—and he was pounding Luno into a sweaty lump of Jell-O. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Feeling a lump in my throat, I started thinking about Carl, my pennies, the house. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Ekon tried to swallow the hard lump rising in his throat, the renewed pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I pressed the lump of the mortar and pestle in my bag. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A lump of potatoes and gravy hits me square in the center of my chest. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Some had big lumps of bandage and tape where limbs used to be. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t look at the lump on the bed that was Not-Mom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A lump of sleeping bag was curled up on one of the benches, its dark form bold against the white fog. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We put pepper in the feet of our stockings, Vaseline on our faces, and stared through dark icebox mornings at four stewed prunes, slippery lumps of oatmeal, and cocoa with a roof of skin. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The hardest part was that every corpuscle of Jamie’s nine-year-old self was throbbing with readiness to run, and he had to bind up all that energy into a quiet lump. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z More of those weird lumps were scattered here and there. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the attic, TaShon is a dark lump, with a flickering light, curled up reading. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I just sit there like a lump until the sun comes up, trying not to think about things I didn't want to remember. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Soon enough, the navigators can discern the low moonlit lumps of islands ranged along the horizon. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “When asked why she knew it, she said that she felt as if there were a lump there. I do not quite know what she means by this, unless she actually palpated this area.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I covered the first eight blocks as fast as a girl pushing a near-dead lump of boy could. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They concluded that lightning had struck a lump of sandstone on the ground; the idea of rocks falling from outer space was simply ridiculous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ebola bricks come in all kinds of shapes—horseshoes, blobs, lumps, even rings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy wouldn’t look at him, just sat there like a lump. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed hard at the lump that had gathered in my throat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I swallowed and swallowed but I couldn’t get rid of the pulsing lump in my throat. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I think of little Ruthie and Big Sue, and dread is a cold hard lump in my middle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A hard lump rose in Ekon’s throat, making it hard to speak. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z How could she ever turn such a giant lump into anything useful? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt strong and powerful and vindicated as I kicked a blood-splattered feathery lump out of my way and headed for our nest in the corner of the barn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And the lump, why, the lump threw an arm across its beautiful, ugly, pinched-up face and all my fear over Fang dying, about him being dead, turned to disgust instead of relief. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He sat on his cot, facing away from them, a lump of a human body. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z That left a sick lump in Mark’s stomach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Then I realized that now there would be only two other boys sharing the garret room, and a lump built in my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A lump formed in my throat, and I found it hard to swallow. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I say, poking the lump of red Jell-O. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Thursday,” I mumble to myself, looking across the room at Muqtada’s prone lump. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z How calmly he said that, despite that lump in his throat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I look down at the dark at the bottom of the stairs and feel a lump in my throat. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Just audible lumps: "It's not much consolation, but you'll probably never have any loss this big again." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Now Francie felt that all the tears she had were frozen together in her throat in a solid lump and the lump was growing...growing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He picks up the wool blanket that has fallen to the floor and tucks it around the lump of Carmine’s body, covering the parts that are exposed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Tree-ear had watched his master make dozens of those petals and had finally taken a small lump of clay home in his waist pouch to practice himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Two butterfly bandages almost cover a small cut on her right cheek, and at the hairline above her left eyebrow there's a purple lump the size of a golf ball. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone turned as the owl slowly pointed his wing to a grassy lump in the meadow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I felt an ache in my heart that rose like a lump to my throat as I caught myself searching for a less busy part of the room. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He found Shin, wild-eyed and wrench in hand, standing over Gong, whose bloody arm had a lump on it the size of an egg. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He picked up a lump of springs and metal plates and tinkered with them. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Where her swollen jaws and forehead lumps were coming from. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I just was this lump going through a strength-gathering time, period. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "Don't let that lump of rusty metal bully you, okay?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Not a single piece of bread-and-butter or a lump of sugar had been left behind. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Doctors would un-squish my nose, and raise the bridge and narrow it, so it didn’t look quite so much like a lump of clay that had hardened before it could be properly shaped. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A huge lump formed in the back of my throat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He stood up; he could feel a lump swelling where his head had hit the wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Looks more like a lump of mud to me,” Chuck Muckle said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come, you, and gaze upon the tar man! Blackly he reposes, tender face the color of soot, withered limbs like veins of coal, feet lumps of driftwood hung with shriveled grapes!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Even the lump in her throat went soft and went down and disappeared entirely. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z In Frank’s chest, a hard knot of anger and resentment—a lump of grief he’d been carrying since the funeral—finally began to dissolve. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Laila woke up, out of breath, with a taste of soil in her mouth, when the first granular lumps of dirt hit the plastic. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And with that, she heaved her lump of mud at him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, I is so happy to be finding you all in one lump!’ he said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sixty feet above Roger, several nuts, fibrous lumps as big as rugby balls, were loosed from their stems. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The lump beneath the blankets shifts, and she mumbles something. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But when she got there and lifted her head, I felt a lump in my throat, like I had swallowed a house. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I swallowed down the heavy lump in the back of my throat, fighting the dismaying urge to cry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I force my voice past the softball-ish lump of fear in my throat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z By the fire, in a three-legged stone bowl, was a lump of fresh masa twice the size of a toaster. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To appreciate its absurdity, one can imagine future historians lumping American history with Canadian, Australian, South African, and later South Asian histories, into a conceptual monstrosity called the “Britishistic” period. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I swallowed past a lump in my throat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “I’m fine,” I say, instinctively rubbing the lump that remains. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The hard rice scrapes down in a dry lump, thus I put a marker on the old woman’s grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed a bitter lump in my throat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Van Eck seemed to bristle slightly at being lumped in with Kaz, but he said, “It’s lethal. An ordinary mind cannot tolerate parem in even the lowest doses.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The sight of them put a lump in my throat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As we drove away, I felt a lump in my throat. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Antonapoulos would go into a restaurant, and while they sat at the table he slyly put lumps of sugar, or a peppershaker, or pieces of silverware in his pocket. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The crowd stared in disbelief as the grassy lump started shaking and bulging upward and crumbling apart, and there was the robot! The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Dimple felt an actual lump in her throat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But all I can do is death-grip the rail and fight back the lump in my throat. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He wanted to find Chess or Emma, but when he passed their rooms, he could see that his brother and sister were still motionless lumps in their beds. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Next to him, a huge lump of a man with a leg in a steel brace, a misshapen head, and a wild brown beard, fire flickering through his whiskers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But the lump in my throat makes it hard to swallow. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Genie ran his hand over the lump in his pocket. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z From where I sat, the lump didn’t even look like the shape of a person. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z First, she pulled off a lump of the rice dough and molded it into a small pocket filled with sugar and nuts and sesame seeds. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The sludgy lump sucks down the hole with remnant stasis gel. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She took a clean knife from the drawer and thrust it into the big lump of pastry she hadn’t yet rolled. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Bod put a lump of beetroot into his mouth and started to chew. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But the agent took these periodic lumps without comment, and in this way he had survived. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My cheek burned, but I fought back the hot tears and tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A lump of mud stuck in my throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The cookies she left for Clara never lasted long enough for Ophie to have one—whenever she found them the next day they were always sad, moldy black lumps of nothing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z At breakfast don’t blow on my porridge, and don’t spit out the lumps. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I fought back a lump in my throat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Hell, don’t say I didn’t warn you,” said Sam Fetisher, and he spooned a trembling lump of orange Jell-O into his mouth. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I start drawing hills on my notebook in tribute to our state’s highest point, but they look more like formless lumps or airborne snakes—I can’t decide. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His voice, deep and soothing, comforting and familiar as a cotton T-shirt, made the lump rise in her throat again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His smile pushed his cheeks into round lumps. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The lump of his form was so withered that I almost thought there was something missing. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just don’t get why she’d be so afraid of getting expelled. I’d hate to get expelled, but you have to take your lumps. I don’t get it.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Grandma pokes at a lump in the big bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Jody looked quickly away, for he had heard about that lump. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The lump and the ache grew larger, fought her attempts to swallow them down, choke them back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z If the subject is hard for you to see, just delete there in your mind and turn the statement around: “A fly is in my soup! And lumps are in the gravy!” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A lump forms in my throat, and I have to shut my eyes to keep from crying. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z But it hadn’t come from her mother’s hands, and that realization made a hard lump rise in her throat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she went back on the trail, Omakayas rinsed off the old candy lump in the lake. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Each hand had four pus-filled lumps on the palms, just below the fingers. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Faber was back there in the steaming lump of tar that had no name or identity now. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z There are also gray areas and various ways to lump and split the relations, which give linguists plenty of things to argue about. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Pretty good. I’m going to open that lump this morning. Then he’ll be better maybe.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a hot lump in his throat, but he was determined not to cry. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I slide to my right and lump myself on the passenger’s seat. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “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 With a lump in my throat, I kiss their noses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched Sam Gardiner bring out a can of coal oil for another customer and guard against the possibility of the oil’s splashing out by fixing a lump of gumdrop candy over the spout. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z One hive became two, then three, then an army of angry lumps. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed the lump of sour fear in my throat and forced my eyes open. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Lice Peeking was just a lazy lump who didn’t know anything about my father. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z A lump, sizable, to be sure, but not a major problem. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She tried to ignore the lump in her throat. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyddie demonstrated—her powdered fingers pinching, looping, slipping, pulling—all in one fluid motion that magically produced a healed warp thread with no hint of a lump to betray the break. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Though the mattress did little to smooth out the lumps on the ground, it was better than sleeping inside that oven of a house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z When he opened his eyes again, he glanced around and found the stringy lump of grass on the ground beside his chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z You take your lumps, duck your head, and get the whole thing over as quickly as possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He walked quickly ahead of his siblings, hoping that nobody would notice the book-shaped lump in his shirt. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The candies looked very much like square sugar lumps—except that each of them had a funny little pink face painted on one side. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z She touched the tender purple lump above his ear. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to make himself sick or crazy, one,” I said to Cletus, suddenly feeling a big lump in my throat, a wetness in my eyes. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z A lovely lump of plutonium so radioactive it gives off 1500 watts of heat, which it uses to harvest 100 watts of electricity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We have a kid in specials named Kerwin Klump and Mrs. Howard calls him “My cute little lump,” but not in any kind of mean way. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora lit the lamp and saw his black eye, the yellow-purple lump. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The lump in my throat plummets to my stomach. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I swallow the sour-apple lump lodged in my throat and rub my hands hard against my legs. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z How fast would the lumps of uranium need to be brought together inside the gun? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, too, I had a huge lump in my throat. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Pressure built behind my eyes, a lump formed in my throat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I got on my hands and knees and felt along the dark floor until I found a lump wrapped in a napkin. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A lump rose in her throat, but Tally decided that under no circumstances—special or not—was she going to cry in front of Dr. Cable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Everyone quieted to see this lump of rags, shuffling forward, his weight leaning on a gnarled stick, his legs bent like bows and caked with mud. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She gave it a lump of sugar that had appeared in her hand and climbed aboard its back for a ride. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Gaunt screamed, “Mend it, you pointless lump, mend it!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Frank didn’t understand how .a lump of metal could be dangerous, but he took Hazel seriously. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And I watched out my window, swallowing back the lump in my throat and praying for something to save Ob and me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve lumped together into one big sin all the hundreds of times I thought evil of people at Central,” I said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch him leave, swallowing the lump in my throat. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Wood swallowed, as though the memory still brought a lump to his throat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z To be honest, I kind of lumped him together with Garrett. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Are you trying to frighten me, you miserable little lump of chattering chickweed?” cried Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Or she’d tell other planes to give priority to the one that had lost its flaps, or whose pilot had a lump of shrapnel lodged in his shoulder, or something like that. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Matter was more densely compacted in these lumps than elsewhere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled a tray out of the oven and dumped a dozen lumps of chocolate chip charcoal on the table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In one cabin they found, sitting on the table, a frozen lump of unidentified meat. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I scream, but she’s a soft white lump next to me, and there is nothing I can do but sit and tremble and wait. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Eric shines a light in my eyes then peeks at the lump on my head. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His foot and his head hurt, and he felt a lump rising on the side of his head. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The gray sky curdled and the clouds resolved themselves into little lumps, like substandard mattress stuffing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You lump, will you get out—you hound, you skunk, sneak out of it, would you?” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z After he finished munching, she treated him to half an apple or a lump of sugar.She thought it was too cold to wash him on the street. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He fumbled in his tunic pocket, finding the lump of wax, which was all that remained of his candle, with a dried copper leaf sticking to it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Gray, bulbous lumps appeared on the end of his nose. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Garrett cackled and plunged a spoon into a lump of clammy apple crisp. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingertips touch the lump on my forehead, my split lip. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I patted my shirt pocket and felt a small lump. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I sat up and rubbed the lump on the back of my head. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A white-hot lump of anger expanded in her chest—a tumor of worry and bitterness that she’d been carrying around since last autumn. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The way Superman can squeeze a lump of coal so hard that it turns into a diamond?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z "The worst cases cause mutation. Some might grow boils or develop black lumps, but others suffer from warped bones and muscles—even their skulls change shape, and new limbs grow where they shouldn't." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But all I feel is a lump in my throat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z What I relish the most are the lumps that float on the top. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If the dates are correct, are they really associated with human products, rather than just being a 15,000-year-old lump of charcoal lying next to a stone tool actually made 9,000 years ago? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There’s a huge lump but not too much blood. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The carpenters, repairing the old house, complained that they could not keep the lumps of chalk with which they coated their chalk lines. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One girl, I saw quickly, had a huge lump on her cheek that was the size of a lemon. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Strands of escaping hair tickle my cheek, and my jumpsuit lumps in spots. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I struggle to fight back my tears, swallowing hard against the lump in my throat but losing the battle. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Every day Wilbur would stand and look at the torn, empty web, and a lump would come to his throat. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But Aron here, looking helplessly at him, was a lump of soft mud in his hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mark’s anger dissolved and was replaced by a huge lump of fear that lodged in his throat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “First of all,” said Mitsima, taking a lump of the wetted clay between his hands, “we make a little moon.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He started crunching it up and the noise he made was like the crunching of lumps of ice. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know that’s not what you meant,” I replied, but then a lump lodged itself in my throat and I couldn’t talk anymore. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the black lump in my hand—this is a star?—and think there’s nothing I can imagine less interesting to draw on earth, but say, “Okay. Sure.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The lump man didn’t have any eyes, but it groped around the table, stumbling over Prometheus's fingers. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When Mr. Larson finished it, he smiled as he blinked hard, and he reached for his coffee to help gulp away the lump in his throat. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z In his mind, what I paint is lumped in with the women who paint flowers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A lump in his neck shaped like a miniature cow was removed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After every test, a tough lump like poorly made fufu formed in my throat and stayed there until our exercise books came back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She felt that if the lump didn’t melt soon and change back into tears, she too would die. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, like a lump of submerged wreckage breaking the surface of water, the thought burst into his mind: “It doesn’t really happen. We imagine it. It is hallucination.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My fingers find tender lumps on my skull but no blood. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The teacher drops a lump of wet, sticky clay on the bench in front of you. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I looked at his heavy face trying to look as if he would have liked me to say No. I said No. The lie lumped in my throat and I couldn’t get air. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I get an awful lump in my throat, seeing those faces. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z A speckled lump sat in the crook of a tree. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His head ached; since his hands were still bound behind him, he could do no more than guess at the large and throbbing lump. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z With a lump in my throat, I moved forward, closer and closer to the exit, desperately hoping the guard would not reappear. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z There’s a lump, painful and tender, on the right side of my head. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For chalk, we had lumps of charcoal from the cooking pits. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all so sick of those crystallized lumps they choked us in our dreams. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the great lumps of snozzcumber that were in his mouth, as well as Sophie herself, went shooting out across the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had some lumps, but the worst part was he had a missing tooth! When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z In the hall, I passed an orderly pushing a shrouded gurney, a lump of a body. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There’s a huge lump lodged in my throat. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "I don't suppose any of them will care two lumps of sugar whether you roll or not." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It seemed to be made up of nothing but lumps and wrinkles, and it squeaked and groaned every time he moved. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t mind it if she came, but she’d just be the odd one out, sitting there like a lump on a log. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He even claimed to have been there on one of his higher flights, and to have seen the everlasting fields of clover and the linseed cake and lump sugar growing on the hedges. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The thought brought a lump to his throat, and his eyes moistened. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The lump in Ekon’s throat was becoming unbearably tight, and his eyes were beginning to sting. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Eyes watering, they saw, flat on the floor in front of them, a troll even larger than the one they had tackled, out cold with a bloody lump on its head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There, thinks Werner when he finds it again, there: a feeling like shutting your eyes and feeling your way down a mile-long thread until your fingernails find the tiny lump of a knot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Feel here,” he said and he guided Jody’s fingers to a large lump under the jaw. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Mr. Freeman sat still, not holding me or anything, then I felt a soft lump under my thigh begin to move. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When he felt the lump where he’d struck it, he made soothing sounds and stroked the sore place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I demand to be taken to the gate immediately, you big blond lump.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I ask after swallowing hard to clear the lump that has formed in my throat. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A small stone island stuck out of the middle like a lump of oatmeal in a cereal bowl. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I think that extremely unlikely,” said Henry, dropping a lump of sugar into his coffee with a splash. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I purposefully lumped myself in with the youngsters, trying to make it clear that I preferred Jacob. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Tears would fill my eyes, and even though I was very hungry, the rice would form a lump in my throat as I tried to force it down. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallow the hard lump in my throat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I tried, and I felt a lump in my throat begin to choke me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Of course Bacchus in granting the favor foresaw what would happen at the next meal, but Midas saw nothing until the food he lifted to his lips became a lump of metal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing much left but the melted lump of the oven. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I stood stiff and solid, swallowing the bitter lump that had formed in my throat, and swore to myself I wouldn’t cry, wouldn’t beg him not to go, wouldn’t even miss him when he left. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Her face was emotionless, a blank lump of clay. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Leo brought out his first weapon—a lump of dried chemicals wrapped in aluminum foil—and lit it with his hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then she reached into Granny’s old brown crock for some sugar lumps. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The effort is—And I hit a lump of frozen snow and spin out. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “We need some magic, like that lump of wood you shoved into the river.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Margaret and I went back to our booth, but the only thing I could swallow was the lump in my throat. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood there with a lump in my throat, staring after him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Next to Ronny, a girl named Donna was balled up in a lump on one end of the couch. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The manager brings her a cup of tea with an extra lump of sugar, but it remains on the desk, untouched, and grows cold. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z All she could see of Brandon was a lump underneath the sheets. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When Angel woke up, she felt for the warm lump in the blanket called Tiger. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a thick lump of fear force its way down my tight throat, into my tight stomach, where it settled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a family of weaver birds work together for months on a nest that became such a monstrous lump of sticks and progeny and nonsense that finally it brought their whole tree thundering down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose they could all be lumped into the single question: “What are Americans like today?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I like a corn- bread batter to be stirred some so everything is mixed but not too smooth with all the lumps gone. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I admit: I had always thought I was above this kind of typical teenage pettiness, but I felt a lump in my throat throughout lunch. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I swallowed a sadness lump in the back of my throat. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The mountain giant roared with anger and ran toward the gods, a huge lump of granite in each hand as a club. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The lumps accrete dust particles as they move. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The lump was rubber, once part of a tractor tire, maybe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Cole swallowed a lump that came to his throat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying you should sell any of the illegal stuff,” my father said, a thick lump of porridge in his hand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A large hailstone can hurt you as much as a rock or a lump of lead if it is thrown hard enough—and my goodness, how those Cloud-Men could throw! James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I felt a lump in my throat and couldn’t believe Abuela was stuck in that vase forever. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She was humming “Dance Pe Chance” to herself when the lump of covers on Celia’s bed moved. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z While Victor cooled the lumps on his head with ice and warmed his sick tortoise with an infrared light, he thought about nothing else except how to find that gang again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When he walked into the room, Henrietta told him about the lump. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A lump of gratitude stuck in my throat, but I managed to say, “Yeah. Let’s fly.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The thought of Ollie barking at soldiers breaking into my apartment, scared and alone, brings a lump to my throat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Three long, thin loaves of bread appeared on the sill, plus a misshapen lump of burned dough. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her grits tasted like sand and butter, with big lumps inside that caught in your teeth and stuck in your gums. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed at his chest, where a large lump indicated that Scabbers was curled up in his pocket. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As if on cue, one of the lumps on the ground wriggled, scaring the mess out of me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A lump formed in my throat when I realized the dummy was wearing an orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "Rrrootle it out, this small lump of dung!" screeched The Grand High Witch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I’ve been away from the real world for so long that the combination of engines running, dogs barking, and horns honking brings a lump to my throat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Dimple sank down on her bed, a lump forming in her throat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The old man squeezed the lump into a disk, then bent up the edges; the moon became a shallow cup. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z When two moving lumps collide, the computer program makes them stick. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr.Jones’s trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z So I just stand there like a lump and don't say anything for a while. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The lump on my head throbs with regret. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Come and take a walk, my dear?” cried Polly, hopping toward the china closet, with a look suggestive of a lump of sugar. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He also had a feeding tube fixed in the front of his neck, which pushed lumps of flesh to the sides. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The tears came freely and the lump formed back in his throat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Alice Evans was trying to make fire hydrants out of clay, which so far just looked like pathetic lumps. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z And although Mother had once or twice entertained Leapers in the house, she tended to lump them all together, fairly or not, with snake handlers, fallers, foamers, and other fringe examples of the henhouse sects. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t like no chunks of potato lumping ’round in my soup.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The lump filling my throat grows larger and larger until he’s out of view. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cadaver hacked branches off of trees and hauled these to the back of her lot where she lumped them into a pile of branches that she had hacked off last week. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z "I think it's a lot better than a lump of metal," Matilda said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z A huge lump seemed to form in my throat and tears came to my eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The rock of the cliff was split and the top littered with great lumps that seemed to totter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I hug her back, and the lump in my throat hurts. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Watching the preparations for dinner causes a lump to rise up in my throat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With something close to elation I saw him pull up a large, gray lump of bread which he held up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I got another lump in my throat just hearing her voice again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I stayed silent in Wynn’s truck all the way to town, a lump in my throat, refusing to say a word. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Still going over my countless pockets, I found a lump that I didn’t recognize. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her finger had found little hard lumps there, and Tariq had told her they were spurs of bone that sometimes grew after an amputation. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He trailed off, a lump forming in his throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He ran forward to a boulder, ducked, looked out: dead men, ten, fifteen, lumps of gray, blood spattering everywhere, dirty white skin, a clawlike hand, black sightless eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s okay, Mother. I’m getting too old for this any”—he swallowed a lump in his throat—“anyway. I bet you weren’t still tucking Matthew or Mark in when they were twelve.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Feeling around, he found the lump that was his stuffed bear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A lump of chewing tobacco bulged in his cheek. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As he smoothed out the lumps in the straw mattress, I sat on my own bed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I feel like such a baby about the jawbreaker lump in my throat that feels like it’s gonna dissolve and spill outta my eyes in liquid form. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z But at the very core of Jupiter there may be a lump of rock and iron, an Earth-like world in a pressure vise, hidden forever at the center of the largest planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The lump in his throat turned into tears. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z As they got closer to the slide, she saw that the lump was Calder’s sweatshirt on top of a flurry of newspapers, the papers he’d carried when they’d run from Delia Dell. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He shook his head and in a single motion of disgust scooped up the clay and slapped it back onto the wheel, whereupon it collapsed into an oafish lump again, as if ashamed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They were blue and frozen, lumped into the ditches along the side of the road so cars could still pass. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Tanin dropped lumps of sugar in two of the cups and turned around. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I try to swallow the lump in my throat. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He paused to swallow the golf-ball-sized lump in his throat and slowed down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z That gave Mark a lump in the back of his throat, until he remembered something. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Turn your head a bit, and suddenly they—and white fuzzy lumps scattered along them—popped into view. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The stinging place in my throat had turned into a big lump. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This was how they did the lab preps, the AP and regular-track students lumped together before they broke up into smaller groups for the actual experiments. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Klaus walked over to the lump of curtains to wake up his younger sister. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He shoveled mounds of food into his mouth, chewing for a few seconds and then washing the large lumps down with gulps of bottled water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I sat back down, wide awake now, my noggin sporting two lumps—one from the ceiling, one from the mosquito. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A scan had found a lump the size of a golf ball in her brain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I hear the truck's engine start and a lump grows in my throat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A lump still clung to the bolt itself, and a smaller one to the socket on the doorframe. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Bastian drapes his hose around his neck and trudges across the field, snow to his shins, taking his time, until he is little more than a dark lump at the far edge. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Next to me in the backseat was a big motionless lump. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The plan for the uranium bomb was to fire one lump of uranium at another inside a gun barrel. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the annoying smack and flutter, and the lump of cake that sat in my stomach, I felt I had to do something. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The lump in my throat barely allowed me to breathe. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I stand but have been sitting so long lumped up there, my legs give. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I’d thought the lumps along the river that had tripped me were logs, but as the light improved I saw they were bodies. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was an awful lot of water and very little coffee but Mama put a lump of chicory in it which made it taste strong and bitter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With this stake came a heavy hammer, such as in households is used in the coal-cellar for breaking the lumps. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I know for a fact that the latex lumps will end up tangled in electrical wires. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A lump curled in her throat, and her eyes prickled. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She could hardly ask a policeman where she was without getting a lump in her throat. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “And such a mess he’s made! Why, attend, you little wriggler…” and she picked the lumps of banana from his clothes and his hair. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Then she lay still with her cheek pillowed on the soggy lump of her dress-cloth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A lump in his jacket struggled and pecked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As I’m zipping up my suit, my hand skips over a lump against my chest. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The rock cakes were shapeless lumps with raisins that almost broke their teeth, but Harry and Ron pretended to be enjoying them as they told Hagrid all about their first lessons. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I crave pardon, neb Goldsmith,” the boy mumbled, hastily returning a scoop or two of the black lumps into the bin. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z So, in a gun assembly bomb, the chain reaction would start even before the two lumps of plutonium came completely together. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I patted the back of the bag, felt a lump, reached behind his binder, and pulled out two of Jimmy’s rolls. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It felt especially strange to intrude on her great-aunt in such a vulnerable moment, just a smallish lump under a mountain of blankets, only an old kerosene lantern to keep her company. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It was a heavy lump of glass, curved on one side, flat on the other, making almost a hemisphere. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The neat stitches ringing it transformed what would have been an otherwise ugly lump into a shiny little sunshine of a scar. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I feel a lump grow in my throat when she says all of this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When the door was closed a jagged crack would show plainly between the two lumps. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z While a coarse racial classification of world peoples lumps all Chinese people as so-called Mongoloids, that category conceals much more variation than the differences between Swedes, Italians, and Irish within Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His coarse graying hair is matted with salt air and there’s a lump the size of a baseball on the back of his neck. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to tell him I would follow this path and make him proud, but no words could find their way past the lump that suddenly lodged in my throat like a huge boulder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Ye are to tell the world there isn’t a scrap of food in this house, not a lump of coal to start the fire, not a drop of milk for the baby’s bottle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I saw the lump he’d gotten by working me up to this state. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the other half of the heart charm there, and felt a lump in my throat. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He washed the hedgehog down with a lump of hard cheese and a slightly vinegary white wine. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The tiny lump on your side that wasn't there before. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For breakfast Mario had brought a crust of bread, a lump of sugar, and a cold Brussels sprout. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember stupid stuff, like the feel of a lump of oatmeal stuck on the roof of my mouth or the taste of toothpaste not rinsed off my teeth. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She couldn’t make up to me with a dern sugar lump. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the first example, the real subject is fly, in the second, it’s lumps. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Thor sat at the table beside Tyr and picked up a lump of charred whale meat and chewed it resentfully. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I put my hand on my head, right over the lump. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Marly wanted to ask, but she couldn’t for the big lump that settled square in the middle of her throat at the very idea of Mr. Chris being sick at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Eat quickly! The Masons will be here soon!” snapped Aunt Petunia, pointing to two slices of bread and a lump of cheese on the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I feel the trademark symptoms of fear: sweaty palms, racing heart, tightness in my chest, dry mouth, a lump in my throat, difficulty breathing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I stepped onto the raft, and a wave of sadness pulled a lump into my throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z With a lump in my throat, I turned to Zohra, who gently told him, “Forgive us,” and continued walking. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It meant I didn’t have to go to school with the lump on my head and black eyes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A big lump came up into my throat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Baby clung to his hand and refused to let go and Ugwu’s whole life suddenly gathered in a lump in his throat, and he was sobbing and the tears hurt his eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He prodded moodily at the lumps of charred gray fish on his plate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When Ma took off the churn-cover, there was the butter in a golden lump, drowning in the buttermilk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallow past a lump in my throat. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I wish everyone thought that,” I murmur, feeling the lump rising in my throat again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Icicles hung from the brown briar of his beard, and his mustache was a lump of frozen snot, glittering redly in the light of sunset. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lump feels as big as an egg and hurts more when I touch it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Us lumps over here feel a little better knowing that our families and friends are doing the things we remember. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I patted the back of the bag, felt a lump, reached behind his binder, and pulled out two of Jimmy’s rolls. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Jaysus, says the barman, look at that, two lumps of coal and a snowball. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A dark lump lay on a platform sticking out of the far wall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She had a scratch across her cheek, but it didn’t seem particularly deep, and a lump on her head that hurt to touch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I must appear as a heap of a man to her, unpleasantly lumped on the sofa. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Beowulf considered it with a lump in his throat. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru remembered pressing her nose against the glass case, staring at the lump of clay. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So why should they be lumped into the same foul den as the racists, and made the object of hate and vengeance? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To make his time in the sack even more uncomfortable there were still several lumps of wood, not to mention sharp screws and nails, in there with him, the final remnants of the coffin-based firewood. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She insisted that Ear, Eye and Arm go home, especially after examining the lumps and bruises caused by the stones. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Artemis felt that lump in his throat again. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z By three o’clock, the rain had stopped and the sky was a curdled gray burdened with lumps of clouds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He felt his heart ball up in his throat in a hard, sharp lump. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There's a choked sound to her voice, and I swallow the lump of dread in my throat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z To her surprise Molly feels a lump in her throat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Would I boil a potato for her, mash it up with a lump of lard, give her a cut of bread, bring her a drop of water to go with the whiskey? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And he’d get stuck there and start cooking like a lump of pot roast. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Anya watched her mother disappear around the trees, a hard lump forming in her belly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I swallow the painful lump in my throat. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I tried to picture this, a child-sized lump on top of an actual child, but I could only imagine a giant balloon, carrying her away. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My throat was tightening around the lump in it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z You grab the lump of clay and try to figure out where to start. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I watch with a lump in my throat as he brings up another constructed Memory—this time of the same night, with flashlights dancing through the park. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Thereafter Griphook joined them at the overcrowded table, although he refused to eat the same food, insisting, instead, on lumps of raw meat, roots, and various fungi. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was the kid with the strange lump on his neck. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Celia reaches up and feels a lump in her chest, compact as a walnut. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going to bang your heads and grow lumps that will leave you silly forever,” she warns. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And right alongside it, I felt another hard lump, and another and another. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He took a big lump of clay, poked holes in it for eyes, and stuck a few bristles on its rump. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Being timid and young, they prefer a bottom on which there are many caves and little crevices and lumps of mud where they may hide from predators and protect themselves from the waves. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But within less than one millionth of a sec ond, so many atoms would fission that the lump of uranium would blow itself apart with the force of millions of pounds of regular explosive. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was what she should be doing now, instead of lying here like a lump. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z One day my tongue lay like a lump of meat in my mouth, the next day it was articulating words that hadn’t been spoken in over a year. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Olanna did not like to hear these stories, nor did she like the furtive way the guests glanced at her legs, as though to discover a lump that would explain why she could not walk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Look at all those bumpy lumps of dirt. Looks like giant anthills. Not as pretty as the holler, is it?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z In his left hand he had hold of the lump of wax, all that remained of the candle that had brought him here. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It truth, she looked like a woman with two lumps of mouse fur stuck on her face. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Her braided hair was piled into a net that tapered to a golf-ball-like lump at the end, like a Father Christmas hat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I felt a sad lump in my throat as the sting on my hand grew more intense. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It’s surrounded by bowls of coarse white sugar and lumps of natural brown sugar, and various cookies, fruits, and sweets arranged on plates. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The lump on my head seemed to be the worst of the lot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He forced words past the lump in his throat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Swallowing the lump that had jumped up in my throat, I whooped as loud as I could. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It would of helped if I had a lump of sugar or even a carrot in my hand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feel a big lump already rising out of his scalp. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I squeeze the words around the lump in my throat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He let them cool, then with his jack-knife he trimmed off the little lumps left by the hole in the mold. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I force myself to talk past the lump in my throat. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There was compressed but stable dynamite cleverly camouflaged with plastic and painted black so it looked like a lump of coal. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I felt the lump in my throat growing. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Someone turns the light on in the car and I look at my lump in the rearview mirror. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Odd, irregular lumps rose and fell despite the fact that there weren’t any other rocks nearby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By the time they finished, the terrible lumps on Felicia’s head had disappeared, and her skin was as smooth as the pink lining of a conch. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She examined each wart, each divot, each slimy lump on his large, flat face, a look of wonder in her eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I led him back to the gray lump—still face up—that was Rufus. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She turned the lump of gold over her in her hands, then wrapped her dressing gown more tightly around her and curled up at the end of the settee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And as he had since the time of the pigeons, the iceman would hand her a lump of ice saying, “Watch it now, Mrs. Jackson. That straw’ll tickle your pretty neck to death.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And take you where I’ll never see you again, thought Matt with a lump in his throat. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Start by putting a good sized lump of sugar on your tongue. Brown sugar’s best. Right on the center of your tongue.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry had the cloak hidden down the front of his robes; he had to keep his arms folded to hide the lump. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “I see I’m going to have to give you your lumps tonight.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I scoop out a lump of peanut butter and dump it into a bowl. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Wish me luck,” I whispered to her, swallowing back the lump in my throat. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Celia ponders the lump on her son’s neck and the curious scar on his back, a pulpy line just below his left shoulder blade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Among much else, Einstein’s theory explained how radiation worked: how a lump of uranium could throw out constant streams of high-level energy without melting away like an ice cube. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Dubonnet tapped the rocket casing, and lumps of unburned propellant and ash dropped out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Like John, he had lumps on his neck, but in Alcante’s case they were in fact symptomatic of scrofula. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I lumped him with all the other white men that I had ever seen and tried not to see. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His throat hurt with a great lump choking him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He found two small sources, two lumps an inch apart and hidden in the lining. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused to mold a lump of fufu with his fingers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Not like a lump of clay the size of a golf ball,” Inigo answered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z At once, the prickly vines shot back inside, and the gnarled stump sat there looking like an innocently dead lump of wood. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If he couldn’t prove himself here...He swallowed a lump in his throat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The full moon shines on the bulkiest lump. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But he had dropped the lump of plasticine. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The lump was delicious, tasting of spring sweetness and the inside of trees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But Ivan just stood over the smoothing lump of dough, stared at it, and said, “Do we put it in the oven now?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Jen’s dad pointed to the hairy lumps on the hangers behind him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z He started from scratch, replacing Edlefsen’s lumps of metal and sealing wax with a vacuum chamber fashioned from brass in the shape of a flat cylinder four inches in diameter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I struggled to swallow the choking lump in my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I still can’t see well enough to find the source of the scream, but I see a dark lump on the floor a few bunks down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He said this all quite calmly but I, listening to him, felt a lump growing in the pit of my stomach. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At breakfast this morning, when I dropped sugar into my tea, I slipped two lumps into my pocket. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was told not to find out what the lumps were. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t let me run water to bathe my forehead, so now I’m walking around with a giant lump over my right eye. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then why did Judith’s teasing always raise this cold little lump of foreboding? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The social atmosphere is that of a besieged city, where the possession of a lump of horseflesh makes the difference between wealth and poverty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A lump forms in my throat and I want the talons off. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was worth it, Salva thought as he touched his eye gingerly His belly was a rounded lump stuffed full of honey and beeswax. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And she reached into the bowl and pulled out the lump of rising bread dough and put it on her head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Now it was little more than a lump of string. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jinny pivoted to inspect the new boy, the lump in the sand, sitting exactly where Ess had sat a year before. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Peach collapsed into a lump on the hallway floor. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Curly scowled at the sullen lump in the backseat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She stirs the lumps from the batter, pours it into the buttered, hissing pan. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z There was a lump the size of a large fingertip above his right eyebrow. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z With exaggerated slowness, Van Eck slid his hand into the desk drawer and pulled out a lump of gold. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When he walks away, I swallow the lump in my throat that contains the last bit of emotion I had toward Friday night and Adam, and I push it all away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I fell against my lard can chair, a frozen, useless lump, while this eight-year-old boy bustled around my shack. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The big lump jumped and clubbed my leg. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We had just awakened from a short sleep and were sucking lukewarm coffee out of plastic tubes and munching on bacon which had been squeezed into little cubes, like lumps of sugar. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As we stand before the lump of metal that was the gallows, Cressida asks if either of us has ever been tortured. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Renee interrupted her and told us never to judge people collectively—it’s so easy to lump people in a group and label them, but that’s how the Holocaust started. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I jumped over the sprawled lump and caught Belet at the outside steps. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I turn around and start walking, trying to ignore the lump rising in my throat. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z By now Genie had a lump in his throat the size of, well, a small bird. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z ‘Lemon rind rubbed on a lump of sugar and boiling water with rum. It’s a good drink.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and tossed the lump of yellow to her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure whether the lump in her throat was from joy or frustration. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I stumbled back and almost tripped down the stairs, until I realized the big lump was Moses. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The lumps and burrows in the dirt were a reminder to all who walked by. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Dimple looked at her, feeling a lump in her throat rise. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Circumstances knit themselves, fitted themselves, shot into order: the chain that had been lying hitherto a formless lump of links was drawn out straight,—every ring was perfect, the connection complete. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Percy’s pizza felt like a cement lump in his stomach. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I exhale, shake my head, and stare at the lump that is my sister beneath the old Dora the Explorer sheets. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Hidden under the straw was a little pile of lump sugar and several bunches of ribbon of different colours. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The boy’s throat hurt with a great lump, and when he swallowed, it would hurt more. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If her cervix was a clock’s face, the lump was at four o’clock. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She should be stuffed into the ticking along with the bits of rag, stitched shut to hide her visible lumps and moving parts. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The lump was a massive bulge that jutted out from the top of my forehead and ran all the way down to the tip of where my nose should have been. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Hail is a shower of irregular lumps of ice and always comes from cumulonimbus clouds, so I knew 1 was right under the cloud I’d seen forming earlier. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaz tucked his cane under his arm and took the heavy lump from Van Eck’s hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She popped the last little bit of the lump of maple sugar onto his tongue. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z A lump rose in her throat, and she felt the ache of tears threatening. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For the present they were no longer climbing, but the ground was now more broken and dangerous in the dark, and there were blocks and lumps of fallen stone in the way. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The lump of glass in his pocket banged against his thigh at each step, and he was half minded to take it out and throw it away. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A lump of fear grew in my throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I shut my mouth and swallow the soggy lump of sandwich. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The tiger was behind him, close, but not running as fast as he might have done without a lump of meat in his stomach. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I try to clear away the lump in my throat, to compose myself. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Even from here, I can see the large swollen lumps on their bodies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She did not complain about the egg-sized lump on her head or anything else. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he put his hands out stealthily, and slowly lifted the lump up: it did not seem quite so heavy as he had expected. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Today the brother, Etienne, had a great big ugly lump on his forehead over his left eye—quite fresh, a purple bruise with a bloody dent in the center, still swollen. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I swallow the lump in my throat and nod. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I felt a sudden lump form in my throat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She sprinkled a little of it into her hand and offered it to Ruth, who obediently took a lump and put it in her mouth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She let the child’s warm weight rest against the soft lump of her midsection and waited. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Bronwyn replied, trying to seem casual while holding her coat closed over a wriggling lump. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Suddenly I had a strange lump in my throat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I dreamed that Amaka submerged me in a toilet bowl full of greenish-brown lumps. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The ground is soft and marshy, cluttered in the soggy brown muck of decayed leaves, squishy lumps of moss. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was something so sad about the way she said it, a lump formed in my throat. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Armpit smiled despite the lump in his throat. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She shoved a lump of bread and a piece of cheese into his hands, and he gobbled down a bit at once. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He felt gently around the bag and found a Rita-sized lump pressing against the cloth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt a big lump in my throat, and looked away. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “We got to—” He tried to swallow a lump of bread, and then retrieved it and chewed it a bit more before trying again and continuing hoarsely, “We’ve got to rescue Lyra.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This wall is old, built of rough, square lumps of hewn granite, and it comes from the woods and goes back to the woods once more. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “We played checkers,” said Czernobog, hacking himself another lump of pot roast. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There’s something about calling out Brooklyn that makes you feel like you’ve grown a few inches, maybe sprouted some hairs on your chin, or an extra lump in your bicep. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A lump shot up in my throat and my eyes teared over. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt the lump of my money slip out and away. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z For days she’d proudly shown the little brush, made of splinters of wood shoved into a lump of clay, to anyone who would listen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There is a lump in my throat as hard as a pebble, smooth and obstinate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Following Fiver, he scrambled up the lumps and shelves of peat to the overhang of gravelly earth and thin grass that topped them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Small lumps of matter—the first condensations in the disk—are injected at random times into the cloud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moulding another thick lump of porridge in his hand, my father said, “Then let us join stockvel. We don’t need a license for that.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But if the pill was just what it looked like, a chocolate lump, then he, Fezzik, was going to have a lifetime of bad dreams of bodies growing stiff between his fingers. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A lump is forming in my throat, but I keep swallowing to keep my tears down. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When they had gone, Nat tried to eat, but he couldn’t swallow around the lump in his throat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred years before, Boy and Girl Scouts had belonged to different organizations, but now they were lumped together. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The lumps in the mattress seemed to get harder, and mypillow all of a sudden felt like a concrete slab. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I yelled at the lump burrowed in the sleeping bag beside me. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z There was a lump on her head, but it would go away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Roz plunged a hand into a lump of snow and pulled up a long stick. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In some places the oysters clung to one another so that they came free in lumps. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeller lay back under the rock slab now, staring at me with a look in his eyes that made that choking lump come into my throat again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She follows my gaze to the lump of shattered plastic and metal on the floor beneath the window. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A wiggling lump of day appeared in his hands. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Washington picked up Rob’s basketball and held it in his hands, staring at its roundness, feeling the ridges and lumps on it, softly repeating Rob’s name. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The four of us had been lumped together last Friday to start on this assignment about an important woman from the past, and in two weeks we would have to do a presentation on her. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Cole swallowed a big lump that had formed in his throat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There were lumps of crystal connected by wires and other things. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed away the lump in my throat. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We played sandlot baseball and rarely had a ball that was not taped, or resewn so that it had a lump in it that gave it a natural curve when you threw it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He went home with a cold lump in his chest where his heart should be. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A gigantic lump formed in my throat and to this day, nothing makes it go away. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But that lump on my head was throbbing again, and everything from Saturday night was still deepest black. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss ran a hand over the lumps on his legs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A lump rises in the base of my throat, tightening my airway and shortening my breaths to shallow gulps. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In answer he went out to the wagon and brought back a sack with a small lump at the bottom. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There was such a huge gladness in her that it actually made a lump in her throat. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Daddy is a long sleeping lump, his back to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Typically they have an albedo, or reflectiveness, of just 4 percent about the same as a lump of charcoal–and of course these lumps of charcoal are about four billion miles away. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z His fingers found the hard lumps the crystals made in the wool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But that thought was useless because I knew the only thing to find around western Pennsylvania was a lump of coal. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Most people can divide tones into only about six different categories before they begin to make mistakes and start lumping different tones in the same category. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The lump continues to grow slowly inside my mouth, creeping down my throat. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z So much so, I forced down the barbed lump of betrayal that’d lodged in my windpipe. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z An hour before meeting time, when all the family seemed occupied, she slipped out of the house and set out along High Street with a hard little lump of dread crowding her ribs. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Everything stood out separate from everything else, a rock, a rounded lump of sea-polished driftwood on a beach, a roof line. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia enters her kitchen and warms a little milk on the stove, then sweetens it with a few lumps of sugar. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He swallowed a big lump that had grown in his throat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He stirred several lumps of sugar into his Gurdyroot infusion and drank some. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The death of his old and valued friend left a feeling like a large leaden lump inside his chest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Larger than regular wasps, they have a distinctive solid gold body and a sting that raises a lump the size of a plum on contact. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I came and he handed me a lump of the soft dough. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Great lumps of blue rock were scattered around, and dead trees stood everywhere like skeletons. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had spent an afternoon here, before Kingshaw had come, and found a trunk full of odd lumps of rock, of different textures and colours. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Ages looked at him, examined his tongue, felt his pulse, and found a small red lump near his neck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And the twentieth came; a lump of fear began to form in Jody’s stomach. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The lump in my throat was the size of a full ball of yarn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She felt around the bottom of the gunnysack until her fingers found the lump of coinage. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s a solid lump of metal—a beautiful object. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were only fifteen now, and Eduardo felt a cold lump in his stomach. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly I walked home, feeling a lump in my throat. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z To me, it didn’t look like an eagle, and I couldn’t find any wings, only lumps and bumps and odd shapes on its surface. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s standing very still, but I can hear him swallowing back lumps in his throat. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They were called Alpha and Beta, and Abenthy fed them carrots and lumps of sugar when he thought no one was looking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It raises a lump in my throat the size of a bowling ball, and I start to wonder if I’m going to be able to mumble a whole bar mitzvah past it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I remember it was once a lump of syaumei, a little dumpling I loved to eat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them threw a dried lump of dung at his back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Suddenly she had a lump in her throat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z 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 He blinks a lot and swallows hard so the lump that sticks out of his throat keeps going in and out. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feel the small cold lump of the fake Horcrux against the knuckles of his right hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Mam says, No, you’ll stay here where there’s no work and hardly a lump of coal to boil water for the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I have to dig the stingers out of his tracker jacker lumps, which causes him to wince, but the minute I apply the leaves he sighs in relief. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She mumbles: "Okay . . . And you are . .. ?" I swallow, but my mouth is suddenly dry and I feel a lump form in my throat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And, of course, in convincing laboring blacks that “we’re all in this together,” the Mutual was assisted by a largely unfriendly white world that did lump all African-Americans into a single group. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Ben grabbed a pile of clothes and stuffed them under the mattress of his bed, smoothing the mattress with his hand to ensure that no lumps were visible. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In just a little while...He tried to swallow the lump in his throat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then did she remember the lump on the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I swallow, and there’s a big lump in my throat. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I swallow the lump in my throat and nod several times, to show that I understand. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He orders his pint and lemonade for us and asks the man if there’s any chance of getting a few lumps of coal. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I hand him our goods, then pull Alan past gaping holes and lumps of concrete. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a knot on the top—a lump that changed the way my whole face looked. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As soon as I saw them, I felt a lump in my throat. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “And what about Scabbers?” said Ron, pointing at the lump in his chest pocket. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Sierra fought back a lump in her throat. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Why did lying always give him such a lump in his throat? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Your heart is a stone, Capricorn, a black stone with about as much human sympathy as a lump of coal, and you are very, very proud of that.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Valerie took the lump with her and started down the ladder to the kitchen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A lump of compacted clay sped like a cannon directly at the spot where Butler’s head had been barely a second previously. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I was sorry to hear about Beckendorf” A lump formed in my throat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I looked away and swallowed the lump in my throat. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s a great lump of quivering gray fat and the only sign of corned beef is a little nipple of red meat on top. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z To lump people as different as Zulus, Somalis, and Ibos under the single heading of “blacks” ignores the differences between them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he hauls out a frying pan from under his coat, and a handful of salt as well as a lump of fat from his pocket. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The army of demons and rakshas—many of them now little more than melted lumps on the lobby floor of the museum—vanished in a puff of smoke. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Uninterested in Mom, me, and the teapot he's all but forgotten about, Taro stuffs the rest of his sandwich into his mouth, swallows the lump of bread, and says, “Forget it. I'm not hungry.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Nothing like a quit motor to put a lump in your throat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Grinning, I handed her the lump of black iron I’d got from the tinker. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I scream a prayer inside me and plunge for a little lump of land groping itself into the shallower waters. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Through the plastic, behind the dirty lumps, the doctors face slid into a distorted smile. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It took time to make a lump of clay look like a good cow. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A lump blocks my throat, and I swallow it down right hard. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Our lives trail around us, sometimes broken and sometimes beautiful, but all puzzled and tangled up into the lump that is us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We screw the sledge along amongst great lumps and chunks of ice, immense debris pushed up by the straining of the great plastic sheet of ice against and among the Fire-Hills. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A smile filled his eyes with such warmth and sympathy that a lump rose in Kit’s throat, and she glanced away. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It brings a lump into the throat to see how they go over, and run and fall. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Gnarled lumps of red arteries and blue veins gave Percy some footholds when he had to climb, but the going was slow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The oatmeal sat like a lump in my stomach as I waited to see what she would say. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a wishing star turns out to be just a lump of rock that crashes into a planet and kills all the dinosaurs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I reported you both missing, but because of the other...investigation, they lumped the incidents together, decided it was possible you were in danger, and decided to treat it as a ‘family abduction’ case.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I sat down on the bench again and felt a lump come into my throat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Fred had a lump in his throat the size of a meatball. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Nat smiled, but he felt a cold lump in his chest. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It kind of put a lump in your throat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, I thought, and I bet you kissed Mr. McAllister between every sugar lump and apple, and hugged him every time the mare did what you wanted her to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I cut a lump of sugar off the loaf and added it along with a healthy dollop of milk to my mug. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So only he saw the lump of shadow that clung to Ged, tearing at his flesh. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A tasteless soyburger, a lump of runny mashed potatoes, and some unrecognizable form of cobbler for dessert. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The last bag is filled with I don’t know what—lumps of black and gray waste. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z A lump grows inside my throat and a creepy feeling spreads through my belly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a hard lump just under the skin. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ancient cities that had decayed, leaving massive sandy lumps over the flat desert. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I had told myself to hang back—didn’t want to be lumped in with someone like Mildred—but I found myself running up to him and slipping something in his hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “He is not okay. He has a lump on his head, and something wrong with his legs.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I found it hard to swallow past the sudden lump in my throat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When she had finished mixing her herbs she let the small bowl simmer on the stove, then she took from her black bag a large lump of fresh, black clay. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Peggy pulled a lever and there came a loud rattle of fine lumps of coal sliding down a metal chute. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Picking up a lump of mashed potato with a piece of chicken. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I feel a lump harden in my throat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I felt a crusty lump but not much more. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Like the Nazis, he consistently lumped Jews and communists together, and frequently threw all supporters of the boycott movement into the same general category. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Did you see his face, the great lump?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z You'd think he was maybe two years old, that's how small he is, until you notice where his leg brace makes a lump in his pants. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The children were disappointed when they discovered that the romantic phrase simply meant that you threw a lump of iron attached to a rope overboard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit was a dark lump half buried in the straw, dead to the world. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Asked to describe and classify mammals, he scribbled down an incomplete and absurd system of taxonomy—omitting categories, inventing others, lumping kangaroos with beavers, and pigs with elephants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A lump welled up in her throat from nowhere, just like it always did whenever she thought of her daddy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A lump forms in my throat as we approach the spot where Mom held my elbow the first day. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The lump in my throat grows until I can’t swallow it anymore. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I squeeze her back, but there’s a lump so large in my throat, I can’t tell her I love her more. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And sure enough, Jones found a lump exactly where she’d said he would. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was harder to feel scared of a lump of tea leaves away from the dim red light and befuddling perfume of Professor Trelawney’s classroom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I nodded and put the ring on my thumb, not able to swallow the ham past the lump in my throat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Where’s he gonna be at?” the boy asked after he had swallowed the great lump that filled up his throat and choked him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sad one, or why did her heart feel like a lump of poorly mashed potatoes? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The Queen scraped the remains of her cat into two heaps, one of them a neat pile of warm bones, the other a miscellaneous lump which softly steamed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It consisted of large lumps of raw onion, beetroot, and tomato, all in a thick vinegary dressing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “You didn’t deserve to be lumped in with the two of us.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I give her a tiny smile and then clear my throat, pretending I don’t feel a lump welling in it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She trailed off, and I swallowed a sudden lump. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His ears were nothing but shapeless shreds, ragged at the edges, seamed with ill-knit scars and beaded here and there with lumps of proud, bare flesh. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared down at my body under the sheet, the huge lump that was my leg. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Felicia’s eyesight dimmed until she could perceive only shadows, and the right side of her head swelled with mushroomy lumps. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I look away and swallow the lump in my throat back down. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z And why not lump in the rest of us dumb-as-rocks monsters. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Father will be furious when he finds out, thought Tendai with a lump in his throat. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She carefully removed the hard lump of sweetness from her mouth, stuck it back in its leaf just inside the pocket of her dress. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z There’s a lump in my throat as I write down my own name, and I don’t even know why. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He filched an old kettle and two lumps of sugar, just in case. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels like a lump of granite stuck in the gears of my brain and stripping them raw. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Anyway thats the dream and I got a headake and a big lump on my head and black and blue marks all over. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The cheese tasted O.K. to me and, except for a big powdery lump every once in a while, Dad’s milk was all right too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One girl showed a lump on her head where, she said, a deputy had hit her. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet for a long time the pig had led a charmed life, nonchalantly absorbing high-powered lead lumps in its thick haunches, or else—it being also a rather swift pig—escaping on the run unscathed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, the weight was already pulling a lump from the poor soil and soon it would fall. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Someone pushed a lump of cold damp earth into Francie’s hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was pulling the coat off when I felt a lump in one of the sleeves. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Watch the lump grow in a little boy’s pants.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore his hair in a buzz cut, and you could see shiny lumps and crinkles in the skin of his scalp. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I swallowed the lump in my throat, not surprised that Maddie still had so much power over me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It took a couple seconds for me to realize where I was, to recognize Fang as the lump in the bed opposite and Faith as the tangle of dark hair on the pillow beside me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But I can make out the lump beneath a mound of bedding that’s my mom. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As Shin and his classmates watched in silence, lumps puffed up on her skull. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z His fingertips, working there in the hot darkness of the muff, wanted to know what the two lumps in the lining of the little impresario’s coat were. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A lump of sleeping bag was curled up on one of the benches, its dark form bold against the white fog. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was even thinner than usual and hardly made a lump under the threadbare sheet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z "You never got a lump of coal in your life." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It was similar to the dozen or so shacks strewn irregularly, like lumps on a leper, upon the cracked greenless piece of ground named yard number thirty-five. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you grab a handful of rice and shape it into a lump. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A lump forms in my throat as the truth hits me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They looked as though they had been putting lumps of coal on the fire all day long. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a lump in my throat, like I was going to cry. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The stinger lumps have begun to explode, spewing putrid green liquid around her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Kaz had sent her scouring the shops for two lumps of paraffin at the last minute. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They looked down at the ugly lump of iron with a certain awe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Two metal strips ran from the bottom of the socket all the way down to a circular lump of metal about an inch and a half thick that rested on the ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It was not the ceaseless motion of the sea that disturbed me, nor the wind; you get used to those the way you get used to lumps in a mattress. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They get into arguments and they say to one another, “It is only my misfortune that would lump me together with an indigent like you.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She held the lump up to the light. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At the end of the cloth, a small pocket held a lump of fragrant, summery yellow beeswax to use in strengthening the sinew thread. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They start out as tears of relief, but then a lump rises in my throat and I sink back to the ground, my face buried in my hands. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z My lump above my right eye still stung a little. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He felt a cold, hard lump in his stomach that wasn't the bread. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z A lump clogged her throat, which she promptly swallowed down. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She swallowed hard to subdue the lump in her throat, or the fear in her breast, or both. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z On the plate sat a steaming brown lump of mystery meat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She feels a lump form in her throat, tears filming her eyes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The woman said, “Poppa, what on earth are all these lumps and bites on this baby’s face?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z All he knew was that his body felt strange, like a puffed-up lump of bread dough right before it is punched back down. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z My scalp is throbbing; a tender lump has formed where my head hit the floor in the train station. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was sprawled on the ground, but Scabbers was back in his pocket; he had both hands held tight over the quivering lump. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We ignore equally big differences when we lump Africa’s Egyptians and Berbers with each other and with Europe’s Swedes under the single heading of “whites.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried to swallow away the lump in my throat, but all that did was move the lump down to my heart. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Eliza had hidden a sugar lump at the bottom of the bowl. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I inspect the lump on my head, and it’s still sore. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It was enough to put a lump in my throat, to suggest why Grover was dutifully minding his cards, chewing his soda can, and keeping his mouth shut. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It made a lump as big as an orange. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Tariq wasn’t like some of the other boys, whose hair concealed cone-shaped skulls and unsightly lumps. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The women parted, and the rest of my words mushed together into a lump on my tongue and refused to come out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The piles of feces in the bathtub were dried, obscene stonelike lumps. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The targets had once looked like straw men but now looked more like straw lumps. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then he noticed two lumps beneath the beige blanket on either side of his hips. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Barnacles, cowries, thirteen lumps of quartz gritty with sand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z |
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