| 单词 | mask |
| 例句 | His expression slowly folded into a mask of ancient sadness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She tried to mask the downward spiral of the conversation with a sympathetic smile, but we both knew what the ultimate outcome could end up being. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She slid out from her corner and went after her, watching as the huntress took a seat at the long table with one of her men and a masked reveler dressed as a queen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “At the hospital, when he had an operation on his face. My brother told me that the doctors wore green robes and masks over their faces,” she continued. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Masks, she told herself, it’s only masks, but even as she thought the thought, she knew it wasn’t so. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “A serum would have been released into the air... one that masks could not have protected against, because it is absorbed into the skin,” says David. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They think he’s a brigand because they think he’s wearing a mask. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The troopers slipped gas masks over their faces and stood slapping their nightsticks against their hands. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But Tendai had the feeling that somewhere the Presence that inhabited the mask was prowling. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His tone made me look up — I had finally broken through his carefully composed mask. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They met unpleasant ends at the hands of their own people for losing the masks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I lifted my mask because I couldn’t bear the heat anymore. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She put on the mask, which was tied with a silken cord so thin she could barely see it, and at last she took out her moonstone ring and slipped it on her right hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw her just beyond Liam’s shoulders, her face a grim mask. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There isn't a shred of humanity in her gray eyes, nor any evidence of kindness in the planes of her masked features. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The difference it made was startling, as though a person ten years younger were shining through the starved mask; for a moment, he was recognizable as the man who had laughed at Harry’s parents’ wedding. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The writer might send the letter by one rider going by one route while another rider carried the mask on another route. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Cracks ran down his face, fissures opening in the flesh, and he reached up and ripped the mask away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Rupa handed him the plastic decoy mask, and Baba slipped it on so that the painted human face covered the back of his head. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z After I put the cannula in, I head over to the door, pulling on the blue latex gloves and wrapping the strings of the face mask around my ears. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She looked good, through the mask, her big sunglasses brown and purple in the light. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I started noticing all these frightening things in Margaret’s house: creepy masks, old swords, books with titles like The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Skull and the Hatchet. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She had applied a bright blue mask to her face, was smoking and sipping some bourbon with ice and leafing through a fat paperback book whose pages had buckled and turned gray from the water. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Scythe Faraday’s face was a mask of pain and disbelief. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I did not know whether he could hear or not with that mask on, but I did not move or make a sound. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The extraordinary thing about the mask was that its lips moved quite naturally when she spoke. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “Stella, thank you for keeping your mask on.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s not often you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest parts of someone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When I saw your face behind the mask on the ravine floor, I thought I loved you, but that was again nothing more than deep infatuation. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, one of the men took off his mask. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z You make a sleep mask out of one of your dad’s ties. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In their midst, Halsey Crunk stood with his arms outstretched, makeup glistening with sweat, face scrunched into a mask of despair. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Her face becomes fierce, a mask, almost primitive. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the mercenary’s hands touched him, Bast’s face became a tight mask of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was angry and the tension increased his little mask of strength. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I come face-to-face with the empty sockets of the skull drawing on my door, an O₂ mask slung over its mouth, with the words “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” written under it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Was this the boy in the mask who had strutted like a cockerel ahead of the others across St. Mark’s Square? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There were fire drills too, and assembly-point procedures, and fitting gas masks on incapable or unconscious patients. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was a jovial, smiling man, if one could believe the mask he wore, for upon it was painted not one smile, but three. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wear your face mask at all times,” the other woman said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Christian had already been there for months, weighing only about twenty-two pounds, his lungs filled with TB bacilli and an oxygen mask continually strapped over his mouth. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I put the jackal mask and toga on Ms. Tannenbaum’s desk and search for paper and pen, but I don’t see any. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Grime and salt sweat stung his eyes and trickled around the edges of his filter mask. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Sheryl saunters out in a bandanna, oversized goggles, a face mask, and yellow dishwashing gloves. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The mask not only spared the bandits the sight of their foster son’s face, it also kept them sensible of his whereabouts; under the circumstances, he reeked of opium. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z A thick black tube ran from the mask down to a nozzle on the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A thin layer of clouds masked the stars and the moon, and it was very dark. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Movies and floating homes and his brothers pranks, like last night when John wore a scary clown mask and tapped Jack while he was asleep. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It is the Augurs who give us our masks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Hopelessness had erased the color and anima- don from Judith’s face, and set her lovely features into a still mask. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z For attached was a long slender neck that supported a beautiful white head with a black mask and a bright orange beak. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z When we arrived, Father went in straightaway to see to details of the ceremony and of the masked ball that would follow. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A constant rain and shrouded gray sky masked the passing of hours, leaving Cole in a cruel time warp with only one possible end. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In the light of the full moon, the shock and hurt on her masked face hit me like a blow to the chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Around her, masked and veiled men and women crowded onto the terraced ledges, stamping their feet as the action proceeded below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The doctor placed the rubber mask over her face and turned a dial and I watched Catherine breathing deeply and rapidly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They went to plan B, laying strips of masking tape across the window and then cracking it with a crowbar. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then she took a step forward and with her fully extended arm pointed the tip of the sword right at the center of his masked face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Breathe deeply,” they ordered her, shoving something rubbery up under the mask, holding it to her mouth and nose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The mask was a human skull; from it, the great antlers rose in cruel curves. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly she looked very much more herself, just a bit disheveled, as though she’d pulled off a mask. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She ran to her bag, then returned with box cutters and masking tape. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A woman in her seventies, with a broad face and short graying hair, she had a gentle, scholarly manner that masked an inner intensity. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Their hands were clenched into fists or open like claws, as if they were grasping at something, and their faces were expressionless masks, their eyes glazed with frost, staring at nothing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Next she covers my face in a minty-scented cream that hardens into a mask, and I sit there picturing how crazy I look with my eyes covered in vegetables and my face like a ghost’s. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They were silent a minute and then both started to speak at once, neither trying to mask his interest. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he took off the mask and shouted. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s too dark to see his expression, and even if it wasn’t, he’s masked. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The only way you survive is by wearing a mask. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “But it took me a couple of hours to come down the mountain to you. Thought you were an animal at first. Then the sun hit your mask.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She felt awkward and ungainly and grateful for the mask that hid her face, and she felt Sidhean’s magic all around her in a way she had not felt on the day of the hunt. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I removed my now useless mask, planted my ice ax into the mountain’s frozen hide, and hunkered on the ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were open, but his face was such a fearful mask of blood, foam, vomit and earth that he looked more like some demon creature than a rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled a saber out of the rack of weapons and found a spare mask and glove. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The basilisk’s blade had scarce slipped from its leather sheath when the hammer’s spike slammed into his temple, crunching through the thin brass of his mask and the flesh and bone beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Gee,” she said, her friendly face suddenly a mask. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Despite the filter mask, he started coughing as powder leaked in around the poorly sealed edges. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He wore an owl mask when he spoke to you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Zetas 1 and 3, remove your masks,” Nyla demands from the safety of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Or that in two days, I hadn't figured out how to get the hot water to work in my uncle's bathroom and that no form of deodorant would mask the stench of my body odor. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Very reluctantly, he pulled the mask over his head. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As they pushed their way across the dance floor, Harry saw cloaked and masked figures appearing in the crowd; then he saw Lupin and Tonks, their wands raised, and heard both of them shout, “Protego!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Head voice requires placing the sound higher up in the “vocal mask” or the face, as if singing from the eyes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I sit at my desk, but I keep my mask on for a few minutes longer until my tears go back to where they belong. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I became simply a pair of eyes, staring through my mask at Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The mask of glass explodes into fine shards of pain, etching his face unrecognizable, old. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He was still out there in the dark, naked and painted up, trick-or-treating, sliding from hootch to hootch in that crazy white ghost mask. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Clay and Tabitha both have the same kind of reactions, but are more successful at masking them. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He felt that every word she said was a lie, every action concealed a threat, and every smile was a mask of deceit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My legs ache, and sweat collects beneath my mask. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Doctors and nurses would wear sterile gowns, gloves, shoe covers, caps over their hair, and masks over their noses and mouths. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At night masked lovers met under the rose-hung colonnades or in the lamplit gardens, and the air stirred with the scent of jasmine and throbbed to the music of the wire-strung mandarone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Their masks have slipped; I see fear on their faces. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was right; he wasn’t able to do a very good job of fixing the mask. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Bast’s easy smile fell away like a cracked mask, leaving his face stricken and pale. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I also asked if he would be willing to give us masking tape to tape our logos and not destroy outside property. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The Object’s face, as still as a death mask, waited with eyes closed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The tournament had been the most magical time of her whole life, and there was so much she had not seen yet, harvest feasts and masked balls and mummer shows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask, without a word, deep in thought. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z What I really want is to mask the noise above her head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I wore a cloth mask over my nose and mouth. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was astonishing how that mask transformed her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z One on each arm, dressed in black, wearing alien masks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Remember the man shot in his bedroom by men wearing black masks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It had been hours, now, since all this began, the first twinge, then the rhythmic, hardening pain, and later, the buckling on of the mask. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Red was holding a .38 revolver in his hand as he emerged from the shadows of the huge oaks that masked the beginning of the clearing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He stands tall; his face, a scowling mask. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He forgets to remove his mask when he leaves, and when he finds it discarded in his town house the next day, he cannot remember where it came from. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On some nights when we really need it, Pa allows Ma to cook a tiny portion of the rice and mask the smell by burning damp, decayed leaves in the fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my mask off and screamed in absolute joy and relief. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Now, in the shrill, silent aftermath of his suicide attempt, she wondered how much they had masked with all that laughter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The maester bade him be very still as he slid the tip of the knife in under his chin, beneath the mask. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Get back to your room. Where is your face mask?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Flames had been tattooed across his cheeks and chin and shaven head to make a bright red mask that crackled about his eyes and coiled down and around his lipless mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not normally given to anger, the Abbot stared Cluny in the eye, his face a mask of cold fury. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But walking around the hospital without a mask on? Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Your elf’s scared of heights, and those wizards in masks were levitating people! You can’t blame her for wanting to get out of their way!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He might not have seen because of the mask, but a tear coursed down my cheek. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The mouths on the masks were wide open, as if in the midst of a scream. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “We come for an important reason,” said the blue mask. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are other mysteries I prefer,” Kaisa said, and then she returned the mask to Ash, who took it but did not put it on. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did one of them wear an antlered mask?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He pulled the mask off over his head and stood holding it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But Percy, Frank, and a dozen Amazon guards were staring at her, so she tried to mask her emotions. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Everything about them was cleaner, even their face masks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was so fixed and intense that he looked more like a mask than a man. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Baba wore only his mask when he ventured behind the fence, even though lately it seemed like the decoys didn’t fool the tigers anymore. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Their helms were tiger’s masks, the faces beneath marked by green stripes tattooed across both cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I grabbed the costume, the mask, and the long-handled plastic scythe. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It shouldn’t be such a shock, especially because, in lots of the pictures I’ve seen of people with vitiligo, it forms a pale mask around their eyes, mouth, and nose. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He wore a black mask and rescued poor people from evil capitalists. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the mask on, trying not to shudder at the eagerness with which it attaches to me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z If pictures of Hazleton workers wearing face masks and white suits wound up on the evening news, it could cause a panic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sexers wore surgical masks so they wouldn’t inhale the dusty down from the baby chicks. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I add a strap to the mask, so it stays on my face. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I rest my head on Chris’s shoulder as we hold hands, oxygen masks on both of us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Three days earlier, in broad daylight, two masked men had run into J. Browns Jewelers waving guns at the customers, ordering them to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He yanked the mask right off, and it clattered to the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The swarm of particles makes it difficult to get a measurement of the electron’s mass and charge, because the particles interfere with the measurement, masking the electron’s true properties. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Through his mask, Chandresh sees only the still grey suit, the hovering top hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Barb is covering his body, pushing air into his lungs with a bag valve mask. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It hit the side of my mask, which deflected it into the center of the net. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ash's step mother was not wearing a mask, and she looked extremely vexed as she herded her daughters out toward the courtyard and the carriages. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Their great art, in the form of wooden statues and masks, is prized in museums around the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I wipe the goggles of my mask clear of the moist breath. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z On the last day of school, wearing his elephant mask on the walk home, the trunk hanging down to his waist, Palmer was a sensation. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Properly infuriated, the Laughing Man pushed off his mask with his tongue and confronted the Dufarges with his naked face by moonlight Mile. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Hidden within what looked like an ordinary letter was the secret message that was only revealed when the reader applied the mask. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in turn. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Is this why your mask hasn’t joined with you?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She unfastened the mask from her face, tossing it onto the table in the center of the foyer, and sighed as the cool air met her flushed skin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She’s clad in a loose black robe that softens the disdain on her masked face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Why do you wear a mask and hood?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I yelp as she brings my face close to hers, the silver of her mask nearly touching my cheeks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Five wore the cloaks and masks of Brazen Beasts, but Pretty Meris had not troubled to disguise herself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was full of odd machines and doctors and nurses in masks and gowns. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z There were still men in garishly painted demon masks skulking about the city, making mischief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The walls behind the counter were covered with wooden animal masks and bright tin suns, moons, and skeletons. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Party guests trample ahead, fixing the masks to their faces, each determined to be the first to win the treasure hunt. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Lovely children,” he said, to mask the obvious rejection. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sharp anger in the woman’s eyes startled her; it was as if a beautiful mask had slid off to reveal the hungry beast within. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird looked like it was made out of the same colors as the flowers in front, with a rich purple body, a yellow mask, and a bright red belly. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z After a few minutes of awkward lingering, a large woman in a tight leather dress and red mask comes running toward us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I count at least twenty, maybe more, all with white masks tied tightly around their mouths. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He sometimes wore a doctor’s face mask instead of a diaper. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Danny was tense and edgy, his face still masked by frustration, his mind obviously not on what we were discussing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There were shoes, as well — satin slippers in the same ice blue — and a mask shaped like a butterfly, embedded with what seemed to be hundreds of tiny diamonds and sapphires. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth wondered if demigods didn’t smell the same in Tartarus, or if the other scents here were so powerful, they masked a demigod’s aura. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Draco was on the upper landing, pleading with another masked Death Eater. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Swimmers wearing snorkel masks jump from the deck to swim below. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They let the four of us sit on the curb, and they put oxygen masks on us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z His eyes were the only living things in the white mask of his face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was really the paint that appealed to me, the whiteness of it, like a mask, and the bright red lips. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Even though I was well beyond the trick-or-treating stage myself, I usually threw on some mask or other to accompany him up and down the blocks, watching him knocking on people’s doors, giddy with excitement. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z It surrounded an impossibly tall person cloaked in black and wearing a white eyeless mask. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Winstead says, “No masks in my class. Take them off. All of you.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Petey could have been a bee or a butterfly with her tattered silver wings veined with gold, the silver mask hiding her face. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There was no baggage apart from the indispensable gas mask in its haversack, and as usual Maddie wasn’t told her special passenger’s name. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The huntress wore a dark green shirt, the sleeves laced together with a brown cord from elbow to wrist, and brown breeches with shining boots, but she did not carry a mask. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All were hooded and masked, and had gauntlets on their hands, and were armed like Faramir and his companions. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “One shouldn't wear a mask in a church, any more than a hat.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A convulsion shook him and he scrabbled at the ground, covering himself in a mask of wet earth and blood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She dug into her can and pulled out a face mask. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I put it over my face like a mask, feeling the sweatband, soft as felt, against my cheeks. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Tralfamadorians wearing gas masks brought her in, put her on Billy’s yellow lounge chair; withdrew through his airlock. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Through my good eye I saw a figure in a livid green mask standing nearby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Wearing masks and goggles, sitting in their rags by the side of the road like ruined aviators. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Drops of moisture had collected on the inside of my faceplate and pooled in the mask under my chin. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Inej slid the Madman’s mask down over the guard’s face, and Muzzen threw his arm around him, holding him up as if the guard had been drinking too much. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The Death Eaters were quite motionless, the glittering eyes in their masks fixed upon Voldemort, and upon Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When bandits brought their share of raids home, I waited until they took off their masks so I would know the villagers who stole from their neighbors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder whether he masked himself when he joined the raid on her family. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Red, mangled, sagging, it looked like a plastic drama mask that had been held too close to a candle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For a moment it seemed like Mom had been wearing a mask, and the mask slipped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I put my gloved hands into the brown Jik, scooped up some of the liquid, and poured it over my head and face mask. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An excited Cristiana collected feathers of every color and stitched them to a mask, for she had found this note in her pocket: Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Friends came to visit, dressed in yellow paper gowns, their hands covered by blue synthetic-rubber gloves and their faces hidden behind paper masks. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She bowed her head to the queen, the light of the chandeliers making her mask glisten, and then strode off the dais. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Though the waltz was playing, those not dancing quieted themselves as the mysterious masked girl lifted her skirts and took a step, then another. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I found myself facing Hamlet, who wore a mask emblazoned with two faces. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There is the impression of people wearing masks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Thorns and roots clawed at him from the sides and above his head, tearing at his hair, skin, and the decoy mask still attached to the back of his head. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what bad things happened to you, but it’s a matter of safety to wear the mask now. The Keepers won’t bother you if you’re wearing a costume.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The best part of the uniform was the mask. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Guildenstern arrived in a black cloak and a mask with a beak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Ophelia, you do not know me yet Do not think that I argued my true beliefs today. To the world I wear a mask that hides my truer self, which you now see.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Certainly not because I was held back by the kind of moral paralysis that can mask as journalistic objectivity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lena, Hannah, and I have made a huge pile of buckets, garbage bags, masking tape, and drop cloths in the main office. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The monkey was unscrewing the clasp, and the President, his face a mask of grim exultation, was twisting wires together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There were no crowds to bump against her here, no cloying perfumes or wild masks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The weak, unsteady light placed shadows under her mouth and in the sockets of her eyes, making the face impersonal with majesty, like the face of a prophetess, or like a mask. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Before writing the letter, Clinton had placed an hourglass-shaped mask on a piece of paper and then had formed the secret message within that shape. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She caught glimpses of masked frees: huge, inhuman eyes staring at her unblinkingly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A moment later every demo computer screen, monitor, phone, and tablet blinked, and their displays lit up with the picture of me covered in paint wearing the alien mask. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I wanted the Ghostface mask in the neck hole below my crotch, but no matter how far I stuffed it in, it kept falling out. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z His usually sensitive face was unreadable, as if he wore a mask. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When I take a good look across the sector, I see that red tape lines almost every block, and plague patrol soldiers with gas masks and black capes stand at every street corner. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He turns away slightly, and in the shadows of the night, it's enough to mask his expression. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The other woman watched as her ID tags were dropped over my neck and Dr. Begbie put a surgical mask over my face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “You cannot tell it,” he said then, “because I wear a cape and mask. But I am smiling now.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z All was quiet now; there was no sign of the masked wizards, though several ruined tents were still smoking. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “A Brazen Beast. He wore an owl mask.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Around me the students move with faces frozen in solemn masks, and I seem to hear already the voices mechanically raised in the songs the visitors loved. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have any pads on at all, not even a mask, and he slid across the ice on his back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Replace my mask to suck oxygen into my burning lungs. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The lobby was tiled in unattractive squares of tan, with a row of mailboxes marked with masking tape or white labels. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z All were masked as insects, identical to one another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when it came to describing what her face looked like underneath the mask, I simply couldn't find the right words. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He was eating with a casualness that was only a little forced, doing a good job of keeping his mask up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We also talked about doing things your own way, the diary, loneliness, the difference between everyone’s inner and outer selves, my mask, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The expression on the mask was like a frozen scream. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The nurse’s face seems to occupy multiple distances, a mask atop a mask atop a mask. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I put my mask back on and assumed my starting position. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z At least he had taken off his mask. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The British often used a “mask” to keep their messages secret. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that all love was nothing but lust, all seeming truth only a mask for lies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Aren’t you in the Crack House Quartet?” a guy in a Hillary Clinton mask asked me, referring to some hard-core band that Adam loved and I hated. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched the queen as he spoke; her face was a mask, still and pale, betraying nothing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Rebs moved up close and began aimed fire, trying to mask their own movement. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have to go,” I begged as I ripped off my mask and gasped for air. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They wore the costumes of the Komedie Brute, but no one got access to his office without showing his face, so the masks had come off. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I just stood by my desk, willing the mask to disappear. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Shorter than the natives, oddly dressed, and often unbearably dirty, the pallid foreigners had peculiar blue eyes that peeped out of the masks of bristly, animal-like hair that encased their faces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Gerris pressed the ape mask to his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was those that the old knight encountered—big men, masked as boar, bear, vole, and manticore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In my confused and credulous state, the sight of the man in the demon mask startled me into wakefulness, the seductive warmth I had felt a moment ago vanished, leaving my body limp and leaden. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His face was still, a mask of shock. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z All around them the guests were dressed as princesses or lords, their masks glittering with garnets and plumed with feathers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Singing now, her face would be a mask; all emotion and passion would have left her features and entered her voice. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was done, her face was a carefully controlled mask; she would not meet Kaede’s eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Or does their leader want to buy another mask for his face? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s even a shelf dedicated to face masks in all colors and patterns, an accessory I’ve seen worn all over Tokyo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Fazlullah’s men wear masks,” I said, “because they are criminals. But I have nothing to hide, and I have done nothing wrong. I’m proud to be a voice speaking out for girls’ education. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Tall and stately, with wavy dark hair, his mask is feathered and makes me think of the swallow birds that sailors paint on their ships. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Other sessions had taken Chemical Agents before us; we’d see them in the mess hall at lunch with gas masks around their waists and apprehension in their eyes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I should have brushed the stupid alien mask to the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He holds his finger to his mouth and pulls his face mask off to smile at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The burnt half of his face was a mask of dried blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I can see she’s drawn King Tut’s famous mask and the bust of Nefertiti, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then I took out my mask and Hulk bodysuit and tossed the tote into the trash bin. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Rishi watched his little brother’s face fall and then settle into its usual nonchalant mask, and he felt a tug of sympathy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z With the blackout curtains closed and the mask half covering my eyes it was dark inside the hallway as I shuffled forward with my scythe waving in front of me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z First he made his prisoners take off their handkerchief masks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Felt utterly false, as though I had on a mask—like I was wearing someone else’s face. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z So I pull harder, and the mask falls into my hands with a hiss. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The lower part of his face is covered by the white gauze mask, regulation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he had his hand in her hair and he was pulling her toward him like a gas mask. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I hoped it would mask my perspiration, my desperation. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Some of them were still masked and hooded; others showed their faces. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But smoking wasn't doing any more than providing a physical activity that masked the emptiness behind it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I meet my own gaze in the blurry metal of the elevator, remembering the face mask in my pocket and slinging it on as I ride up to the fifth floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Scipio listened to him impassively, his face hidden by the mask. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I had better luck with a masked booby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She clutched hold of the mask and breathed short and deep, pantingly, making the respirator click. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z If Cora’s own mask was occasionally askew, she proved adept at maintaining the disguise of Bessie Carpenter, late of North Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Can I take the mask off now?” he asks. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He showed me a face mask in his backpack “I’m just glad it’s not cold and flu season,” he whispered, “or I’d have to wear it. I’m just carrying it for security.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Selmy wondered if the masks had meaning to the men who wore them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z An old-fashioned crank telephone, a primitive-looking wooden mask and a treadle sewing machine. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t doubt that Lucky Gordon knows the identity of “the man in the mask” and much more. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Face mask and shopping bag. You’re set. Here are the latex gloves.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The remaining Fivers return to Blackcliff, receive their masks, and spend another four years as Cadets and then two more years as Skulls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She warned me the mask might conceal anything: a deformity, advancing age, the face of a known bandit. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And standing among the invaders, wearing the same mask as the others, is a girl with a dark ponytail. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel pushed up the mask that covered his face and stood, astonished. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Strong hands held me down while a mask stuffed with cotton-wool was clamped over my face. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t really be sure of anything—but they’d be my first guess. All I saw was three people in masks running away while Dub lay on the ground, choking on his own blood.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z For the first time, I saw masks of iron with metal mouth-bits for the slave to suck to enforce absolute silence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They didn’t sense yet, nor perhaps did Reggie, that it masked a true, remarkable transformation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I could hear my breath sucking in through the filters and hissing out through the mask’s exhaust ports. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the reverend’s mask of severity was a gentle, broad-minded individual who believed fervently in the importance of ed-ucating young African men. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she rolls her eyes, throwing me a face mask before waving me along to freedom. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I turned the dial to number two and when Catherine put down the mask I turned it off. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It had some kind of a dial or gauge on it to read—I couldn’t see from where I was, but he held it in front of his mask and turned it slowly, studying it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “This is terrible,” he says, his eyes widening inside the clay mask of his face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z In the farthest balcony, unaccompanied women in masks raised their fans to obscure their pox-marks, observed by men guessing at identity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Everyone was supposed to guess the identity of the other guests without anyone removing their masks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Scipio had taken off his mask and was fiddling with it anxiously. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I watch as her hands reach up to fix her face mask while she leans over to press a button, the doors slowly closing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “This is why masks lead to trouble,” she said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was carrying the extra flashlight and two tiger masks. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z They put on white coats and surgical masks, and the two men walked down a long cinder-block corridor lined on both sides with steel doors leading to monkey rooms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A nurse slips an oxygen mask over her face. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The little girl disengaged one hand without thinking about it, and clapped an expressionless golden mask over her face. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood there in her Klondike-dance-hall-girl costume with sheer black silk stockings, spool-heeled slippers, one red garter fastened under a knee and swinging a black mask in her hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivanito thinks her face looks nailed on, like a mask on a wall. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But those broad gains mask the fact that poor and working-class students have nevertheless been falling behind; for them, not having a degree remains the norm. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The largest jar had “Corn” written on a strip of masking tape. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Tally shook away that last image and ran down the hall, ignoring the same jokes about her mask, risking glances into the rooms one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Surrounding her were candles she burned in daylight, clean yellow diamonds, footlights that ringed her, mysterious masked mother, nose and mouth veiled with a cowboy handkerchief. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The sugar content in our samples was high enough to mask the taste of the plastic cups. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z You groan, and the mask says, “Too small. Throw it back, yes?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A short man in a white surgical mask stepped up and looked at Stockdale’s bloated, discolored limb. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Of course, if Percy were the Tiber River, he’d probably want to mask the smell with cologne too. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The nurses were reminded to put their own masks on first. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I showed Lelia how this was done, sometimes brutally, my face a peerless mask, the bluntest instrument. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, when I pull it out, I realize that the jackal mask—or what’s left of it—has been crammed into the trash. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I wasn’t certain, though, until I found a picture of the freaks: two masked ruffle-collared kids who seemed to be feeding each other a coil of ribbon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Back when we shared a room, she was the one who'd divide up the floor with masking tape, building an invisible wall between us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z For one Hearst Metro- tone newsreel he sat in his office, young inmates around him wearing masks to preserve their anonymity. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, except for the gas mask and a few magnets shaped like swastikas on the refrigerator. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Upon one cheek he bore a brand: a demon’s mask. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was running toward them, his face set into a grim mask, the tube of glue crushed and empty in his hand. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But lately, the mask has started fighting back, forcing the melding process by digging tiny filaments into the back of my neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His sweat-slick face was a mask of anguish, his every muscle straining as he leaned into the big piano, moving it by brute strength inch by inch through the wide doorway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The binoculars felt like a mask that put some distance between Marion and me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He was thinking of listening to the psychologist’s advice and taking some time to get his own mask on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I then lunged, throwing my arm out, and my blade hit the top of her mask. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z More than once I had ruined a mask in this manner. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z His eyes grew wide as we all watched her face change to a pale blue mask pulled down from her hairline to her swollen lips. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The four of us are wearing matching black face masks tonight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He attached Pittman’s mask and regulator to the fresh bottle, and then they ascended the last few meters to the top and joined the celebration in progress. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Just then one of the bedroom doors opened and Daoud came out, yawning and wearing a full cucumber face mask, so it had to be Thursday. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He stretches to take it from me, fixing his face mask with the other hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z That was when I understood the depth of the pain I had caused, the blackness of the grief I had brought onto everyone, that not even Ali’s paralyzed face could mask his sorrow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I hear a few murmurs from the class, and someone whistles and says “awesome” under his breath as I remove the ski mask and goggles and replace them with a pair of aviator sunglasses. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Then we put on masks and used the sprayers to paint all the pieces gold. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Now Milton was shaking his head no, and Dr. Luce was putting on a surgical mask, and my schoolmates back in Grosse Pointe were pointing at me and laughing, their faces lit with malicious joy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I studied the people and saw the worry carved into their faces like a carefully designed mask. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The confidence is a mask, like some of the lies we tell to make it through the day. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He walked along the wall passing the masks in a last review and through a stile and out to where the boy was waiting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She thinks I want to mask the noise. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She shuddered a bit, as the memory of the mask came to her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He blinked, his face a mask of disbelief. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stood there frozen for a second until I could just make out a man in the woods wearing a camouflage hunting outfit and a black ski mask. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Girl, hush,” her mother said, adjusting the mask’s elastic around her ears. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z "It looks just like a real face. Even though I knew it was a mask, I still couldn't tell. Oh, my darling!" she cried, giving me a hug. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Hamlet, absent from me, grew a mystery to me, a masked god with two faces, both of which hid yet another self. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The lower half of her face is concealed behind a white gauze mask. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And if his regulator was perhaps on the fritz and not delivering oxygen to his mask, that would also explain Andy’s apparent lack of lucidity. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His visor was a full face mask fashioned like a gorgon’s head—curved tusks, horrible features pinched into a snarl, and golden snake hair curling around the face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Charlie lifted the mask and rested it on top of his head. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Without the mask, Ash felt self-conscious; she was not sure if Kaisa had ever looked at her like that before. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z So well did I act my part that even my father, despite being schooled in deceit, did not perceive my mask. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Customers screamed in fear and quickly followed the orders as two more masked men entered. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Zombielike, my mother pointed at the package, unable to utter a word, her face a mask of indescribable horror. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I did cut them off on purpose, but only because she was stuck inside a plaster mask. It was the only way to get her out.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He plugged the wire into the machine and put the earphone up beside his mask, next to his ear. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Really, he just wanted to walk behind Finn and Emma so they couldn’t see his face and Chess wouldn’t have to stiffen it into a confident, cheerful, unconcerned mask. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Clad in black from head to heel, with a mask of red-and-orange flames tattooed across his face, the priest appeared more sinister than ever. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The adult-size mask slid off George's face when the first jolt of electricity struck his body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At nine o’clock on that Friday morning, he put on a surgical scrub suit and a paper mask and went into the Level 3 lab where the flasks were being kept warm. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just sweat inside my mask. If you’ll bear with me a moment, I’m going to get this suit off.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was she encumbered by mask and pads? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I heard Mr. Loomis calling after me, but the mask covered my ears so that his voice seemed garbled and far away and I could not understand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Look, can we just get this over with so I can get this woolen mask off, Daryl?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A Brazen Beast in a boar mask had offered the litter bearer a skin of water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Suli seers wore the jackal mask when they plied their trade and looked into a person’s fate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In the green glow of the night-vision goggles, her features leaped at Artemis like a Halloween mask. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A lot of people did the toned-down school version of Halloween today—animal ears and masks and things like that. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z As Buddy Ray approached, a pungent stench of cheap cologne failing to mask foul body odor wafted off him, the foul smell taking the lead like a Doberman he was walking. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Emboldened, I reach out and pull at the edge of his mask, which has never seemed like a part of him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then the tablecloth lifts, and as my eyes adjust to the brightness of the candlelight, a masked figure grabs for my arm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The mask looks like a cross between my sister and Edvard Munch’s The Scream; blond hair and a terrified yowling mouth—although from behind the mask I can hear laughter. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I could tell once that under his mask he was smiling. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I smiled, knowing no one could see my face behind the mask. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I’ll go change,” I said through the mask, which made my voice sound like I had a bad case of asthma. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Some kids were too poor to buy a penny mask. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t they pump your body full of strange chemicals to prevent your skin from stretching and puckering, to keep your face from resembling a rubber mask? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She had removed her mask, but her back was turned, so I couldn’t see her face. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The problem was keeping the mask on, because first Beans, then everyone else had to yank on the trunk. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z For instance, most stores buy yellow and black crepe paper and black paper cats, masks and papier-mâché pumpkins in October. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked intently at the portrait of the masked lady. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never complained or dropped my mask, nothing of the kind, and now...now the battle is over. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The Warthog mask, perhaps weakened by Kuda’s earlier assault, came off. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu had finished and Aunty Uju was coating an exfoliating mask on her face when The General called to say he could no longer come. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I shiver, draw my hoodie tightly up so that it covers all of my hair, and pull on a black face mask. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Gerald, with large bandages on his head and his leg, and an oxygen mask on his face, grinned at her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose you went under and your mask filled all up with water and you couldn’t get to the top in time? Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Within were three long hooded cloaks made from myriad small squares of cloth sewn together, three cudgels, three shortswords, three masks of polished brass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The man in the grey suit does not wear a mask. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Finally, I could see his perfect face, staring at me, twisted into a mask of indecision and pain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As I struggled to stand up, I was relieved my mask hid my face as I fought back tears. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A pair of Unsullied went down the steps before them, bearing torches; behind came two Brazen Beasts, one masked as a fish, the other as a hawk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That’s the only time I felt anger through it all, seeing that rehearsed mask slip over his dark face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The masks were coruscating, turning, firing the shadows. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I swore I saw him grinning through his garish alien mask. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Whether she recognized the name Ilyaas or has seen me around Serra masked, I don't know. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’ll bet you anything his dad is one of that masked lot!” said Ron hotly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The court couldn’t see my father, with his “Good Old Boy” mask, as the evil person he was. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “You know how when the safety video comes on, they tell you to put the air mask on yourself first before you put it on your children?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She raised her hands above her head, her face a mask of disinterest and quiet rage. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The memory of him is like a poison masked in a beautiful glass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Dany had not noticed Quaithe in the crowd, yet there she stood, eyes wet and shiny behind the implacable red lacquer mask. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Like billboards whose occupants wore gas masks and reminded passersby that poison gas from Hitler’s Nazi Germany was still a very real threat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Please, nobody fall, okay?” he says through the mask. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Chrysaor’s golden gorgon mask snarled at him, though it was impossible to tell what his real expression might be underneath. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Within moments, the airlock seals and medics in beefed-up envirosuits and masks come in with a gurney. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His voice was muffled through the mask, but she heard him clearly enough. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I love a gavotte,” I said, touching to make sure my mask was still properly in place. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Did the same men wear the same masks every day, or did they choose new faces every morning? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Leather masks in white and black and silver with ribbon ties are set in baskets by the gates and around the circus for patrons to wear, should they wish. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Others fidgeted with their protective goggles—McMillan had brought along a welder’s mask with the darkest visor he could find. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Some kid in a leftover Halloween mask was flying a skeleton kite intentionally low, buzzing us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The man in the black mask held out his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Beneath the silver mask that covers me from forehead to jaw, my face should be unreadable.. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The screen door creaked as Ernie came in, already sweaty, the doctor’s mask the only thing reminding Genie that things were still real. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Once we were out of his line of sight, Carmen took off her heels and I pulled off my mask and Hulk bodysuit. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Some of the most insidious tricks employed tonight will involve artifice and illusion. Without the milk you could be even more susceptible. It would only broaden their ability to mask their true appearance.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Please pull the mask down toward your face and place the mask over your mouth and nose. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He had brought an overnight bag with a toothbrush, and he had managed to pack a few paper surgical masks and some gowns and rubber gloves into the bag. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A crowd had gathered to stare at Dany with hard black eyes, their faces like masks of beaten copper. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Fountain pens from Paris, chess sets from Iceland, atomic clocks from Austria, jewelry from Yugoslavia, masks from Burma. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The mask offered protection against the constant reminders of being at once American, and the American dilemma. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Their faces were masks of disapproval, sneering mouths and squinty eyes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He pushed his hair up and gazed at the green and black mask before him, trying to remember what Jack looked like. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z His face was profoundly wrinkled and black, like a mask of obsidian. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The Captain of the Guard, who hadn’t bothered to wear a mask, extended his hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Hold still, I’m just checking your vitals,” the he-she mask says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The boy had only stopped yelling because two PSFs had pulled a strange black mask down over the lower part of his face—like they were muzzling a dog. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Its big, bulbous head had a very pointed orange-yellow beak and the red eyes behind the black mask made it look like a thief who had had a very long night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The man behind the black mask swore, then nodded and began to rummage around underneath his robe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then scientists passed around thick pieces of dark glass, the kind used in welder’s masks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They dressed as Mister Crimson or the Lost Bride, or wore the grotesque, goggle-eyed mask of the Madman—all characters from the Komedie Brute. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One wore a hawk mask, the other the likeness of a jackal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was difficult, blinded like this; her skin was hot inside the mask. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He pulled off his ant mask, hopped out, and turned off the spray of white fog. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He recognized the birds—one in each cage—they were the same kind as the one he’d seen pecking around on the front porch, the one wearing blue feathers like a cape and mask. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He moved the oxygen mask to the side so he could talk. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Once, we had a slumber party, and we were going to make plaster face masks. When we tried to remove one of my friend’s masks, we started to yank her eyelashes out.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A young officer, a trim black- uniformed figure who seemed to glitter all over with polished leather and whose pale, straight-featured face was like a wax mask, stepped smartly through the doorway. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They tossed their sickness bags and face masks into the appropriately labeled bins. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Buttercup turned back to the source of the sound and stared down as, in first light, the man in black struggled to remove his mask. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now awake, I noticed his mask was sheer black. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then again, when he had removed his black mask and she had tumbled to him, surprise had been operating, stunned astonishment as much as emotion. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It had a number plate, like all the other lockers, but it was hidden behind strips of masking tape. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Quarantining people and getting the bodies in one place—she said they’d been sure to wear gloves and masks—and helping deliver food from house to house. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The mask shimmers strangely at his touch, like a pool rippling beneath a drop of rain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Like my classmates, I received the mask on my first day as a Cadet, when I was fourteen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She’s taken her face mask off and I can see her lips twitching into a smile. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Yossarian leaned forward and peered closely into Oil’s inscrutable mask of contradictory emotions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The man’s courteous words could not mask the disapproval in his voice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And then there were the Jackals, a group of rowdy men and boys who cavorted through the Barrel in the red lacquered masks of Suli fortune-tellers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’s wearing the same green surgeon scrubs, face mask, and blue gloves that the pre-op nurses wear, but his wavy brown hair is peeking out from under a clear surgical cap. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The mask had an insectile appearance, and the rubber was black and wet looking, sinister. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t hide her smile, though, and neither could the other kids as they stripped off their masks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I zone out, watching the skyline, when a man in a Phantom of the Opera mask pulls me out to the dance floor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I pressed the mask against my chest, feeling the luxurious touch of velvet against my cheek. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Tally looked up, trying to see through the tears that were flowing freely now, to peer past Dr. Cable’s cruel mask and find the truth. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It’s a pretty serious trick. Anyway, I wore this mask and crashed a party. They almost caught me, so I grabbed a bungee jacket.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The lower half of his face was bandaged tightly, a mask of hardened plaster with holes for breathing and feeding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wonder if any of those people clothed in their masks and costumes, hustling about the city, are the Edna who wrote to me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z This mask was large and curiously indistinct, but Arm suspected he wouldn’t want to see it clearly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Security bots glide around the floor, looking like ladies with mechanical jaws and long-nosed masks and black parasols. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A vital component of TMV was nucleic acid, and so it was the perfect front to mask my continued interest in DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Jon,” he asked, “I don’t seem to be getting enough air. Can you tell if the intake valve to my mask is iced up?” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But when Burgoyne viewed the letter with the mask, he read Clinton’s view of the real situation: Howe has made a bad move; I don’t have enough men to do anything about it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The street was jammed with masked and costumed children making a deafening din with their penny tin horns. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The window was open, my bed was made up with blankets and my things hung on the wall, the gas mask in an oblong tin can, the steel helmet on the same peg. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “But, Bernice, we don’t even—” the man in the top hat started, his face a mask of angelic innocence. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They got to spend time with their children and let the parental mask slip just a bit, giving their offspring a glimpse of the curious child they themselves had once been. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Philippa had promised to keep it a secret—promised not to ask questions when Celaena requested she find a gown and matching mask. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She concealed her anguish under the brisk, practical mask of a schoolteacher. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We tried facials and mud masks at every sleepover, and took great joy in photographing ourselves covered in zit medicine. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Half was a purple contusion that hung in strips like a shredded mask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Well, I suppose you feel bad for the others, but whatever you do, you don’t give that mask away. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Despite the brutality of the crimes, many whites did not mask their enthusiasm for the lurid story. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They started to fall before I took my mask off. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He had a wall of masks from every country he’d been to, like Armenia and Chile and Ethiopia. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Once again, Rachel and I stepped to the on-guard lines, opposite sides of the strip, masks on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She even makes a face mask look good. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He drove the point of his sword under the brass mask and up through the wearer’s throat, even as the second locust sprouted a crossbow bolt from his chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The placid innkeeper’s expression was like a shattered mask. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Someone opens the door; a mask I don’t remember. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The young girl cringed when they buckled the eyeless leather mask around the upper half of her face and blinded her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Estraven’s smile was an ugly split in a peeling, cracked brown mask, thatched with black fur and set with two flecks of black rock. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The shirt became a mask that filtered out the ash. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z When Malia and Sasha came home from school later that day, Barack and I met them in the residence and hugged them tight, trying to mask the urgency of our need just to touch them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Sloth, his crewgirl, made fun of him whenever he washed the mask, asking why he even bothered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The wall breaks down and suddenly there is a red- haired girl with her arms outstretched to me—her face is a blank mask. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Then an oxygen mask covers my entire face. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z His face was void of expression, a mask I came to know well and could rarely crack. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No one knew he was different under the mask. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The mask lay on a small huddle of silent white bones and material. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s filled with multicolored rugs, brown-and-black African masks, and statues of men and women in weird sexual positions. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The stag horns turned to crimson streaks, the skull mask ran like molten iron. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It even covers his head, and there is a glass mask for his eyes—like the wet suits skin divers wear in cold water, only looser and bulkier. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It was a mask for hatred and self-hatred and despair. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Tyrion raised a hand to his face and made a ripping motion over the hardened mask. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instead, when he’d met my gaze for a jolting moment, I’d seen life bursting through, chaotic and alluring beneath the shadow of the mask. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He pulled down his own mask; the long nose and bulging eyes looked doubly monstrous in the fog. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’s ripping off masking tape with his teeth. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The mask is uncomfortable on top of my glasses, and it’s making me sweat and itch. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Luma took down their names and ages, and with the help of the team manager, Tracy, wrote their names on strips of masking tape, which the women plastered across the backs of the boys’ T-shirts. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He paced the concourse, looking for the cousin he’d grown up with, a sharp-nosed girl with the grinning mouth of a comedy mask. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Somehow Harley didn’t seem to feel anything at all, and he masked it with smart talk and laughter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Many drank to mask the absurdity of their lives. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Seemed to me we could if we wore masks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Put the mask back on him! I do not need to argue points with a specimen.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jack ignored them for the moment, turned his mask down to the seated boys and pointed at them with the spear. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Finally, I take a step back and put on the face mask again as a peace offering, before leaning against the wall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Dr. Calvin masked impatience, “It doesn’t make much sense, I admit, in lay language; but there is no conceivable use in presenting the mathematics of this. I assure you, it is as I say.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Around me people were wearing masks made from pâpier-maché and velvet. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z His eyes meet mine when I say his name, and I reach up a hand to touch his mask. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The locker room smelled of new white paint that couldn’t completely mask the odor of sweat that was so much a part of this place. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weston caught sight of them the minute they rose above the masking tufts of long grass and retired inside the house to wait. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He passed me in the hallway, his face a suffering mask of pain and compassion. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The masked men, all of them, dug into the sand and separated out into orange and then smoke-flame. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I smiled behind my mask as I locked out opponent after opponent. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Come on,” she said, “we’re nearly there. And bring your mask.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As I pass one reveler in a goblin mask, he lifts it and winks at me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On the wall next to it hung masks, looking ghostly in the flickering beams of the flashlights. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We wore makeshift wire masks to protect our eyes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy threw the golden mask aboard the vessel, which was now sinking even faster, brown fizzy liquid spewing out the trireme’s oar slots and bubbling from the cargo hold, turning the sea frothy brown. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I laid out a pair of green rubber gauntlet gloves, yellow rubber boots, a black mask with twin purple filters. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the shadow of his mask, his full mouth seems harsh, his jaw unyielding. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Characters from stories, like the ones she’d been told all her life, were taking off their masks and saying, I was never a tale, but a truth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A creek wandered through the seven rooms of the masked ball. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z On the second day of slowly rifling through Benton’s things, Cabot Searcy came upon a photo album labeled with a strip of masking tape and a black marker. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I was crouched and still upon the floor; not moving except to heave my breaths, which gargled in the mess I had coughed into the mask. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z To the east is gold-haired Achilles, his armor shining like the sun, his face a mask of raging battle madness. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A face came up from the water, wearing some sort of mask. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She held the mask tight to her face. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The skin between them darkened, too, knitting her freckles together into a speckled harlequin mask. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Kareem’s dressed as Ham—white tee, white socks, jean shorts, and a catcher’s mask on his head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The top drawer was reserved for random items—handheld pencil sharpeners, school glue, masking tape, abnormally small screwdrivers, things like that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He kept his features froze in a mask, but he swallowed hard. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She was still in her clothes, and while she looked beautiful, that did nothing to mask the killing potential that lay beneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But 1 IF had had a couple of ski masks, so the girls could wear those day and night. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Who wears an enameled copper mask over half his face. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The fires that had charred him still danced across his cheeks and forehead, where his eyes peered out from amongst a mask of frozen flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The masked woman had foretold the coming of the pale mare, was she right about the noble Reznak too? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Unarmed men, women and children on a highway were attacked by uniformed men wearing gas masks and riding horses. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no possible way of telling what was going on behind the stony mask of his face. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I pulled the mask from my face, left it hanging around my neck, and pressed onward, surprisingly unconcerned. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Clay looked directly at Amari, his face a mask of rage and confusion. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z All of that coupled with my teammates and coaching staff who made no effort to mask their disdain for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If not for the mask, I might mistake her for a child. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, he hadn’t worn a mask—it would be too silly for him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Close to the Ford there is a small hollow beside the road masked by a few stunted trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It could not go in a gas mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “His oxygen mask was off and his face was encrusted in snow. He asked, ‘Which way to the tents?’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z See, all Ernie had been doing, besides his chores, was moping around, playing with Samantha, still saying really nothing, and when he did, he pulled his T-shirt up over his face like a ninja mask. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They bump into each other on her way out of the ladies’ room and exchange a quick kiss, the smoke on her breath faindy masked by the mint she is chewing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Freak goes, "Beware the Force, earthling," and he stands up in the window and I can see he's got a Darth Vader costume on, except he's not wearing the mask part. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He still had all his hair, and it was still coal black, and his dark eyes twinkled above the paper surgical mask he was wearing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But by night, they put on white sheets and masks, carried fiery crosses, and did lots of evil things to our people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Karl’s face was a chapped red mask as he drove, steady on, through the flat, treeless country. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But Pima’s mother told him and Pima to use the masks no matter what, and for sure there was a lot of black grime in the filters when he immersed them in the ocean. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m in a hospital bed getting good air from an oxygen mask and checking out all the love from the Plutos on my Instagram pics. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The long white mask with the fake squirting blood. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I groaned, but couldn’t mask the grin on my face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A hundred yards away a dump of Wellington boots, gas masks and capes was fired, and acrid smoke enveloped the line of men pushing forward to the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z While the girls were sitting on their deck chairs, a man in armband and cap came over and demanded to see Fiona’s gas mask—it was partially obscured by her cape. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I take off my mask and we both hug and kiss each one. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z This doctor also wore a mask tied around his face. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z To prevent the virus from spreading, the library where Elizebeth worked had shut down for four weeks, and people were required to wear masks in public places. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez’ chipper face hardened into a mask of horror, and he squeaked, “Good morning, Mr. Levy. We re so glad to see you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To make his point, Wilfrido put his arm around me and almost knocked off my mask. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Besa’s face, when she got a chance to glimpse it, had become a mask. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Through his copper mask, through a mouthful of soup, Hubert says, “I want to show you something.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “How should Meereen ever come to trust the Brazen Beasts if I do not? There are good brave men beneath those masks. I put my life into their hands.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was a form of darkness, black hooded cloak, black mask, black gloves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A mask of glass covers his eyes, cheeks, lips, forehead. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z These harmless inanities, far preferable to silence, allowed Robbie to retreat behind a mask of amused attention. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Steps, noose, mask; but before the mask was adjusted, the prisoner spat his chewing gum into the chaplain’s outstretched palm. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He grins at me, wolfish and white against the silver of his mask, and I find myself smiling back before confusion floods me and I look away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z During the journey her worried thoughts had included the following: Would she arrive at Ashton Place on time for her interview, or would masked bandits storm the train and take the passengers hostage? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He shook his gasoline pressure lantern to make sure it was full and arranged ether can and mask beside it on his bureau. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In one dream, she wore the leather mask again, but they handed her something to hold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The kids applauded like onlookers at a fireworks display, violent slashes of color reflected in their masks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then I realized what it was: a gas mask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It’s got a distinct scent, especially when warmed, that the chocolate doesn’t fully mask. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The mask is gone, and the gloves are off, and I’m going to use my anger to steel my resolve. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z With his face a puffy mask, Harry felt as though he was peering out from between the bars of a cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He hardly noticed the mmuo: masculine figures covered in grass, their faces snarling wooden masks, their long whips dangling from their hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The ones marked with orange smears had the muzzlelike masks over their faces. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His face is unreadable where the mask hasn't yet melded. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z With the mask over my face, I could not smell bats or dung. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the men donned a mask with a glass visor and a tube that ran to a pack on his back. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z At times like these I need an air sickness bag and an oxygen mask and a chair cushion that doubles as a flotation device. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z A man in a black mask, the metallic gleam of a gun—I threw my covers off of me and kicked my leg out, sending the attacker stumbling back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He grinned, then he pulled his expression into a neutral mask. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The masked man pulled the hose over to the center rat hole and pressed the plunger over it, covering it completely. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I did not want you forced to mask your joys and bind your eyes. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Sam whirled to see the mask seemingly floating in the wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It moved tentatively in her arms, and she clasped it tightly, knowing it was he, not wanting them to take him away, weeping behind the mask when they did. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then the woman in the green demon mask pulled my benefactor away before I could give him any word of thanks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Its hollow face mask turned back to Leo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a vast open-air hall with wooden benches, a velvet curtain with Greek masks, and three box offices in the shape of lions' heads, through whose mouths the tickets were sold. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The flippers and life jacket keep me floating on the surface and it only takes a few minutes for me to get used to breathing through the mask. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Exhaling slowly, I rip everything I’m wearing off; the booties and the cap and the face mask and the scrubs and the gown. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Its face was as solid as a mask, the interlocked feathers unmoving, yet the way it moved its head, those small angles, they communicated a world. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The falling snow had masked the boar’s scent, but now the white wolf had the smell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her mask, now dry, had assumed an ashen quality, and water from her hair dripped onto the caked contours of her face. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I knew also why she had worn a mask. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z One of the other fellows raised his face, also masked, and said, “This is a gas.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure whether Marcus was talking about the mask on the chair or The Incident. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The medical 02 tank mixes pure oxygen with surrounding air, then feeds it to you through a mask. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Izzi has let her blonde hair fall into her face, masking her eyepatch surprisingly well. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I'm the only student whose mask hasn't melded to him yet—something my enemies enjoy pointing out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At one point, he sweats through his mask and has to replace it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Masks,” Seven whispered, and they pulled the enchanted anti-sleeping masks, courtesy of Thorn, over their faces. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It was like Officer Ken was wearing a mask. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He was walking back to the wagon, with his mask hanging down his back like a hood. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The result is a grotesque, semi-feline mask, which now squints at us distrustfully. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The mask was a hand-me-down, given to him by his father. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The head made Kendra think of a wooden hockey mask, though that was not quite right, because it was cruder and simpler. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Many of them wear masks, faces lost in swatches of black and silver and white. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Above the mask her bright blue eyes look out, crinkly at the edges and sharp as tacks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The other Sarai, near as she could tell, looked just as she herself had on the night that he had seen her: with wild hair, and Isagol’s painted black mask. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She produced an oblong cake of soap in a black case, a hydrating mask, a vial of cell renewal drops, and two tubes of face cream. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I meet my mom’s eyes as Julie puts the O₂ mask back over my mouth, watching as my mom reaches out to gently stroke my hair like she did when I was younger. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Hearing his voice on the air I saw again the long-toothed smile and the face masked with a net of fine wrinkles. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Put on your masks. We’re going out the way we came in.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Stella fixes her face mask, looking back at me, her eyes meeting mine for a fraction of a second. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It wasnt a safe place because the sound of the river masked any other but he thought it would cheer the boy up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They put a mask upon my face, with a metal bit between my lips to silence me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The number of demons steadily decreased as people lost their masks or tired of the game. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the Death Eater to the right of Worm- tail stepped forward, and Lucius Malfoy’s voice spoke from under the mask. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Appearing without one’s mask is a whipping offense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "The next time I come to your house,” he said to Dad as soon as he could get his breath, "I’m going to wear a chest protector and a catcher’s mask.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dim in the shack with the door closed and a gas mask on. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With no time to second guess, I threw on my sneakers, slid on the accompanying mask, and bolted to the door. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They probably wouldn’t recognize me in a mask and an elegant gown, but I’d do well to keep away from them, especially from Hattie. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I preferred movies with dancing in them, singing, ceremonial masks, carved artifacts for making music: feathers, brass buttons, conch shells, drums. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Seconds later, he walks past us, masked once more and gesturing for us to follow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He twisted his lips and bugged out his eyes in a mask of fear. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She’s constructing some weird sculpture—a mask behind a clown’s face. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The mask was black, the kind Zorro wore in the movies. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she reaches the hallway, she drops to the floor and pulls off her mask. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They didn't wear masks, they didn't even own cars, they didn't get but a few thousand dollars each time—they were just playing a game of cops and robbers until they were caught. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I turned the dial all the way and as she breathed hard and deep her hand relaxed on the mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z There were Jains with masks tied around their faces so they wouldn’t accidentally breathe in an insect and so kill a living thing, which was against their religion. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Armin stood scowling at us, but under the mask of disapproval I detected a hint of amusement. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Half a small face, topped with muddy brown hair and masked with thick metal-rimmed glasses, jutted out from behind Mrs. Trotter’s mammoth hip. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Though his features were a mask of protocol, she could have sworn she glimpsed a glimmer of amusement in his eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He picks up a silver mask from a basket by the gates and slips it over his face. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The mother who was banned from the Red Lion had come without her gas mask and no replacement was to be had. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I sense laughter all around—not from their mouths, because the mouths of their masks don’t move. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Capricorn laughed, but Meggie sensed he was thinking over what Fenoglio had said, and it made him uneasy—even if he was taking great pains to hide his concern under a mask of indifference. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The princess's masked garden party starts in two hourglasses' worth of time. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “All right, so long as you all wear your masks,” she said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then she pulled the mask away and smiled. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She saw the loathsome masks stacked in a heap against a wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I put on my mask; the sunbird feathers protrude over my hair like ram horns. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We could all wear masks all the time. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Everyone in Faerie must be looking for him, and here he is, wandering around in a flimsy silver fox half mask, blinking at me with drunken confusion and swaying a bit on his feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My ninth I was the Bleeding Scream, the one that has fake blood oozing out over the skull mask. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z One of the mourners, representing Hale, wore a mask to hide his face of evil. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Like this part especially . . . answered Julian’s voice. He put his fingers on the cheeks and eyes of his Darth Sidious mask. “ Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Then the look was gone and her mask of toughness was in place again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Her gray silk mask had been secured tightly against her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Most of the court, Dorian included, wore masks of varying sizes, shapes, and colors—some of simple design, others elaborate and animal-shaped. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Exhausted, Doug mumbled something from behind his oxygen mask that I didn’t catch, shook my hand weakly, then continued plodding upward. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The driver was dressed in white coveralls and a mesh face mask. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Instead everyone was in place by the appointed hour, eight o’clock, when the masks went on and all hell broke loose. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He pulls the face mask down and makes a face as Barb rounds the corner. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I, er, might be...wearing one of those peely face masks,” he says in a rush. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And with brave but trembling lips she fled blindly, masking her feeling to save her child. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She glowers at me, quickly pulling her face mask back over her mouth before Barb notices. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “The masked demons you speak of in your dreams of the white kitchen threaten to undo all that we’ve worked for,” the captain says, “and our journey will be for naught.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z That’s the carefree mask, the one that every person in this place wears. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But what if there’s only one mask, and you’re the one who gets it first? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “You can’t speak to people like that,” she said, her face a mask of disbelief. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Officer Short,” he whined, his face a mask of regret. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I shout out, tears filling my eyes as I fly down the hallway behind Julie, pulling on a face mask as I go. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My heart begins pounding nervously, and I turn my head to face them, meeting their dark eyes as they put the mask over my nose and mouth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Her eyes slanted up with her cheekbones like the face of an antelope dancer’s mask. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He tightened the cloth mask around his face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z My mom’s face looks like it’s a quivering mask that’s trying to stop her from crying. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He lets the others fall to the ground and then starts taping, ripping off the masking tape with his teeth. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Gale checks the windows, which show no damage, and removes his mask. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She rushes around the hospital hall, her face a mask of concentration. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shouldn’t you be procuring rooms for your ‘guests’?” she snaps, turning to face me as she angrily pulls her face mask off. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He attaches it to a little flask with breathing medicine and straps a mask on my face. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She tightens her own mask around her mouth. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I was so excited; I told Mami I needed a new mask and everything. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And if he could do that, behind his mask of sarcasm and drunkenness, so convincingly and for so long, what else has he lied about? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I look at the mask one last time. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z By and large they carried these things inside, maintaining the masks of composure. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As if I had just taken off a mask, even though I was practically wearing one with all the itchy gauze taped to my face. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Discarded, the plastic mask had recycled itself, turning into pink dust, which the carpet in the elevator was already filtering away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z People looked strange wearing face masks, like a convention of surgeons had accidentally assembled in front of the ballpark. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He removed his cloak and shirt and the Madman’s mask. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s time to lose the cape, step off the page, except I think I’ll keep the mask. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When I chance a look at him, he is gazing out at the horizon, his mask catching the dawn light like water catching the sun. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I start running down the first few steps, reaching up to realize...I forgot to put on my face mask. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z So I grabbed an 02 canister and breather mask from the medical bay. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Breniz, who sells rustic chairs door to door, tried to mask the terror he felt inside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They are actors playing parts that are real only for us; they are the masks behind which we see our own faces. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She ducks into the room, her masked face blank, her body betraying a nervous energy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Every time the mask was pulled off, Palmer covered his face with his hands. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She’d been to masked balls before, but there was still something unnerving about not being able to see the faces of those around her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He even rubbed ashes and sweet cedar boughs over himself to mask any human smell. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The mask mouth was a slot from which musical sounds issued now as the robes, the mask, the hands increased to a height, decreased. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Eric looked down at him through a mask of dried blood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “What’re you going to do when your opponent wears a mask?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He sideswiped Chrysaor and raked the golden mask off his helmet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Possession of the mask hadn’t been sufficient proof for Principal DeShields to link Adrian to my attack, but harassing me with it had earned him a three-day suspension. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “We just need to keep our hands clean and away from our nose and mouth. Wear a mask as much as possible. But I’m not letting this sweet thing out of my sight until...” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Even with a much more concealing mask, she would have recognized the upstart. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My grandfather hands a ski mask to Raj and pulls one over his head. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Somehow, he managed to cover this insanity with a mask of good test scores and even better student conduct. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We stroll past the horse-boxes and go over to the reinforcements, who are already being issued with gas masks and coffee. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z "We lost the game," the judge explained, staring at Turtle, her face a mask of sad, childlike innocence as she nestled once again in Flora Baumbach's arms. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They pulled him away from Gaily, who jumped up, his face a ruddied mask of rage. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She hoped only that they would not pass anyone she knew; she kept her head high, looking straight ahead, and felt the skin settle over her bones as though she were wearing a mask. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Hel gives me a strange look and nods at my mask, still sitting on the bed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The placidity of her countenance along with the smoothness of her skin made her face appear like a mask, with living, human eyes behind it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “They did Cats last year. I’m going borrow a good cat mask for Bastet.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When I was inhaling, I made a nearly airtight seal with the mask by sucking it to my face. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a hand above me holding a bottle with white liquid in it and the liquid was being poured on to the cotton-wool inside the mask. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the black mask that hid Scipio's eyes, Prosper could make out his pale chin. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Thin china plates were crammed next, to piles of old books, and pictures in tarnished silver frames lay next to cheap paper masks. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Except for the black bar Isagol had painted across her eyes, temple to temple, like a slim mask. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He missed Scipio’s familiar features, which even with the mask had never seemed as strange as this. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Scipio now pushed this curtain aside, adjusting his mask one last time and clearing his throat nervously. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I look over at him and say, “Jesus, mate, I think I liked you better with the mask on.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z One of the masked men stares at me the entire time, as if he’s drilling holes into my body with his eyes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When he saw Percy, his expression went through several changes in a matter of microseconds—incomprehension, surprise, outrage, then a mask of calm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The judge’s face is like a mask; her hair, silver. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Hear tell of one where everyone wears masks so’s no one kin see their faces. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She complimented them on their flattering, carefully chosen outfits and waited as they had their hair fashioned, their eyebrows trained, and their slight imperfections masked by powder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The sounds of the cheering crowds, the sweat rolling down my back and pooling in my armpits, the smell of my own breath filling my nostrils behind my mask were all inconsequential. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z People crowded in on all sides, men in masks, women in veils—or maybe they were men in veils and women in masks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I get to go around like every other kid with a mask and nobody thinks I look weird. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z They wore black wind masks with two holes for their eyes and a red topknot. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, oh, thank you,” said Sam to the bronze mask. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a brain tumor,” you tell a disembodied mask with a clipboard hovering beside it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There were times I couldn’t wait to fence just so I could hide behind my mask and blend in with the other athletes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Carl had tried listening into the fog, but the thrum of his own engines masked all other sound, and he had to shut down and drift. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I spot a nixie in a black velvet mask eating a tiny sparrow’s heart off a long pin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They walked the streets both day and night, in dark hoods and brazen masks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They covered his mouth with a mask to help him breathe. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Take off your mask, Zeta-4,” the Chancellor calls out, breaking the moment’s silence. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Scipio examined his mask and poked a finger into one of its hollow eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The doctor reached behind his head and untied the mask. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The noise seemed to emanate in rays from the page; she felt these on her face, a warm mask of embarrassment. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The special wire-mesh mask, which Coach promised would protect us from losing an eye, felt weird on my head at first, but I was so happy that it fit comfortably over my hijab. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They both wore diving masks around their necks and blue sweatshirts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Would he have his free filed down and replaced by a pretty mask, his brain turned into whatever mush the authorities decided would be acceptable for a former renegade raised in the wild? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I guess he doesn’t have to wear a mask at Halloween, right?” she added. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I put on the black robe and kept the mask pushed back on top of my head for now. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When Emma came back I saw that she had changed into her swimsuit and was holding a pair of snorkel masks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It might’ve been the face mask and the plastic gloves that threw him off. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I composed my features into an impassive, angry mask without a trace of embarrassment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The lid with its slot cut into the top was taped with many rounds of masking tape to the glass. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Maureen, who was four and had a terrible fear of bogeymen, kept dreaming that intruders in Halloween masks were coming through the open doors to get us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Slyfooting up behind her, I cut the ribbons and catch the mask before it hits the floor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I wish I’d brought disguises, so if someone spots us, we could run fast around a comer and then rip off our masks and act like we were innocently strolling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Cluny lashed out at all and sundry with his tail, foaming at the mouth and cursing wildly, his face a terrifying mask of insanity in the glare from the tower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When some of the Carter players were asked what they were saying, they just smirked contemptuously through their green death masks and walked away. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Had I seen Hamlet’s real self or did he wear a mask? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z ‘You never actually do anything. Not surprising for a traitor whose mask hasn’t even melded yet.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His face stood out from a sea of faces, all frozen in the same mask of shock. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I took off my mask, taking in big gulps of air, and smiled at Coach Mustilli. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There were also precious stones, gold masks adorned with red and white feathers, and stone statues embedded with jewels. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sonia was so smooth and dominant on the strip that as I put on my mask, my last thought before turning on fight mode was to try to fence like her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z On my way there, I happened to glance out into the dining room and saw Francesca standing by the sliding glass doors, her face a mask of complete anger. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The evening would be filled with masking, dancing, and feasting. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Through her mask, she reports that unfortunately a study has just today determined that the mines of District 13 are still too toxic to approach. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Twelve levels down he found the Shavepate waiting, his coarse features still hidden by the mask he had worn that morning, the blood bat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her son has on one of those surgical masks that Chinese people wear so they don’t catch diseases on trains and stuff. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Ricky bought it from the town dump with a jar of quarters—or so he claimed—a pedigree whose odor even the forest of air-freshener trees he’d hung from the mirror couldn’t mask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Every time he looks at me, I know he’s wondering why my mask hasn’t joined with me yet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Fencers place their masks on and assume proper position, each at their field line. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I adjusted the mask so that it fit tightly over my face, and cool air from the tank flowed into my mouth. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I grab a face mask from an unopened box of them that Julie put by my door, pocket it, and jog after her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z As soon as I put my mask back on, I felt sweat bubbles forming on my nose. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Lola’s face was so white and rigid, like a clay mask, that Emily, unable to read an expression there, instantly knew the worst. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z ‘Where is he?’ said Frodo, looking round, as if he expected a masked and sinister figure to come out of a cupboard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A cute little boy and a hobbled old shoemaker might mask my arrival nicely. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Did the masks signify the disguises Hamlet spoke of wearing? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We pulled ourselves onto the hull and took off our masks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Their masks gleamed in the sun: boars and bulls, hawks and herons, lions and tigers and bears, fork-tongued serpents and hideous basilisks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The mask glinted, and he held the evil weapon in his hands, considering it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped my weapon and mask and ran over to Coach Mustilli. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Papa was talking to a group of other people who were also wearing masks. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z This is going to be some kind of schoolboy masquerade, I thought, some masquerade with masks and candles. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someone’s invisible there!” shouted a masked Death Eater, pointing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z On the upside, the stench of the lodge's outhouse masked the smell of the camouflage clothes, which reminded Colin of all the worst parts of the Kalman School's gym. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z When Zora spoke you were aware of the skin stretching over these cheekbones and hollowing out between her jaws, the tight mask it made, banshee-like, with her blue eyes piercing through above. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The girl nodded vigorously, still with a mask of fear, then burst out talking—saying more than she had in all the time since they’d found her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Hibiscus ended the call, and Redemption dropped his mask, his face sliding back into a cold and hurt anger. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then she stepped back and took the mask out of Ash's hand, helping her to fit it back over her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But just in case ...” She fished around in her large bag and brought out a pair of masks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was lucky to have a mask at all, even if the microfibers were beginning to shred from repeated scrubbings in the ocean. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Dill’s father pointed, his face a mask of contempt, and spoke with a perilous hush, his voice trembling with bile. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They stand as still as statues, their masks long since melded to their features, any semblance of emotion a distant memory. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Emily gently stroked the golden hare necklace, trying to mask her excitement as best as she could, but inside she was jumping up and down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The cat remained utterly still for a full minute, blue eyes blazing in the dark mask. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “We Martians are telepathic,” said the cold blue mask. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A complex man—as those caught between eras often are—Spaulding removed the grinning mask of servility, but could never quite put it aside. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The mask was a silicone rubber North respirator mask with a Lexan faceplate, for good visibility, and the purple filters were the kind that stop a virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one very spooky guy in the back of the canoe, with a mask on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Once hooked up to the scoring machines using a body cord, points register when any part of the blade makes contact with either the metal mask or the lame. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Whenever he got close to finding the jar, his dad would put on this Mexican mask a neighbor bought him and he would throw Mateo onto the couch for an epic fight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Bright shades of blue, emerald, and soft brown, her gown and matching peacock mask had cost as much as a small house. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In response to this compliment, he sank considerably lower in his chair and again masked his face up to the eyes with a corner of the tablecloth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z An instant later he had yanked his own gun from his hip holster and fired into the mist, the robe, the blue mask. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, Martin,” Fischer bantered through his oxygen mask, trying to affect a jocular tone. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “That staircase leads to a bottleneck. You think the guards won’t check under that mask before they let you through?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I told her all about the women coming in and sitting down and about the small woman who appeared on the stage and took off her mask. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The masked queen said, “Yes, a story — a hunting story!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s wearing about four face masks and two pairs of gloves, her fingers wrapping tightly around the plastic handrail on the wall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Then she gave a long sigh and the doctor reached with his left hand and lifted away the mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The mean ones suggested hockey masks or dog bones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It’s a good thing this mask is covering half my face, because I did not plan for cute guys on my floor this hospital stay. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Many people chose to visit this part of the Barrel in disguise—in veils or masks or capes with nothing but the glint of their eyes visible. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Their masks were already gray at the mouth and their eyes darkly cupped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Then he realized that their heads were hooded and their faces masked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Thank goodness I had a mask on, because I didn’t want Carmen to see how red my cheeks probably were. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He wore a black ski mask and carried a large, complex green water cannon. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His face was a mask, his smile was not his own. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We chose one of those plastic face masks of Wonder Woman and a golden lasso rope accessory for the guy with the serious case of the hots for Joey. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He laughs and tosses his mask into the hedge. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And she removed her mask and treated the dying girl face-to-face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His mask kept clogging, and in the rush to dive back into the hole, he’d forgotten to renew his LED paint patch. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Guardsmen in gas masks shot tear gas at the crowd. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “The bolt is just underneath the handle—the sponge bag masks it. You could not see from where you were lying whether the bolt were turned or not.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered the glasses and pulled down the cotton mask from his face and wiped his nose on the back of his wrist and then glassed the country again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Richard saw fear etched so deeply onto his face that it collapsed his cheeks and transfigured him into a mask that looked nothing like him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They had all begun to look alike—walking skeletons in gruesome masks like Captain Cat and the last sailor of the Seven Bells. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was sitting there, twisting an earlock and biting his lower lip, his face a mask of frustration. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Of course, of course, wouldn’t dream of it,” Kaz said from behind his ridiculous mask. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I went into the locker room and came back out in my full fencing kit, holding my mask in one hand, my saber in the other. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The hooded mask kept slipping down over my eyes and I held my scythe straight out like a lance so I didn’t run face-first into something solid. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Will he be the first and only person to see what’s beneath my granite mask? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z You really couldn't see it was a mask at all. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z A piece of the broken mask is sticking out of his backpack. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The Corpsekiller was garbed as a Brazen Beast, his seamed, scarred face hidden behind a cobra mask, but the familiar black arakh slung at his hip gave him away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I reached the center of the room, one of the doctors put a mask over my face and asked me to count backward from ten. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The tears were so thick in my eyes I could barely see, but I couldn’t wipe them through the mask as I walked. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I tried to mask my excitement at seeing him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That, I’ll take to my grave: I was on the ground laughing, Assef straddling my chest, his face a mask of lunacy, framed by snarls of his hair swaying inches from my face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Laughing Man’s last act, before turning his face to the bloodstained ground, was to pull off his mask. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I lift my mask and say, “Long night.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Well, she’s the only one in school that has Willard Hughes’s name crossed out on her sneakers. Besides, the smoke is so thick in there you need a gas mask.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z And here we all are, five centuries later, masked just like Taius the First, waiting for the old devils line to fail so one of us can become the shiny new Emperor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He rubs along the beak of the mask and extends a hand to me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The demon’s mask the slavers had burned into his right cheek to mark him for a dangerous and disobedient slave would never leave him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I talked about how you’ve been away long enough, Dad’s face turned into a mask of stone. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He’d looked up at those creepy gold masks on the judges of the dead and realized that he would stand before them someday, maybe very soon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was brave, and he was strong, and the cuts did not make him beg for mercy, and he showed no fear behind his black mask. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s the short hair or maybe it’s just that I wear all that has happened like a mask. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z All that sheep aroma must’ve masked our scent, because after a minute the creature seemed to give up and reeled out the window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z One corner was piled with strange treasures—jade idols, spiked scepters, and jeweled masks. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Carrying my mask, I climbed out of the green bowl of the hockey field, which was like an outdoor theater. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She wordlessly strapped into her couch, her face a frozen mask. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “On purpose? I can handle this if you want. I’ll get a ski mask and some gloves and handle this sumbitch in the dead of night. No one has to know it was us.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z As his sister put away the stick, pail, and masks, Neel crawled wearily onto his mat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Bright pink rouge-stick stains her teeth, and the face powder she has used doesn't mask the tiny gray tint in her skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He used the mask’s clean interior to scrape at his eyes, clearing oil away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t tell through the mask, but you remind me of a lady I admired. She had the most playful spirit I ever knew.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She waited, peering down the hall anxiously, panting into the hot plastic of her mask. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He smiled a plump tight little smile, and for a moment his private face and public mask were one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure she could mask the uneasiness in her eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Boobie said the player had pulled his face mask and punched him in the face. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was close enough now for Inigo to realize that the man was masked, a black hood covering all but his features. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Mr. da Silva’s concept was minimal: no makeup, no masks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I did not recognize the doctor with his cap and mask on. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z When he shifted his eyes, the mask seemed whole, and yet an instant later something else would grow dim. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It does not play peekaboo or wear fright masks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw that I was fast on Abu’s trail, my face a mask of determination. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "Beware," the woman in the red lacquer mask said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I verified, the sarcasm in my voice not entirely masking the slight but genuine anxiety I felt. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Hall’s easygoing facade masked an intense desire to succeed—which he defined in the fairly simple terms of getting as many clients as possible to the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Some of them were good,” I conceded, reinforcing my mask. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As they descended toward the dance floor, the crowd parted, and the guests in all their multicolored gowns and glittering masks stepped back to watch them take a position in the center of the floor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Frantig was put in an isolation room, with access restricted to doctors and nurses wearing rubber gloves, gowns, and surgical masks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the bloodstained mask from his face and got up and rinsed it in the ditch and wrung it out and then just stood there in the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Alan, with his mask off, grins, searches the stands for me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The fight with his mom and Ricky temporarily masked the bottomless anxiety he always felt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I imagine the Ghost in the rafters, and the Roach in his mask, watching proudly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Down right, masking tape outlines two small foursquare courts. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Or as frantic as you can while wearing an avocado face mask. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I checked my mask, then left my hiding place and stood with the others who observed the dance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Smart adhesive flexed against her skin as the mask settled onto her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He pulled the mask away and wiped his face, then pressed it back over his mouth and nose, willing the stickum to seal but not holding out much hope. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and appalled them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He put on his helmet and attached his oxygen mask. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z All I can linger on is the thought of Zero hidden behind his insufferable mask, frustratingly opaque, telling me what to do. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She turns, pulling on her face mask and bolting for the door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Then the doctor finally takes his hand away, I breathe a sigh of relief, and Ilse is there, with her hair covered and a mask on. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z While we scissor and paint and paste she walks the aisles in her nurse’s mask, looking over our shoulders. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He dives through the air, his face frozen in a mask of terror. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Concealed, veiled, eclipsed—peeping out from behind the shroud very seldom, and then only to yearn for the return of her mask. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily gently stroked the golden hare necklace, trying to mask her excitement as best as she could, but inside she was jumping up and down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Because the Obscure Object was wearing a mask. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He blinked his long lashes, regarding her masked face, then looked down at his own tailcoat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Marcus’s passive mask is gone, revealing the malicious face beneath it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Too often when we do this, however, we make a lot of pious noises to mask how low that value is. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly look away and put my face mask up to disguise myself as she heads inside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I've hated the mask since the day an Augur—an Empire holy man—handed it to me in a velvet-lined box. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. It probably gets really hot in those masks.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z His face lost all appearance of life and set itself into an expressionless mask, with the eyeballs fixed, paralytic, and staring. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Fixed to the front of it was something that looked like a fencing mask, with the concave side outwards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She keeps smiling too, but I can see it's just a mask. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood in the doorway, dressed in midnight black with her face hidden by a ski mask, carrying a gleaming scimitar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They covered their faces with masks made out of mole fur, but they ended up with spots of frostbite anyway. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A collection of grotesque wooden masks rested on a shelf. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Dude, that sucks for you. Judging from the sound in Chrysaor’s throat, he was now snarling under the mask, too. “You are as arrogant as the first Perseus,” Chrysaor said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One of the masks looked just like the one Scipio always wore. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Even with the mask on, Chaol could see the happiness written across her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Blood and spit flew with his words, betraying his anxiety under the mask. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Dressed in harlequin style with a grey mask, he juggles shiny silver balls that correspond to each hour. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To the right, I see six masked fencers. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Riccio made faces at the masked lady smiling down at them from a large painting on the wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He returned three hours later, his rosy face transformed by horror into the pale mask he wore throughout that whole dreadful episode. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the square are teams of masked and gloved people with horse-drawn carts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then, he said, the agents shoved him in a special chair, attached wires to his body, and put a black hood over his head and a device like a catcher’s mask over his face. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He pulled his brazen wolf’s mask down over his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bags were very useful, and suddenly I felt more uncomfortable than I did wearing the mask. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But I didn’t have a mask and I could smell, so when I reached the kitchen, I got ready to take a deep breath before I walked in. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I even tied on my mask in a vain attempt to keep my nose warm. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “You, Child of Zimbabwe, will be the messenger of our will. Look upon the mask and know terror.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Unlike a fencing uniform with a mask covering my face, the judge sees me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z His face, illuminated by the lights, is blank, like someone vacuumed away all his personality, leaving only a mask. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He dipped right, and tried to flick the puck to the corner above my opposite shoulder, but I snapped my head and blocked it off my face mask. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The mask wasn’t much better than her own face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The soldiers standing in my cell have more weapons than usual, along with gas masks and protective vests. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A chemically vanilla smell wafts around the car—the kind you spray to mask pet or unpleasant cooking odors. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I could no longer pretend, fawn or wear the mask of servility, without my true self violently rebelling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not easy to look into that beautiful mask. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I locked the door to my stall and took off my mask and just cried for I don’t know how long. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Ash realized that the huntress did not recognize her, for she was wearing the mask still. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Like me, she was relentless on the strip, but she was always able to leave fencing behind once she took off her mask and carry on with life in a loving way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My face was hidden by the mask in the photo, but Adrian wasn’t the only CHS student in the store, and they recognized me immediately. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I never realized the price you were paying for that mask you were wearing. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dark blue cloak and plain mask I moved about the hall, watching my actors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had this weird image of giant doctors in scrubs and face masks, pulling their boat upstream. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Then why was that boy wearing a mask?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z His face set itself into an expressionless mask. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gas mask, tin hat, ration coupons, and an umbrella. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She was singularly unattractive until she smiled, and then the lines around her eyes and mouth which made her look perpetually dirty disappeared, and her face looked like the mask of an impish elf. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, keep your mask on if you don't want to show your face, but I can still see that you're very young.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He did not want her to see the monstrous mask of fear on the man’s face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “A mask can hide many things, Your Grace. Is the man behind the owl mask the same owl who guarded you yesterday and the day before? How can we know?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Mike lay on the bed looking like a death mask of himself. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It had to be a huge meeting or a celebration; there were a lot of people there, and they were all wearing the Klan’s sheets and masks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The bee man didn't have a beekeeper's mask, though bees coated his smock and face. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Her face had been hastily made up into a mask of almost clownish flamboyance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Boggs wears a flesh-colored plastic mask from his upper lip to his brow — I was right about the broken nose—so his expression’s hard to read. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The square’s packed with screaming people, their faces hidden with rags and homemade masks, throwing bricks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She stared back at him, smiling with the lips of her mask. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t look at all like us, nothing like my mother, whose broad, serene face was the smoothest mask. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z All at once he pulled at the mask, at a fastening at the neck of it, as if he were going to take it off. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It no longer seemed real, but a mask behind which the real face was probably laughing, both at me and at the others. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Roll of masking tape clamped in her teeth. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Even then the blow was so violent it almost tore the mask off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Pop’s face crumbles, looks like a scary Halloween mask. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z All three were masked in black and green. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z ‘My father is Janus, the god of two faces. I am used to seeing through masks and deceptions. Do you know, Iros, why we are so sure the demigods will not pass our island undetected?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was terrifying to her, masked and hooded and dangerous; his voice was strained, rough. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The paint was plastered so thick on her face that it looked as though it might crack like a cardboard mask. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I took off my face mask and dunked it, along with the purple filters. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like its name, the place masked a whole lot of cruelty under a thin veneer of kindness. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My mom’s hand wraps gently around my arm as Julie puts the oxygen mask over my face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When he sees the K, his eyes go hard behind the mask, and for a moment, sadness and fury burn in his gaze. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Behind this mask, I’m willing myself to be someone else, someone braver. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z First we found a linen closet in the hospital corridor where Buddy took out a white mask for me to wear and some gauze. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then Officer Ken shook his head and smiled and the mask fell off. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “You sure are,” he tells me, laughing, and then pulls down his mask again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z What I remember is Luke, with me in the hospital, standing beside my head, holding my hand, in the green gown and white mask they gave him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z As she took off the mask, she turned sideways and placed it carefully upon a small table near by, and when she turned round again and faced us, I very nearly screamed out loud. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Besides, I ended up choosing most of the props and costumes because Sahil kept going for these totally creepy, Victorian-era-esque masks and things. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’m grateful to be spared another exchange about my disobedience in 8, especially since his mask looks so uncomfortable. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Death Eaters stirred, and Harry saw their eyes dart sideways at one another through their masks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And then I strapped on the mask she’d given me and plunged in after her. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But how could leaving my mask behind make me any worse of a person than the one I saw on that battlefield? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the presence of others, at least, they kept on their masks. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Civilian workers had masks and gloves to protect them from the chemicals, but we prisoners had no protection,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I peer through them, the man there no longer wears his mask. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Hello, Arm, said the Presence behind the mask leaning against the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When I saw the first, I smiled; by the time I had laid eyes on the third, my smile had frozen into a mask of horror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone seemed to find her pig mask pretty funny. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It’s a handsome face, and even the mask can’t hide that. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The dentist, a Jew from Czechoslovakia, had a face not unlike a death mask. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His nose and one eyelid were gashed and his whole face was masked with blood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d found a pair of workshoes and the boy was wearing blue tennis shoes with rags stuffed into the toes and they had fresh sheeting for face masks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When the Laughing Man’s small eyes finally opened, Omba eagerly raised the vial of eagles’ blood up to the mask. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He’d pulled away his mask in the night and it was buried somewhere in the blankets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z That night, sitting at the foot of my bed, poking her face in so that the gauzy net was molded to her features like an awful death mask, was the black mother cat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But it was getting late, and the wind was bitter with the snowstorm that had masked the peaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We were somewhat nervous as we walked a path alongside a stream, gas masks bouncing on our hips. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Hel’s mask clings to her like a silvery second skin, and I can see the slight furrow in her brow as she looks down at me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We pulled over to the curb, and she handed me a rubber mask with a round black nose and large ears. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z His mask was lifted, the better to feed himself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Is all this ignorance about the plan just a mask to hide the truth—or is Commander Jameson keeping him in the dark as well? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Tehlu no doubt eliminated his share as well, but silver mask or no, he was only one man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I put my mask back on and tried to use my anger to push harder. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Toad and Misty have huddled together, their faces masks of terror. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Gum Baby jumped on top of the haint’s head and fired sap ball after sap ball into his face, until he wore a mask of sticky dark amber. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Phineas—!” He shook his head sharply, closing his eyes, and then he turned to regard me with a handsome mask of a face. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked over to where he had been standing and picked up the mask. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to wear this,” I say, stuffing the Ghostface mask into my baseball bag. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z But there were the butcher priests, too, performing divination of animal entrails, and the Doomsayers on their stilts, crying End Times from behind their skeleton masks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The doctor turned off the pump; the man with the hose pulled off his mask. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z At least four boys wore Scream masks; a couple donned football jerseys and helmets; a creative few wore long jackets and fedoras and sunglasses and feather boas. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I wondered aloud to Hamlet The masks made it possible for us to speak without drawing the attention of others. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The geese furiously flapped and pecked and wrapped their wings around the robot faces, clinging to the RECOs like feathery masks, distracting them, blinding them. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z For the hockey mask, I do the same thing, except I paint it white and black. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t mention that it was a long time ago, near the water’s edge, when I was little and Lolo bought us those cheap masks and flippers from Walmart. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When I look at my face in the photo I see nothing but the pocked mask I was hiding behind. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He grabbed some masking tape out of the desk drawer and began to create makeshift handles looped on the back of the poster. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They think he’s wearing a mask because they’ve never seen someone with his color skin before. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The painting depicted the god Janus with two faces, one masked like a comic player, the other wearing a tragic look. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z You go out in the yard and watch dudes play basketball—better put on that mask. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z TJ reaches in his backpack and puts on a ball cap to mask the real him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The light of the torches shimmered off their masks—ape, ram, wolf, crocodile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Always smelled like incense smoke trying to mask dirty mop water. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z All the nurses wore masks, and they and the doctors had rolled up their sleeves. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He had not washed his hands, nor did he wear a mask. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In case of emergency, oxygen masks will drop down in front of you. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I faced Nergal, my face the perfect mask of openness and honesty. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Curiously enough, though, the bandits let him hang around their headquarters—as long as he kept his face covered with a pale-red gossamer mask made out of poppy petals. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I remember men in ski masks taking me in the middle of the night, my parents screaming, and the sound of my father being beaten. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen's face was a mask, so bloodless that it might have been sculpted from snow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “All right, Stella, you know what to do,” a voice says, holding up a mask in a blue-gloved hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Maybe the evil history made it necessary to build beautiful things, to mask the darker aspects. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They cut apart birds to trace the structure of the avian skeleton, and, masked in leather hoods, they dissected a skunk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They have gone into my mind and have ripped images from it, turning the images into masks that look like people I love—but I know it’s just a lie. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” I said again, a mask of fake cheer on my face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If Margaret ever smiled, no one could have seen it through her ever-present surgical mask. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z By October San Piedro had slipped off its summer reveler’s mask to reveal a torpid, soporific dreamer whose winter bed was made of wet green moss. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z General Clinton, concerned about what General Howe was planning and doing, made use of a mask to write a secret message in a letter to General Burgoyne. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the divers just looked like insects, indistinguishable in their masks and regulators, but there was one shot that felt human. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then two soldiers with gas masks emerge from behind the house, dragging my mother between them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A kiss to mask what he had to say. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny sports a snorkeling mask and holds a crab in one hand. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I always went, and wound up wolfing down Paul’s famous burgers—but now I saw that face, Paul’s, burning, a bloodred mask of rage. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A black mask covers my face and infrared goggles shield my eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The man plunged the mask over her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The mask was rigid and carved and cold and sightless. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right. Romantic hero. Got it. And I’m hiding a deep and tragic wound which I mask with arrogant wit and pained grimaces?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He finished wiping his eyes and tossed away the now useless mask. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Cinder turned back to me and the pity fell away like a cracked mask, leaving only the nightmare smile upon his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The glittering mask over her face and the diamonds around her neck were luminous, and her dress seemed to float over the floor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A quick check revealed a fist-sized chunk of frozen drool blocking the rubber valve that admitted ambient air into the mask from the atmosphere. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Her face was a fierce mask of hate. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then, like a small circus tent pulling up its stakes and dropping soft fold on fold, the silks rustled, the mask descended, the silver claws tinkled on the stone path. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In that moment nothing flutters, not the fabric of the tents or the ribbon ties of dozens of masks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Night was a mask for outlaws, hungry wolves, the Devil and his minions. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The slaves were all tattooed: a mask of blue feathers, a lightning bolt that ran from jaw to brow, a coin upon the cheek, a leopard’s spots, a skull, a jug. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They ran through scrub woodland to the nearest shelter in their pajamas and tin hats, clutching gas masks and ID cards. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Hubert rummages in his filthy trousers, breathing hard behind his mask. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The embalmers hadn’t gotten her lips right—the gracious smile she’d worn like an iron mask had been stripped away. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Scipio fiddled with the string of his mask and looked at Prosper. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There had been no precautions—no masks to hide his identity, no gloves to mask his fingerprints. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z No longer did he have to wear a mask to cover the shame, to cover the truth that on the inside he was crumbling, weakened by his secrets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They play a part to mask their own weaknesses. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A mask of peacock feathers is fitted over her face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Before I emerged, I made certain my mask was securely tied. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Ratting out Adrian for the mask didn’t make us even. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He was trying to mask their awful smell. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he dropped his mask on the ground, and like smoke on a windy day, he disappeared. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The witnesses saw two men in ski masks running from the alley. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Leopold and Loeb, as they became known worldwide, had stripped their victim to mask his identity. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His dark mask loomed oddly in my blurry vision. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Torchlight glimmered off the polished brass of their masks—a rat and a fox. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Poe appears, wearing a face mask, a scrub cap, and gloves, and swings a pair of tongs in the air. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He kept his hood up, masking his face, hair, and anything that would have let me recognize him later. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was as if a small, befuddled stranger were peering through the imposing mask of my father’s features. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My armor, my skin, my mask, my hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I pry the sides of the face mask away easily and pull upward. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I began to be wary of him when he would visit me in company, wearing the mask of a loving father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Tells me there’s a giant wearing a mask out in the yard, asking for a place to sleep. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A masked figure in black sprints across the ceiling, straight toward the hybrids. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He had instructed them not to come out of the building wearing a mask or a protective suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor sighs and slides his face mask down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Roy could feel his shoulders sagging in defeat, while Beatrice’s face had become a mask of grim resignation. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The others watched the next fight—Muzzen avidly, flexing his fingers and speculating on the outcome, Inej silent and still as a statue, Kaz inscrutable as always, scheming away behind that hideous mask. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The three wives of academicians went for a walk up the lane, haughty and masked, unimpressed by the spectacle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When asked about his views on Communism, he said, “Soviet Communism is basically a mask for Bolshevism which is a mask for Judaism.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She barged along straight through anything that stood in her way, the heavy striped face a mask of cold fury. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion: Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Finn and Emma were totally cracking up, but Chess’s face was hidden behind his mask. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My mask went flying off my face but I didn’t stop. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They nodded grimly, their faces masks of seriousness. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see it on his face, which was like a death mask: grim and lifeless with hollows for eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I would like to climb up skyscrapers, fly with a cape, burn holes in metal with my fingertips, wear a mask, see through walls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He has on a mask and gloves while he and Mama clear out the dust from behind the furniture. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “To protect him, I must ask you to remove your mask. I must see what lies beneath.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z My father was a volatile, extremely complicated person, possessed of a brash demeanor that masked deep insecurities. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The golden monkey leaped into Mrs. Coulter’s arms, making little sounds of distress, reaching out to the snow leopard as she paced away, and Mrs. Coulter’s face was a mask of tears. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Arch,” he called, and the big man appeared, the torchlight shining off his bull’s mask. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She often has a nurse’s white gauze mask over her nose and mouth because she’s allergic to chalk dust. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Create huge lines of treble staff on the floor using masking tape. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His face was obscured by a mop of dirty blond hair, and something that looked like a gas mask covered his nose and mouth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She masked her fears behind a face kept still and stem, yet they were there all the same, growing with every league they crossed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her dress was made of stars plucked from the sky, and the whorls of crystals in her gray mask glittered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Angel’s eyelids fluttered, then her eyes rolled in fear as she thrashed her arms wildly, pulling off the oxygen mask and screaming in terror. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of his face without the mask and the low, thrilling timbre of his voice when he whispered in my ear at the Moon Festival. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Harry ran down the corridor, the noise of his feet masked by the music and loud talk still issuing from Slughorn’s office behind him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I was trying to rescue you because life stuck inside a plaster mask wouldn’t be fun. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z After the third song, a group of men wearing black masks and holding rifles walks toward the entrance of the venue. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But its exuberant canopy is a mask covering an impoverished base. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ethnic masks lined the walls and artificial floral arrangements filled the shadows. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I have an image of Prim in a white room, strapped to a table, while masked, robed figures elicit those sounds from her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone would be masked, at the beginning at least, although most would unmask quickly so he could admire their beauty. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z With his mask off, I can see freckles bridging his nose. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her face was expressionless once more, the cold white mask that I knew. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He uses masking tape to get the lines straight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They wore masks of dully gleaming gray chain mail over their faces, their features obscured by the mesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I felt something hit my teeth, and discovered it was the bit for my mask. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My oxygen mask had been ripped off in the blast. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe he came home when his wife was doing one of those face masks,” I’d murmur back. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z We’d been roommates that week, and one day after practice, we were in our cabin slathering on facial masks and chasing away stress with our own impromptu spa day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He ran to a tree by the roadside and pulled a branch, tearing off the leaves and holding them close to his glass face mask. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Now that the man was sitting upright, the blood ran freely from his head like a freaking river, covering his face in a red mask. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But I masked it in front of Minerva. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The mask for tragedy, her eyes like knife slashes, her mouth a boomerang of woe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She pulled off her mask to see him better. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Every inch of them was covered in black, from the ski masks pulled down over their faces to their black shoes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A violet dress and a matching mask of sunbird feathers arrive in the main salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Someone left an alien mask on my chair in Ms. Faraci’s class that I discovered when I slipped in right before the final bell. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then, in the same motion, they both pulled black rubber gas masks on over their faces. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Beetee secures a mask to my belt that I don’t have to wear unless there’s a gas attack. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A small woman, wearing a silver mask, tilts her head, as if she’s trying to figure out how she knows me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He seemed harmless, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that his accommodating manner, his eagerness to help us, was masking something unpleasant, something more sinister in him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I watched to see the mask, and if it would lift. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In her sleeve is tucked a lace handkerchief, over her nose and mouth is a gauze nurse’s mask. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu liked to watch Clinton on television, in her square trouser suits, her face a mask of resolve, her prettiness disguised, because that was the only way to convince the world that she was able. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe it was him who had just taken off a mask. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She drops a surgical face mask and latex gloves onto a table next to my door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The split-second jump cut in the feed would be masked by the momentary video distortion that occurred when the cameras switched into night-vision mode. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She told him of the firemage and the fiery ladder, and what the woman in the red mask had told her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘But it’s the most logical choice. The oldest shrines on the Acropolis are dedicated to Poseidon and Athena. Kekrops, wouldn’t that mask our approach?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She pulls her handbag up on her shoulder and stands up straighten The smile comes back on her face like a mask. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And maybe he was acting and wearing a mask a little bit, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My face was always a deadpan or a mask of general friendliness; no word or event could jar me into a gesture of enthusiasm or despair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, on the instructor’s order, I remember overcoming my every instinct for selfpreservation and pulling off the mask. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Tears streamed down his reddened cheeks in a continual flow, his face a taut mask of pain. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Once the oxygen dropped to 12 percent, I put the breather mask on. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched them moving back and forth on the strip the coaches had marked off on the floor using masking tape. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She also found the mask I’d worn at Father’s wedding, white with tiny white beads along its edges. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There were three others with us—Phineas in those days almost always moved in groups the size of a hockey team—and they stood with me looking with masked apprehension from him to the tree. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Dill detected the trace of uncertainty in her voice, much as she may have tried to mask it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Some man with a searchlight looking up between her legs, where she’s been shaved, a mere beardless girl, a trayful of bright sterilized knives, everyone with masks on. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the day children went around “ragamuffin” or “slamming gates,” wearing costumes topped off by a penny mask. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I shut off the gas and lifted the mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He smiled at her beneath his mask that looked like the face of a hawk — or at least, his mouth curved upward. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “My family was hiding under the thatch on the roof when the bandits robbed our house, and we saw this one take off his mask.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, it's not really a mask,'' the young woman seated on her left corrected herself, and took another bite of the crisp salad. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A reporter later observed, “Hale’s face expressed a guarded eagerness; Ramsey’s was a mask.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Two women walked from the head of the line to the foot, one holding a pot of menthol-scented gel, the other face masks and sickness bags. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z When the bell rings, I’m glad to get out of there and put my mask back on. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Bring a face mask and a garbage bag. I’ll supply the latex gloves. And when you say your prayers tonight, ask for a fresh crop of corpses.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My mask sits atop my face, separate and foreign, hiding my features as well as my emotions. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She held out her hand to take the mask back, but Kaisa did not give it to her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They put her in a private room, and there she falls into lethargy, and her face freezes into a mask. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hood did not suffice against that wind, and I wore a facial mask to protect my nose and left cheek. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She felt like she used to when she was scuba diving with her father, and he would wipe her mask for her underwater. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The streets are crowded with young people in elaborate getups—giant lace skirts, elaborate umbrellas, ten-inch-tall boots, eyelashes that seem miles long, face masks that glow in the dark. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Come on,” I said, trying to mask my impatience. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The mask dangled between them, the cord twined in their fingers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Katherine Goble’s genuine comfort with the white men she worked with allowed her to be herself with them, no mask required. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I’m okay, I guess,” Moss said, his voice muffled by the mask. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was well over average height; a long, dark cloak of coarse fabric masked all his clothing save his high-heeled leather boots. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Like in an airplane when the oxygen masks drop and everything goes haywire, they always tell you to put on your own mask first before helping others. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Doctors in sterile white, masked and gloved, already prepped to operate, go into action. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "I want you up front. Let's get you a mask and gloves, too." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He carried on hauling his blocks toward the unfinished gateway, his face a mask. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z And it’s kind of shocking when you see him at first because it’s like he’s wearing a mask or something. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z My roommate was awake too—I could tell because he jumped out of the bottom bunk and stared up at me; even in the dark I could see that his face was masked with panic. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z His bristling golden side-whiskers framed a face so still it might have been a mask, but Tyrion could see tiny beads of sweat dappling his father's shaven head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mostly just bottles of water or the cheap carnival masks that you could buy on any street comer. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They opened the doors to the street, and for a brief moment, they were silhouetted against the lamplight in their masks and capes—a cripple trailed by a bunch of kids in costumes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I laugh, looking down the hall to see Will outside his door, wearing a face mask and gloves. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Moreover, he removed his mask and spoke to them, softly, melodiously, in their own tongues. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z On the wall behind the couch were two thumpingly grim African masks. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I pulled the surgical mask down from over my mouth as I looked over. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Thomas gives me an approving look over his mask, but Commander Jameson just frowns at me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Miss McDaniels is on the phone, so I put down the jackal mask while she finishes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The doctor held a rubber mask attached to a tube in one hand. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I wore one when we went up to the posts and carried an English gas mask. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Her grandfather’s face had been frozen into an open-mouthed mask of terror, like one of those poor souls who glimpses Medusa and turns to stone. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I ask as Ethan is pulling off his incredibly realistic mask to reveal his true face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I try a few of them on, pulling their straps over each of my ears so that the mask covers my mouth and nose. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The mask was over her face and she was quiet now. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The heat has been building all day, closing in on me, I feel as though I’m breathing through a mask. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The monsters with masks that look like my parents are there, and now a creature with Mackenzie’s face is there, too. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Especially idiots who wear superhero costumes that don’t fit and rubber masks that only have one small hole to breathe through. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Even though I'm the only one here, I reach for the Sharpie and masking tape. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z His face was motionless as a black mask except for the slow, wide flutters of his nostrils with each breath. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And I am embarrassed by the end-of-the-year-banquet lie my aunties have told to mask their generosity. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman in the lacquered wooden mask said in the Common Tongue of die Seven Kingdoms, "I am Quaithe of the Shadow. We come seeking dragons." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t have my mask on and I’m trying to put everyone else’s mask on,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The ghostly mask fell away for a few seconds. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z In later years they change faces, places and maybe races, tactics, intensities and goals, but beneath those penetrable masks they wear forever the stocking-capped faces of childhood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the Brazen Beasts ripped offhis brass hawk’s mask and began to spew up his breakfast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Johanna and I are the only ones who get our masks on in time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z One much larger black spot is masked by leafy fern curtains. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I slip down my face mask, and say, “So this is what you meant when you said what slumbers in here”—I touch my chest—“slumbers in here.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Once I put my mask on, my mind switched over to one thing, and that was winning. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z His diamond-shaped Blackcliff tattoo is a dark shadow on the back of his neck, parts of it tinged silver where the metal of his mask cleaves to his skin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z These first minutes with the mask decide between life and death: is it air-tight? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A shadowy figure, a shy woman, she seemed to slip behind her husband before the camera clicked, or had her face masked by a floppy hat brim. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The mask grows hands—or maybe it had hands all along that were just invisible until now. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” I replied from behind my mask. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And then his face, leaning close to her, his smile masking his worry. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Tally climbed the hill toward the trio of buildings, trying to take in the view through the eyeholes of her mask. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Maybe she masked it like David did, not with a grin, but with a frown. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His face—Luke’s face—seemed like a mask, unnatural and lit from behind by some evil power. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure of its purpose until he lurched forward, drawing his restraints tight, and vomited into the mask. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Its mask was a real, grimacing human skull with sunken eye sockets. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Instead, three men in masks jumped out of the vehicle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But I did not mask the fact that I believed a new day was dawning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was a copper mask, yet under the long black mustache, drooping beneath the weight of its gold rings, she thought she glimpsed the shadow of a smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He seriously talks about wearing one of those doctor masks over his face while we “operate.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Entrepreneurs hawked anti-comet pills and gas masks, the latter an eerie premonition of the battlefields of World War I. Some confusion about comets continues to our own time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The mask stays on your face with a little rubber band that goes around the back of your neck. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy had tried rolling in mud, splashing through creeks, even keeping air-freshener sticks in his pockets so he’d have that new car smell; but apparently demigod stink was hard to mask. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Coach glanced over to the track just for a moment, then turned back to me, his expression still stuck as if he was wearing a plastic Halloween mask of his own face. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The smells of food cooking and cigarette smoke mask the reek of waste. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I put a hand to my own mask, wishing I could rip it off, even for a minute. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This was his regular joke, for behind the lady's mask was a peephole through which Barbarossa kept an eye on his customers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “He took me up to the hospital. He said, ‘Scrub down, put on a mask, and get into a gown.’ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I threw my mask to the ground in anger. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Except, like the mask, it's no longer separate from her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Three years of wartime propaganda—racist headlines, atrocity movies, hate slogans, and fright- mask posters—had turned the Japanese face into something despicable and grotesque. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He went ambling down the corridors of the enchanted sett, rolling from leg to leg with the queer badger paddle, his white mask with its black stripes looking ghostly in the gloom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though the masked wizards on the ground were puppeteers, and the people above them were marionettes operated by invisible strings that rose from the wands into the air. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The brazen mask beneath his arm was new—a wolf’s head with lolling tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His mask was wrought in the shape of a basilisk’s head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When Ana held the feathered mask over her eyes, she looked like a peacock. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldier crumples, clutching frantically at his mask. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Nancy and C. J., along with Dan Dalgard, circled around to the back of the building, put on rubber gloves and paper surgical masks, and went into Room H to look at the sick monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A pig mask. Okay. So let me guess, someone blew your house down?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But Mack and the boys had taken the crepe paper, the masks, the broomsticks and paper pumpkins, the red, white, and blue bunting, and moved over the lot and across the street to the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so happy I ripped off my mask and jumped in the air. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He pushed the mask back onto his face and led the way as purposefully as one of the Basilica's tourist guides. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Beside her stood a little kid dressed as a horse, with a full mask over his head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’d taken my glove off and popped one of the guys from Buffalo in the face, torn his mask off and given him a bloody nose, I’d have been a hero that day. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The blood masked the worst of his scars, but his eyes were white and wide and terrifying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Another doctor in a mask gave the anaesthetic. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But after, when it was just the two of us, the mask lowered, the bravado peeled off like a breastplate, and he was my brother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When he dropped the grenade, our movement would churn the gas up into the air, and we would see how effective the masks were. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Minutes after it began, six armed, masked bandits robbed two freight cars full of liquor from a rail yard in Chicago. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z From the box I brought, I pull out face masks, goggles, pairs of work gloves, and metal wire brushes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Two score Brazen Beasts stood between the pillars, torchlight shining off the polished brass of their masks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She moves around so I can see her, her bright blue wrinkly eyes looking at me over the top of her nurse’s mask. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The New Jersey State Police sent a squad of troopers with gas masks to Grovers Mill. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I lie to Heather about the masking tape and say I put it back in the supply box. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z For one moment I glimpsed howling, sweating, red-and-white faces, distorted into hideous masks of hatred and cruelty, a sea of demon heads that bobbed restlessly outside our store. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She reaches behind the ottoman and pulls out the most amazing mask. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Take off your mask, if you mean no harm.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Lazlo stared at the goddess with the painted black mask, and imagined, interposed over her crudely drawn features, the very fine ones he’d seen last night. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “See what I care. Just remember. When your Turkish wife takes off her mask, don’t come running back to the village!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She was in an oxygen mask, unconscious, and I'd never seen her so pale. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His hands were in his pockets and he didn’t have on the mask. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A photo of me sprawled on the shower floor—bound and green, wearing only a gray alien mask—had spread virally through SnowFlake, each new person who shared it heaping on derision. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He didn’t let her see his sympathy, of course, but hid it behind a mask of mockery and indifference, just as she hid her despair behind rage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A woman spilled a stack of carnival masks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Duke slowly peeled up one flap of his sleep mask with his good front paw. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I roll to one side quickly to mask the bulging chipmunk-cheek side of my face. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I thought he was wearing a zombie mask or something. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z All order, I’ve come to understand, is theoretical, unreal— a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities, the self and the world—two snake- pits. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt fear myself more times than I can remember, but I hid it behind a mask of boldness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the facade lies a vast floor with no halls and no doors—just a gigantic room, doctors and nurses behind white masks, test tubes and pipettes, incubators and gurneys. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I also learned to fold paper into boats, animals, masks, birds, lanterns, and many other shapes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z They were lugging the five heavy books the ranger had given Neel, and Baba was also carrying their decoy masks and his long, sturdy stick. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He smiled to back up his words, but it had the stretched shine of a mask, and Jam knew it wasn’t true. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He was called the Masked One, for the unearthly silver mask he wore to scare the hell out of his enemies. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He also wore a mask, but it was pulled down under his mouth, so he could talk. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was like he was wearing a diving mask. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Clara wore a dress of brown and cream velvet, and her feathered mask, in comparison, made her look like a sparrow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Hamid pulls down her surgical mask, smiling, and the three of us sigh with relief. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When he awoke he would be pleasant again, sitting in the fur- and scrap-filled room, making moosehide masks for the summer tourist trade. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The circle of the mask was large enough now to shut out the vision of anything else. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It had one of the rubber masks that are so realistic, with a big black hood over the head and a long black robe. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Frank glowered at Octavian, but the centurion’s face was a mask of polite concern. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Suddenly Beans’s face became a red, shrieking mask: “PIGEON!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He puts on his mask, his face going still as it digs into him, and then pulls me to my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I watched Better Joe’s gyrations in the mask, while all around him stood back and watched his hissing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That was the moment I realized my mask was pushed up on my head and he could see my face, and I could see that he was running in my direction. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Omba’s very first act of mercy was to retrieve his master’s mask, which had blown up against Mile. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Next, I watch as she pulls out a handful of surgical face masks, hanging one around her neck. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z McCormick opened his backpack and fished out rubber gloves, a paper surgical gown, a paper surgical mask, and paper boots to cover his shoes, to keep them from becoming wet with blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon reaching the Balcony, however, he jettisoned the pack and gave his oxygen canister, mask, and regulator to Beidleman to carry for him. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z No one pays attention to Danny, mask off, face sweating, head and upper back bowed. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her hard breathing had heated up the inside of the mask, her forehead sweating, the adhesive crawling as it tried to stay attached. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Redemption said it like it was nothing, but the anger sat openly on his skin, a new and warbling mask. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Their masks were quite good, blood-red and fierce. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I grinned at the man in the black mask. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How ridiculous, how perverse I would feel presenting that painted Capitol mask to these people. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I swear, with that mask on, he looks just like a scarecrow. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The masked figure grabbed the front of Goober’s shirt and twisted hard, pulling him forward. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t need my oxygen mask or breathing medicine anymore. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He has magic in him, this man within the painted mask and swirling skirts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The 12TH JUROR’S face is a mask of indecision, then he suddenly raises his hand. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull slid his finger between his cheek and his oxygen mask and sniffed for smoke. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He headed straight to the sink, filling a glass to the top with water, pulling the mask down and guzzling the whole thing down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Green gauntlets covered their hands, and their faces were hooded and masked with green, except for their eyes, which were very keen and bright. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Encanis was out there too, in the traditional black mask, making more serious trouble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She saw the mask and reached past me to grab it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She screams into her mask and clutches the hole in her skin, sinking to her knees, her hands covered in blood. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Duke, wearing a sleep mask, was sprawled out in his dog bed. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The loudest sound was his own rasping breath in the filter mask. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Even I’d only glimpsed a little of who he truly was, but I worried that, the longer he wore it, the easier it would be to forget that the mask wasn’t the truth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z One of the doctors put a mask over her face and I looked through the door and saw the bright small amphitheatre of the operating room. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z As darkness enveloped the camp, our guides handed out oxygen canisters, regulators, and masks to everyone: for the remainder of the climb we would be breathing compressed gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing all that special. Just a masked ball that happens to be on Yulemas. And I think you know exactly why you can’t come.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But there’s no sign of that—none of the soldiers wear gas masks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She could tell he was smiling under the mask. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He just sat there and toyed with his mask. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The last of the firemen were emerging from the house, pulling the masks from their faces. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Before he could conceal it, they saw through the mask the anguish of a mind in doubt, loathing to stay and dreading to leave its refuge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The feel of the mask clamped over her face during his birth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Was it worth trying to show the one race what went on behind the mask of the other? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sight of my reflection in the mask’s polished surface, I grimace. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She found herself pushed inside, where the noise was much less, crowded into the back with three others in bug-eyed masks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “You better take a gas mask,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Leave me alone,” I hiss under my breath, peeling off the plastic suit, ripping off the face mask and goggles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Victor noticed them because they were obviously in quite a hurry, and because one of the boys, clearly their leader, wore a mask that made him look like a bird of prey. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and din to mask that something dark had taken root. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “They think they hide their hate behind a mask,” she said, her accent thick, “but it is there for all to see.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Even with us, he wears a mask of courage that stretches tight over his inflexible face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The portraits on either side of the fighters were crammed with figures screaming advice and encouragement, while Death Eaters, both masked and unmasked, dueled students and teachers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The woman called Floramundi hugged a really good-looking high school girl who was holding a rubber Minnie Mouse mask. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Then the mask came back, and Officer Ken looked right at Evan for ten very stem seconds. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I put down the tools, take off the goggles, the mask, the plastic suit. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I pull the breathing mask from my face. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Her hood hid her face, but it couldn’t mask the way her entire body shook. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He tried to tighten up his face into a mask of insouciance, worldliness, and control. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s no longer wearing the mask over his eyes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The judges regarded her, their golden masks frozen in creepy smiles. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I curtsied, blushing for my rudeness in wearing a mask before him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in demon masks, we would terrorize them for the seven days of High Mourning, much to everyone’s delight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mask's long crooked nose gave him an eerie birdlike appearance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Never a good idea, but I risked it, slid out beyond the safety circle, caught the shot, and dove, shoulder first, into the guys face mask, taking him out like a linebacker. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I can go back... but I must wear my mask.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She cleared her throat, trying to mask her upset. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Finally, I took my mask off and allowed myself to breathe. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The world beyond the rubber mask was stupendously vivid but seemed not quite real, as if a movie were being projected in slow motion across the front of my goggles. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The streaks running down his mask catch the firelight, and I understand, now, why he was shaking when he walked in, why his eyes are so haunted. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z No one spoke to him after that except Shirley, who sensed his tough talk masked a loyalty as passionate as the others’. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z So, rather than pay for professionals, as would be sensible and safe, the churches in Tarbean took the more profitable path of selling demon masks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They stole off among taboo black people, and took off whatever antiseptic, important, dignified masks they wore in their white world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-five minutes before midnight, I strapped on my oxygen mask, switched on my headlamp, and ascended into the darkness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Without those moving lips her face was like a mask. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The rubber monster mask completely covered the speaker’s head, but the voice was familiar; and besides, the sixth-grade boys were the only ones who called April, February. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed a miracle that it could obscure my vision but not cause me to choke: The gas mask worked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He is wearing a cap like the men behind the swinging double doors and a paper surgical mask over his mouth—my heart sinks when I see a drop of blood on the mask. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I fell through a duct and into an oil pocket. Couldn’t get out. The mask couldn’t breathe, anyway. It was full of oil. It was done for.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The mask rolled into space with the spirit snarling after it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The kind who put on a certain face to go out, a prim and proper mask. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A gash above one eye had sent a wash of blood down across the Hound's old bum scars, masking half his face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So most of the time, I hide behind a mask. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s not a horrible world,” he told me, putting a Cambodian mask on his face, “but it’s filled with a lot of horrible people!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She was finally asleep when I slipped out, the dark eye mask covering her face. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z To mask my ignorance, I repeated what Falconer had said. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I surveyed the crowd through the eyeholes of my mask. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The border is now empty of people and traffic, but crawling with Turkish guards in gas masks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The Shavepate’s eyes were black pools behind the brazen cat mask. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Still athletic, in spite of it all, blessed with balance and quick reflexes that even the abundant narcotics could not fully mask. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Pollux knows details that would lead to disaster for a newcomer, like which offshoots might require gas masks or have live wires or rats the size of beavers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Moss felt a hand at the back of his head, and then an oxygen mask passed in front of him and was fastened behind his ears. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They took off their masks now and again to cool them, as the day-heat grew, and Frodo saw that they were goodly men, pale-skinned, dark of hair, with grey eyes and faces sad and proud. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The light snapped off, and I blinked away the blindness until I saw three figures, each wearing jeans, a T-shirt, and a mask with two circular filters. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A mask, flight, numbers in the millions producing numbers in the millions? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I hit him smack in the face mask with the heel of my hand. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z He’d opted for a blue mask that concealed only his eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I pressed my palm down on his forehead and it was almost slippery, like a well-polished mask. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Rupa had lifted his decoy mask and poured milk across his shoulders and neck. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z |
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