I said, cracking up so hard I thought my neck would burst open. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cattle grazed in thick grass that rippled about their legs, and goats with fat udders wandered with clanking iron bells tied about their necks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Easy. The cat was scratching his neck and biting his legs.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

‘She’s got more than one poison. When she’s hunting, she just gives ’em a dab in the neck and they go as limp as boned fish, and then she has her way with them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Bod felt the cold of the knife at his neck. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Later I couldn’t of told you to save my neck why I asked her what I did then. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

Delia helped her twin sister scrub off the excess makeup from the dead man’s neck. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jonathan tried throwing it over his shoulder and resting it as the others did, only to find its weight cut into his neck. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hiroshi stands behind me, his hands clasped behind his back and his neck dipped low. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Harry, you’ve got a maggot in your hair,” said Ginny cheerfully, leaning across the table to pick it out; Harry felt goose bumps erupt up his neck that had nothing to do with the maggot. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My neck whips forward before the rest of my body can catch up. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She turned away as Angeline caught each struggling, flapping bird and broke its neck with one quick, strong twist. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Around their necks and looped over their arms were many, many strands of black beads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s hugging her hard, his hands locked behind her neck. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He has a neck tattoo that seems to practically throb with his fury. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Butterfly-collar shirt only halfway buttoned, and peeking out from beneath it was a small drawstring pouch hanging from a cord around his neck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I sat with my ears and neck burning, hearing the pupils whisper about me, hating myself, hating them; I sat still as stone and a storm of emotion surged through me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach was growling now, and I could feel Otto, desperate to eat, grazing his teeth on the back of my neck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes sizzled the rear of my neck. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Samantha kept on barking and jumping, the chain around her neck slapping dust into the air. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Olly is wearing a black bathrobe with an oversized silver cross around his neck. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The German officer pulled the necklace from my mother’s neck, and twisted her wedding ring from her finger. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We are tied together, forever bound by the stories we told: that I had no choice but to stab him in the neck; that Anna tried her best to save him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she bent her head forward, and Immie pinned up a couple of pieces on the neck that had come loose. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He feels it tighten like a noose, but then the scarf comes loose from his neck, and time speeds up again as Lefty is thrown clear of the auto. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded a little and then his eyes closed, his head swiveling on his neck. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her shiny black hair twined and twisted about her neck and shoulders, as if it were blowing in some wind that Coraline could not touch or feel. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He ran his hand over the scars, feeling the edges; then he followed the jagged skin down the side of his own cheek, along his neck. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a disgusted Sheed avoided the puddle Crunch Time left behind, he barely felt Mr. Flux lift the camera strap from his neck. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It even has a pink chiffon dupatta with little gold tassels that I can wrap around my neck or drape over my head. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I left the box under the floorboard for safekeeping and checked to make sure the compass was still around my neck. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’d unzipped it once, glimpsed something sleeveless, to the knee, with a plain round neck, reminding him of a tennis dress. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dewy drops clung like lint to his neatly pressed uniform and dripped down his neck from his closely shorn hair. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She strains her neck to read the tiny writing as we bump along the sidewalk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had one shot and he knew his aim had to be perfect, since the man was wearing a heavy winter coat and wouldn’t feel a thing from his neck to his feet. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He craned his neck, and I followed his upward gaze. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I splash my face and hairline and pass a wet hand over my ears and neck. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The doctor examines the baby, prods her, raises her eyelids, feels her neck, arms, legs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Would that I could take a sword to their necks myself." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hoped it did not look like hers; I wanted a stout neck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse screams as blood shoots six feet from the gaping hole in its neck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

R.C swung his leg over and sat on Emmet’s stomach, then he slid the fish up to Emmett’s neck. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Surgeon General Barnes placed his finger on the pulse in Lincoln’s neck. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brazen sphere with an open neck and small holes in the bottom, it is filled by immersing it in water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, stuffing the mermaid into the neck of my shirt. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She removes the leech from my neck and helps undo my waist-sash. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I hold my breath for a long time, my mouth against his neck. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A crescent moon sits at the nape of her neck; an Egyptian ankh near her collarbone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the break room later that night, I use a compact mirror to examine the green ring around my neck in the reflection. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He searched the nape of Orr’s neck for the probable site of the medulla oblongata. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Holding its body between her knees, Ma takes its head and bends it backward, stretching its neck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gills on her neck flap open and shut as she clears her throat. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His face reddens to a deep crimson, the veins on his neck taut like wires pulled too tight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His breath is in my hair, and on my neck, and before I can really think about what I'm doing, I tilt my face up so that I'm looking directly into his eyes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malloy’s fingernails are always polished so perfectly, like the shiny pearls she wears around her neck. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The head was very dark brown—almost black—in such sharp contrast to the white neck that the bird looked as though it were wearing a kind of hood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turned four shades of red; even Chi-Boy was a little pink in the neck, revealing that maybe his dreams were a little more than wolves and Grandfather Teachings. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes and craned my neck back, catching a quick look at the white pole. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Like plumed vestments of the precious bird, That precious bird with the agile neck, We will come to an end. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I picture his tousled dirty-blond hair, dark blue eyes, and very long neck. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They both pulled the necks of their T-shirts over their noses at exactly the same time. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When we reach Tatarska, Max looks carefully to the right, left, and across the street, craning his neck up at the roof while we walk around the courtyard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Horse reached for my neck, but I knew about his favorite trick and ducked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edward undressed in idle, leisurely moves, drawing his shirt off over his head, revealing golden shoulders and the good muscular neck. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aurelia’s arm was about his neck and she was smiling, as it seemed, with her whole body. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You’d better be careful. If you fall, you could break your neck.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the men pushed Wash into the dark garden, the coarse weave of the rope made his neck itch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No gold bracelet today, just a watch on one arm and a thin gold necklace around her neck. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even the cat suddenly leapt off a roof onto a cowman’s shoulders and sank her claws in his neck, at which he yelled horribly. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

A man with a neck beard sits down next to the mustache guy. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His neck was very red and the blond hairs were sunburned. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her baggy gray pants did not look cheap, and the same went for the tight top that covered her from wrist to neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At cruising altitude, he takes the chain off his neck and slides the ring on next to the old house key. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A little sack hung from the corners of his eyes and rested on his cheek-bones; a loose- filled bag of feathers hung from his ears and rested on his neck beneath his chin. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He wears her buddy Greta-Ingrid draped around his neck like a white scarf. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The fine hairs along the back of my neck stand upright. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His heavy, dark eyebrows, the curve of his cheek, the line of his nose, the hollow at the base of his neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hair on his neck was bristling, and he was looking up at Alice, who wiped a wet and soapy hand on her dress before stroking his head with it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Mask uses one hand to yank Darin up by the neck and the other to prod me on with his scim. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

With her bandaged forefinger she dug out a slender chain which hung around her neck and pulled the chain’s burden up from her bodice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at his T-shirt between my fingers and the black ink curling around his neck, but I don’t look at his face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As they filed off the school transport, all of them craned their necks to look up at her window. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s the black fabric that makes up her lady’s torso and the straight pins sticking out of her headless neck. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

By the time I turned around to check the cargo spot, the arm was around my neck, and the chokehold was tightening. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Brother Louis had come and gone, but he hadn’t dared to try and fasten the chain around Mrs. Coulter’s neck: it lay beside her on the pillow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He wore shiny black trousers and jacket, a black shirt-front, and the band of white, crisp and stiff, around his neck. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias felt the fur on the back of his neck rising. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He craned his neck as he scanned the place top to bottom, trying to find the source of the beeps. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Stannis rubbed the back of his neck, “You haggle like a crone with a codfish, Lord Snow. Did Ned Stark father you on some fishwife? How many men?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man tied his rope around Old Yeller’s neck and mounted his horse. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab Mateo and we jet because Peck and his people are here to kill and were the ones most likely to find a knife in our necks or bullets in our heads. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Kaede realized she was she was staring at Taisin, stripped to the waist, the medallion like a black eye hanging around her neck. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Mehta, who as Hari’s mother was now my sass, took my arm, holding it as I have seen women in the marketplace holding a chicken’s neck before they killed it. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I could release the muscles in my neck, let the sound tear into space, would anyone notice it? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“What the hell is going on?”I demand, craning my neck to look at Jeanine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

How he had traded lobsters for milk at the Cuttyhunk grocery, poured it in a little flask, and fashioned a nipple from a clam neck made to squirt seawater. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Something hot stung the back of his neck. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

My eyes fall on the treasure chest charm hanging around Soojin’s neck. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Trepid approached, the salesman noticed the angry rash creeping up Mr. Trepid’s neck and across his face, and the salesman took a step backward. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and saw, in the pale glow of the marina lights, a thick greasy arm around my little sister’s neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It had the general appearance of a large tortoise without a shell, its body an amoeboid puddle beneath a long neck. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His lips work their way along my neck, sending shivers up and down my back. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Water dripped off her matted hair and ran in icy trickles down her neck. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her let out a sharp laugh as she threw her arms around his neck, knocking into him with so much force that the sunglasses flew off his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared long and hard at the place where his light hair curled against his neck, at the exact spot an old bruise disappeared down his shirt collar. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I let my hand rest on the back of her neck, and she leans back into me just slightly. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls me close, and I feel her uneven breaths against my neck. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He’s one ugly dude, greasy hair matted to his head, a scruffy beard—the kind that looks like a wild fungus on the neck— and black sunglasses. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He stood halfway along the neck and gazed at the savages intently. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I check his neck, but he isn’t wearing a collar. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around suddenly, felt the hair on die back of his neck go up. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slammed her foot into his back, and as he lifted his head, he found the knife-sharp remnant of the staff pressed against his neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had a reed bow tied around her neck, just like Connor’s puzzler. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He looked around, he stood on his toes, he craned his neck, and then he cursed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sister had set her hands around the father's neck. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

If someone were to get killed, I wouldn't be rubbernecking but just plain old flesh necking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The executioner lowered the noose around Guiteau's neck and covered his head with a black hood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took out his handkerchief and wiped his face and neck and finally he smiled. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked away, his thumb over the neck to keep the whisky from sloshing out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She recognized every creek and cove and inlet, every neck of land, every hiding place, every curve in the roads, every potential source of danger, every potential source of safety. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bo pulled Jimmy’s neck close to his body in a half-hearted headlock. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Nicholson, looking detached, was using his right hand to give himself a slow, sensuous massage at the back of the neck. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The noises from the rest of the party were gone and all I could hear was Ethan’s breath against my neck. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He held Gaily down with his left hand, pushing down on the boy’s neck, as his right fist rained punches upon Gaily s face, one after another. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On other screens are close-ups of skin pores, before and after, details of regimes for everything, your hands, your neck, your thighs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she went over to the crib that her youngest child had recently outgrown and there, symbolically, clasped her hands again, leaving enough of an open circle for a small neck. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the sun doing damage to the back of my neck and to the backs of my legs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look over at Heather, who’s looking back at me sympathetically like she alone can see the cabbage on my neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

An arm slipped around Mark’s neck from behind and yanked him off his feet, started squeezing the breath out of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And she sometimes curls her neck round the rocks, and gazes up at us in a sort of way.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

You pale little boys are crushing him, your adoring mob of hands and feet, your necks and heads, your nostrils and knees, your still-sweet sweat and teeth and grunts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flung my arms around his neck, so glad he had asked me to. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a slap on the back of my neck and they start to move away down the block. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t even know it until I was bent over the drinking fountain and I felt her cool hand rubbing the back of my neck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I noticed that my dad’s neck was getting very red. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Clutching her mane, Bobby rubbed his cheek along Babe’s neck—something Nancy used to do. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously that was a lie, but Nonna got me a cold washcloth for my neck and asked me if I wanted to lie down. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She shivered as she remembered that cold clammy touch on her neck. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He turned back around and raised the neck of his guitar. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I ran across the room and threw my arms around his neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was perhaps the only time during my work in corrections when being small and light was an advantage; aside from a little pain in my neck, I didn’t get hurt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange sensation creeps up the back of my neck. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The sun pressed against the back of my neck as I ran out to meet him, the rough stone of the patio giving way to scrubby grass and then back to stone again. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Keeping the blade to my neck, my assailant pushed me against the outhouse wall and stepped around to face me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She fiddled with the chain around her neck, twisting it so that the clasp was in the back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We wandered, necks craned, bits of concrete and broken tile crunching beneath our feet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sherm dropped his head and laced his fingers behind his neck. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then he decided against it and ran and put his arms around the big dog’s neck. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often he held his hand to his chin, for recently a slight tremor in the nerves of his neck made his head nod unsteadily when he was tired. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She yawns, scratches her head, rubs her left shoulder, rolls her neck, and disappears into another room right next to the kitchen. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Letting her neck flop backward, she closed her eyes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pepperhorn was lifting up a pendant that hung from his neck and watching as it began to glow purple. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

All of them were in a festive mood—giving each other high fives, tying plastic bibs around their necks, breaking out the knives and forks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then on my neck, my bloody mouth, then loudly in my ear. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She wore her hair cut short, like all women in the camp, and was required to cover her head with a white cloth folded into a triangle that tied around the back of her neck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Skardebek, startled by all the activity, pressed close to Werfel’s neck, mewling. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Noah,” I said, holding on tight to my backpack strap so I wouldn’t grab him by the neck or punch him in the face. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I am!” he answered quietly as he began to make the wreath which Lucy was to wear round her neck. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had a reddish gray crew cut and a big head and neck, like a football player’s. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet dangling in the air, I squeeze my eyes shut and wrap my arms around his neck, not wanting to let go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel his hair on my cheek, on my neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Visions of handling them, allowing them to twist around his arms and neck. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The man, Jim, was skinny all over—arms, face, neck—but he had a big belly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Around his neck hung a necklace of sharp, long teeth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I remembered the man, his blade pressed to my neck, Amil yelling, Papa arriving just in time, and coming here. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, feeling that she had been too forward, she would arch her graceful serpent neck and hide her head beneath her belly, peeping upwards from the corner of one eye. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long silence in our cell as I got up off the floor and sat back in the chair, tried to stretch out my neck and jaw. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were a few boys from his school leaning over a metal fence and straining their necks. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Citra tried to turn away, but even though the brace was now gone, her neck was still too stiff to move. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Frodo turned to watch the sleek necks of the water as they curved and dived. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Behind the nearest fence loomed a tall, thin neck topped by a small head. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at the photograph taken at their wedding, in which matching garlands hang from their necks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And she too had veins in her neck. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tugged at the biggest knots, near the beast’s neck, with all her might, but they wouldn’t budge; then she tried using the dagger without luck either. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She cannot hear the man’s steps or feel his breath on the back of her neck, but he still lies in wait. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nita ignored the jibe and craned her neck to stare across the waters. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted the feel of her hips, her mouth, the sweet hollow of her neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The eyes follow me down the street, pinching the back of my neck. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She carries her eyeglasses—blue-rimmed bifocals—on a gold metal chain around her neck. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He came over to me, and I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him on his left cheek. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She guessed there would be light, but a crawling sensation across her neck warned her it would be a mistake to open her eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When my neck gets tired and achy, I let my head fall on the pillow and hold the book straight above me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I ended up backbending on the bar, and next thing I knew, I was spinning around on my neck and flying off the apparatus. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had rather taken it for granted that whenever you rode a horse you risked a broken neck. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse removed a stethoscope from her bag and put it around her neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

You have no right to cut his neck.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He settled down and went to traveling as quiet as he generally pulled a plow, with just now and then bending his neck around to take a look at what he was dragging. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up to the demoness’ house in my clean tunic and pants, my boots shined and my face scrubbed—and my charm around my neck. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair had been woven then, as now, into a black knot against the nape of her neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fangor loomed over her and aimed his teeth at her neck. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was the experience of feeling death without dying that came from watching a chicken leap about blindly after its neck had been snapped by a quick twist of my father’s wrist. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Straining his neck downwards at an uncomfortable angle, Ragear was able to get his teeth into the tough climbing rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her hair was drawn back in a shining knob at the base of her neck. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The skin on her arms and neck and face was a dark ebony. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

To my astonishment, I came upon something very different: not a small variation such as red eyes instead of white, or neck bristles instead of no neck bristles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snaps his jaws shut—just shy of little Jeanne’s neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She led him across the floor, weaving among the dancers, stepping over couples whispering and necking. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smooth my fingers over her neck in the way she likes. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hung them around her neck and removed the container of salve. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She fumbles through her purse and touches the back of her neck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The hairs rise on the back of my neck. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She makes her jacket into a sling for my arm, tying the sleeves around my neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Under the furious eyes of Caesar, he draped it around his neck and raised his arm to her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“And it will continue to be,” First Turkey said, bowing her long neck so that her eyes were level with Seed Collector’s. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My head nestles in the curve behind her neck; my knees pull up to fit the space behind hers. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Boston Corbett, one of the men under Baker’s command, has fired a bullet that slices through Booth’s spinal cord and paralyzes him from the neck down. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He rises, arches his neck, and carries Marlena from the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A rash of fear prickles the back of my neck. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not lying, he was wearing a white lab coat and—I couldn’t believe it—dark glasses on a chain looped around his neck. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can still feel the crispy hair at the base of my neck from dancing until I sweated. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Right now?” he whispered, his breath blowing cool on my neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tía Estela sits behind me in a chair and braids my hair, her fingers cool against the back of my neck. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was now decently clothed in a "sport shirt" open at the neck, sneakers and duck trousers of a nebulous hue. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He’s still in his fancy work clothes, but the tie is loose around his neck. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A long, curved sauropod neck cut a slender silhouette against the dark blue sky between them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I feel prickles up my neck, hearing the ladies’ heels clack away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A horseshoe puckered on Sybil’s neck, ugly and purple—her first owner had raised draft horses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Before I black out, I realize that my pendant is no longer looped around my neck. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Did I swallow them, so now plastic nails were poking the inside of my neck? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Just as it fell around her neck in a wavy brown mass, he jerked away. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They watched while the clam seized up around it and drew its neck into the mud. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She clomped past me—her footsteps heavy, like I remembered, and hugged his neck so hard. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He had once watched his mother attend to a bee sting on his father’s neck. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Four on his neck, three on his hands, and one on his left earlobe. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In a haze I washed up, put on my white dress shirt, buttoned it bottom-up, and slung my black tie around my neck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had pulled his stringy, greasy hair into a long ponytail that hung down the nape of his neck. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It delivered two liters of oxygen to me each minute through a cannula, a transparent tube that split just beneath my neck, wrapped behind my ears, and then reunited in my nostrils. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Another guy with a thick red scar across his neck says, “You best move along. Now.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

How would I seal the bags if their necks were torn? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the listless little child in her arms, the unhappy dæmon pressed so close against her neck, her eyes half closed; she looked ill and weak. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I keep seeing Rue speared, my arrow piercing the boy's neck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I felt the heat flood my neck and I could sense myself blushing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I craned my neck to see, and there he was, standing in the middle of the hallway as the crowd passed him by, looking around and rocking back and forth on his heels. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I said good night and turned out the light and pulled the covers up to my neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Harry, glancing at Hermione, who nodded encouragingly, “it’s about that symbol you were wearing around your neck at Bill and Fleur’s wedding, Mr. Lovegood. We wondered what it meant.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And Cal, feeling silly, put it around his neck with the head and hind feet under his chin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She locked her legs around his waist, then twisted her cloak into a rope and pulled it across Orion’s neck with all her might. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She borrowed a car and got here so fast Maria had just left in the ambulance and Mom was still breathing heavily as she wiped away the lines of sweat around her neck. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end as she curled into a ball and covered her head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He remembered how Carl looked sitting beside him with his gym towel draped around his thick German neck, glaring out the window at the fields. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The arm of a shirt-sleeve on the line flapped into Dad’s face and got tangled around his neck. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense! Superstitious garbage! I've wrung several of the brutes’ necks already!” said Flatnose angrily, pressing one hand to his bleeding cheek. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If it is, it isn’t yowling for milk, Matt thought.There was a level of terror and despair in that sound that made the hair stand up on his neck. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big artery in his neck was pounding out and in. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and rub the back of my neck with one hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Bucky caught my neck in the crook of his elbow and knuckled my hair. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was dripping wet from the neck down, steaming in the chill air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tension in the muscles of his neck and shoulders unwound with each breath he took. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly Pax was on him, wriggling under his neck, licking his face, sniffing his broken foot, nuzzling his face again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She reached out and touched Sansa's hair, brushing it lightly away from her neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A little peasant girl, with a rope around her neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The camera still strapped around my neck pressed like a rock-knuckled fist against my chest. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The air between them is electric as he leans in, gently brushing his lips against her neck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’ll find out when my fangs are buried in your neck,” she said. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And just then the bird’s head snaps back to a right-looking position on its neck, and it hops up and shakes itself. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to be with you!” she said, kissing him on the neck. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one who remained was in his seventies, but tall and bull necked and powerful. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard swept up to them, grabbed the attacking jockey by the back of the neck, tossed him to the ground, and pinned him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy was everywhere, was on this neck, was become terrible in darkness and death. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The man had a wrestler’s neck and the shoulders of a chainman. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The heart or the neck? the troll wondered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I fall neatly into the crook of Amber's neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then the music ended, and Jeffrey went right on screaming, his face bright red by now, his neck bulging. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My memory is pretty spot-on—a thin, jagged scar above his lip, bursts of freckles that cover his face and neck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“A ribbon would be good,” he acknowledged, “around the neck.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I replied, scratching the back of my neck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pulled the mask from my face, left it hanging around my neck, and pressed onward, surprisingly unconcerned. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped from her tree and ran, faster and faster, all the while feeling the witch's breath like a cold wind on the back of her neck. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My body below the neck rested on something slightly softer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth's classmates shift uncomfortably in their seats and tug at their neck collars, eager for dismissal. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wide sleepy eyes that tilted up at the corners, high cheekbones, full lips blacker than their skin, berry-stained, and long long necks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clifton's voice came to me as he spieled his directions for making it dance, and I held it by the feet and stretched its neck, seeing it crumple and slide forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone could slip on that. Break their necks,” he muttered, interrupting himself. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux shook his head with such extreme force it twisted his neck like a wet dishrag. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The hairs at the back of her neck lifted. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Behind me the sounds of footfalls and murmuring rises, and this time when I crane my neck around I get a glimpse of the crowd, gathering in the first bit of sunlight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Colin wraps his arm around Charlise’s neck, pulls her in, and plants a big fat kiss on her forehead, just as a well-dressed couple walks in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His eyelids were red and swollen, and there was a huge insect bite on the side of his neck. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Trashman, clenching the meat again in his jaws, grasped each dog by the scruff of the neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hair stood up on his neck, but still he held the ndoro and prayed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Blood pumped through my chest and rose up my neck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ms. Felicia asks at the front desk, stretching her neck to see. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“How about that there, miss?” he suggested, pointing to Kira’s neck. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spearhead went in his throat and exploded out the back of his neck, dark and wet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The people were thin, even when they looked almost fat they were thin, drawn as they were about their necks and faces. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lowered slowly back to the concrete, and the pressure around his neck was gone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In his dreams he looks down to find his hands around the neck of the pigeon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her one hand was around my neck, and she put her other hand on my leg. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the giants had his hand around Beckendorf s neck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Lord Roke could see his dismay: the object of his search was the locket on the gold chain around Mrs. Coulter’s neck. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The girl gulps down air, bruises blooming on her neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Considered the possibilities of turning it into a talisman, a decoration to hang around his neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bayard stepped up his pace, the jennet pranced and arched her neck, and Robin wanted to get down and swing along with the others. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

And she was pretty sure Hanuman had sprained her neck just by patting her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without warning, Hugo wrapped his arms around Isabelle’s neck and gave her a big hug. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Ampai rubbed her palm over her face and down the side of her neck. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

This brother's eyes were pools of shadow, but the fur on the back of his neck was bristling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The boy slung the strap over his neck and put them to his eyes and adjusted the wheel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Outside, a half hour later, he has me pinned up against his car and is trying to get his tongue in my mouth, and I choose to nuzzle into his neck instead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I ran around to the other side and managed to get his arm around my neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It fascinated me the way her fingers kept scratching away at the hair on the back of her neck. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She had two skirt-and-jacket outfits, her gray uniform and her blue uniform, which she always wore over a white shirt with a little cameo pin at the neck. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried stretching my neck to see if I could spot the granddaughter sitting in the usual spot, the front row, or as Robbie Ray called it, the good seats. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Finn snuggled his face against Chess’s neck, as if he thought this was just a new place to sleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You are. You’re worse than sneaky. You’re like a snake. A snake with an Italian uniform: with a cape around your neck.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I poured water over my face and neck and watched the dirty water run down my arms to the ground. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Part of an old patchwork bedspread was buttoned around her neck and trailed behind her like a cape. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes pressed the machete to his neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was Charlie—whose last letter had been too long ago—sticking his sweet neck out on my behalf. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s so big I have to wear it around my neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He brought down his massive fist, but Damasen sidestepped, impaling his javelin in the side of Tartarus’s neck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“So, what brings you to this neck of the woods, Minister?” came Madam Rosmerta’s voice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I turned back into the hall and ran to Char and threw my arms about his neck. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers, swollen-knuckled and twiglike, fumbled with the topaz that hung on a heavy silver chain about his neck. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took the locket from around his neck. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

My neck is still sore from where Noodle jerked my head last night. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They were out of town and heading down the Atlanta road when Ben felt something warm and wet on the back of his neck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam nodded, her neck almost automated at this point. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And when I wrapped my arms around his neck, he held me tight, trying to piece back together the lives she’d left behind. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Butler picked him up by the neck, finger and thumb easily meeting around the back. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

These days, her skin barely clung to her bones, falling in layers, flaps, on her face and neck. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he lashed out with his tail, trying to loose the hold on his neck, and struck the side of a rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head rolled with the waves, leaving her neck exposed. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The navy dress was bunched weird beneath my neck. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wrap an arm around him, sliding my hand up his neck and into his short hair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wore a loose, open bag around my neck so I could easily drop the rocks in with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The hair at the back of my neck prickled as the ground crunched behind me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hair stood up on the back of my neck as I vainly looked among the branches and into the tangled undergrowth all around. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The river god drew a line across his neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He held a metal bar to the strings of the neck and plucked the strings over the belly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy wrapped herself around him and rested her head against his neck in the way they had held each other since college. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine an old white lady with gray hair and old-fashioned glasses hanging from her neck. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I was right about the nose and the neck, but Amy won on the chin and the hair color. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then she drew closer to me and clasped them around my neck. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Connor immediately rushes to my bedside and throws his arms around my neck, burying his face against my shoulder. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His face puffed up, his neck got thicker, his voice grew weak. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It has taken us thousands of miles and many days, but here we are: her head on my shoulder, her breath on my neck, the fatigue thick inside both of us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dismay nuzzled his cold, wet nose into my neck and slurped my cheek with his sloppy tongue. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She does as I ask and ducks her head into my neck as I leap off the edge, her breath coming short and fast. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Black took the smock and waved it over Needles to cover him, tying it around his neck. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Jam and Redemption nodded in unison, and Pet cracked its neck behind them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything, but one blue eye on the back of his neck winked at me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nita cried out, but Nailer’s father held his knife to her neck and she held still as Blue Eyes ripped the gold off, leaving bloody streaks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But everything about it was the same—the sail-like wings, the long neck—it was one of the birds, no doubt about it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of feeling that makes you jump at the touch of your mother’s hand on the back of your neck as you step onto the porch. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And while I’m telling her the story, I’m popping my neck and snapping my fingers. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And we were all encased in formal clothes—Mom in a dress, me in long pants and a sports jacket, with a new tie carefully knotted at my neck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sweat rolled down the back of his neck in beads as he marched, focusing on the steady crunch beneath his sandals instead of the eerie black-trunked trees to his immediate right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She curved herself against his back, laid her face to the side of his neck, and wept the tears that he could not. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It reflects the summer sun like a watery mirror, painting a river down his neck and into his armor. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

Because even while I clung to this belief, I waited to feel his hands on my neck. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A whole crowd of people had gathered to crane their necks and watch them roll a dead man onto a stretcher. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hermione flung her arms around Ron’s neck and broke down completely. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Blood dripped from where the neck had once been. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I reach out to Prim and she climbs on my lap, her arms around my neck, head on my shoulder, just like she did when she was a toddler. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I’d ever be able to be near her without my neck flaring up like a boiling lobster. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He struck the mare with his front hoof, and while she staggered under the blow, his teeth raked her neck and drew an ooze of blood. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chett had a wen on his neck the size of a pigeon's egg, and a face red with boils and pimples. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Indeed, she told them, he already wore the Power of Stormhold about his neck. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The back of my neck stuck to Mamou’s beige pillowcase when I sat up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite get myself to let go of the tension in my neck, my jaw, my stomach. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arm pressed along hers from shoulder to elbow as he locked the collar around his neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My curls loosen and stretch past my neck. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She wore sensible heels and kept a pair of reading glasses on a chain around her neck. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It was still in the neck,” he said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Well, we came sneaking up in single file, in the darkness, and the two white boys in the lead fell down into the outhouse hole neck deep. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had big lips and fat cheeks and a very fat neck. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Back when she was a happier woman, she used to claim Father married her for the way she wrung a rooster’s neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biter preferred to grab the men behind the head and under the chin and crack their necks with a single twist of his huge pale hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When his vision cleared, he saw why the boy had let go: He was floating with his head down, blood streaming from a bullet hole in the back of his neck. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued on his way to Håkon, who was still trying to dislodge the pitchfork from around his neck. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

All the way up to the neck, there are bullet holes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help it; I sat up and threw my arms around my daddy’s neck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Derrick had the long-haired blond man by the back of the neck. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Ropy, vivid red scars run from her forehead down across her cheeks, lips, and chin, all the way into the high neck of her black dress. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She acted as if she really believed people in this world cared about other people and would actually stick their neck out, just because she did that for other people. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Alex likes the look on Henry’s face, the sure curl of his hand around the neck of the bottle, the way his lips wrap around the mouth of it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“With my luck, I’d fall out of the tree and break my neck.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His once-white alb, which covered him neck to foot, seemed ghostlike. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed aboard her mother’s back and laid her cheek against her mother’s neck and closed her eyes tight. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Ms. Raz's glasses hang on a thin chain around her neck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Gloria had a grip about the robot’s neck that would have asphyxiated any creature but one of metal, and was prattling nonsense in half-hysterical frenzy. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Knotted around his neck is his only tie, maroon with yellow stripes on the diagonal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was pulled up, and her neck was flushed and splotchy. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, according to Lopsang, Hall placed Hansen’s arm around his neck and assisted the weary client up the final forty feet to the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I always wear my hair down now to cover the spots on my neck and long-sleeve shirts and sneakers to cover my other ones. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As she hung her septa’s crystal about her neck, to nestle in the cleft between her breasts, she teased him with a smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His mouth feels warm and soft, and when he kisses me harder, I wrap my arm around his neck and kiss him back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His lips go from my neck to my collarbone, kissing along the line of my tattoo, to my bare shoulder. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then his face went serious and he lunged for me, grabbed my neck in his huge right paw and squeezed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She stretched her numb legs and cracked her neck and back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got to swallow it,” Milo ordained with dictatorial grandeur, and almost broke his neck when he let go with one arm to wave a righteous finger in the air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then she locked her ankles around his neck, wrapped one arm around his throat, and drew her knife with the other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a noise that set one’s teeth on edge and bristled the hair at the back of one’s neck. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For me it’s that place where their hairline meets their neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

Water also ran down their necks from their matted hair, and both boys were shivering and jiggled their knees to keep warm. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Wearing it now around her own neck, Kira lifted it against her cheek, hoping to recapture a feeling of her mother, perhaps the smell of her: herbs and dyes and dried blossoms. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon learning that Hall was the man who had invented the typewriter she used so often, the girl put her arms around his neck and gave him a huge hug and kiss. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Stop trying to fight me! Things are hard enough without your squirming! Whoever tied these knots, I wish he had them about his neck!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

From a distance, a small person hanging by the neck from a telephone pole. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the whole night necking with a terrible phony named Anne Louise Sherman. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Well, come on, out with it!" growled Cockerell, seizing her by the nape of the neck as if to shake the answer out of her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I put a nose and two paired indentations for lips and a neck running down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She stretched her neck again, felt the bruised arm cautiously, and raised the cigarette to her lips, more steadily this time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Prickles run up my neck and over my head. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed his face deep in Ares’s neck, although it made his nose throb even more. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She nods her head and puts her hand up my shirt and leans into my neck. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The room’s completely light now, and my neck is sore from how I fell asleep. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Gaunt, your daughter!” said Ogden in alarm, but Gaunt had already released Merope; she staggered away from him, back to her corner, massaging her neck and gulping for air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

People bundled in coats with collars up and scarves around their necks. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a baggy pea-green suit and had his face buried in Aunt Florentine’s old neck. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My shoulders kept slipping out of the large neck hole. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Known as the Black Scarf Battalion, the members proudly wore black scarves on their necks. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"It shows off your long neck and strong shoulders—got both of those from your daddy, didn't you, honey?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His master’s calloused hand would rub the great neck, and he’d say “Good Sounder, good Sounder.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hat is on straight, he’s sitting up straight, his neck is straight, he is all very straight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nell let me unwind her from my neck when she realized a bowl of soup was for her. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A piercing pain rushed up my spine from my waist to the back of my neck. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then he became a mouse and scuttled to her neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Being with deep dizziness, I pray that I do not chop myself with my machete, or fall and break my neck. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I picked her up and whispered into her birdy-smelling neck feathers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew death was all around, breathing down her neck like some ancient god, like the giant painted throng haint now rushing toward her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She gathered the sheets up to her neck and scrambled backward so fast that her shoulder blades hit the headboard with a crack. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway rode with another man in addition to the boy, a tall white man with long brown hair and a necklace of human ears around his neck. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And, while he spoke, his hand was on her breast, and his moving lips brushed her neck. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and feel her fingers touch the top of my head then slide down to the back of my neck. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

So they set to work, hating their work, at the horrid business of hacking through its neck. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grins at me, and a blush races up my neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had pulled off his helmet and his neck roll and sat on the bench exhausted and almost stunned, his eyes puffy and nearly closed, as if someone had pummeled him in a fight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ages looked at him, examined his tongue, felt his pulse, and found a small red lump near his neck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had pulled their straight brown hair into a ponytail at the nape of their neck. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The rider had raised his scimitar to sweep down at the bear’s neck, but Iorek Byrnison in his armor weighed nearly two tons, and nothing at that range could withstand him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“One word out of you and I’ll go back and wring both children’s necks!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We clean Gale’s neck wound and I realize bandages won’t be enough. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

From then on his mother gave him a key, which he wore on a string around his neck. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I suppose the school board figured that if Mrs. Sidman could pick up two huge rats by the scruff of their necks and carry them through the halls, she could certainly handle middle schoolers. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her neck was turned all around about as far as it could possibly go, and she was looking far away, at something a long way out from the picture. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet, and arching his neck, lifted his head above hers. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a tie, but it’s loose at the neck; this is casual time for him. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I pretended I wasn’t even there, that the hair on the back of my neck wasn’t crawling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He’s still grinning, but telltale angry red blotches have traveled from his neck to his face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

‘But if you’re short of sleep cold water on the neck’s like rain on a wilted lettuce. There! Now I can keep awake long enough to eat a bit.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I feel his gaze on my back, pricking the hairs on my neck. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He fingered the pouch that hung around his neck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crescent moon of silver hung from a fine chain around her neck. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But then one of the men grabbed Alice by the neck, and he was shouting, and Malcolm was shouting too, and he didn’t know what he was saying. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on the locket that hung around her neck. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Hubbard drove him into the corner, the wooden post slammed into the back of his neck. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folds her arms and does this little neck movement. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A drop of sweat crawls down my neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It started bleeding down my chin and neck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Janie, you mark my words, you be careful who you trust. You never know when the man you married is going to turn around and try to take a nibble out of your neck.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He tiptoed down the sandy side of the pool, and sat there up to his neck in water smiling proudly at Ralph. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He pulled the pieces of the broken wand out of his pocket and, without looking at them, tucked them away in Hagrid’s pouch around his neck. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Second: It held Gum Baby fast, its cuff-head snapping around her neck like a collar, the long chain attached to it coiling around her tiny wooden body. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He raises his hand, slowly tracing my eyes, my lips, the curve of my neck with the tip of his finger. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the podium afterward, feeling the heavy gold disc around my neck, I felt so privileged to be standing with my teammates. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was kind of amazing to watch the pink rise from her neck to her hairline as she spoke. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His face is purple, and the veins in his neck are hulking out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The gold chain with her mother’s name hung around her neck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I kept something else too—the yellow stone around my neck. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Just outside the room he leans against the wall and scratches the back of his neck. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He then ties a sparkly gold cape around his neck. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodle slams the gas, jerking my head back, flaring up the sore spot in my neck that I thought was healing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wore a silver whistle around his neck. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She dug into the diaper bag and pulled out a burp cloth and a big sheetlike thing that looped around her neck that she used when nursing in public. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I can feel my pulse in my neck. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A bird called faintly in the distance, a high sharp trill that felt like an icy hand on Catelyn's neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She said nothing, but moving close to Mary Poppins she reached up her spare arm and put it round Mary Poppins s neck and kissed her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

From the pouch around my neck, I took out my cross of lead, and upon my knees, prepared to pray. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up Rondell is wrapping his two huge hands around the black guy’s neck and pulling him up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My neck’s not long enough for one, but her hair is perfect. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They are not fretful, nervous, or shrill; they do not have lovely black necks that stretch as though against an invisible collar; their eyes do not bite. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, all I could think about was the Arctic Tern, heading down into the water, about to crash, his neck yanked back because he knows he’s going to smack into it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I turned back so fast I nearly snapped my neck. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Archer strained against his invisible bonds, testing his feet and each of his fingers, but he couldn’t move anything but his head and neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her freckled face was flushed, her eyes bright in the frame of dark lashes, her hair plaited into a thick shiny braid that hung down the left side of her neck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Von Rumpel braces his chin on the sill, feeling as if his head might separate from his neck and go tumbling down to explode on the street. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The wind still pushed and pulled at me with slapping hands, and it still wormed up my sleeves and down my neck. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wished I was able to see what my own neck looked like from the back and sides. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ease down into the warm water and sit, up to my neck in suds, hoping the medicines kick in soon. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But her excitement popped as she looked at the carefully preserved page and remembered how the king had had it on his person, carefully and preciously kept in the pouch around his neck. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“There was no water in his lungs. And there was marks on his neck where the rope had been.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

An angry knot hardens inside my gut, and a headache punches its way up my neck and into my temples. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Swiftly he loaded up the Brown Bess, with powder from the horn slung around his neck and pouch of shot he had dangling from his belt, and rammed it home with a ramrod. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A faint flush of anger crept up his neck and spread across his hard-set face. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway was Chester, a strange pendant hanging from his neck. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Snape made them all nervous, breathing down their necks while they tried to remember how to make a Forgetfulness potion. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He breathed in the warmth from her neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The midlah grabs it under its jaw and places the blade on its neck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias places two fingers on the side of her neck, and nods. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The word is she's hurt pretty bad because he cracked a bone in her neck, but she'll be okay in the long run. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hairs rose on the back of my neck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Those stiff celluloid collars around their necks and the spats around their ankles. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Elinor was looking at his neck as anxiously as if she feared Basta’s knife may have left its mark there after all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He grabs the back of DeVante’s neck the same way Daddy grabs Seven’s. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I put my arm around her neck because I didn’t want her to feel bad about the mistake she’d made. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning he soaped his chest and arms and neck and feet—and about twice during the season he got into the bathtub and cleaned all of his parts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sniff his shirt, then lift my head to take in the bare skin of his neck. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Stick clamped his hand over the back of his neck and leaned into it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

His breath reaches the back of my neck, and my whole body tingles. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find what we need faster without him breathing down our neck, anyway,” the other one said, and smirked. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She bent her head to the little dæmon fast asleep around the child’s neck and nudged him gently. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

White dress shirts with soggy collars from all the neck sweat and faded red splotches on their chests from the ketchup that missed their mouths. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was in it thick, up to my neck, and I’m still looking for my boyfriend. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it simply clamped its huge, flat mouth down on one end of the trunk and twisted its massive neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He holds up the syringe, and I tilt my head to better expose my neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Because now she wouldn't be hitting a face or slapping the back of a neck. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I started to leave but he grabbed me hard by the neck as if to shake me and I flung my arm back and knocked off his grip. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally get up, I have this horrible crick in my neck. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then came the cavalcade: mounted policemen and a large open motorcar in which was seated a genial, kindly-looking man with a wreath of roses around his neck. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I placed my hand on the back of his neck. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in his shaggy neck and hugged him. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she craned her neck, looking around the room. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

With an iron grip his arm instantly went around Jonathan’s neck as he yanked him up against his body like a shield. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It leapt off Stanley's neck and pounced on the tarantula. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Fastening his cloak at his neck, he merely said, “Until next Saturday, everybody, and do not forget: Destination. Determination. Deliberation.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I would have gratefully delivered to her Eliza, but I didn’t think my neck would survive. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish them a good night and step into my room, tucking myself into bed and pulling the covers up to my neck. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

After a few commercials, an announcer wearing a black and white suit with a bow tie at his neck comes on to say the winning numbers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The pulse in my neck was about to break through the skin. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now the companions halted, and stood in silence at a narrow neck of the swamp. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But now a mountain eagle with great wings and crooked beak storms in to break their necks and strew their bodies here. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the sack by its neck and its bottom, Milkman followed Guitar to the window. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hilts of my scims knock against my neck, cold as ice, and despite the all-weather boots, my feet are numb. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The slowly fading silk scarf he always wore about his neck would give rise to many questions. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She wrung out a rag that had been soaking in soapy water and wiped my face and hands before lifting my dirty hair to wash my neck. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It streamed down his face and neck like jungle flies with crawling feet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The broken chain dangling from his neck swung wildly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pita’s words, her conviction that the donkey could speak and she could understand him, made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up to alert. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Annabeth wanted to strangle the guy, but she wasn’t sure her hands would fit around his thick neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I shivered and pressed myself closer to him, letting the heat build between our stomachs again, hiding my face in the crook of his neck. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But after being coaxed, she buried her shame-hot face in Sissy’s neck and whispered something to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scarlet blood joined the sweat on Brokk’s neck, but the dwarf did not stop pumping. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The water was as warm as soup, but an icy shiver ran down my neck as I kicked onward. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She reached over as if to touch my cheek but rested her arm instead on the bench back, grazing my neck. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When they couldn’t walk anymore, the SS shot them in the neck,” said Elisabeth. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the fashion in the Free City of Volantis to tattoo the faces of slaves and servants; from neck to scalp the boy's skin had been patterned in squares of red and green motley. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Antain pinched his neck—a nervous habit that he couldn’t break. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was like she was a blowtorch burning my neck and making a crispy marshmallow out of my throat. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was a lady wearing a tiny green hat in the middle of the back row who kept scratching the nape of her neck. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I punch the pillow and pull the sheet up to my neck. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The five freckles on his neck that are in the perfect spots for kissing. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a bark loincloth and wore the pottery ndoro around his neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had drawn a figure of a woman with wild hair and evil eyes and a rope around her neck. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The man screamed as the wire caught him around the neck, almost garroting him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The line of her neck as it met her shoulder. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We were now neck and neck with Apollo. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

For months I lived stark naked except for the whistle that dangled from my neck by a string. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, they did notice the large, fancy metal box hung around his neck with a chain. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Pausing, Green gingerly touched a boil on the back of his neck, a mature inflammation that seemed, like its angry wearer, about to burst. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished, she was sobbing, her neck and breasts covered with bruises and bite marks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Standing in front of the hall mirror, I admired the welts on my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dockworker One, a big guy with tattoos from his wrist all the way up to his neck, shook his head. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

As they climbed, sweat trickled down his neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I reached under my shirt and pulled out the chain that was hanging from my neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“He told me out of trust. I would never betray it. I believe that the world could be different. I believe that our destinies aren’t chains around our necks, but wings that give us flight.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few other folks had also stopped singing and were craning their necks to find the source of the only real music in that little church. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We weren’t even bothering to sway to the music, though his hands were still on my waist, and mine around his neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I craned my neck to try and make out all the details. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He put his arms around the dog’s strong neck and held her tightly. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made the hairs on her neck stand on end, but she told herself she was imagining things. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her neck and wrists were bare, and her hair was a mess—a pile, an all-over glob of red curls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The noose lowered around Louisa’s neck and she was led up the stairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She smiled at me and might have said something, but I got a strange feeling near the base of my neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Blood from the cut ran down my neck. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The spirit took off the ndoro and placed it around Arm’s neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Billy walked to her and put his hand under her mane and patted her neck, until her ears came forward again and she nibbled delicately at his shirt. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“We’re in it up to our necks,” said Knife in a low voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was a vision in cowries: they rattled from her wrists, were strung through her curled dreadlocks, and looped around her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s true thatI have pale patches on my face and neck and elbows and toes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The red in Coach’s neck rose to his face. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Barry turned and put his hands over his face, bracing for the feeling of teeth ripping at his neck. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could stop all masculine traffic down the hall, with boys’ knees turning to jelly and necks being wrenched as they jerked around to watch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Veins stand out in Zak’s neck, and he shakes his head like a wet dog ridding itself of water. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I made a long triple loop and tied a knot at the back of my neck. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has a towel around his neck, his suntanned chest is bare. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When José Arcadio Buendía and the four men of his expedition managed to take the armor apart, they found inside a calcified skeleton with a copper locket containing a woman’s hair around its neck. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Percy and Frank both cussed like horses and held on desperately while Hazel wrapped her arms around Arion’s neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“OUT!” roared Uncle Vernon, and he took both Harry and Dudley by the scruffs of their necks and threw them into the hall, slamming the kitchen door behind them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Brutal, bloody Cato who can snap a neck with a twist of his arm, who had the power to overcome Thresh, who has had it out for me since the beginning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I imagined the bubble every morning, afternoon and night, but my neck remained immobile. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I writhed beneath Frankie in a blind panic, trying to pry his hands from around my neck. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Quite a ride,” he’d said, never taking his eyes from the book, never once looking outside at the lightning or craning his neck to see the scared expressions on the stewardesses’ faces. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

An air rifle went off and a pellet hit my neck. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The necklace of the Brisings still hung around her neck, but it was dull and tarnished, and it did not shine. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her long, shiny hair, with its gray strands here and there, was tucked into a neatly pinned bun at the nape of her neck. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She stood for a few heartbeats, feeling the wild blood surge in her neck, then went silently to the window— the silence of an accomplice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the amber pendant around her neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I crane my neck over the crowd and look for Nick and Abby. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mama held Akira as if he were an infant, his hands around her neck the way he liked to do when Mama felt like babying him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The muscles in his neck bulge so much and he’s so red, I’m not sure he’s even breathing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He sulked and smoked on the balcony while I made rice with chicken neck stew. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fahim threw an arm around his neck and steered him into the room as more people cheered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His napkin was tied around his neck and in his hand he still held his empty spoon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’d wring your neck if you were mine, you old torment,” cried Laurie, shaking his fist at the bird, who put his head on one side and gravely croaked, “Allyluyer! bless your buttons, dear!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave her a little kick, but I guess it was harder than I planned, because the horse took off so fast, I had to wrap my arms around her neck just to stay on. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used the top of my body as the fret board, caressing my hair, my face, my neck. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then you’d see her stirring a pot of brown liquid with turkey neck bones floating at the top. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Hennepin edged closer, craning her stringy neck like a buzzard. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw her arms around his neck and sang with him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A wrapper was slung across his body and tied behind his neck, over a once white singlet now browned by age and yellowed at the armpits. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ingrid spooled the soft scarf from the German soldier around her neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Tears ran past my cheeks and down my neck. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful clear day, and when I got to the top, the wind danced the ends of my hair so they tickled my neck. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she laughed, a naked man slid his arms around her from be-hind, biting her neck and rubbing the heavy white breasts that hung loose beneath her shift. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I edged up to the jar and tried to read the small paper tag hanging from a string around the neck of the bottle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Yang answers, her Bluetooth headset around her neck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I went and stood where Byron still had the neck of 59 Larry Dunn’s skinny little windbreaker wadded up in his fist. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the kid with the strange lump on his neck. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Like a scarf you wear as an accessory until it starts feeling itchy around your neck. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

You could go downtown and see colored people working in the dime store behind die counters, even handling money with cash-register keys around their necks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer craned his neck around, but he couldn’t see. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I jam the vicious twist of the corkscrew into his neck. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used his hands to cup water into his face, rubbing the back of his neck. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra lay wrapped up as tightly as a mummy, fast asleep, and Pan lay coiled around her neck as a little green snake. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That night, she used the twine to garrote three of our jailers and broke the necks of the other three with her bare hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He sees himself there, standing in water up to his neck. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Booth hears the crack of a rifle and feels a jolt in his neck, and then nothing. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She tensed the muscles in her neck until every tendon rose to the surface beneath her skin, like strings under a drooping tent. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He might grant a tour to a visitor, a distinguished neighbor or curious planter from another neck of the woods, but it was rare. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Ranee's eyes take in the familiar round face, dark skin, big eyes, short, strong neck. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper tugs at the fat of his neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She tried to run, but Atticus caught her by the scruff of the neck and said, “Go to Calpurnia. Go in the back door.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and kissed him on the neck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The graduation gown has a bit of a low-cut neck, so I can see some curled chest hairs. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Uncle Arthur disguised his own tears by picking up Laney and burying his head in her neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mother threw herself on Janina’s mother and pried her fingers from her daughters neck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A man of striking ugliness; fat, with a bullet-head set on a short neck, with a nose much too wide for its face, upon which he wore black-lensed glasses. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel him let out a long breath against my neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her latest and best piece, bought to celebrate the end of finals, before she knew about her miserable third, was the figure-hugging dark green bias-cut backless evening gown with a halter neck. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes fingering the brown tooth around his neck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He needed a haircut—especially at the nape of the neck—the worst way, as only a small boy with an almost full-grown head and a reedlike neck can need one. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

A sudden chill rolled up the back of my neck and prickled my scalp, and then the Feeling came over me so swiftly and sharply that I groaned and doubled over where I sat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Rubbing his neck, he moved toward the sound of the dogs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since no one bothered pulling the curtain around to give me some privacy, I decided I wasn’t obligated to wear the stupid-looking neck brace anymore. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Penelope noticed there were scratches on his neck and the backs of his hands. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Around his neck, he wore a necklace with a chintzy pewter dragon gripping a purple crystal ball—a memento from some Renaissance festival. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I revived you when your neck was broken, and I am in the midst of reviving you now. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The creatures’ heads seemed much too heavy for their necks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The man’s arm slipped from its grip around Mark’s neck and he plummeted to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a metal gate separating the hallway from the lab, and Mr. Gideon unlocks it with a key around his neck. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Shame creeps up from the back of my neck into my face as Sheila’s eyes bore into me, as she waits for me to say something. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Alfred scrabbled back in, reaching, feeling James' outstretched arms around his neck. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still having difficulty breathing, and tears were running down her cheeks and neck, staining her blouse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blush blooms up her neck at my undressed state, and she looks away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I slipped my hand around the back of his neck, stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the mouth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children were all standing silently with their necks craned, pointing at a section of sky. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers over my face and neck, and found none there, and none in my ears. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At a nod from Corporal Craigie, Charles held his bayonet to the man’s neck. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The boy finally got control of his arms and pressed them against the sides of his head, twisting this way and that as if he were trying to screw the thing right off his neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But we pretended we didn’t hear her, and I wrapped my arms around Jesse’s neck, and he kissed me like the world had fallen out from under our feet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I worried about it for a moment as I held the bottle by the neck, but I wanted to trust her, and so I did. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He saw short cottony hair, dark skin, and an amulet hanging from a leather cord around her neck. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only, when I put my arms around his neck, I find myself trapped in his embrace. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She yanked her eyes away from the flames and craned her neck to look behind her at where the exit had to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Drew by his fist and managed to press my forearm against his neck, holding him at bay. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A flush of red is rising from her neck to her cheeks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I never saw such heat in all my life,” said Winnie’s grandmother, dabbing uselessly at her neck with a handkerchief. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered whether she would hear him as he approached, or if the next thing she knew would be his jaws on her neck, and then searing pain, and then nothing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A tingling, hot feeling started at the base of my neck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

General was a pleasant looking man who wore his grey hair at shoulder length and had a neck hung with beaded ropes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The tendons in his neck stand out like taut cables. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their ears, necks, fingers, and hands are heavy with yellow twenty-four-carat gold jewels as they beckon you over to their counters. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw a scoop of water into his face and rubbed it about with his hand, under his chin and around the back of his neck. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her senses were on high alert, as if somebody had snapped a rubber band against the base of her neck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Without warning, twelve-foot wings flapped open on either side of Harry; he just had time to seize the hippogriff around the neck before he was soaring upward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could feel his cool breath on my neck, feel his nose sliding along my jaw, inhaling. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s not necessarily true,” Matthew says, pinching the string around his neck and then twisting it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I kept a careful eye on the back of Miles’s neck as I wrote my name on the cover. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His shoulders rounded forward and his neck seemed to pain him, for he often reached up to rub it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two horses and the two riders were galloping neck to neck and knee to knee just as if they were in a race. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I drew over the ridges of the wings, and the neck, and the long beak. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

An hour later, I examined my treasure on the kitchen table: two handfuls of green beans, four stunted crook- neck squash that had been nibbled by mice, and a few sour cherries. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She craned her neck to investigate the possibilities of a clump of bushes to the right and then withdrew farther to obtain a better angle for viewing its dark recesses. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Then the Labrador walked up to the cat, who rose on his hind legs, placing black forepaws on the neck of the great dog who towered above him, gently questing at the torn ear. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted so much to put his hand around the nape of her neck and pull her into him and taste her mouth, full and soft in the darkness. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Della passed in her sleep,” the daughter-in-law told her, eyeing Mia, the camera around her neck, the photograph in her hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The evening sun was still hot when it hit him as they came out of the patches of shade made by the trees on the bank, and the cool water on his neck refreshed him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Except that my eyes hurt and my neck is stiff How is that better? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The point of Ser Gregor's lance had snapped off in his neck, and his life's blood flowed out in slow pulses, each weaker than the one before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m so dead,” he says into my hair, “so dead,” into my neck, then pulls back, his eyes shining. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Its tongues wriggled into the booth, snaking around my arm, my waist, then around my neck, squeezing tighter and tighter until I couldn’t breathe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I crane my neck for a better look. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Dany clutched the dragon’s neck with all her strength to keep from sliding off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His neck was bandaged where he had taken a wound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All three of them bowed low to him, and after regarding them imperi-ously for a moment, Buckbeak bent his scaly front knees and allowed Hermione to rush forward and stroke his feathery neck. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

So I had a hunch what was about to happen on the deep- sea boat when the bald crooked-nosed guy grabbed my sister around her neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Both of our mouths are open now, and I’m hot and my hands are sliding up to his neck. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He’s got muscles in his neck and everywhere else. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

My head ached, and my neck started to itch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

An arm hooks around my neck, and Darrell almost topples me over, cackling all the while. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She had only to stretch her neck or rise on some pretext to see twenty or forty undressed males lounging or playing ball in the sunlight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Alice adjusted the way he was lying so he wouldn’t wake up with a stiff neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then I felt around my neck for Mong’s tooth necklace tucked inside my sweatshirt. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Imagine a flock of vultures the size of people—with dirty black plumage, gray talons, and wrinkled pink necks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I loop a green silk scarf around my neck and lift my bag onto my shoulder. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She rubs her neck and looks around nervously. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The cool water felt good; he splashed it behind his ears and on his face and neck. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the fog of my thoughts, I realize that I’ve wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him close, until every inch of my body is pressed against him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Natalie wasn’t even looking at the list now: She had her neck craned to look back at the code on the computer screen in front of Emma and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She reaches around the back of my neck and puts the necklace on me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They were forced down a steep flight of stairs, still tied back-to-back and in danger of slipping and breaking their necks at any moment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Tendai removed the ndoro from his neck—it was the first time Mother noticed it—and laid it on Arm’s chest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Black sand flowed into my face and down my neck. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This dictator was the heavy boot on our skinny necks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He's pulling me closer, holding me soft by the neck, and now I can feel the pulse in his hands. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the pretty wrapped chocolates went toppling from the shelves to the floor, and Mrs. Diamant laughed and laughed, mopping between the folds of her neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Safa craned her neck, studying the brick houses lining the road. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He sat with his long legs stretched before him, his hands clasped behind his neck. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the cricket cap and neck scarf that Duckworth wore in the coxswain’s seat, he coxed an awful lot like Bobby Moch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My neck ached from crooking over the quilting frame. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I popped the collar up on my coat to keep the chill off my neck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They walked four across along Broadway, craning their necks, looking up at the giant billboards and down at the rows of window displays, cameras, suitcases, NYC memorabilia, clothing stores, makeup stores. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He always sneaked around at school dances to try and catch people necking. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A blush prickles up the back of my neck and spreads over my entire head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Above in the park I could hear the furious flapping of wings; on my neck, the pressure of eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So easy to whirl and grab him by the neck and slam his face into the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her loose white dress contrasted with her creamy brown skin, and a three-plated gold torque covered much of her chest and neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before they emptied out, the inner cities were swarming with desperation-hungry bellies, pinched guts, lousy scalps, dirty necks, and the people who made money off of it all. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The taller of the two spun around and sank his teeth into Pax’s neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As though invisible strings were tied to Snape’s wrists, neck, and knees, he was pulled into a standing position, head still lolling unpleasantly, like a grotesque puppet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gaping wound in the side of his neck. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His head was misshapen, one cheek grotesquely swollen, his neck so engorged with blood that it threatened to swallow his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She reached her hand to his neck, pulled him toward her, and kissed him again. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

With furious, disinterested fingers, Henry reached beneath the neck of her dress, drew out the offending appurtenances, and flung them as far as he could into the night. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The little hairs on my neck stand up at the sight of it so close. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas could say nothing because stiff hairs prickled at the back of her neck. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He wraps his adolescent-titan arms around my neck and shoulders and kisses my forehead. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He needs to be fed and blessed, to be given some gold and silver, to be patted on the back after feedings and held carefully behind the neck. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was bent over, splashing water up her arms and across the back of her neck. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The man stared at them, blank, bending his neck slightly after each slap. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pity the man who cannot overcome his cowardice, who cannot step on the neck of his own weaknesses. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The bull neck of the man reminded the boy of the bull he had seen die in the cattle chute at the big house where his father worked. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex suddenly had a vision of himself trapped in blackness with water rising up to his chest, his neck, over his face. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He makes himself taller by stretching his neck. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The camera was around my neck and I took a picture of the fire in the storm, the light and the darkness and the brown patchy dog. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The girl clutched her robe to her neck and closed the door behind them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Finally he looks at the big, ugly wound on Shiloh’s hurt leg, torn open right to the bone, the bites around Shiloh’s neck, and the ripped ear. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gentle, genially dignified, a scholar with work-calloused hands and sunburned neck, he’d been a classmate of Herb’s at Kansas State University. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood to her left, draped the useless arm over my neck, and held her body tight to mine. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes the back of your neck hot to eat it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When he had drunk enough, he stood up, bloody intestines draped around his neck like a scarf, and went to find Draupadi and bathe her hair in fresh blood. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, I felt her hand on the back of my neck. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t realize he’d grabbed the old man by his collar until he felt the icy skin of his neck against his knuckles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

With a resounding snap, the Eye of Elena ripped from her neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I am breathing hard and fast, and it feels like someone's hands are wrapped around my neck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"What do you think happened?" she says, craning her neck. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The silk covers her hair, wrapping about her neck, and flapping in the back like a shawl. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair was long; each of the braids that hung down to her neck ended in a soft fuzz. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I grabbed him by the neck and pulled him up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Something about that voice made the sparse hairs on the back of Frank’s neck stand up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Archer brought up his shaking hands and put his fingers to the base of his throat, where his scar began, and spread them around his neck like claws. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She buttoned his coat and turned up the collar about his neck. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But across their three necks lay one long naked sword. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Doc went toward the back door, but Collins yanked him away by the neck of his shirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Holding her neck straight to keep from looking up at “Sarsaparilla,” she followed Trotter’s bulk back to her house. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

His neck was wrapped up in white gauze, and there was blood on the gauze. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Reba was cutting her toenails with a kitchen knife or a switchblade, her long neck bent almost to her knees. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hrothgar’s top man had recovered a little, though his neck was still dark red. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fumes from the payload curled about him as if drawn to the Imperial gold jewellery around his arms and neck, the golden wreath in his hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The half-glasses that he uses for reading are secured by a string around his neck. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The llama hit the ground, its neck and legs splayed like the five points of a star. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I noticed how his neck bulged over the back of his collar, and how low his ears were set on his head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The instant the animal’s hind legs brushed the trap, he tightened his powerful digits around its neck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He had on a nice pair of gray slacks, a white shirt opened at the neck, and a leather jacket. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crane my neck, peering through the crowd, which has blotted out the paintings; only a few tops of heads are visible, a few skies, a few backgrounds and clouds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a thin, painful tug on his neck—he realized with horror that it was the strap of his weapon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Lina stepped slowly because of Poppy, and Poppy clung to her neck, unusually quiet, sensing the strangeness and importance of what was happening. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pleasure—this time, at least—for her came afterward, when he gave a huge shudder and collapsed against her, his face pressed against her neck. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

White Shell Girl leaped and tried to wrap her fingers around its neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know where she was going with this, but I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

His chest was thick and his neck was die size of a small tree trunk. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finger the silver infinity charm at my neck, my last link to David. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My big trouble is, I always sort of think whoever I'm necking is a pretty intelligent person. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But before the horse got more than two or three paces he tripped on a headstone and the farmer fell off and broke his neck and was dead a minute later. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's a wrestling hold, in case you don't know, where you get the other guy around the neck and choke him to death, if you feel like it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Annabeth felt as if someone had draped a cold washcloth across her neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They dumped him next to Mark.The soldier grunted and groaned but didn’t resist because they still had the other end of the rope that was tied around his neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Call for help. Let your English masters come to your aid, or I will break your neck.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

His face and neck and a F-shaped triangle at the base of his throat were darker than the rest of him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother’s neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The man slowly raised his eyes and looked at them, his head tilting on his neck like rusty machinery. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He shimmied me closer and buried his face in my neck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

If only he would squeeze my neck, make me cry. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It landed hot and thick and wet on the side of Wash’s neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was a leper, with a bell around my neck.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The prickly feeling traveled all the way up to my neck and then went skipping down my spine. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The water came to his neck and his small waxed mustache and derby hat were in the clear. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under Pollard her head and neck dropped away as the ground heaved up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curly managed to get one arm around the boy’s neck, but he twisted free and hurled a handful of dirt into Curly’s face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Help me stop shivering! he thought desperately, and Asta instantly became a ferret and lay close around his neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake rose out of the water at the cow’s rump and seized the dog by the neck. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

At the same time, I felt as if something had literally been placed on my head, heavier than I could ever imagine, and my neck was beginning to ache. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I’m very much aware of the hair on the back of my neck, and it’s standing at full attention. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was dark outside and the light over the head of the bed shone on her hair and on her neck and shoulders. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jesse picked him up and rubbed the back of the dog’s neck as he used to when P. T. was a tiny puppy. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was small and thin, with big dark eyes and black hair knotted in a bun near the top of her head, exposing her neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Magdalys narrowed her eyes and ran harder, slamming into the dactyl’s back and wrapping her arms around its neck like Bernice had said to do. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t stick out his neck and sink our ships—and he did. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I see muscles in his arms, neck, face clench. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He loops his gold headphones around his neck. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He craned his neck to see the top of the walls far above; his mind spun with the odd sensation that he was looking down, not up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mom pushed me ahead, straightening my tie with one hand around my neck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had never removed the pouch his mother had placed around his neck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though his clothes were soaking through, though water whipped the back of his neck, though his face dripped, he continued his escape from the classroom out to the suburbs, land of greater promise. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around his neck was a heavy silver chain and a sapphire as large as a pigeon's egg. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Seated in the upper right, Dr. Strayer wore glasses, his neck slightly hunched. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The effort brought a red flush to his neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We made our children gargle with warm saltwater and wrap mufflers around their necks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My hands are on his shoulders, on the back of his neck, in his hair. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Ezeka’s gold pendant hung low on a chain around her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy kissed her neck and she squirmed, shooing him away with a dish towel and a grin. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ignore the heat on the back of my neck, try not to think about the way those words feel layered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When he put his hand to the side of his neck, blood welled between his fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I started toward Tess and the white man who had just tied a rope around her neck, fastening her into the line, saw me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His hands caressed the camera around his neck; his thumb hovered by the shutter button. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Small hairs on the back of my neck lifted in warning. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jessie said as she grabbed a ragged scarf and wrapped it around her neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He puts the chain with the locket around my neck, then rests his hand over the spot where our baby would be. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was neck and neck between Shady Howard and the boy Jinx until the youngster won out, taking home the 1918 victory quilt for a bid of $25.75. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She turned, and burying her face in Mamma’s neck like she hadn’t since she was in elementary school, Dimple wept. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was a pinch on the back of my neck; there and gone, faster than taking a breath. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Something happens when people tell me I have a pretty face, ignoring me from the neck down. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head with enough force to set her neck fat in motion, but she hands me a pen. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I felt it here”—and then she reaches up and touches the side of her neck—“and here.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He touched the stupid tooth around his neck and then turned his attention toward the TV, focused on another rap video that had started. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Or what if I yanked it off her neck? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Ring that hung upon its chain about his neck grew heavy, heavier than a great stone, and his head was dragged downwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“When we sell. Do you think the house is really worth anything? The neighbourhood’s a bit . . She didn’t finish the sentence. Joseph held his breath and gripped the bird medallion around his neck. “ The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had a bitter pain up one side of her neck that wouldn't leave. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her neck was dirty and her dress was torn. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tied a string around the neck of the cloth, making a tea bag, then placed a kettle on the stove. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her vision was blurring, but she could make out a pale, shiny scar on Kaz’s neck, right beneath his jaw. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t in days, I think, afraid JoJo would wring his neck the minute he nodded off. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms was crossed o’er her chest with her hands holting on to her neck. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

But at that moment, my neck creaking, my lungs burning, I was sure they were going to kill me, and I panicked. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The rubakha that day was particularly nice, even though it was much shorter than most men wore theirs, made of undyed linen with red embroidery around the sleeve cuffs and neck. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The nervous rash on her neck has reddened, and she’s scratching it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

First-line antibiotics wiped out the infection, and he recovered with only a few scars left on his neck. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

With jean shorts over my bathing suit, my favorite beach towel draped around my neck, sunscreen lathered, and flip-flops on, I’m ready. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He breathed the scent and taste of her, and shivered when her fingers traced up his arms to the nape of his neck. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“What about...our business,” I manage while his lips are on my neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then, once again, her hands around her neck. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her skull hit the windshield and jerked her neck to the side with a freak snap. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, the neck you save will be your own. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of them marched Octavian, purple robes over his armour, Imperial gold jewellery glittering on his neck and arms, and a crown of laurels on his head as if he’d already won the battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But the next morning Pearl came out wearing one of Lexie’s chokers, which looked like a gash of black lace around her neck. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wordlessly, she reaches up to the nape of her neck and undoes the loose bun she wears when cooking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I almost died of humiliation when they put on the neck brace. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I shoved the ribbon into my pocket, I caught sight of my neck. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can seize the word by the scruff of the neck, give it a good shaking, and make it look like a respectable town in the land of the Never-Never: PRZYMIHATSES. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

From the tension in his neck, Hazel could tell that he was tempted to drop the charade and attack—one quick slash with his Imperial gold blade. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The ladybug’s shell split, turning into wings as the house came unmoored; neck straining, Grover was dragging it behind him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look back, Lita is motioning to an identical pendant around her neck. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the folds of skin at the back of his neck were beads of perspiration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The blood vessels stood out blue and strained on his white neck. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He pulled down his collar to display the bluish finger marks on his neck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beads of sweat dotted his forehead, neck, arms, and legs, even though he had no blankets on and a cool breeze was flowing through the open windows. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The door creaks open to reveal a woman in a bathrobe, with water dripping down her neck and her hair wrapped in a towel. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The miniature storm swirled and stood before us like a charmed snake, flicking our hair into our faces, wrapping it around our necks, choking us—stealing our breaths. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her head scarf completely covered her head and neck, all the way down to her shoulders. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Her own tears of joy fell on his neck. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As they danced in the circle and music played, Spurge lifted the metal box hanging around his neck so he could expose the gemstone to the sun. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Crispin,” he said, grabbing me by the neck and hauling me along. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched her neck, feeling the thick winter hair; a few days before, it had been a summer coat and now suddenly the winter preparations had been made. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the morgue he not only helped locate a distinctive wart on the dead man’s neck, he pulled out his own lancet and removed the wart himself, then matter-of-factly handed it to the coroner. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She looked at the back of his neck and the set of his shoulders. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra listened awhile, and then lay back in the deck chair with Pantalaimon curled around her neck, and thought of the grand vision the goose daemon had brought with him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A large round medallion hangs from her neck. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the singers, wrapped in fine fabrics, jewelry dangling off his arms and neck, Uncle Jet was standing next to Andrea’s mom. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Just the weather for trying out his new disguise, he thought, as the sun warmed the back of his sturdy neck. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the hospital, marching purposefully down a concrete-walled corridor of the TB wing, his stethoscope draped over his neck as he prepared to see patients, Farmer suddenly stopped. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I kept looking up, trying to see him, my neck was burning, was he looking down at me, were we sharing something without either of us knowing it? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was, even in their delectation of necks, an innocence born of perfect inexperience combined with...politeness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After all, Jaimito had stuck his neck out for a man whose politics he considered foolhardy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they walked out of the tent with Spurge disguised, forcing Werfel before him, jabbing him in the neck with the pike. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Reign of Terror,” Miles answered, rubbing his neck. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Kaede felt a prickle of apprehension run down the back of her neck. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And that awful night he talked about the boy hanging, saying, “His whole body shook like he was trying to get free. They said he was too small to break his own neck.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the stronghold he tied the ribbon around thp puppy’s neck, laughing as it backed out of the loop and chewed at the ends of the ribbon. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She’d washed her face, but her neck and temples were still dark with grime. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor put on an old, striped men's shirt and had her mom tie one of her ties—like knot it, for real—around her neck. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She places her hands around my neck and rests her head on my shoulder. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I tuck it back into its hiding place beneath a neck ruffle on my dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then Jimmy jumped back up on the dock, too, and I saw Carl place his fingers on Ben’s neck, checking for a pulse. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

"I'll warn Papa,” Jemmy offered generously, "that if you spy out a single uniform, you'll crack my neck like a chicken's.” The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up slowly and kissed the side of her neck. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At that moment I’m sure Father felt a blow of chill air against the back of his neck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

All you detected was a springing shadow as the thing uncoiled to sink its fangs into the back of your neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took the blade away from her neck. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Its head snapped to the side, neck broken. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Brett's face was white and the long line of her neck showed in the bright light of the flares. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her grip on her purse slackens and her neck makes a nice curve. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked the blade aside and buried the axe in the nape of the man's neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stare down at my dad’s old chain, hanging from my neck. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtle- necks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I thought of her sickle­shaped birthmark, the elegant curve of her neck, her luminous eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the girl, at her blond curls, her slender neck and green eyes, her high cheekbones and plump lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And there, bounding down the side of the mountain, his scrawny arms flapping, the flag tied around his neck like a cape, was Brangwain Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I was startled to see a lead guilder around his neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His fingers moved absentmindedly to the little pouch still strung around his neck, through which he could feel the jagged mirror fragment in which he had been sure he had seen Dumbledore’s eye. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Rashid stopped the compressions and leaned down to put his fingers on her neck. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sweat plastered his short hair to his temples and the nape of his neck. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I twist my neck away, trying to free myself from his grasp, but he only grips harder. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I drove my bayonet deep between neck and head. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My neck nodded without my telling it to. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubs his fingers up and down the back of his neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The injured fox allowed him to brush his neck for an instant, then hurried back to the safety of the vixen’s side. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The back of my neck gets so hot, I think I might burn right up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then they’re neck and neck, and the finish line is right in front of them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I had a crick in my neck for days. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The main part of his body was dry, even though ice cold water dripped out of his hair and down his neck. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Horntail’s head rose with him, her neck now stretched to its fullest extent, still swaying, like a snake before its charmer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Pin it round your neck, and then it will be useful,” said Laurie, looking down at the little blue boots, which he evidently approved of. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zane craned his neck ever so slightly, pins and needles soaring up his spine as he did so, to take in the scene. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Craning his neck, Harry saw it expand into being in midair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He spit and snotted all over my neck as he tried to gulp air. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The fire in my ears spread to my neck and cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

You feel the warmth of breath on your neck, but when you turn there is no one there. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I locked my eyes on Rose, on that bowed cord of vein and muscles that curved from her earlobe down her neck to her collarbone, and took a quick step to the right and forward. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the back of his neck and looked at her sidelong. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At last, Moonface pulled the knife away from my neck and I breathed again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger stood next to Dad, smiling and fingering the gold coin on his neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

After pouring warm water in a tin bowl, I take a rag and scrub my face, my neck, my fingernails. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And not only flies—I slapped a mosquito on my neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then he dried his face with the neck of his T-shirt and nodded. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And a big snapping turtle that stretched out its neck to bite a stick, and—whuck!—off fell its head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breaths wheeze and mist touches the back of my neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She squealed with delight and a little fear and hung on to his neck so tightly he looked to choke. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hot flannel is wrapped about my neck and chest. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his ruff a little higher up on his neck. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I change, then drape my mirror around my neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He takes my neck and brings me down to his face. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Around her neck hung a strange bronze-and-emerald pendant, like a circular labyrinth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He went on again, but his uneasiness grew, and every now and again he stood up to his full height, craning his neck eastward and southward. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, every part of him is so close to every part of me because he’s tying it around my neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They say a little kid broke his neck while sledding down that hill a few years ago, but I don’t know if this is actually true or just one of those legends. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had a drooping, saggy mustache and black hair that fell below the neck. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat trickled down my neck, washing away my sunblock. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Across half one cheek and well down her neck, her flesh was stiff and dead, the skin cracked and flaking, mottled black and grey and stony to the touch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The cords in the king’s neck stood out sharp as swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the mornings the milk is frozen, the cream risen in icy, granular columns out of the bottle necks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was lifted from the cage and felt the plastic collar clipped around my neck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my face cool, but I was praying, Please don’t go on my neck. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it hurts them unless you accidentally break their neck. That happens sometimes.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cara tucks a stray hair back into the knot just above her neck. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He rummaged in the pouch hung around his neck, and pulled out the two halves of holly still just connected by the finest thread of phoenix feather. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Hugo’s hair was combed back in neat furrows and he wore a pressed guayabera open at the neck. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ripped it off and crawled along the listing deck until die water was only neck deep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was a sag now to his eyelids and the skin of his neck, which was wrinkled and leathery. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I swiveled round and the Pastor started poking through my hair, which was as warm and sticky as my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She's wearing a black dress, a white scarf around her neck, and silver bracelets on her wrists. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It also revealed a series of scars knotted like bark up his side, around to his back, and climbing up his neck into the back of his hairline. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Humphrey and Dr. Campbell have white coats and things hanging from their necks which they stick against my chest and all over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was pale blue silk with tiny pink flowers, ankle length and sleeveless, with a low, scooped neck. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mother slipped her hand to the back of my neck. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slapped his heavy hand on the back of my neck. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Nathan hugged Pond’s neck and whispered into his ear, “I trust you, friend.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Like her mother, her grandfather put a padlock on the door, and kept the key around his neck in the same suede pouch where he carried Clara’s teeth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear nearly tripped as he walked with his neck craned and his eyes wide; he had never before seen a building more than one story high. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“He wasn’t hit in the neck” the boy would say to his mother. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the ministers, a heavyset African American man dressed in a dark suit with a large cross around his neck, walked over to me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There came a low word of command "Halt!" then a moment of horsey noises—nostrils blowing, hoofs pawing, bits being champed, necks being patted. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I could see veins popping out on either side of Traft’s neck. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, I returned my cross to my neck pouch, and hurried around to the church’s proper entry. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mom hunched over the lobster stock, and I saw a locket dangle from her neck. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When I returned, he was on his back, hands under his neck, sombrero over his face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The pilot only has time to blink before she flicks Kasusu across his neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

This sweater, pale yellow, with a floral wreath at the neck, told Luce that I refuted nature in just the way his theory predicted. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I crane my neck to see if, by any chance, she might have backtracked to find us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lorena takes a deep breath and wipes her eyes with the neck of her faded purple sweater. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Doli’s arrow leaped from the bowstring and buried itself in the warrior’s neck. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I hook the creature around the back of my neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My mouth is on her neck, and she’s making these gasping sounds, and then she says, “Oh my God, where are we?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They had camped for the night in a small clearing, and Tyr was scratching the furry neck of Loki's second child with his huge right hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Those are the hands that had looped so easily around my neck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi squinted through the gloom, the hairs at the back of his neck standing up. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Nooses were slipped over their necks and, at 1:26 P.M., they dropped to their deaths. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he hooked Bull’s arm around his neck and together they rose, and began staggering toward home. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crimson stain on the back of his white shirt spread from neck to waist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A drop of sweat rolls down the back of my neck as we run up the paths along the walls of the Pit, pushing past members on our way up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She felt the pendant swinging from her neck, a tiny but insistent pull. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Petey gathered her hair and tied it into a knot at the nape of her neck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She tied a piece of string around Dismay’s neck and wove some long stems of lavender around and through it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His breath on my neck made me shiver. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he triumphed—managing, too, to emerge with his neck intact— and was launched as a public man. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He moved his lips away from her mouth, kissed his way down her neck, and worked his way lower, lower. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They swarm over the Peacekeepers, living and dead, clamp on to their necks with their mouths and rip off the helmeted heads. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A gold police shield hung around his neck. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were traveling secretly to their necks, running along their collars. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Billy brought an old cotton comforter from the saddle-room, and threw it over the pony’s back and tied it at neck and chest with string. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is only when she turns to close the door that I see a tattoo on the back of her neck, a black-and-white hawk with a red eye. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The cool water dripped down his neck, trickled over his chest, and made him shiver. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were a club of some sort, and all wore workmen's blue smocks, and red handkerchiefs around their necks, and carried a great banner on two poles. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I took the coat off and slung it over my knee, rolled my shirt cuffs up my arm, loosened my tie, and freed my neck from the top button. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If her chin was bigger, it might balance out her nose, but it is weak and almost recedes into her neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In bed, his hands on my hips, his breath hot against my neck, his skin slick with sweat against mine, he says, “We don’t do this enough anymore.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the gray robe had a string of beads around his neck and at the end of it was an ornament of polished wood. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His neck glistened wetly, but he made no sound when Jon peeled off a glove and touched him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tie his stupid mountain bike around his neck and throw it in the harbor, and that’s just for starters. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Off Bastian waddles, rubber hose around his neck, pistol swinging at his side. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She put the forked end over Sarnie’s neck and pinned him to the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Byrne says, and I realize that she is talking about my necklace, which is usually hidden by my high- necked dresses. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My poverty hung around my neck like a heavy stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Why does that peasant have a rope around her neck? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ash felt the water from her damp hair sliding down the back of her neck, but she was still suffused with heat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water trickled down my face and down my neck; though just a beaker’s worth, it had the refreshing ef­fect of a monsoon rain. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wexler set her coffee cup on the driftwood coffee table and craned her neck for a better view. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope this works, he thought, his neck still sore and his heart still racing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Still heaving to get his breath, Mark touched his sore neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I would feel the pain that the knife inflicted as the man sawed my neck. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean just bellies and butts, but huge bulges in completely exotic locations, like the backs of the neck and the knees. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the unconscious form and saw that the sun had burned his neck where the skin was exposed. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The livid marks on her neck had stolen her voice away, and now she lay unconscious in his arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She tugs my hand down from my neck and holds on to it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But remember this: The husband may be the head, but the wife is the neck, and it is the neck that turns the head which way she pleases.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And as their lips touched, her blade slid through the meat of his neck, just below the ear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sides of my neck tingled in the place where humans once had gills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The hairs on my neck began to tingle. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he went to shake their hands and tried to look Schmidt in the eye, even Stub McMillin found that he risked getting a crick in his neck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She grabbed ahold of the horse’s mane and swung one leg over the horse’s neck, faltering only for a moment till Finn steadied her with a hand on her hip. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His neck snaps in my hands like a twig. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” said Hermione again, but he was busy undoing the pouch around his neck, his fingers shaking hard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mama dabbed at the perspiration on her neck and spoke in an even voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up on my toes so that I could put my arms around his neck and then pressed my cheek against his leathery face. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, he takes the scarf from around his neck, wraps it around my eyes, and blinds me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Their voices crawled up her spine and wound around her neck. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see him, couldn’t even turn my neck anymore, but just the weight of his palms was reassuring. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The pain in my heart hurts so much it becomes physical and attacks my shoulders, back, arms, and neck like hot pins pricking at me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy had a line of bumps upon his neck like a halter. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A strong arm wrapped around my neck from behind. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Lake swans unfurled tremendous necks to get a glimpse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The dormice were huddled miserably together, their necks looped cruelly together on a rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sun beat down on his unprotected head and neck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

His thighs and bottom got as red as the back of Papa’s sunburned neck. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she raised it, his white night-robe was stained with blood where her lips had touched, and where the thin open wound in her neck had sent forth drops. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sleepily, he stretched his neck and sniffed at the wall outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were only twenty yards from it, and the back of Lazlo’s neck prickled. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact with every step towards the gates of Mordor Frodo felt the Ring on its chain about his neck grow more burdensome. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Hagrid was not crying, nor did he throw himself upon their necks. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention, and my fingers tremble, despite the fact that I have them buried in my coat pockets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was developing a powerful crick in my neck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Out of habit, I stick the needle into the side of my neck, the same way I did every time I went through my fear landscape—which was several times a week, at one point. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But then she put her arms around his neck and her head on his shoulder and cried. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The pickers craned their necks to watch the clouds and held their palms out to check for rain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Biff held the collar of his coat close to his neck. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The curls on the nape of his neck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had the number two around its neck. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You’ll excuse me, but the people in this neck of the woods are mighty suspicious about that kind of declaration,” Bernabe said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always with his captors, held by the rope around his neck. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The beleaguered rider could do no better than cling to the horse’s neck for dear life. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Trina was rushing to Mark.Throwing her arms around his neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

One creature opens its mouth and reveals sharklike teeth that plunge into the neck of its screaming victim. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

All the hairs on the back of Raymie’s neck stood up. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He seized Malfoy by the scruff of the neck and forced him through the door ahead of the rest; Greyback and the squat brother and sister followed, the latter both panting excitedly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He runs his hands through his hair, gripping his scalp, his neck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And my reward for that was the feeling of her arm’s birdlike bones twining around my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I can feel beads of sweat gathering across my forehead, against my neck, all along my hairline. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I wrapped the phone cord around my neck,” I said, picking at a loose thread on my jeans. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Only, for some reason, something made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am so sad my head is hanging sideways on my neck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The bird hopped up onto the fawn’s rump, raised its head, ruffled its crown and neck feathers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

At a gesture from the Justice, one of the guards picked the old man up by the scruff of his neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They put on mittens and coats and warm hoods and shawls, and wrapped mufflers around their necks and thick woolen veils over their faces. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around her neck, she was wearing the beribboned key that Bongo had given her. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was quiet now, but the swelling on his shoulder had continued up his neck and under his ear and his face was puffed and feverish. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emmett struggled and complained at first, but R.C. tightened his grip around Emmett’s neck, and he quieted down, half scrambling, half being dragged behind R.C. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But where its neck should be was the upper body of my Latin teacher, smoothly grafted to the horse’s trunk. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He needed a drink of water, not only to relieve the dryness of his throat but to ease the tension of his neck muscles. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few more shouts, and she looked down long enough to see that Grave was causing a backup because he couldn’t manage to toss his rope around the gargoyle’s neck as Cain had. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She feels Geak’s small hand gripping her neck yet she is quiet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Osh put down his brush and rubbed the back of his neck. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A searing pain closed around my neck like a molten-hot collar—cutting off my breath, making everything go black. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Human spines, knees, necks and arches paid the price. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach was running in my direction, waving his skinny arms in the air, his head bobbing on his thin-as-a-noodle neck as he ran. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a trouper’s lute, its long, graceful neck and round bowl were painfully familiar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The crowd shouted again as another soldier lifted the King’s head freshly removed from his neck. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said something in the night-gaunt’s screeching tongue and it came over, held Bod up while he put his arms around Miss Lupescu’s neck. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In the veins of turtles coursed a sweet lassi that had to be drunk as soon as it spurted from their necks, because it coagulated in less than a minute. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a developing carbuncle on the back of his neck and the skin from the inside of an eggshell stretched over it to draw it to a head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome massaged the back of her neck as he spoke. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and an invisible rope snaked around my arms and legs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a pain in the neck,” I shoot back. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His neck muscles seemed to give way, and as he sobbed, his head fell forward and hit the steering wheel. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She draped the chain around her neck and swayed to imaginary music. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She writes of elevators, train stations, buildings so high, they hurt the neck to see. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Every hair on the back of my neck stood up. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My fingers closed around the neck of each gun. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And, as he has done with the others, he then slides the noose over her head and draws it snug so the neck will snap quickly. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tattoo of Sagittarius on his left bicep and what looks like a Franz Marc blue horse on his right shoulder that twists all the way up his neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s already up to his neck in debt.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is impossible," I said, craning my neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Around his neck, Harry wore a brass Star of David pendant, a gift from a long-dead sister about whom he’d spoken only briefly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her long neck would curve back, raising her face, and she’d look straight at Aloe, and her smile would be like a whole new day starting. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He’s the one in the middle with his arms about the necks of his buddies. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That you can loop your thumb and forefinger around their necks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her neck felt hot, then cold and wet, then hot again. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She spun the disc at the giant’s neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I slide my earmuffs off, let them hang around my neck like a scarf, and I listen to this tree, to me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Chris gets there before the bell rings, headphones draped around his neck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I lay my fingers against his neck, long enough to feel his pulse, which feels just like my own—racing and feverish. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He immediately began to think of Nani, his grandmother with the hairy mole on her neck jowls. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Blood rushed to my face, my neck, my ears. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I tied the plastic to the neck of the bottle with nylon string, knotting it tightly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A warmth crept up from my chest over my neck to the top of my head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The woman found a neck, the man a wrist, and each made a quick backward stab with a heel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He looked at Richie's head, hanging from his neck like a leather bag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Over there lies a body with nothing but a piece of the underpants on one leg and the collar of the tunic around its neck. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed there in the doorway, pinching the side of my neck. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The driver was a muscle-bound guy with so much gold hanging from his neck, it was a miracle he could sit up straight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And then he managed to twist his neck, so as to glance back with one eye over his shoulder. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Celia’s face was red and sweaty, her usually buoyant curls stuck to the back of her neck and her forehead. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still as she thumbed his neck, the line of his jaw, and a spot next to his mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a common enough expression, but the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up, my scalp tingling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted a bag he had strapped over his shoulder and hung it around my neck. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She swallowed the last drop of coffee and got up from her stool brusquely, startling Alicia, who reached her arms out to me and clung to my neck the minute she was close enough. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A lake of dark blood spreads from its neck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She holds her head high, the elegance of her neck heightened by the inky fall of her hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She craned her neck to read the back of my jacket. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A tie hangs feebly from his neck, barely knotted. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I groaned as he traced his lips down my neck, teasing and sensual in his slowness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tagoe suppresses his tic often because his neck jerking around every other minute is not only uncomfortable, but it also makes him look unapproachable and wild. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Skill he had, and he might have stayed there his whole life, bent over a desk, his neck growing forward instead of upright, had not the brothers taken ill one day from bad fish. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Gaunt and bent and crooked, with a left shoulder half a foot higher than his right, he had a scrawny neck, squinty grey eyes, and yellow teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Concealed beneath a mat of vines he found three plastic garbage bags, each tied at the neck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the other women prisoners walked out into the yard, their chins nearly touching their chests, their shaved heads sunk low on bowed necks. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But then I’m conscious of my sweat, of how my fleshy arm must feel against the back of her neck. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her hands went to her neck, but he was too strong. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You . . Her fingers flutter at her neck, then drop. “Is it difficult to keep clean?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, his shoulders slumped and his neck sagged. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but the Water fountain Is cooled by a motor, And the librarian reads Books with her Glasses hanging From her neck. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his neck off with a towel and then went to the line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She starts to rub her neck, which has gotten red. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She had then on a dark-blue silk dress; her arms and her neck were bare; her only ornament was her chestnut tresses, which waved over her shoulders with all the wild grace of natural curls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Just wait," he said. park That morning, in English, Park noticed that Eleanor's hair came to a soft red point on the back of her neck. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The aux slides me along the wall to a niche in the battlements and shoves me through, holding me by my neck above the dunes like a child with a rag doll. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wipe the sweat from my neck as we wait for the engine to catch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It feels like only days ago she placed it around my neck. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rivulets of water ran down his face and neck. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Mark could process her words, there was a rope around his neck, cinched tightly, yanking him off his feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There’s an air of fear about him, and after I spot the large gold cross around the old man’s neck I figure this must be the preacher the Duchess warned me about. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She was combing her hair, letting it fall away from her neck, first one way, then another, until the whole, head and hair, was sleek and shining. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips slowly move against my cheek, then his arms tighten around my shoulders, and he buries his face in my neck, breathing against my collarbone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the back of his neck and then crooked a finger at Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Quirrell, though pinning Harry to the ground with his knees, let go of his neck and stared, bewildered, at his own palms — Harry could see they looked burned, raw, red, and shiny. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I may not like the little sprit very much, but I’m not cruel enough to buy him a lute with a sour neck.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now he does and notices a trickle of blood down her jaw onto her neck. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached up and dropped a thong—with a small leather pouch—about my neck. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then, half a paper clip just popped out of the kid’s neck. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Warmth spreads from the back of Gogol’s neck to his cheeks and his ears. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

If he were to add a polo shirt with a whistle around his neck, he’d look suspiciously like Mr. Connors, the thick-necked football coach at my high school. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His shoulders were narrow and he had a boil on his neck. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we stumbled forward together, I could hear her breath close to my neck. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I locked my legs around his waist and secured my arms in a choke hold around his neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He roared into “Africana,” his neck swelling, the veins standing out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m swimming in oil. You tell Bapi I’m up to my neck in oil. Thousands of gallons. It’s worth his while to get me out. There’s a lot of oil for him here.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He rubs at the back of his neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She kissed his neck, his ear, in the way that always made him pull her close on the nights that Ugwu slept out on the veranda. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The knife flew through the air and Joseph picked this man up by the neck and the crotch and threw him into the third man, knocking him sprawling. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“You might wrap up the goods before you deliver ’m,” the stranger said gruffly, and Manuel doubled a piece of stout rope around Buck’s neck under the collar. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took back the letter and the photograph and tucked them inside the pouch around his neck, so as not to have to look at her and give himself away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Heaven help us!" cried the mother, clutching her husband round the neck. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby scratches the back of her neck with her trunk. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Woundwort, feeling his enemy’s fear and helplessness, loosed his hold of the ear and rose above him, ready to bite and tear him across the back of the neck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With deliberate slowness, his hands slid down the sides of my neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Caitlyn is leaning against the wall, her face buried in Marc’s neck, and his fingers are hooked through the belt loops on her shorts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had his large white hands folded under his chin; I leaned forward, my right hand cupped around my neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The whole farmhouse looks like some kinda bird with the chimney as its head and neck and a shiny front and wooden wings stretching out behind, like a bird resting on the water or something. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Molly says, burying her face in Jack’s neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I struggle again, hard, and Max pushes me tight against the floor, muffling my noise with his neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He slapped at his neck where the mosquito had stung him and came away with a needle-thin dart. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The king gave a shake of his head, like a dog shak-ing a rabbit to snap its neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Every crack of thunder and flash of lightning makes the back of my neck prickle, as if electricity is dancing over my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Next he put the front of Syl’s ma’s neck in the U at the other end of the bar. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

His hands travel down to my neck and along my shoulders. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His Adam’s apple stood out stark against the flesh of his neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dripping branch was shaken above my head and drops of water wet my face and scalp, some of it rolling down my neck and wetting my back, like insects crawling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran a hand along the smooth black neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We started back, and this time, when we got to the middle, Dad pried my fingers from around his neck and pushed me away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn ran and slid under the Nightbeast and slashed its neck to its belly with her spiked gloves, coming out on the other side and throwing a stream of incendio fire at its tail. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t smiling, and he kept pulling at the skin of his neck as if he were itchy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His hair, under a seaman’s cap, was white and thick and hung almost halfway down his neck. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers strayed to his neck—the scar. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But already his chin had slipped toward his neck, and she was not sure how aware he was of anything. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The startled sparrow shot downwards and stopped with a jerk, only thick neck feathers saving her from strangulation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Goose bumps erupted on the back of his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Summer padded across the tower floor to Shaggydog, and began to lick at a mat of bloody fur on the back of his brother's neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He shoved his forearm on the back of the boy’s neck. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Werfel craned his neck to look up through the gloom. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

A horrible red rash has broken out on her neck. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He fastened it around his neck again and wrapped the cloth around his hips the best way he could figure. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His ugly spotted dog stood on his chest, lapping at the blood pulsing from his neck, and every so often ripping a mouthful of flesh out of the dead man's face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sun blazed overhead, burning the back of his neck. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She has a black bow tie around her neck and is wearing black net stockings and black high heels. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excellent, I think I see a few veela cousins,” said George, craning his neck for a better look. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When the first men had fled, the guard Julie had attacked held her down with his heel dug into the back of her neck—he wasn’t giving her a chance. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He nestles his face in the crook of my neck and inhales deep. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Just then, I felt someone’s warm breath on the back of my neck. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Blood wicked into his shirt and smeared over his neck and jaw. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My birthday wish for him had not come true while I was away or he’d be out of that neck brace and wheelchair and we’d be playing football. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It advised that a knife should be “inserted into the neck” to sever the arteries and veins running through it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Otto grabbed his backpack from the grass and retrieved the camera, looping the strap over his neck. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We were whirling around so fast that Jesse couldn’t hold his head up any longer and buried his face in my neck, his chapped lips grazing my skin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I nestle in his arms, in the nooks of his knees, his body bowed around mine, his breath on my neck, fingers tracing my outline. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She reached out and grabbed the camera he was holding in his hands, apparently forgetting that the strap was around his neck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She wrapped both hands around the neck of the fire extinguisher, bracing her body to swing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My neck began to prickle and I swung around and stared off across the fields, then back to the hemlocks. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa did not say much, but Adele cooed over Luke, who clung to her neck. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re supposed to get a long nose if you lie, not a big neck.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These haven’t been sharpened in ages, they are rusted, and I doubt they could cut through grass, much less a shamblers neck.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The wives each had on a flimsy black scarf, which they wore not on their heads but ded loosely around the neck like an afterthought. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Human” is feathers flattened, eyes wide, neck pulled in, wings drooped to fly. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya could see the muscles in his neck flex and the areas around his arms buck. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her customer’s head had only a tuft of hair left in front, sticking up like animal fur, while the rest was done in neat micro braids that fell to her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At her neck Pantalaimon lay in his polecat shape, his fur glistening, and Lyra’s hair lay damp across her forehead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It rises vertebra by vertebra up my neck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A soldier wearing civilian clothes, with a whistle around his neck, stepped up to a rack of AK-47S and handed one to each of us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his scarf even tighter around his fat neck and peered at his visitors over his handkerchief. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They complain that the skin and tissues of the face and neck inevitably show the wear and tear of years,” she wrote. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m so glad we know what it’s called, that’s a great help,” snarled Ron, leaning back, trying to stop the plant from curling around his neck. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it the same symbol Luna’s dad was wearing round his neck?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You can stop craning neck like hopeful goose,” he added. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then they ran down my cheeks, hotter than bathwater, down into the starched neck of my dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my head through the tiny door and gently placed my teeth around the skin of the bunny’s neck. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How does she know? Can she see her own neck?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amulets warding against the evil eye girded her arms and neck. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Shake him, stretch him by the neck and set him down, — He'll do the rest. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Joseph Hooper stood before the wardrobe mirror, hands up to his neck, undoing his tie, anxious. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He ran his hand through his hair and held on to the back of his neck, trying to rein himself in. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her lapis lazuli pendant dangles from her neck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What if—” She paused and rubbed the back of her neck. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You stand in the fading light, the scarf around your neck pulled up against the chilly evening breeze, waiting to see for yourself exactly what kind of circus only opens once the sun sets. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She settled into Albert’s lap, and he gently stroked the back of her neck. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kronos pushed against her, trying to dislodge his blade, but she held him in check, her arms trembling as he forced his sword down toward her neck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Too light on her feet to run, Olive clung to Bronwyn’s neck, trailing behind her like a half-deflated balloon on a string. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It strained its neck back as if there were a fly biting its shoulders and it wanted to scratch them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

My throat was jumping around in my neck and making a bunch of weird noises. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks up my nose, in my ears, down my throat, and feels my neck. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The humidity is thick, and sweat forms on my neck. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s permanent,” Ducky said, unwinding this enormous scarf from around his neck. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He saw her slender, smooth white neck and her intelligent eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cradled the phone in the crook of my neck while pulling on boxers and then shorts. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Back in the flat he stepped quickly past the telescreen and sat down at the table again, still rubbing his neck. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But the back of his neck grew as red as boiling sin, and I knew he did begrudge the extra time. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He forced his feet to move until they had carried him out on to the neck of land. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a dark pant suit, no doctor’s coat or scrubs, but had a stethoscope around her neck. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He rubs the back of his neck with his hand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She wiped the neck of the bottle with her hand and took a long, cold pull. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ma got up, pressed the back of her hand against my forehead, then to my neck. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I craned my neck to see what was going on. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers touch points at Peeta’s neck, run over the bones in his ribs and spine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were hollow and glazed, and he barely flinched when Pax cleaned his neck once more. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her neck and shoulders ached too, but ay de mí her hands! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Jon tried to grab him by the scruff of his neck and haul him bodily inside the ring; no easy task; the wolf weighed as much as he did, and was stronger by far. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m used to seeing my mom on the other end of that handle, so I do a double take so fast I crack my neck when I see my dad standing there. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They all wore bearweed tied at their wrists and ankles and around their necks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old Easter moved stiffly to him, and Gitano rubbed the lean neck under the mane. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a white shirt and mundu with angry veins in his neck. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thick fur around his neck was matted from the rain. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she tried to crane her neck to see what Jacob was talking about. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The snake turned back to the Sea King, stretching its neck as if pleading. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hair on the back of my neck stands up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes close of their own accord, and I can feel the living-room rug beneath my knees, Philbert’s breath upon my neck. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad took my hand and slowly guided it to the side of the cheetah’s neck. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was hot now and the old man felt it on the back of his neck and felt the sweat trickle down his back as he rowed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did touch the thong around my neck. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then remembering the weight of W.E. on her neck and shoulders and the pain as he yanked her hair in terror, she started to count out another dollar, but that would leave her only thirty-eight. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I plop down on my bottom so I'm in water almost to my neck. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In dreams I feel its hot breath on my neck. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sink my face into the nook between her shoulder and neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She tried to imagine, what it would feel like, to straddle a dragon's neck and soar high in the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The mask stays on your face with a little rubber band that goes around the back of your neck. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For attached was a long slender neck that supported a beautiful white head with a black mask and a bright orange beak. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

No knives either, or hot breath and knotted neck muscles. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She peered like an owl from the hole in the mountain, and the baby slept under the blanket on her back, his face turned sideways against her neck and shoulder. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down opposite him, my now dry earmuffs around my neck. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She stood her ground until he reached her and flung both arms around her neck, dragging her to the floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment of complete giddiness, I bought a pink ribbon and tied it around her neck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She made two flannel bags, sewed a bud of garlic in each one, attached a clean corset string and made the children wear them around their necks under their shirts. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The serpent resolved itself into a neck and tail, and then the dragon’s long homed head appeared, his eyes glowing in the dark like golden coals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He came up behind her and laid his hands on her shoulders; bending low, he put his lips close to the nape of her neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That, and the gold Allah chain around his dark neck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph found that he had rock painfully gripped in both hands, found his body arched, the muscles of his neck stiff, his mouth strained open. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In Mutiny on the Bounty, when people died at sea, they were wrapped in white sheets and thrown overboard with millstones around their necks so that the corpses wouldn’t float. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also a scoop- neck short-sleeved black jersey top that shows off her breasts, a full cotton skirt of a dull blue-green with abstract black swirls and squares on it, a wide black belt. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The baby let out a growl, raising the hairs on Kaede’s neck. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The old man’s helper rode a black pony, hunching low over its neck with his face in the mane. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Massa brung him back after a few days, and he put a iron collar round the boy’s neck so folks would know he was a runaway and not free to be on the roads.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two kapos lifted Fred’s neck into the noose and tightened it, leaving a chair under his feet to keep him from hanging. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A lump in his neck shaped like a miniature cow was removed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some nights he favored button-down shirts with clip-on ties, while other evenings I arrived to find him dressed in flared slacks and snug turtleneck sweaters, a swag of love beads hanging from, his neck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Harry whirled around and Griphook tightened his hold around Harry’s neck: A tall, thin wizard with a crown of bushy gray hair and a long, sharp nose was striding toward them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She tilts her neck to look into my eyes, instead of looking forward at the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There’s a picture of Taylor with his friend and neighbor Travis, both five years old, buried up to their necks in sand. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The cows in their pens lay burbling blood through their nostrils, with javelin holes in their necks. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yeah, she’ll wind up with three broken ribs, a fractured femur and a strained neck, but the ambulance drivers won’t ever mention that. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I wrapped it around my neck, flinging one end over my shoulder as if I were a movie star. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

With relish, she sticks the needle in his neck and presses the plunger. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Nna turned on the television, to a music performance by a man wearing many large shiny chains around his neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my arms around Grampa’s neck and hugged him while we cried together, mourning the loss of a wife and grandmother and friend, wondering how we could possibly survive without her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mother hung a flashlight on a leather thong around Nhamo’s neck. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Between them, over the mantel, there’s an oval mirror, flanked by two pairs of silver candlesticks, with a white china Cupid centered between them, its arm around the neck of a lamb. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neck is so large it slides off my shoulders. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summoning all my strength, I drew the blade against his neck. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She frowns, a slight twist of her mouth, and raises a hand to her neck, her fingers following the whorls of a strange blue tattoo poking out of her collar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Cas pulled the stupid scarf from around her neck, jammed it into her bag, and yanked open one of the glass doors. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his arms around her waist and put his mouth to her neck. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the Valentines arrived, that neck of Indiana was unpopulated. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Jon hacked at the corpse's neck, felt the steel bite deep and hard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Brown cows huddle together, lifting their necks to watch the noisy truck as it passes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nick grabbed me around the neck and I held his hand up and pointed to him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He sprayed a cold white foam on the back of my neck, my arms, and my knees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What brings you over to our neck of the woods, Jessica?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I’m going to pry that fat jewel from its setting and jab the pin right through your mercher neck for chaining me to a chair, Kaz thought. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In the chickenyard she caught a little pullet, took it to the block and chopped its head off, and held the writhing neck over the jelly jar until it was half full of blood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Helen Jean squealed and laughed because Leroy’s driving threw them hard against each other; Harley had his arms around her neck, bellowing out war whoops and laughs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

His jaw is tight, and there’s a vein pulsing in his neck. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The girl begins massaging my neck, then curls her cool fingers about my ear. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where his other eye should have been, a thin white root grew from an empty socket, down his cheek, and into his neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The dog closed its teeth over the unfortunate gosling’s neck. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, our stomachs jellying and our necks burning, we listened, avoided each other’s eyes, and picked toe jam or whatever. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole dug with his fingers and brought mud up to smear onto his swollen neck and face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He let Harry keep a watch for the carriages, however, and spent the next few minutes craning his neck over the crowd to try and see what Krum and Hermione might be up to. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t hear you,” Garrett said, squeezing my collar until it felt like a noose around my neck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

An odd symbol, rather like a triangular eye, glistened from a golden chain around his neck. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But with every blow I land I feel another equal to it ring my own ears, my neck, the back of my head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maroon matched the stress hives that were starting to appear on her chest and neck. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She kept mewling and shivering, as she rubbed and rubbed the soapy washcloth against her face and neck until they reddened. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I flung off my cape, showing off my pale arms and bare neck. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they get real sneaky and bite me on the back of my neck, or on the part of my arm that’s hard to reach. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I was holding on to the nasty smile, but I could feel the cool giving in to the heat creeping up my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dell grabbed Cheddar by the scruff of the neck and was surprised at how easy it was to get control of the animal. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The newsreel was on or something, and all of a sudden I felt this hand on the back of my neck, and it was Jane's. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her long pale neck seems to him, as it passes, incredibly vulnerable. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I hope not!” said he, giving his neck a jerk with his forefinger that made me turn hot and sick. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Larsen’s eyes are glittering strangely, and a red rash has crept up her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Audrey will never feel the arms of that kid, Angelina, wrapped around her neck or see the pieces of the mother all over the supermarket floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The path toward Pol was clear at last, and Kaede saw that the guard’s neck was bent at an unnatural angle, and his left thigh had been torn into a mass of bloody flesh. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I give her a minute to stretch and do some neck rolls, but that's all. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Helene rubs the Blackcliff tattoo on the back of her neck—a four-sided black diamond with curved sides that is inked into every student upon arrival at the school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They slid easily under him, and found the way to hold his neck and head. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One lean finger touched her cheek, and then his hand went under her slightly twisted neck and his fingers explored her neck. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buddy Ray craned his neck up at me and renewed the smile. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

That run had been truly stupid, an invitation to a broken neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Why you think she give you that piece of kente cloth you wear round your neck?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora picked Ulysses up by the scruff of his neck. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I lifted the hair off the back of my neck and fanned myself. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A prickle rose on the nape of my neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I strain my neck and see some people trying to help my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But as I’m trying to yank the sickles through the shambler's neck I get a good look at its face, and my heart stutters to a stop. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I jerk myself away from Jake and wrap my arms around David’s neck and whisper, “Your phone. Instagram. Now.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But there were her feet, and here was her arm, and her neck, and her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When I went in he was wiping his neck with a blue-bordered handkerchief. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped closer and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him in for a hug. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A trickle of sweat dripped down the front of Mary Lou’s neck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He would have apologized to those desperate eyes, and put the knife in her neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

With the instructor’s hand on the small of his back, he tilted back, back until he felt water on his neck, on his ears. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“To be hung by the neck until dead, then have your body chopped into four pieces, which are sent to the four corners of the kingdom,” the mayor continued. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them have purply scales that shimmer like the feathers that circle the necks of the strutting pigeons. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But when he saw the key around Isabelle’s neck, he knew right away it would work. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She stalked over to him, slid her hands around his neck. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Watching him, I felt a prickling at the back of my own neck. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaime removed the cord from around her neck, held her upside down and dangled her in the air, and with two resounding slaps introduced her into the suffering of life and the mechanics of breathing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam slid her hands into her pockets and listened to the crickets hidden in the grass, her earphones floating unused around her neck. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The sun climbing over Mong’s big blue house behind us and touching warmth on the back of my neck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sadly and firmly, holding him by the neck, she told the dog what he had done. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Duke demanded, attempting, once again, to shake off the irritating plastic collar tied around his neck. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

His face and his neck were bright red. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She put her arms around my neck and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers over the bow tied around the beast’s neck, over its frightening claws, its dangerous tail. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It traveled down her cheek to her neck. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They sat against the attic door with the sleeping bags pulled up to their necks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Vinny stamps his foot like a horse and makes his neck very straight like a goose. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

My face and neck flushed crimson with anger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I found him in the morning, the day after the deadline, sitting in the thin blue light, his head bowed, his fingers entwined behind his neck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her face bent into the single wrinkle of the small white neck. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I ask, pulling down the neck of my shirt. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“This one’s on the house,” he said as he scratched the dog’s neck. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The album was flipped through and, finally, the customer was satisfied and seated, frayed plastic hoisted around her neck, her chair height adjusted, and Mariama all the time smiling a smile full of things restrained. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He has his head low, and when he tilts his neck in just this certain way, I get a feeling. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s pushing himself up, one hand clawing at the knife, but it stays in his neck. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of li wide, stretching their necks toward America. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The murderous mark of the fiend’s grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her arms high up around her husband and from where I was she seemed to be swinging from his neck. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I raise mv hand and, trembling, put my fingers lightly on the back of his neck. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seriously. He’s written like five letters so far, saying he’s going to break my pretty little neck. I even got one at this hotel.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He spent a few quiet moments with him, his arm thrown over his neck, the horse’s head by his chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She touches her hair, which is braided in thick ropes and tied at the back of her neck with little bells. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw all that blood on the floor she took off her smock and put pressure on Blessington’s neck. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He also wore a pair of Albert’s leather boots, and the bird medallion was now around his neck. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the shell with the heel of her palm and cleaned the long neck and foot. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes shone madly as the feathered hackles rose around his neck. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The soldier pushed the other man onto the ground and placed a foot on his neck while aiming his rifle at the man’s head. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s only the whole point of tonight, Mom,” Seven said, holding up the amulet that hung around her neck. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In his/her place is a woman whose neck is immobilized in one of those collar things. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her head’s whipping all over the place. She’ll break her neck.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milton’s chin dipped, fattening his neck, and his eyebrows slanted in disbelief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You can come to my room and break my neck any time.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And there it is again: the memory of her hand on my hip and her fingertips on my neck. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Don’t,” I yell and wrap both my arms around his neck. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Jay stood in the doorway, a slight sweat stain ringing the neck and underarms of his shirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The old people in the bed all leaned forward, craning their scraggy necks. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And please don’t breathe down my neck, dear!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jule punched him in the side of the neck and he crumpled forward. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The guerrillas tied a rope around his neck, bound his hands, and dragged him with them as they ran into the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I cracked my neck and returned to calculus. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around his neck and lean back on the couch, pulling him down with me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Franklin D. Roosevelt was hanging the Congressional Medal of Honor around my neck, saying, “Without regard for her personal safety, she entered the very stronghold of the foe.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun and Nasser brushed whatever dust they could over their hands and arms and neck to cleanse themselves, and they prayed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Gazing ahead at the dark blue sky striated with clouds, Molly reaches up and touches the charms around her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I mumbled, not daring to move my face or neck. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His neck turn red and he look at me real mean. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He hated wearing shirts with buttoned collars; his neck was so big that they all fit too tightly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There are only three weeks of school between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and each one of them is a pain in the neck. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words flutter at her neck like a baby’s lacy breath. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A teacher burst into the circle, a brawny man with a whistle around his neck. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her neck with his eerily smooth gloved hand, pressing into her wound so that pain sliced through her, and drew her face close to his. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” The Goober said, swallowing, his Adam’s apple doing a dance in that long thin neck. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean over and run my fingers down his neck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The kimono was open slightly at the neck and he could see the light brown color of her skin. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I did, he took a handful of my hair and held it lightly off the back of my neck for a moment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He pressed the small fat shining bodies to him, and putting his nose into their soft necks he smelled of the sun-browned flesh with easy affection. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It had a pale, bluish tinge and there were marks on its neck where the umbilical chord had strangled it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nathan felt fingers reaching into his neck—not into it, but through it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She’s got her hair smoothed back, a little roll of pencil curls around her neck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I love the rough feeling on my neck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His shoulder muscles tightened under my grip and, for a moment, I thought he’d keep squeezing Zaman’s neck anyway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lamar formed a V with his two fingers and made a stabbing motion at his neck. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Enraged, I caught up, reached around her neck, and choked her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother cut her hair neatly around her ears, stubble at the back of her neck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head rested on the shoulder of one of his attendants, and his arms held on to the man's neck. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We walk back down the pathway, but he stops at the garden edge and rubs the back of his neck. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

One Palm Sunday they went into the bedroom while Fernanda was in church and carried Úrsula out by the neck and ankles. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

With him was Dawn Madden in lizard jeans and a furry neck thing. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I didn't get to take anything except the pendant I wore around my neck. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The needles everywhere, scratching at his bare face and falling down the back of his neck, the sticky sap on his hands, the sharp piney smell of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The roar of lorry engines would be suddenly cut, then his neck muscles relaxed, his head drooped, and he would wake with a start and a swerve to his step. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The crucifix around my neck is in my mouth so often the features on the little Christ face are starting to wear off. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It splashed on my collar and trickled down my neck. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Next Hendrik put a collar around his neck, snapped a leash to it, and dragged him, protesting, all the way to the barn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He pushes his tongue into the side of his mouth and pulls a hand out to fidget with his neck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then I untie the black collared shirt from around my waist and put it on, buttoning it up all the way to my neck and clipping my suspenders over it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The camera slung around his neck, with an impressive telephoto lens and numerous buttons and markings, was the only complicated thing he wore. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He smiled and patted the mare on the neck; the hair was still damp and stiff with sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Just long,” she echoed with a rueful smile, laying one hand to her slender neck and rolling her head from side to side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s so tall, too, that she has to crane her neck to make a safe turn because her visibility is impaired. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A man approached me with studded gloves and tattoos up his neck. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was at it all week for more than eight hours a day, until her back and neck ached, and ragged curls of unfurling ampersands swam across her vision. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With one hand he encircled the child’s neck. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers sink into the flesh of my neck, and I remember how it felt to have fruit jammed into my mouth, soft flesh parting against my teeth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie made a sound like Mouse did when we pulled ticks off her neck. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I took one and poured another for her, and while she drank it, I covered her shoulder and neck with kisses. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She lays a hand on his neck, holding it there. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dri played cool, but I saw her pulse in her neck. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a green army coat every single day, no matter what the weather was, and had a tattoo of an eagle on his neck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I feel his hot breath on my neck and his hands on my breasts, but my feet are chained to heavy stones and I cannot move. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The hair on the back of my neck stood straight out. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to handle both and pressed until sweat coated my forehead, neck, and arms. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I drop to my knees, sobbing, wrapping my arms about his neck. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could feel my cheeks and neck burning red. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mustache, blue-white against the dark skin, hovered over his mouth, and his hair was white, too, where it showed at his neck. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the tiny pulse fluttering at Dimple's neck, the way her shoulders were bunched up around her ears. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Niles steps forward and plunges the needle into Tobias’s neck, squeezing the cloudy, bluish liquid into his veins. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s skinny, in sweatpants and a white T-shirt covered, from the neck down, with an unidentifiable dark stain. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She wanted only to be with the child, to feel the warm softness of his neck as he curled against her, to whisper to him and to sense how he listened happily to her voice. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I am seated in the back, and my mom is leaning all the way in through the window, squeezing my neck. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At every neck wringing, she squeezed his finger. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the yard, Aziza lay in a wicker bassinet, dressed in layers of clothing, a winter muffler wrapped snugly around her neck. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had her Polaroid camera around her neck and a book under her arm. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Clutching a handmade cross of plastic beads on a string around his neck, he leaves his chair and moves frantically from one stranger to another in the hallway. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The bell around his monkey’s neck had made that same jingling sound. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the girl smelled like her mother’s house, like the dab of perfume she had touched to her neck before school that morning. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

At that instant, two big sweaty hands closed around his neck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bastian takes back the length of hose from Rodel and drapes it around his neck and reaches underneath his belly to hitch up his belt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He put his front paws onto the wall and stretched his neck, but he couldn’t see anything beyond. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hair on my neck is limp, and I feel a trickle of sweat down my back. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Father pushed me down on the mat and drew the quilt up about my neck. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His neck was thick, his head heavy, his tail stubby, his boxing-glove knees crouched. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma kept her hand on Byron’s neck and pushed him down on the couch and stood right in front of him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The string he wears tied around his neck is in his mouth now, and he chews it absentmindedly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I nudge my fingers lightly into the back of her neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon had to wrestle Dudley to the ground to get the letter from him, which was made difficult by the fact that Harry had grabbed Uncle Vernon around the neck from behind. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The sun was at its highest and its most furious when they finished; its heat sizzled the back of Nathan’s neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She leaped forward and stuck the point of her knife against Circe’s neck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A full effort would send the rock thundering down to the neck of land. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My skin prickled, the sensation spreading up to my ears, down my neck and shoulders, all the way to my toes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As for the dog, he’s sort of taken on his master’s stooped look, muzzle down, neck straining. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She still had her arms about his neck, and was standing on tiptoe to nuzzle her cheek against his. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His eyes narrowed and a flush crept up his neck past the velvet collar. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She took the baby wipes from the backpack and cleaned herself up—chest, arms, neck, hands—shivering in the winter air. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then I rolled the whole, smooth egg over the patient’s arms and legs and neck and stomach and back and head, to soak up all the evil air. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great golden bands caught his sleeves in the dip between biceps and deltoids, and his neck was dark with obscure tattoos. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The plant specialized in pork products, and for eight hours a day I stood on a quarter-mile assembly line—more properly, a disassembly line—removing blood clots from the necks of dead pigs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma asked, and then she picked up the chicken neck on her plate and reached across to place it on Amaka’s plate. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It said she was dark, short, of a muscular build, with a deep voice, and that she had a scar on her left temple, scars on the back of her neck. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when he was already in the door did he turn his head, not completely, because he felt his neck growing stiff. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hansel and Gretel stood in the forest and saw the house in the clearing before them, the little hairs at the nape of their necks must have shivered. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and slid her hand into the painting, along the creature’s neck, following the smooth metal of the feathers under her fingers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She retied the cord that held it bunched at her neck, then wiped her sweaty hands carefully on the woven cloth of her garment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at the curls of hair on the back of Jason’s neck as we cross the street. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached up and pulled the scarf from his neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Stygg was hardly the most expert of headsmen, and Benfred had a neck thick as a boar's, heavy with muscle and fat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, she reached into her shoulder bag, fingers wrapping around the neck of the old water gourd. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then I jumped from my chair and wrung out the rag as though it were someone’s neck. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Olympic gold medal hung from his neck, confetti from the parade dotted his hair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Zane did his best to rub the sting out of the back of his neck, Marigold stood to her full height, hands on her hips. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Craning their necks, they peered up at the dusty orange bricks of city hall, to the tall clock tower that marked the time at exactly 10:04. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

This time, it melts into my neck as soft as a pat of butter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you’re lucky you can hope to spend the rest of your life propped in a chair with a bib around your neck, but generally it will kill you. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

His salty neck that smelled sometimes of sweat and sometimes of soap. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A tightness ran up and down Jonathan’s spine, into the nape of his neck. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed on War Admiral’s neck and drove with all his strength, sweeping over his mount’s right side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There it was with its small, furry head curled unnaturally backward due to a broken neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy watched as a vein in Mr. Muckle’s neck swelled up and began to pulse like a garden hose. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The larger theaters offer a bit more, but it's still mainly candy and ice cream sold by a vendor with a tray around his neck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The great square jaws and head, his muscular neck and broad chest showed his bulldog blood. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt it again—that familiar shiver, as if a psychotic snowman had crept up behind her and was breathing down her neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Around her slender neck hung a rope of diamonds and emeralds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had one hand on a big camera strung around her neck, another on top of a collection can. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I pull at my shirt collar, which is pinching my neck. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My scim slides into his neck like a bird through a clear sky. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, if that cute little tyke only had a neck.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

My neck and bum got scratched but scratches don't hurt like humiliation hurts. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the announcer called my name and the official placed the medal around my neck, it was bittersweet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The towel slips from my hand and the air is cold on my naked body, making the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The door was propped open by a droopy pygmy with a sign round his neck saying, YES, WE’RE OPEN! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be foolish,” she whispered back, but craned her neck over the crowd. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to throw my arms around his neck, snuggle into his chest, and smell him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman asked him to open his bag, and he did so, making sure that the bird was unable to fly out of the open neck of the bag. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Marigold knew, from the letter she’d shamefully steamed open before secretly resealing and returning it to her mother’s car, that Zane was in it up to his neck this time. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t make out what they were saying, so he pulled the covers up to his neck and rolled over. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crane my neck to see if Mrs. Scatcherd might have heard us, but there’s no movement up front. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Down, down it came, and then, folding its fingered webs, it gave a croaking cry, and settled upon the body of Snowmane, digging in its claws, stooping its long naked neck. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“She was cliff diving in Arizona and she landed wrong when she hit the water. Broke her neck and drowned. They said she didn’t feel any pain.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There stood a man he didn’t know, wearing a leather jacket and a wide-brimmed hat, with a blue-and-white-spotted handkerchief around his neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She only saw the haunted gleam in his eyes before she threw her arms around his neck and held him tightly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I felt the tremor of his breath on my neck as he laughed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His neck ballooned as the spirits of battle went down his throat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And then Alexa touches her neck and compares and contrasts this to her own suicide attempt, as usual, making it all about her. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Noodles stood on his tippy-toes and stretched his neck as if it would help him see clearer. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Her legs and neck are delicate, her body sloped and covered with markings like puzzle pieces. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had to pinch myself as I started to walk away from these domestic competitions with gold medals around my neck after training with Akhi over the summer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I sit in the plush theater seat, biting my fingers, craning my neck, looking for her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then all of them reached the opposite bank, dry land, a small island, or neck of land. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He relaxed his neck to catch his breath. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“And what’s the point of building it high up anyway if the babies fall and break their necks when they try to fly?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“No. His daemon was at the time coiled around his neck in the form of a snake. That shape you can dimly see is a child.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Staring at the back of his neck isn’t going to make him turn around and say hello,” Liz said finally. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was taller, but so was I. She had on a blue polo shirt, a sweater honest-to-God tied around her neck, diamond studs that glinted even under the bad fluorescent hallway lights. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Every coin has a King’s head on it, cut off neatly at the neck, but the Kings are different. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Marines cut the rope from his neck, and gave him water and all the C rations he could eat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He stared at her, eyes bulging, clawing at his neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lu pulled me into him, grabbed me by the back of my neck. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever let it slip that you’d like to go out in public with the words ‘My Sweetheart’ round your neck?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her husband had bought her a nice pantsuit to wear when they called on customers, and for her birthday Doug had given her one of his medals to wear around her neck. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They clamped a bike lock around his neck and claimed to have lost the key. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She watched his head crane around at the end of that long serpentine neck, saw his black wings unfold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he reached suddenly for the leather thong around Kira’s neck. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around his neck and then thread my fingers into his hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even if they boarded the plane, Carole would have to take a suction device for John’s neck—would using it disturb other passengers? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

This is what he used to call his trach tube, a little plastic thingy that was literally inserted into his neck below his Adam’s apple. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Nellie slipped her head under Billy’s arm and rubbed her neck up and down between his arm and his side. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was studying that big Catholic-looking cross around the neck, and probably thinking over all we’d heard about Brother Fowles going off the deep end, plus every curse word ever uttered by the parrot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand flies to my neck— there's no pendant to grab. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was like it was putting out some kind of heat that I could feel on the back of my neck. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

On one side, we could see finger marks where someone had necked him so hard, they had left the reminder of their own hand. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I run my hand over the back of my neck to lift the hair that sticks there. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

What skin the corpse lord showed was white, save for a bloody blotch that crept up his neck onto his cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had a masculine nose, thick dark eyebrows, and virtually no neck. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All of them bore scars on their necks, wrists, and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The intro music playing all around us makes the hairs rise on the back of my neck. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He took no notice of the strange animals across the water but thrust his head again and again under the water, raising it high in the air after each immersion, and arching his neck. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The naked line of her head and neck reminded me of Mitt. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basta was still standing on the stairs, playing with the rabbit’s foot he wore around his neck as a lucky charm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I scratched the back of my neck, feeling a little awkward about making my next request. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I said, and he landed on my shoulder, rubbing his head against my neck. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We drawed some looks from colored folk and even some white ones that made the hair on my neck stand up. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I rub my eyes and move my head from one shoulder to the other, stretching my stiff neck. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The muscles of my neck spasm, my throat catches. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Arm circled its neck with his long fingers and squeezed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thundering steps issued from behind her, and someone grabbed her by the neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear the murmuring of the crowd as they craned their necks to see. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling started in her cheeks and prickled down her neck as she lay on the jungle floor, pretending to be asleep just a few minutes longer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ever since I'd learned about the corruption of Buddy Willard my virginity weighed like a millstone around my neck. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Every guy in this place has a ticking clock hanging around his neck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Large tears trickled slowly down to the neck of his undershirt and he could not be comforted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z