| 单词 | melt |
| 例句 | On the other side of the glass, Cordelia drifts past; then melts and reassembles, changing into someone else. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I imagined pouring my bottle of water on her and watching her melt, like the Wicked Witch of the West, until there was nothing but a pile of clothes and a candy necklace. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Art3mis winked at me, and then her legs melted together to form a mermaid’s tail. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, he didn't see the wagon handle, so he tripped on it, slid on the wet concrete, fell in the puddle of melted ice and, unfortunately, toppled the wedding cake. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Jethro regretted the melting of that glacier; if it could have hung on another hundred miles, life might have been very different for him and his family. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A streak of coconut pomade melting in Princesse’s hair fell onto the white sheet stretched out on the veranda floor beneath her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It pushes Henry over some kind of edge, melted and overwhelmed on the lush bedclothes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Wash the pot, clean up everything before we melt another batch.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I dip my gray hand towel into the melted ice at the bottom of the cooler and then drape it over my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Even with the sun getting low in the sky, it’s still ninety degrees, and the ice is already melting. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Only the fire of life can melt the chains of death.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He stepped back, the courage he’d felt the previous evening melting away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She shrank against the wall, willing herself to melt into the shadows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Supposedly, it’s the best in the whole state, and I think I might agree, because it’s sharp, creamy, and melts perfectly. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Glaucus was in despair, for he was madly in love; and he determined to go to Circe, the enchantress, and beg her for a love-potion to melt Scylla’s hard heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If the windmill broke it would mean many days without water because the cistern was already dry of summer water, and melting snow would be a hard job. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran toward the fire, but the cassettes had already started to melt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But when the two girls stepped out of the cabin onto the sandy path, the problem melted away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Something inside of Sierra was melting inside that embrace—a gentle tide of acceptance flooding through every corner of her body. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z His silk suit melted into full Greek battle armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z If I marry Hizdahr before the sun comes up, will all these armies melt away like morning dew and let me rule in peace? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We watched the body of the hellhound melt into shadow, soaking into the ground until it disappeared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He could barely get the words out, the next few minutes halting in presentation, and in that way, and substance, the high-school-essay nature melted away to core grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The molten lead in the melting pot was nearly exhausted. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then they would melt some lard down in a big skillet and fry it up good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt my shoulders relax as I crunched into the candy shells and the earthy sweetness melted on my tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I felt myself melting into the shadows like the negative of a person I'd never seen before in my life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Well, we don’t have to worry about these melting,” she used to say, holding a cone in her elegant, leather-gloved hand, her breath visible in the air even as she took a bite. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Melting snow meant frozen hands and feet, and the worst part was that it seemed a ton of melted snow only produced a quart of water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But Sohrab squinted at me, and the knot of nerves in my chest melted a little bit. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “That’s a baby demon skull. And this is a mountain of melted demon bones. And I’m riding over it on a spectral.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The boys shook hands, though they didn’t look as if they wanted to, and when they parted ways and the crowd began to melt, I heard a woman behind me mutter, “Dirty Jew.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Now it lay dull and limp on the floor, slowly melting. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wanted to melt into the floor just to stop people from looking at me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The heron flew up, his great wings beating as fast as my heart, and melted into the dusky sky. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The ice has melted, and still no snow. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The polar seas will melt and New York will be under six feet of water, not to mention many another coastal city. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Poisoning your own drinking water, changing the air so much the earth shook and melted and crumbled, harvesting a race for medicine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The hot dogs had melted into a black goo in the skillet, which was now billowing a foul-smelling smoke. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The rage melted like snow in the sun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z With nothing else to give them, Jinjoo broke open another brown candy bar and gave two pieces each to her sister and brothers, only allowing herself to lick her fingers where the candy melted. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Tight on the Capitol seal on a wing, which melts back into the image of my face, shouting at the president. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I feel the frozen stillness melt down through the inside of me, dripping shards of ice that vanish in a puddle of sunlight on the stained floor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z His sad, sober eyes that had hung before her mind’s eye for so many years melted into the ones that looked back at her now from the mirror. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay on the stones, melted wax cooling, his face all faces, one eye blue, the other golden, hair that was brown, red, yellow, black, one eyebrow thick, one thin, one hand large, one small. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Around him men seem to melt, the light of their lives darkened under his long-shadowed spear. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Tip: Use only green apple candies, then dip them in melted caramel and let them rest on wax paper before packaging. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z All you had to do was hold a hot iron rod to a coil of solder, which was like a soft metal, melt it, and let the silvery material flow into place. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I had moved on to the candy bars and cookies and was trying to figure out what might last us ten days without melting into a disgusting ooze or bouncing into a bag of crumbs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They talked about asteroids, volcanoes, and melting ice caps. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Now he’s left Kilanga altogether, vanished into the forest, it seems, or melted under the rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z On her way back, the sun had already melted a few gray clouds. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Dimple had totally thought it was the fog, somehow melting onto her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I scooped up large amounts of snow to melt for drinking water. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Like this one I had four weeks ago where I was literally melting away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My cheeks are so hot, my skin might start melting off my face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I gobbed on the melted liquid, but I made a mess of it, the solder dripping down the tubing and the washer not on straight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z We watch, utterly helpless, as the flesh melts off his body like candle wax. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I melt into her arms like the traitor that I am. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “All hearts are stone until we melt, and then they turn back to stone again.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Chafing dishes melt medicinal pastilles, and steam vases release vapor into the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Everything else melted away except for the taste, the smell, the feel of the fruit on my tongue. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In patches where the snow has melted, they thrust their bell-shaped blooms to the sun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Someone had come out of the woods in the night and continued down the melted roadway. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Tonight we’ve danced among the stars—maybe her cherry ice is melting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z All the crepe paper was melted and the candles were out, and then I saw Otis. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Travel south until your butter melts, then turn right. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “My small force is melting away like snow before the sun...” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Waves fizz and melt into the black sand. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Dad opened the pizza box, and the warm smell of baked crust and melted cheese rose up, but my appetite had disappeared. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “So besides tempting fate with melted cheese and literary airs of pretension, what else is in your risk-taking repertoire?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She had some baby carrots in a Ziploc, too, although all she had snacked on so far was her melted chocolate. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A remote explosion had occurred somewhere, perhaps back at Emerson's or that night in Bledsoe's office, and it had caused the ice cap to melt and shift the slightest bit. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Rushes the season, sometimes, arrives before the last of the snow melts. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Perhaps her entire life — all her memories, thoughts, emotions — would melt away from her, leaving only the flesh-and-bone shell behind. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It has a high melting point and good tensile strength too. Expensive stuff though. Take some time to drill and shape. C’mon.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Rice. With Log Cabin Syrup and melted butter.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Her heart would have melted, she’d have smoothed the hair back from his forehead, kissed him on the ear, and not just to get something out of him either. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He rapidly made a duplicate, for when the molten silver was poured in on the wax, it would melt and float away, so he made a model for each handle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Time and distance melted together in a blur of silver, and when they stopped, she felt as if they had arrived in another world. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It didn't look melted or squishy at all. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Now it was nothing more than one storey, maybe two, of jagged edges, melted poles, and broken cement. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Before, a binding agent had solved the problem with black powder, and melting had produced our reliable rocket candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I blew again, harder now, and the strands seemed suddenly to melt. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z For this I know—he cannot be saved, I have, indeed, tried to tell myself that he will be, but at noon this pretence breaks down and melts before his groans. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As smoke from the oil fields melted into the sky, Hale conferred with Pike. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We were all sitting in the living room in front of the fan, trying not to melt. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It had melted as it fell on the wet ground and now it was raining again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z On her bedside tables were beeswax candles, melted down into brass holders. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And all the walls around me, everything that has blocked my joy these past few months, oozes, trickles, and melts away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The great buildings of central Mishnory, government offices, schools, Yomesh temples, were so blurred by rain in the liquid glare of the high streetlights that they looked as if they were melting. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Before I allow my heart to sink and melt once again, I think of what I must do. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Without the threat of death hanging over us, we finally have the luxury to melt into the music. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z What’s left of any snow has melted into brown slush and runs in dirty ridges alongside the street gutters. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z As he fastened it around her throat, Nina met his eyes over her shoulder, and the look they exchanged could have melted miles of northern ice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The winter melts, leaving a grubby scum of cinders, wet paper, soggy old leaves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The day was warm for winter—forty-five degrees—and all the snow had melted away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Toast popped out of the silver toaster, was seized by a spidery metal hand that drenched it with melted butter. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z She jumped into the melting pot with both feet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The light and warmth intensified until my winter coat felt like it was melting off of me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As morning approached, the wolves began to melt away, and when dawn finally broke and there was light enough to see beyond their campfire, there was no sign of them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Pieces of melted plastic fell to the floor, giving off dark smoke that smelled like burnt rubber. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He felt as if a block of ice were melting just behind his sternum—a frozen chunk of fear he’d gotten so used to he didn’t even think about it until it was gone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He pantomimed a dwarf melting in terror, which for some reason the Italian didn’t seem to understand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The ice cream melted, and it went down easily and stayed down. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z For hundreds of feet in all directions, sand was melted into a greenish glass. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared into it, sure I’d just had a warm drink, but the ice cubes hadn’t even melted. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It bounced off a doorframe and landed with a thunk in a pan of melted butter. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They melted the gold ore and sent that back to Spain, and when there was no more gold Pizarro broke his promise and strangled the Inca king. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When I leave, the concrete in my chest has loosened, melted down so I can breathe for a few days. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I do this at home, but there are always streams to drink from, or snow to melt if it should come to it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But twenty years doing hair in the City had softened her arms and melted the shield that once covered her palms and fingers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as his back was turned, a dark figure climbed quickly in over the gate and melted into the shadows of the village street. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Whatever middle ground was left between the two sides was melting away, and more than anywhere else, Berlin symbolized this widening gulf. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Before she had dressed, however, the crystals had melted—all but a few on the north sides of the slopes, that spoke of things to come. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d carried the smell of wet snow into the room—it had melted against the wool in their coats—and were grateful to be in a warm place where something of interest was going forward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The apartment was filled with delicious smells—garlic and tomatoes and milky melted cheese. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z You wore that thing all day long in the sun, you wouldn’t take it off, and those soft marshmallows began to melt on your hair. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The temperature had skyrocketed; Mark was drenched in sweat and was so hot it felt as if his skin might melt. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I decided to try melting some down to make bullet casings,” he continued. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I melt into myself, my limbs stiff and my mouth closed, and when Adam is finished trying to smother me with his alcohol breath, I watch him lean away from me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There had to be at least thirty massive sculptures of running, leaping beasts, their flanks gleaming slickly in the silvery light, jaws open, their slowly melting muzzles dripping occasionally onto the crowd below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As the High Blade regarded the daughter that he could never publicly or even privately acknowledge, he melted just the tiniest bit. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A warm breeze blew around them, and water was dripping like strings of pearls from melting icicles. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As they rode, the empty sky and snow melted into each other, making Pinmei feel as if they were sailing on a vast white sea. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It all tasted like chicken, mashed potatoes, and peas, if chicken, mashed potatoes, and peas were made of plastic, and were melted. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I pull more ice from the back of the truck, but find, even in a thick plastic bag, it’s hard to grip now that it’s starting to melt. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Then the water stopped melting underneath him, and the body of the angler fish began to sink. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Snow fell and did not melt; the earth stayed frozen beneath it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Pinmei’s words and fears melted in the warmth of the woman’s kindness, and she did not try to say more. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z All that concentrated attention was like a laser cannon melting through a steel wall. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ears were pointed, and the alcohol addiction had melted her skin like putty. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He was melting wax shaping to their minds. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was quite a wind even though it had warmed up enough to start the snow melting, and it made the frilly canopy on the cars snap loudly. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Cabot Searcy. Nice to meet you, too, Benton,” he said, his serious look melting away. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But Nok had already slipped away, melting into the shadows without a sound. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z No sooner had these words been uttered than America, as one, melted into a puddle of love for Nixon, his wife, his adorable little daughters, and itty-bitty waggy-tailed Checkers. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Behind him stood his house, great and rambling and very new, and in the kitchen his wife, a beautiful woman, made breakfast, and the smoke rose out of the chimney, melting into the morning air. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z For a while Hazel and Frank stood together, watching the remains of the giant melt into the ice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The snow was largely melted on the macadam and in the southfacing fields and woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z "I do not plan on melting soon, Lord Baelish. You may count on it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I do make my lunch almost every day—usually some slow-burning, high-protein combo like frozen chicken patties with melted cheese on top and canned pinto beans on the side. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z During the singing the preacher tried yet another ruse; he intoned mournfully, letting his voice melt into the singing, yet casting his words above it: “How many mothers of these young men are here tonight?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky and its clouds are made of melting cherries and flaming oranges and burnt grapefruit as the sun sinks into the sea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "We can get you food, if it's food you're after. There's a fire blazing in the hearth and enough hot water for a tub that'll melt the chill from your bones." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He did not like these dreams—even the memory made him feel like he was melting. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z By morning almost all the snow has melted, so no snow day. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the smell of the frost melting,” Timothy went on. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Anger agitates, while whistling melts a bee’s temper. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She slides off the stool and melts into the crowd. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently the wire tip melted and ran up into a bead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z ‘Listen! You can hear the machines! They’re all whirring again! And you can smell the smell of melting chocolate in the air!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Some of her anxiety ebbed when she saw that Taisin still breathed; the snow beneath her nose was slightly melted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He had taken red soil and melted it into iron, but that was in the old days. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Edward, Jasper, and Emmett all had their hair entirely saturated with melting snow. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And the two of them—just slightly— melt together. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I want to pull him into me, and I want to melt into him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The conductor looked at me and then at you, and stuck a hand in his pocket and pulled out a hard green sweet that had melted out of shape. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The crypt below the church was a damp, cold place even on days like this, when the sun was practically melting the tiles on the houses outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And the Owner, with the icy stone of Talent poised to melt into his skin, was grinning. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The swift-flowing clouds lifted and melted away, and the sun came out, pale and bright. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I looked over and saw our house melting in the dirt. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The air felt damp and cold like the ground after the snow has melted into it, making it dense and rich. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We’re about to go into the family room and offer tastes to everyone, when I notice a ziplock bag of ice cream melting on the counter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Any hotter, and my shoes’ guttapercha soles might melt to the floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The sun came up later on and melted it, making the roads muddy, especially after the cattle had churned it up. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt that if the lump didn’t melt soon and change back into tears, she too would die. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And candles, forests of them, the wax melting to create an effect like termite-eaten wood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She poured the melted butter and the cheese into the egg-mixture, and whisked it some more. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I pour the melted butter on the popcorn. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He pulls our connected fists between our hearts, and it feels like we’re dancing, even though I'm melting too fast to move. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was the end of winter, and the garbage-filled snow that had been banked along the edges of sidewalks was melting now and filling the gutters. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The scent was strong enough to melt your face. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “No matter what, no matter where it is, it will protect you and keep you safe. You could even break it and melt it down and the charm would still hold.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I stick one of the candies in my mouth, feeling the peppermint melt on my tongue, and realize it’s the first thing I’ve eaten all day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Which meant a quick melting of the polar ice caps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But people in laboratories are working on new materials, such as ceramic or carbon compounds, that could withstand such high temperatures without melting. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow had melted and the mud had firmed. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The ice melted quickly in my hands, cold water dripping through my fingers. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Our eyes met, and all the “Sir” melted out of that manly heart as he gave me his hand. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In one large bag is a walkie-talkie, melted on one side. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “Me too. I danced with too many squares tonight. Lets melt ’em all down.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “My last command overloaded their kill switches—basically locked down all their circuits and melted their cores.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Most of the snow had melted and the hills in the north were already dotted with patches of green grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was used, the color of nickels, and there was a small stain on the passenger seat that Linda guessed was melted lipstick. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And the blanks have been filled in with different colors of chalk, smudged and half melted from the rain and snow, in all different handwriting. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was a flash of anger there, but it quickly melted into an odd expression of surprise or confusion. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Mama says not a thing in the whole village that won’t melt in a good hard rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No tracks in the random patches of melting snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I want to melt and disappear into the sidewalk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My bangs have melted into my eyes, my Nikes are drenched, and I’m shivering in the brown jacket that barely keeps me warm on mini-walks with Feather. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z For walking in the bush, he wears a baseball cap, a black T-shirt, shorts, a curved African knife at his belt, and scorched, melted green sneakers— dried too many times over campfires. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All that day the sun shone, the snow melted, and little streams of water ran from the icicles, which all the time grew thinner. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a ghost of a smile on his face as he watched the sky melt into a smear of tangerine. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mother and Father Black were there, with Brother Edward, and they cried, their faces melting now from a familiar face into something else. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z His face is perpetually frowning with wrinkles so thick he could be melting. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The snow is melting, and white rapids splash against picturesque rocks, and spring gives the late afternoon a sweet yellow light. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They bought an electric refrigerator on the installment plan, and Antonapoulos would suck the cubes of ice constantly and even let a few of them melt in bed with him as he slept. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I should be embracing my chance to get a college degree, not melting down about my past. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The fridge and freezer doors hung open, their contents melting into sticky puddles on the linoleum. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z This was melted in the lid of a jar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z María seems to melt into her uncle’s arms. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The last of my anger melted away and suddenly I knew, despite everything, that I still wanted to be Liz’s friend. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I smell the smell of my own flesh melting. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They had passed this way only moments ago, for the snow crystals their warm feet had melted were not yet frozen again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The spot where Courtney’s hand cups my waist feels like it’s on fire, and his sinewy forearm against my lower back makes me want to melt into him, as ridiculous as that sounds. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The faces that looked like they were made of wax, and had been melted and remolded. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She pauses, takes the popcorn out of the microwave, and puts a dish of butter in to melt it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z We’re all sweaty, and most of us have raccoon eyes from our melted eyeliner. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As for my anxiety about being in the town, it melted clear away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z At once, they melted and ran together, forming a puddle of light. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He felt his arm go numb, but he clenched his teeth as he was clenching his fingers around the hilt, and the pale form seemed to boil away and melt back into the darkness again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z For the next three hours I slogged steadily up the glacier, pausing only to drink from my water bottle and replenish the snow supply in my hat as it melted into my matted hair. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve had those diet frozen pizzas, but they taste like card board, and they don’t look anything like the ones they sell in pizza places. The melting cheese, the pepperoni.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The Mellower talked so much, ice cream melted off his spoon and ran down his shirt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And tossing the Puffs onto the snow, now crusted and gleaming with sun melt. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Flat on my back, too high to move, I closed my eyes and let the glutinous premonsoon heat cover me like a balm; I felt as though I were melting into the mattress. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Um, I walk with the snowman, whose eyes are raisins, and the sun melts him into a bed of, ummm”—Mike 0 stares at the board for a word—“a bed of moonlight!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z When they put their mouths close to the pane and blew their breath on it, the white frost melted and ran in drops down the glass. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a natural dancer—her petite frame and her long, graceful limbs made her movements seem as if they melted into the music. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Snow was falling on the godswood too, melting when it touched the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Well, then, this spoon you finished yesterday afternoon has to be melted down—made over. You beat it to the wrong gauge.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby didn’t expect to earn the same acclaim, nor did he think he’d melt any diplomatic ice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His fingers felt like melted plastic, but Jason managed to undo the straps. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As soon as the sleet was melted we started the attack. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow is melting for good and the pretty-baby shiny cars glitter in the senior parking lot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, after a little while he did go to her and his gentleness melted her last remnants of control, for she began to weep. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he experienced it as though Sarai herself—flesh and breath and hearts and hope—melted to nothing in his arms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I just wanted to melt into the floor and disappear. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Hazel chewed on her lip and took a few steps closer to the shack, which was now dark and wet with melting snow. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He directed his thoughts to melting the water underneath the angler fish. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Not too hot for us, but warm enough to melt water from its colder side.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When he came in, stamping the snow from his boots, and caught Laura up in a bear’s hug against his cold, big coat, his mustache was beaded with little drops of melting frost. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have entered the house in a foul mood, but once he had his Dexter Gordon and a vodka martini, the stress melted away and everything was "beautiful, baby, just beautiful." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He was bald with a black mustache and several chins, each one melting into the next and finally into his neck and shoulders. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z As they got closer they saw big cracks in the melting river ice and areas of free-flowing water. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "It melted, leaving no trace of a murder weapon." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The man went last, and he didn’t look back when he melted into the darkness. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He stroked the door gently with one of his long fingers and it simply melted away. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The warmth spread through his fingers like melting butter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The symbols on the window melt into meaningless streaks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So fast, in fact, that the friction of the air entering the engines would produce enough heat to melt the engines. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice came up clearly from below, but Frodo could not see him; his grey elven-cloak had melted into the twilight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z For a while she tried to keep watch, scanning the ground for signs of movement, but soon she drifted off, frowning and fists clenched, as the night melted into gray predawn. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Those wings just melted and he fell to his death. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s leek and potato stew with a tarragon garnish and melted Gruyere cheese,” he admitted. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “Fog? Alex does a mighty fine fog, if I do say so. Did you tell him about the man who melted?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “What if we melted rocket candy before loading it into the casement?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They’d drop the soft claws and tails into my bowl of melted butter, as though they were feeding the queen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Ben looks like he wants to melt into the couch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The anger in Hamlet’s face had melted away, leaving only sadness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I fixed each of us little bowls of vinegar, melted butter, and Old Bay spice for dipping the crabmeat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Cork sat down in the waiting room, his body almost melting into the chair. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I fell asleep listening to his slow, even breaths, his stubbornness finally melting away in the face of insurmountable fatigue. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z If a teacher stared murder at me for forty-eight minutes, I’d turn into a puddle of melted Jell-O. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z As the sound melted away down the shoreline and into the trees, he began to dance. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “It’s green now, preserved by the ice. But inside it’s dead. And the moment that ice melts, it’ll turn brown and wither into mush.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z If you stop now I'll just go down, melt down like butter and leak right off the canvas. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Their words melt into the sound of water lapping against children—the steamy Accra air softening even the crisp cadences of their accents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As soon as Ota gave the signal, Raesa and Pol melted into the trees, moving as quietly as they could to avoid startling the deer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The quaver in her voice melts my remaining defenses. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She was breathless and seemed unable to stop talking, her usual shyness melted away by relief. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But the frost wasn’t as thick and the last of the snow was melting into crust. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I chew my toffee till it melts and leaves my mouth all sweet and sticky. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z That melted corpse was hardly even recognizable as a human being. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The man sat forward with elbows on knees, hands clenched together, his entire visage appearing as if it might melt and drip onto the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her deep brown eyes were huge, her gaze gentle and melting. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Keep your fingers crossed,” Beatrice said, before melting into the stream of students and disappearing down the hall. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The knot of people who had come so far with me melted away into the darkness, in ones and twos, when they saw how it was. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Max melts away, and Helena throws the ball back toward the wall and chases it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She stared at me again, and her face melted. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He pulled her round so that they were breast to breast; her body seemed to melt into his. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And when I spot Antonio there, waiting for me, my heart melts. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiny bubbles melted in my mouth and journeyed northward into my brain. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z We eat our cones quickly, careful not to drip melted ice cream onto our clothes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Only an hour, but the world had melted down and sprung up in a new and colourless form. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Dreams and restless thoughts came flowing to him from the river, from the twinkling stars at night, from the sun’s melting rays. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran could feel the flakes on his face, melting as they touched his skin like the gentlest of rains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z People at school who groan on seeing my summer look would positively melt on seeing Mr. Ram. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I wonder if Mamita went to the graveyard today and left Inca Kola and melting ice cream for me along with her other dead children. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow melted around the school as February arrived, to be replaced by cold, dreary wetness. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Instead he stepped straight into the swamp and then slowly melted below the knees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Several small snowflakes brushed the windshield, melting in seconds. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When this was baked brown, sugar was melted and poured over the top. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The left side of the Belle's face is fused into hard wrinkles, like melted wax. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But I gave him a piece of divinity, and the sweet candy melted his crankiness right away. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the others joined in, all fluffing and rolling around, looking like their bones had melted away, like jellyfish chickens, clouds of dust everywhere, clucking their contentment. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z As the winter of 1959 waned and the snow and ice melted, many miners who had been cut off the year before were called back to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z If there had been any weary Hobbits around, looking for somewhere to melt the One Ring of Power, they wouldn’t have needed a volcano. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Outside, Jon looked up at the Wall shining in the sun, the melting ice creeping down its side in a hundred thin fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I tell her about Mom’s funeral, and how the colors all melted together like on summer days, and the radio on Abuela’s doorstep addressed to me. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But already her voice was losing its edge, melting into the mushiness of helplessness. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “They’re all destroyed now anyway. All that work, burned to ashes or melted. I should’ve known. Nothing in this city changes, and it never will.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Most people in Bakersfield went to the Hammer when they crashed their car or lost electricity in a heat wave and had all of their ice cream melt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The first rocket emitted a boil of nasty, stinking, yellowish smoke and then fell over, the glue on its fins melted. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But no one will ever again see that life-size golden world because once the conquistadors got their greedy hands on the gold they melted it down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The melting water was so cold it made Bran shudder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Papi gave him hell if he left any snow on the sidewalk, even though scores of people would walk over it and it would melt before noon. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z As the sky grew dark, the exhausted Americans sat on the ground gulping water from canteens and licking melted chocolate bars from the wrappers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Percy still had so many questions, his brain felt like it would melt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The glacier that hung from the cliffs at their backs was their reservoir of water: chipping ice and bringing it inside to melt on the stove was a critical job. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Robb lifted his face to the snow, and the flakes melted on his cheeks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He put his hand against the glass and realized it was softening, melting like ice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On the plates, Ivy saw slices of ham and melted cheese between slices of thick multi-grain bread, mouth-watering kettle-cooked potato chips on the side. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The surface was black tar and it was sticky and melted; our flip-flops sank in as we stepped. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z There were plants here, in places where wind-borne seeds had dropped into the rocky crevices and been nourished by melted snow, sprouting now in this early spring, their stems reaching up. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They’d built a fire there and charred billets of wood lay stuck in the melted tar together with ash and bones. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He nods, melted chocolate smearing the lower half of his face like a painted beard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I wish I could stand in the sun and run to the ice cream truck and buy a chocolate cone and eat it really fast before it melts all over my hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The woman held the oboe like it was a popsicle about to melt through her fingers. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When I dropped my legs back down, I saw the misshapen black circle decorating the sleeping bag below my navel, its melted edge already cooled and curled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I was jus’ ’bout to turn Spangler back down the road when something I heard made my insides melt and run down in my stomach. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z All around his candle were bits of bone and brain, islands in a lake of melted wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Crawling over each other, fused—melted—to each other in the shape of a beast. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Because your work would melt at the same moment as your solder, donkeyhead! The solder must melt first.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The gun feels warm and sticky, like melting chocolate in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She was like a tortillon, a blending brush, melting harsh lines into gentler curves. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It all melts away, and it feels, well, amazing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was soft and melted in her mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I hunch my shoulders so that the black of my outfit and hair help me melt into the darkness. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They’re soft enough to melt in my mouth, so I don’t have to chew, and oh, are they delicious! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I seem to remember that you had a high tolerance for listening without melting down over the content.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And as the last of the snow melted away, their corpses were slowly revealed. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I made so many mistakes that I was forced to melt down the error-filled slugs and retype them with excruciating slowness, digging my teeth into my inner cheek until the letters became Yiddish once more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z That I got to Portland this morning while the snow was still melting? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the bedroom door, and my fears melted. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He was surprised to find the resentment he had stored up over all these years melt away in the presence of this bent and shrunken old man who was staring up at him in fright. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She sprinted toward the woods and melted into the snow and shadows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I said, “Vente, and could you please use coffee ice cubes so it doesn’t get all watery when the ice cubes melt?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But even the festive display and large welcome sign couldn’t distract from the cloying stench of melted hooves and decay. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I’d like to get you in a crucible, thought Dove, and melt you down. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As the climate warmed, the glaciers slowly melted and sea levels rose; within three thousand years, Beringia had again disappeared beneath the waves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Still, my unhappiness and worry soon melted into wonder as miles of green fields rushed by, and small villages, and once a large city. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Above, the sky was darkening fast, melting into a fluid watercolor blend of deep blues, oranges, and pinks fractured by the telltale lines left from the Rupture. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Okay, enough of this. If we wait much longer, the ice is going to melt. Vámonos.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The plane is inside the building—breaking apart, exploding, melting, burning furniture and people. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly, her eyes grew wide, as if with fear; I realized, to my horror, that her face was starting to melt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z All she got to do is breathe hard and the snow in front of her’ll melt! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They cringed, but the rice fell upon them without mercy, melting into their skin. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As the snow began to melt, the ground around their base became so thick with mud and slush that supply trucks couldn’t get through to them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was a wax candle, not tallow, and it was much used and melted. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how long he’s been waiting for this big reveal, how melted and sticky they must be right now. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Molasses was always dripping down the sides, like ice cream melting down a cone. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Now he seemed shrunken, the muscle and meat melted off his bones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All but one of the world’s six most populous nations are melting pots that achieved political unification recently, and that still support hundreds of languages and ethnic groups. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Inej saw that someone had made a low fire, and the sticky remnants of a block of melted paraffin were visible in its ashes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It looked like an ax chop, except that the edges weren’t sharp, but smooth, as though they had been melted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My anger and hate against the landlady melted. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I wanted to be dead, to turn into the rain, my eyes melt into the ground like two black snails. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily’s anger at the suggestion of giving away The Gold-Bug melted into embarrassed horror when she realized that James was right. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He that said “I weep,” he breathed on the ice and melting it made the seas and the rivers. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The buñuelos were golden brown, and the cinnamon Maribel had sprinkled on the top of each while they were still warm had melted into the dough like tiny amber crystals. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Before he could send the fireman to investigate, the ghastly figure had vanished in the haze, melted in the mist. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z This time, it melts into my neck as soft as a pat of butter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I wear no makeup; in Hong Kong my mascara had melted into dark circles and everything else had felt like layers of grease. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she took her basket of sheets and clothes and melted back into the house. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The waiter, somehow intuiting the pause in Celia’s story, melted back into view. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His presence silenced, if only for a few seconds, the crackling anxiety that made my blood grate against my bones and for a little while I’d feel melted and soft. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be stubborn, to stay mad, but my stomach growled at the smell of tomato and melted cheese, and I dragged myself into a sitting position and reached for a slice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She could make eternity and infinity melt and run out through your fingers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked outside and melted into the city, like butter in the stew. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Emma melted through her metal cuffs, which fell away from her hands in a deformed mass of red-hot metal. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was amazing really, the way the years seemed to melt away, and we were so easy with each other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The hail crunched and melted beneath our feet. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z “Do you like this sunrise, Jane? That sky with its high and light clouds which are sure to melt away as the day waxes warm—this placid and balmly atmosphere?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When the sun rose, the red strings of the bridge melted into the sky and the bridge seemed to disappear, only showing itself again at night. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Over many years the sun shining melted a great crevasse in the ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I grate cheese and melt it down with butter and milk for the macaroni au gratin. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The right side is cracked and drooping like melting wax. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z By the time the snow on the mountain began to melt, my hands were thickly callused. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It melted away at his touch and they slipped outside: Harry glanced back and saw that it had resealed itself at once. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z However, around 12,000 BC global warming melted the ice and opened an easier passage. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We washed our hair in melted snow and scrubbed at our fingernails. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But the spectral seemed suddenly insubstantial, and no sooner did this thought occur than she melted away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The flower shivered, and the pink of its petals began to run like it was melting. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The beautiful snow is melting, turning everything into pig heaven, what with all the mud puddles. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I take my first bite of yogurt and it melts in my mouth like ice cream. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Day after day, the winter sun had melted the snow on the eastward-facing slope, and the night frosts had hardened it, until it was a solid, frozen, glittering wall. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But now it tasted like milk after the ice in the icebox had melted: spoiled. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z As the last rosy crescent melted into the Gulf, I felt myself leaning forward, squinting hopefully at the skyline. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I’ve already pulled out our collecting pails,” she says, and that feeling in my stomach melts away. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z When I woke the next morning in her spare bedroom, my host, in parka, hat, and gloves, was melting water on her stove. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As the boat approached, the strip of sky wavered and melted away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, looking down at the melting ice cap, the flooded lowland forests, the swollen sea, she felt heartsick. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Also, I know how to make French toast and pancakes without catching anything on fire or burning myself or melting the spatula. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z His knuckles softly graze the side of my face, and immediately my whole body melts. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She would’ve curled up and cried until she became another ghost, melting into the Cocytus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her wig looked slightly crooked and her makeup was beginning to melt in the humidity. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The eruption had shattered the mountain, and now a fifty-mile-wide avalanche of rock and mud and melted ice was taking aim at the valley below. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The army of demons and rakshas—many of them now little more than melted lumps on the lobby floor of the museum—vanished in a puff of smoke. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Splotches of moisture show on his back from where the snow has melted into his shirt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Dimple looked at his eager, open face, at the optimism and cheerfulness there, and felt her resolve melting. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The snow had stopped three days ago, but none of it had melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boils, the sores, the putrid growths just melted back into healthy full flesh. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Fadi stiffened, then melted into her embrace, which smelled of cardamom and cinnamon. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The ground is spongy with melted snow and rain, but today is one of those rare, almost balmy days that hint at the glorious summer ahead. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Now I was tired, too tired; my mind retreating, the image of the two glass eyes running together like blobs of melting lead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A half-sized cow carved out of butter reclined on a block of melting ice. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z This brook, which starts on the east side of my mountain, is vigorous and so cold it feels as if it were melted snow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that the snow was melting, there was no longer any danger of being buried. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The heat of his hand traveled up her arm, and the ice inside her began to melt. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a very grey day; a most opaque sky, “onding on snaw,” canopied all; thence flakes fell at intervals, which settled on the hard path and on the hoary lea without melting. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z My eyes open to a blue light hovering above my Adam's apple, and the light moves down to my sternum and melts like a glacier, over and into my ribs, warm and salty. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “But do not, under any circumstances, melt this ice!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then he saw my expression, and his smile melted. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The melted window glass hung frozen down the walls like icing on a cake. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Winter’s blanket of snow and ice was finally beginning to melt. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Warm weather would increase precipitation, which would increase cloud cover, which would lead to less snow melt at higher elevations. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z And me and Noodles stood there, like our feet were melting into the concrete. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, I know, it wouldn't melt in his mouth. Jason's still painfully quiet. How's his speech therapy going?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Some people thought you melted the butter in the pan first to make grilled cheese, then put the sandwich down, but that was wrong because then the butter wouldn’t spread even on the bread. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Practically overnight Fazlullah’s men disappeared, like snow melting into the ground. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He eats two immediately and puts the rest of the bag in the pocket of his coat, hoping they will not melt. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The first flakes of snow had begun to fall, melting where they landed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The joy which had appeared on Pris’s face at seeing her friends at once melted away. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Ivy trails the sides of the tower the way melted ice cream oozes down the side of a cone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Soon they ventured out and “went slopping through the melted snow,” as Emma wrote to Elizabeth, to pick out a pianoforte that was to be a present from Emma’s father. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it would start to melt during the day, but before it all disappeared, more snow would fall. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of baked bread and melting chocolate was intoxicating. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The melting surface and subsurface ice would be transported by a great canal network. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat from the explosion melted through the shield as if it were a plastic spoon. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Olly raises his cup and blows on the already melting whipped cream. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the meal the ice had melted and she had hanged herself. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Like holding ice in his hand and having it melt against his skin. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Most of the ice on the ground had melted, although the tree branches were still lined with it, bowing under the weight. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Chicago is finally beginning to thaw—most of the snow has melted, except for a few dirty patches—and everyone looks brighter, more alive. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The slugger waved until I stood up, and then its arm melted back into its body. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The heather and the stumbling darkness were forgotten as though the sunrise had melted them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat from the flames melts the surrounding snow and a black trickle runs across my shoes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A wind from the sea lofted snowflakes against the windowpanes, where they melted and ran toward the casements. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She lifted her hands out of the pot and they were melting. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The melting snow trickled into the street grate next to us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When the pipe froze like that, we got our water by melting snow or icicles in the tin pan on the potbellied stove. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The smells in the shop—dry-toasted maize, melting farm cheese, squash flowers sauteing in home-pressed oil—were causing my stomach to direct urgent messages to my brain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I wanted to make a snowman, but the thin layer was melting into mud. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Seven shouted at the sky as snowflakes clung to her eyelashes and melted on her skin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “There must have been an evening service. Have you ever seen a living person set alight? The hair goes up like a torch and the skin bubbles. The eyes melt.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He walked across the melting snow, from the Culver’s parking lot to the gas station. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z They could melt from one form to the other. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The ice didn’t melt, and the horse began gaining weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My relief melted the fears and they liquidly stole down my face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the huge machines were beyond identifying, ooking more melted than rusted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the skin on her face begins to melt, becoming transparent, exposing the outlines of her large eye sockets and the skeletal bones behind them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were gray slagpools of melted glass in the ditches and the raw lightwires lay in rusting skeins for miles along the edge of the roadway. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “What do you know, the snow’s already melting.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Thomas was surprised, any alarm melted away immediately. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Maybe then some of the worry would melt off Mama’s face. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The melting pot that is America has yielded brand new genres such as big band, jazz, blues, rock and roll, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z "Here in the south, they say you are all made of ice, and melt when you ride below the Neck." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Mrs. Dawkins said, “the most delicate little waffle cookies. They nearly melted in your mouth with a cup of hot tea. Do you remember the lovely teas we had back then?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Days have blended into weeks, weeks melted into months, months merging into empty, lonely years. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Together, the two foxes looked expectantly at Pax, and then they melted into the underbrush. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The following night the white-out was still so dense she could not see the ground when she crept out for snow to melt and drink. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason called down another lightning strike, but Ephialtes caught it on his spear and deflected the blast, melting a life-size plastic cow. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Bull thought Colonel Causey’s melted, rebuilt face was a perfect one for a Marine fighter pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The season’s first snowfall was light, the flakes no sooner fallen than melted. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The house with its melting mud walls and skimpy square of land brought little. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes closed as she melted back into the couch, humming along with the soothing tune. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The flesh melts, the forehead bulges more prominently, the cheekbones protrude. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Screams chasing their tails fast as the melting tigers in Little Black Sambo. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When it came early and lasted so long and poured down so hard, the manioc hills melted and tubers rotted away from their vines, and finally the downpour brought us the kakakaka. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat close together with our knees pulled up, pleasantly tired after a day spent outdoors, eating our ice cream quickly and wordlessly, trying to stay ahead of the melt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Helmuth sways, puts his hand out to the wall to steady himself, to keep himself from melting. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I felt my resolve to keep my distance melting down like the sugar in those leaves. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The hallway was dark, except for the bathroom light spilling onto the carpet like melted butter. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The patty melt has been pushed aside in favor of the herb-encrusted medallions of baby artichoke hearts, which never leave me thinking, Oh, right, those! Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I tried not to melt into it, tried to stay stiff and cold, but my sister gives really good hugs. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She held him when he melted into a troubled sleep. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z And then they poured acid on his body to melt his flesh off his bones, to kill him even when he was already dead. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside the hut, afraid to leave its darkness, the other wax children wept for their melted brother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z As the days melted into weeks, she tried not to think how very kind it was of Betsy to keep reading to her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The suit might even melt, and I wasn’t eager to find out. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The snows would melt then the wind would freeze the water into ice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you think I chose this particular day, little brother? He’ll melt like a Popsicle out there.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it was obvious this snow wasn’t going to melt for days and we would have to make a move sometime; it might as well be now, when at least it was pretty and calm. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “We can go on a PIC mission and melt all the makeup in Rebecca’s pocketbook. The stove top’s probably still warm enough.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z While the rest of the household sleeps, he and Sonia fight over the Walkman, over the melting collection of tapes Gogol recorded back in his room at home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Something inside me loosened a bit, like Nan’s pride in me had melted away the tight nervousness I’d carried without knowing it was even there. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z My throat was so dry I gagged on it, but I forced the melting snow down, ignoring the shocking pain in my teeth from the cold. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The kind when the streets seem to be melting—the blacktop actually sticks to my shoes as I’m walking back to my pad from dropping the bets off to Archie. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The color of slush that you wish would melt away. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But at least the planets will never be melted and frizzled by an erupting supernova. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was out and the sky too bright a blue to look at as the snow melted off the yews and came clumping down. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Ophie’s momentary relief melted away, and she went to fetch their coats with a heavy heart. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His fireball hit a silver tree right next to Nico, melting it into a pool of liquid metal. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At one point Irene couldn’t pull her foot out and she fell forward, the melted roof burning her hands. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z My cry echoed from the four walls before melting into silence. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “His sorceress can summon fire. Might be her red god can melt these snows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I left that; it was not mine: it was the visionary bride’s who had melted in air. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘Johnny,’ cried Mrs. Lapham, ‘isn’t it time to pour? Look, the silver is melted and begun to wink.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something sordid about the tumbled sheets, the sprawling blankets and the thumped pillows, and that bedside table dusty with powder, spilt scent, and melting liquid rouge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had snow in his hair, melting from the heat of his body. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Around 13,000 years ago, as glaciers melted rapidly all over the world, conditions in Japan changed spectacularly for the better, as far as humans were concerned. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Everything she told Patti felt delicious in her mouth, like melting caramel. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Listening to that woman was like licking melted ice cream off the carton. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I take my camera and film as Kareem dips a piece of bread into the cheese, spinning the melted strands around the end of his fork. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The food revived Lyra, and presently the chill at her soul began to melt. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Toward afternoon the weather got warmer and the ice began to melt. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “That child,” said he, through a mouth full of pulp, “could melt a liver with his eyes.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The wind was blowing and the snow was falling and now it was sticking, not melting like before. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The sun had melted to a stripe of copper and the sky was deepening blue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z ‘So get out a crucible. ’Soon as Dusty’s got the furnace going, you melt it down and try again.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The rigging went slack, tar melted and dripped, the wind died to fitful breezes. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breath catches, and she melts into me, her body suddenly, intoxicatingly pliant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Hazel wondered what it would be like to melt, if you would feel yourself slowly liquefy, or if your conscious thoughts would evaporate away before you did. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I grab Noah’s arm, hard, expecting a fight, but he melts into me, saying, “Hey, don’t cry. I wasn’t gonna jump.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He knew she would get up and get the beer herself while the ice slowly melted in the water glass. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I melt and look her in her old but lovely eyes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Judging from their sad shape, the beanbag creatures had been sitting out here a long time—since the snow melted last spring at least. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The midday sun feels bright enough to melt my eyes when I step outside after class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He found candles in a kitchen drawer and lit two of them and then melted wax onto the counter and stood them in the wax. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The rain was letting up, but the streets were as slippery and as smooth as melted soap, and one had to guess distances in the darkness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I stared at things until I seemed to melt right into them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was strong and fine as silk, rustling at the edges, and it rose over them as the pyre floated into the fog, fire and black smoke melting into the mist. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ophie fetched tea and ran hither and thither as she was told, and the winter continued melting into spring. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z My heart melted as I watched them exchange smiles when they sat down at the same time. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It melts and pools over the hot bubbles of bread. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The people coming home from work had filled the street for a while; now they thinned out, melted away into houses, out of sight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched a flying plastic bag land on the road and immediately begin to melt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When he turns back to SJ, her smile is melting off her face. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She was hurrying off as she talked--her brown hand waved a jaunty salute as she melted into her party at the door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This building happened to be a famous factory where they made chocolate, and almost at once a great river of warm melted chocolate came pouring out of the holes in the factory wall. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The boats in the bay were part of it, and the string section of crickets in the baking grass, and the ice melting in our lemonade glasses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His body goes limp and he melts into the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I didn’t see how it would burn, but the Fates must’ve been helping out The metal melted in the fire and turned to golden smoke, which rose into the sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And then there was the melting of the ice. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They melt in glass skin-tone pots creating every pigment imaginable: ink black, sandy beige, eggshell white, desert brown, lemony cream, soft sable, brown sugar syrup, and more. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Sunday after that, the snow had melted, but Miranda made plans to go to the movies with Laxmi, and when she told Dev this over the phone, he didn’t ask her to cancel them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Even as the ice melted in my veins and grateful gulps of air filled my lungs, my unease deepened into dread. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She flopped onto an easy chair and melted into it, legs straight out, heels on the rug, toes up, head back, eyes closed. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The suit looked expensive, and was the color of melted vanilla ice cream. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Perspiration poured down from under his derby and the wax in the points of his mustache melted, causing the neat adornment to change into disorganized hair on his upper lip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Slag looks like pieces of porous rock but actually is the cinders left over when iron ore is melted down to make steel. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned around and flashed me a smile that I thought might melt me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then Sunny breathed out a heavy puff of air and her face seemed to melt, get all soft. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He looked up at her from this position, with his melting eyes, and at last laid his head upon her knee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the three ice-shapes stooped down and sat with their knees drawn up and let the sun melt them. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The vlei people melted into the shadows, and all he could detect were their melancholy cries and the squelch of their feet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The joy Bran had felt at the ride was gone, melted away like the snowflakes on his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The second potato melts in my mouth and I’ll have to try another bit of cabbage, another morsel of bacon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She knew where water would go tumbling as the snow melted, making waterfalls that were there only in the spring. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z A moment later, the monitor went dark, and the Black Tiger game cabinet melted and morphed into a door-shaped portal with glowing jade edges. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the end, I didn’t just make toast; I made cheese toast, moving my slices of bread to the microwave and melting a fat mess of gooey cheddar between them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I could tell by the leaf-size flames under the pot that it had to be scalding hot, and right away I was wondering if she was melting herself down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The flames quickly died, the snow quickly melted, and within minutes all that remained was the charred foundation of the lodge. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Seven yelled, and the crowd turned to look just as the Witchlings’ crone disguises melted away completely and their true forms were revealed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “But most importantly, he loved, his way,” she said, her face starting to melt as the water rose up in her eyes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She melts a bit around the edges and writes back. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Each of us had a huge square of lasagna that oozed melted cheese and tomato sauce. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The mud was caused by heavy snowfall overnight that completely melted during the day, and it was the wettest and muddiest rasputitsa in living memory. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A cold flake struck her nose, melted, fell into her fur, and froze. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My insides are melting into sweet, gooey, sticky honey. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z If she squinted her eyes, everyone, every single person, melted into a mix of shapes and colors. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Thirteen soldiers were killed by lightning, too, the coins in their pockets melted and their flesh roasted. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Less than an inch remained, jutting from a pool of warm melted wax to cast its light over the queen’s bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His legs melted from under him and he ended up in a heap on Mrs. Holton’s stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They melted into the landscape on either side. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z One moment he is telling me my head is full of squashed flies and the next moment his heart is melting for me because Mrs Clonkers locks us in the cellar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If you've ever wondered what that feels like, it's a lot like melting— but more violent. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The servants return to clear the plates and set down the next course, a fruit compote with cheese melted on top. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She looked directly at Pinmei, and the love and longing Pinmei had carried for so long melted in her like a piece of ice in warm tea. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Maria melted into the crowd without once glancing Matt’s way. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I swear her hands turned as red hot as the metal she melted when she rubbed my leg. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The crowd melted under the eyes of the armed soldiers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He found a large rock he could use as an anvil base, and he pulled nails from his tool belt until he had enough to melt into a plate for a hammering surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The sharp edges blur, the ache goes out of it, the colors melt together, and from the many separated lines a solid gray emerges. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometime during the night, perhaps, my brother here on this bed will change form, melt, shift, and become another thing, a terrible thing, a Martian. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘No. But I suppose one could hammer it or melt it.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The raw rims of the wheels sitting in a stiff gray sludge of melted rubber, in blackened rings of wire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The first snows of winter had fallen on the ice that had not melted from the winter before. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “They were there—all three of them! I put them in a sandwich bag, but the fire-breathing one melted the plastic, so I thought they’d be safer in that side pocket....” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z And then, how this happens is always a surprisement, but I see something that makes me feel like a softly melting mountain. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Canvas bags were stitched together from sails and filled with 1,000 pounds of rocks for ballast, and two kegs were filled with glacier melt for drinking water. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Auk XII, on the pad, was built to the design we had more or less standardized, but how it would perform loaded with melted rocket candy was a complete unknown. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But even as he grasped at the Talent, the spray from the sprinklers began to melt the stone, right before his eyes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A small mole of melted candle wax grew on Princesse’s hand as she sat posing stiffly. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Her desolation was pathetic as she sat with her tempestuous, proud, lovely head bowed, her shoulders sagging, her spirit melting. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Every night the stars filled the sky like snowflakes falling on black stone and then melted away as the sun mounted. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But the flurries are light, almost dancing in the air, spiraling and gliding before they land on the ground to melt and evaporate their way back up to the sky again. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Her eyes melted, her mouth caved, and a terrifying thing happened to her face: it collapsed into despair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The lightning killed the men and melted the coins in their pockets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z By the time the snow melted and the rains of spring swept in, every boy in Kabul bore telltale horizontal gashes on his fingers from a whole winter of fighting kites. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At school, I consulted with the other boys and it was agreed we would load Auk XX with melted rocket candy the following Friday and fire it on Saturday. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My insides turn warm, and there's nothing left to do but close my eyes and let my whole self melt in his hands, against his lips. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Hallyne said that sometimes the substance burned so hot that flesh melted like tallow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It works, though, and like magic the nervousness melts away from Stella’s face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the men continued to eat and rest, enjoying the feel of solid ground under their feet, stretching their cramped limbs, melting glacier ice into drinking water. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It was almost four months ago that the door was sealed shut between Hilly and me, a door made of ice so thick it would take a hundred Mississippi summers to melt it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was chocolate and sugar spun into sweet little dollops that melted in your mouth. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Where it touched the ground it melted, but all about him rock and root and branch wore a thin blanket of white. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the City of Bright Moonlight, after the snow had melted away, a boy—or was he a man?—leaned heavily on a stick and shuffled down the Long Walkway to a pavilion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then he melted into the shadows—just like her father had seventy years before. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I melt into him and the tears keep pouring. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Snow fell and fell and melted and melted and then fell again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I thought about Ade Coker’s glasses, I imagined the thick, bluish lenses shattering, the white frames melting into sticky goo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mike caught up to us as we walked in the doors, laughing, with ice melting the spikes in his hair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I looked down at my bowl of ice cream, already melting into a soup in the heat. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The snow had melted, but the ground was hard. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But then his gaze shifts, and his smile melts off like the bad juju has leapt onto his face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She herself was wearing a knitted jacket buttoned up to her chin, and when Meggie wasn’t thinking of Mo or Capricorn she wondered whether Elinor might melt away inside it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I realize something about all the suicides traipsing north, north, north to a nowhere place where the Highlands melt into the sea. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The horse had melted into the white landscape, but the mound of luxurious gray-and-blue silk on the ground reassured them that it had not been a dream. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It melted away too quickly, leaving a soothing minty aftertaste that made me want more. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Melting zinc and sulfur was not a good plan, I didn’t think—it would surely detonate before the melting began—so I used dextrose and water to see if that would work as a binder. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Usually his clothes and possessions just sort of melted into his animal shape, but apparently he still smelled like a yummy poison dinner. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When the snow started to melt it was going to be hard to keep their feet dry. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Later they had hot chocolate with lots of melted marshmallows. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Drops of water melted from the ice-shapes in the sides of the chasm and fell down and down. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He adds a chunk of butter so big, it almost melts away my appetite. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She looks from the AffloVest to me, the steel in her face melting away into a shocked expression. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Four disconnected strands of gray smoke melt into a white sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The snow melted and surrounded Nathan’s ankles but didn’t touch them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In the valley that first snow would melt but on the mountain it would linger, burying the Princess until spring, when she would reappear, watchful. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was one of those bright hazy days with no horizon, when the sea and the sky melt together in a pale blue infinity. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There’s a lady slumped on the edge of the landing and her face is gone, replaced by melted skin and blood. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z If Ivy could melt any more, she would. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dolores tried to make her words soft like butter, so they might actually melt in. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And then I laugh, because it’s so ridiculous and so gorgeous and it’s all I can do to not melt into a fit of giggles. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She raced, her feet melting the stone wherever they touched. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My younger brother, Roman, can't explain why paint melting on his tongue feels good. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I barely see the faint glow of the sphere as it melts into Suma’s spine. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I had seen them melt off like the Inca gold being melted down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “If you concentrate on the warm spot that starts in the pit of your stomach, all the lines begin to melt.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He shoots Claudette a wink and a salute, and she positively melts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But Don Luis’s warm smile soon melted my fear into awe at finding myself in his house, away from the unpleasant implications of a student face-to-face with the school principal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z All morning, Mother’s been following me around with a new hair-straightening thing while Daddy’s been on the front porch growling and goddamning the cotton fields because they’re melting like summer snow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She pointed toward the two doors and they melted away, revealing twin corridors, open and dark. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Lightning had melted all the weapons in the giant’s hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My anger at him melted away at the sight of that smile, and the agony of not being able to communicate with him returned. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I want to melt into the brown, crunchy grass that the Colonel and I step on as we silently make our way back to our room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Together they watched until the ripples from the stone had melted away. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He moved on back up the hill, saw Morrill’s men melt into the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the smudgy crags of George Pollucci's features melted away as I peered at them, and resolved themselves into a regular pattern of dark and light and medium-gray dots. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Miig couldn’t explain the science of it, but ever since the North started melting there were more rains. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Amanda stands at the door with her jaw dropped so low it melts into her chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The snow inside the Nest began to melt and the robot’s sensors began to thaw, and when she was ready, she climbed out through the hole in the roof and into a bright, foreign landscape. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They melted from sight in the thick green. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The weeks passed and winter melted slowly into spring. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The water below them was as smooth as a jade plate and melted into the horizon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Felicia imagines the mixture melting through Graciela’s frail scalp, penetrating the roots and bones of her skull until it eats her vicious brain like acid. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Bertulf just sat in his chair behind the table, like a stick of butter slowly melting. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Women were taking their beautiful pewter from dresser shelves, stoically watching it melt in crucibles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sir Fig Newton had the silent cat killer, and my only proof had melted into extinction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He pulls me close, squeezing, and I melt into his shoulder, letting his arms circle me like a warm, tight blanket. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It was a bit of a mind melt to see the roving-eye van still parked in front of my place, a nasty reminder that this nightmare was way real. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Do you see what happens when it melts? Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His face was impassive as ever, though something sober had melted into his eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We could hear the ice in floors below us melting, too, and then it was gone from the windows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The hot water filled the air with clouds of steam, melting the snowflakes as they came drifting down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The pounds began to melt off, and after a few months, I was in near-perfect health. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z With their needle-sharp teeth, they gnawed and worried with it until it was melted away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the River Styx. Very hard to craft. Very delicate. It cannot melt, but it will shatter when you blow it, so you can only use it once.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” I said, looking down at the melting snowball and then back at Conner. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z We are a tangled web of arms and tears, melting and holding. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Chafing dishes melt medicinal pastilles, and steam vases release vapor into the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But when she came near, up behind a sheltering tree trunk, and peered around it, her mouth dropped open and all thought of running melted away. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “The rest we can let melt and drink today.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was as though a rainbow had melted into her eyes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In battle men often seemed to melt away, reappearing afterward with tight mirthless grins. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It has the same melting point as gold, the same weight and malleability. If it’s not identical to gold in every way, the difference has eluded us. Have it tested if you like.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And my heart totally melts all over the sidewalk. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The tarred patches on the cracks of the street were melting. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Angel cake, that melted in the mouth, and his rather stodgier companion bursting with peel and raisins. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But her resolve melted when she saw him before her, seated there beside her in the little garden, as if a designing Providence had led him into her path. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The flakes fall onto her face, into her laughing mouth, melting, clinging to her eyebrows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The sun was shining, and the ice was beginning to melt on the street. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z It soothes fever and melts like a lozenge over the throat. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Since the catastrophe that had burst the worlds open, all the Arctic ice had begun to melt, and new and strange currents appeared in the water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It mixed with the burning gasoline from the flamethrowers and napalm bombs, the sharp tang of gunpowder, the overheated metal of machine gun barrels, so hot that they were melting. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I sipped my soda and wondered if Dorothy felt this way when she dumped the bucket of water on the Wicked Witch of the West and watched her archnemesis melt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She dropped to her knees on the terrace, head spinning as more moths died, more holes melting from her vision, and the rest kept on reeling, out of her control. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The earth melts into red gashes like the mouths of whales. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She came after them, snarling with rage, and her black dress and skin melted perfectly into the night. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Silvery fluffs of snow were melting off the branches of tall elms and would be replaced in a few weeks with stubby, pale green buds. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The old lady nudged past Finn and melted back into the crowd. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On the last run in town, I went to the Daughertys’ first—they were the people whose ice cream had melted last Saturday. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The weakness of surrender in him melted into an anger such as he had never known in his life before. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z But as soon as she said it, as soon as her notebook left her hands, all her fury melted into nothing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I pictured Mum, Dad, and Julia sitting at home watching The Paul Daniels Magic Show but their faces melted away, like reflections on the backs of spoons. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z My sundae sat mostly melted in my cup, and I plopped the cup down and slid it across the table at him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The patterns in the sky slowly melt and alter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Secrets melted into the dark, and all the doors slammed shut. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Drawing closer to him, closing my eyes, raising my lips to his, letting this place melt away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She was beginning to shriek now, sitting there like a wax doll melting in its own heat. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mama is really somebody,” thought Francie as she held her marshmallow down with her spoon and watched the melting white sworls vein the dark chocolate. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow had melted into their hides, washing out the dirt and manure, leaving them silky white; the spots were golden brown. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The gray museum auditorium steams with wet coats and the slush melting from winter boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I am so relieved, I could melt into my seat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The sun is gentle and golden at this time of day, melting like butter behind the mountains. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sickly sweet stench, like singed hair, something melted and blackened. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The ice cream on my plate continues to melt. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z As Kendra continued to survey the garden, startled disbelief melted into wonder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Despite the late addition of chopped fresh mint to a blend of melted chocolate, egg yolk, coconut milk, rum, gin, crushed banana and icing sugar, the cocktail was not particularly refreshing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I explain how they melt into a layer of gooey goodness, and Zohra seems a little more interested. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I think every girl has a spot—a spot on a guy that makes her melt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z People are limping about, arms outstretched, their clothes on fire and their faces half melted like wax. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Jule leaned back against the rock and let the chocolate melt in her mouth and the sun warm her face. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Let me have a go at the oars before you melt away.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But instead an image of Tariq’s parents presented itself: Tariq’s mother trapped in the lorry, upside down, screaming for Tariq through the smoke, her arms and chest on fire, the wig melting into her scalp . A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Willie melted the chocolate in a saucepan and I separated the egg whites from the yolks. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The disks are frozen, but they have started to melt around the edges. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Park picked up a chunk of melting snow and tossed it halfheartedly in the goose's direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z This morning Mrs. K stood between the pillars, listening to the desert sands heat, melt into yellow wax, and seemingly run on the horizon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the faucets and let cool water wash over me, wishing it could melt away the fear that made the thumps of my heart louder than usual. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Celia said if they put that many candles on the cake, it would melt the paint off the walls.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I would write: “The soft melting hunk of butter trickled in gold down the stringy grooves of the split yam.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She flashes me a smile, and the world spins—chairs stretch into colorful putty, laughter crescendos in peaks, and the floor beneath my feet wobbles like the land is melting out from under me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Air bubbles coming out of my mouth rise up and melt into the shimmering silver mirror. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The grin melted away like snow in summer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then everyone else on the dance floor also began to shape-shift, melting into prismatic blobs of light. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of her eye, she spied swirls of golden light appearing here and there on the dewy slope, but when she looked closer, they melted into wisps of gray. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The kid held his jaw and stared at me in shock as his face melted into a knot of disbelief and tears. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her curls brushed his cheeks, and he felt that if he could just hold her a little longer, every wound, every hurt, every bad thing would melt away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I turn on the flame and we watch it melt down in the pan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As soon as Nathan sang the first chorus, the ice block melted into a wide pool. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I wondered if the man had melted away like the snow. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I raised my arms and howled, but the stoner-metal tunes must have seriously connected with Fang, because he melted into the throbbing mass of bodies and was gone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But now, as he saw Fiver, small and familiar, incapable of hurting anyone or of concealing what he felt, trembling in the wet grass, either from fear or from cold, his anger melted away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently the leopard dæmon’s statuelike stillness melted, and she moved away once more, lithe and silent. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Instead, her eyes were brown—lovely, dreamy...melted chocolate brown? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I toss and turn, my dreams laced with images of Poe and Abby, smiles twisting into grimaces of pain as they melt away into nothingness. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The bear had needed ice to find food, but all the ice had melted. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Some groups, however, had a very difficult time “melting,” particularly people of color. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I saw one girl, about nine or ten years old, melt from the side of a maple tree and come skipping up the hill. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z This was such a gap: the silence of aftermath, in the dark of the night on the second Sabbat of Twelfthmoon, at the melted north anchor of Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She can still picture the boy: white hair, shy hands, a melting smile. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Ice, under the pale, strong sun, melted slowly on the branches and the trunks of trees. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Its edges met the air in that melting way, as though it might dissolve. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I feel like my entire body is going to melt into the floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z "If the Starks feel the need for gold, they can melt down Jaime's armor." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The vision melted into waking; and there was Tom whistling like a tree-full of birds; and the sun was already slanting down the hill and through the open window. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Just the feather-soft brush of wings against her lips as they melted back into her, leaving an aftertaste of salt and soot. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Their mom had always told both Dalton and Sarah that their big blue eyes could melt anyone into a puddle. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The wine had made Ash feel woozy, and as they rode through the Wood the trees seemed to blur, as if the whole for- were melting into one great swath of dark green. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The phone melted,” he said, a hollow look in his eyes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s an attractive and drizzly winter’s night, scraps of melting snow shored up against the edges of the Place de la Concorde, the city looking ghostly, its windows jeweled with raindrops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Here they encountered a melting pot of Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan farmers and herders growing millet and sorghum and raising livestock in drier areas, along with Khoisan hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Lightning flashed, and the bars on the nearest window burst into sizzling, melted stubs of iron. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Henry, whose charms were not inconsiderable, turned them full force on Alexandra, who showed no signs of melting. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was the face that haunted him most; surrounded by a nimbus of fire, hair blazing like straw, the dead flesh melting away and sloughing off its skull to reveal the gleam of bone beneath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then, about 10,000 years ago, not abruptly exactly but near enough, it began to melt back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Pizarro then raided all the temples and palaces and melted down the gold he found and sent that back. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You can’t quite tell where the shore lets off and the water begins, and the tall pines look like they’re melting into the sky. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He ignored his problem—and the problem just sort of melted away. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z And, as I did, my heart melted around the sweetness and sadness of the world and I responded to my cousin...to life. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s why I decided, up there on that roof, that we would melt saltpeter and sugar. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The morning of the funeral, I melted paraffin on the stove and then carefully dipped each crepe paper flower. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They walked along in relative silence, their classmates melting off onto various paths and striding over grass to go to the places where their pictures beckoned. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I blow on my cocoa and sip up the melted goodness of the marshmallows before I respond. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The erosion continues until the berg flips again, and then again, and eventually it is eroded and melted away. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She told him about how the barrier between the worlds had been breached by Lord Asriel, and about some of the consequences—the melting of the ice, for example. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In the sunlight, snow melts, crystals evaporate into a steam, into nothing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The snows that fell in winter always melted in the spring. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It had snowed during the service and was snowing still—a crisp and cold snow that didn’t melt as soon as it struck. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But as they approached the parade it vanished; the rats, their purpose accomplished, melted into the misty woods, and this time they did not reappear. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They both had mounds of white hair piled in flat puffs atop their heads like melting snowballs. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He had simply melted away into the dark garden. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had their jewelry melted down and sent back to Spain. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One week the weather gave a little to the sun, and snow melted and limbs dumped their loads and popped up into the air. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked until the lush grounds of the estate melted into the main road. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He’d explain about how the glaciers passed over the earth many years ago, and left the stone when they melted. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t come out as a question, but Clara’s sad expression melted away into happiness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Some of his fear melted away, but not enough to calm his racing heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I make us scrambled eggs with cheese, making sure the cheese is nice and melted before I turn off the heat. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Nothing much left but the melted lump of the oven. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z With the melting of the last of the twilight there grew a kind of expectancy and tension, as though it were thawing snow about to slide from a sloping roof. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Delicious. Blue lobster and melted yellow butter. Mmmmm,” I say to tease him, but crack up over his expression. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z And part of me wants to bleed across the great room floor or melt into a puddle of grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Nathan started to hum the melody for the Change song and then sang a few words, but the ice did not respond at all when Nathan instructed the water to melt. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z With each visit, Morrie seemed to be melting into his chair, his spine taking on its shape. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He rolled to one side as all eight hydra heads spit acid, turning the floor where he’d been standing into a steaming crater of melted stone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His golden armor melted into the wood, becoming part of a large trunk. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He could control where the melting and freezing would occur. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The city melted away until we were off the expressway and rolling through the countryside of northern Long Island, past orchards and wineries and fresh produce stands. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The birthday cupcake sits between us, the candle melted down to a waxy puddle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She melted butter in a saute pan, then tossed in pieces of the gnarly meat. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t like discomfort; even picnics were untidy and inconvenient: all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he reached out and held my hand, and I felt as though my mouth were full of melting sugar. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But summer, it turned out, was no more real than the snow that melted in wintertime. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t they put that in a college fund or at least buy an air conditioner so we don’t melt in the summer? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Tears well in her green eyes like ice melted by the sun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And if a policeman walked by, people melted into the corners like shadows in the sun. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When the snow finally melted it went as quickly as it had come. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z All seven heads shot add, and the elm melted into a steaming pool of muck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw his solemn eye melt with sudden fire, and flicker with resistless emotion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The gold of the revolution, melted into blocks that were then covered with baked clay, was beyond all control. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It knocked aside another and sprayed poison on a third, who retreated in,a panic, his armor melting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Through the melted tallow on his face there was a faint flush of blood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, worried I was in danger of melting down into sentiment, I raised my glass again and urged everyone to start. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z His face seemed to melt, folding in on itself. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mushroom soup, bitter greens with tomatoes the size of peas, rare roast beef sliced as thin as paper, noodles in a green sauce, cheese that melts on your tongue served with sweet blue grapes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The metal frame of the once-lighted sign of his name has melted, and it sags down limply over where the big front windows used to be. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z An expression of surprise crossed his features when he beheld her in her finery, but it quickly melted into a wry grin as he looked toward his father. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The bad news: I was about to be melted into a puddle of goo. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over, and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee Lee scrapes the bowl and eats the last morsels of melted ice cream. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Blue like all the blue crayons I had, all melted into one. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Without noticing them again, as if they had melted down through the floor, Mr. Iii moved about the room packing a little manuscript case with papers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Bags of garbage and scraps of food were spilled across the hallway, amid a trail of melting snow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “It’s so hot in here I feel as if I might melt.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “The teeniest little nails. Like a doll, you wouldn’t believe it. The way she just melts into you when you hold her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And the next day, Easter Sunday, Amaka did not join the rest of the young people who wore all white and carried lit candles, with folded newspapers to trap the melting wax. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z First he melted the bits of lead in the big spoon held in the coals. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The snows began to melt, and the wet mud that was exposed was thick and heavy, the kind of mud that clings to your boots and drags you down. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I was really ready to do anything that would clear my head from thinking about this old lady melting her flesh in a kitchen pot. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sun was melting butter over the Maricopas. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z For several minutes I sat dumbstruck, staring at the wreckage of the tent’s once-graceful form amid the acrid scent of singed hair and melted nylon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to show Maya a good time, and so I chose Geja’s Café. It’s terribly romantic, but I fear that it might also be terribly messy—all that melted cheese.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The marquee lights melted on the wet pavement in long white gleams. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Its walls still stood, but its windows and roof were gone, and there was nothing inside but ashes and dollops of melted glass. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, not only is China not a melting pot, but it seems absurd to ask how China became Chinese. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d gotten the stove going and was melting the snow when I smelled something burning. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Patches of the road were half melted from Greek fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z That rock that had been living inside my chest boiled so hot it melted and shot at her like lasers out of my eye sockets. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Even if it was the middle of summer and so blazing hot outside that the road was melting, supermarkets were always freezing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She visited the ruins of the Seymour house daily, waiting for them to cool enough so that she could poke through the ash with a hoe, in search of coin or melted silver. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They rose high over my head and seemed to melt into the murky sky. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She let the word snow melt on her tongue like a delicious, creamy chocolate. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And as if in answer to her recognition, he took a deep breath, rolled his eyes back, and whispered, “Sing. Sing,” in a hollow voice before he melted away again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Robb before him now, his j hair wet with melting snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Teachers had courted her and cursed her, but no one before had simply melted her into the mass. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It was late afternoon when the boat’s outline disappeared and the faint moaning of the outboard melted into the quiet. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z If they worked during the day, when the sun was hot, wax children would melt. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I had to take ’em inside by the fire and melt ’em before my family knew what I was saying!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Oct. then submitted that the Smith & his Family were respectful & generous & I objected They shall melt down the Silver. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I swear I could melt right into this chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes—each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She explained that if you concentrate to the point where your mind and body become one, all outward awareness melts away. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Four people stood in the driveway's melting snow, shivering as the sun dropped behind Sunset Towers. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wall would be flowing off to the south, the melting ice mingling with warm rain to wash down in sheets and rivers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The wolf let his tongue loll out between his teeth, tasting the frigid air, his breath misting as snowflakes melted on his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Emily’s anger at the suggestion of giving away The Gold-Bug melted into embarrassed horror when she realized that James was right. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Climate change causes the glaciers to melt, which causes the acidification of the world’s oceans, resulting in the death of most sea life. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He gathered up the tiny shavings of lead and saved them carefully, to melt again the next time he made bullets. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I tickle her, and finally her salty self melts back into her gooey sweetness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Its “Sinification” involved the drastic homogenization of a huge region in an ancient melting pot, the repopulation of tropical Southeast Asia, and the exertion of a massive influence on Japan, Korea, and possibly even India. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Each utterance seems to rise from the aural cotton for Werner’s ears alone, then melts away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I suddenly realize the reason for his reluctance, and I laugh with a delight that soon melts into compassionate tears. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But when ice starts to melt on a frozen lake, the surface can shift unpredictably. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And why isn’t the rest of the interior melting–or is it? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We went out for breakfast, where I ate a bowl of oatmeal with a heap of brown sugar that melted into syrup over the hot mush. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z My ice cream had completely melted in the bowl, so I slurped up the minty liquid left behind. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Henry melts at the touch, wraps his arms around Alex’s waist and holds him there. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She remembered the end of his story: The soldier melted. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Full-on panicking, and all the comfort she felt from her notes with Keeper melted away like a sugar cube in a cup of hot tea. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The endless convolutions and frustrations of my previous dealings with the Erhenrang Government were melted away like an ice-pack in a flooding river. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The snow had melted and the birds had flown back, singing and praising. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z As it melted on my tongue, I closed my eyes. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “The milk takes a while to heat up, and I have to melt the chocolate bar first.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Future searches will be difficult: thousands of years ago, the melting glaciers raised the seas, inundating coastal settlements, if they existed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Long hours serving the British commandant had melted off the fat from his second and third chins and created heavy black circles under his eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey asks, melting flakes of snow sticking to his coat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, there was this gold to be dried and melted, and in haste, too, for the Great God Ra was sinking lower and lower in the sky. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I weigh too much,” she says, her words melting together. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Only then does he notice that the garden is melting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Normal was the way Lianne had stared me down with a stiff, frozen distance and the way she melted into a soft S when she said hello to Freddie. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I remember thinking, I’m a little bit tired now, and I could feel the stress melting away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He looks up at me when I lean over him, his dark hair stuck to his forehead from the melted snow. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The skin deemed damaged but salvageable looks red, hot, and melted in places. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “No,” she says, and her weight falls dead on me, crushing my chest, stealing away my breath, and she is cold and wet, like melting ice. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But they tasted nothing like the real thing because the snow melted in the cup, and we missed the crunchy bits of ice we were used to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The crystals didn’t quite melt and that made it wonderful. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And not just any cookies—my mom’s homemade blue chocolate-chip cookies, buttery and hot, with the chips still melting. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I have no choice but to melt into her arms, and I heave and gasp. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ben saw the dragon melt out of Bull’s eyes and there came a moment when Ben could have hit his father in the face with a fist that was a lifetime in coming. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And with that she turned to liquid and melted into the river. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z An offering of blood and fire, the queen’s men called it, that the Lord of Light may turn his fiery eye upon us and melt these thrice-cursed snows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Madame Ratignolle looked more beautiful than ever there at home, in a negligé which left her arms almost wholly bare and exposed the rich, melting curves of her white throat. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Closed, they weren’t doors at all, but only smooth expanses of wall, because back when the citadel was “alive,” the metal had simply melted open and shut, re-forming seamlessly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The hoosh pot was cleaned and scoured, filled with ice to melt, and once the water was boiling, the surgical instruments were sterilized. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The meat she put on her bones in South Carolina melted away. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For all they could ascertain, the bandits had turned into ghosts and melted through the upstairs walls; they had simply evaporated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother’s neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When solid sulfur is heated a little past the normal boiling point of water, to about 115°C, it melts and changes color. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing that lead could melt in fire, I cried, “Don’t cast it away.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, everything was going fine until Tristan’s mystery powder started melting. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z When she kissed me, I had the feeling my brain was melting right through my body. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Ymir was not the only living thing to be formed by the melting of the ice: there was also a hornless cow, more enormous than the mind could hold. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He wanted to melt Gaea’s sandy face to glass. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He flashed me the impish, I-got-this-covered grin that melted me every time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Every now and then, she flipped her hair over her shoulder and I thought Burl was going to melt into a puddle right there in the gravel driveway. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He scraped from it a sliver as thin as a hair, wrapped it in wax, and added it to the pan in which the lead had melted. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She made the decorated pins herself, melting and molding malleable plastic into interesting shapes, seated at a picnic table in her backyard a few weekends ago. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Everywhere but on the north-facing slopes and in the shadowy ravines, the snowpack had melted down to bare ground, exposing the previous seasons rose hips and lingonberries, which McCandless gathered and ate in great quantity. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no effective way for this heat, accumulated over billions of years, to reach the surface and be lost to space, and the radioactivity inside Ganymede and Callisto must therefore melt their icy interiors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, circle by circle, they melted away into the darkness. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was near enough to the melted remains of the anchor to reach back and touch it, and he did, instantly drawing on its power. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And every day, as he came near to it, he would lift his small pointed nose high in the air and sniff the wonderful sweet smell of melting chocolate. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z But then his mouth turns up into that lopsided smile and the world melts away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z As far as I was concerned, the sun could have melted the blue right off the sky. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z They passed Xi dressed in every shade between white and pale blue, who seemed to melt out of sight as soon as Kaede noticed them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He felt as if he was shrinking, as though his fear was boiling up inside him and he was melting away. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to melt into her bones—that kind of love. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks around with apprehension and then descends into the melting pot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “With daily doses of this trigger chemical, the plastic will gradually melt away and be absorbed into the body. Your face goes back to where it started. More or less.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We heated water to soak a cube of gichy-michy in, and drank the water hot, sometimes with a bit of sugar melted in it; harnessed up again and went on. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her this wasn’t an exam to be failed, but I got the feeling she’d melt down if I tried to silence her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Instead of heat going to the water, some would get stored in the air, which could superheat and melt the bag. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was always white above here, and the ice never melted." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On his coat the snowflakes melted and turned into nothing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As he went by the cave-mouth he saw that the Curtain was now become a dazzling veil of silk and pearls and silver thread: melting icicles of moonlight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Roz returned to the Nest, where the fire had melted the interior snow to a muddy soup. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His fingers were slimy, coated in a pale ooze that was either melted skin or pus. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “When you have the right moves and the cool tools, women just melt in your arms. I’m going to try to talk her into parking out at the beach.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then all of us were dancing except for Big Ma, who yelled, “Cut this cake before the candles melt all over it!” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I looked back for the leering clown, but he had melted into the crowd. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was the melting of her legs, and there was also the wetness of hot liquid running between her thighs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It made my heart melt with love and admiration and fear. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z June pulls four bottles of Mexican Coke out of the cooler under her seat and passes them around, and Henry takes the first sip and practically melts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The temperature climbs to 100 degrees—cool compared with the highs of 112 to 118 the week before, which had partially melted the asphalt on Interstate 35. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z After apartheid fell, my father moved from Hillbrow to Yeoville, a formerly quiet, residential neighborhood that had transformed into this vibrant melting pot of black and white and every other hue. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The jacket of his brown suit, the one he’d worn to my graduation, hung over him—too much of Baba had melted away to fill it anymore. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If the rest of us had melted away and Coach had disappeared, I think Tooms would have leaped across the bench and punched Guzzo straight in the face, for real this time. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So now the polar ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising, and the weather is all messed up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The boat tilted, the deck melted under my feet and sloped toward the water. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The snow that had caked on my socks melts into my sneakers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A patch of sunlight has broken through the clouds, and I can hear the hiss of the ice melting. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It melted on her tongue and left behind the delicate flavor of rose. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He waited on the stoop until twilight, pretending to watch the sun melt into the dirty gray Harlem sky. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered Nan telling how the stone had melted and flowed like candlewax down the steps and in the windows, glowing a sullen searing red as it sought out Harren where he hid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I watch her for a moment, taking in the look on her face, and let all the fear and nervousness melt away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It burned there like a flame and her soul melted with sweet pain, and her face went now white, now red. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma lost her knees and melted down into the chair. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Statues of bronze that looked as though they’d been half melted. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The throne melted and morphed into an old coin-operated videogame cabinet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The pair picked up their luggage and stepped into the elevator, leaving behind puddles of melted snow. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The sugar has melted off leaving plump moist chewy bites. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The soldier crumpled to the ground, shrieking, a hand-shaped hole melted through his camo. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z If you give someone a snowflake, you are giving them nothing, for soon it will melt; he could give his friend a little book about snowflakes and it would be both something and nothing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As the snow began to melt in Russia, Leningrad was completely surrounded by German troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Tired, irritable, he walked down Fifteenth Street, glancing up as he passed one of his other houses, its silhouette melting in the light that trembled between dusk and twilight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He expected no less, and when he saw my face he fell down flat and began to melt on the spot.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A mile and a half of iron fencing dating from the 1750s had been taken away to be melted down to make Spitfires. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A security card would be melted or ruined by chemicals during the decontamination process. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The temperature is up close to fifty, and everything is melting. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She could do that somehow—melt me when I was cold, cool me when I was too hot to handle myself. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I feared my wits had been melted by the flames, twisted and charred. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The Arctic and Antarctic ice caps will melt, flooding the coasts of the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jack, I’m sorry. We have to go. The ice is melting. Come on.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The ice would melt down quick, but there was enough to keep it cold. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I forgot about him, and even the memory of his holding me precious melted into the general darkness just beyond the great blinkers of childhood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It took me less than a minute to run down to Miss Volker’s yellow house which was glowing under the morning sun as if it had been carved out of melting butter. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their flickering light made the outline of his head appear wet and glistening, almost as if it were melting all over again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Ophie turned to look out the window, and it was then that the last of her happiness and joy melted away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z My wet dress clung to me like melted taffy to paper. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They diffused and melted Janie, the room and the world into one comprehension. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The more his back ached and his muscle dissolved into fat and the fat melted off his bones, the more fractious he became with Janie. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The ice on the bottle’s sides melted down toward her—and she gulped, and gulped, and gulped. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The water steams, and as the steam clears, I can see the few remaining water bottles at the bottom of the ruptured cooler melt, spilling the contents out pointlessly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The dirty snow was pockmarked from the warm rain, and melting in patches to expose the slimy, yellowed grass beneath it; icicles cracked and plunged like daggers from the sharp peaks of the roofs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But they were all gone, melted and reformed into cannons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “But your greater judgment is still somewhat in question. The lamp itself we will melt down for metals, I suppose.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That’s when I saw that the jeans on his left leg were gone, melted away. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Everhart melted it down, and made the metal into souvenir bells and other trinkets. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The great exception to this rule of the recent melting pot is the world’s most populous nation, China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The same parched sandpapery voice that at one time made me melt into my surfboard. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z For dessert we dip chunks of fruit in a pot of melted chocolate, and Cinna has to order a second pot because I start just eating the stuff with a spoon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Waiting for the snow to melt was like waiting for a glacier to move. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a line he crosses often, and sometimes lies and truth melt into something else. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He figured that if all these monsters breathed on him at once, their combined noxious cloud would be enough to melt him into a puddle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Shattered links were strewn across the floor of the pit amongst the blackened bones—twists of metal, partly melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon to find that my first northern winter had set. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask, cleaning up the butterstick melting right on the counter, not even a plate under it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Or melted, with sufficient heat,” added the other, with a confidence that shaded into arrogance. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then he melted into the pool of Lycaon’s shadow, taking his friends and the Athena Parthenos with him - slipping into cold ether with no idea where he would emerge. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The afternoon sun failed in its attempt to light the room through the single window, and the press of bodies and scents and sounds melted to give us an aromatic and artificial twilight. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lon slipped into the Library, clinging to the walls as the Second had instructed him, pretending that he too could melt seamlessly into dapplings of light on the marble floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Brightbill flew up and away, Chitchat scurried home through the treetops, and Roz melted into the landscape as only she could. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Teddy having just turned eight and me being seventeen means that we are long past giving off that sour-milk smell that makes adults melt. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It melted quickly on her skin, but the air was changing now too. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One more minute and I would melt in the aisle between the chips and the sodas, so I grabbed my backpack and ran straight for the door. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The shock was so enormous that I found my own puny fear of exposure melting into a much larger darker terror that seemed to have no boundaries. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The other was burned in a workshop fire there’s a red seam down his face where the eye melted shut. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z And the water rose into the earthen houses and softened the walls and burst them apart and they melted down into the water and were as if they had never been. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They found that the rocks inside Io should have been melted, not by radioactivity but by tides; that much of the interior of Io should be liquid. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a bag of Skittles had melted and someone had made a suit out of it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z About as much fun as watching ice melt—until all of a sudden the winch line goes slack and the Mary Rose is floating free. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It now seems likely that the volcanoes of Io are tapping an underground ocean of liquid sulfur, melted and concentrated near the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breath steamed out of her; she watched the ice crystals melting. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But what was it that seemed to be melting and changing? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I burn a strip up the sidewalk, melting snow and ice three feet on either side. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t say anything for a while, because she was melting a little butter in the microwave in a mug, adding saffron, and then pouring it over the steaming rice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I wish I had something to eat but there’s nothing in the icebox but cabbage leaves floating in the melted ice. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Nel and Jude, who had been the stars all during the wedding, were forgotten finally as the reception melted into a dance, a feed, a gossip session, a playground and a love nest. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Where did you come from? Ay, María purísima, but you look dreadful. You must be absolutely parched, melting away in this heat.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The train clicked by the Union Stock Yards, doubly pungent in the day’s strange warmth, and skirted sierras of black coal capped with grimy melting snow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Frank felt so flustered that he thought his boots might melt through the ice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The self-adhesive seals that bound the wings to our backs were already melting, and we were shedding bronze feathers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then she took the warm melted wax from the candle and covered the clay dolls with it so they took on the color of flesh. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As milk they melted, and the milk ran into the mouths of the sleepers, and the sleepers woke. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d dumped the melted ice out shortly after Jack and I finished the popcorn. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Maybe I didn’t melt on the outside, but inside I felt like I was melting. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Hades melted into nothing, leaving me holding empty black robes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It will have melted by the time we get around to scouring out the filthiest mouth in France, but it was a nice thought. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The corridor, he noticed, was slick with the snow that had melted from the shoes of passersby. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was sliced right into the rock—or rather, into the melted, heat-rendered bones—which rose in high walls on either side, keeping the sky at a distance. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Pouring in salt to keep the ice cold is Justin’s job—but it’s so frigid today, I can’t imagine anything melting. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Even the snow was part of her, she melted it and drank it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The ice never melts; it clings to the bottom of the world, spawning winds, storms, and weather that affect the whole planet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He taught me how to eat avocados by melting grape jelly and french dressing together in a saucepan and filling the cup of the pear with the garnet sauce. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We roll into Witney station and out again, the train starting to pick up pace as suburbia melts into grimy North London, terraced houses replaced by tagged bridges and empty buildings w'ith broken windows. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “We won’t then, either. Is the butter melted in the pan?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I think I may have really melted them this time.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sun was warm as summer, and by the time they returned all the snow had melted in the heat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But she did relive the kiss, exactly as it had been—melting sweet and all too brief—and she woke exactly when she had before. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She could not go far, for the river was still very high from the melting snows. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But Sarah still has the magical melting effect on hardened adults. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She drew a deep, smiling, contented breath and regarded him amorously with a melting gaze. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z By lunchtime, the blazing summer sun overhead left pockets of melted asphalt in the road and trickles of sweat down our backs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “The solder melted,” he announced, wrinkling his nose at the sulfurous stench. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Where I had been standing a moment before was a ragged hole in the side of the Arch, with melted metal steaming around the edges. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The bottom half of her, in blue jeans, melted into the darkness. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her nervousness was melting away; they had raced past the requisite moments of awkwardness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The man melted away, and all at once an alley opened up before them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It made no audible sound as it shattered into shards of ice, melting in my hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And it hurt so bad that Joaquin wished he had never let that ice cube melt. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They say Brookes’s fat melted inside his body in the extreme heat. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She stumbled toward me, then held out the sagging stumps of her melted arms. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As the past, present, and future became one, the droplets on Cole’s cheeks dripped to the ground, melting into the landscape to which they belonged. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The old satyr’s body melted, until all that was left was a tiny sapling in a pile of fresh soiL “A laurel,” Grover said in awe. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Howard licked melted Popsicle off the side of his hand and said, “Pineapple.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He remembered Robb as he had last seen him, standing in the yard with snow melting in his auburn hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was new to both of them—this nearness that mingles breath and warmth—and they shared the sensation that they were absorbing each other, melting together in an exquisite crucible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I felt as if my limbs were melting. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Dove went to the shelves where the crucibles for melting silver were kept. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my flesh melts, and my skin sinks into the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie reached out and took Clara’s hand in hers, the ghostly fingers melting into hers just a little bit, not chilly at all but warm, as though Clara were still alive. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The majority started to melt away in March. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I want to melt into a puddle to be washed down the kitchen drain. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When Diana tied the ends, they seemed to melt together, leaving the knot invisible. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It melted into a rectangular pool about the size of a parking space—bubbling red liquid like blood. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She just shouldn’t have said that, and we both know it, immediately, and I basically want to melt into the floor and let Aunt Heidi’s kitty eat me as dinner. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Axel...there might be ice pops. And they’re going to be melted before we get there if you go this slow.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Outside, flecks of snow spiraled out of the black sky, landing on the glass walls and melting instantly, but the air of the greenhouse was warm and damp and smelled of earth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The unraveled black thread of the embroidered turtle stretched between them and melted away into the dark sky like a thin wisp of smoke. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was indeed made of ice, and it was melting. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Mami put pumpkin in the chickpeas, and I munched into it, expecting it to be hard and chewy but discovered that it melted in my mouth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Before I can pull away, I feel her bend and then melt into me as I melt into her under the warm Indiana sun. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Almost like they could melt into the kitchen floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A small puddle of water with stray cubes of melting ice floats at her feet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He’s slipped up and accidentally said it a few times, and each time, Henry positively melts and Alex pretends not to notice, but he’s not above playing dirty here. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The snowflakes were melting on her cheeks, but her hair was wrapped in a swirl of lace that Satin had found somewhere, and the snow had begun to collect there, giving her a frosty crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tinners and electricians used fire pots for melting, bending, and fusing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I light tiny tea candles beneath a chafing dish to start melting a skin-color pastille. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As soon as a dollop hit your tongue, your entire body melted into happiness. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The sun was melting onto Roundtop Ridge, a puddle of pinks and reds and violets, and the bubble nests mirrored the spectacle. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Her face was so hot she thought it would melt onto the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The resin melted; he dipped a stick into the goo and worked it into a crack in the plumping-mill box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When the glaciers melted, water gushed south, creating the Mississippi River and the Illinois and Missouri Rivers that funnel into it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They wheeled and turned in macabre simultaneity; and melted through changes of formation with the weird ease of chorus dancers in Lunar Bowl. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He put his hands on the table to steady himself, his incisive features melted, his eyebrows shot up, he laughed loudly. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Even though I still hadn’t raised enough money, my discouragement melted away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Our initial collective pique melted away as the party began, and why not? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Or he would have melted like new wax under the heat of that pale eye. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an orange moon behind her, and a melting castle. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Hurry along, the top is melting slightly. We have kilometers to go.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My hands and feet were melting into the water, my soul was being ripped from my body. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It must have melted into stone,” Father conjectured. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Be careful,” Chuck said, his tone quickly melting into genuine concern. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He melts actual bars of baking chocolate and uses whole “one hundred percent of the fat” milk. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything around him paled in comparison to his shining robes, and his golden stare threatened to melt Anansi into a puddle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z By afternoon the slush had melted off the road and by evening it was dry. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She was still there when the snow melted and the willows budded again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There are no lobsters like these—simply boiled, with no fancy sauces, only melted butter and lemon, they have no equals anywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m holding the doubloon so tightly it begins to melt in my fingers. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It snaked out in all directions, forming a brilliant flash that burned through the wallpaper and melted the paint underneath. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When Atawallpa fulfilled his half of the bargain and the ransom was complete Pizarro melted everything into ingots and shipped them to Spain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He pauses and the smile melts into a frown. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But then their body heat melts the ice walls, and they slide down a little farther. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The crying and clashing of the harmonies were an obsession in the melted bowels. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever the Toad let it out, every other person in the room couldn’t help but join in, and the ice officially melted. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A bank of melting snow lay under the trees, bright in the moonlight, water trickling off to form small shallow pools. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The medicine melted the dark poison; the blackness seemed to be rinsing away and Dragon’s breathing became easier and even. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to melt if we stay up here much longer.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Visions danced before her, gold and scarlet, flickering, forming and melting and dissolving into one another, shapes strange and terrifying and seductive. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The air was a strange, silvery color, and the gray-green trees melted into the sky. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She let down her shoulders, as if melting a little. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And they melt the walls again, and slide down farther. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Dad’s gonna melt when he sees you walking down the aisle in that.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Even though it was eight in the morning, the sun was already melting the pavement. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But those doubts melt away when I see her pass me in the halls or hear her laughing on the terrace. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The melted ice dripped down the window slowly and crookedly, like tears. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow had melted around the Maserati in a perfect circle, which explained why I was now standing on green grass and my shoes were wet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Food stains appeared at every turn—melted cheese caked into the carpeting, tomato sauce drying on the arm of a love seat, a squashed eclair oozing custard all over an ottoman. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It is as though formerly we were coins of different provinces; and now we are melted down, and all bear the same stamp. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Feral tried to melt out of sight, but it was too late. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On the way to the barn, Jody noticed how the young grass was up and how the stubble was melting day by day into the new green crop of volunteer. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat in my cheeks threatens to melt my makeup. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I folded it quickly, blotting out the single drop of melted snow which glistened on the yellowed page, and dropped it back into the drawer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z With a grunt of disgust, Mr. Weiss scooped the lead blocks from their scaffold and threw them into the melting pot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The two levels of reality reminded him of the Titan stronghold on Mount Othrys - a disorienting maze of black marble walls that randomly melted into shadow and solidified again. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It changed form, melting into a bulletproof vest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z These leaves would protect the wax from the sun so that it would not melt when it became day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, Momma, you rememberElbe’s voice was sweeter than a melted Mars Bar. “Daddy said last week we girls were going to have to have something for school.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I smiled finally and then went to the kitchen for my favorite snack: a banana dipped in melted chocolate chips. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I let my spoonful of cherry chunk ice cream melt into a tiny circle on my tongue. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Among much else, Einstein’s theory explained how radiation worked: how a lump of uranium could throw out constant streams of high-level energy without melting away like an ice cube. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Ivan’s face flushed and his eyebrows rose up so far that Anya thought they might just melt into his hair and be gone forever. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Can you smell the spring in the air? The winter is just melting away.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw a slaver's eyes melt and go running down his cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every time I stroke his fur, a little more of my stress melts away. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It tastes like a cloud that has floated down to earth, airy and sweet, melting on my tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Finally the king reasoned that a maiden might melt the dragon's heart and succeed where warriors had failed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z With each day, he felt the barriers melting. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He’d gone out that day, through the melting snow, and bought a packet of taper candles from the corner store, and batteries to fit the flashlight. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My skin, muscles, and bones feel as if they have melted away and I can simply step out of my body. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Me: “That’s great. I mean, you’ve always talked about traveling, ever since we were kids. Remember when we were in fourth grade and we read Heidi and we tried to melt cheese in your fireplace?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z And all those crazy quirks about his face, the rolling chin and sweaty forehead, they melt away. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “In case you haven’t noticed, Dirt Face,” he said, “your little ambush failed. Your three eidolons got melted in bronze, and were fine.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With Henry suddenly tired of daddying, the twins melted back into the woods with Wash every chance they got, taking Edgar along for their adventures. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the canopy flitted night-apes that melted into the shadows when he tried to look at them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z How soon till his fire bums hot enough to crack stone and melt iron? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It sat there, far from the drain, soft and melting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The ice was melting through some holes in the plastic bag and down his arm. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “He moves into the toy castle with the ballerina and they live happily ever after—no melted heart, no burnt paper, nothing but their blissful love.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There were sudden gullies, too, where you knew streams would flow when the snow melted, and in every direction were fringes of brown and green. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z There’s a crust of ice over the drifts, where the top layer of snow has melted and then refrozen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “My shoes melted crossing this big patch of burning flowers.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A small victory, Catelyn thought when the fighting had ended and the surviving foemen had melted back into the night, yet a victory nonetheless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The men scanned the water ahead desperately for floating ice to melt and drink, but found none. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It’s freezing, but I want it to melt there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z As the debris, bricks, and metal cooled, enterprising youngsters dug out melted candleholders, blackened plates and teapots, fused- together pieces of silverware, and sold them to tourists. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Lazlo saw his hands, one moment so hard and real on the wood of the pole, melt right through it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He glided forward through the vast garden, and once again Sophie noticed how he seemed to melt into the shadows wherever he went. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When the song is over, Mama and Daddy melt away like snowflakes falling on wet ground. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He was a little drunk; the Chopin was slurred and fluid, the notes melting sleepily into one another. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If he flew too high the sun might melt the glue and the wings drop off. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The cheap little thing only lasted another minute before its insides started to melt together. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Returns with a dish full of jasmine rice with three chunks of butter melting into it. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Malcolm slurps the last of his Coke, now mostly melted ice. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He smiled, and at that moment, just being in the kitchen with him was the best birthday present I ever got Then my mom called from the living room, “Percy? The candles are melting!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I rub the instrument across her stomach again, and it flattens with each stroke, the extra skin and bulk beneath it melting away, her waist growing smaller. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Once she’d melted down and napped, she transformed back into her own sweet self again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The ice cream was difficult to enjoy, as it melted too quickly under the hot sun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It has to be so hot the butter melts right away. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In the 588th, the women might have to wash with water from puddles or melted snow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I drove with one hand while I ate mine before it melted. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The next thing I know the pile of clothes bursts into flames and my red dress melts like plastic in the fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked, they bathed, they ate, they kissed, they lay in a trance of happiness murmuring words whose sound was as confused as their sense, and they felt they were melting with love. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I say with a ton of enthusiasm as the awkwardness melts away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Winter tightened our heads with a band of cold and melted our eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z A thin layer of melted mix had dried on the bottom of the pan. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was the first week of March, the winter snow having just melted, leaving the city in what felt like a perpetual state of dampness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At their feet, pools and streams of glacier melt came running forward to meet the ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The girl inside Penelope trailed off, and then her look of confusion melted into despair as she realized the truth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When once Shasta had reached the far end of the bridge he found the crowd melting away; everyone seemed to be going either to the left or right along the river bank. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I felt myself falling apart—that by morning I might be just bones melting into the moldy soil of the sisters’ vegetable garden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of them they saw the lower lands dotted with small clumps of trees that melted away in the distance to a brown woodland haze. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It gives us warmth and life; it melts the bitter snow and ice of winter; it makes plants grow and flowers bloom. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I saw your husband out here last night. And the cookies. And the rose clippings,” she said, talking faster as Aunt Rose’s indulgent smile melted into a disapproving frown. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And as they said they were sorry, their voices softened, and they melted into a hug. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life, he had begun to fear the dark, because he might melt into it permanently. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I let my head drop onto the headrest and kind of melted into the seat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Pangs of hunger melted my resentment of my father away, and now that he was gone I longed night and day for his return. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “And pull your hood up. The snowflakes are melting in your hair.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dance spreads out below in a circle of spotlights; beyond it, the shadows of fields and mountains melt into darkness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It probably happened as he traversed a series of melting beaver ponds just beyond the Teklanika’s western bank, but there is nothing to indicate that he suffered any harm in the mishap. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They are not locked into their usual the-world-is-beneath-me sneer, but hang on his face like melting cheese, creating the illusion that he is an actual human being and a sad one, at that. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The morning’s snow was melted except for dingy heaps along the gutters; it was raining now, a cold, small rain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The thick iron was cracked and splitting in three places, and the upper comer of the left-hand door looked partly melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sun of that world was shining into this, making Lyra’s hands golden, melting the ice on Roger’s wolfskin hood, making his pale cheeks transparent, glistening in his open sightless eyes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The glue of mutual need that bonded us so tightly together for all those years is melting away. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The fire was so intense that piles of pig iron melted like wax left in the sun, granite blocks split in two, and limestone and marble turned to powder and blew away. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a chill in the air, and errant flakes of snow drifted down and melted on the ground. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Did he have a tiny piece of chocolate to melt on his tongue? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I held it, watching him pour a spoonful of melted butter over the yam and the butter seeping in. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow is melting from the lawns; mud reappears on the floors, at school, in the kitchen at home. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She emerged each year when the snows began to melt, facing south, watching the buffalo return to the valley. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Indeed they thought not of him; for soon the fog begin to melt away, and all was clear again. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I asked fearfully, and stared at the pot where I was sure her hands were melting. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So, the idea of a boyfriend made me feel like melted chocolate, all gooey and warm. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I’d tried it once when I was seven, and there was no ghost, just a lot of melted wax on the countertop. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The plan was to melt down all the lead into bullets. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to the place where the front door had been and raked until he found that lock, crooked and half melted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When she raises her face to the sky, she can feel the thousand tiny spines of raindrops melt onto her cheeks, her forehead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The water felt like a glacier melting against my legs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Snow filters into the car and melts on the dashboard. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He endeavored to trap and nourish the impression in order to predict, and perhaps even control, what incident would occur next, but the afflatus melted away unproductively, as he had known beforehand it would. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But the bare portion of the wire wasn’t black or even singed, and the positive lead's insulation wasn't melted at all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z You seemed to melt right into that moment, kneeling before the candles, your eyes fixed on the moving flames. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Black blood gushed out and melted the giant blade as though it were no more than an icicle. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Once melting began, it just kept going, eating out the rest of the throat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At the road fork the rifle evaporated and the tigers and bears melted from the hillsides. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z His body seemed to melt to the ground. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “Did the ice cream melt again?” the littlest one asked her mother. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At first it’s easy to see, but as soon as we move away from our neighborhood, everything melts into inky blackness. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The children ran down the mountain, their laughter melting into the air. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The snow is beginning to melt, and I think I can almost smell spring. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Robert Newman seemed to melt away in the dark. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire yard sparkled with diamonds of frost that quickly melted into millions of drops of water with a gentle kiss of the sun. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole time she is talking and explaining the procedures, the words melt and fizzle all together. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z All traces of the bomb they’d planted were probably melting into slag right now. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I look back to Rue for help, but she's melted into her tree. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A slow, satisfied smile melts across my face. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She squeezed, not like she was trying to lift me up, but like she was trying to melt into me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I stepped back and all I saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She remembers the giant puddle of melting snow just outside the door of the trailer, so large that she had to jump across it from the top step to get to dry ground. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Exactly. Loopy old Lemoncello said paperback books were meant to be taken to the beach, where they’d have suntan lotion, melting ice cream cones, and sand dribbled all over their pages.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Upon the creature’s back were wings made from soiled white tarpaulin or hospital curtains, melted onto the flesh and veined with throbbing arteries. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In the dawn the sun, through the crystal pillars, melted the fog that supported Ylla as she slept. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The two guerrilla shrews melted back into the woods. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And outside the walls, for half a mile around in every direction, the air was scented with the heavy rich smell of melting chocolate! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z In Central Park the snow had not yet; melted on his favorite hill. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The girl, in the gunfire, in the heat, in the concussion, folded like a soft scarf, melted like a crystal figurine. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow still hadn’t melted the next morning. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Within seconds, everything from the past few weeks that has caused me so much worry melts away like ice in the sun. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As soon as the snow melts, I will go to Rass and fetch my mother. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sammy’s bourbon glass is down to several chips of melting ice. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s only frost-free if you leave it closed. If you leave it ajar, water will eventually condense and freeze against the walls. Then you can scrape it off and melt it.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z At an awkward seventeen, a bunch of facial piercings, a biohazard neck tattoo, and what his father calls “weed-whacked hair,” the general public isn’t melted anymore. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She dropped dead; her very flesh had melted away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was late in the winter, almost spring, but the ground was still frozen, and the snow hadn’t melted. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Genie’s face melted instantly, and he threw himself back onto the bed like a toddler. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z And oh, the heavy burning thing that had been inside him all day had melted and disappeared. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The hard expression she wore a moment ago melts away, and she touches my shoulders, lightly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I knew where this was going: the second his lips got near her, she was going to reach around and melt his face—even if it meant taking a bullet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Here! ‘When a snowflake melted,’ he said, ‘that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone.’ Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Afterward he had knelt amongst the banes and ashes to retrieve a slag of melted silver and cracked jet, all that remained of the wolfs-head brooch that had once been Bran's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then the warmth melted through into the cold concealed box where he stored forbidden thoughts, and the thoughts came timidly up to the surface like children who do not know whether they will be received. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a limit to their melting, and they found it, and defied it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They were headed for a melting pot, yet neither had spent much time around minorities, other than a few Mexican families who lived in Caldwell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not. Really. Listen, can we find a room before I melt into a puddle?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before these fantastically attractive flowers of violet and red and yellow, unkindness melted away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Their hands did not touch; they melted through each other. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When the tide was out, the seaweed crackled beneath a sun hot enough to melt your mind. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the thing that melts my heart the most. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She pulled out a tube of lipstick and, with a weak hand, applied the melted color to her lips. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He tossed water onto the hot plate where we usually melted nacho cheese. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z If that man can produce little blue fire women and that woman there melt into a pillar, how natural if normal Martians think we produce our rocket ship with our minds.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes snow melts, smaller bodies of water merge and become strong, flowing river water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Bright blurs of copper and silver spread over broken tabletops and portions of the floor where various metals had been melted by the heat of the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mostly I’m trying to melt into the floor. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z As the day approached when e was to leave her for a comparatively long stay, she grew melting and affectionate, remembering his many acts of consideration and his repeated expressions of an ardent attachment. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment Fadi’s fear and embarrassment melted away as the taxi was shrouded in wisps of fog rolling in from the bay. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z When the lights came up, the gloved man was gone, melted into the shadows. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheet of ice melted, and everyone crawled into the hole that would lead them to the glittering walls of the Fourth World, wherein we, their descendants, now reside. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But his sunglasses were starting to melt from the heat of his eyes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A window ledge is covered in stretched, dangling strips that look like melted wax. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes people assume he’s been burned in a fire: his features look like they’ve been melted, like the drippings on the side of a candle. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He tipped his glass again, letting the last drops of scotch and melted ice hit his tongue. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Every fiber of my body wanted that creamy cheese and those eggs and the ice cream that had already melted. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Show us your bright sun again, still these winds, and melt these snows, that we may reach your foes and smite them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Anchors* securing the ladders and lines routinely melted out when the afternoon sun warmed the surrounding ice and snow. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The silver stag soared from the tip of Harry’s wand and leapt toward the dementors, which fell back and melted into the dark shadows again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She runs at him and he melts before this whirling dervish with a damaged child in her arms and a healthy one stirring inside. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The growing spark that had spread through my body had melted away my anxiety and doubt. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In the glass, he saw his reflection, and the remnants of his hopeful mood melted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah, waited in line about an hour so he could catch me after everyone else had melted away.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “It was so damp, the mold complained. Several people dissolved. Just melted away in the street. Left nothing behind but soggy pairs of shoes.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t realized how long his heart had ached with a low-frequency hum until the ache melted away at that moment. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z On this stretch of the wall the wind was in his face, and melting snow ran down his cheeks like icy tears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He glanced over to me, saw what I was holding, and all of his anxiety melted with a single short laugh of recognition. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He was one of the more wizened residents on the farm, late from North Carolina and the massacres, and preferred his meat melting soft. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Where the rim of a cauldron would be, it breaks into long strips of curling iron, as though it has been melted and pulled apart like taffy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He’d gotten so distracted, he hadn’t noticed the second chain had melted. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We were within sight of where the two blast furnaces and the nine open hearths had been—where the “pig iron,” a product of iron ore, was melted into steel. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z For a moment, I thought I could melt back into the fun and forget about everything else, but I’d made Jules a promise and I was going to stick to it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Sure, it was drier than rain — until it melted in your socks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Hazel and Frank scrambled back as he pressed his palm against the mirror and melted it into a puddle of bronze goo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “With crushed ice, rum and melted dark chocolate.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The lady with the watery voice had a painted face that was melting. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it means I get to melt that wight’s face off,” she said, little arcs of flame pulsing between her hands, “then absolutely.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mercury has almost no atmosphere and a daytime surface temperature that would melt lead. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sugar casing, see? Milk chocolate inside. Good for any conditions, even if it melts.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Let’s get out of this sun—I’m melting out here and so are my flowers!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The brown mustache, the knobby chin, the sallow yellowed flesh and small dark eyes, all melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And she pressed her palm against her injury, trying to imagine a bit of ice melting into the burn, taking the pain away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Once candies begin to melt and spread, remove from the oven. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Around 750 b.c. it was attacked and its temple razed in a fire so intense that the clay walls melted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The icy metal began to melt, the flame so bright it was more blinding than the ice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I stared ahead at all of the people walking around Davis and licked my ice cream before it could melt all over me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He lit the gas, melted the butter, poured in the eggs, and let them run all over the base of it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Higher, he flew—higher—until the heat of the sun melted the wax holding those wings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the wintertime Pa filled and heaped the washtub with clean snow, and on the cookstove it melted to water. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I melted into my chair while Roy Lee gleefully poked my ribs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The chocolate and marshmallows had melted slightly, so they stuck to my hands. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I hate crying; it makes my nose feel like a melted icicle. You’ve hurt my feelings, you stupid Assistant Pig-Keeper, and all for something that’s your own fault to begin with.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I wished I could melt into the pavement rather than have to get into the Courters’ van and pretend that this was a happily-ever-after occasion. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The well-known face was there: stern, relentless as ever—there was that peculiar eye which nothing could melt, and the somewhat raised, imperious, despotic eyebrow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z If we had not built on high ground the very walls would have melted in that moisture. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z At the first coming of the dawn the horrid figures melted in the whirling mist and snow; the wreaths of transparent gloom moved away towards the castle, and were lost. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She went to the village goldsmith and had her heavy wedding ring melted down and made into a thin bangle with snake heads that she put away for Rahel. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They spurred their mounts onward; the strands of the web broke and melted away. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z In one hand he held a sack of melted chocolate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I hoped whoever found Tinkerbell would love her despite her melted face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The chocolate bar in her handbag had melted. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At this, his heart melted, and he wept a tear and embraced me, begging my pardon and calling me the most excellent of beings, the most tender of grandchildren. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Soon every bit of Hazel was numb, and she and Jack lay next to each other in the pool, all the ice of the neighborhood melting in puddles around them. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And it’s like he’s melting into a puddle of himself. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The next time that she got a chance, Piper swore she would melt down Katoptris and sell it for scrap metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His skin gets all shriveled up and his whole face just kind of melts. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z When I popped it into my mouth, I let it melt on my tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The alleys grew lean-tos and shelters made of layers of melting cardboard like hives. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Marly had a huge cup of cocoa with two fat marshmallows melting away on top. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But seeing him in those leathers was the first time I really melted. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They seemed to melt away before her, drawing hoods over their faces and fleeing as fast as they could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But on that morning in Ten Alders village and up on the High Fall, the dank grey fog had clung a while, and then suddenly it blew and drifted and melted away. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I returned home with a pocketful of money that melted into the bottomless hunger of the household. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He melted and I swallowed Him and now, at last, I was a member of the True Church, an official sinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Poison spewed everywhere, melting centaurs into dust along with quite a few monsters, but Mrs. O’Leary weaved around the serpents head, scratching and biting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The rest were melted away into the green. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Its edges...they weren’t defined, but seemed to melt against the blue of the sky like sugar dissolving into tea. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He could pass through barbed wire and melt away like ice and creep up on you without sound or footsteps. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though her face was melted, she was still my favorite toy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Three days later, the forest arose, the ice melted, and for about a day or so we had warm, glorious weather. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As he tries to melt into the background, the other students laugh. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Francie helped him break the top off and melt it down for lead. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Your Heart would melt if you could see this Wretched, Silent Boy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Fog so thick, it melts on your face. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were melting your fingers into gold,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This dramatic change in the roster of nations making up the new America is yet another stage in the saga of this country as a melting pot of cultures and experience. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Then everything melts into the darkness as Turkey vanishes from sight. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The wallpaper's got eggy daffodils and the carpet's all melted flowers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There was no sign of the gold they’d kept—not so much as a melted hilt. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Treat your taste buds to a scrumptious meal while feasting your eyes on the stunning snowscape before it melts away. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She returned to her chair and sat staring at a pool of melted vanilla ice cream working its way slowly to the edge of the table. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z His voice, the one that used to make me melt, sounded like it could curdle cream. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The person who was standing on the bridge is moving through the railing, or melting into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It had been frozen solid, but the ice crystals were already melting. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z During these sermons I would try to melt into the gray seat cushions of our wooden pew. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z But the creaking of the door forced the king to look up, and when he saw the visitors, his face lit with surprised recognition, melting his stiffness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The March winds were warm, and they melted the snow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Because if it was melted, then Ben and Joel and Davie said they were going to have to kill you.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the light of the moon, it looked like it was melting off! Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It was icy cold, though, probably fed by melting snow in the approaching mountains. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Ma had pots to mend, so she kept to the brick oven out behind the barn, heating up metal scraps to melting so she could build little dams out of that steaming hot liquid. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I let the pill melt on my tongue into a vague sweetness and waited for it to kick in. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z All the imagined conversations had melted away into his big, sweet eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It had melted and run over the floor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes there are other pieces of toilet paper there already, melting among the bracken and dead leaves, but mostly there are not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Neville had somehow managed to melt Seamus’s cauldron into a twisted blob, and their potion was seeping across the stone floor, burning holes in people’s shoes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z All around the little house, in the Big Woods, there were little sounds of falling snow, and from the eaves there was the drip, drip of the melting icicles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As they melt, the bergs also release atmospheric nutrients that have been trapped in the ice for centuries. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z To be one of a pair of bodies that knew that melting fusion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This is nothing, he thinks, reminding himself of the nuclear power plant that melted down in Fukushima, Japan, after an earthquake, and the tsunami that followed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The fires behind them had melted into one vague glow against the black sky, and the land was almost out of sight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z First she was embedded in a crystal pillar, then she melted into a golden statue, finally a staff of polished cedar, and back to a woman. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A string of kisses a mile long melted together as his lips brushed her ears, her neck, her arms, her hair, and then got back to her mouth again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I brush the melting snow from my head and hold my hands in front of the heating vent. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Amma beams me a smile sweeter than the candy melting on my tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “It’s got ice cream on it! Not melted or anything.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the lead was melted, he poured it carefully from the spoon into the little hole in the bullet-mold. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z His knuckles were gnarled with burn scars, too, like melted candle wax, and he smelled like a dead animal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Just a few months before, he’d told a reporter, “Our atomic monopoly is like a cake of ice melting in the sun.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes— each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “You won’t find her,” said a little girl with ice cream melting all over her hand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The next minute the shadows melted into a new scene. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The ground was bare and muddy, and dotted here and there with drifts of melting snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The old satyr clapped his hands, and a bunch of nymphs melted out of the trees with platters of vegetables, fruits, tin cans, and other goat delicacies. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s astonishingly noisy and stinks of gasoline and the tar of melting roads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z So was the plum pudding, which melted in one’s mouth, likewise the jellies, in which Amy reveled like a fly in a honeypot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Light snow touches the glass, an early taste of winter, and melts within seconds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He screamed at her to stop and let him go and melt the ice or he’d plunge it into her. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z All eight hydra heads loomed over him, ready to melt him into a pool of sludge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The bakery next door had started making beignets for tomorrow morning, filling the stairwell with the smell of melting butter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z You’ve got beauty, I wrote, and I see her eyes melt a little as she reads it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Soweto was a melting pot: families from different tribes and homelands. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen them make it. They melt the coins people throw at them and make jewelry. Let’s see him bring you gold next time, your precious father. Let’s see him.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The soles of her shoes—her perfect, beloved shoes—were melting. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They were beyond monstrous now, some unable to retain a single shape but melting and re-forming with every step. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Because the water forces out salt as it freezes, the water below the ice field is saturated with salt and minerals, and the ice itself is clean enough to melt into drinking water. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As he looked out at the rows of men welcoming him, he felt the old shame of poverty, failure, and purposelessness melt away. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And then I thought of those pictures of melting ghost faces I’ve seen somewhere, where the mouths are open wide and they’re screaming. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I was reading in The New York Times about this study— Skeezie: Our ice cream’s probably sitting over there on the counter, melting. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the gorge, the ice on the river had continued melting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sooner or later, she would reach its source, a mountain spring or melting snowdrift, and then she’d have to walk. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Later scientific revolutions have transformed our knowledge, but they have not melted down and recast our idea of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As I watched, the snow melted off the trees and the roofs and the lawns. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In the beginning he had tried to count the days by making note of when he woke and slept, but down here sleeping and waking had a way of melting into one another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And ash, it is worth remembering, is not like a big snowfall that will melt in the spring. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The water in his ears melted and Nathan could hear again. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The face looks as if it has melted, exposing the cheekbones, the tip of the nose cartilage, and teeth in a lipless mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Dusty Muleman got there, it had burned to the waterline—seventy-three feet of smoldering ash and melted poker chips. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “We’ll use up this stuff first,” he said, as I set a pan of snow on the stove to melt. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The ice ball began to melt, trickling freezing water into his legs, stiffening the joints. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I wheel Sarah along the street in her stroller, avoiding the mounds of melting slush. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I could see them back home, in the kitchen, the burnt-orange afternoon light melting over the chipped table and the faded brown tiles beneath it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z If she drew herself right now, she’d use all the watery blues, her whole solid body dripping and melting into a puddle like the Wicked Witch of the West. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There must have been a hundred of them, all partly melted and stuck in long crooked rows behind where the bed had been. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Since he had decided not to sell any, he kept on making two fishes a day and when he finished twenty-five he would melt them down and start all over again. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z |
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