Cade spit again and said, “And the worst part was, just when the guy was ready to kick in and breathe on his own, the dude puked right into my mouth.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She made a sign in the air—a circle—and she folded her hands together and touched them to her forehead, her mouth, her heart. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she pulled on a smile like a roman shade rolling up, motioned at me, and then mouthed the words “You’re on.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Richard watched the smile that pulled her mouth up at one end, a sardonic smile that he imagined hid something else, perhaps dissatisfaction. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He smiled, cutting into his cheese cake with a fork and shoving far too large a piece into his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made sense, but it still didn’t explain why she couldn’t open her mouth and answer me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was big enough to take my whole leg in its mouth, and me swimming in the river every day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair is mussed, her mouth smudged with lipstick. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Helena bites her lip, screws up her face, and I have no idea what is about to come out of her mouth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She kicked back with her heel and hit him in the mouth. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

One side of his mouth curled up in a rueful smile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He’d gone to bed with a metallic taste in his mouth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth will gape: his upper jaw will reach the heavens, the lower jaw will touch the earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I looked at the mouth of the boy Jody had wanted me to meet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Playing the oboe always made Marigold’s mouth dry as cotton. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We had rolled it around in our mouths and swallowed it and now the stink from it was coming from us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck took another big bite, and seemed to think that was the best time to talk, full mouth and all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There is, however, a telegraph line at Point Lookout, a former Union prisoner- of-war camp at the mouth of the Potomac River. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Chuck,” he said as he wiped his mouth with a napkin. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Seamus says ’twas a terrible thing indeed and he wouldn’t want to be walking these halls in the dark with all the little green mouths gaping at him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know if anything that came out of her mouth made any sense. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Iggy," she says out of the side of her mouth, "come here and tell me is the circus in town or what?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Cook County Jail is a bad place, and I see the fear settle into Dad's eyes, watch it pull at the comers of Mom's mouth. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she came walking in, looking very tired but as composed as ever, she observed that every vestige of the unfortunate fete had disappeared, except a suspicious pucker about the corners of Jo’s mouth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The first lesson you will learn from me is to keep your mouth shut. Got that?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

For a second that contained an eternity, Harry stared into Cedric’s face, at his open gray eyes, blank and expressionless as the windows of a deserted house, at his half-open mouth, which looked slightly surprised. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Poe opened his mouth to speak, but had to cough into a handkerchief before he could begin. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He lifted the fingers of the monster so it could pick its nose, then stuck his own fingers into its mouth. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

James clamped a hand over his mouth, and Emily straightened her posture, but their attempts to look serious just made them break down in laughter even more. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Not one mouth uttered a sound as the realization came home that their own country had deserted them, that Smyrna now had no government, that there was nothing between them and the advancing Turks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The hand over her mouth clenched more tightly, shutting off her air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I shut my mouth and kept it shut, trying to keep my eyes off the spitball still lodged just above Cap’s left ear. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“What? You had those knobby knees, and your front teeth were so big, you could barely shut your mouth.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Nancy stuffed the gum back into her mouth. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My words spilled out of my mouth at a breathless pace, and we all clenched our fists and waited for the sky god’s verdict. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She could walk with help and move the crippled arm some, but her mouth still dragged at the corner and her speech was hard to follow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the car stopped, I ran outside, opened my mouth, and curled my tongue to catch snowflakes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He liked to watch as the birds swooped back and forth, scooping up crickets and dropping them into the gaping mouths of their chicks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was relaxed, and her whole expression was complex and subtle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jenny beamed at her as she said something that Dimple was sure were effervescent compliments, but every time Jenny opened her mouth, all Dimple could hear were beeps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mitch texts me a few times, telling me he’s sorry for the scene he caused and that Patrick has a big mouth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And when she says, I love you, too the South is so heavy in her mouth my eyes fill up with the missing of everything and everyone I've ever known. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I caught him, clasping my hand over his mouth before he finished the rhyme. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Hey!” he cupped his hands around his mouth and bellowed as loudly as he could. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pray myself, but my mouth was dry and I couldn’t get the words out. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop that,” she said, getting mad and yanking them out of my mouth. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ll watch with open mouths as the breeze ripples over my blue dress and the sunlight shines on the lace trim; I’ll look like an angel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It w as a magazine, a women’s magazine it looked like from the picture, a model on glossy paper, hair blown, neck scarfed, mouth lipsticked; the fall fashions. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her it’s the middle of February, it’s freezing outside, we could all die, but I know if I open my mouth I might die right here on the kitchen floor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As Dutchy rearranges himself with his back against the wall on the other end, words tumble from my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If Winterfell was the heart of the north, White Harbor was its mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My dry mouth almost stuck closed with the chocolate and caramel, but I didn’t stop until the bar was gone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He began pushing down on Florence’s back and a sickening white foam flowed from Florence’s mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry saw his mouth curl into a smile, saw him raise his wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tab: ©©©©©©©© Ten minutes later, Tab was resting on Bridge’s shoulder in the waiting room, talking and crying through a mouth full of cotton while the receptionist pretended not to look at them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I throw the tiny meatball stick back into the container and grab Janae’s before she pops it into her mouth. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When you put it in your mouth and blow, a white puff comes out. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weiss’s mouth continued to move, but his words were lost beneath a deep, liquid roar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their mouths and noses were stuffed with sawdust so that they suffocated. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And some day, after it sets in us a long time, it'll come out of our hands and our mouths. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father was just a shadow slumped beside him, mouth open, snoring. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner, when Mama asked how Sunday school was, he said “fine” in his usual monosyllabic way but gave me a warning look that I knew meant I should keep my mouth shut. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He would send me a payment each month, and one less mouth to feed right now would help the family too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift a pretend drinking glass to my mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Otto’s second child but eldest son, Tycho was born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, but his life almost immediately took a twist which might have come right out of a play. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I go to open the door, and my mouth drops in shock. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My own mouth was never shy about adding details that the boys had overlooked. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Pet’s mouth stretched in amusement, and a sheet of smoke dripped out. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But the extra mouths quickly wiped out the food surpluses, so even more fields had to be planted. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

That answered one question: Some elves could speak with their mouths. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Real terror gripped Koffi's voice as she stared upward too, her mouth barely moving. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The color drains from her mom’s face as her hand comes up to cover her mouth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was dry as she said, “Promise me. Don’t leave the camp alone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I heard a man died of the fever in the middle of the street, and three black crows flew out of his mouth,” said Jeannine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mum mouthed something but no sound came out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Farid sitting in the car and mouthed, I'll be back, not so sure at all that I would be. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was sewing us some window curtains out of dress material so they wouldn’t be looking in at us all the time, and had pins in her mouth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was still open in the silent scream, but his eyes weren’t popping anymore. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a taste of something else in my mouth, too, an old stubbornness. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the morning wore on, the sun blazed and wind blew dirt into our eyes, our mouths, our noses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kiss softly and quickly, and Bram mouths something to Simon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I do my routine, and then she pops a thermometer in my mouth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May marvel-eyed with a hand cupped over her mouth, I have willed myself to forget, forget, forget, and not forget, for those eyes will see through anything, even my dreams. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped past the guard’s spearpoint and reached up to his face, pulling loose the half-frozen scarf to plant a kiss upon his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth but the words won’t come, just more coughing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of the cake is still in his mouth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My mom used to call him Bugs Bunny; he had a cheeky smile with two big teeth that stuck out the front of his mouth. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A man’s mouth was working, a fleck of green on his lip. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Madam finished the tart and wiped the corners of her mouth with her fingertip. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would like to meet him face-to-face,” the words spilled out of my mouth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoves one biscuit into his mouth, wraps the other one in a napkin, grabs his bag, and waves goodbye. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

His mouth was dry and his tongue stuck to his lips when he tried to moisten them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped open a pistachio shell and popped the nut into his mouth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I remember stupid stuff, like the feel of a lump of oatmeal stuck on the roof of my mouth or the taste of toothpaste not rinsed off my teeth. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Hermione listened to what had just happened with her mouth open yet again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Doc moved his pipe around in his mouth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her mouth stretches into a long, pink O as she turns to me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s your mouth that concerns me, not your legs. In fetters, you’re a slave. No one will listen to a word you say, not even those who speak the tongue of Westeros.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Then why do I have this bitter taste in my mouth?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Cluny lashed out at all and sundry with his tail, foaming at the mouth and cursing wildly, his face a terrifying mask of insanity in the glare from the tower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was a strange taste in his mouth. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He said Myron’s name like he was spitting something really foul out of his mouth. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Holly opened her mouth to protest, and had it instantly filled with rad-suppressant foam. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She motions the slave-girl close, then backhands her so hard that blood flies from her mouth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her voice seemed to come from her knees, from the dingy floor of their cafeteria, gaining more and more power until finally exploding from her mouth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Looks as if he can still taste the sick in his mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The woman’s mouth began to move again, and he found himself leaning forward to listen. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Keep your mouth shut,” the other one says. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Dad’s hands were full teasing her, but she managed to grasp two carrots and pop one into her own mouth and one into Dad’s, much to his surprise. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Its tongue protruded from its mouth and drooled saliva down its chin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shut your mouth, fool. If you’d done as I ordered and come right back to report, the way Cheesethief did, we might have been inside that Abbey by now!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I haven’t gotten used to seeing him with a proper beard, although there are patches on the sides of his mouth where it hasn’t grown in fully. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

As she came closer, Pinmei’s anger reignited, for Amah had a white cloth tied around her mouth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His mouth full of the taste of muscadine, listening to the pine needles rustling loudly in their anticipation of rain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Helm’s Gate, before the mouth of the Deep, there was a heel of rock thrust outward by the northern cliff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His dad grinned at him and mouthed one word: “WOW.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everybody’s mouth was full for a minute; then Mom said to Dad, “So? What have you been doing?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of her wanted to talk to Ben, to open her mouth and let everything out, all the things she was afraid of, even if it didn’t make sense. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mark and Marc stare at me, their jaws collectively dropped to the floor, the grime of a thousand New York auditions blowing into their little bearded mouths. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She twisted her mouth and squinted her eyes, making one funny, mean face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A sore at the corner of his mouth looked angry and red, like he had been scratching at the scab. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lily stares up from her laptop, her mouth slightly open. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Charlese takes out a stick of gum, and pushes it in her mouth real slow. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The old mule was foaming at the mouth and looked near death. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Drool fell from its mouth, its eyes burned red, and even though Seven knew this was not the Nightbeast, her heart still thumped with fear. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She helped me raise my head, and I put the pill in my mouth and swallowed it down with some of the water. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The very plants were unknown to them—pink lousewort with its sprays of hooked flowers, bog asphodel and the thin-stemmed blooms of the sundews, rising above their hairy, fly-catching mouths, all shut fast by night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thin, snakelike cords burst from the end of Snape’s wand and twisted themselves around Lupin’s mouth, wrists, and ankles; he overbalanced and fell to the floor, unable to move. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo shoved her fist in her mouth to keep from crying out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sunil, an anesthesiologist, walked in, spooning food from his paper plate into his mouth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He called me “sister” in Urdu and motioned toward his mouth. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

This beach, so soft, firm and vast, was like the cheek of God, and somewhere two eyes were glittering with pleasure and a mouth was smiling at having me there. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Ernie got closer, Samantha stopped barking and just panted, her tongue dangling from her mouth like taffy, spit flying everywhere. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then that same cow took and stepped in her mouth when she was a baby and left it wide and flat with her chin and nose almost meeting. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He took a careful bite, felt the juices flood his mouth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moushumi smiles as she always smiles for a camera, her mouth closed, her head tilted slightly downward and to the left. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalena gave birth to a baby girl, Amantina, and for years they lived hand to mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Metias’s mouth tightens into a line, and a familiar, strained look appears in his eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It looked at them with two bright black eyes and, opening its mouth, which was pointed like a thorn, sent forth a little trill. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My heart races with guilt as the lies spill out of my mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continues to eat his pie like he's afraid someone might steal it from him, one arm curled around the plate, the opposite hand shoveling food into his mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I can see that,” says Abby, shoving a French fry into my mouth. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The professor opens his mouth, but before he can speak, a low growl comes from the rear of the stage. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure why I blurted out a lie, but I wanted to kick myself after the words came out of my mouth. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When a stammerer stammers their eyeballs pop out, they go trembly-red like an evenly matched arm wrestler, and their mouth guppergupperguppers like a fish in a net. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His forehead had residues of sweat and his mouth was slightly open. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou could taste desire in the back of her mouth like a sugary caramel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I gasped and my hand flew to my mouth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He inserted his left forefinger deep into his unoccupied nostril and breathed noisily through his mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw her, he removed a nail from the corner of his mouth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Soon the mouth had receded to little more than a pinhole of light, and Jemmy stopped to catch his breath. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

James leaned forward and read out loud: “‘For the most wild yet most homely narrative—He looked at Emily, his mouth hanging open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Lily caught my eye and began tapping her mouth with three fingers. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever she calls me something like that, she spits it from her mouth, practically hurling it at me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dill stuffed a bite in his mouth and chewed slowly while he considered how to answer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I breathe through my mouth and try to control the shaking of my arms and legs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s still holding my hand when the two detectives come in—a young white guy with slick black hair and a Latina with lines around her mouth and a spiky haircut. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth to say something, but as she glared at Mr. Kapasi some certain knowledge seemed to pass before her eyes, and she stopped. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to squawk, but she turnt to look at me and said, “Is that all right with you, Quincy? I don’t want to offend you with this offer.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There, cross-legged on a square of jute, she recorded inventory for the cosmetics shop that her cousin Haldar owned and managed at the mouth of our courtyard. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the top, the front door opens like a great mouth, and the grand entry hall swallows us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Tad pressed the wet paper towel tighter to his mouth to keep from throwing up as he stepped over the body and slipped into the room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She had been asleep for a short time when Boseman crept in and put his hand over her mouth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Sierra almost screamed as the hulking shadow emerged from Manny’s open mouth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dalton paused before answering; her thin mouth was wide open and her face tilted far to one side. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tail of the mist snake disappeared into the mummy’s mouth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled Stephanie back by her sweater, doing my best to keep her away from the exodus of booze, Gatorade, and nastiness coming out of Drew’s mouth. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a photograph of her on the next page, her mouth in a firm line, wisps of brown hair hanging around her face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Shielding her mouth from her mother with the fan, she stuck her tongue out at me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the great lumps of snozzcumber that were in his mouth, as well as Sophie herself, went shooting out across the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the worst part of all was their teeth, six-inch incisors that protruded out of their whiskered mouths. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And as I start through the opening, I feel the pressure around me, propelling me in violent wavelike motions toward the mouth of the cave. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And you have a mouth that runs on, old man,” White Deer snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Maya, the younger and shorter one, didn’t seem to regret any of the words that came out of her mouth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dimple opened her mouth to say that, yeah, in her opinion misogyny was complicated. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I unzipped my coat and wiped the blood from my mouth with the T-shirt that said I was marching. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I gulp down the thoughts that are super close to spilling out of my mouth. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Have you ever felt your tongue retreat back into your mouth? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Peeta pulls me to the lake where we both flush our mouths with water and then collapse into each other's arms. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I paused as a giant yawn escaped my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He would not take his hand away from his mouth, and it was as though his lips were some very secret part of himself which was being exposed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The guy looks up at the ceiling fan above the dining room, shudders, and forks food into his mouth. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man,” he mumbled with a full mouth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They cover their mouths and whisper, eyeing me through the door like they can’t wait to catch me alone. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jason staggered to the helm and carefully pulled the gag out of her mouth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“They had their hands over my nose and mouth. I couldn’t breathe!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Pa says when someone sweet-talks you like this, you got to be real careful with the next words that come out of their mouth. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I muttered out the side of my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, I pull my gloves on and tie a black handkerchief around my mouth and nose. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She had drawn herself laughing, her mouth wide open, no embarrassment at all. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Flapping her fabulous tongue way back in her mouth, she wailed and trilled. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can say anything, Jordan yanks the suckers out of his mouth and throws them in the garbage. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Salim goes to the bathroom, washes out his mouth. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I brought the ball of my hand to my mouth and bit on it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a lipstick she drew a wide ugly mouth with frightening teeth in the vicinity of the nipple. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hila popped another piece of orange into her mouth before answering. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But worst of all, he carried inside him the memory of a young man with an old man’s mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could do that,” said the giant Baugi, and he stood straighter, and the corners of his mouth tightened into something that almost resembled a smile. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

That left a bad taste in his mouth as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a deep, insistent tugging, as though someone were trying to pull the very core of her out through her mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as she saw me, her eyebrows popped high and her mouth rounded into a tiny O of surprise. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rita’s mouth formed an O, and her eyes got very big. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was a short man who only came to my father s shoulders, and he had small eyes like black pebbles and a mouth like the edge of a stone knife. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole legion fell silent as the healers worked—trying to get gauze and powdered unicorn horn under Gwen’s armor to stop the bleeding, trying to force some nectar into her mouth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then he kissed her neck, her jaw, her lips; under the pressure of his tongue, she opened her mouth and the gushing warmth of it overwhelmed him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Moonface stared at me, his mouth slowly chewing on the bread like a cow working its cud. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I frowned because I’d seen Kat with a cigarette in her mouth with her school friends only the week before. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glossy sugared hawthorne berries, like rubies on a stick, made Minli’s mouth water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And Violet Beauregarde, before tasting her blade of grass, took the piece of world-record-breaking chewing gum out of her mouth and stuck it carefully behind her ear. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Someone pushed something soft into his mouth, to stop him crying out, and taped it into position: easy, practiced moves, like a butcher gutting a chicken. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Juana willed to stop him; she raised her hand to stop him, and her mouth opened with terror. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was hand-lettering a variety of get lost messages, but my mouth said, “Come on in.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

His hands were skinned; he was licking blood out of his mouth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Jenkins's mouth dropped open so wide I could see the gold fillings in his back teeth. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He’d have put his hand over his mouth but the boy was holding on to it and would not let go and in the other hand he was holding the pistol. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then she herself takes a handful of peanuts and puts them, like a schoolgirl, one by one in her mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I breathe through my mouth in an attempt to diminish the smell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Others put a bit in their shoes, a bit in their shirts, and a coin or two in their mouths. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She smiles her Charlise smile—a head nod and one corner of her mouth turned up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His mouth was wide, and he had red eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was half twisted, almost smiling—the red of the blood that had dripped out of his nose and mouth the only color left in New York. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to speak, but remember that I’m mad at her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His mouth was filled with the taste of fresh brownies—his favorite treat from the bakeries in New Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Its mouth was open in a tense yawn. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As she moved stiffly, she saw Ginika in her side vision, watching them, her expression puzzled, mouth slightly slack, as though she did not quite believe what had happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I noticed that there was blood on his mouth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lottery was up to twenty-something million dollars and people were running their mouths about that. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My wounded hand flies to cover my mouth in horror at the curse, as though to stop a scream, but I don’t scream. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He would go to the bathroom and brush his teeth with his index finger, something he told her all Indians knew how to do, to get rid of the smoke in his mouth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Blood filled his mouth as he staggered back onto one knee. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He fought his mouth and then he gave up and put his face down in his hands and wept. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They painted his toes purple, too, and forced a laxative down his throat when he opened his mouth again to complain, and then they sent him away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We entered the elevator with our mouths full of cookies. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t knock it till you try it,” Beth replies, her mouth already full. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I stared at him, my mouth trying to push the words past my disbelief. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Hummocks rose from the ground like the backs of great subterranean beasts breaking the surface, yawning black mouths leading down to cool and cavernous storerooms below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His father drank again and wiped his mouth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lunge for the door and Max tackles me, hand back over my mouth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Richard wished he could open his mouth and fluidly tell the man off, but he said nothing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The inside of my mouth feels cold and dry and full. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

While his mouth was still forming an O of surprise, Althea’s hand latched onto the front of Caul’s pants, and the O broadened into a grimace of shock. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But just when Crab opened his mouth to explain what rule number one was, Grandpop interrupted. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but...let’s have a bar mitzvah.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When I realized he was serious, I licked my lips, my mouth drier than I cared to admit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Self-consciously, she raised her sleeve and wiped her nose and mouth under the woman’s unforgiving stare. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Using word of mouth, brokers in Seoul offered “planned escapes.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to show Seth and he was pretty amazed and dug into his pocket and gave me a buck. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she wrapped her hand around it and put it into her mouth. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Abra’s mouth turned up at the comers with a condescending wisdom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It lay there, with the ugly mouth opening and shutting, still trying to bite something. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her mouth shut as if to keep herself from saying anything else. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The red thing bulging out of the inside of his mouth that I thought was his tongue wasn’t nothing but brain meat oozing from inside Pap’s skull. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He takes it in his mouth, tosses it a little to get it comfortable, but then it rests just fine. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My throat is sore, like the words themselves caused physical pain coming out of my mouth. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I knew better than to interrupt Abuela, so I kept my mouth shut while my tapping my fingers on the bottom of the table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I made my eyes get real big and threw my mouth open. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can see my dad proudly mouthing “Look at my wife!” several times throughout the night. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth but nothing comes out. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t respond, he returned to writing, mouthing the words as he wrote. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In its place was a gaping black mouth vomiting up smoke. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom stood in the doorway, a hand to her mouth. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth wide and vomit spewed forth in an arc that started at Jeff’s shoes and splattered all the way up to his face. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She presses her fist to her mouth and moans. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath and slowly ran his hand back and forth across his mouth as if he were trying to erase it and the lecture he was supposed to deliver. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I pointed at the Amish girls and they began to giggle and cover their mouths. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has sores in his mouth. His skin condition, I would say, comes from a combination of dirt and an allergic reaction to chicken litter.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth waters at the thought, and a wave of sadness washes over me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop took the apple and stuffed the rest of it in his mouth, core and all. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He looks at it for a moment then takes it but doesn’t put it in his mouth. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That red mouth, plus tiny curled horns on its head, identified it as a zmeyok, so named because people a long time ago thought they were baby dragons. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As we cruised slowly toward the mouth of the canal, I glanced back and saw Godzilla watching us from the seawall. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth, let his finger slide in, sucking it clean. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Molly opens her blessed mouth and says, “We think you have the votes.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He did not look at me or raise his head when I laid him on the floor, but his mouth was open and he was breathing. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily snorted in surprise and then clamped a hand over her mouth. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She shut her mouth tight and her sharp teeth bit down on her lower lip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had only enough time to observe that there was someone beside him before something wet was forced over his nose and mouth, and he tasted harsh, chemical fumes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Trip forked a piece of egg into his mouth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take another swig of root beer to unglue my mouth—just in case I have to cry for help. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of my favorite crêpe—strawberry and banana with Nutella, powdered sugar, and whipped cream—makes my mouth water. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She scrapes the trays of raisins and honey and pops the sugary morsels into her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years after whenever Ridgeway saw a bonfire, the smell reminded him of the sweet smoke of Carter’s house going up and a figment of a smile settled on his mouth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I cup my hand to my mouth to hold in a scream. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I made a show of drinking, just raising the bottle and wetting my mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I laugh at the expression on Caleb’s face, his mouth drawn into a slight pucker and his eyes wide. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

With shaking hands, he held the foot of red plastic and dough to his mouth and slipped it in two inches at a time. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could already see the great brick mouth of a main sewer. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fish bones crackled and snapped in his mouth like dry corn in a mill. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how those words snuck into my mouth. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He suddenly jerked his head down to spit out the blood pooling in his mouth. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Park must have noticed because he pulled his mouth back. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He leans on the bicycle or sits on the steps outside houses, grinding down on the pipe in his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His face was twisted in rigid pain; his mouth gaped over the chipped front tooth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells my brother to take his fingers out of his mouth. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But my favorite was a stirrup cup molded in the shape of a wolf’s head and shoulders, with the head lifted and the mouth pulled into an O for a long howl. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth didn't look as if smiling was its favorite activity. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When her mother opened her mouth to argue, Lyddie went on. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Doctors and nurses would wear sterile gowns, gloves, shoe covers, caps over their hair, and masks over their noses and mouths. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She particularly liked the sound of the last word, the way the “r” ’s rolled in her mouth, the explosion of “p” ’s. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otis laughed and strummed his guitar, and the flavor of the Littmus Lozenge opened in my mouth like a flower blooming, all sweet and sad. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mini frowned and was opening her mouth to say something when new ground loomed up ahead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He heaved the slice into his mouth and chewed loudly, his beady red eyes rolling in delight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The coach said it like the words were sour in his mouth. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He was sour-faced, about sixty, with a thin mouth and big meaty jowls like a bloodhound’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With the final ounce of strength she had, her mind already muddled from the cold, her fingers numb, Seven pulled the ceramic bird from her cloak pocket, brought it to her mouth, and blew. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She began to attack it ferociously, gnawing on it with the side of her mouth, dancing around it as if it were an animal she had successfully brought down in a hunt. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The shadow ducked back into the alley mouth. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the heavy mustache and the bushy, white-streaked beard, his mouth stretched across his teeth in a fierce smile. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t,” a guy answered, his skin darker than Moss’s, his breath wheezing out of his mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Inside were six tiny dolls that looked like stick figures, with ink dots for eyes and mouths. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The hilt was a large silver skull with a ruby in its mouth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He brushes gently, methodically, then cups water into his mouth with his hands and gargles. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Hemme opened his mouth, but the Chancellor silenced him with a look before he could say anything else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bartender grinned when he saw Sefia looking at him, and his teeth seemed oily in his mouth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Why is it a guy can have an entire conversation with a girl and it’s like she’s hearing something entirely different from what is coming out of his mouth? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I gulped a bowl of porridge, burning my mouth in my haste, and excused myself. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell that she is actually listening, Addie must realize this, too, because she doesn’t jump in with her own ready-for-action mouth and lets me keep talking. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed, but I saw the lines, thin as spiders’ limbs, around her mouth and the faraway look in her eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I shoved the bits into my mouth with my hands, I admitted to myself it was the best food I had ever eaten. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth gaped open like that of a fish breathing its last. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I skip about the pink cloud that came out of Benny’s mouth. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

One had been castrated, an ugly mouth gaping where his manhood had been. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Henry just sat there, his mouth open, staring at the screen, and Jelly was always jumping up for candy or ice cream. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cupping his hands around his mouth, Digger pretended to call out: “Paddle hard, you sucker!” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sophia smiles at me with soft lips, the corner of her mouth lifting. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Dinah’s mouth was turned down, and her little cloth body shook. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

That’s what I get for opening my big mouth and telling him how I feel. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best table Grandma could find was a fairly narrow stone shelf near the mouth of the cave. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

What they must see is the white wings only, a scrap of face, my chin and part of my mouth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his mouth opened wide and then closed again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re twenty-two years old, Amir! A grown man! You...” he opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again, reconsidered. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse was shaking down the thermometer she had just removed from my mouth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Looking at each of the three youngsters, he popped it into his mouth and ate it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Waiting for them, its front paws on the topmost bar, was a very large, shaggy black dog, which was carrying some newspapers in its mouth and looking very familiar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her moon eyes are open and moist and her mouth is stretched back in an oval of surprise and it is the girl from the swings and she cannot be over seven years old. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Your mouth closes and your lips purse and all you can manage is a strangled croak. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time Thomas had actually liked hearing something come out of Alby’s mouth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Blowflies droned about them, from time to time settling on the mucus dribbling from their noses into their mouths. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled my eyes at Mom and shoved a forkful of chilaquiles into my mouth to prove her wrong, immediately regretting it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He lowers my head to the ground, and while his hand still covers my mouth I can see my reflection in his eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cannibal, though, was too quick and had seized her before she could seal off the cave mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It enables him to communicate with a matching transceiver upstairs, with two other anti-air batteries inside the walls of the city, and with the underground garrison command across the river mouth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I keep my mouth open to let the breath escape, crying without making a sound. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, a large red bubble slowly worked its way out of his mouth and burst. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, she placed a spoonful of pasta in my mouth. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He looked at me and his whole face changed, his mouth smiling wide. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She sat straight and proud on the sofa, her mouth clamped tight, her hands clasped together, her eyes sparkling with angry tears. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worried that if I spoke or screamed my anger would grip both sides of my open mouth and rip me in half. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His mom claps both hands over her mouth. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After she’s gone, I go to the bathroom and fish the blue and white capsule from way back in my mouth, which I hid like a squirrel, high in the gum line. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Well, my mouth is going to get the freedom to tell him off, even if it’s in a muffled way. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I am not going to open my mouth the whole way over. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She stood there with her mouth open and her purple tongue dangling out. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Always teases her by saying her name felt funny in his mouth. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jose went up for the layup, took a shot in the mouth, but made that sucker. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was fizzing and bubbling and sparkling, like little fireworks in my mouth. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Male or female, it mattered nothing to him now—there was only another mouth coming which must be fed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He marveled at the slowness of their speech; words seemed to crawl from their mouths and drop like stones to the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bit his bottom lip, a desperate measure to hold his body together at the mouth. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A tin choirboy hitting a high note, his mouth a perfect O. A wooden family of jolly snowmen. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And the left corner of my mouth turned down in a frown. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

John thought for that moment that his father believed the words had come from him, his eyes were so wild and depthlessly malevolent, and his mouth was twisted into such a snarl of pain. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

His head was wrapped in a flour sack with a black hole for a mouth and a long trunk for a nose. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dozer smacked his dry mouth open and shut a few times. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When Moss turned to look at his friends, they all had their mouths wide open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jim opened his mouth and then clapped it shut, recognizing that Mom was on the edge. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He started to make a sound, but his mouth was clamped by a hand. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The sores on his kneecaps never heal because he picks at the scabs and puts them in his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She lay quite still for several seconds before feebly spitting out the snow in her mouth, and then she blew just as feebly until there was a little space to breathe in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He cups his hands over his nose and mouth. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her mouth hung slack, viscous sap the color of molten gold glistening on her lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I shoveled a spoonful of oatmeal into my mouth and thought things over. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Stolen rivers and mountains the stolen land will eat their hearts and jerk their mouths from the Mother. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She held up the small blue bottle of Mouse-Maker and she said, "Now for a little medicine! Hold his nose to make him open his mouth!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He takes in a sudden sharp breath, jerks his left arm, and widens his eyes, pupils returning to life, strange sounds sputtering from his freshly unpouted mouth. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He opened his green eyes wider and gave us his maniac look, and only the smirk on his wide mouth with its droll, slightly protruding upper lip reassured us that he wasn’t completely goofy. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dowry did not save Hari, and now we are burdened with one more mouth to feed,” she scolded. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth drops open again, and we stare at each other, both of us now fuming. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I shut my mouth; with Sam it was the wrong thing to beg. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Certainly, madam," he said, and he put two fingers into his mouth and blew a long shrill whistle. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Bickle looked up at the woman seated next to us, and the comers of his mouth twitched slightly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mam smiles, too, but it’s a very quick smile and when she looks into the ashes you can see the worry where the corners of her mouth turn down. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a vast open-air hall with wooden benches, a velvet curtain with Greek masks, and three box offices in the shape of lions' heads, through whose mouths the tickets were sold. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Behind him, strapped into the litde seat, his mouth speckled with leaf fragments, the infant looked back and grinned at Claire. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sharp taste of grime lingered in his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was lying on her back with her mouth slightly open, snoring at the plaster angel on the ceiling above her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He unwraps a coin and pops it into his mouth. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He ate with stiff movements, like he was barely keeping himself from stuffing everything into his mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I catch her eye and mouth, “Thanks, Mom.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then he stuffs a bunch of waffle into his mouth, cheeks puffing out like a hamster. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

My mouth is open and my eyes are shut tight. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Taylor opens her mouth to reply to me, but then Abby and the guys arrive all at once. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

His breathing was heavy—as if he had filled his mouth with liquid in preparation for breathing fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"I'm not joking. It was so bad—" "You've made your point," said Clyde, covering her mouth with his hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"Well, I am. A pretty good one too," I bragged, tossing the seeds in my mouth, then casually slapping my hand against my thigh to brush the salt off. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My mouth watered at the memory of double-dip cones on hot summer afternoons, sticky and cold and sweet. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His tongue hung out the side of his mouth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Then I am not a dwarf," the dwarf said with a twist of his mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Pasqual walks toward me, looking up at the sky with his mouth wide open, as if he’s never seen it before. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Drunk, smiling, she crawled beneath the furs and took him in her mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Nine fifteen,” he mouthed, and he turned and waved desperately to his parents. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She swept her eyes through all the stuff in the treehouse—the chair, the blankets, the lantern, the books—her mouth hanging wide open. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Others pried open her mouth and tried to give her the few drops they could find. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“When you get in there, don’t be runnin' your mouth like that fool Victor. All you say to Dr. Johnson is ‘Yes, ma’am,’ ‘No, ma’am,’ and ‘Thank you, ma’am.’ Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their faces are long, their mouths turned down, their eyes glisten with tears. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up Agelaos’ broadsword from where it lay, flung by the slain man, and gave Leodes’ neck a lopping blow so that his head went down to mouth in dust. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled up balls of sad^a and fed them into her toothless mouth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry watched, amazed, as a portly ghost approached the table, crouched low, and walked through it, his mouth held wide so that it passed through one of the stinking salmon. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“But didn’t your dad bury Mrs. Slater with her dentures in her mouth?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I feel my eyes begin to burn and I press my tongue against the roof of my mouth to force my jaw to stop moving. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her mouth watered and she tried the back door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby opened his mouth as if to respond, then seemed to think better of it, for he turned to his duties instead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the gyrating objects developed huge mouths and began laughing at me, a roaring, crazy laughter, which split my head in two. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The person I use my mean mouth on the most is Cordelia. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The poor little thing had her thumb in her mouth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You guess what people say YJU watch their mouths move and imagine the sounds of their feet hitting the ground. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She hopped off my shoulder and cupped her hands around her mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He flinches at first, but then opens his mouth and lets me pour a thin stream in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A question just seemed to jump out of my mouth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He put another bite of cereal in his mouth, definitely not looking at the rubbish bin, where he had stuffed the plastic bag full of leaves he’d swept up this morning first thing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Tall and beautifully proportioned, rising from its base to flare gracefully and then round to the mouth, a prunus vase was designed for one purpose—to display a single branch of flowering plum. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They pushed forward again, and Wanda wiped the blood away from her mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rufus, when he saw the huge animal he had aroused, instead of running for his life simply stood motionless and stared with his mouth hanging open. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Pinmei could only gape, her mouth a round circle, her head dizzy with astonishment. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We pushed through the small opening and the path widened into a larger mouth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His mouth was twisted in anguish, his hair was burnt, and his face was black and smoking where the molten gold had run down across his brow and cheeks and into his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered sinking into the cold Alaskan bog—black mud covering his eyes, mouth, and nose. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She meant every word that came out of her mouth. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He started to rise, to open his mouth, to tell them there had been a mistake . . . and then he saw Ser Alliser studying him, eyes shiny as two flakes of obsidian, and he knew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t speak, my mouth pressed shut tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Our side. We on our side. Just be careful, Sierra. That’s all I’m saying. Do what you gotta do, but don’t run your mouth about everything. Just keep that stuff to yourself.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My body refuses to remain still in the chair, mouth drinking desperate sips of air. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My mouth started to water and my stomach woke up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He takes the nonburning end into his mouth and there he is, best ruddy dog in the universe, ready to carry fire to the enemy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A very stout blonde squaw stepped across the threshold and stood looking at the strangers, staring incredulously, her mouth open. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to answer but no words come out. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was slim in the hips, with a wide mouth and gray eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Thirty mouths watered; thirty hands itched to go up into the air but no one moved. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if to underscore his words, at that moment the sky opened, and Kaede stuffed the last bite of her bun into her mouth as they all scrambled for their rain gear. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He asked for water, and in the cup of it he put three drops of ammonia, and he pried open the baby’s mouth and poured it down. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded harsh and flat, “as if her mouth had been stretched too wide,” thought Robin. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Sierra forked a load of French toast into her mouth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The coppery taste of blood fills my mouth, and I spit, aiming at Miss Anderson’s boots. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I get why he keeps his mouth shut as soon as he’s around other kids. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My lovely, tall mother with her pretty coil of hair and her hard, bitter mouth. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth but shut it again, just like Rani did before telling me her story. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Apparently, it wasn’t a good idea to pull a cigarette out of an inmate’s mouth. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could say was, “Mikveh. Please, I need tahara,” over and over, until blood filled my mouth and the room dimmed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, but then she closes it again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But at the mouth of the harbor where it opened out to the sea a heavy wind blowing landward struck them and they could make no headway against it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a scramble of contenders I got one of the jugs, elbowed off a counterattack, opened it, sampled it, choked, and then went through with my original plan by stopping Brinker’s mouth with it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Principal Trask’s mouth is so firm and sharp, we could use it in shop as a saw. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

One by one she put the clues in her mouth, chewed, and swallowed them. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came very close, so close that I smelt the rose petals in her hair, saw the paint on her mouth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t never really took no notice of the cap’n’s mouth afore, but now that I was seeing it clear, I could unna-stand why he didn’t want the barber to cut his moustache down. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She sticks her wrinkly, wet thumb back in her mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His mouth slackened like a wet, boingy rubber band, and before he could do anything about it, his head teetered, tottered. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Mom pretends to hold a microphone to her mouth. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mouth made a little round O. “If I run into her, I will,” I stammered finally. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The widow's son, after closing his gaping mouth, nodded his thanks, climbed on the horse's back, and galloped into the water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I feel like we should say something else, but I don’t know what, so I keep my mouth zipped. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Some stories were picked up and passed from mouth to mouth, crossing kingdoms and oceans, while others perished quickly, repeated a few times and never again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth to speak, and then something rustled in the tree branches above them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother looked straight at her, her mouth chewing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spit the dirt and leafs out of my mouth and told him, “I’m sorry, Mr. Leroy, I didn’t know he was gonna steal your money, I swear I didn’t know, sir!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I coughed in surprise as the wind forced a leaf straight into my mouth, causing me to choke and splutter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Holly Deblin gripped my slightly big ears in her fingers and thumbs and steered my mouth to hers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The owl swallowed the mouse in just a couple of gulps, leaving just its tail trailing from her mouth, like a length of bootlace. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to tell her what happened, but she shakes her head. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He tried to revive her, mouth to mouth, the way I had two nights before. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tilted her head back, mouth open, and for a moment I thought she was going to attempt an actual screech. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Clevinger paused for emphasis, his mouth quivering, and then beat his fist down softly against his sleeping bag. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mona reached into his mouth for his tongue. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand flapped and Mum’s mouth went round like an O. ‘He defied the law of gravity, Mum. He went up but he didn’t come down. Which means Newton got it wrong. Hrumm.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four girls giggled through stuffed mouths, and Pearl raised her napkin to cover a smile. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he returned, Freebie had a half-deflated soccer ball in his mouth. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a breath. Hold it. Three seconds. Then blow through your mouth.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was a bitter taste in my mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t! I tripped. It wasn’t because...you know. It’s not because he did the thing with his mouth where it went up and his teeth showed.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He split the snack, stuffed half in his mouth and gave the other half to Kenzi. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She taps the corner of my mouth with a gloved finger. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, like my third cousin, really. And he was runnin’ his mouth about how him and his dumb friends jacked somebody’s money at the library. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the wind swooped down from the painted mouths on the hill over the ruined land as if it could reach out fingers to tap them on their shoulder, turn them around. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to argue, then studied my expression and closed it again. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Five strokes later, Moch would direct his megaphone over to the sophomore boat and say, “Well, Green just opened his big mouth again. Let’s pass them!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Now she was hunched over her phone, staring, her mouth caught in a frown. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ernie seemed just as worried but lifted the fork straight to his mouth and tasted it anyway. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I loves a good mince pie,” he said as he unlocked the door to the prison, pie crumbs spilling from his mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can read it to you,” Ophie offered, and as soon as the words were out of her mouth she realized it was the wrong thing to say. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, when it was time for me to sing, I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I could hear the cigarette in his mouth. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure sits in the mouth of the wardrobe, the false back open, and listens to her uncle switch on the microphone and transmitter in the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Gitl,” she whispered out of the side of her mouth, low enough so that the woman in blue couldn’t hear her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rain is getting into her eyes. Help me close her eyes. It’s getting into her mouth. She’s going to choke.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth drops open, but words are beyond me right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A grin tugged at one corner of her mouth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Little Tzipporah lay curled in a ball, her finger in her mouth like a stopper in a bottle. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it up to her mouth, he gently helped her to drink from it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do that again and I’ll turn your mouth inside out,” the monkey snarled. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I watched her give speeches during class, I had no idea what words came out of her mouth. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Hereafter, you keep your mouth shut until you’re spoken to,” she advised me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our throats open, our mouths open, our hearts open. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In the instant between saying the word and before it sailed off into the air he had clamped his lips shut—and the “but” was trapped in his mouth, all made but not spoken. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and smiled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dad said this with his toothbrush in his mouth. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t... I didn’t even know they could do that,” I say and I cover my mouth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I take a big gulp of hot tea myself, scald my mouth, and swallow hard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

George’s stomach hurt, and her mouth felt raw. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He swallowed a little, rinsed his mouth, spat the water, took his cape, and went back into the ring. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Your pinata skills need work, its gaping fish mouth seemed to tell her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He took a swig of beer and wiped his mouth on the sleeve of his T-shirt. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Moss watched his mother start to say something, but she shut her mouth, pursing her lips. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She realized her mouth was hanging open, so she pulled it shut. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tio brought the cigarette back up to his lips, this time leaving it dangling from the corner of his mouth. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Our cab ride will take us across the neck, along the jawline, over the chin, mouth, nose, and up to the wide forehead. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked anywhere near the forest, the gnats stuck to me and flew into my eyes, mouth, and ears, and it drove me crazy. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jake held his hand to his mouth and looked down at his empty plate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Henry’s mouth spreads into a slow smile, and Alex kisses it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Watch your mouth, Michael,” I say, wringing my hands and sighing a lot. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was a butcher who worked in the mouth of a narrow alley. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t expect to hear any barking, since Ziggy’s pretty quiet, but maybe I’ll hear the jingling of his collar, or the squeak of a toy in his mouth. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jan opened his mouth, but no words came. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They made an alabaster trench in his mouth, and his pink-purple lips peeled bade over them like the meat of a conch shell He had a big welt, like a scar, on his left cheek. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed to her chest and then mine and mouthed, Winners. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now the corners of his mouth have disappeared into a frown. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watched my hands, heard my mouth give orders. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a flat nose and leaflike ears, and its mouth disclosed delicate, needle-sharp teeth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could almost taste in his mouth the memory of Mr. Bromios's best ale, although he realized, with a guilty start, he had forgotten the color of Victoria Forester's eyes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

After, he kisses Henry’s mouth fiercely, pushes his fingers deep into Henry’s hair, sucks the air out of him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Cordelia says boys put their tongues in your mouth when they kiss you. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck my stinging fingers in my mouth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His tongue would just hang out of his mouth with nothing underneath to block it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Stops right there in Aunt Nancy’s wide open mouth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But when I heard the words coming out of my mouth, they felt limp, like overcooked spaghetti. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A smile starts at the corners of his mouth. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

A fat soggy cigar wagged in the comer of his downtumed mouth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I did this week after week until the code became as much a part of me as my mouth, my eyes, and my ears. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes lighted on my mouth and when we sat down, she pointed her ruler at me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a screeching voice and long wet narrow lips, and whenever she got angry or excited, little flecks of spit would come shooting out of her mouth as she talked. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The next time I took a little rest Byron was still calling my name but sounding like he had something in his mouth. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mouth, wide open in a silent scream, emerged along the sleek emptiness of the shadow creature and then sank back in. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

This time, no food comes flying out her mouth. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A girl fell forward next to me, her mouth open in a cry I couldn’t hear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

José Arcadio would bring slices of ham to him in his room, sugared flowers which left a spring-like aftertaste in his mouth, and on two occasions a glass of fine wine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t too difficult, as the younger boys took one look at the shiny, wrinkled gray sacs and turned away in horror; you couldn’t have paid them to put one in their mouths. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to say something and then, very suddenly, changed his mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I jerked the jug to my mouth and took a huge gulp of cider in relief, and the violence latent in the day drifted away; perhaps the Naguamsett carried it out on the receding tide. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry shoved a fork into the beans, raised it almost to his mouth, then set it down without taking the bite. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men reaches toward my face and rips the duct tape off my mouth. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The men cannot overtake the wounded beasts which fly in their pain, their wide open mouths full of anguish. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were close enough to me that I could hear the weird noises of their mouths together, and I could hear him saying, “Always,” and her saying, “Always,” in return. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mama was holding the back of her hand to her mouth, her eyes on Baachan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Clark nodded, stuffing one last bite into her mouth before clicking a few keys. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hung up with a bad taste in my mouth—I realized it wasn’t Warren’s poetry that would take me to Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He talked out the side of his mouth, each word hard as rock. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"Yes, sir!" he answers, his mouth as dry as sand. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was heating a pot of stew when Kapu came around the hill with a bone in his mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to say something, then looked at the gathered Ivans and said, “Why don’t we go find your mama? So I can tell you both at once.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, cupped his ears, and opened his mouth, as if to swallow the sound upon capturing it. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

No one had time to answer, for at that moment Claire stood up suddenly, clamped her hand over her mouth, and stumbled from her seat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I should scream, like any rational human being would, but when I open my mouth again, I just crow with joy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I spin to face her, my mouth open. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I’m relieved to hear Baba’s final word, but Bushra sets her mouth in that sour way of hers. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In through the nose, out through the mouth. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first thing she was going to teach Agnes Stokes was when to keep her big mouth shut. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bad things happen around here to people who can’t keep their mouth shut. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rontu, who was sprawled out at the mouth of the cave, raised his head and yawned at me and went back to sleep. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been for me and my big mouth, we might all have jumped up and cheered. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He took a giant bite of his sandwich and chomped on it thoughtfully, lettuce hanging out a corner of his mouth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She steps back farther, putting a hand up to her face to cover her mouth, her eyes sending asking marks at me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Koffi had opened her mouth to call his name when one of the gorillas barreled toward her and forced her to roll out of its path. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Go home,” I tell Jean out the side of my mouth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like to say all those words because they come out of your mouth and laugh. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took one deep inhale through her mouth and held the staff up high. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His mouth is a grim line, his eyes wild. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody raised his wand, he opened his mouth; Harry plunged his own hand into his robes — “Stupefy!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as Sunny had sat back down across from me at the table, we both watched Big Rose unwrap the candy and fling it in her mouth. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The chief mate was a handsome figure, with his square jaw, his wide mouth, though the skin around his neck was beginning to sag, and the wrinkles in his face were like ravines. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He puts his hand on the back of my neck and draws my mouth toward his. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He said to keep my mouth shut or I would be sorry. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

All four of them stared at me with their brows knitted and their mouths hanging open. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And their mouths were fastened together with a powerful greed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Shut your stupid mouth, I got something more im-portant to do right now.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth, but closed it without speaking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When the armorer opened the door, the blast of hot air that came through made Ned feel as though he were walking into a dragon's mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But then her mouth quivers, and she presses her lips together to disguise it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was laughing so hard that I threw up a little bit in my mouth. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tally opened her mouth, closed it, then managed to answer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She raised a finger and opened her mouth, but then stopped. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He pressed this V to his mouth and between this suggestive triangle flicked his tongue back and forth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Viserys began to laugh, until his jaw fell away from his face, smoking, and blood and molten gold ran from his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He bites his lip, then opens his mouth like he’s going to say something, then closes it again. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But these precious relationships seem tender, vulnerable, at the risk of disappearing with one wrong word from my mouth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds the pitcher to my lips, and I rinse my mouth into the basin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped and held the food in his mouth, feeling the juices of his glands flowing round it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her tired mouth lifts in a half smile. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was soft and melted in her mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

That dismal face of hers turns cherry red, and spit starts flying outta her mouth as she screams, “Girl, I just gave you a bath!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Cliff’s mouth popped open like he was going to say something. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Schneider is blinking and covering his mouth with his hand. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He built her face in front of him and studied her wide-set eyes, delicate nostrils, mouth smaller than he liked but sweet, small firm chin, and back to her eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leaned forward, closed my eyes, parted my lips, and let Jerome shotgun into my mouth a long, dirty plume of smoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled free for an instant, his mouth full of leather and cloth and bloody flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was different from the larger feelings that still racked his body: the searing agony in his arms and hands, the almost unendurable ulceration of his parched mouth, the feverish pounding of his head. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Words press against my mouth—“sorry” and “All my fault. Earmuff-wearing is no excuse for not being nice.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

They went to the mouth of the cave and looked out at the rain, heavy, incessant, falling straight down through the sodden air. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mum’s mouth opened but no sound came out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” is what comes out of Alex’s mouth, miserably, earnestly, muffled against Henry’s throat. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stuck the open end in my mouth and squeezed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the light, Nathan was able to see into the mouth of the cave. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“And...I kind of ended up saying that Emily liked Justin. I didn’t mean to. Honest. It just came out of my mouth.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her porch was bright with the bought luxury of star-shine; the wicker of the settee squeaked fashionably as she turned toward him and he kissed her curious and lovely mouth. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I tapped her elbow and pointed to my mouth. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She popped the half marshmallow into her mouth. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I say, but the master-at-arms seems to be ignoring me now, so I direct the question to the skull with a rose in its mouth, figuring it might be the mellowest one. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

With every squeal and shout and gasp and “Go, Courtney, go!” that comes out of her mouth, I sink a little further into my festering pit of mingled despair and desperation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Ash opened her mouth to reply, and hesitated. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s got no mouth either,” Carter pointed out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ron opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Carter realized his error. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hardly realized I was saying the words until they were out of my mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

To look into Mabel's dark eyes, try not to stare at her pink mouth or her long hair, and say that. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s something—” The wind steals the words from her mouth, sweeping out of the dunes with unnatural fury. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ash opened her mouth to do so, but then remembered that her stepmother would be at home. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laurie opened his mouth to ask another question, but remembering just in time that it wasn’t manners to make too many inquiries into people’s affairs, he shut it again, and looked uncomfortable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their bestial faces looked weirdly hungry with their long tongues hanging out of their sharp-toothed mouths. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alec took another bite and pushed it to the side of his mouth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I dragged my eyes away from his mouth. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I think my mouth moves along with everyone else's as they vow their blood and bodies to the Empire. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The mouth is harder because usually I look at mouths when there are words coming out and right now there are none coming out of his. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tosses it to Haymitch, who stuffs a fistful of sweets in his mouth before passing the bag to a giggling Prim. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there like she’d gone numb, her hands on her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She unwraps a Blow Pop and sticks it in her mouth. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I want his mouth on mine, blotting out everything else. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach churned, and I pushed Marcus away to avoid burping in his mouth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The word "paradise" came out of my mouth, without thinking. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I part my lips to respond, but he leans in, pauses for a second, and pushes my words away when his mouth meets mine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Soon as that was out of my mouth I didn’t know why I said it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I try to smile back, but my mouth refuses to make the shape. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my Lord,” she said, her hand going up to the side of her mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to protest but she says, smiling, “It’s okay, Sparrow. You’re a quick learner and we have two weeks before the performance.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I kept my mouth shut, though, and turned around. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His mother dabbed at her mouth with a napkin. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As he listens, he stuffs the cheese squares into his mouth with his left hand, but his right hand holds a pencil, and this hand is never still. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened my mouth, the sharp smell from the gun firing mixed with the smoke coming from the cabin, and I swallowed it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Ashworth secures a mouth prop over me, a hard rubber tool that disables me from closing my mouth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moore lowered his hands, but his mouth stayed shut. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Crab pulled the cigar from his mouth, spit, then put it right back where it had been. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When my atoms trickled back together, the first thing I became aware of was this: I have dirt in my mouth. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was old Smiley, leaning against a fence beside a big pile of manure, staring at the sky with his mouth open and his hands resting on the pitchfork handle—dreaming about girls, most likely. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The words, as they left his mouth, were scattered by the wet wind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Is that any way to talk to your mother?” her other mother asked, with her mouth full of blackbeetles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He slobbered at the mouth and moaned and screamed and ran at his wife and children, trying to catch them and bite them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she looked at him, his mouth was pinched into a line behind his dirty beard. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

And that thought made him the more thirsty, made his lips dry and his tongue stick to the roof of his mouth. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave a sharp nod of the head, one side of her mouth turned up in a smile. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch your mouths! You have a guest. Go to bed!” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Coach shot an invisible jump shot, his tongue hanging out his mouth. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Mami stood at the mouth of the path, her fingers laced under her belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the right corner of his mouth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Enough with the questions, boy. Shut up like you did on the way here. They like quiet children where you're going, so hush your mouth." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Inside the upstairs door he kisses me, with his tarry, beery mouth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

No flies fly into a closed mouth, I remind myself. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I have an impulse to get up, stand at the edge of the stage and open my mouth to sing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His mouth burned worse than when he had swallowed the firewater of the Phlegethon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Conger called for water, poured a little into Booth’s mouth, and he spit it out. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That sobered them as much as Fern’s name, which they both mouthed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to reply, but Ma beats me to it. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to speak, but I jumped on the words before he could say them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That sucks,” she says, scooping up some kimchi and popping it into her mouth. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His hand lets go of my mouth and tugs at my pants, pulls them past my hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brain had started to unravel the words that’d come from the sheriff’s mouth, but I didn’t believe it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Ivy made a monkey face at Aaron, his feet dangling from Dad’s carrier, and he giggled before stuffing his fist into his mouth. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Each time he opened his mouth to speak, the smell of arrack on his breath hit Kochu Maria like a hammer. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She touched her mouth and felt her teeth. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t mean ...” My mouth sped to Fern’s rescue, but Cecile’s raised hand stopped me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hailey looks at me, I look at her, and we have the same deadpan expression that we’ve had mastered since fifth grade, mouths slightly open, eyes ready to roll at any moment. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My mouth went dry, then filled with spit, then went sour. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It can be injected or poured into the mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This is not about Girl Cons and Sex Monkey workshops, which, frankly, makes my mouth feel soiled just sayin’ it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling’s mouth formed a thin, tight line. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I probably couldn’t’ve said nothing no way, my tongue was too busy roaming ’round my mouth, checking to see if any of my teeth had got set a-loose by Mr. Leroy’s slap. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Her heart held tight, as tight as it could, to the secret; held it tight so it wouldn’t slip from her heart and out her mouth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She whirled and gave me one of her back-handed slaps across my mouth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just hearing the name fall from Rafe’s mouth made her eyes fill with tears. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He folded his hands and brought them to his mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I stuck the end of the rain-catcher tube in my mouth and I drank and I drank and I drank. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, inhaled the odor of the cheese deeply, and then popped it in his mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hermione opened her mouth to answer, then closed it again, looking more confused than ever. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I want to froth at the mouth and swear and stomp my feet and break up some chairs and throw chicken soup all over the place. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman cursed so colorfully that Celaena clamped a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If she had to describe it to someone else, she would dutifully relate the obvious details: light brown eyes, a pleasant nose and chin, and a mouth that smiled easily. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They reached the mouth of the cave, and Seven looked back at Thorn and Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Theon's heart was in his mouth by the time he was halfway across. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But I chose my words with care from those that would pour from my mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Vivian, gripping the porch rail with one hand, puts her other over her mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As usual, she spoke without moving her mouth, which could only have been creepier if she’d had a ventriloquism puppet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The mere thought of the word provoked a shot of pain behind my jaws and a deluge of saliva in my mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I painted in the curve of her mouth I was surprised how nice her lips were. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Vivian ordered clothes from Talbots. On her laptop. With a credit card. Can you believe those words just came out of my mouth?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Darla slid a plate of fries drenched in gravy in front of Jonas Apple, watching with satisfaction as he popped a fry into his mouth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The wildling grinned at him through a mouth of brown and broken teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were peppermints, and Ishmael popped one in his mouth, then strapped his radio onto his back and pulled himself into a standing position. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She turned to her own doorway, but not before seeing the corner of the boy’s mouth curl up in a smile. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Ouch!” she cried out, putting her thumb in her mouth for the second time that day. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Montag opened his mouth to answer Faber and was saved this error in the presence of others when the station bell rang. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ray,” Axel calls, hands cupped around his mouth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Push the picture of a goalie cat with skates and a mouth guard out of my head. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stupid ignoramus slid out of his mouth like music. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seated in a pew in the rear of the spacious temple, Celaena kept her mouth closed so tightly that it hurt. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He tripped up a little on the last word, but it didn’t matter since I hadn’t understood anything that had come out of his mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I put a piece of sushi in my mouth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a faint, thin smile, little more than a lift at the corners of his mouth, while his eyes scanned the church as if he had entirely forgotten Fenoglio. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lines deepened on either side of his mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy pointed at himself and mouthed, “Who? Me?” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I ran to the hose and rinsed out my mouth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ekon opened his mouth to argue, but his words were cut off by a long, sonorous toll. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the end, Christina crosses her arms, purple light playing over her nose and mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Shut your mouth!” said the man who had taken her blanket. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It happens that I stop still and look at Shayleen while I am forking noodles into my mouth. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth to expose the ball of bread and beef that she was chewing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A little hiccup escapes her mouth when she opens it to speak, but she, as always, says the right thing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Bothersome horned snakes that ate anything they could get their mouths around—including, local gossip said, small children. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But when Rishi dipped his head down and pressed his mouth to hers, his rough stubble scratching against her chin in the most delicious way, her brain shut up entirely. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Victoria quirked her mouth at me, shrugged, and left. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Still, I confess, the memory of the goodness lingered for a long time in my mouth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stood, her mouth half open in shock. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She’s much shorter than Henry, shorter even than June, with Henry’s clever mouth but their mom’s brown hair and heart-shaped face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Violet looked closely, she could see there was a large piece of tape across her sister’s mouth, and ropes around her body. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Grace twists her noodles around the chopsticks and then lifts them stiffly to her mouth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

People crowded around me, trying to pat the baby who had caused all this excitement—although he was no beauty, with puckered face and mouth opened wide to emit shriek after shriek. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to ask him something, but the words don’t come. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She managed the soldier in white by inserting a thermometer into the hole over his mouth and leaving it balanced there on the lower rim. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Doreen lit a new cigarette, blowing a long string of smoke from her mouth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Bones passed by me, still fingering his mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, and neither does a screwball like you,” George said, looking at the watering eye behind the monocle and the moistness at the mouth of the beard. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug, but a smile is pulling at the corners of my mouth. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And she pushed it up to one hundred and five miles an hour and tore the breath from his mouth. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth is on me, his hands, I can’t wait and he’s moving, already, love, it’s been so long, I’m alive in my skin, again, arms around him, falling and water softly everywhere, never-ending. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something golden tried to avoid her hand, but she caught it, wiggling and glimmering, opened her mouth, and popped it inside. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mind shouted so energetically that the announcement made my veins stand out, and my mouth tighten into a prune. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a cross, a dark scribble, an eye, a mouth, a window. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I squinted up at him and wiped my mouth with the back of my hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His blood covered her hands in a hot gush and he tried to shout but there was blood in his mouth as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His mouth is so soft and he’s just the best person I know, the best person I’ve ever known, no matter what bad things have happened between us and no matter what happens after this. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And I remember I wanted to laugh too, but my heart felt like it was competing with my tongue for space inside my mouth. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But I clamped my hand over my mouth. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Deep creases curved around his generous mouth, showing signs of humor, though he was studying the sea, and not smiling now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Windy opens her mouth dramatically like a cartoon character. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The taste in my mouth starts to go away. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He looks at her like a bass just swam out of her mouth. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The next day at school when we rose to sing the British national anthem, everyone stared at me, but as soon as I opened my mouth, the class lost interest. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his harmonica in his mouth and played a sad song that went along with the dance. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“See,” I said to everyone as I pointed at Harold’s mouth. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mama hit him with a broom and told him to keep the Lord’s name out of his mouth, but he wouldn’t stop, and Daddy was cussing, and everybody was screaming.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last the bones had regained flesh; the empty eyepits had filled up and the new eyes had seen, while meantime the restored beaks and mouths had cackled, barked, and caterwauled. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was smiling to herself, mouthing a prayer to God. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And someone’s mouth elongates heavy, silent words through the barrier of glass. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using a “spinneret” gland just below its mouth, it spins a patch of silk on a branch and grips it with strong rear feet, hanging upside down. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At first he tried to keep a straight face, but his mouth began to twitch, and his eyes began to roll. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They cross the quay and climb to a matching headland across the mouth of a river from the old city. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As the man neared each car, he yanked upward so that it opened its mouth into a wide grin, feet pinwheel- ing as it tried to find the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I imagine he was most interested in you. Suddenly, something that was nagging at Harry came tumbling out of his mouth. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Harry had just opened his mouth to say hello when Justin caught sight of him, turned abruptly, and sped off in the opposite direction. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The command came from my mouth as abrupt and jarring as shattered glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With the back of his hand he wiped his mouth to get the night taste out. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel opens the black bag, wide like a hungry mouth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Another word that felt strange in her mouth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A little girl’s scream comes out of the Mexican’s mouth as he covers his face and crumples to the rug on Jimmy’s limp body. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Franek, the foreman, one day noticed the gold crown in my mouth: “Let me have your crown, kid.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d shoved the disk into the boy’s mouth as they went over, snapping it with his own fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ron opened his mouth to say something, but Hermione nudged him hard in the ribs and jerked her head toward the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After they had gone up stairs Mother lay back in her chair, the camphor handkerchief to her mouth. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crossed to the intercom and put my mouth against the speaker and said in a deep voice, “Fm not going into that church.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For example: I’ve been thinking about your mouth on me all week, and I was hoping I’d see you in Paris so I could put it to use. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Chaol watched the last breath issue from Cain’s mouth, watched him die. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Rosie curls her trunk and opens her mouth in a wide smile. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Now she's got her tongue stuck, and you can see her swallowing in her throat, like her mouth is dry. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Haying season would soon be here, and there would be many mouths to feed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The Reverend Mother would wash your mouth with disinfectant.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed out through my mouth, hoping that the talk would go well. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ren wobbles on his board and spins out of control as he tries to avoid the wolf’s gaping mouth. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he did, he remembered a skinny brown girl with sad eyes, sharp teeth, and a mouth full of Spanish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right,” I start, but the words crumble in my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She sat leaning forward in her chair with her hands on her knees, her mouth open and a pulse beating very fast in her temple. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Keep your mouth shut. If word gets out that Finkle is trying to tamper with his own contest, the whole thing might be called off. And that’s exactly what he wants.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She kind of nodded and just barely smiled, her mouth listing to the left. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wanted to speak, yet I was not able to open my mouth or raise my tongue. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

My mouth went permanently crooked with effort, turned down on the left side and straight on the right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes opened wide and his mouth parted slightly, then he looked over his shoulder and shifted from one foot to the other. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studied the sculpture, then suddenly reached over and smeared off Shakespeare’s mouth with his thumb. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “Hesh, boy. My word! You sure do like the sound a y’own mouth, don’t you? Just be still and hold on to my chile.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Warm water drips off my forehead and into my mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I saw their mouths going up and down without a sound, as if they were sitting on the deck of a departing ship, stranding me in the middle of a huge silence. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Touching your eyes, nose, or mouth is an easy way for bacteria and germs to get into the body. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was the strangest line of all: The trip is a difficult one; I can carry nothing, and a man can only hold so much paper in his mouth. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I first went to the hill near the cave when the pack was away and collected armloads of brush which I placed near the mouth of their lair. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Baby girl, if your boyfriend ever gets into your panties and you find yourself in a family way, swear that it was Immaculate Conception and start mouthing off about miracles,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed on the verge of making some joking remark, but when he saw me his eyes got wide and his mouth fell open into a small round o. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then it found its way back to her eyes, cheeks, and mouth. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It’s twenty minutes later when we’re watching the local news that I realize what should have come out of my mouth. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I pause with my mouth open, my momentary bravado disappearing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sense laughter all around—not from their mouths, because the mouths of their masks don’t move. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Byrd’s mouth opens wide, her eyes too, like Axel has found the words she’s been looking for, like he’s solved the very mystery from before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Momma returns with a big bowl, shoveling ice cream into her mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His mouth hung open, and flies were gathered in the stubble of his beard. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The killer, bird in her mouth, ran toward her pups in the woods. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My mouth is dry and tastes like I’ve been chewing the soles of old Nikes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jack held up the head and jammed the soft throat down on the pointed end of the stick which pierced through into the mouth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

After letting in half a dozen goals, most of them scored by Ginny, his technique became wilder and wilder, until he finally punched an oncoming Demelza Robins in the mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’d get rid of the bad taste in my mouth. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The gently sauteing onion released an aroma that made his mouth water. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I stood at the mouth of the room and stared at it, fascinated and repulsed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I had to teach her how to keep her mouth shut when got mad so she wouldn’t feel embarrassed. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sooner than you'd like, if the next words out of your mouth are not something useful, eunuch." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Polly-girl” had been her father’s pet name for her, and it angered her to hear it pour so carelessly from the mouth of this unpleasant young man. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were embarrassed for me, no one made a motion or mouthed a reproach. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She dipped a finger and put it in her mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her chest was heaving even more and her mouth was open, smiling crazily as if she were pleased I was crying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dips a hand in the water and puts his fingers in his mouth to taste the salt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

First I watch frozen and helpless while gloved hands carry out the bloody dissection in Darius’s mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They will get used to it,” the soldier said as if the words were rote in his mouth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped my mouth on the hem of my dress. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever had been speaking flew out of the elephant’s mouth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Charlie Valentine thrust his top dentures from his mouth and sucked them back in again, his favorite gesture of disapproval. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stood there with my mouth open, I couldn’t believe Byron was starting to cry. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where our lips touch and every place where they pull away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some raw kid hustler in a bar, I had to bust in his mouth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth opened, but no sound came out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We watched from the upper bleachers as riders pounded past us at full gallop, yipping and yelling, foam flying from their horses’ mouths. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were in the grandparents’ house in Oslo and my mother said to me, ‘We are going to the doctor this afternoon. He wants to look at your nose and mouth.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey was close behind, spitting and spluttering to get the stranger’s germs out of her mouth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I mean, Noodles had a big mouth, but he couldn't take on those old heads. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Their mouths are set in straight, worried lines, which is how you feel when you are out too far, away from your planet, doing something that feels way too big. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At the sight of him, Mrs. Brenner’s eyes narrowed, and her mouth pursed tightly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They had come down close to the mouth of the river, where its water flowed out into the Sound. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held the mouth of the bottle up to her ear and grinned at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He followed his brothers, who had gone to join the guard, with blazing eyes and a nervous twitch of his mouth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman smiled, opened her mouth to say something, and then thought better of it, floating out of the kitchen as quickly as she had appeared. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had eaten it from a glazed earthen bowl, using a spoon carved from bone, and then wiped her mouth and hands with a folded fine-woven cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to protest my innocence—and stopped when I noticed a cup floating toward me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She would never have found it without running her fingers through every inch of my mouth. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

After Zeitoun and Nasser prayed, they and the rest of the prisoners spent the morning shielding their eyes and mouths with their shirts, coughing through the poison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was so dry, she could feel her tongue as big as a sausage between her teeth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a grunty noise, cause I had cereal in my mouth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Spit flies out of my mouth as I do my lip trills, but Mrs. Walton tells me not to worry. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sonny stuffs an entire cookie in his mouth. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

So I kiss him—slowly, so I can feel the warmth of his mouth and the gentle pressure and his breaths as we pull away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Washington listened to their report, then made the decision in January of 1791—the hundred-square-mile area stretching east from Georgetown to the mouth of the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I count at least twenty, maybe more, all with white masks tied tightly around their mouths. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

With a scornful snicker, he settled himself behind his desk, replaced the empty cigarette holder in his mouth and lapsed into parturient silence for a few moments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She put a savory bite in her mouth, sucked the juices, then chewed a long time before she swallowed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dipped a hand into the bowl and threw a few into his mouth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He spat straw and dirt out of his mouth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was a bull’s- eye that guided a parent to the mouth. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I shut my mouth, but I felt something alive tearing at my throat, bite by bite, from the inside. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Huygens was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Boyle was born with a canteen of cutlery in his. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Instead, he panted, his mouth opening and closing like a fish wrenched from water. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then I had to open my mouth and stick out my tongue. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess Buddy never read much history, because his mouth stiffened. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand the words coming out of my mouth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Annie and smiled, and she mouthed “pervert” to me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The beast dropped to the wooden floor of the inn, blood dripping from its side and from its eye and from its open mouth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He liked the guy, but he didn’t know if he liked him enough to trust him with his brother’s mouth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They would be placing broken pottery over his eyes and mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His mouth made a thin line, but he nodded and handed me back two jots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Satisfied with the pile of wood he had gathered, Cole settled in beside the smoky, sputtering flames and gazed out toward the mouth of the bay. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I look over and see Charlie shaking his head and opening his mouth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was the street again, and people looking upward with their mouths hanging open. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I'm about to open my mouth to say so when I remember how my concerns were addressed last time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth, but no sound came out. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I shove the rest of the doughnut in my mouth to contain my emotions, jam squishing out the sides. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And he’s learned to keep his tongue inside his mouth, though that took him several years to master. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I rubbed a layer of water off my mouth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Our parents are dubious as they listen, their mouths tighten: it could be that we are losing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls the flask out again, takes a drink, and wipes his mouth with his sleeve. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was no longer young for my peer group, nor did I walk around in gray sweatshirts with unlit cigarettes in my mouth. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoved the snow in my mouth like a toddler eating cake. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Without taking the cigarette out of her mouth, she gave us each a quick, stiff hug. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kim had looked at me, her mouth agape, like I’d just told her I planned on sauteing up a platter of slugs for dinner. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sophie opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came out. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam had changed before his very eyes into an orc again, leering and pawing at his treasure, a foul little creature with greedy eyes and slobbering mouth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Matt loved to see the old man then, with his eyes half closed and his mouth curved up in a gentle smile. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her knitted brow and the downward turn of her mouth seemed to say, Leo Valdez, you are so full of it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I kept reading, and my mouth went completely dry. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Papa’s voice poured out of my mouth like warm, steady tap water. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And we try to keep their names out our mouths if at all possible. Seems like discussing them brings them around faster.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My mouth felt like it was full of sand, but I spoke the last two lines. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His mouth opened, but he could not speak. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I paused and spent a few moments rolling my tongue around my mouth, trying to bring life back to it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I put my hand to my mouth and felt my bloodied lip, split right down the center. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She stuck her knuckle in her mouth and then pulled it back out. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth was dry and tasted like gasoline residue. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just come get—” Mark started to yell, but her fingers were suddenly in his mouth, pulling at his bps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

People come in the bodega running their mouths all the time. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mouth is on her neck, and she’s making these gasping sounds, and then she says, “Oh my God, where are we?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she looks over at me and starts to say something, but she shuts her mouth back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to look away so my stomach wouldn’t rumble, but just the smell of it made my mouth water. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was sure Pax had had the toy soldier in his mouth when the car had peeled away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He’s not there now, but he left behind his favorite toy—a stuffed Tweety Bird that he likes to carry around in his mouth. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I laugh and cover my mouth, and he pulls my hand away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He spat away the piece in his mouth and kept puffing on the part in his hand. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Too long. You'll starve yourself. Meera dribbled a little water down your throat, and we smeared honey on your mouth, but it is not enough." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Our mouths opened to scream, but we were on a spy mission. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hand back to box him in his dirty mouth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The mouth of Kitum Cave was mostly invisible from the approach trail, blocked by boulders cloaked in moss. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing a pile of dried horse biscuits, I got me one and threw it just as Smiley’s mouth stretched in a wide yawn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He taps his hand on the pole, mouth pressed tight. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As the nest pitched downward, my mouth filled with wet bonobo hair and my gut dropped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He put his fists to his mouth and screamed. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you didn’t stop filming. What if that cheese had burned off the roof of my mouth and it was the last morsel of food I would ever enjoy?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Ralph could hear a tiny chattering noise coming from somewhere perhaps from his own mouth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He spoke so effortlessly, as if his mouth were a musical instrument that just let sound out when touched, when opened. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They knew how to fire up a church the old-fashioned way, without talk of politics and bad mouthing and negativity but with real talk of God and genuine concern for its parishioners. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Brat's mouth fell wide open at the whipping boy's nervy mischief. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

On a morning in mid-April, 1687, the brigantine Dolphin left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound to the wide mouth of the Connecticut River and into Saybrook harbor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He knew I was looking at him, that my shocked eyes begged him to seal his mouth, but he did not look at me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the whole creature bubbled and churned with silently screaming mouths. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She yawns again without covering her mouth, and I can see her fillings. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Walter could have you up on the betting laws too, but Wolfshiem scared him into shutting his mouth." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“But before it could come out of her mouth, the thought grew too big and burst. It must have been a very bad idea.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Vonetta raised her hand and opened her mouth and had the world looking and laughing at us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Heather where to buy a mouth guard so her braces wouldn’t cut up her lips if she got hit with a ball. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Obiora inserted one end of the hose in the can and then enclosed the other end in his mouth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward so that his mouth completely filled the vidfeed window and shouted, “Other than that, not much! Not much new at all!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Is it the way Ben smiles mostly with the right side of his mouth?” asks Lacey. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The aides put bibs on us, feed us, and wipe our mouths when we’re done. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Oh, my pretty little friend," Michah says, smiling with his mouth but not his eyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Across from us, a man uses chopsticks to shovel noodles into his mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the wolves bared sharp teeth, foam frothing from its mouth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The words were barely out of his mouth when she dove on top of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I notice some others who are standing very still with their hands at their mouths. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up again, throwing my hand over my mouth to tell her to be quiet, and pointed over to the monkey cage. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get his mouth as wide open as you can and tilt his head back a little and we’ll just drop it in and see.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth drops open comically, like a cartoon, and her big round eyes get even bigger and rounder. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stumbled in alarm and took a great gulp of air into her mouth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got around to the front door, they found the grimy old hag playing a mouth harp with one hand while making her limberjack dance with the other. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then, as we were watching, the mist swirled and retreated like a great green serpent into the mummy’s mouth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Baba frowns and opens his mouth to say something, but I beat him to it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I had God glued to the roof of my mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth, but Naomi caught his eye and shook her head. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he popped the paper into his mouth, chewed, and swallowed. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She leaned toward him, close enough to see some white powder from the rice cakes stuck to the comers of his mouth, and picked up the almanac. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He found himself foaming and frothing at the mouth as he skittered around frantically trying to find water while one of the maids ran down the hall shrieking, “Mad mouse! Mad mouse!” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were too many eyes and mouths agape, accusing and murmuring. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His mouth felt disgusting and his stomach still heaved. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The words came out of Benji’s mouth before he had a chance to think about them. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face was calm, the skin pale; his mouth was straight, neither smiling nor disapproving. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those words have never before come out of my mouth. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Gracious God, say Squeak, how I’m gonna tune up my mouth to say all that? The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you want,” he proposed quietly, “a punch in the mouth?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena issued a jolly laugh and crammed some of the candy into her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It said if you had any sores in your mouth that didn't heal pretty quickly, it was a sign that you probably had cancer. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I twisted my mouth up to hold in my anger. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pressed the cut on his swollen hand against his mouth and sucked it hard. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And your head feels like it’s on fire and your mouth feels as dry as a saltine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Solovet and Vikus waved them down, and the party landed in a vast cavern at the mouth of a tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They looked basically Black and you would think that they were until they opened their mouths to say something in Dominican, or Spanish. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She clamped her hand over his mouth as fast as she could. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a brief kiss, but his mouth, though mild, seemed to draw up all my strength and leave me weak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I sit by myself in the kitchen with my eyes glued to the box and my mouth glued shut by peanut butter. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And the last thing Conor remembered was the monster’s mouth roaring open to eat him alive. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“What was that, do you think, in the creature’s mouth?” she asked. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They come up to my room and talk to me until I do not understand how a person can open and shut his or her mouth so much without being weary. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Will was chewing gum with his mouth open. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was thrilling to hear this delicious threat coming out of my big sister’s mouth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

‘I have thought of something better than that. Something to shut your mouth, and punish you properly for listening. You shall go away with Mr. Frodo!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Anya’s stomach threatened to empty itself, and she was afraid to open her mouth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Their interesting but nose-wrinkling smell and the noise of their mouths were everywhere. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Jay looked like he was going to yell out to her, and I clamped my hand on his mouth again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I clapped a hand over my mouth to keep from laughing, and Maddie giggled and stepped away to get ahold of herself. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I kept my mouth shut because I didn’t want Sam or Patrick or Bob or anyone to get in trouble. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It opened its blue-black mouth, and in the low light, venom glistened wet on its fangs. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"And I bet you're going to be famous now," she tells me with her head tilted and her mouth in a smart twist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The guy tried to say something back, but all that made it through the rag in his mouth were these crazy low muffled noises. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment she had been a wolf again, but Weese's slap took it all away and left her with nothing but the taste of her own blood in her mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One had a gaping mouth and the other a grimace of pointed white teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mortimer took his hand away from her mouth and gestured to her to follow him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear God!” says Marlena, clapping a hand to her mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dr. Thorn’s mouth twisted with distaste when I said the name of my old enemy—a former friend who’d tried to kill me several times. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth, and a lie slips out before I’ve even had a chance to think of one. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His mouth was set in a stubborn line. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, his mouth works its way into the bitter pucker that accompanies any mention of Marcus. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to protest, reaching up to yank it away from my face, but something stopped me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

BaiMa opened his mouth and, instead of nickering, gave a loud roar that echoed across the ice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I said, wanting to slap her across the mouth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A corner of his mouth pulled tight, and he shook his head at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And as I turned with tears in my eyes and the spittle hanging from my mouth I saw my father grimace before he threw back his share all at once. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

To kill for him—to be a fang in the mouth of the beast that had already consumed half of Erilea...“And if I accept?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then Branwell opened his mouth as if to say something in reply, but nothing came out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d found him at the bottom of an irrigation ditch, badly burned, flies in his mouth and eyes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goblin drew a breath through his mouth, then closed it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ben clapped his hand over her mouth and listened for the drumming of avenging feet on the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singer nodded and wiped his mouth with his napkin. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The words come out muffled, because he’s speaking with his mouth full. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Calista and Link were whistling with their fingers in their mouths. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clapped a hand over her mouth, feeling like the smile was going to explode off her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then Alex took off his belt, held one end tight, and gave the other to the dog, who grabbed it in his mouth and took off running. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jeanne, her mouth hanging open in horror, watched her mother lean in and whisper into the knight’s ear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Noodles took the tab from his mouth and dropped it into the empty can. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His mouth was stiff and sore, as if a punch had split his lip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Grandpa turned his head away and shut up his mouth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Learn to listen, keep your mouth shut, let the grown folks do the talking. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a black mustache that curved around the sides of his mouth and coal grime under his fingernails. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth dried up, all the moisture apparently being converted into stinging tears. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You want them in the Gift, that’s your folly, but see they don’t wander off or I’ll send you back their heads. Winter is nigh, I want no more mouths to feed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tiffany put her hand over her mouth and stifled a giggle. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beside her, Ess listened, mouth hanging slightly open, to the tale of a tree that gave everything it had to a boy—its apples and its branches, until the tree was nothing but a stump. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Gollum watched every morsel from hand to mouth, like an expectant dog by a diner’s chair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She picked up the necklace and put it down again and peered into the mouth of the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salva’s mouth closed and opened again, as if he were a fish. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Strider seemed to be held in awe by most of the Bree-landers, and those that he stared at shut their mouths and drew away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Watch your mouth before I throw you back in the mines,” the brown-eyed captain said. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If the words didn’t come easily from my mouth, they would, I hoped, eventually come from my writing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

All that came out was a strangled and pathetic sound, like the spit had curdled in her mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding so far up my throat I was surprised it didn’t come flying out of my mouth. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Riders were still in the low valley before the mouth of the Coomb, when cries and hornblasts were heard from their scouts that went in front. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Sam looks at me and mouths, I’m so sorry. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I add one beauty token to each palm, with an instruction to keep their mouths shut. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like me, or any of the kids younger than him either, but he didn’t like me in particular, because while most kids my age played mute around him, I sometimes mouthed off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was opening and closing his mouth like I had been earlier. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Straight ahead a ragged stream of people crosses an intersection: a woman, a child, two men carrying a third on a stretcher, all three with cigarettes in their mouths. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get those last words out of my mouth. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to swallow, but my mouth felt like a desert. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When he returned to the barn, he carried in his mouth an advertisement he had torn from a crumpled magazine. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

We climbed up to his mouth and pitched ourselves down his throat, then swam out the back of him into the instantly cooler water and brighter light of midday, September 1940. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The eyes were gray and the mouth smiled a little or seemed to catch its breath in ecstasy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good thing I didn’t have a mouth full of pie. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t Theresa told her to keep her mouth shut? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I had told him we had to be truthful, and now I was sorry mouth what he would have to tell us in return. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Candice opened her mouth to argue, but her mother cut her off. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She smiled a cap-toothed smile, and I noticed the right side of her mouth drooping a little. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was negotiating the cheese, trying to figure out how to take that first bite without burning the roof of her mouth, when the scythes arrived. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was going to say something, but Lacey’s open mouth became truly slack-jawed, and she leaned her head against the cold gray tile of the bathroom wall, asleep. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ma near about sent our hearts through our mouths with the yell she let out when we walked in. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama wasn’t positive,” Stella told him, worry making her mouth dry. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Next, some genius figured out that because the liquid we were squirting at each other was no longer carried in the mouth, it could be something other than water. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Even as I luxuriate in the future this way, rolling anticipation around in my mouth, I think of something else. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he shook loose a smoke from the pack Bud had given him, set the weed in his mouth, and lit it—flame flared up before his eyes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sound like a strangled bird when I open my mouth. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The reporter looked closely and saw that each kid was holding up a pen, and each little mouth was puckered in the same way. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood from his mouth is getting on the little brown hairs he calls a mustache and everyone else calls nothing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Over the shoulder of his partner, he mouthed, “Wait for me.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He popped a tomato from the salad into his mouth. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth kind of looked like the Joker's—depending on who was drawing him—really wide and curvy. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

To paraphrase: I hope to see you put your green American money where your filthy mouth is soon. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One fat pink tongue lolled out the side of his mouth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Talking our way out of a painful death," I said from the side of my mouth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was the saliva that formed in my mouth whenever I smelt clay dust potted with fresh rain. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nose was pinched and he breathed with quick, short breaths through his slightly open mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Das, for her part, had flexed one side of her mouth, smiling dutifully at Mr. Kapasi, without displaying any interest in him. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ten yards below the cave mouth the hunters halted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His big pink tongue hung out of one side of his mouth, and as his head moved, it swung from side to side, flinging slobber. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Long enough for Mariam to see the eyes widen, the mouth open. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each head had a wide-open mouth with a sharp set of pointy teeth and lips smiling back ready to bite. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I open and close my mouth a few times, unsure where to begin. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

You see her hand-drawn illustrations of the human mouth, the tongue, the upper and lower palates, the uvula. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked at each other, our mouths and eyes open wide. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, during a general conversation about do’s and don’t’s, I would share some information that I thought would be helpful to them, but otherwise I kept my mouth shut. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head was tilted forward, and warm liquid filled his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I sat in a corner for the rest of the night, drinking cup after cup of pop to get the salty, metallic taste of his blood out of my mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wanted to taste all the food: the pigeon pies, the honey tarts, that suckling pig with the apple in its mouth, and the jugged hare. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The big stableboy never understood what was happening, and Bran could taste the fear at the back of his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He suddenly felt the urge to kiss her—hard—upon the mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mom spooned one more portion into my mouth. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was shaking and saliva dripped out of his mouth as the smell of smoked meat, dried fish, and various stews wafted out from the cooking huts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He clamped a large blue pocket handkerchief over his nose and mouth and hurried back to his high stool. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at her puzzled, his mouth full. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Elinor was about to snap back an answer, but Mo had quickly put a hand over her mouth to keep her quiet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We opened our mouths so that Baba could look. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So she asked what she should use for new heads, since the old ones were lost, and all the geese opened their hundred mouths and screamed...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen is an image of me, knocked out, mouth open, drool running. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And I put my finger in my mouth. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Mom and Connor come join us at our table, where I am now nibbling along the edge of my Danish, while Jack shovels scrambled eggs into his mouth like his life depends on it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But even as she said it, she found herself singing, the words stumbling out as if her mouth remembered what her mind did not, as if her mouth belonged to Chaya, her head to Hannah. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was slick with the moisture of tears and mucus, and once in a while she opened her mouth and extended her pepper-burned tongue to pant like a dog. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Keav wraps the end of my scarf tightly over my nose and mouth to keep the dust out, and she tells me not to look over the side of the truck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at the island and eat my cereal, and it’s like I can’t even get myself to bring the spoon to my mouth because what’s the point? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

While I opened the bottles and sniffed them, she’d try to run her long metal comb through my hair, cursing out of the corner of her mouth because it was so tangled. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth instantly got dry, and my heart started pounding hard enough to bust. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The horse was lathered and bleeding from the mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hand over my brother’s mouth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

High John raised an eyebrow at the statue with the gummy gag still over her mouth, and Gum Baby and I looked at each other. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Come in,” Sonny calls with a mouth full of chips. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even though she knew which potions were which, Anya still labeled each of them with a different colored bit of yarn tied around the mouth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She watches me for a moment, her mouth opening and closing, like she isn’t sure if she should continue speaking or if she should wait for me to say something now. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He put his two index fingers over his mouth for a second before continuing. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When he opened his mouth to curse them all, black water filled his lungs, and the dark closed in around him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He saw the other boys tense and Jorge’s mouth quiver on the edge of a smile. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He longed to make Harrison lie down on his belly and flog, flog, flog him until the man learned to keep his mouth shut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The words were no sooner out of his mouth than the doors of the Great Hall opened and silence fell. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gray plumes of smoke come out his nose and mouth at the same time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“They couldn’t hurt a flea, them snakes. I taped their mouths shut.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wincing, he wiped at his mouth with his left hand, then stared at the glistening red on his knuckles. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The wind-blown dust—“frightful dust,” he said, “regular sandstorms of the desert”—continued and stung his eyes and propelled grit into his inflamed mouth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to correct him, but I just stared at his mouth, wondering what he would say next. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Neither of us smiled mockingly, or mouthed small insulting nothings to the other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Brokk walked away, leaving Loki with his mouth sewn up tight, unable to complain. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He has a cigarette in his mouth and a clipboard in his hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his throat, his mouth still working furiously, his eyes bulging. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her body jiggled, and when I looked up, tears streamed down her cheeks, but her mouth was curled into a smile that she was trying hard to conceal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Unlike the twins, who were having fun exploring the criminal side of language, Juanita had recently discovered the pocket-sized dictionary, and big words flew out of her mouth every day. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her mouth watered instantly; it had been so long since she had tasted something sweet that she wanted to upend the entire jar into her mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And he thinks about Henry’s guardedness, the way he carries himself with a careful separation from the world around him, the tension at the corner of his mouth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His mouth certainly looked a good deal compressed, and the lower part of his face unusually stern and square, as the laughing girl gave him this information. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At this point the actor playing the head of the wolf peeked out through the mouth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If he yelled at her to get the heck off him, she’d stick her index, finger in the corner of her mouth and holler. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She chewed and she thought, and it all came together with the taste of her lost friend’s favorite dinner in her mouth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was trying to clear his mouth, but he had no saliva. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth, but no words would come out. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was being obstinate, I had to force the pills down her throat and hold her mouth closed until she swallowed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the way her kids were looking at me with their mouths half opened and said, “Now you two aren’t talking Bud’s ear off, are you?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The big, cool baby finally shut his mouth and ran into the house. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the sage could die of fright, Vishnu awoke and took him back into his mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he opens his mouth, he smells sour. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bitter’s hand flew to her mouth when she saw Jam being held by the creature, and Aloe’s skin went gray. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Amari opened her mouth to retort but grabbed her stomach in pain instead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids would scoop the molasses into their mouths with their fingers, or turn sticks into molasses lollipops. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I stuffed more kebab into my mouth, some yogurt mixed with rice, and a pickled cauliflower, and used the basil to shove it all in with my fingers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Yet when he opened his mouth, the words would not come. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Once she stopped and turned to face me, her hand tugging absently at her scarf, then moving lower to cover her mouth, and finally dropping to her side again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I love to fill my mouth with the sweetness of freedom. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And this was mainly because the lie was in his head, and any truth coming from his mouth carried the color of the lie. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grace smiled and took her spoon out of her mouth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I see. That’s smart. Rootwork is usually passed along by word of mouth, so writing it down while you learn is a good idea. You’ll have it to study on later.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If I was a real superhero, I’d have a pocket-sized magic vacuum that would suck up Angel’s words whenever she opens her mouth. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

His remaining eye is wide open, his tongue lolling outta his mouth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Jack had to go to the bathroom,” I answered, my mouth full. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The milk of the poppy had left a thick white fllm around her father's mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the top right corner I draw his mouth with his lips curled up to show he’s happy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, while Theresa was taking his history, a glittery-eyed patient grabbed her waist and put his mouth to her ear — or so she gathered later. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made her mouth like a fish and drew in her breath. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“You Miss Saunders’s pet, anyhow,” Char says, sticking gum in her mouth. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before I could remember to close my mouth, I shouted, “Ma!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Souls Night ball?” she said, her mouth going dry. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laila watched her put her thumb into its mouth, just over the lower jaw, push it in, and, in one downward stroke, remove the gills and the entrails. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Trueblood's mouth fell agape, his eyes widened and filled with moisture as he took the bill between trembling fingers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hrbik picked up his pencil and stuck the end of it into the side of his mouth, like a cigarette. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth opened up to answer him, but I couldn’t. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth and closed it several times, but kept losing her nerve. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Word of mouth, mostly. I don’t have much of a marketing budget. I’ll run the occasional ad in the Nashville Scene when I’ve had a good month.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His mouth was hard, his nostrils white and pinched. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She clapped her hands to her mouth and squealed. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure we can trust much of what came out of this guy’s mouth,” Alec said after a while. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I shoveled a whole piece into my mouth, grabbed my keys, and started walking to the restaurant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ash woke in the middle of the night from a dream of horses — tall, thundering white horses with foaming mouths and slender, wraithlike riders. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mouth yawned in the cliff, and it was that Davos steered for, as he had sixteen years before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was enough to put a lump in my throat, to suggest why Grover was dutifully minding his cards, chewing his soda can, and keeping his mouth shut. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ayesha nods and looks down, then shovels a little bit of rice onto her fork and raises it to her mouth. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He saw Esperanza in the front row, her mouth slightly agape, her body on the edge of her seat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just then, as I am looking at the stars, Valerian shoves something soft against my mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her mouth is open wide enough for a bird to build a nest in. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I know what she’s saying even though I’m not wearing my hearing aids and she doesn’t move her mouth. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Slowly he drew the pipe out of his mouth and blew a puff of smoke into the air. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted funny, but I thought it was just a bad taste in my mouth. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The way Jupiter Charity-Sanchez is now staring at the poster on her closet door—flushed cheeks, moist eyes, closed mouth—makes me want to absquatulate into a crevasse somewhere and perish. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He rips a piece off my shirt and ties it on my mouth so I can't be shouting, he says, and wake up the neighborhood. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Morrie’s mouth was open, and his skin was pale and tight against his cheekbones. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then her mom leaned in close, her mouth touching Eleanor's ear. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I peek behind it, and my mouth drops open in pure delight. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Portuguese dammed up the Zambezi, it pushed water back up the mouth of the Musengezi, widened it, and made it a dangerous place to sail. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps,” he answered, and the smile lingered at the corners of his mouth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Spit flew from his mouth as he spoke. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend saying all of this out loud didn’t coat my mouth in the bitter taste of disappointment. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Only when he chanced to move past the food which had been prepared did he, as a game, take a bit into his mouth, hold it there for hours, and generally spit it out again. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mouth opened in the mouthless face, strands of pale stuff sticking to the lips, and a voice that no longer even faintly resembled her father’s whispered, “Coraline.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She smiled, her mouth like a piano with only one black key, one front tooth missing. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

This time she plucked the shrimp off the cracker, ate it separately, and then popped the cracker into her mouth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I would have spared myself the trouble—after all, it was for Richard Parker and he would have dis­patched it with expert ease—but for the hook that was embedded in its mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who was the man who couldn’t get water to his mouth in a sieve—Tantalus? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake took it and filled his mouth then gagged horribly, disgorged that which was in his mouth and threw the glass upon the floor. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes words seemed to come out of his mouth on their own. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“One person can’t make enough to feed four mouths even on a good day,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Snot runs down from his nose into his mouth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

To test a theory, I held my hand in front of his mouth. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He did not know his own face well enough to recognize her mouth and little teeth and wide cheekbones as his own. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Shut your mouths, or I'll be shutting them for you. Any more o' this, I'll tie you lot behind the wagons and drag you to the Wall." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My hand jerked back and I put it in my mouth and Dilsey caught me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few had genuine problems with their mouths or their ears, but the rest of us, we were sent there by the grace of either too much institutional frustration or goodwill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tried to hide it by putting their hands over their mouths, but their laughter escaped through their fingers and fell tinkling onto the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At this point Joe greatly augmented my curiosity by taking the utmost pains to open his mouth very wide, and to put it into the form of a word that looked to me like “sulks.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“This wouldn’t happen if you didn’t mouth off so much.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was dry, but she took one shaky step forward. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The more he talked, the thicker they got until the corners of his mouth looked as though they was being helt together by thick, sticky, brown spiderwebs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to ask her what really happened with Amber, but a chime sounds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She takes a vial from her pocket and dumps the contents into her mouth— painkillers for the bullet wound in her leg, I assume. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One lay by himself against the barred door, the cold one, with a mouth full of clotted blood. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tilted her head back and opened her mouth, drinking in the cold drops until her belly was full. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dry-heave a few times, then wipe my nose and my mouth and look at the horizon. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Fair enough,” Percy said, though he had a bitter taste in his mouth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The mouth was a tortured smile, a leer. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She wrapped the wounds on his back and stomach while Annabeth pushed tiny bites of ambrosia into his mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At last, obediently, like the mouth of a ventriloquist's dummy, my own mouth started to quirk up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth again, to demand more answers, but before I could say anything else, the doorbell rang. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Newt!” he screamed, cupping his hands around his mouth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

I think his mouth is moving, but I can’t tell what he’s saying, if anything. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It came out of my mouth too quickly, a reflex reaction to the guilt flooding my stomach. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Spit came from die corners of his mouth and his legs contracted up, up into die seat, and his eyes rolled back in his head until there was only white. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hung there, suspended over nothing, the grip of his fingers the only thing between her and the dark mouth of the ice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He frowned, grinned, wiped his mouth with the good hand, the right arm folded across his chest, a bloody rag tucked in his armpit. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You keep asking that. Stop teasing. But Grandpa”—her mouth puffed out sulky—"you said I could carry a bag. You said.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Josh said, while stuffing a French fry in his mouth. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as the words are out of his mouth, I know it’s right. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They sat by the fire and filled their mouths with beans and chewed mightily. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each stone was a mouth, speaking for a family, for some man who had beautified his doorstep. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spit flies out of the Director’s mouth as he speaks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My mouth waters at the sight of all the future meals and snacks. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His fingers sink into the flesh of my neck, and I remember how it felt to have fruit jammed into my mouth, soft flesh parting against my teeth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If you did not know it was a wolf, you might have thought it a small mountain, with a river flowing from a cave mouth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She clamped her mouth shut, shaking her head in violent protestation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Kavi puts all three dragons in her palm and lifts them to her mouth to give each one a kiss. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She had her hand on her mouth and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

His tongue hung from his mouth, but only on occasion, and he was not panting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He broke the bread, giving half to the boy and thrusting the rest into his own mouth. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then he started clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say again, ignoring Tats’s mouth hanging open. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I want to tell him about Isabella’s mom not allowing her to have a boyfriend or something, but my mouth won’t let me say it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Only now the words coming out of her mouth are news to me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I did the best I could, thankful for a bed to sleep on and food to put in my mouth. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Barry struggled to keep his face above the waves, to keep water from rushing into his nose and mouth. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Charles, his mouth full of ice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The girl opened her mouth to speak and then stopped. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I just kept picking up one fry after another and tossing them into my mouth, chewing slowly but not too slowly and staring down at the shiny wooden tabletop. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My hand is over my mouth, and I stare straight ahead. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I keep looking at those posters of the people who got killed and looking at my daddy, and my mouth goes so dry, it’s like trying to suck dirt. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I remember staring at her while these words came out of her mouth, and thinking, Your skin is light brown. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But when I open my mouth, all that comes out is “What happens when they’re seventy?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Which—he remembers, and laughs into Henry’s mouth—he doesn’t. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It feels like my mouth is being accosted. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even though I just got yelled at, I feel a smile tugging at the corners of my mouth. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She looked up as her father and I came in and her mouth moved a little, loosely, as if she had no control over her lips. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth fell open and my eyes grew wide to see so many unfamiliar sights at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Instead of dispersing, they coalesced into him, clustering in the folds of his ragged cloak, disappearing into his mouth, and flying around his head like a screaming halo. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And now, at Grant Park, there’s a wide green lawn, with a cool fountain of sea creatures shooting water from their mouths. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Father Mike, you have a mouth of gold.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Finally she opened her mouth to speak—and the heavy hand of Michelangelo di Bologna fell on her shoulder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth and a poem came out. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

That our mouths water in the hot sun as we hand him our quarters then wait patiently as he pours the syrup over the ice, hands it to us in paper cones. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I think my mouth may actually be open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I felt relief, as if the words had come from my own mouth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“She is an old chatterbox and should have her mouth stitched.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens and closes his mouth two times before saying, "Yes, all right." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They were so ahead in their visions and dreams that they left you behind, with your mouth open, trying to piece it all together. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The police went first and adhesive-taped the victim's mouth and bandaged him off into their glittering beetle cars, so when you arrived you found an empty house. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfazed, Liam pressed his mouth into a tight line, raised his hand, and literally pulled the ground out from under his friend’s feet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He could see the white foam gathered at her mouth, the dark sweat on her flanks, the raw terror in her eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was white in the flesh of his mouth and his cheeks and his hair was white and his eyes had faded, with white in the vague blueness there. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you say anything, they kill you. Better to keep your mouth shut,” says Antonio, a local elderly man, who is afraid to give his last name. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Genie gaped, his mouth falling open as Ernie came back to scoop up more dog crud. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mama’s mouth opened and closed without a sound. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With a groan of frustration, I bring my free arm back by my face and slam my elbow into his mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But I saw my mother’s face, the smile the boy with the broken mouth had given me, like he had recognized something of himself in me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Pong took the skewer out of his mouth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“A hamartia?” he asked, the cigarette still in his mouth. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I share it with him, his mouth drops open, and for once he’s too stunned to speak. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The mouth of the canal where Ida was waiting for them seemed very far away. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged and popped one in her mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, and my nose crinkles when I smell her breath. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Her words were cultured, exquisite in her mouth, clipped and close and precise. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The mouth of the cave was too wide and high to fill with rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both look at me questioningly, and I cover my mouth when I realize what I said. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She rolls her tongue around in her mouth. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is really terrible,” he murmured to me, out of the side of his mouth. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Milkman cupped his mouth with one hand and waved the other over his head. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinx took a bite and muttered with his mouth full, “Yeah, he watches every move I make, hoping I’ll do something he can arrest me for.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the third rotation, I take her by the shoulders and press my mouth to hers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Chelsea opens her mouth, I think to say goodbye, but instead an avalanche of tears falls. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The way I remember it, we were just goofing together, and all of a sudden, he whacks me in the mouth for no reason! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They’d slurp all the stitching thread of his mouth and nose. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her full mouth looked Spanish to him, although he couldn’t say why. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After five attempts, he’s momentarily startled, tasting his own blood from his nose and mouth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She put the plant in her mouth, sucked on it, and grinned. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Fred breathed out through his mouth and looked me in the eye. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Choking for breath, I pressed my shirt over my mouth and nose and eased away from the second glow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I slid my tongue into her mouth, shocked by the feel of her seashell teeth and then by the wetness of her tongue as it touched mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

After she leaves, I cover my hand over my mouth, stifling a scream. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope near the mouth bound the shark like a rubber band around a fat wrist, separating the head from the rest of the body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She leans over to pull a burrito out of the bag, rips off the foil, and shoves it into her mouth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lombard pursed up his mouth into a whistle. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I pull his mouth open with one hand, and press my lips against his. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were trying to take the bread out of my mouth, and I agreed with them too much to want to fight back. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My words were blurry and muffled from the blood in my mouth and my split, swollen lips. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of my sisters and I ran for the mouth of the nagual’s cavernous dwelling. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I tangled my fingers in his hair and raised my mouth to meet his. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The boys, their mouths gaping, watched her turn the corner faster than any Fry Flamingos basketball player. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He kisses me between the eyebrows, and on the tip of my nose, and then carefully fits his mouth to mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He appeared to be half-alert at best— his eyelids drooped, his mouth hung open. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Words won’t fetch him back. Cletus and Will are dead too. So shut your bloody mouth before I stick my fist in it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wielded the word like a knife; it came out of his mouth sharp with loathing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pressed both hands against my mouth and squeezed my eyes shut. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Their mouths were pulled wide open like they were fixing to scream, but didn’t no sounds come from ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“But you can make a brilliant Patronus!” protested Ron, when Harry arrived back at the tent empty-handed, out of breath, and mouthing the single word, dementors. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He regretted those words as soon as they escaped his mouth, but the police officer just said, “Sure, hop in.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was immensely pale, she noticed as he opened his mouth to say something, but Celaena continued down the hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Salva could not reply; he was too busy stuffing another chunk of the delicious charred meat into his mouth. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was just that kind of person: annoying, exasperating—you wanted to pop him in the mouth. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dismay went with me, his black tail swishing and his tongue hanging out of his slobbery mouth: I’m just so glad to be here! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I drop my toast, and my mouth drifts open. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

An old gray-haired woman, walking with a child, held a handkerchief to her mouth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The skin around Daddy’s mouth tightens, and he looks at me with bloodshot eyes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Its mouth opened in a horrible O when it saw the children, and it screamed louder than Matt thought possible. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bitter tang in the air of Mordor that dried the mouth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He watched his daughter’s daemon rise and dominate her: her eyebrows, like his, were lifted, the heavy-lidded eyes beneath them grew round, and one corner of her mouth was raised dangerously. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A twitch at the corner of her mouth—almost a smile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I think she gave me cholera,” Liyana mumbled, after falling asleep with a thermometer in her mouth. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Scrunched together, pressing our ears to the door, wall, or air, we used hand signals and mouthed words instead of whispered. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the car stopped, my nose and mouth were flooded with the rancid smell of death. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He vanishes beneath the edge of the table, his eyes perplexed, his mouth still open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s stopped,” I try to say, but only an awful croaking sound comes from my swollen mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before we run out of battery, says his mouth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her mouth speaks words I do not understand. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens his mouth and gasps into the bag, and the vomiting goes on endlessly. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Open your mouth,” she said, and examined teeth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie opened her mouth, but no breath would come up from her lungs. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I got quiet because the things I couldn’t say were coming out of my mouth anyhow. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grandmother had taught Doreen to cook when she was young, telling her only daughter that men didn’t care about school, only a woman who could cook, clean, and keep her mouth shut. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the streets, they talk openly to one another and laugh without covering their mouths. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Easier, anyway, now that my mouth is used to saying the words. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Viola squinted at me and opened her mouth to speak, then shut it again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to say something but can’t find the words. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Santa wears dark shades that hide his eyes, has two gold fangs in his mouth, and rocks a couple of gold chains. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I looked up at her, mouth still open, unable to speak. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was moving, but no sound came out. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

At one point in class, she’s so bored that she takes it out of her mouth and starts playing with it between her fingers. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

With a sigh of relief he pushed me toward Tanu, who stood staring at us with wide eyes and an open mouth. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She leans forward, spittle flying from her mouth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She pauses and the corners of her mouth turn down. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth, inhaling deeply—it’s like manna from heaven. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He whipped the water with his fists, then jumped straight up as though he too could take off, and landed on his back and sank down, his mouth and eyes full of water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put it in my mouth slowly, still looking down, chewing while I thought. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was hardly time to talk over the first letter from Enscombe before “Mr. Elton and his bride” was in every body’s mouth, and Frank Churchill was forgotten. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Holding the beaker in Lyra’s mouth, she tilted it to let a drop moisten the girl’s lips. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The path was soft with pine needles, and squirrels hurried up and down the trees with acorns in their mouths. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He'd thrust the torch into the mouth of one of the larger skulls and made the shadows leap and dance on the wall behind him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I woke, my head felt as though it had been stuffed full of cotton, and my mouth tasted of rancid honey. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The lady stops in her tracks and puts a hand over her mouth for a second. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Spittle formed at the corners of his mouth; he seemed to boil with hatred. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the narrow valley, now almost on a level with his eyes, the walls of the evil city stood, and its cavernous gate, shaped like an open mouth with gleaming teeth, was gaping wide. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ekon’s mind went frighteningly blank for a few seconds before the memorized words tumbled from his mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Luke opened his mouth to object, but Annie shook her head. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The ground turns into grass beneath my feet, and hands clamp around my arms, over my mouth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The pill swells on the inside of my mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Graceful and economical in every movement, he held a place of envy with men of all ages for his magnificently foul mouth. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The psychologist looked at Lillian’s paper, and her mouth dropped open. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make up my mind about women with big mouths running for president or about Miss Marva Hendrix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His hot tongue parted my lips, and all I could think about was how he felt inside my mouth, the weight of his hands upon my back, the crisp scent of his cologne. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He even went so far as to open his mouth and take a deep breath before he banged his head back into the screen with a quiet sound of frustration. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Augustus Waters smiled with a corner of his mouth. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

No sooner had the words left my mouth than his fingers cinched tight, severing my breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’ll look at his mouth if I have to look somewhere. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then I peered at Dovie Mansfield popping a shrimp on a cracker into her mouth and chewing slowly while Nancy Wilson played in the background on the stereo. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She put it in her mouth and bit into a piece of walnut shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Michael tries to play it cool, whipping off his name fast, but Aimee’s tongue curls around the corner of her mouth as she writes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head, and I see the lines of exhaustion crowded around his mouth and eyes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You can’t say no,” said Mr. Jacobs, but even as he spoke, Moss could hear that he didn’t believe the words coming out of his mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I swallowed again against the dryness in my mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Green bile poured from his mouth, and finally he vomited a huge ball of hair. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gitl’s mouth was set in a firm line, and she shook her finger at her brother. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she spoke, a face—if you could call it that—lowered itself to the doorway, and I shivered at the twisted mouth of splintered wooden planks and knotted chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

With her uplifted left foot she was shoving the next foster mother square in the mouth. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Someone shoved something in my mouth—rubber and hard. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It’s out of my mouth before I can stop it, and part of me feels asinine for asking, because it really shouldn’t matter: we’re in his house. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He yanked the apple from the fish’s mouth and tossed it to Shady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was open and her eyes were bugging. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the search continued, Ess’s eyes seemed to grow in her face, and her mouth tightened into a thin horizontal line. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Lancelot’s twisted mouth grinned at the word she had chosen to use. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how God must feel to go into Horse’s stinking mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she had captured all the children, Leopard tied up their mouths and wrapped them in leaves. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The vice minister’s wife takes a forkful of liver and chews and swallows and touches her napkin to each corner of her mouth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The shape of my face looked for all the world like Mother’s, her nose, her mouth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t see her too well, but I can make out a large bird in her mouth. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of wiping his mouth, though, he dropped it to the table and grabbed her hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

June is watching the whole performance with her hands clapped to her face, her mouth hanging open, and she leans over to Nora and drunkenly yells, “Oh, no...he’s...so...hot...” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I have heard of men hiding small ingots in their mouths.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The boy’s mouth hovered over her leg the whole time, sucking and spitting. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I can do no more,” she said, dabbing at her mouth. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he comes back, I drink every kiss down to its end and still my mouth aches like a dry cave. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They blackened the tablecloths and absolutely flew into one’s mouth at dinner. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He only ever smiled with half his mouth. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Making a wry mouth, she removed her kerchief and drew out the other two pins. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she tossed her head back and poured the parem into her mouth, downing it in a single hard swallow. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tiara was sprawled beside it, her mouth and hands stained with red juice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Lee’s mouth was full and benevolent and the flash of gold when he smiled was rich and warm. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, to put it another way, at present you can only use your mouths for eating. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth dropped open as I finished reading. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It comes out thick, as if his throat is bruised, his tongue huge in his mouth, but I hear it anyway. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She studied me with yellow eyes and an open mouth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t nobody know you, Grandpa,” said I, pitching a hunk of cheese in the air so it dropped into my mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He barked an order at me one day, something like, “Pick up those soap bars,” and I looked in his mouth and saw a brand-new set of white chompers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she opened her mouth to say something, he dumped the clothes onto the bedspread and ran out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You ever figure out what ‘the jogger’s mouth was?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Girls at school learn to look out for my mean mouth and avoid it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look across the table, smiling at Stella, and mouth a “thank you.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Front or back?” said the lady in the booth popping a piece of chewing gum into her mouth. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I become aware of the dryness in my throat and mouth, the cracks in my lips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mom had lost so much skin you could see her teeth even when her mouth was closed. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bite back a smile, fighting with the corners of my mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I pressed the bottle against his mouth, poured some milk on my fingers and tried to dribble it in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she knows that I’ve killed people, or maybe she just doesn’t want to get into trouble, but she’s losing her nerve; I can tell by the uncertain set of her mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s mouth watered for the meatball pizza she’d never eat again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They wear lipstick, red, outlining the damp cavities of their mouths, like scrawls on a washroom wall, of the time before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wipes his mouth and mutters one word: “Idiotic.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Scanning the field to check for guards, I shove the seeds in my mouth as fast as I can. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron seized Wormtail’s wand arm and forced it upward; Harry slapped a hand to his mouth, muffling his voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The black brother peeled a fresh sourleaf from the bale in the wagon and stuffed it into his mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Put your hand out of your mouth, and see what you can feel.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even as the words came out of my mouth, I knew it would be a bad idea. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even when their bellies seemed about to burst, their mouths craved more and they drank on. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Part of him wanted to stuff a sock in his mouth, and part of him wanted to deck his sister. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Ku-Ang shouted, and he put the stone in his mouth and swallowed it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were covered in mud till all that could be seen were their eyes and mouths. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She studied her sleeping grandfather’s withered face, his gaping toothless mouth and flaring nostrils bathed in the warm glow of the reading lamp. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“He’s built, he keeps his mouth shut, and unlike you”—she popped a grape in her mouth—“he does dishes.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth, but it was dry and no words came out. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

To me, hummus in my mouth didn’t taste too healthy at all. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She carefully removed the hard lump of sweetness from her mouth, stuck it back in its leaf just inside the pocket of her dress. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

That’s just what he is: whiskers here and here and a catfish mouth. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

‘I have now kissed your mouth, Jochanaan!’ she screams, and Strauss unleashes a musical earthquake that could be construed as representing sexual consummation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The Second was watching him, her mouth pulling slightly upward at the corners. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A dismal demon who was mostly mouth, he was ready at a moment’s notice to offer misinformation on any subject. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lies are flying out her mouth right and left. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It does too. Your tongue sticks out of your mouth when you draw. That’s why you drool.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was ramrod tall, and gaunt, with thinning white hair, bushy black eyebrows, and a mouth that looked as though it had never smiled. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then she opened her mouth full of cabbage and beef to show teeth and mimicked Miss Trotter’s strong and high-pitched voice: “Go on, young’ns. Run your finger ’longside the uppers and lowers.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to speak, to reassure her, I imagine, for he loved Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five girls in headsets looked around from their switch-boards, pointed to their chests, and mouthed silently, Me? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I was clutching my mouth with one hand and my eyes with another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no use in speaking small mouthed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It could be kept in the mouth. Once bitten through it would ensure death within three seconds.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lift his head and place the cup to his mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, but no words come out. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She stopped only to look at Lyddie and say through her full mouth, “Eat, Lyddie. You got to eat and grow strong.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t warm anymore, the bread, but my heart beat faster and my mouth watered at the thought of eating it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s eyes bulged; his mouth gaped as wide as his face; his teeth showed; the muscles of his neck were like ropes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With those soft, flabby mouths of theirs they’ll crush your body to a bloody pulp. On land they can outrun you.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t move; he just stays there with his mouth pressed to my skin, and I stay there with my hands on his waist, for a long time. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Why, Biddy, I’m not sure. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of”—a little laugh jump out Lizabeth’s mouth—“duck rabies.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I took it from him with my foot and popped it into my mouth. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Harry sat stunned for a moment at the idea of someone having their soul sucked out through their mouth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When other students asked where I was from, I said, “I’m from Idaho,” a phrase that, as many times as I’ve had to repeat it over the years, has never felt comfortable in my mouth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You just gave Shamika that look. The one you give me when I’m runnin’ my mouth and you want me to stop.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Effie Belle’s words flew from mouth to mouth in every churchyard in Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He puffs on a cigar and blows smoke from the corner of his mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Father Damian spooned some powdered milk into his mouth and then placed a bag of sugar and milk next to him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She collapsed on the porch steps, crying with her hands clasped over her mouth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His teeth were all sharp and so long they barely fit into his mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She turns the word over in her mouth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Three black snakes with fangs spurted out of my open mouth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were both giggling with their hands over their mouths. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped following us, and we made our way to the outdoor kitchen near the mouth of the cave. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She punches, and Christina moves her head out of the way, but Molly just punches again, and again, until her fist hits Christina’s jaw, her nose, her mouth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A small smile tugged at the comer of Ekon’s mouth, and he went back to looking more like himself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even the insides of their mouths were freezing. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You know,” Annabeth said, “Leo doesn’t intend to be mean. He’s just got a big mouth. When people make him nervous, he uses humor as a defense.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A stream of flame jutted from the rest of the fire and toward his mouth, but he blew it back in before it went anywhere. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The giant paused his efforts to scoop the shadow children into his mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His mouth curved into an amused smile, but his eyes remained fixed upon them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"The same," the woman replies, walking over to kiss the queen on the mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The mysterious newcomer sputtered dirt out of his mouth as he shook his head back and forth, and dirt puffed out of his dark hair like a cloud. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her smile widened her mouth beyond her cheeks beyond her ears and seemingly through the walls to the street outside. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he puts his hand over my mouth. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

My breath comes fast and my mouth is dry. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young man 'with an old man's mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stares straight ahead with her mouth in a line, and she doesn’t say a word. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She reached into the drawer, pushed some things around, then covered her mouth again. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He turned my head and kissed me on the mouth. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, I had a packet in my pocket,’ answered Merry, ‘but it must be battered to crumbs. Anyway I can’t put my mouth in my pocket!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I put my mouth right next to Matthew’s ear and mutter, “Go for help. Now.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I feel his eyes drift from my hair to my eyes to my mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“The sticky stuff on my arms,” she said impatiently, and then she held a rounded stump up to her mouth, bit off a cooked chunk, and spit it into the trash. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

You just tell a few people, word of mouth travels, and a crowd appears. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ron had a piece of steak and kidney pie halfway to his mouth, but he’d forgotten all about it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Auri froze with a bean halfway to her mouth, then relaxed and bobbed her head once, sending her fine hair swirling around her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He traced them with one paw And then he put his paw to his mouth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It makes a burst of laughter shoot from my mouth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He picked one of the little straws from his hatband and put it in the corner of his mouth. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought her mouth close to his ear. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They were both superb creatures with pulpy, bright, pointed tongues and mouths like round warm plums, a little sweet and sticky, a little rotten. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Seeing the pine trees started him thinking about her mouth; how she loved, as a girl, to chew pine needles and as a result smelled even then like a forest. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we sit down, Ford and I start shoveling food into our mouths. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Uncle said to Vonetta, “I’m your uncle, not your equal. Don’t you ever mouth off to me. Do you hear me, girl?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He clears his throat, and it’s harsh, like he’s got something stuck in his pipes, and some spit flies out of his mouth. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the words were out of my mouth I knew it was the wrong thing to say. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Also,” she went on, still chewing with her mouth open, “feet.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Yet his win leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“In some ways,” she says, “this country is like Haiti. They talk out of two sides of their mouth. You can never know what these people are going to do.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That didn’t make sense—Hanako would simply breathe out of her mouth. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ivy peered at the picture, and her mouth fell open. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now let’s brush the taste out of your mouth and go... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie listened with her heart in her mouth, holding her headset to one ear and the telephone to the other, waiting for the girl at the RDF screen to pass her new information. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He spat and shrugged his shoulder across his lips, wiping his mouth, then he continued his progress across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As we approached a street vendor whose spicy food was making my mouth water, a passerby in a faded sari wrinkled her nose and pulled her sari across her face. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She is rich in pauses, which she savors in her mouth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a single one of his gray dreadlocks is out of place, and his mouth is pulled into a stern wrinkly frown. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The lie came out of her mouth before she could change her mind about saying it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had been in jail so long that talking out of the side of his mouth just came naturally. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But his fingers were stiff and slippery; his heart was in his mouth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The grape popped outta Jimmy’s mouth and rolled out into the crowd. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then she put her mouth to a small hole near one end of the shuttle and sucked out the end of the weft thread. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The child is entranced, doesn’t squirm or turn away, opens his mouth obediently for each and every course. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him press his fist against his mouth, heard him try to clear his throat, but he couldn’t get another word out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was something in the shape of her eyes, the way they squinted at me in disbelief, or maybe it was the hard line of her mouth, which was clamped shut, determined. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"It's castle- forged steel, you stupid," she snapped, turning in the saddle to glare at them, "and you better shut your mouth." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Words could be like food—they felt like something in your mouth. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her pop-eyed face was purple, and her monstrously swollen tongue was hanging from her mouth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see wrinkles in her forehead and around her mouth when she frowns. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was only in his fifties, but pain lines creased the sides of his mouth, and the flesh of his neck hung baggy. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Dad, I was just wondering,” I begin, my mouth full of chicken. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he came to the eggs, he picked one up, tilted his head back, and broke it raw into his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Radio: it ties a million ears to a single mouth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was like two invisible puppeteers, standing stage left and stage right, were yanking on strings to lift up the corners of her mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She brought it to her mouth and bit into it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He leaned across the counter, pecked her on the mouth, and strode out. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

His gaze dropped to her mouth again—why couldn't he stop looking at it? Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The words lingered at the edge of her tongue, made her mouth feel heavy. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Harry walked out of the enclosure, still panting, and saw Madam Pomfrey standing at the mouth of a second tent, looking worried. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A truthful answer, but one I knew to be foolish, even as it exited my mouth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“This is good,” he said with his mouth full. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Get away from me,” he gasped, wiping his gloved hand over his mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’d wrapped his scarf around his mouth, and between that and the wind howling down Central Park West, it was impossible to understand what he was saying. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It wanted legs to walk and hands to touch and a mouth that could sing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The child looked perfectly normal: a sleeping baby boy, fine new hair in a black cap over his head, a small nose, a bow of a mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The inside of my mouth hurts, as though I’ve bitten my cheek, there’s a metallic tang of blood on my tongue. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's what he said. And when I told him the floor didn't need buffing, he explained that he had mouths to feed, and who was going to take care of his family?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I can’t hide my mouth with a strategic haircut—unless I want to become a bearded lady. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When my smallest finger caresses the narrow cleft beneath his nose, sometimes his tongue slips out of his mouth and he licks my fingernail. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She turned her face away, chewing the inside of her cheek so hard, her mouth filled with blood. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I spooned the warm soup into my mouth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her chest was tight with remorse; her mouth was full of a chalky, bitter regret. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He curled up in his usual position then, thumb in his mouth, crying softly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was like a seam in his face. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Seven jumped in front of her right as the cuco stretched its long snout out, opened its mouth, and CHOMPED. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And suddenly it was as if His tongue spoke in my mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck her thumb back in her mouth and closed her eyes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shut that foul mouth of yours and get into the back yard,” he snapped. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back and forth a few times, from his eyes to her mouth, until it clicked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I raised the comers of my mouth, the way Hoagland taught me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The physician's mouth was moving and she could hear what he was saying, but it didn't mean anything because this wasn't happening to her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He looked down at her, and carefully he removed his hand from over her mouth, and she lay still. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth hung open, and I almost dropped my borrowed pole in the water. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Now go down to the nurse and clean your face and mouth. And bring me back the key.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy stood up from his chair and took his pipe out of his mouth and said, “Hello! Come in, come in.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I draw a sweeping abstract something that’s a cross between an amoeba and a manta ray with eyes and mouths in unexpected places. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know where Sandy is,” I say, the words coming from my mouth like they belong to someone else, “and even if I did, I definitely wouldn’t tell you.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It was near the spring and from it I could see the mouth of the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just this talk of food that made Constance’s mouth water—and the other children’s, too, for that matter—but the smell of food as well. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She asked me if I wanted some ice chips, and I nodded, and then she sat at the bed with me and spooned them into my mouth. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I clap my hands over my mouth, but the sound has already escaped. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She sighed and mouthed a “sorry” at the guys. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk!” he whispered quickly as he put a hand to the boy’s mouth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turns to me with a smirk, but the corners of his mouth droop when he sees the look on my face. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She is middle-aged, with eyes that droop at the edges and a mouth held in a pucker. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

With their hair flying and their mouths open, screaming at each other, I realized that none of the sisters had any teeth except for Wasp, who had one mossy yellow incisor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Neville smiled, his narrow cheeks seemed to fold into themselves to make room for that great wide mouth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Craig immediately threw his hands up as if to block the words that had just come out of my mouth. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With watering mouths, we watched Lissa and her father eat their dinner. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Meggie saw the viper's tiny poison fangs when it opened its mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The first swallow of wine burned my mouth like fire where it was cut. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Chloe stopped and covered her mouth with her hand for a second. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The figs were fine, the olives even finer, but the wine left a tart metallic aftertaste in her mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pet unfolded itself and drooled dark smoke out of its mouth. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I want to wrap my arms around him and press my mouth to his, but my body hesitates. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The woman’s mouth come open and she said, “Oh!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They fought through that town, took it, burned it; leaving their ships under guard at the mouth of the River Ar they went up the Vale wrecking and looting, slaughtering cattle and men. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because all her feelings for him—hot and beautiful in her heart—turned to gobbledygook in her mouth. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Cate watched me for a moment, a hand pressed to her mouth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Four of his ribs were splintered, one had pierced his left lung, which was what made him bleed from his mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to issue the warning. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When she felt him go soft, Shae slid down under the sheets and took him in her mouth, but even that could not rouse him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am hunched there like a fat dark shadow, my eyes cut sideways toward Caroline, thumb in mouth, the pudgy hand covering most of my face. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He coughed—a long, scratchy cough—and he pushed a tissue to his mouth and spit weakly into it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex turned back to the park and cupped his hands to his mouth. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He tries to smile at me, but only the right side of his mouth goes up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was trying to say something very polite, but his mouth had gone all dry so that he could not speak. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She had no lips at all and compensated this by stenciling on a large red, greasy mouth that now popped open in delight, now shut in sudden alarm. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven adults and a little blond boy were sitting there, their mouths opened expectantly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news anchors came back on, showing off their best surprised faces—mouths open and eyes wide, like the emoji. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were blackened and caved, mouths agape, eyes boiled shut, melted and pooled together in the gutter like some hydra-headed horror. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Like the words weren't just coming out of her mouth but were also rolling down her spine. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I swallow quickly and open wide so he can pop it into my mouth. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her fingers are laced together, and she holds them over her mouth like a net that will catch words she doesn’t want me to hear. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

In this migrant dormitory, he has washed his mouth with urine, a home remedy for his still aching, broken teeth. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I hurried toward her with my mouth suddenly dry and my heart beating out of my chest. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, Fake Leo put the top of the dunce cap to his mouth like a megaphone and yelled, “CUT!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The person, a man, I could tell from the size of his hand, covered my mouth and held a knife up to my throat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Pai watched them a moment, mouth tight and eyes suspicious, but evidently he found nothing to criticize, for he turned suddenly and strode away. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

His mouth tightens and opens and spit flies everywhere. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stood motionless, one hand covering his mouth as I eased my way carefully into my shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds of chewing, he wiped his mouth with his napkin. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Since Gale is regaining consciousness, they decide on an herbal concoction he can take by mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z