I once heard someone say that everything looks like a nail to the man with a hammer in his hand. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, even, that was why Carroll got nailed, because somebody didn’t shoot enough, or maybe somebody didn’t order enough bombs dropped, or enough shells fired into some sector three months ago. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would she have to hear the price of every nail that went into those boards, and every single nail the finest that money could buy? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The teacup elephant scratches her blue-painted nails on my dress, and flashes me the chrysanthemum flower on her belly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She tapped the nail lightly with the hammer, until it punctured the metal. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Teeth formed in the grain of Christ and soft, unleavened nails scratched against the fingers of Father Pinckney. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fellow he knew rode him out in the country where he could nail them to trees and fence posts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, he felt only the bite of a nail in his boot, which pierced the ball of his foot whenever he came down on it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers squeeze the steering wheel so tightly that I’m surprised her nails don’t pop off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Each nail he drove took about ten swings using his left hand, but gradually his swings got better. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

One of them had a large wooden sign nailed to its door proclaiming, no sympathy! The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I came into the living room, Ty'ree was pulling his keys off the nail by the door and pulling on his raincoat at the same time. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

His nails scraped against my rib cage; he seized my spine as though it were a pillar, void of pain but with unbearable pressure. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The curved nails raked Holly’s helmet, scoring parallel grooves in the alloy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I knocked again, picking at my chipped nail polish as a thought leaped through my head: Monday hates The Simpsons. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw dug his nails hard into the palms of his hands. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Not today, Em,” her mom said around the nail gripped between her lips while she hammered another one into the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Others had nailed sheets of plywood or metal in place of missing windows. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I set my fingers on the keyboard, looking at the way they rest there, the nails broad and round. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hers were bare, long-fingered, rough, with nails chewed to the quick. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I told him how much I missed Jackie, who knew all the words to nearly every song on the radio and would french braid my hair and share her nail polish with me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Indeed, if Barack Obama had been elected president back then, I would have argued that his election marked the nation’s triumph over racial caste—the final nail in the coffin of Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He made walls by nailing boards along the railings, but it leaked pretty badly out there, too, so he still slept under the inflatable raff. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl might as well have punched a nail into my visual cortex. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She reached out and I felt chills on the back of my neck as her nails slid over my cotton shirt. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

All day long we unpacked boxes, filled cupboards, hammered nails and straightened up the mess, until we fell exhausted into our clean beds at night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He hurt his head and shoulders on nails sticking down from above as he crawled. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie flexed his fingers, regarding his scabbed knuckles, the slaughterhouse grime caught under his neatly trimmed nails. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That must go to New York, the shoes for Toulouse, the ham for Siam, the nails from Wales, and the tangerines for New Orleans.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Together they smuggle the wire home and loop it back and forth through nail holes in the eave outside the attic window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I bit my thumb nail, watching Frank out of the tail of my eye. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were studded with nails; perhaps the Yoruba occupier had hung up many photos. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If the nails are too long, you can’t take the person seriously, too short, she has problems. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simeon nailed down what he was going on about before they stopped to talk to Ms. Post. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She examined in turn the powder in her compact, the ridges on her nail file, the way her comb was inflexible and the threads of her handkerchief. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to get air, but the window was nailed shut against the April morning. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Offer it up and think of the sufferings of Our Lord on the cross, the crown of thorns, the nails in His poor hands and feet, the wound in His side. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“None, I suppose. Unless of course you’re hoping to nail me with the mesmer. Just how stupid do you think I am?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"Okay. A golden nail stuck in the ground." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He nails two pieces of wood at right angles, with another nail for the trigger. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her grip tightens around my hand, and her jewel-tipped nails dig into the skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Kayak won the San Carlos Handicap, nailing Specify at the wire and breaking the track record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bill Brobeck later judged its chief virtue to be that “no one objected if you drove a nail into it anywhere.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A pair of large gold-rimmed spectacles hung from a nail on the wall above his bed. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bolts, bent nails, tubing, rusting pennies, and orphaned keys were all jumbled together.Oliver rolled his eyes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Pain flared again, like nails were piercing her foot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When Miss Scatcherd told me I never cleaned my nails, I was about as quiet and innocent as a Large-Billed Puffin. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I tiptoe, barefoot, across the boards, and put a finger to the edge of the rug I’ve nailed over the window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The entrance is easy to miss, a scratched-up glass door between a newsstand and a nail salon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every week she carefully clips the nails of his ten fingers and toes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walk from the nail salon to Dell's office and I realize that I'm looking at the lawns and the trees and the flowerbeds as I make my way there. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I might have scratched one of them because I had long nails, but I sure didn’t fight back. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered if this was why he’d left me the nails. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he threw the nail down and rested one ragged sneaker on the fish. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I picked at my nails, my gut bubbling with guilt. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then he carefully joined and nailed strips of Spanish cedar to the ribs of the frame to form the hull. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

TJ hunches over, then stands up straight as a nail with each uppercut. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I brush my teeth, curl my hair, manicure my nails and dab peroxide on my upper lip to bleach the black hairs—all this in less than half an hour. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On this night, he gave himself to the child, not the gnarled carpenter who himself was nailed to the wood he once worked with until he was called to walk among the Jews. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell drove as slowly as he'd ever maneuvered a vehicle, heading across town to the nail salon with the patrol car behind him. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I clench my fists, and my nails bite into my skin. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I struck at them, holding the body as a shield, and two fell bleeding from my nails at the first little swipe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chief virtue of the old wooden shack, he judged, was that “no one objected if you drove a nail into it anywhere.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One day he brought a pumice stone out of his suit jacket pocket, and cream; he brandished a nail file, cuticle scissors, a bottle of nail polish. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was going to get her hair cut and have her nails done and then go play bridge with other ladies. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She ran her sharp wet nails very gently down his cheek. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He ran a nail down the heavy cartridge backing and stripped it away to reveal... Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I get out of the car and slam the broken door, the metal catching like robot nails on a chalkboard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I lean against one of the large spoked wheels and pass the time alternately picking slivers from beneath my nails and chewing long pieces of grass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The first was it would involve pulling nails out of a wall so they could fold back a section of the blanket that covered the window. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“In the kitchen. Wrecking my nails on this grater.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I then took off my shirt and carefully hung it on a nail in the wall and made sure my note pad did not fall out the pocket. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I reached across the table to shake their hands and, as I shook Mrs. Branwell’s, I said, “Nice nails.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jan nailed a pinewood board over the gap in the door and went off again with Miep to inform the police of the break-in. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Raymond Andrews was a short fellow with small hands, nails perfectly trimmed, wedding band on the ring finger. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This reminded Quaker Stevens that he needed nails. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of these nails gave Briony a constricting sensation around her sternum, and she knew at once that she could not ask Lola to play the prince. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Yes. And I tried to paint your nails because you liked mine, and they turned out terribly." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He sliced a sliver off one of his nails, touched the blade to the center of his palm and pressed enough to open a triangle of skin like a tent flap into himself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me to fetch him his wire cutters, a hammer, and some roofing nails. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I try to soak up the nail polish, but I make the stain bigger. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sound produced by this method was faint but unmistakable: each time the pad of her middle finger slipped across the nail of her index, there was a fleshy click. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her nails are painted emerald green and they match her leggings. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she snipped it with a pair of nail scissors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He pulled a nail from his pocket, reached up, and twisted it into the soft, crumbling wood of the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were a bit crooked, he said, but he’d used so many nails, he didn’t think it would ever fall down. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then, roaring with rage, he tried to leap to his feet, only to be wrenched back painfully by his nailed tail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Adelaide liked making bead jewelry and putting nail polish on dolls. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even though her hands were red and cracked from the sodaed water, they were beautifully shaped with lovely, curved, oval nails. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgia was getting up at ten every morning and taking piano lessons from Cotton Eye and her nails were clean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced over at Coach, who had one finger in his mouth, gnawing on a nail. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

There, just inside, was my compass, hanging on a single nail, daring me to take it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She ran her finger along the edge of my collar, so her nail touched the skin of my throat. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was just like Mamá, who didn’t believe in biting your nails, no matter what the circumstance. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The four fastest puzzle solvers nailed it: “‘Google can bring you back one hundred thousand answers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s got little nails sticking out of a rubberized pad, and the pad is connected to a long, dark piece of curved metal. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He sprung one of his nails out of the pad of his right forepaw and lifted the latch of the gate to the cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She keeps scratching at my arms, her nails digging into my skin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to ask again why the women in our family have a split nail on our left little toe. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But from the chokecherry on, the nails were square in and true as true. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hanging from his belt was a club of oak-wood, its head studded with brass nails. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My nails are a sight from all that scouring,” she said, taking a long file off the mantelpiece and smoothing a frayed thumbnail. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

You loop the wool over each nail in turn, twice around, and use a fifth nail to hook the bottom loops over the top ones. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Favoring his bad leg, he tiptoed toward the lone window in the room, which was covered by three hastily nailed boards. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My appointed plan was just to give a good scratch to the surface, come away with some spice or flavor under my nails. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust his face into hers, forcing her to breathe his rancid breath; his untrimmed nails bit into her arms. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nails were bitten so deep, there was a ring of pink skin at the top of his fingers. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I took my chance, sprinting the opposite way down the hall and bursting out a side door that had been left propped open by a can of nails. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I went and got the long, metal nail file and handed it to her, hoping she wouldn’t poke herself with it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I can see Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I still remembered the purple nail polish she’d worn when I first met her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Each time he pushed harder or dug his nails into my arm deeper as he twisted it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A mighty cheer and a laugh: a club made of knotted thornbush wood studded with sharp iron nails was swung by Thor into Balder’s face. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A mechanized surge of machinery sounded from outside, followed by the familiar rolling clicks of a Griever on the stony ground, as if someone had scattered a handful of nails. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They’re chipped now, but her nails are still painted his favorite color. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I am not sure where to put my hands, how hard to grab, how deep to sink my nails into his shoulders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her long,sharp nails pierced his robes like a tiger’s claws, making him cry out in pain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And a second Miss Drummond, shrieking, was nailed into a coffin and thrust into the raw earth under the floor. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

At his feet was his great- grandson Esteban Garcia, who was by that time almost ten, driving a nail through the eyes of a chicken. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sigh, tap my foot, stare at my nails, anything to show Darius that I’m not impressed. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then she crushed the flea or louse between her nails. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then there came a sudden, furious sound like nails on a slate as the draccus clawed madly against the base of the cliff. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were at least two framed pictures of him in the Mess Hall, one in the kitchen, several nailed outside of the Green outhouses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I glanced at him across the table, his nails chipped and black with engine oil, his knuckles scraped, the smells of the gas sta­tion—dust, sweat, and gasoline—on his clothes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked ready to reach up his nostrils with her long nails and extract his brain. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the comer the executioner blew on his nails, standing close to the brazier from which he would take the fire for his bigger blaze. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to be listed there—from hardtack to copper nails—from sextants to coffeepots. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said he cut his long nail?” she asked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Candles were stuck in bottles everywhere; newspaper articles and magazine pictures were nailed to the walls. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip into my sneakers as I approach the back kitchen door, stepping cautiously around wooden planks, hammers, nails, and one very scary-looking chain saw. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Helene digs her nails into my arm and speaks for me, knowing that I’m on the verge of earning myself a whipping. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He glanced at her clothes, which looked like the garments of a queen when she had them on, but now, hanging from their nails on the wall, seemed like the sad rags of a beggar. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You're graduating from college next year; why don't you cook a meal for a change?” she points out, twisting the cap back onto her bottle of nail polish. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She liked that her nail polish was always, always chipped, but her hair never had a split end. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was suddenly a good thing he had cut his nail; Ugwu could not bear the thought of that nail being blown up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It must have looked like we were doing some kind of square dance with me moving around like one foot was nailed to the porch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked it out with a sharp nail and turned her head to the window. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I whiffed and you nailed it,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I chew idly on my nail, my eyes narrowed in thought. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She picked at her nails as she waited for an answer. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Inside marble stairs wind their way to classrooms filled with dark wood desks nailed down to dark wood floors polished to a high and beautiful shine. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the little spot of reddish pink on my nail. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He didn’t turn around but continued on his knees, digging out nails with the hammer’s claw, muttering the words to his favorite chachachá. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jars of nails and bolts on a shelf. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She used her own nail to scrape out the dirt beneath his nails, and smeared it across her palm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Isaac bit his nails, and I could see some blood on the corners of a couple of his cuticles. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Each nail I drove in the rough pine boards caused the knot in my throat to get bigger and bigger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor along the sides of the plank counters there were kegs of nails, and kegs of round, gray shot, and there were big wooden pails full of candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are nails and thumbtack holes all over the walls where pictures and posters have been removed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The imp’s fingers are long, her nails sharp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The rocks clicked as if whoever it was had huge nails in his shoes. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

You paint your nails, braid your hair, and buy the right kind of jeans, but none of it is really about you. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A guy had just nailed the two ARVNs and the GI who had walked in the door of the hut. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closer we got to the downtown office, the shorter my already-stubby nails became. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He made the furniture from driftwood, nails, and scraps left over from the cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The door to the Boys’ Quarters hung half open on crushed hinges and he pushed it back and remembered the shirt he had left hanging on a nail on the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just then, Lester Burton, the pit boss, stepped among them and nailed a notice to a post near the water pump. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers against my palm, digging my nails in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You heard what I said. There’s guns need unpacking there, and a crate of nails just come from Natchez.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have words to describe what I felt that day, but now, sitting on the train, I am furious, nails digging into my palms, tears stinging my eyes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time she came to the Store, I was forced to go up to her, while she raked her yellow nails down my cheeks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t think there’ll be a problem,” August said, taking the truck keys off the brass nail by the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were pegs along the walls for clothes, and a sheet of tin nailed to the wall served as a crude mirror. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her nails were painted red and she had a snake tattooed around her navel, which could move in circles while the rest of her body remained absolutely still. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears spring to my eyes at the sharpness of the slap, and I dig my nails into my thigh to keep from running. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And while she sprinkles the collar of a white shirt her mind is at the bottom of the bed where the leg, broken clean away from the frame, is too split to nail back. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on the bed and I’m shaking with fury, digging my nails into my palms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug my nails in, wishing to bruise myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She sits in the chair next to me and moves the hair away from her face with small fingers with no nail polish on them. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the nail salon she could scare the customers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She paced back and forth across the linoleum floor, picking the red polish off her nails and talking an incoherent stream about a murder she’d heard about on the news and the traffic in Atlanta. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

This desire, this murderous need that sent my fingers curling inward, my nails cutting into my palms—it was everything ugly inside of Yakov, left to grow inside me like a thornbush. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The nails from one of the bear-fighting dog’s front paws had disappeared into the front of my shirt and my blood was starting to leak out. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

These doors had been locked, bolted, and nailed securely. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each night my father read to me, chapter by chapter, always fighting to sound the words properly, to nail down the sense. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Raspberry mocha, thin mint, stone gray...I’m so good at painting nails, I could open up my own shop. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But of course! Those nails have to look nice. You need to have them pretty for when Manuel holds your hand.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her nails were Chanel red but so long they had to be the kind you bought at the drugstore. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’s up high, with a few nails in his mouth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His extra clothing hung from nails driven into the wall. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My nails shimmer with a clear coat of polish and a small white line drawn at each nail tip. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That its director had to battle alone, tooth and nail, on behalf of 35 million black Americans. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She changed into the dress, glancing into the full-length mirror nailed to the back of the door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was clinging to a tower miles high, and his fingers were slipping, nails scrabbling at the stone, his legs dragging him down, stupid useless dead legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’d just started lathering up my hair when I got nailed by the other side of yesterday’s death flash, the one that had dropped me to my knees outside Ted’s church. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She taps on my window with the hard acrylic nail of her index finger. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Under the table, I see that she’s picking at her nails. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

All her nails looked raw and chewed, not just her thumb. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“MoMo’s already racked up a pretty impressive list of atrocities. What could you possibly nail him for that would be so effective?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

This startled me so much I dropped the nail brush. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Felicia pulls a rusted nail file and a small plastic bottle of hand cream from her knapsack, and gets to work. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We nailed them on the wall above our beds, and that was where I kept my geode. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She cut the meal card into tiny pieces with nail scissors and flushed the pieces down the toilet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As they left, the man with the tribal marks said to Aunty Ifeoma, waving a stubby finger with a curved nail in her face, “Be careful, be very careful.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She taps her freshly manicured nails on her BlackBerry case. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her nails are acrylic and have heart decals on them. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, all five of us can see them sitting at the dining room table, giggling and touching each other’s hair and examining each other’s nails and complimenting each other’s best features. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Of course he can,” said the spokesperson, “but as soon as he lands at JFK, we’ll nail him.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Someone who was never anxious, never tortured by doubt and indecision, someone who never stood as I did, hopeful, eager, frightened, tearing at bitten nails, uncertain which way to go, what star to follow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Up in the loft at the back of the room, Pocock was nailing together the frame for a new shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Ooh, your cuticles need a lot of help. And your nails are all different sizes!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Look in the pantry and tear a piece off of that rag hanging on the nail.” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A prayer rug showing a slightly oblong Mecca was nailed to one of the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Graham left a handful of iron nails and bid the innkeeper good day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were the yellow of crookneck squash, and the nails of her grasping hands had been broken down, her fingers covered with dirt. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And as fer human goodness—men’s hearts is jest as black today as in the Roman times when they nailed slaves to crosses by the hunderd and left ’em there to point up a lesson.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived alone, he probably had other women coming to his room to spread their legs for his stubby finger with its bitten-back nail. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I fidgeted with my nails and cuticles instead. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He prowled behind an armchair, his filthy curved nails clutching its back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Women were banned from laughing out loud or wearing nail polish, and they were beaten or jailed for walking without a male family member. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My nail beds are bitten raw—I have been chewing them as I sleep. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Angie with the big brown bangs and long nails was behind the counter, sorting packs of cigarettes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I saw that no matter how strong a Communist Yang Sze-Fu was, he missed his nails and I felt sorry for him. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody knows nothing. That’s why a bunch of guys get nailed for no reason!” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It produced concrete-reinforcing bars, barbed wire, nails, and steel for cars, refrigerators, and military ships. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I pull out a box of metal brackets, nuts and bolts, drill bits and nails—things that clank together as I set it down. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Across the way is the town’s main street with mail boxes nailed to a wooden post, a pizza place, and a convenience store with a sign that usually says Closed. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Imagine he bites his nails, and she doesn’t like it,” Claudia said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Or what if they had naked lady tattoos all over them? Or if they had a terrible nail fungus that slowly spread and took over my whole body?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If they were long, I tried to bite them off before the teacher reached me, for fingers with long nails were slapped. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And if I take a nail file or even Eva’s old paring knife— that will do—and scrape away at the gold, it will fall away and there will be alabaster. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And a board with nails in it might be something else. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Adam was nailing the blankets over the windows again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The car was empty apart from hay bales, dead mice, and bent nails. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I switched on the light and looked into a cracked piece of mirror bradded with bent nails to the wall. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do laundering and mending. I’m even good with a hammer and nail.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He looks as if he’s just stepped on a nail. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also always has her nails painted, which I only notice because of the way she dresses. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She kept her nails short so bread dough wouldn’t stick under them when she kneaded it, but she always painted them a deep red to match her toenails. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

One house had been boarded up, and a crude wooden cross nailed to its front door. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He dies there, on the dirty, burgundy carpet of Pizza Hut, for a few sessions of mediocre sex with a used-up who does nails on the weekend for extra cash. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He never noticed that I bore some substantial scratches on my arms and that Granddaddy’s nails were rimmed with crescents of dark paint. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Walter Johnson, maybe with the best fastball in the game, could drive a nail in a fence post from sixty feet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dusk, we approached a bend where hand-painted signs advertising auto repairs and coal deliveries had been nailed to trees along the roadside. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Scooter was in the cherry tree, hammering nails into boards. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I was proud of the girls for not cussing, but I was even more proud of them for hitting the nail right on the head this time. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And now there was a vast screaming of yanked nails. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked a nail out of a plank with her hammer. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There had also been a very strange custom, whose origin was unknown, of marching every Sunday morning past a boar’s skull which was nailed to a post in the garden. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And besides, she had her salt and nail to protect herself, if she needed them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Everything looked the same: the narrow cot, the colorful picture of Jesus’ bleeding head crowned with thorns, a palm frond nailed above it, the simple table and chair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my arm, digging his nails into my skin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The windows had close vertical slats nailed down them, but no horizontal ones. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pretty decent at smashing the cap flat, but when it came to hitting the nail, he definitely had some issues. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

These flexible sheets of cedar also allowed Pocock to do away with the endless nailing of planks to the boat’s ribs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The day Papi tore up the floor, I followed him holding a can into which he dropped the straight nails, still usable. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Zooey glanced up, very briefly, at his mother, then switched the nail file over to his left hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

My nails caught the back of his hand, and I heard him grunt in pain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That was the code name for our secret mission to nail Dusty Muleman. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My hands recoiled from the coldness of serpent flesh, my nails clawed at my palms, the leaves I had parted moved back to cover it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Varney entered the ready room a few minutes before 0500 and went immediately into the clipped, faintly Oxonian accent that scraped across Bull’s eardrum like a nail. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the tar paper that Gerald had found and nailed to the ramp really did help her, so she had let him play on it. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was when they noticed his painted nails. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tom,” said the girl’s voice again, now so close they were clearly right beside the house, “I might be wrong — but has somebody nailed a snake to that door?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The pipe that leads to the tap has to be held to the wall by a piece of twine looped around a nail. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The nail on her pinkie just barely touched the wound behind his ear. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Nurse Ramirez, the one with the nails, looks over at me every now and again, but she’s busy with the new guy with the half face. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cook kept his gun hung on a nail behind the bake-ovens. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A killer, he said—like a nail in his jaw. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he entered her, she screamed loud enough to wake Baelor the Blessed in his tomb, and her nails left gouges in his back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Swords and spears and fire; and nails being pounded into the tender flesh of a man’s hands. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A blacksmith made all the nails for the door and a master metal worker made the bolts and locks and hinges. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

The only thing that’s different is the iron nail sticking out of either side of my right shin. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She held out one paw and studied her painted nails. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then he put a ladder against the log, climbed up to the top, moved the roof to one side, and reached down inside to hang meat on those nails. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came at him from four sides and they came at him with teeth and nails and tears and the fury of four small nations who have nothing left to lose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were well manicured, the nails painted pale pink with white tips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He pushes up, up, and Henry’s hand slams down over his, digging his nails in. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he sticks two fingers inside me, his jagged nails tear at my skin and I cry out. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As with everything else he attempted, he had to fight tooth and nail to win a seat in the stern of one of Al Ulbrickson’s boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The raw meat has a strong animal smell, and as you slice and slice, the tissue inevitably gets under your nails, and the scent lingers on your hands for hours. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I want it to last— copper nails and hard wood—nothing to rust and rot.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joff had the Antler Men trussed up naked in the square below, antlers nailed to their heads. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By the time she left, she’d have bitten her nails and cuticles ragged, and her mother would shake her head and say she was going to make her wear gloves. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Billy hung the lantern to a nail on the stall-side and took off his blue denim coat. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has already run her hands over its contents many times: a wooden oar nailed to a wall, a window dressed with long curtains. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He hung his hat up on a nail and grinned. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fellow had red varnish on his nails.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make his time in the sack even more uncomfortable there were still several lumps of wood, not to mention sharp screws and nails, in there with him, the final remnants of the coffin-based firewood. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Done stab his foot with a rusty nail, Sofia say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could probably have nailed one corner of it into the floor and disappeared within, performing all of Fiddler on the Roof as if under a summer stock tent. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Thalia turned to help some of the Aphrodite kids, who were having trouble suiting up their armor without breaking their nails. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Of course I was surprised the next morning when I noticed that the long, spiky nails on his pinkies were gone and were now the same length as his other nails. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Doug described it to me, “It feels like somebody’s driven a nail between my eyes.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And that surprised me, because mom nails weren’t supposed to look like that. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The nail of her forefinger split and the balls of her thumbs ached as she struggled with the placket. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers were short and slender, the nails delicate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A hummingbird feeder, a barbecue grill, a gardening hat hanging from a nail—there were many such domestic touches. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was a slackened O, and her hands, those long fingers with a man’s hard nails, having done their laying by, could now be dainty on the sheet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then nailed the tail to the Gruziks’ front door, punched the doorbell and took off. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“His girlfriend thinks he skipped town,” I admitted, “but she promised to help us nail Dusty Muleman.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I bite the side of my nail until Baba pulls my hand away. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It seemed even more so when we realized that everywhere around us were nails and bits of concrete and knifelike splinters of wood, many of them driven inches into the ground by the blast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But the way she imagined it was feeling like long nails were sticking into your stomach. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She broke a nail but didn’t seem to care. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Alexander said he couldn’t speak for the whole press corps, but “I said I would crucify him and use a whole keg full of nails for the job.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our team cheered my new nickname whenever I nailed a tricky pass or managed a good save. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I had it made for her,” Dorian said casually, picking at his nails. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was shaved close to the blue roots of his beard, and his hands were clean and his nails polished. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other three had whisky—opening a fresh bottle and using a siphon from a nailed up case. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I have my fists clenched so hard my nails are cutting into my palms. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her sons had nailed plywood sheets to the windows and along the front of her house, so that the only way in was the back door leading to the latrine, barn, and pigsty. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Rasheed drove in his iron nails and turned the sandpaper wheel, and kept a watchful eye on him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Under the efforts of both men the lid began to yield; the nails drew with a quick screeching sound, and the top of the box was thrown back. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He opened the jar of nails and dumped them out. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rasheed rolled over to face her, gently scratched her thigh with the crooked nail of his index finger. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Gee, thanks,” I muttered, and he grinned for a second, before sighing and biting his nails. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He stood up suddenly and knocked his nail keg over backward. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head and pretended to check my nails. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gather the next two tapes, blue nail polish labeling them nine and ten, eleven and twelve, and hide them in my inside jacket pocket. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She was trying to make a fruit battery out of lemons, nails, wires, and pennies. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But while Paul’s arms were as thick as my neck, I beat him off the dribble, and twice in a row I got a foot around him and nailed fadeaway jumpers Guzzo couldn’t block. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When she got there Aunt Rose waited, a small bag and a nail in her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They could have digested nails had they been able to chew them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, instead, she was looking right at me, trying to get me to fight against it alongside her, when all I did was fight her tooth and nail. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mam tells him he’s going to destroy the shoes altogether but he pounds away with the hammer, driving the nails through the rubber pieces and into the shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ernie shuddered, clearly frustrated with both Genie’s questions and the nail he was struggling to hit. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She hammered nails so hard that the wood was dented and bashed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

On Friday all we did was nail down who we were going to focus on. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

After mopping its brow with a filthy handkerchief, the angel lit a cigarette by clicking together two nails on its left paw, inhaled deeply, and immediately had a long drawn-out coughing jag. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his nail scissors down when Calvin entered. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was only as the last nail went in that Grandpa sagged. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He started cutting his nails over the table, for a change. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He handed the nail to me, along with the hammer. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All you college snips are the same. Hard as nails. These weren’t just any black mollies, buddy. We were very close.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

At the general store we could trade a barrel for just about anything; nails, shotgun shells, and, if times was good, store-bought cloth and such things. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the hand on his chest contract; her nails pierced him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I curl my toes, one on top of the other, to hide the dried-up, crusty skin surrounding each nail. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The salt and iron nail, a replacement for the one she’d lost in the attic, were both in her apron pocket. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even more terrifying was the bodyguard’s possible answer: You hit the nail on the head there, laddie. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him, holding the can of nails up so he wouldn’t have to bend over to pick them up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their hair is done in long braids, and one of them has fancy designs on her nails. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Carefully, I paint my nails a deep purple. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The hair of her teen years; her hands, when she used to paint her nails, before they were constantly washing and scrubbing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He explored the long fingers, the shapely nails, the work-hardened palm with its row of calluses, the smooth flesh under the wrist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I notice her nails are pink. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

In their twenties, with painted nails and freshly curled hair. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

All that remains of the designteam's efforts are the flames on my nails. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“So,” Rex says, “please stand with your feet together”— “Parallel first position,” Monica shouts, tapping nails against her clipboard. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now he saw that the girl was almost a young woman, poised and imperious, quite the little Pre-Raphaelite princess with her bangles and tresses, her painted nails and velvet choker. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He saw nothing but sensed blue, cold blue-green, and he raked at the seatbelt batch, tore his nails loose on one hand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some hang limp from laundry lines as thin and worn as thread; others are nailed clumsily to the doors of modest mud-brick homes not so unlike my own. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I tied the rope to a nail and went to find my brother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes sweep over you, up and down, taking in clothes, shoes, nail polish, the turquoise bracelets that you and Gina bought one Saturday. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Loud enough to scare the nails out of the floor and peel back the linoleum. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Some do that,” she says, her tone almost affable now, though distanced; it’s as if we’re considering a choice of nail polish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once Miles was up again and prying at the nails. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around and found a nail—you can always find a nail in an old basement—and hammered it in behind one of the stairs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Women were nailed to barn doors, children mutilated. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Another forge was built for the production of tools and nails. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, “You look tough as nails.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

With her little lacquer brush, while the phone was ringing, she went over the nail of her little finger, accentuating the line of the moon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The wild turkey he shot earlier hangs above him, the nail driven through its neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She balled her fists and dug her nails into her palm, wanting the pain, wanting some punishment, wanting something to be different because she could never do what had to be done. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He stood up suddenly and got his padded jacket from the nail on the wall. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their nails were long, polished pink or orange, their lips red as tulips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She gets up late, paints her nails, lies in the sun, and stares at pictures of African landscapes in a big coffee-table book. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She holds up 2 bottles of nail polish. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Orc’s clawlike hand gripped Pippin’s arms like iron; the nails bit into him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I’d been warned away from this room and everything in it, so I began to shoot questions at the CSI as if I were firing them from a nail gun. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I had this huge drum feature in this Brian Setzer song called “Jump Jive an’ Wail,” and I nailed the whole thing. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re tough like your old man. Tougher than nails, right? Just like I named you. Just like your old man.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The engine on that thing sounded like a bucket of nails in a blender. I knew you kids wouldn’t get very far,” he said, “so I ran and fetched your folks.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I took my nail scissors from the dressing-case and cut the page, looking over my shoulder like a criminal. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A sheen of oil lay on the water just below where scraps of rug had been nailed down to act as dockside bumpers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My nails dug into the heel of my hand, but I didn’t care. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They could nail me to the wall on any number of things. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I stuck the round red petals on my toenails so they looked like Mother’s painted nails during the Eid holiday celebration. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He knew the danger of a scuffed nail’s striking a spark and setting off the powder. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her gather her nail polish and toss it into the duffel bag, and I started to feel more pitiful by the minute. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Biff polished his nails on the palm of his hand and shook his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, let’s see. I dreamed the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., knelt down and painted my toenails with the spit from his mouth, and every nail was red like he’d been sucking on red hots.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After nearly two hours of pampering—trimming her hair, shaping her nails, and scraping away the callouses on her feet and hands—Celaena grinned at the mirror in the dressing room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She comes in for her cooking lesson afterward with dirt under her nails but she’s still not smiling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Right in the middle of the road the long forefinger lay, white in the dusk, its red nail darkening to black. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I had to look to where she pointed—the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn’t fall out. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There, there. You can fix those in no time. But what am I going to do with these nails?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite thing was the fine display of car tags nailed up from different states. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They practically nailed me to its bashed-in grille with their silent, stupefied accusations. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He even nailed some pretty dense math problems like, “Find the least common multiple of six, eight, and sixteen.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled like hot hair, nail polish remover, and a soft perfume, which Bridget had sprayed on at least eight out of twenty pulse points. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Inej noted the glint of knives tucked into their belts, lead pipes, weighted chains, axe handles studded with rusty nails, and here and there, the oily gleam of a gun barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He wore a chunky gold ring and kept neatly trimmed nails. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“So, I should pay for all this,” I say, following him to a cash register, where a young girl is smacking bubble gum and filing her nails. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dunstan touched it to the iron nail on the cottage door, checking for faerie gold, then he bowed low to the gentleman and walked off into the rain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t help notice her two big toes sticking out from the gap, because they were painted with matching dark pink nail polish and were very bright. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, the audience gaped; he cried, by way of amplification, “Tooth and nail!” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Dirt under his nails. When that kid went down he was grabbing at anything he could get ahold of.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He kept the cigarette stationed between his fingers and went on using the nail file. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I finished the routine the best I could, nailing the tumbling part of my dismount but taking a big step on the landing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I dig my nails into my palm at the satisfaction on his face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

First off, I picked out the straightest nail I could find and fixed that sign up right. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her long nails painted deep red, her racing glasses flashing back the late-morning sun. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She’d been thrashed with the strap for nail polish, even at her age. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes ma’am,” Lydia said, wiping at her eyes gingerly with her ring fingers, taking care not to poke herself with her fake nails. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He was always keeping his eyes out for scrap metal and saving things like nails and screws. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

These were worked over and around the nails and a thick braided fob kept growing out of the bottom of the spool as she worked it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nails were yellow-brown, like the inside of a rotting apple, and some of the tips were curling, lifting. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Holding our hands straight out, she inspects our nails to see if they are clean, and if not, hits our hands with her pointing stick. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found a large rock he could use as an anvil base, and he pulled nails from his tool belt until he had enough to melt into a plate for a hammering surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A shrapnel bomb, they called it—several sticks of dynamite in a rusty five-gallon paint can crammed full of nails, bolts, and sharp pieces of metal. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his shoulders, bit into his flesh with my nails, threw him away from me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The little boys are in good health except that Johnny run a nail in his foot last week but he is allrite now. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mattress was littered with wires, nails and the guts of several disassembled bronze machines. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Salmon has a lot of omega-3. My consultant, Tricia, says it’s really good for your skin and nails.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They were leaning across the table at each other, angry eyes nailed together. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Sawdust, nails, food wrappers and cigarette butts, Playboy magazines from the 1970s littered the floor; the many-paned windows were furry with frost and grime. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It would have been completely covered with the nailed heads of wolves, bears, stags, and so forth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from her personality, she appeared to have been reared on a diet of hardware: hasps and clasps and nails and old screws. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This postern was the least of Harrenhal's gates, a narrow door of stout oak studded with iron nails, set in an angle of the wall beneath a defensive tower. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His fingers were clenched, the nails bloody from clawing at someone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I turned away from staring out the bus window and from thinking of Grandma and the past and looked at Mom, who was filing her nails. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom slides back onto the couch, leaning forward to really nail that uncomfortable eye contact with Ben. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They’ve painted their nails the same color blue, and one of them has the exact backpack I dumped a few minutes ago. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Oriana grabs my hand, squeezing it tightly enough that her nails sink into my skin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you’re feeding Duke these days, but keep it up. He nailed every scene on the first take.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My eyes grew accustomed to the gloom and I saw a small crucifix nailed to the side of the window. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was once a son who did bad things, and every time he did one of them, his grieving father drove a nail in a door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She fell fast and she fell hard, but what did that matter, since she would have gladly dropped a thousand feet onto a bed of nails if Westley had been waiting at the bottom. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Loomis nailed the box shut, and he and Papa and I toted Grandpa out the back door to the wagon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s even proposed that the grotesques in medieval art may have been influenced by Ad Herennium s advice on the use of outlandish images to nail an idea in memory. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even noticed I was playing the solo- break part, but I must have nailed it, because Mr. W. was smiling and Annette gave me a little approving nod. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might send his sons to college without comment, might wear a vest and white shirt and tie in the daytime of a weekday, might wear gloves and keep his nails clean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try to be a perceptive person who follows the scientific method and is observant, but I hadn’t noticed before that the whole bed was completely covered in nails. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had a curtain—it looked like an old sheet that had been sewn—slid across a pole nailed in a corner of the room for privacy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Nah. It looks good if you nail it, period,” says Trey. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His nails were cut precisely to the pink. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I tore it off the nail and adjusted the paper to read it in the dimming light. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was only halfway done my meal when the Pastor wiped his mouth on his napkin and nailed me with a real direct, real unwavering kind of look. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even then he was clinging to the quality of her sugar-flawed skin, the high wild bush the bed pillows made of her hair, her bitten nails, the heartbreaking way she stood, toes pointed in. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it felt like someone had stuck a red-hot nail right into my left cheek. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He laid the brace down on the counter, picked up a small paper sack, and filled it about half-full of horseshoe nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boards in the shape of the letter X had been nailed across the door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He curled a nail behind the frame and pulled. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Sir,” I say to the stranger, emboldened by the comforting shelves of canning jars and bins of nails and feed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s face fell, but she kept up the staring to nail me with her next inquiry. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She grabs my arms, her nails scratching my skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer had found a tool kit with a hammer and a collection of mismatched nails and was ready to go. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His little hand is black, his nails perfect homy claws, his movements gentle and inviting. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The tips of her nails graze the back of my hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the surly handyman showed up that afternoon to nail up a few boards, he seemed an angel from heaven wielding a hammer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pets the fur with her red-tipped nails; peacock feathers are woven into her dark hair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I guess me and Ma could drive a couple of nails into the cabin walls and set the stone on ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murdo was brisk in her manner, and in her person thin and straight as a nail, but she was kind in her unsmiling way. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

How wrong it looks in my bloody, filthy hand with its dirt-caked nails and scars. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stared at the floor and then pulled out his pocketknife and started whittling his nails. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt a pinch, the scrape of a tiny nail. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flavius badly wants to use his own trademark purple lipstick on me but resigns himself to a pink as they begin to color my face and nails. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Scott picks at the dried blood on his cheek, I can hear his nails scraping against his skin. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone rushes around the room looking for a partner, but my feet feel nailed to the floor as I try to decide which way to go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Just to be doing something she picked up a ten-penny nail and drove it into the steps with a few good wallops. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Neves scraped the wall lightly, exposing fresh earth, and pinned the chart to the wall with a big-headed nail. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His hands are big, with nice white straight nails, and his fingers are long and strong and they move all over the place when he gets excited. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But what I had always thirsted for were the details: the way her hair glinted in the sunlight, her favorite ice cream flavor, the songs she liked to hum, did she bite her nails? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Phoebe’s mother retrieved a bottle of nail polish remover from the bathroom. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I dug my nails into my palms, striving for calm, trying to think. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chewed on my nails and wished I had my headphones to drown out the sounds around me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I pounded nails into flappy shingles for another half hour and didn’t talk to Ray. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The wagon slowed to a creaking halt before us, all wind-shorn wood and rusty nails, its bed heaped with green squashes and baskets of peaches. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were truly enormous owls—one of which nailed a friend’s Pomeranian, carried it off never to be seen again. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No,” Miss Trixie rasped, slapping her hand down on the stack of books, guarding them with her newly enameled nails. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hello,” Mrs. Chavez said in the higher-octave voice she reserved for her nail clients. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Audrey closed the cap on the bottle while I blew gently on my drying nails. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would come in with a commissary officer looking for lime or nails or leather or all the hundreds of things armies need. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls me in front of her and drums her red-polished nails on my shoulders. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She returned to the doorway holding a crude, narrow box made of splintered wood, wire, and long, jutting nails. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then, taking a handful of long nails from a bag that he had with him, he hammered a nail through the lion’s tail and into the floor. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She flashed a blindingly white smile, as her manicured nails brushed a lock of relaxed hair behind her ear. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Without them, you wouldn’t have your bottled vitamin water, your eye shadows, the packaging on your favorite perfume, your colored contact lenses, clothes, hair color, and nail polish.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The school was ultramodern for the day, with tables and chairs that could be arranged any way the teacher wanted instead of the rigid desks nailed to the floor we had been used to having. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My whole desire to live became concentrated in my nails. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk another few blocks and pass a photocopy shop, a shoe store, four nail salons, a Chinese restaurant, and two Mexican restaurants. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The palm was calloused and weathered, the nails thick and curved, a miraculous construction of leather and horn. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Turning to greet her, I’m startled by her low-cut white blouse and tight striped skirt, her teetering heels and crimson nail polish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Over the summer, Audrey had convinced me to buy five different colors of nail polish. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Nails bitten down so far my nail beds ache. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They were well manicured and feminine, pinky slightly raised—hands you’d see in a commercial for nail polish, not wrapped around the throat of a crying child. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Except when I opened my eyes again, the bruise was still there, and it ached even more than the pale crescents my nails had made in my skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His fingers were dark and his nails all smudged with grease. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It was a construction site. You stumbled over kegs of nails, over posts, over ladders.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark and Marc and Rex Rollins are all biting the nails off the fingers of the knuckles they are also cracking. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A bundle of gilded cattails stood in one corner and a sheaf of peacock feathers was nailed to the wall beside the grandfather clock. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home I read the encyclopedia to Lynn or combed her hair or painted her nails. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She nailed his velvet ears to the wooden pole and spread his arms out as if he were flying and attached his paws to the pole by wrapping pieces of wire around them. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

For once, no one was sent back to the washroom for more work on his neck or her nails. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Today was the day to order more shades of red nail polish. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Francie knew that the chasuble was symbolic of the seamless garment, supposedly woven by Mary, that they had removed from Christ before they nailed Him to the cross. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had made it on a spool which had four nails driven into the top. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of nail polish has made me hungry. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dactyl lifted one clawed foot then the other, its nails scratching nasty gashes into the surface of Weed’s once fancy desk, and squawked. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The man’s hands were smooth, and his nails were clean. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He unhooked his hat from the nail by the door, knelt in front of me, and pushed the hair off my forehead. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Henrietta had wanted to hold Deborah, to dress her in beautiful clothes and braid her hair, to teach her how to paint her nails, curl her hair, and handle men. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It is small in my palm, brown from the sun with black dirt burrows in her nails and the wrinkles around the knuckles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I watched her hands in her lap: slender and beautiful, with bright pink nail polish, her fingers twisting in a way I’d never seen them do before. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie laughed at that, finally hitting the nail through the bottle cap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A poster had been nailed to one of the trees. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mortal fingers were like ten red-hot nails driven into his skin. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached up with one hand to tear at the fingers that strangled me, but instead of warm flesh, my nails sank into unyielding cord. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And soon enough, that’s what he was doing, nailing those vowels on the button, riding them from consonant to consonant, syllable to syllable, word to word. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia plucks her eyebrows into two thin lines, thinner than mine, and paints her nails Fire and Ice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu could not bear to watch them go; he studied his nails instead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before the puzzled faces of Mr. and Mrs. Beale, he opened the front door and looked at the three cast-iron digits nailed to the door frame: seven two eight. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked my way through the wreckage, high-stepping javelins of wood and planks studded with rusting nails. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My recipe was on the right track, and I wouldn’t stop trying until I nailed it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She stood still in the doorway, smiling a little at them, rubbing the nails of one hand with the thumb and forefinger of the other. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark quiet alley the shriek of the nails seemed unbelievably loud. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drums her polished nails on the desk as I sign my name. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The holdfast gates were studded with iron nails. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I worked away, nailing the first plank on the roof. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When he was ready, he took out another long nail and quickly hammered it through the lion’s tail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

First chance he got, he went through her drawers "looking for my nail clippers," and there he found her packet of love letters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

If Jim was a member of the BCMA, I thought, Dad would have been down there nailing boards with the rest of us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it will even be a place where I trade my guns and knives for more productive tools, screwdrivers and nails and shovels. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A coconut palm frond knotted into a cross was nailed above the picture. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only yesterday, I would have dug my nails into this criminal’s flesh. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he let me start the nails, and then he’d drive them in with one hard blow from the hammer. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But they seemed surprised by the sight of his sharp nails—to Hanako he looked exactly like a little wild beast. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The nails were flat and blunt and shiny. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the last nail was out and he fell forward into Bryce’s arms, the rabbit felt a rush of relief, and the feeling of relief was followed by one of joy. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Except instead of biting my nails or breaking out in hives like Lucinda, I seem to be forgetting words. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

So that afternoon, when Mama told Stella to get Papa’s hammer and a few nails and fix some porch planks that had worked loose, she’d jumped at the chance to be helpful, just in case. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Soon’s he drove the first nail into the wood over her door, Mrs. Holton came out to see what the commotion was. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I see the patterns the grease leaves on the metal, I see the moons of my nails, the raggedy flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first time, you remember, she jumped out of the coffin just fore they were fixin’ to nail the lid. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

See, now I had my grown son to nail me to the hard facts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But though the nails were gone,” Reverend Lanier said sadly, “the holes were still there, representing the pain still abiding in the father’s heart.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we got back to Shady’s property, we saw that there was a note nailed to the trunk of Fort Treeconderoga. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He broke free of the lethargy that had nailed him to our steps for months. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered how it felt to scrape it out from where it was packed painfully under my nails. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I thanked him and, taking the brace and nails, I left the store. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pumped water at the kitchen sink and attacked my hands with the nail brush. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Just human hands and love and hammers and nails and more love. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She clicked one bottle of nail polish against another so that it made a tapping sound that filled the long silence. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He wondered mournfully, as Nurse Duckett buffed her nails, about all the people who had died under water. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A football helmet had nailed me and I blacked out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And he took an emery board out of his pocket and began filing his nails. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I peel them, slice them, put them in the soup pot, and Ilse starts to sniff the air, polishing her nails on my sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The nails grew long on his thin fingers and a dry, bristly beard appeared on his chin. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was his tobacco that jabbed under my nail and then something solid, and today my hands needed to touch something real. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s what combat is all about,” he said, looking in the mirror he had nailed on a pole at the end of his bunk. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Bryson rolled over, his plush mattress suddenly prickly like a bed of nails against his bruised body. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I was very young, my mother pretended she could shape things from the wind, and she would give them to me to use, like hammers and nails, or swords, or roller skates. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her hem caught on a loose nail in the splintered wooden bench and ripped as she fell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One was square-jawed, wide-shouldered, great hair, looked like he had played football in high school, badly bitten fingernails, the other had a receding hairline, silver-rimmed round glasses, manicured nails. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Before it could get very far, I crossed my arms again and fired another specium ray, nailing the retreating head like a clay pigeon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She gave her some black nail polish that Alice had had her eye on. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hard hands with rending nails gripped and lifted him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If a soul could leave a body, she thought, this is the sound it would make: like the screech of a nail being pulled from old wood. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A high-pitched scraping sound, like nails on a chalkboard, ripped through the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When I realized how dirty my fingers were, and how much dirt was still packed under my nails, I dropped it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Leave me alone,” Mrs. Das said, blowing on her nail and turning her body slightly. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once we paint our nails, there isn’t much more we can do for a while. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I will nail these doors open if I have to.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Regular Communication Hey, Mom, I’m good, though my toe nails have grown so long that my hooves hurt bad. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to care that his fingernails were dirty, but maybe he couldn’t keep such long nails clean. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One nailed me in the back end and I almost jumped straight out of the chariot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s probably filing her nails or playing tic-tac-toe against herself as she talks to me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A woman casually cleaned her nails with a switchblade. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even when Ana put her hand on the collar of Ash’s gown and ripped it from her, Ash did not feel her stepsister’s nails against her skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she pressed into Kiyoshi’s scars, moving her nails up and down and across his skin. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was at home in Aunty Ifeoma’s house; he knew which chair had a protruding nail and could pull a thread off your clothes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her nails were icy blue like her eye shadow. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The one where it’s the back of her and I can see her hand and her nails. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He finishes his tea and looks for a nail to hang our one picture.The man in the picture has a thin face. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mark had suddenly gone basketball-crazy, and talked Dad into nailing an old tire rim to the front of the barn for a hoop. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s some old blue nail polish left on my thumbnail, and I pick at that. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On the porch were two coffee cans, a red cup, the hammer, a pair of wire cutters, and one nail. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, assumed he had gone to school early, and finished polishing her nails. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilder glanced at her hands, the soft warm hands and the fine manicured nails and the tapered wrists. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes into her overnight bag and pulls out the red nail polish Kay let us borrow. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The familiar hot wave rose in him, and he wanted to grab a handful of his father’s nails or pot shards and throw them against the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of the slaves who could read used to tell the others what it said on those handbills that were nailed up on the trees, along the edge of the roads. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug my nails into the gaps between the boards, terrified that the floor might give out beneath me at any moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The tail I nailed up above the outhouse door, where everybody can see it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Zooey yanked open the door of the medicine cabinet, stared inside, then took down a nail file and closed the door. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘No, but it looks funny. Sort of spongy underneath, where the nail’s come off. Pink.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The beam searches out the pine tree, the fencing, the lean-to....And then I see this big German shepherd, mean as nails, hunched over Shiloh there on the ground. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Imam, are we allowed to wear nail polish? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

"I just broke a nail, getting out of a cab," she said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“This is creepy! The window’s nailed shut.What are you, some kind of prisoner?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were names carved on the bunks and magazine advertisements stuck onto nails in the walls, as if the women had tried to personalize the place, but it did not help. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Little nails without heads that hold the glass in place.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Gradually the citizens of Wethersfield claimed their orders, the merchants from Hartford counted off the barrels of nails and oil and salt and only a handful of idlers still stood about. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bains put a hand on the taller boy’s hair and fingered it lightly, absently searching with her nails for tetter spots. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter and I had painted our nails beriy pink a few days before, and for the first time, I didn’t cry remembering the scene at the park. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“He suffered for us. He was crucified, nailed for us.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I had located a tiny trout, the smallest one to be found, and had had the smelly thing nailed to a wooden board with a sign saying “Guenter’s Trophy Trout. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa looked away, noticing that though the girl’s jewelry, like her clothes, had been removed, her nail polish remained. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When it’s time to march, you’ll need to get rid of everything that could be perceived as a weapon—nail files, sharp pencils, everything. Get all that stuff off your body.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She nailed me, my eyes, my trying not to look scared. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My skin was grimy with dirt, my nails long and ragged. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He then nailed three in a row against the trunk. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth fiddles with the buttons and dials on the top as I chew my nails. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, Botticelli swung, from the one extraordinarily long nail of his right front paw, a heart-shaped locket. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Charlie was chewing on his fingers again, biting the skin around the nail, and Audrey looked like she was going to fall asleep. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He took a fold of the Wart’s arm between the nails of first finger and thumb, and pinched for all be was worth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped when I ran out of nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My footsteps rang hard against cement and tile because of the taps I had nailed into my shoes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched at the rocks with his nails. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drummed her pink nails on the top of the vanity in concentration. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He keeps biting his nails as he talks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Gnawing off the last bits of nail polish, trying to keep my teeth from chattering. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She even had a little sign hanging by the side door, mindy's hair & nails. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Eleanor went to shake his mom's hand, but she waved them in the air, like sorry, my nails are wet, a gesture that Eleanor didn't seem to recognize. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Papi nailed new boards under Mami’s treadle sewing machine, and under their bed, but the floor still groaned and sagged to the corners, threatening to collapse and bring the house down with it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He took it stickily and touched the point of the little nail to a corner of the canvas. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Endurance rolled over onto the port side, and everything that wasn’t nailed down slid, slithered, and crashed against the bulwark. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

With a hammer and two threepenny nails in hand, Stella Armijo emerged from her low adobe farmhouse one morning while Herbie reclined on his front stoop trying to read a book. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sweet, sweet . . . And if you wanted me too, why didn’t you ...” The whip was hanging on a nail by the door, ready to hand against the arrival of reporters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And did you know it’s supposed to be a bad omen to tie shoes together and hang them from a nail?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They take care of the shower settings for me, and they go to work on my hair, nails, and makeup when I'm done. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My hands curl into heavy fists, nails digging into the flesh of my palms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The fish jerked when the nail touched it, but R.C. held it firm. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ophie crept out of the bedroom and down the stairs, stopping only to grab the iron nail and salt out of the pocket of her work apron. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her hands, with long tapered fingers and wide nails, grasped pots and cooking spoons from shelves above the stove and placed them soundlessly on the glowing hot-plate burner. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ophie reached for the small packet of salt and the iron nail in her pocket and nodded, the barest movement. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

How I’d squeeze my eyes shut and choke down a scream every time a set of headlights nailed us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I plunked the can full of nails down hard, willing him to hear and tell me to stay, but he didn’t. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And, in exchange for coffee or chocolate or tobacco, the Germans gave them paint and lumber and nails and cloth for fixing things up. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be impossible for it to pass the sharp nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s also hard because I try not to hold her hand while running the brush over each nail 3 times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So why, after all I put you through, do you still love me?” she finally said, and slipped the nail file into her purse. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who comes up with these nail polish color names anyway?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It could not have been more than a murmur when I said it, but it silenced the whole refectory: “There were no nails in his hands or his feet.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I will be forever known as “that girl who got nailed by potatoes the first day.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Holding one of the nails in his right hand, he showed me the right angle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just went on staring at his nails. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I smiled even though it felt like nails were being hammered into the left side of my face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Her crimson nails clawed my sheet off its board and crumpled it into a ball. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I hated the feel of dirt under my nails. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed for courage in a blind despairing way, and dug my nails into my hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And you just walk in here and nail it on the first try!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The thick soles of his own high shoes are crusted with white and there is white in the stitching and lace-eyes, and under his nails and in the cracked chapped skin of his hands. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wilting, too, and my head is filling with rusty nails. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Shahir, the left midfielder who frequently set up Josiah for attacks down the left sideline, had lost the nails of both his big toes because his cleats had been too tight. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But I was looking at Schmidt’s hands, really wrinkled, chipped cheap nail polish. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the most lifelike portrait, but I absolutely nailed one part of it—his nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The fireplace, the beams undergirding the loft, the tools dangling off nails on the walls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Celia pulls on a hand stretched before her, its nails blunt and hard as hooves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't see the skin clear, its dark spots fading, or how the thickened, discolored nails became shell-like and translucent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sophie dug her nails into the sides of the pocket, trying to prevent herself from tumbling out when she was upside down. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, those nails...She looked like she raced during the day and was in a singing group at night. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her thumb hurt so bad where the nail had broken that it was all she could do not to cry. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I drove so Cassie could put the top coat on her nails. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I stood nailed to the spot, frightened and incredulous and ignorant of what I should do next. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look for the break in the pattern, the nail that protrudes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pattie gets up from the table and starts unloading little square bottles of nail polish into the back cupboard. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Harry’s fists were clenched, the nails digging deep into his palms. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

For their final test, each of the fourteen-year-olds is forced to climb a ladder haphazardly nailed to a wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And now, avoiding the red, oily nails I gripped her wrists and pulled her up, toward the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sips daintily from her straw, fingering it with lacquered nails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“A little boulder jumped down a hill and broke my father’s leg. They set the leg and gave him cripples’ work, straightening used nails with a hammer on a rock. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I found a hinge, old handmade nails that would come in handy, and finally, treasure of treasures, the axle of an old wagon. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her long, tapered fingers with their bright-red nails pulled the threads in and out, stitching designs so intricate and clever, they took my breath away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stepan sat slumped at the dining table, his right hand, which held the letter of protection, nailed down with a steak knife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She lit a match and he saw that her nails, usually pristine, were battered and chewed, and there was mud under them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But that night—in addition to the math, science, social studies, and ELA assignments he’d already nailed—he was going to do some research. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I did like having others to play with and enjoyed girly activities, like having my nails polished or my hair done and dressing up like a princess. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And there were medicines on the shelves, and little vials, combs; and from nails on the box sides, a few neckties. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They simply stuffed the dead, waterlogged body into a box and nailed it shut. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not the carpenter or the carpenter’s son,” he chanted as we sawed and drove nails, “but I’ll do the carpentryin’ until the carpenter comes.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve hammered a nail into the bed every morning since she died! It’s the first thing I do after waking! Eight thousand six hundred twenty-nine nails!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wildling began to scrape the dirt out from beneath his nails with the point of his dagger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He did not want the champagne; her nails were digging into his arm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could have straightened her out right there, told her that me knowing Stan was going to get nailed by that van had nothing to do with us being tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I painted my nails,” Maribel said, grinning and holding her fingers out like a fan. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Several times I tried to move my feet, but they seemed to be nailed to the floor. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With scrap lumber from Endurance and a small and precious collection of used nails, he began raising the sides of the boats to make them more seaworthy. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He remembers the overheated dance hall from the entrance exams four years before: ladder nailed to the wall, crimson flag with its white circle and black cross below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"You really should have a moon manicure. I'll have my nail attendant do one for you. When I am regent queen, I will mandate it. Even for Belles. Everything about a person should be beautiful." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They were fixing to close the lid on her and nail it down, and she wasn’t dead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And the big crooked nails on which it swung let out a wild rusty shriek. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clench my left hand tighter; my nails bite into my skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I asked, Mr. McDuff also slipped me a big box of nails. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dug the nails out of the bushes and went back up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

With Mom and Dad’s farewells still resounding in our ears, Alice took out her Swiss Army knife, with all the gadgets on it—from screwdriver to scissors—and clipped a broken nail. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he would feel anything if I got nailed? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened up the purse and pulled out a full bottle of nail polish so darkly red it was almost black. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Our first conversation began with her grabbing my hand to examine my newly painted nails, gold with silver moons. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a can of Miller High Life beer; she smelled of beer and tobacco and recently applied nail varnish. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The telephone book slipped from its nail and splashed to the floor, whereupon Jordan whispered "Excuse me"--but this time no one laughed. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Its gnarled roots twisted in and out of the earth like a nest of slow brown serpents, and hundreds of old copper pennies had been nailed to its huge trunk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had bought Mom a pair of earrings, a bottle of purple nail polish with glitter in it, and some striped tights, even though I thought, and I still think, that striped tights look dumb. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The blanket he’d nailed to the inside of the living room window was flapping. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The walls of their flat tremble with the dragging of furniture, the packing of trunks, the nailing shut of windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve bitten my nails to stubs in the past couple of months. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell you what. I’m going to cut your nails extra-pointy tonight. And I promise you that someday you can have everything you want to eat. I’ll cook...spaghetti and ice cream for you!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She held on desperately and the nails shrieked again as the board swung far to one side. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at our hands, her smooth one, the nails pale moons, mine with its uttered cuticles, its skin of incipient toad. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I keep putting my finger in my mouth and scraping off nail polish. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She typed away on a keyboard, red nails tap-tapping in rapid fire. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I hit him with my purse—and let me tell you, it wasn’t light. I carry nails in it, yes I do. I have to, in the kind of dives my grandson likes.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Its hind legs had been nailed to the ground, and it flopped frantically, trying to escape. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were ladder slats nailed to the trunk of the tree. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Something rustled in the mountain of cotton, and a withered hand, with nails black and sharp, rose feebly out of the white fluff. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Look at the map,” she said, pointing above my head with a finger that was like a bent nail. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her nail beds, like mine, are bitten raw. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I grip her arm and catch her so she doesn’t fall into the pit, which is only a couple of feet deep, but lined with nail boards, like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was painting her nails and messing them pretty badly when William went in and he knew she was bagged and Dora wouldn’t let a bagged girl work. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like most families, Becca’s parents had nailed sheets of plywood over their windows and glass doors to protect against the storm. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Each time it was something else: “I forgot my nail file in the car!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She won’t wash her hair or cut her nails on Friday. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She found a box of red paper lanterns in the attic storage at the nail salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The man closed the door behind them and hooked a wire over a nail to keep it shut. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The stairs she and Jalil took were wide and covered with a similar carpet, nailed down at the base of each step. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I'm surprised when we get back to the nail salon and it feels familiar. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She grows her nails so long that she scratches you even while she strokes your face and says nice things. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once an old nail ripped my thigh while I was climbing over a fence at my friend Carla’s house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Little boy hands, his mom would call them, with short-short nails and ragged cuticles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She dipped her finger into the cup, studying the purple liquid as it dripped off her nail. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He tried to count the pennies nailed to the old oak, but there were too many of them and he kept losing count. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She carries, as usual, packets of warm, salted food for her grandson, a nail file, and a new bar of soap. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept cutting wood and piling it like a nervous child biting his nails. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been pulling the rusty nails to use again, picking up the planks, and putting them down like pieces of glass, quietly planning his wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you want him to see you with your eyes and nose swollen when that young so-called wife wears lipstick and nail polish like a movie star?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the last three lice seemed more and more painful to the lion, and he howled more loudly each time the hare drove another nail into the floor. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

There was an awakening even in her nails, in those parts of her body that had always been numb. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

An oval-shaped wooden sign was nailed to the post with the name “Rio Kermit” carved into it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Gerald spends most of his time in his vegetable garden, his nails permanendy blackened from his careful cultivation of lettuce and herbs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She positioned the nail near the edge of the beer cap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They never whisper back and forth about their customers' nails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her nails are painted pale pink like the inside of a conch shell. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It was also a victory for Avery Brundage, president of the American Olympic Committee, and his allies who had fought tooth and nail to ensure that there was no boycott. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My nail circles the little spintria symbol, and I wonder how Du Barry and the Beauty Minister quantify the price of beauty. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On her way out, she paused, nailed me with some real killer eye contact, and said that personally she’d had enough of funerals for a while and was thinking about pouring herself a double. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Let us as much as possible, train out creepers, and branches of trees, upon bridges, pulling down and nailing the branches, aiming to obtain shade and reflection of foliage and broken obscuration of water.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She smiled right at Nicole, who immediately chewed on her pinkie nail. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then he took the lantern from the nail where it hung beside the possum sack. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lupita went into the bedroom where the family’s clothing hung on nails. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My father waves at us with his hammer, his mouth full of nails. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I bite my nails, trying to remember all the things I wanted to buy, but the dreams are lost in the roar of gunfight on TV and clanking dishes in the kitchen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Akira grabbed her hand and started digging into it with his nails. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Reflect, meditate on the nails tearing His hands, His feet. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“No mistakes today, guys. If we nail everything on the first take, we can head home later tonight. If not, we’ll need to spend another night in the city.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Across from Rosa and Joao’s bed was a huge cross with a man nailed to it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took four of the horseshoe nails from the sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Velutha knocked on the wood and then scraped a little patch clean with his nail. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Magic Marker smell of nail polish on your mom’s toes because she says she still wants to look nice so please just deal with it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The windows to the living room, the foyer, and the upstairs guest bathroom were broken, patched haphazardly with sheets of clear plastic or wooden boards nailed across the frames. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he came back, he had a hammer, a jar of nails, a bag of cotton balls, a bottle of iodine, and some Band-Aids. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it was just a fingertip or a nail, and then it was the top of my finger. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“One day when Miss Violet let me go to the bathroom I made a hole in the wall! With a nail! Then I could see into the girls’ bathroom! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Pulling nails out of two by fours is not what I was made for." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The nail of his right thumb is missing and the stump that remains is blanched and corrugated. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm glad my hiding place makes it impossible for the cameras to get a close shot of me because I'm biting my nails like there's no tomorrow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His visitor, his company, his guest, his social life, his woman, his daughter, his friend—they all hung there on a nail near his bed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the dirt under her nails, the scabs on her elbows, the scratches cm her hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I came to the inn, Anker himself was up on a ladder nailing a long piece of cedar siding back into place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That night he mounted to the attic with his hammer and his handful of nails and nailed the door behind him and threw the hammer out the window. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the people amused themselves one day by nailing him to a cross and planting the cross in the ground. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackie had brought nail polish with her, so we painted our fingernails and told the same jokes we’d told about a million times before. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Pa had driven nails inside as far as he could reach from each end. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Megan came running down the stairs carrying bottles of nail polish. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

We said things like, “There’s a box in there for the nails,” or my father would say, “Be quiet while I sleep.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows scream, and the sound is like nails on wood. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Do they let you paint your nails at Saint Augustine’s? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His gray suit was torn, and his bare feet were deformed, the long toes capped with talon-curved nails. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I stare at my chipped orange nail polish. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He was feeling the words of the preacher, feeling that life was flesh nailed to the world, a longing spirit imprisoned in the days of the earth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

While construction crews began expanding roads and nailing together new buildings at Los Alamos, Oppenheimer turned to his next task: “a policy of absolutely unscrupulous recruiting of anyone we can lay hands on.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Nemur is an attractive woman, early forties, blonde hair, lots of make-up and long red nails. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can see Heather dig her nails into her palms under the table. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two days pass and instead of taking the bus home from the nail salon, I go to Southside nursery. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Shall I nail it then? Or how shall it be done?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers into a fist and dug my nails into my palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And since Dell's bureau and closet are empty, Pattie borrows his car and brings over more things from the nail salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Even in front of him, crushed against the trunk of the palm, I could feel the rain, which was now jabbing into me like the punches of a nail. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My gift has nothing to do with nails and rocking. It has to do with the heart, which loves to be near that which it loves.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cooking pans and long utensils that she had never seen before hung from spikes nailed into the wall. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each plank he planed, each nail he drove, each thing he made had molded him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were slender, with long, graceful fingers; vermilion-colored nails; and lots of rings. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He takes Hassan’s hand first, strokes the palm with one hornlike finger­nail, round and round, round and round. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But they saw what I was doing, what a tight wire I was walking, and they sat biting their nails and let me win that battle on my own. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Bunny had had a mild tendency towards kleptomania, and was apt to pocket any small, valueless articles that caught his eye—nail clippers, buttons, spools of tape. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was talking about putting nail polish on a runner in your hose, but I think the same rule applies here.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Warden held up a small jar of dark-red nail polish. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

But Pattie ignored him as she went about closing the nail salon early, barking orders in Vietnamese to the two manicurists. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I wake up on top of a mattress resting on the floor of the garage across the alley from Mai's mom's nail salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I was ten. When my other friend died,” I say, staring at the French tips on my nails. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Very soon it would nail him down, know just exactly where he was. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He finished off the beer he was drinking, snipped the can open with his wire cutters, hammered it flat, and nailed it over the hole. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the hammer and nail in my hands. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still standing, looking out of the window, biting his nails. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drummed the tabletop with her freshly manicured nails. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Boards had been nailed into the tree to form a ladder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When he opens his eyes, June is sitting up against the pillows next to him, bitten nails pressed against her bottom lip, still in her bathrobe and keeping watch. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You can hear their tails dragging through the muck and filth. You can hear them filing their nails and teeth. They are coming for you. They are coming to take you apart piece by piece. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were nail polish to the first joint and she was angry. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fell silently to his neck, one of the nails falling free and fluttering to the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ma nailed a blanket to the wall to cover cracks. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was need of paraffin oil, nails, string, dog biscuits, and iron for the horses’ shoes, none of which could be produced on the farm. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And he had blood-red nails and a brown leaf on his back that made the monsoons come on time. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow!” he says, glancing around at Chucha’s purple towel hanging from a peg, her purple mosquito net strung between two nails, her purple dresses draped over a chair. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

With his nails he managed to lift the corpse of the spider from the sink. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A week later we passed the broth shack, and there was a sixty-year-old woman working there, hard as nails, dishing out consommé. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anybody who has seen two episodes of The Shield knows that if a perp isn’t identified in the first forty- eight hours, the likelihood of nailing him is cut in half. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He took his eyes away from the microscope and looked around the table until he found a wooden stick that had a human eyelash glued to it with a dab of nail polish. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chews her nails as she waits for a stall. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But one thing was certain: Even the smallest drop of blood attracted the piranhas like a nail to a magnet. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I slumped back against the wall and picked at my black nail polish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, his face was in Laila’s window, nails tucked in the corner of his mouth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But she had discovered something; still holding it upside down, she poked at its abdomen and then, with her nail, located the tiny control panel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She ran into the bathroom and rummaged through the medicine chest until she found a pair of nail scissors with which to chop out the offending hair. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I slashed across his face, heard him grunt as my nails bit into his cheek. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She fixed her perfect hair in the wall mirror, inspected her shining red nails, and went out to the bar. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the three matches are done, my nails are bitten to the beds and I’m hungry for lunch. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Relieved of his trappings, he grazed my throat with his short, resdess fingers, the way a person feels for solidity behind a wall before driving in a nail. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Then why on earth didn’t you say so?” she cried, and so intense was her exasperation that she drove her sharp nails into the skin of his wrist. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have to work hard to keep her nails so pretty. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bottles of nail polish vanished almost every day. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jude holds out her hand in front of her, examines five shiny purple nails. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And in that field it hollowed me out, turned the girl beside me to glass, nailed Fang to a black tower of rock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The girl behind me taps me on the shoulder with her long black nails. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako always cut his nails into sharp spikes, because he liked them like that. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My nails were digging so deep into my palm that I thought I had broken the skin. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She looked at her ruined nails, shrugged, and patted her hair to make sure it was still in place. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He reached up through the little door and hung meat on the nails, as far up as he could reach. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maggie got five bottles of nail polish, a dress for her voice recital, a sleeping bag for arts camp this summer, and a new phone from her parents. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This early culture was a separate entity—another nail in the coffin of the Clovis-as-template theory, to her way of thinking. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Their nails shone, their skin glowed, and the hair beneath their elaborately crocheted skullcaps looked drawn on with conte crayon. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In my presence they could talk and agree with themselves, the world was nailed down, and they loved it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little, silver balls clattered against the nails. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Now I can bend and shape pieces of iron I find around the ruins of the Gribley house and barn. Eventually I’ll forge them into shovels, ladles, and even nails.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben shot Mary Anne the finger with both of his invisibly nailed hands. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a key from a nail by the door and went out again. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had callused my hands; I had scratched dirt to blacken the nails, which I cut straight across to make stubby fingers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even stoned, Fang seemed nervous, panicked almost, like he’d just been nailed by the phantom spotlight he’d been running from all his life. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Despereaux listened and he was quite certain that he heard the nails and teeth of the rats, the sound of sharp things being made sharper still. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The friend had gone, with his kindliness and his easy camaraderie, and the brother too, who had mocked me for nibbling at my nails. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shocked, Eleanor sat up and looked; her feet were dirty, and her nails were painted bright red. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

A little string went from one chicken leg to a nail in the wall. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She tried to crawl into the narrow crowded closet to nail it down but her voluminous nightgown got her tangled up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear prince,” she drawled, examining her nails, “you’re alone in my rooms. The hallway door is very far away. I can say whatever I wish.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maddy’s looking down at her nails as if Mrs. Kluck’s announcement is written on them, and I suddenly wonder if she’s embarrassed to look at me after her outburst in the mall. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Face painting, hair braiding, nail polishing—it had sounded like such a good idea. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

After all the tests had been turned in, the pencil woman stepped out of the room, leaving the children to bite their nails and watch the clock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as he files his nails down by scraping them with the edge of his knife. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Uncle took off his hat, inspecting the wall for dust first before he hung it on a nail. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Physical tools enable you to act in the world: a saw cuts through wood, and a hammer drives home nails. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Kaede dug her fingers into the ground, trapping the soil beneath her nails. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her nails are long and sharp and smooth. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The fingers were blunt, callused, wiry black hairs grew between the knuckles, there was dirt under the nail of the thumb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was like she was nailed to the steps and couldn’t move or scream. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

So after school we went to Walgreens for nail polish and we sat in Lafayette Park while I made a mess of her fingertips and we laughed for hours. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was chinking more audibly than usual, as if a box of assorted household nails had come apart in one of her kimono pockets. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

One morning Grandpa pointed to a keg of nails and said, hateful, “Camp, see thet keg? I want you to roll it from one end of the store to the other till I say stop.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“By the whiskers, old one,” Matthias said excitedly, “I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. Do you think that our bad-tempered captive might know something about the rumor?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Love took a green print sunbonnet of Granny’s from a nail in the kitchen and we headed for the barn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He pressed the nail gently against the fish’s eye. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The teeniest little nails. Like a doll, you wouldn’t believe it. The way she just melts into you when you hold her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a broomstick with an upside-down protractor attached on one end and a wooden straightedge on the opposing side that rotated around a nail. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The car was small and the backseat smelled like nail polish remover. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jessie took one prong off the nail of one lemon so as not to waste valuable citric acids, then laid her project out on a tray, and they brought their gifts upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was stained as with dried blood; and looking closer they perceived that its nails were red. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The man's servility disgusted him, and so did his cheese-white hands with their dirty nails, and the stained teeth he revealed in his constant grin. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Without rope or crosspieces and nails the logs just rolled and separated. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and in my mind I could see the funnel-like entrance of the hole, and the sharp slanting points of the nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the stairs and opened a bottle of sly blue nail polish. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She wore dark eyeliner all the time, her nails were always painted black, and sometimes she even wore black lipstick like the Moth House witches. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“And don’t stick that nail into my peaches again.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s top-notch entertainment—if you nail exactly the right guy. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The crop birthed communities, requiring nails and braces for houses, the tools to build the houses, roads to connect them, and more iron to keep it all running. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I can see Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Look, the kid needs shoes. He could step on broken glass or rusty nails... or even a cottonmouth.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The box was corded, the card nailed on. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her hands were rough skinned, broken nailed, small but strong. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then they stole everything that wasn’t nailed down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After several seconds she parted spangled nails, speaking through her fingers. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He went up to the bed and put his finger on the head of a nail. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Guy asked, slowly rubbing the tip of his nails across the boy’s scalp. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And slowly, raised by invisible hands from below, there emerged from the one a painted image of an eagle, from the other that of a man, naked, and nailed to a cross. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another woman might have flown at him in rage, slapped him, kicked him, raked at his eyes with her nails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had on bright red nail polish and I couldn’t get my eyes off the way her fingers tapped on my desktop and were leaving tiny half-moon dents in the wood. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he said, ‘Right, I’ll get you some nails and wood.’ All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You snagged on that nail again. Cant you never crawl through here without snagging on that nail.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it looks good if I nail it the first time.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her nails looked pretty, and she was smiling slightly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck his right index finger into his mouth and began to tug at the nail. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was not a gung-ho cop; he wasn’t quick to make an arrest, or to pull a gun, or to nail people just on general principles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister's nails dug painfully into his arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m sure they had a dresser with a tray of nail polish and a jewelry box full of bracelets. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It’s now the fashion to have a spool with four nails pounded into one end, and a ball of wool. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, she also asked about my math lessons with Mr. Harding and painted my nails and listened to the Buddy Holly album with me until we both knew all the words by heart. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad finds a nail but wonders how he’s going to get it into the wall without a hammer. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He picked up the fish line nail, bent over the fish, and jabbed the nail into its side. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Shadow’s temples felt as if they had been reattached to the rest of his skull with roofing nails, and his vision was blurred. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I pump-faked, spun to my left, and nailed a fade-away banker over the outstretched hand of a guy who was nearly seven feet tall. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We flew in this morning and went to the spa and the nail salon. See? I got the gel. Then we hit the casino, and tomorrow we’re gonna see the white tigers.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I wanted them to feel, but I can say now they hit the nail on the head. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m sure she means well, but between her bio and this message, she’s hammering me with nails instead of giving me the pat on the back I was hoping for. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were posters nailed to the trees all along the road. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved it in the air for a few seconds, then began painting the nails on her right hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

That was the rule; half of any money they got from anywhere went into the tin-can bank that was nailed to the floor in the darkest corner of the closet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nailed Volkswagen in the glasses, knocking them off his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But the intensity and the severity of things didn’t quite hit until a few days later, when she paid her regular visit to a small nail salon in Tremonton. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We each ran back to our houses to rifle through our parents’ toolboxes for hammers and nails. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I pick my nails under the desk because it’s only a matter of time before I see him now. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bullet looked over at the mullet, who was sitting up against a tree trunk, cleaning his nails with a sharp stick. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Did I swallow them, so now plastic nails were poking the inside of my neck? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

His hammer turned out to be a waste of two or three good pounds, because there appear to be no nails in the mud-and-thatch town of Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sees the intent in my expression, pauses, spits the nails, drops his tool belt, and comes toward me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She wished all of her customers just wanted red nails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I went back into the dark bedroom, locked the door, pulled a chair up to one of the two windows, and nailed our new rug over it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She held out her hand, not for me to shake, but in front of her face, examining her nails. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

How many times had me and Holly painted our nails? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ll always remember you,” she said, tapping it with her fingers, the black nails bouncing up and down like flies. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I brought nail polish so we can paint our names on the back of the turtles. That way, you’ll know for sure that it was mine when it wins.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he was tall and tough as nails, he seemed almost fragile compared to the captain of the Crux. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get them settled as quickly and comfortably as possible, which meant nailing down the details of our move and finding them a new school in Washington, a place where they’d be happy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I asked her to read the bottom of my foot, but all she told me was that I had a lot of callouses and she liked my blue sparkly nail polish. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mom is sitting on the couch painting her nails bright red with a gossip magazine propped against her knees. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Already his feet were sliced up, and he knew there had to be glass and nails everywhere. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much to do in our small town, but we were content going to the mall, getting our nails done, going to football games, and gossiping about guys. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Kote pounded a pair of nails into the wall, twisted some wire, and hung the mounting board firmly on the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Because even if I didn’t have the specifics nailed down yet, I did have ideas about the future. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“And be quick about it. If she’s not wet by the time I’m done disrobing, I will cut off that tongue of yours and nail it to the wall.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He could use a soldering iron and hammer two boards together so that the wood did not split and the nails did not bend. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the evenings she sat at her dining table and coated her nails with clear nail polish, and ate salad straight from the salad bowl, and watched television, and waited for Sunday. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The creature snarled, and she heard its deep intake of breath and the scrape of nails departing stone as the ridderak leapt for her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The nails in it were supposed to kill the evil jumbi. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slant was very steep and there were only a few blocks of wood nailed down, very far apart from each other, that the workmen used for footholds. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I asked for Barbie dolls, children’s beauty and nail supplies, stuffed animals, a new bike, and Rollerblades. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Except I’d need a whole lot of nail polish remover now, wouldn’t I?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I asked as I helped him carry a sheet of plywood he was going to nail against the windows of our house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The door was made of wire netting on a wooden frame, with two leather hinges nailed to the uprights and a hasp and staple fastened with a twist of wire. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wooden planks have been nailed across the opening, and when I go to the basement window where Max scooted in last time, there’s no one there, either. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Well, my walk didn’t matter since I got nailed at second base in a double play. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled to herself, picking at her nails as they entered the hallway that led to her rooms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It had wooden wings nailed to its sides and a tail feather on its rear. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her nails were painted with pale pink polish. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And they climbed the ladder to the roof, Sarah with wisps of hair around her face, her mouth full of nails, overalls like Papa's. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was in raking the yard, searching for nails and glass pieces blown over from Mr. Lucas’s house, that gave my eyes a downward place to look. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As nails gave way and boards splintered, I heard several puppy whimpers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and her friend Abelina hid away in her room and painted each other’s nails, and when Maribel came to the dinner table that night, we saw it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There are exposed pipes in the bathrooms, wires stapled over doorsills, nails protruding from beams. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“About two weeks I’d say. She had her hair done, her nails done, her eyes done, and her clothes done. The only thing wrong is she couldn’t have her children done.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finished painting her nails, then stood up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

His shoes were polished, his nails were clean, his hat was well brushed, and a white handkerchief adorned his breast pocket. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel lifted down his saddle from the big nail where it hung by one wooden stirrup and swung it over the broad back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If he wants to be the man of the house, he’s going to have to stop biting his nails,” Mami says, breaking the tense silence that follows such remarks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Rising above the surface again, I feel the weeks’ mud dissolve and slide off my skin, my nails, the creases in my neck and toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Lu,” said Bridget, dipping her brush into the polish, blowing like an oscillating fan over her nails. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She has. orange lipstick, and orange nail polish to match. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A swirling vortex had opened in the center of the game’s monitor, and it was sucking in bits of trash, paper cups, bowling shoes—everything that wasn’t nailed down. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t be happier,” she crooned as her jagged nails cut into her palms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A few outbuildings, a toolshed, a little barn had all sagged into piles of faded slabs and rusty nails. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke to Granddaddy hanging his dripping oilskin on a nail. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Gossamer wings and green nails, horns and fangs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There is no translation for this word and perhaps it is just a noise such as a man might make, involuntarily, feeling the nail go through his hands and into the wood. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I dug my nails into my palms till I’d pierced my own flesh. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They worked like dogs tending your granddaddies’ and daddies’ places in Phippsburg so they could pay right for every nail. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The wound was on the man’s thumb, where the nail was missing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We hang an old sail between four trees as an awning to protect us from sun and rain, and nail a bar between two trees for the pulpit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow I want you to go to the store and apologize for stealing that nail polish.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This window looks north,” he said, tapping the glass with the crooked nail of his index finger. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She used the long, skinny part of a pen cap to scrape grime from under her nails. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

You’d sell a bag of nails for a shilling, and when you went out to buy some more you’d find that the price had gone up to two shillings. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at my chipped nail polish as we pull to a stop at a traffic light. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Their hands were soft and their nails long. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her nails were long and painted deep pink. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cupping her hand, Mary Anne whispered to Ben, “The next time you pick your nose, think about having a nail driven through your nostril.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The tops are not nailed down. Be quiet. Don’t speak again till I call you. Pray if you want to.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Pattie remembered the note that Willow had written the first day she met her social worker at the nail salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The woman opened a cupboard to show Liyana dozens of lovely necklaces hanging on nails. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A rusted nail stuck out from its center, over Dicey’s head. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he meant to turn me in as a runaway...I dug the nails of my free hand into his arm and tore the flesh from elbow to wrist. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were caked with black dirt, his nails cracked and broken from scraping at the frozen earth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Last she filed her nails and cleaned them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or dig his nails into his bare skin like he is doing. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The game for the day was to sail the raft out to a marker nailed several hundred yards from shore, somewhere between the two beaches. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I cannot imagine why in a place with so many sharp instruments for cutting bones and thick tissues, that woman brought me such teeny nail scissors. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuck handed up a tool and Miles began to pry at the nails securing the window frame. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clenched her fists at her sides, digging her nails into her palms, wondering if that was what had happened to her father when he died. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Stanley didn't know if the redness was caused by her nail polish or his blood. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"The same things I'd have of all of them, lad. Men, horses, swords, armor, grain, cheese, wine, wool, nails . . . the Night's Watch is not proud, we take what is offered." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She cut her bangs shorter with nail scissors. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Thirty' hazel sticks had been whittled and dried, tipped with sharp nails, carefully nocked. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tes, yes, He saved you! And He paid a price for you. He gave His life for you. He was nailed for you. He became a man for you.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Back inside, he sawed off the ends and nailed on a base. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Does she want me to end up with nails in my feet? Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Plus, I thought it would be cool to grind my nails down to sharp points and look like a vampire. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has slim, small hands with unpolished nails and ragged cuticles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is a little bit of wax stuck in the impression, and I try to root it out with the edge of my nail. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He drapes the fresh shirt on the single chair rather than risk damaging it on a nail hammered in the wall. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They needed a golden retriever, and they would have nailed the center spread in Better Homes and Gardens. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When Misha opened the door, it swung out rather than in, and just inside the right-hand jamb was a small rectangular box, nailed on a slant above Anya’s head. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I slip out to the bathroom and come back with another box of tissues and a bottle of nail- polish remover. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think it’s a byproduct of cell phones: people—girls and moms especially—want to nail you down in physical space. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

From its fingertips, nails like long green blades of grass extended, curling over mottled, barklike skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rosa sighed and fiddled with her long painted nails. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The day I did, her nails were midnight blue, each with a fake diamond. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She said that he once hammered a nail into an electrical socket and shorted out the entire house. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The girl by his side stood with her hands clasped together, concealing a tendril of flame that curled stubbornly around the nail of her pinky, which happened sometimes when she was upset. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"This is my special nail polish. Do you see the dark rich color? You can't buy that in a store. I have to make it myself." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of Ophie’s nail, but there was something else. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Rachel had already flown away with her devil saviour, and I was nailed down in Bulungu, since my body was still sunk so deep in poison it couldn’t bear up to many more mosquito bites. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple snorted, only slightly surprised that Rishi’s nickname nailed exactly what she felt about that group. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She raked him with her nails and covered him with kisses and whispered and prayed and told him stories, and by the end she had bathed him with her tears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

An extraordinary vitality possessed them, sharpening their teeth and nails. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the money he made from lobstering and cutting ice out of Wash Pond and selling his paintings to the summer people, Osh had bought nails, a hammer, and whatever else he lacked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It will be locked, nailed. You have the hatchet. Break it.” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly asked as I pointed to where it hung by a nail. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She is a lovely girl with a delicate nose, red lips, and slender legs, wonderfully clean and well cared for, she certainly baths twice a day and never has any dirt under her nails. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad I’d seen a rerun of High School Musical recently; I had my drama department terminology nailed. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words fall like nails on the floor, hard, pointed. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took a seat at my desk and surveyed the landscape—a small village of nail polish bottles, colored pencils, a rubber finger-puppet beast, and a hill of assorted notepads. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He bites his thumb where the nail is missing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers inward, digging my nails into my palms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, I expect so....There’s an old nail we use if we need to break anything....Just a moment...” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His mother hung the full bag on a nail where it could drip into the sink. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught me how to hit the nail better. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Plywood has been nailed over all the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He shuddered at the description of the tailor Petrovich’s big toe, “with its deformed nail as thick and hard as the shell of a tortoise.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Ekwenugo stared at his bandaged hands as if he had only just realized that they meant he no longer had a long nail to stroke. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Too late, thought Edward as Bryce pulled the nails out of his ears. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He pivoted around, picked up his cigarette from the frosted-glass ledge, dragged on it, then began to file his nails. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I made the reluctant decision to hide away before I was discovered, and slipped into a space between two wooden planks nailed to the entrance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He built barns, crawling around in the rafters and pounding nails. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He combed his lank, fair hair with his fingers, cleaned his nails with his teeth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one where I could see the muddy little tracks of the ringtails, I bored a hole, dropped in a piece of tin, and drove my nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rostoff rubs her artificial nails against her thumb, then checks her watch again. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was nailed shut, but the nails had some give on one side where I could work the lid loose a little. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To invite a stork to nest, families would nail a wagon wheel to the top of a tall pole. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The new floor was streaked with water stain, and a clutter of old papers and darkened nail bags with their nails rusted to prickly balls filled the corner of the room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the bed and began biting my nails. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined the homemade box was probably full of nails or broken glass set at cruel angles for a similar purpose. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The attack on the church began in earnest in 1517, when a constipated German monk nailed a list of complaints to the door of the church in Wittenberg. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I looked down and saw a drop of blood ooze out from under the broken nail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like her, and a nail of anxiety pierced his gut. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

McNeish pried nails from Endurance’s distorted decking and made a stockpile of scrap lumber, including the lumber that had been meant for the expedition's winter hut. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I looked down at my feet, and then I saw that one big-toe nail had been torn clean off. I had been so scared that I had not felt it hurt until that minute.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Root said nothing for a long while, tapping his nails on the tabletop. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Me, basically trying to manage it all while T-N-T, who were usually distracted by paint on their nails, were now distracted by paint on the walls. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It surprised him that Chief was something of a fop, with his air of fussy grooming: nails manicured and shiny, black velvet slippers at his feet, a diamond cross around his neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For the second time in twenty-four hours, Chuck had nailed it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I handed him a nail from the can at his feet. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the nail had been yanked over to one side and was just hanging there like when you peel the shell off a shrimp. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go up the cellar stairs, which have black rubber stair treads nailed onto them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Back at the house his mother bent over his rough hands, inspecting his fingers and nails. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the camera zooms in on my hands, pounding at a nail, before it turns upward into the skyline with trees like umbrellas and the whole thing fades. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was his mission to upset, mash, and draw out the metal into the useful things that made society operate: nails, horseshoes, plows, knives, guns. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Thus a man might bring his family down from a hill ranch in a drag—a big box nailed on oaken runners which pulled bumping down the broken hills. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turns it over, runs a long nail across the palm and then stares me in the eye while running her tongue along the same path. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The others he nailed into the grave’s damp red-clay walls while both of us lay on the grass, me holding a croker sack blanket and a long nail, him propped on his left elbow, hammering. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was wearing banana-yellow robes today; her long nails were painted shocking pink, and she was accompanied by her paunchy photographer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Joe came and helped Lum look but he couldn’t find the new keg either, so he went to the nail over his desk that he used for a file to search for the order. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then they started calling the Central Valley the Pacific Dust Bowl, and that put the last nail in the region’s coffin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

What degradation lay in being young, I thought, and fell to tearing at my nails. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I pry until one of my nails splits off at the quick. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she yanked her apron with the pink and red roses on it off the nail on the kitchen wall, put it on over her head, and tied it around her waist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With a nail and a rock two holes were punched in each end of the straps. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You would not be in this car with me if you were,” he said, “and stop biting your nails, they are ugly enough already.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and curvy and had hair that looked like fresh honey and always, always, always had her nails painted some wild color. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Over the next six weeks, my ears had permanent red marks from the teacher’s nails, as did the other indigenous students’. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't want to chew on my nails or lips, so I find myself gnawing on the inside of my cheek. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lourdes spends the afternoon training Maribel, a pretty Puerto Rican woman in her late twenties with a pixie cut and stylishly long nails. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella grabbed Papa’s work jacket from the nail by the door. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Willow walked from the nail salon to the district offices on Tuesdays. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I had him nailed to the wall with one finger. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then we run up the steps, Char’s high heels sounding like hammers banging nails whenever she takes a step. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When at last Dandelion and Speedwell had pulled the leather strip off the nail, Bigwig came back to the hutch himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just put down some biscuit dough and was cleaning the flour from under her nails. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridget sat on the toilet lid, lacquering her nails with ballet pink, the radio perched behind her on top of the tank. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mother taps her nails on the dining table, her signal for solitude to chant. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The crucifix she hung from the wall, fascinated, as she always was, by the realism of the tiny nails lodged in the crockery feet of Jesus. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From the hand of Christ on the cross! The nail that held the Lord God in place during his crucifixion!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the long nail file off the daybed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The forge spat out nails at a remarkable rate. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They were like nails being driven into my flesh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We take to a country road, where posters advertising the Roxbury Country Fair are nailed to every telephone pole. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m capable of quite a lot, thank you,” she said, picking at her jagged nails. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It means my nails are perfectly shaped but not polished. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

With each nail I pounded the rest of the afternoon, I hammered out my next installment for Mr. Miltenberger. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Each painted demon had gangly arms with razor-sharp nails drooping down from hunched shoulders. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Soon she was a fragile pile of opaque bones, with yellowed nails and no monthly blood. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With fluid movements she wipes my arms, legs, and face with a damp rose-scented cloth and cuts and buffs my nails, then paints and dries them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

What we did was get around the law by charging the legal two shillings for the nails, or whatever it was, and then charge a shilling more for the bag we sold them in. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sleeping shift, hung on a nail by the door. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Martin picked at the sore with grubby nails until blood appeared and he licked it off his lips and the tip of his fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His flesh was a ripe violet-blue, his lips and nails bluer still, so dark they were almost black. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In another, heaps of stained cloth, bent nails, and bones had been sorted into even piles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He write this on paper and nail paper to post close to sidewalk. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt and Karen hung pots and pans on nails in the pantry. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used toilet roll as bandages and cut into them with nail scissors and squirted tomato ketchup on them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Hooper threw himself forwards, and began to beat his fists into the ground, tearing convulsively at the leaves and soil with his nails, and making a hoarse, screaming sound, low down in his throat. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The little finger on his left hand had a long, clawlike nail. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

R.C. held the catfish tight in his left hand and had the nail of his fish line in the other. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was no dirt between her fingers, around her nails, or ground into the lines on her palms. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there she is again, doing a hair flip, or checking her nails. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed some nails from the box I was holding and started pounding them into the corners of the tiles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But then in the light from the burning house she saw something nailed to the trunk of the huge magnolia tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gran’s manicured nails lifted up my chin, and her deep brown eyes inspected my solemn face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She’d been glaring at Briares, but Tyson got her attention as soon as he nailed her in the chest with the pole, pushing her back into the wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My knee flew up, nailing her just under her chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her nails were admirably long, her fingers, like her father’s, artistically slim. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Trap feels like it’s been nailed to the bottom. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He bites his nails whenever he does something wrong and has to sit on the punishment chair until Papi comes home. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

His hands were rough, the nails yellowed and chipped, the fingertips scarred. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was painting her nails and messing them pretty badly when William went in and he knew she was bagged and Dora wouldn’t let a bagged girl work. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found Rasheed in the toolshed, pounding nails into a plank of wood. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

For the fourth corner he used a nail. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the sun dropped below the western ridges, O’Dell dropped off our tin at the Cape beside the lumber and the nails. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her nails are painted green today, with black stars on her thumbs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Grab hold and make it tight. I’ll do Potter!” said Greyback, seizing a fistful of Harry’s hair; Harry could feel his long yellow nails scratching his scalp. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At the corner of the porch he took the possum sack from the nail where it hung and wiped the ear. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

While she's inside, I try to imagine how good it will feel to pound in the last nail. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Camera One, not there at first but getting it now, the long shot, nailing her as her hands came off the chair arms, fingers spread wide, you could almost see her fingertips smoking... Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It was kind of funny to think about hanging out at Tina's house every day, doing each other's nails, trying on lip gloss. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Walking slowly to the hall, where there was a little breeze, she stretched out on the daybed and went to filing her nails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Now his nails are embedded with grime and his face and neck are the texture of cured hides. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants me to help him nail Dusty Muleman,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She tickles the back of El’s neck with her long nails. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

No paint on her lips or nails, her brown hair cut very short. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

With that penny balanced on my nail, waiting for a flip, I thought too long on all the things I might wish for and froze. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I punched holes along their inner edge with a nail and then used steel wire to strap the fins to the sides of the casements. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I didn’t tell Lynn about stealing the nail polish. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Oasis is an old boat, not built for passengers but for small industry, its hull rusted and its wooden siding peeling off of stripped nails. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her nails are short and polish-free, the magic fingers connected to the hands connected to the forearms roped with steel muscle and tendons that lead to shoulders, neck and bionic brain. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She was painting her nails a pearly pink. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon’s sharp nails were pressing into the flesh of her upper arms, and she gripped his fur for reassurance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were a mom’s hands, soft, with only small wrinkles, and chipping polish on the nails. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With a small paintbrush she began applying it to the nails on her left hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Artemis checked his nails patiently, waiting for her to finish. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” I said, “if it means that much to you, why don’t you just do some easier kind of pain? Something you don’t need a hammer and nail for.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached up and lifted the Christmas ornament from its nail and placed it in Beto’s hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The way the body of the nail disappeared into the siding. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her mashed-in nose, her downy ears, her miniature fingers with their miniature nails and wrinkly knuckles. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heather paints her nails on her desk blotter and blathers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Byron changed directions and started going around the other way, and I acted like my other foot was nailed to the porch and started following him sideways that way. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Varney said this smiling, but he was driving in nails now, attacking deep and hard, sensing that the man in front of him could not even blink an eye in rebuttal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug my nails into my palms till my skin had nearly turned to herringbone. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched his chin, his eyes lifted to the plain wooden cross nailed to the wall by the choir box. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But today, after I was sure my nails were dry, I reached up and grabbed a chunk of hair, split it into thirds, and started braiding. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I feel the dirt; I caress the dirt; I pack the dirt under my nails, as deep as it will go. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The fitting and nailing on of the planks was labor intensive and nerve-racking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It is presumably hollow but with no discernible hinges, no nails, no attachment points; it looks like a solid block of highly polished wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She nailed me with eyes that said if I so much as tried to hold Nicole’s hand, she was going to run a knitting needle through the back of my head. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

His spindly wrists extend from his over-large cuffs, his hands are long and thin, ragged around the nails, like mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hammered a row of nails into a board. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her nails were filed in a perfect arc, just beyond the tip of her finger. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were nail polish to the first joint and she was angry. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon raked cold flesh with his nails and kicked at the thing's legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Reston was once a country town, and its rural past still fights obliteration, like a nail that won’t stay hammered down. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her fingers to inspect her nails and the frown returned. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The nail polish also points to maybe her still being in the area? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My nails are bitten to the bleeding point, so it will look natural. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It nailed a dummy straight between the eyeholes of its helmet. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The raindrops were sharp, angry nails hammered into my jacket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ash tried to back away but Ana reached out and grabbed her wrist, digging her nails into Ash’s skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Matthias, my friend, we are with you to a shrew. Tooth, claw and nail! Lead on, bold warrior.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A carpenter soon arrived and nailed the master into a large crate marked CHEESE. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fetch Uncle Drum’s flashlight off the nail by the door. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon for the next three days, the four of us gathered in Becca’s backyard to continue hammering and nailing those pieces of plywood together. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jen’s face got the red creeps, so I know I done hammered the right nail. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The day before I’d gone to first grade, T. Ray had found me in the peach stand sticking a nail into one of his peaches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irmgard whispered harshly in his ear; she had grabbed him by the shoulder, her nails digging into him with frantic intensity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ever since her own parents died, these visits from her mother-in-law had taken on extra importance, and she’d putter around the house, cleaning and cooking, biting her nails as she went. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Flossie clicked on the radio to soft dance music, then opened the glove compartment to find an emery board for filing down her nails. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my left I claw the floorboards so desperately the wood peels off, under my nails. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even without Mr. Underhill present, everyone could practically hear the final nail being hammered into a coffin. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She has come over today to the nail salon to tell me in person. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There is a sound of hammering; it is the box being nailed down. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She had six delicate petals, each as big as the nail of my little finger. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each month, Keav would travel with Ma to a beauty salon to have her hair styled and her nails painted. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They helped pick up the broken branches, swept broken bits of pottery and tiles from the street, and nailed shutters. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Michael was tough as nails, pushing his way past offensive linemen who sometimes weighed ninety more pounds than he did. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She not only gives me a hammer and nails, she brings out some extra rope, too, in case I don’t have enough. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Not today, Em,” her mom said around the nail gripped between her lips while she hammered another one into the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Little vise, little box of nails, little bottles of glue long since hardened. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In it, Paul described how two of three windows in her cell had been nailed shut. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The dirt under her nails, the healing scars on her hands, the ache in her shoulders and back from digging Pol’s grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

While Dad spoke to her in a low, sad voice, I stared up in awe at the silver handle of her suitcase, the perfection of her nails, the silky blackness of her hair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She waved her free hand at Ivy, her nails painted to match a rainbow—red thumb, orange forefinger, yellow middle finger, green ring finger, blue pinkie. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The eyes nail me now as his hand nails down my arm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the woman’s hand squeezing her, her nail in her cheek. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The keepers he put on a stringer, a woven cord with a three-inch nail tied to its end, anchored with a rock on the riverside. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, he turned around and deliberately faced a sheet of what had once been snow-white beaverboard that was nailed uncompromisingly to the back of the door. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I found a piece of rope, made a noose, slipped it about the kitten’s neck, pulled it over a nail, then jerked the animal clear of the ground. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With short, brisk strokes she evens the broken nail on her left thumb. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his good suit in his bag and hung his overalls on a nail. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The young man was also clearly nervous, making aimless small talk and biting his nails. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not forgotten the slave children the Great Masters had nailed up along the road from Yunkai. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Two had to go to the movers, the rest was put back when the can was nailed down in the new home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t buy the gold eyeshadow, but I do pick up a bottle of Black Death nail polish. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers were smudged, and the nails were dirty and chewed down. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“How can anybody sleep?” she asked, giving the last nail a terrific bang. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother had on rubber boots, unbuckled, and had used small finishing nails to tack a wool blanket across the entry to the living room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His nails, I noticed, were yellowed and very long, like the claws of a beast. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He framed the picture and hung it in our hallway, nailing it right next to the old black- and-white of himself in his thin necktie shaking hands with King Zahir Shah. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got a new nail polish for us to try, Holly said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her fingers tightened into fists, her nails digging into her palms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Again my world would be suddenly transformed, fixed like a rose with a nail through it, space hurtling coldly out from me in all directions. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She studies for tests early, and keeps a training log of her running, and her nail polish bottles are arranged in an orderly rainbow in her bathroom drawer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She then rapped three times on the thick black door, which was studded with iron nails and bore a knocker shaped like an eagle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Papi nailed a rod in the corner, where I hung my uniform and good clothes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Victor, with hammer and nails and scraps of scantling, was patching a comer of one of the galleries. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had stepped on nails, apparently when he was close to the camp fence. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I got so excited when I nailed it I had to walk around my chair about fifty times before I could calm down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Everybody grabs a hand—some cleaner than others, some with painted or plain nails, some brown, some white, some colors in between. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

They feature different looks—nose shapes, hair and eye colors, facial structures, hair textures, body shapes, and skin tones—matched with fabric swatches and rouge-stick smudges and nail lacquer. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever I whispered to my classmates in Quichua to ask what letter comes after c or how to make a lowercase /, there came the nails again. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leans the picture against the wall and drives the nail with the bottom of a jam jar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He began scrambling up the wooden pegs nailed to the side of the tree, his back muscles working like a panther’s. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I creep back into our room, finger to my lips again, and get an eye around the edge of the rug nailed over the window, careful not to move it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I finally nailed her down on it, she sat at the kitchen table, pulled out an old envelope, ripped it open, and unfolded it to give her more space. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew, therefore, that it was only a matter of time before the gallant Captain nailed me good and proper. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waggled the long fingers slowly, displaying the clawlike nails. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But the laws weren’t any use: if you had to pay two shillings for nails, you couldn’t sell them for two shillings, no matter what the law said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the Latin the martyrs prayed in when the barbarians pulled out their nails and cut their skin off inch by inch. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Fifi wanders into the kitchen, her polished nails—silver today—clicking against the tiled floor. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Johnny broad-shouldered, in jeans and a pink plaid button- down so old its edges are frayed; nails bitten, hair cropped. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Their eyes are moist and clear, their skin is smoothed of wrinkles, and their nails grow strong. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standin’ there naked and there they are trying to nail me. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as I kept busy, I managed to skip over most of my feelings by reminding myself that this was another bad habit, like biting my nails. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“We were in that boat for a day and a half,” she says, running her nail at something stuck on the table. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Lumpy’s nails clicked across the floor, and I turned around to check on him. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When a new book arrives, my first task is to remove the wrapping, a process that involves scissors and more than one broken nail. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to trust them in order to help them, she thought, and I have my salt and nail. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The cards of address alone remained to nail on: they lay, four little squares, in the drawer. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The team works on me until late afternoon, turning my skin to glowing satin, stenciling patterns on my arms, painting flame designs on my twenty perfect nails. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She is a sophisticated lady with silver hair freshly teased at the beauty parlor and manicured nails painted red. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She pinched the runt petal between the nails of her thumb and finger and plucked it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

You’re just clenching nothing until your nails cut into your palm and you bleed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And then, too, there was the noise of the rats going about their business, their sharp nails hitting the stones of the dungeon and their long tails dragging behind them, through the blood and muck. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

As I was leaving she’d turned her head a bit and was admiring her pretty nails. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But then again,” Alexander conceded, “I don’t have nice nails and I can buy whatever I want.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas helped as the Builders gathered every loose item they could find and piled them in the gaps, nailing things together as best they could. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A long, thin adobe nail had been carefully hammered through its heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The powerful high beams picked up sprays of broken glass in the street, as well as nails, shards of metal, old hubcaps, tin cans, a flattened pair of men’s underpants. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Right out of the box, he won every prize that wasn’t nailed down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her nails and much of the skin around them were bright fire- engine red. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Zuckerman took the medal from Wilbur’s neck and hung it on a nail over the pigpen, where visitors could examine it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The girl standing, grinning in front of me wore jeans and sandals, had burnt-red nails and lipstick, painted eyes, finger rings, toe rings, hoop earrings I could put my hand through, hair... Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I changed into my regular T-shirt and shorts, which hung from my nail—we each had one—and then I went to gather wood for the fire. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

All we had was an easel made out of sticks and nails, topped with a sheet of cardboard. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy blew on her nails and dusted her collar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

At her suggestion, I pare off my nails with a knife. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Under the nails is the dirt of the trenches, it shows through blue-black like poison. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra heard the screech of nails coming out of damp wood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I finally reacted—too late—and Sorrento nailed my mech in the lower torso, just a split second before the beam cut off. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

With my mother’s eyes I’d see my hostess’s manicured nails and judge them to be marks of her leisure. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a nail we punch a lot of holes in a pot lid and there we have a grater. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I emptied its batteries and then punched a hole in its base with a nail. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dismantle the original lights, bending back the nails that hold the power cord. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I move the nail polish out of her reach. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They live behind the nail salon in a garage. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She says her hair is drying out, her skin and nails, she shows me all over how she’s dying on the vine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I examined my nails, which were frankly in bad shape. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had numbered one hundred sixty-three, a child every mile, nailed to mileposts with one arm outstretched to point her way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A kid would have to be tough as nails to make a routine of that. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The building’s floor alone had consumed five traincar loads of nails. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Doreen lounged on my bed in a peach silk dressing gown, filing her long, nicotine-yellow nails with an emery board, while I typed up the draft of an interview with a best-selling novelist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Soon my brows are stinging, my hair’s smooth and silky, and my nails are ready to be painted. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he takes the battery, two rectangles of sheet metal, some penny nails, and the instrument hammer from his box. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I turn and click my nails at him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The color and shape of a hammer hitting a nail has become such a part of my existence that I barely notice it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This required thousands of brass nails and screws, the heads of which had to be patiently and laboriously filed down by hand before he could apply coats of marine varnish to the exterior. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Status among people in the top tier, he said, “is the time spent being waited on, being taken care of in nail salons, and how many people who work for them.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Then,” Tess went on, “what I do is, I take this nail here, and put it right at the top of the cap, like this.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was still in the rear, and when I opened my eyes again I saw one of the mice sliding past me, clawing uselessly with his small nails at the smooth metal beneath him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had to tell her the good about Sophie, but it was hard to nail down. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I saw them on the sunroof, yawning and painting their nails and trying to keep up their Bermuda tans, and they seemed bored as hell. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Everybody left me alone on meet days because they knew I had my rituals—hair, nails, begging for Flo Jo to give me some of her magic from heaven. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The nails on his little feet dig into my skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mate was doing my nails when we heard the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please thank the artist for noticing that my nails are not as dark as my skin,” he said, nodding appreciatively. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hissing, she struck at Gwydion and her blood-red nails raked his cheek. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A thrill rides all the way into the nails of her fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I told him, “The average human body contains enough iron to make a one-inch nail.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her nails are always painted because her mom takes her to the spa. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve always wanted my nails done, but looking at these weapons has me thinking twice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Either way, it was an accident,” Officer Rariden said, picking a bit of dirt out from under his nail. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

To get to the kitchen she had to step over an upturned toolbox, its contents jumbled on the floor, nails fanned like pick-up-sticks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She listened, and she heard what he said: “My wagon stands in the barnyard of the next farm, right across the way. The horse is in the stable. The harness hangs on a nail.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, breathing hard, scraping through her hair with her crooked nails, watched me and sometimes moaned. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands, folded together in her lap, had long pallid fingers, with swollen knuckles and tough yellow nails. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were traces of engine oil under his nails. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She grazed her fingertips across the center console, her nails scraping the hard plastic. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

James’ hands were brown with dirt and his nails were black. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was separating screws from nails into jars on your workbench when they came up the path. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She hits the nail so good, she could be in construction. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ivanito thinks her face looks nailed on, like a mask on a wall. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other hand—chipped blue nail polish, the color of a vintage car—resting on the wheel. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Bogert polished the nails of one pudgy hand with the other and said blandly, “I dare say. I know a little in the line.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He chipped at it with the nail of his thumb. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Laura watched him do this, and then she watched him hang the meat on the nails in the hollow log. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both have very sad nails, short and broken. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The woman had stuck a nail into Hazel’s cheek, and it was like a talon. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Shay sighed, looking down at her ragged nails. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was alone in a bone-cold bus station on December 23, listening to a drunk guy and scraping the last of someone’s blood from underneath her nails with the corner of her bus ticket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sliding up on the edge of the cane seat, he dug in his pants pocket until he brought up his knife, the one he used to clean his nails with. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not bad,” she says, tapping her manicured nails on the countertop. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She looks like I must, face smudged with dust, dark circles under her eyes, dirt under her nails. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The older couple wore matching gold bands on their rough and callused ring fingers, and the man’s nails, like Sparrow’s, bore dark crescents from working with soil. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I chew my nails to keep from smoking one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The hides we nailed to the barn to dry. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crossing her yard to a large rust-colored stump, she quickly drove the two nails side-by-side into the block, then sat down on a nearby sawhorse to sharpen her ax with a file. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached down to touch the hot, wet, moving mass, surely smaller than anything human, and could feel that it was human after all—fingers, toes, nails, nose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The ends of the nails will enter the hole about halfway between the top and the piece of tin,” he continued. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I almost think they did me a favor. Ten seems an excessive number of fingers to keep track of. And so many nails to pare!” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The last ankyrider had pulled alongside them; he swung a club with nails sticking out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, one by one, Hugo pulled out dozens of objects: screws and nails and bits of metal, gears and crumpled playing cards, tiny pieces of clockworks, cogs, and wheels. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I worked over the bayonet a good long time until I had an edge on it that would slice through a man like a hot nail going through butter. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, all day I’ve been trying to think of a way of getting out of it, and now here she is, cornering me before I’ve nailed down an excuse. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Fang readjusted the joint between his nails, which he kept a little long for the purpose, had another toke and held it out for me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Akane clasps her hands together, showing off her yellow and blue nails. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There are small nails there and some stones that will do for a hammer. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The number 18 was nailed to the centre of the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I removed my bodice and hung it on a nail. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll cut to the chase: I nailed the move, which is how it came to be known as the Biles. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was a black shoe with a two-inch platform nailed to the bottom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She looked at the alarm clock hung on a nail on the wall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A clan of Gypsies lived down the block in a big, falling-apart house with plywood nailed over the porch to create more indoor space. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, Ray reached out for more nails. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her mother was always on her about one thing or another — hair, skin, nails, figure. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I look at the deep red crescents my nails made in my skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His big white hands with the square nails. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Christ was on the cross,” Jeanne went on, “but it must have been by magic, because there were no nails in his hands or his feet. But they were still bleeding...” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The Chandrian’s signs are another key piece of information we can’t nail down. Everyone agrees there are signs that warn of their presence, but nobody agrees on what they are.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One afternoon Yolanda broke two of her fancy, painted, expensive nails and cursed out loud for ten minutes. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of them dangled off the wall on nails in a morbid inventory of manacles and fetters, of shackles for ankles and wrists and necks in all varieties and combinations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The sound was a handful of nails dragging across a mirror. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I ast Done stab his foot with a rusty nail, Sofia say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did Cora notice that there was no sign that someone had lived there, not even an old toothpick or a nail in the wall? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Delores sitting at the reception desk, her nails sparkly silver, points a finger at the front door. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Not only has it been scrubbed clean, the nails are filed in perfect ovals, the scars from the burns are less prominent. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The one who once upon a time had painted her nails black and now wanted to dye her hair purple. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Since Mom had more paintings than we had wall space, Dad nailed long shelf brackets to the wall, and she hung one picture in front of another until they were three or four deep. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d withdraw to his hammers and nails, to the mysterious books in his dresser, to the newspapers and magazines he brought home rolled up in his wooden toolbox. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She turned away and went to the sink, plunging her hands into the dishpan and trying to scrub off some of the soil that had lodged beneath her nails. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got to wear glued shoes when I’m hung,” he said, “because I shake the nails out of the other kind.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo nodded, but now his eyes were on the ceiling logs where pouches and bags dangled from wooden pegs and squareheaded nails. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just an old hammer and a few rusted tin cans holding some even rustier nails. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But Nailer was pretty sure that Sadna would fight for him tooth and nail, and maybe even give up her life to save him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He nibbled at his fingers and sucked at the crusted blood under what was left of his nails. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I hear you. Your mom always had it together. Her nails, her hair, and her shoes always matched!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crack of the hammer as it connected with the head of the nail. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In Lee Chong’s where he went to get beer he met Dora who was there to buy a pair of nail clippers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hands had only three fingers and a thumb, with sharp black claws instead of nails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’d cut it out of a magazine and nailed it over the plank counter where I kneaded the bread. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time she has pushed back his cuticles, cleaned his nails and painted them with clear polish. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harrison looked at the narrow spring bed in the corner, the table and chair, the shirts hanging on nails stuck to the wall, the two pairs of shoes arranged carefully on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She attacks the tape with her nails, but it’s thick strapping tape, and there are multiple layers. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It had two sleeping cots, a wooden table, two straight-backed chairs, a window, and shelves nailed to the walls where Nana placed clay pots and her beloved Chinese tea set. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before he opened the door, Ray turned around and handed me a box of three-inch nails. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He observed her fingers, tipped with black nail polish, turn the pages of the book she was reading as she lounged on the fraying orange sofa. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

One morning in 1934, he was perched atop a ladder, testing the electrical tuning coil of Sloan’s X-ray machine by poking at it with a wooden yardstick fitted with a nail at the end. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It starts as Please don’t let me mess this up, but pretty soon, I’m not just surviving, I’m nailing it! Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Eric lifts the board above his head and hangs it on the nail. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He saw several bottles of nail polish, polish remover, a couple of lipstick tubes, and other jars and powders. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You dirty, disagreeable girl! you have never cleaned your nails this morning!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Across the street, someone is nailing planks across their front windows. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ophie stood, her hands instinctively going to the bundle of salt and the iron nail she kept with her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

No one in his homeroom said a word, and he glanced over at Njemile, who was chewing on one of her nails. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before this, I scraped on the wall with our contraband nail. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stockings are hung on nails from the mantel, the one put up for Moushumi last year now put up for Ben. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Together they mounted it upon a dining table with nails and strapping, and bore it up to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“While you calm down, I’m going to paint my nails,” she said, smiling up at me through her bangs. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’s biting his nails again, something he stopped doing when he turned fourteen in August. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Behind him, someone else holds a large plank of wood with a nail sticking out of it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“About an inch apart, drive these nails in on a slant opposite each other.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand was trailing back behind her and I could see her fingers—long and dark brown, the nails painted bright red. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His palms are callused but his nails are clean and trimmed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As I walked, I built it back up with prayer, hung the door on its creaky hinges, nailed the floorboards down, fitted the transoms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the operator finally rang her room, she was sitting on the window seat and had almost finished putting lacquer on the nails of her left hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like going around all day with a nail in your shoe. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At her touch, I remember the mestiza teacher and her cruel nails that pinched me and called me a stupid longa whenever I spoke Quichua. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye, I spot Millie chewing relentlessly on her nails. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mom’s chipped nail tapped against her cup in an anxious beat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I sure do,” Char says, throwing her nail polish at my head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We lay wood onto the trailer bed like a puzzle, and I pound a nail into a plank. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Getting thrown against the wall, a nail where a framed picture may have hung once jabbing at my back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I see the warm, honey glow behind your bedroom curtain, your shadow dancing on the wall as you gently fold your red sweater and bend to lacquer the small nails on your toes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

If her community- college classes were finished early, she would pick me up before her mother got home from the nail salon in Tampa. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Every minute that ticked by felt like another nail in Miss Peregrine’s coffin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The three climbed into His Flying Machine, which was composed of wide boards they had long ago nailed across the chinaberry tree’s heaviest branches. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

After several minutes, Trina finally stopped in front of a small shack that had been boarded up with three wooden slats nailed across the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Like my heart had a nail in it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She tells all this to the purple-polished nails on one of her hands. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was nailing a wall board that had come loose in our room. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His nails pull the baby hairs at my hairline as he peels back the rubber cap. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Proteins also form the structural components of the cell: filaments of hair, nails, cartilage, or the matrices that trap and tether cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The boys laughed and went to work nailing down lids. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third cousin of Papa’s, Hopewell Stump, from out in Banks County, clerked and took care of the chickens that folks brought to trade out for nails, flour, sugar, coal oil, coffee, and chewing tobacco. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When I’d pounded in the last nail and gathered up my tools, I fairly floated across the blooming prairie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Vola had nailed a couple of boards together, and now he could swing over miles of rough country, quick and sure. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ugwu came in and picked up the kerosene stove that he did not need and thought of Professor Ekwenugo’s long tapering nail. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m used to saying I’m sorry for doing stupid stuff—like for spilling nail polish on the bedspread, or for hiding a bad grade I got on a math quiz. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Where the iron touched his skin it felt like knives and needles and nails, like the searing pain of frost, like the sting of a hundred biting flies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There, in an entryway lit by a single sconce, they find a plaque nailed discreetly into the facade of the building bearing the restaurant’s name, Antonia. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The school was notorious for “borrowers” —kids who weren’t exactly thieves but walked off with anything that wasn’t nailed down or locked up. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fourth nail screeched as it was pried up, and Miles poured on more oil. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so we sat there, she with her nail polish balanced on the dash, and me with a shaky finger on the pulse of myself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He began to run the nail file under his fingernails—which were already perfectly clean. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When finally the son came to his senses, his father forgave him and removed each of the nails. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody had planted blue morning- glories below each of the four wide windows, and the vines of the blue flowers were climbing cotton strings that had been nailed to the window frames. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had a Bible in his hand, a giant cross formed from nails hanging around his neck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ladybird scratched a file over the end of a less-than-perfect nail. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Cassie rescheduled for the next test and got her nails done at a salon, Enchanted Blue, while they locked me up and dripped sugar water into my empty veins... Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

This was why she always had broken nails and cracked skin and why, with time, her fingers grew deformed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surprised to see that one had a drop of blood by it He examined his bitten nail closely and watched the little globe of blood that gathered where the quick was gnawed away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her fingers pressed into my shoulders, her nails dug into my skin. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wake up to Tats scraping and flicking her dried nail polish, sitting beside me on Mom’s bed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The hammer blows were falling on the nails that ripped through the flesh. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered why the Warden would ever have the need to wear nail polish or makeup. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There’s an awful screeching outside as the London train stops at the signal, like nails on a chalkboard. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached up with her left hand and stroked his scalp with her nails, and it calmed him down instantly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The ceramic piece was the suffering face of Christ wearing a crown of thorns made from sharp nails. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And then—would Miles put back the nails? Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like straw but was the color of a rusty nail. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took his hat from a nail behind the door and jammed it on his head. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His brother, Tony, held the siding level as Wes’s steady hand nailed the replacement into place. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

While I was still in dresses he put me to sorting nails at the store and getting out rotten apples and potatoes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The parent part of him would have been mad at me for sneaking aboard, while the nature- loving part of him would have been proud of me for trying to nail Dusty Muleman. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had a facial massage and a mud pack, and around the edges he had his nails manicured, and he had his shoes shined. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In my closet, piece by piece, I pry away parts of my heart, stripping off every picture, shredding them down, building little paper piles as the tape sticks to my nails. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She flung herself into his arms and sobbed, clinging passionately to his shoulders, pressing her nails into his back and her face into his neck, and all he could hear was, “No—no—no...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

For my nails, I was going to paint different-color squiggles all over them. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Near one of the posts, a hammer and a few nails had been left behind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were different, too, the fingers thicker, the skin scrubbed-looking, but black at the knuckles and under the nails. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Artis tried to lay down a bunt, but they nailed him at first. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wood, glue, nails, sandpaper: rather than comforting her, the noises and smells of his manic diligence make her more anxious. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I feel her nails as her hand comes to rest against the back of my neck and wince. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It took me a second to realize he was touching the iron head of a nail driven into the wood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The first blocks are dotted with family stores: a nail salon, a discount-discount store, a diner, mattress store, karate school, furniture rental. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I can tell it still hurts him to use his fingers, and his nails are dark with dried blood. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair and nails and makeup, fingers flying swiftly to compensate for her absent teammates. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She placed her fingers flat on the table edge, like someone at a seance, then, almost instantly, closed her hands—her nails were bitten down to the quick. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

"He claims he was looking for his nail clippers, or something. In my drawers, right?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Over the next few years, Harry and Joe kept pounding nails when they had the time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I shout, "Hey!" and he looks up, but he's not stopping, so I grab Alicia's arm and pull her to the right just in time to keep her from getting nailed. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers over his thumb, fascinated by the missing nail, which Lefty has always told me a monkey bit off at the zoo. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid the bedroom is going to be full of sex stuff, but the grossest thing we find is crumpled tissue on the floor next to the bed and nail clippings on his dresser. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When he told her green, she ran off and came back with the bottle of nail polish. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She clipped the wires to the lemons by attaching one end to a nail on one lemon and the other end to a penny on the next lemon. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It shines on spilled toolboxes and broken pegboards and a dozen unbroken jars full of screws and nails. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Momma was gonna let us do our nails, stay up all night, and eat as much pizza as we wanted. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

For a flickering moment, Sierra saw herself as if from above, bounding through the forest in long strides, nailing each leap. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There was a leather bucket hanging from a nail so I went and brung it and the drinking gourd that was next to it over to where the woman with the baby was squatted down. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The nails on all four fingers were black now, though not yet on his thumb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For decoration outside, they nailed a wreath to the door. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We probably started painting our nails Immoral Coral after everybody sensible had already gone on to pink, but heck, at least we are all behind the times together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He holds the world record for pulling the most nails out of a piece of wood with his teeth." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My nails had even grown out, and Mrs. Merritt had complimented me on them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the final analysis, though, it was probably her odor that nailed him to the cross. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opens the bottle and starts painting on her nails. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It had to be nails driven through tongue and ears pruned away. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jacob was gripping the side of the cart and his nails dug into the wet wood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

People were fashioning makeshift gurneys from baby carriages and trunks nailed to roller skates, pulling them themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Visible blemishes on the surface of the Sun seemed to be yet another nail in the coffin of Aristotelian heavenly perfection. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

When I got back with the buggy, Grandpa was out on the porch picking long nails from a dusty glass jar on the long-legged, blue-painted old slab table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I start pulling open the cabinet drawers, frantically searching through all of Lily’s nail polishes and lip glosses until I find what I’m looking for. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Another thing that surprised me was how the coffin wasn’t locked or even nailed shut. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She narrowed her eyes and nailed them both with her fiercest glare. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I finished my first bite, I knew I’d nailed the recipe. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Do I need to nail your window shut?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Du Barry clutches my shoulders, her red-tipped nails digging into skin and bone. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The top was as solid as a brick wall, each nail fastened tight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the gray wall opposite there was a nail hole. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His feet look like animal paws in sandals, heavily calloused with thick nail- claws and coated with dirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third was about people who pierce weird body parts: One girl had a silver nail run through her bellybutton, and another one had a diamond stud put in her tongue. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He inserted the nail of his uninjured index finger into the crevice between two front teeth and, removing a food particle, turned to Ginnie. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Dejesus, the shorter and therefore fatter of the two, showed his nails. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I felt like there were nails in my stomach, but I stayed there with her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It takes only a glance at our nails, our knuckles, our palms to know Uhmma succeeded. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

A wave of loss threatened to engulf him; he curled his fingers into fists, feeling his nails pressing into his palms. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The baas says he can’t see you today,” he said, removing a fancy overcoat from a nail behind the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She examined a rosebush and traced a long nail along the curve of a thorn. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Much as Nancy tried, she could not break the habit of nibbling her nails, and, whenever she was troubled, chewing them right to the quick. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands are clenched so hard that I can feel my nails cutting into my palms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, with her free hand, she makes a fist and squeezes hard until she can feel her nails jab her skin. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“DuShawn is DuShawn, okay? The only way he knows to get the message across to Addie that he likes her is to nail her with spitballs and slip whoopee cushions under her butt.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma stopped and picked up a copper triangle, attaching it to a hook hanging from a nail. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Hard as nails, and I even know what color of nails: Fire and Ice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor of the kitchen, friction strips have been nailed into the wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She flicked her eyes to him, then back to her nails. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She struck her face with both her hands, dug her nails into her terror-stricken cheeks, and then she scratched. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He spit the nails on the bus floor. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Opposite the fireplace were shelves made of logs split in half and nailed against the wall to hold the books that Shadrach had brought with him from college. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hung on a nail near his bed—unfrayed, unsullied after all those years, with only the permanent bend in the fabric made by its long life on a nail. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The nails were broken and none too clean, the cuticles ragged. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need your hair done. I say it’s about time you get a perm and some acrylic nails. Girl, we gonna have you looking good!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He paused to slip another nail from his pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Far down the road the sun glared cruelly against a tin sign nailed to a barn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the wall there were tilting lances, resting horizontally on nails so that they should not warp. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had washed carefully in the clear stream water and had cleaned her nails with a sharp twig. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nails were large, rounded at the bottom and blunt and neat at the tips. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They nailed him at soccer practice,” she said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The back of her hands were covered with small brown spots the size of raisins, and her shiny nails looked like the wings of red beetles. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

As they walked the streets, Mariam spotted more signs—painted on windows, nailed to doors, billowing from car antennas—that proclaimed the same. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looks at her hands on the desk and sees that her nails are painted green. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the dark shadows of the trees slid over him, he stopped again, staring at the front door, to which somebody had nailed a dead snake. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She crocheted or manicured her nails while waiting for the next edition. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn't drive Pattie and me to the nail salon every morning. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I look at my nail where my cuticle hangs off, stinging and pink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He banged a nail hard into the wall then turned to me, and, with a broad smile on his face said, “Only if you like it better than our Puerto Rican food.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Beneath his weight the top of the door was pressed slightly outward and the upper of the two leather hinges gave slightly where the outer nail held it to the body of the hutch itself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the flashlight in one hand and the nail polish in the other and stared at it closely. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Wine,” she rasped, her voice like nails on a school board. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Characterizing the similarities is as difficult as nailing down a blob of mercury, because exceptions abound and human behavior is always multifaceted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Catching the Klan is kinda like nailing jelly to a tree,” he explained. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now Stalin and the Communist Party nailed together a haphazard structure for a country that, in principle at least, treated men and women with equal rights. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At first look, Zoe thought the colors around her nails was a polish job gone terribly wrong, but she knows the truth now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the winter he used oil to prevent chapping, and he kept the cuticles pushed down and his nails always filed to the shape of his finger-tips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Why did he leave that board dangling from one nail above his head? Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

No steel was permitted within the sacred confines of Vaes Dothrak, beneath the shadow of the Mother of Mountains; she had to rip the heart apart with teeth and nails. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She got the guy accused of killing her husband, nailed him in the head and chest, seriously injuring a policeman and a court recorder along the way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were canvas sacks of com—some to be ground for home use, some sold outright to pay for the coffee and sugar, nails, axe-handle, and tobacco that Jenny had written on a list. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

His glasses had slipped down his nose, and he nailed Cliff to the table with an unrelenting stare. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"Tell him we're shameful mean, and rough as a sackful of nails. Warn him we fear no gallows!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting cross-legged on her bed, studying her nails. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Szymczak left me his hammer and a handful of nails. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

No strip of leather held by only one broad-headed nail at each end can stand up for long to repeated twisting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go, Fab. You’re getting your nails done, your hair did...” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was a good color of nail polish, and Margo had nice fingers, thinner and bonier than the rest of her, which was all curves and soft edges. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Das listened attentively, stroking her hair with a small plastic brush that resembled an oval bed of nails, asking more questions, for yet another example. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rosa flew at the doctor and raked his face with her nails before he was able to grasp her wrists. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the Kappa Zeta girls dress like they just stepped out of a Gap ad, their nails are perfectly manicured, their hair perfectly curled under at the tips. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

After burning all the letters, he got out a hammer and nails and boarded up the cracks around the front and back doors so no one could go out. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mia had used a hammer and a handful of roofing nails, driving each one through the thick white plastic like arrows, then prying it out again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to nail it back down, Mama?” asked Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped back down, and his nails clicked against the linoleum as he followed me into the eat-in area. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He nailed a pair of horns to one end and then retired to his cabin until deer season was over. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them bit deep, and I have to admit being pretty impressed by how well Laura had nailed me on just one try. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Each board has nail holes about three-quarters of the way up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

If you want to nail the Persian accent, then roll the r. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s your blood and ’tis a sad thing when a man can’t even drive a nail straight. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I looked down and saw blood by the nail. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The red nails made her look womanly while the rest of her—the thin pale arms, the fragile neck—remained as girlish as always. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next day I bought another rug, very ugly, for next to nothing, then nailed it over the other window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The nail on his middle finger had turned as black as jet, he saw, and the grey had crept up almost to the first knuckle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My breath catches again, and my nails dig into my palm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

There’s this distant slam of the front door shutting and dog nails skittering across the hardwoods—Nora’s home. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The next few requirements were not going to be as easy to nail down. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Afterward he watched Helen trim Theresa’s nails; that was her job. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found some sails, some nails, buckets erf tar gone hard, and a mother cat with a litter of new-born kittens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The following Monday, once the changes were all in place, Pattie let Willow post the ten most important health rules that every nail salon should follow. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Once it had to be ripped open and two dollars taken out to pay the druggist the time Francie ran a rusty nail into her knee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, these people’s minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they’re not like you and me,” said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

To make boats, Andean cultures wove together reeds rather than cutting up trees into planks and nailing them together. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Foods like frijoles and papas, clothing, plows, tools, nails, machetes, ropes, leather goods, baskets, comales for the toasting of tortillas and such, cleaning rags, buckets, and jeans jeans jeans, which have taken over. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Vola dropped a handful of nails into an overall pocket and slid a hammer into her belt loop. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could build a dog feeder and nail it to a tree. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

T. Ray sat in a chair and cleaned his nails with a pocketknife. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't go to the nail salon this morning. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They don’t mind braiding hair, painting nails, while I sit one step behind them, drawing maps, studying mazes. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Rondon jumped out of his canoe and ran over to a wooden sign nailed to a post. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The first thing she did in the new home, while Johnny was helping the ice man carry in the furniture, was to nail down the bank in a closet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, as Olanna lay on her uncle and aunt’s bed, she watched Arize through the thin curtain that hung on a rope attached to nails on the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tore his jacket on a nail and pulled off a button. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

TeeTee squealed to Taylor, clenching her fingers into a bear paw to check her nails. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Whatever did this sharpened its nails before it gutted him.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He took it down and pulled off the roof top— it was only tacked on lightly with very small nails. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henrietta spent hours taking care of those nails, touching up chips and brushing on new coats of polish. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He makes wooden boxes with compartments, each containing a different item: three pairs of outsized ladies’ panties in fluorescent colors, a plaster hand with long false nails glued onto it, an enema bag, a toupee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was telling the boy that according to Plato, man is delined,” he said, smiling affably and gesturing to the cart, “as a featherless biped with broad nails, receptive of political philosophy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Men and women with hunched shoulders, swollen knuckles, many who have long since stopped trying to scrub the coal dust out of their broken nails, the lines of their sunken faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In contrast I observed that Call’s hands were wide with short fingers, the nails bitten well below the quick. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bonetti nailed a rope to the side wall inside to give us something to hold on to. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I nailed a precious spare blanket over the door and kept feeding the fire. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There are two sets of barbells, a burlap sack of sand, a jump rope with red wooden handles, and a pear-shaped leather punching bag nailed to the closet ceiling. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Smilen Brothers a bearded white man bent nails with his teeth and talked about the poisons in our foods. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I keep hoping she’ll invite Mrs. Hameed over for coffee, or to get their nails done while they discuss the three branches of government. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to face me and started biting her nail as she talked. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It sounded like he was talking around a mouthful of nails. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The car rattled considerably as it raced along the dusty road, causing them all to pop up from their seats every now and then, but Mrs. Das continued to polish her nails. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The waiter, a red-faced boy with bitten nails, lingered for a moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some older women in blue gingham dresses nailed white-and-blue bunting to the bandstand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The women lined their eyes with dark kohl; some painted their lips and nails, and all of them wore black dresses colorfully embroidered with endless stitches, each the size of a sugar granule. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lifting a picture from the wall of the living room, he attached a small electronic device to the nail, stepped back, viewed it, then replaced the picture. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Glass, pieces of Sheetrock, broken furniture, cups, nail polish, pans, hair brushes, mirrors, bottles, plates, rugs, clothes—almost everything imaginable floated in streams of water from apartments that looked like flooded basements. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She pushes her books to the floor and knocks the green nail polish on the sand-colored carpet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom startled at the sound of my voice, looking down at where her nails were digging into the soft skin of my upper arm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I will have to speak to Mr Jones about some planks and nails. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge loved Tab’s living room: the plants on the windowsills, the black-and-white photographs on the walls, the jars of nail polish scattered across the coffee table like pretty rocks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A tiny cupboard with three dozen small drawers held nails and screws of every size. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We carried our hammers and nails and boards up to Auntie Braxton’s and started on her windows. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he chews on the nail of his left forefinger, a sure sign that he’s worried. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doors were nailed, the way back irrevocably cut off. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

From 1997 to 2002, revenues from hair, nail, and skin care services jumped by 42 percent nationwide, Census Bureau data show. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Especially if she was careful, and always kept her salt and nail handy.... Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When he surfaced, one of his eyes was closed and the other filled with the delicate silver of a moon small as a nail clipping. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They nailed his left hand to Spanish Harlem, his right to Watts, his feet to Overtown, Miami. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

His nails dug into Ammu’s hand as she walked along the platform. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z