He would have asked no pity, and his pain was greater than theirs. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Stars of pain filled his eyes, and there was his mother, crawling toward them, her eye swollen shut, and she stopped, her face just inches from his. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Forces you to survive the pain of this moment. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And the tears spill out of my eyes too, just a mirror for her pain. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Songololo jerked backward when the rope yanked on her bleeding wrist, shrieking in full voice at the pain. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped her tone would hurt him—jab him for all the pain he’d caused her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Urgente,” she calls out, meaning her own condition now, for her whole body feels bathed in a burning pain as if her flame-colored dress were itself on fire. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help the whine in my voice, the tightness that closed my throat, making it difficult to speak without pain. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I swayed from knee to knee, hoping for a second or two of relief, but the pain cut deep into my skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forgot the pain in her leg and the fiery barricade guttering out behind her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Love, humor, pain, magic, lost souls—all woven to create stories most cultures might sugarcoat. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If he jumped off now, Seabiscuit, obedient to equine instinct to flee pain, would probably tear over the track, exacerbating his injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The months went by and fortunately for them there was very little abdominal swelling, and she worked in pain and out of it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m in pain too, you know,” she argues. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The awful pain in my eyes had turned into a bearable sting. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It pained me to think he would fade into my past. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, there was a pain in my legs. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my lip to give myself a fresh pain to focus on. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because Zane was in so much pain that he found it hard to follow the events that unfolded right in front of him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He showed me where in one translation the German word “Unlust” had been translated as “pain,” in quotations marks, and the word “Schmerz” had been translated as “pain,” without quotation marks. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I tossed that egg toward the sink and started to get up but then the pain started throbbing in my leg and I sat back down real quick. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of years where we were lost, too much pain drowned in forgetting that came in convenient packages: bottles, pills, cubicles where we settled to move around papers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The worry lines around her eyes, the pained tightness in her mouth reminded Jason of his sister, Thalia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Despite these dire warnings, he still refused to be treated, and he even rejected taking pain medicine to ease his agony. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wants me to act like I'm in pain. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Many of them moan in pain—one person lies unmoving on the floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Even if Moss hadn’t known that Reg was in pain, the position he was stuck in was so unnatural that it was bound to hurt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The door was shut against everything except physical pain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain burned through the joint into the thigh. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Izzy could not believe that someone could endure this kind of pain and survive. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “that’s not my right. Nobody has the right to remove any single experience from another. Life and death are promised. We have a right to pain.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hair was ripped from Laila’s scalp, and her eyes watered with pain. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The spotless tub had a triangular hole at one comer, and the water groaned like a man in pain as it drained. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Isaac let go of my hand to fumble for his pain pump, which you hit to give yourself a wave of narcotics. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to finish it quickly because of the pain in my wrist, and I sent in another fast ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But the pain of it was her salvation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But making sure skirts go past your fingertips seems dumb, because there’s nothing cute about skirts that long, and not being able to wear solid red or solid blue is a pain. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She has forgotten the ever-present pain in her heel and her knee. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My story discloses instead an essential myth of childhood—inevitable pain. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cheeks are hot, and my lips pulse with pain. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I got up, aware that my eyes were streaming muddy tears, aware of the pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Meir’s grip tightened around my wrists, hard enough to send pain shooting up my arms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

B: You mean you’ve got a pain in your wooden leg? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Remember how Papá suffered from back pain? Well, you tell them, viejo.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

If we were overcome by the pain and missed a number, the guards started over at number one. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Stick flailed his arms and tried to pull away, but he was in pain. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

For, I cannot adequately express what pain it gave me to think that Estella should show any favour to a contemptible, clumsy, sulky booby, so very far below the average. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stood too quickly, the pain driving me back to my knees. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The violent pain he felt revealed to him that the lower part of his body was at the moment probably the most sensitive. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before any of them could parry the question with one of their own, Harry felt a terrible, scorching pain in the lightning scar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ekon couldn’t answer, couldn’t speak as his lungs began to restrict, growing tighter as the pain enveloped his body. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were no more doubts, no more arguments, no more pain, no more fear. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The pain was sudden and terrible—and then gone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Agravaine, the next after Gawaine, was the bully of the family—he was shifty, inclined to cry, and frightened of pain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain in my hands can in no way compete with that in my calf. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The pains started on Suicide Day and kept up till the following Sunday. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though not fatal, they left him weak and unable to walk without pain in his chest. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her left hand clamps the banister, in pain maybe but holding on, steadying her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never, for any reason on earth, could you wish for an increase of pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When we get to the house, Holly lets me look at the ankle, and while I’m bent over it—not that there’s anything to see— she whispers that the pain is really wicked now. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian turned again to glance at the pilot who had both hands on his stomach and was grimacing in pain, reaching for the left shoulder again as Brian watched. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss yelped when it dug into his arms, but the pain in his fingers quickly drowned it out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wish the ice would go right through me and take all the pain away. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wrote of pain and suffering and death. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I press the thumbnail of my right hand into the centre of the cut and feel it open up, the pain sharp and hot. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely move from the pain, except to thrash back and forth on my bed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then I accidentally slid the door shut on my fingers, really hard, and ended up sobbing for ten minutes in pain and shock that the door had betrayed me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Giver,” he asked one afternoon following a day when he had been sent away, “what causes you pain?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only notice I took of my surroundings was when it rained, because then I could not bring out my lute to play, and that pained me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looked miserable, seemed to be in pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on top of me, kneading into my chest with her claws like a cat, laughing when I winced in pain. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, a lot of adults are too blind or cold-hearted to see our pain. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The pain began first in my lower back and then moved up through my core. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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 thought I detected a glimmer of sadness in his eyes, a real kind of pain, but just as quickly, it was gone, replaced by his usual confident expression. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A blue-skinned creature was kneeling in front of me, and Collins was on the ground moaning in pain. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But there was an expression of pain in Bernard’s eyes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nerve stopped shrieking and the pain dropped to an ache. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So you are, my dear, and I should have made you mine, only I fancied it might pain you to learn that your Teddy loved someone else.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coursing through my veins, easing the pain, lightening my body so that it rises back toward the air and rests again on the foam. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I can see the pain tunneling its way through her face and body. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time she forced her hand, in spite of the pain, to write plainly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She uttered a short laugh, and her hand flew up to the pain in her face. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t leave them in, they had to come out, but just touching them made the pain more intense. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam guessed that among all their pains he bore the worst, the growing weight of the Ring, a burden on the body and a torment to his mind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was not joking, Shadow was certain of that: there was a hunger there for something, for pain, or death or retribution. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Nergal yelled out commands, and there was a sharp cry of pain from one of the demons. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I try to bend over with the pain of it but he’s still holding on to my shirtfront and the skin below. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When he saw her face in the lamp-light looking pained, with all the soft lines gone out of it he threw his hat aside and seated himself. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honest mistakes must be clearly distinguished from a failure to take pains. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was a deep, deep pleasure to have my whole family around me, and the only pain was the knowledge that I had missed such occasions for so many years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe his loss had been so great, his pain so deep, he couldn’t bear to talk about her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the pain ceased and he drank again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Macon paused again and touched his cut lip as though that were where the pain that showed in his eyes was coming from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard’s face was a rictus of agony, his lips peeled back over his teeth, and gusts of pain were rolling through his body and escaping through his mouth in deep guttural roars. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain and alarm vanished at once, and the prostrate hobbits leaped to their feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I cried out as though from the pain of my side, and Alice came to ease me into a less agonizing position. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hated with every ounce of my being the force that had caused him such pain. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Count Rugen did the actual pain inducing; the Prince simply sat by, asking questions out loud, inwardly admiring the Count’s skill. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her closeness was so distracting that he felt no pain at all. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I would study pictures of martyrs—white- robed virgins fallen in death and the young, almost smiling, St. Sebastian, transfigured in pain. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the pain in his back and shoulder where the shiv had driven into him felt good. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the doctor touched his abdomen, Bobby flinched in pain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because of this, I had come to respect pain, even revere it, as necessary and untouchable. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

You could move through dull moments without any pain. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from a bursting headache and the pain in his shoulder it felt good to be alive. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When the third book caught fire, Dustfinger kicked Flatnose’s kneecap so hard the man screamed with pain and let go of him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The steel fell from his fingers as the wolf knocked him off his feet, and they rolled in the grass, the wolf snarling and ripping at him, the prince shrieking in pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As he approached the fiery grey apparition, he was fairly sure it was a garden-variety wraith - a lost soul who had died in pain. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha thought yearningly and bitterly about his son, nursed his love and feeling of tenderness for him, let the pain gnaw at him, underwent all the follies of love. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain that rips over me—I’ve never felt a pain like that before. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

What pained me most was to see her so unguarded, to hear her burp after meals or expel gas in front of company without the slightest embarrassment. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At one awful point, every kind of canine voice imaginable cut loose, rejoicing, wailing in pain, some barks offering challenges, others announcing, with fear or ecstasy, the hectic gang-banging of females in heat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, every time I lift my leg from the water, the pain rebounds so intensely I have to slide it back in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Her medicine. She doesn’t need it so much for pain anymore, Aunt May says. But she still needs it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though she had just noticed this specific pain in the same way she had just noticed me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He not only did not know whether “yes” or “no” was the answer that would save him from pain; he did not even know which answer he believed to be the true one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Ekon fell to his knees, his back arching as pain pulsed through him in agonizing waves, like a thousand knives pricking every inch of his skin at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The only option, he said, was “further irradiation in the hopes that we may at least relieve her pain.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The shock and pain made their way through to its tiny brain, ordering it to shut down. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Marian would be competing with some three hundred other contestants, and Boghetti took special pains to get ready for her audition. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She will be able to read in their bodies the pain inflicted upon them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And not only does this mostly cause a lot of pain, but the animals are so often kept in tiny cramped cages. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When an officer asked a wounded boy whether he suffered any pain, the boy replied, “Yes, but this is not important. Germany must be victorious.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In an hour he will become one screaming bundle of intolerable pain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greenstreet and Macklin also took off their boots and found their feet frostbitten, but they rubbed their toes until they felt the searing pain of blood flowing through their veins. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

There was no pain here, as there was down in that pool. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was hard for them in the village, Winnie knew it was, and the knowledge gave her pain. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had raked his baton down my shin during my training there to demonstrate its power to inflict pain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got an awful pain across her face and I figured she must be my mom because no stranger would have been so hurt by what I’d said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eyes told you that he had every intention of holding on to his life, no matter what the pain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And when I was old enough to understand, he told me that of all people a tzaddik especially must know of pain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In that moment I understood the pain that accompanied crime and I hoped that I would never have to feel it again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head pounded with pain from the sudden descent, and his heart raced. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pickett’s eyes lighted as if a sudden pain had shot through him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulders exploded with pain as his arms were yanked forward and he was dragged with the train. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ayres took great pains to make them appear as similar as possible. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He explained that with four grains of denner resin, a man could have his foot amputated without a twinge of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once my vision clears from the pain, I see two girls standing on the left side of the railed bed I’m in. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The eloko cradled its burned arms to its chest, screaming in pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Feeling intense pain in his chest, he grabbed the phone and called the Secret Service agents assigned to the ranch. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was pained that I was not able to thank them and that they were not able to see what their sacrifices had wrought. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head—nearly screamed at the pain it caused him—and leaned against the cabin opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly struggled to concentrate through the pain and confusion. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Look here. He’s an old dog. Old dogs get aches and pains. That’s just the way it is.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she split a stump, a loud roar of pain erupted from the poor pieces of wood. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It just kept you going so you could experience more excruciating pain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Somehow, pain felt proper; it steadied my voice and soothed my shaky breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She kept his gaze when she moved her other hand beneath her chest, and bit down on the scream of pain as she pushed upward, her shoulder nearly buckling. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That our misery, confinement, and pain were irrelevant to their lives was simply incomprehensible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He sat there slumped over, looking small and uncomfortable, like a bird in pain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She shuddered when it entered her, and her pain and stiffness seemed to dissolve. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He yelped in pain, and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Molly has an ugly laugh, all snorting and shaking shoulders, and Drew’s is silent, so it almost looks like he’s in pain. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Opening his eyes, the president said, “Oh my! Swaim, what a pain I have right here.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I did not want to feel the breathing pain at my side. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So there’s no need to inflict quite so much pain.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I give a small yelp of pain as my tailbone objects. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He straightens up slowly, gingerly, like something hurts, but the pain doesn’t show on his face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rising and falling, complex in harmony, uncertain in pitch, but constant in the recitative of pain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a thump, she dropped to the ground, wincing in pain, then scurried to hide her nakedness behind a bush. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I reach out to touch her hand and wince at the pain that shoots up my arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Soon Frodo felt the pain leave him, and his breath grew easy: though he was stiff and sore to the touch for many days. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He reached down and rubbed his right ankle absently, a brief look of pain flashing across his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was 69 years old, in pain from his chronic arthritis and terrified of torture. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I am not drawn to pain and violence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the corner out of the science building and pain exploded in my face. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Unable to say anything, the assassin simply held her—for as long as it took for the pain to ease. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I have to bury the real pain because who's going to bet on a tribute who keeps sniveling over the deaths of her opponents. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Their road was on a long slow rise, enough to be a drag on the legs and increase the pain in his side. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Not until you agree—” Something twisted in Koffi’s stomach, another sharp pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

After a few feet Ashima stops, her legs trembling as another wave of pain surges through her body. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For as long as I could remember, whenever I was in pain, whether from a cut or a toothache, Mother would make a tincture of lobelia and skullcap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Champagne was no exception to my high tolerance for depressants and pain relievers; I felt warm but not intoxicated. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He slammed a sidestroke into Haider's ribs, and was rewarded with a muffled grunt of pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But his thirst was gone and die water seemed to reduce the pain in his head as well—although the sunburn still cooked his face. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stop that noise,” my mother said; and she caught my arms in so tight a grip of fury that my crying ceased because of the pain. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyell was extremely shortsighted and went through most of his life with a pained squint which gave him a troubled air. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But then the trace of pain edged his eyes, and he had to use everything to send it away. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face distorted with pain, he grabbed her by the hair and hauled her in front of him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The pain in that trailer was tangible—I could feel it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He often doubled over from abdominal pain, he vomited constantly, and the treatments soon left him confined to a wheelchair. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was some pain, no doubt, but in the morning Curt Lemon was all smiles. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t. Just rub it really good to get the pain out.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He thought of Wednesday’s comment and smiled, despite himself: Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain go. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

For many days, up and down those streets, our pain tingled like unrelenting rows of ants. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Leo could hear the pain in his voice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She couldn't understand why she had been laid on her face; but when she tried to turn and felt the hot, burning pains all over her back, she remembered, and realized why. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I heard it again and again, followed by cries of pain from those who were not killed when burning pieces of lead struck them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the kind of thing we do, to assuage pain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked in Mrs. van D.’s mouth and found two teeth that made her wince with pain and utter incoherent cries every time he touched them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I took the knife and killed two meerkats and tried to soothe the pain with their blood and innards. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, all these years after, he could feel the shock of it—the pain... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I will forget, tomorrow, so her pain is a matter of indifference. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The combatants had hard work of it to avoid the embers of their small fire, engaged in their melee at its side—plates rattled beneath their heels and there were dim cries of pain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders screamed with pain, and she spun once all the way around like a gymnast on the rings. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Aches and pains in his heart, kidneys and lungs are also par for the course. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I would have thought she would be used to hearing people scream in pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The trees looked as if they were in pain. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, the pain. The pain. It always rains. In my soul.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The force of the waves of pain was so violent, I couldn’t even form a coherent thought as I continued to vomit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He hated people like Bryce Lawrence, who inflicted pain just for fun. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Odd, he had never once noticed the pain during the battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Responsibilities have fallen away from them, obligations, old hates and grievances; now for a short while they can play again like children, but this time without the pain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I could tell she was in pain. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s like pain all over. My hands, stomach, feet. I feel awful.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed in pain, his breath ragged. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He looks up at me, his face morphing from pain to confusion to fear. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain medicine Tobias gave me worked fast—the pain in my shoulder has already faded to a dull throb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Charlie laughed, and so she began to laugh, though it was the kind of laughter that caught like briars in her chest and felt very much like pain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her whole body felt bruised, and the pain was excruciating. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pain in my arm was so bad now I could barely stand. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

Breath mixed with spit and fear and pain. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heroism and glamour might be there somewhere, but you had to dig and scrape and scrabble through the dirt, pain, and misery to find it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Actually, the pain in his liver had gone away, but Yossarian didn’t say anything and the doctors never suspected. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Besides learning about Garfield's vital signs each day, readers knew when Garfield slept restlessly, how much pain he had, and how often he moved his bowels. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One of them was crying out, over and over, more in rage than pain, “Water, I want water!” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s always exploring different topics, whether it’s philosophy or Scottish poetry or the history of medicine,” says his friend and colleague Arthur Evans, who worked with Reilly on the chest pain project. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I shared my deep pain with no one but God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The accident left him bent, crippled, and in chronic pain, with a spine damaged beyond repair. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the end, he confused me with Clara, and at times with Rosa, but he died without pain or anguish, more lucid than ever and happy, conscious, and serene. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, who was obedient and respectful and cheerful and patient, she could arch her back in child pain with hardly a cry. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then an excruciating pain shoots up my leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He barely slept, he was so delirious with fever and pain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I slipped to the ground, and when I hit the dirt I felt all the pain in my body come pouring back, a fire breaking through a wall and blowing through me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The flower's light spread over Belet, and I watched her sigh, the pain already lifting. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was trying to be brave, but I could tell she was still in pain. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And she realized that she could feel some of what he was feeling: pain, physical pain, and beneath that a knotted rope of worry. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

To let every second of pain and anger come out of him in one moment of glorious, almost beautiful, violence. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She put her arms around him and he gritted his teeth to keep from wincing with pain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked pained — she’d spent her life setting up this “creepy place,” after all. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, which made the paralyzed muscles in her chest flinch with pain, and managed to croak, “Say please.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Watney opened his eyes, then winced at the pain in his chest. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So insane, he thought letting sleep cover the pain in his chest—such an insane attack for no reason and he fell asleep with his mind trying to make the moose have reason. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It meant dying in such pain that one’s spirit was charged with dreadful energy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alive as that pain in my chest expands like its own little universe. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the pain corresponded to the nearness of the hollow and the frequency of the hits with its strength. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I waited for the searing pain, but I couldn’t feel a thing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ben goes on to read of the tragic end of Enkidu and Gilgamesh’s pain of losing his best friend. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then, without warning, Harry’s scar exploded with pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Booth suffered extreme pain whenever he was moved. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held me very tight, and his eyes questioned me, dark and uncertain, the eyes of a child in pain, a child in fear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t in pain, smooshed into the cushions of the couch like that. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He responded with an irritable hissing and thumping from deep in his burrow, causing me to pull my leg out of there double-quick, despite the pain. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The throbbing burn in my throat displaced all other pain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And I know he’s being as careful as he can, but the moment his arm sweeps behind my legs to hoist me up, the pain turns black and twists through me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her hip pained her, and so did her leg, while her feet were becoming more and more sensitive. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The daily training continued, and now it always included pain. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It pained me to think that other children were wondering if I were hungry, and whenever they asked me if I wanted food, I would say no, even though I was starving. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perrington’s face shifted for a moment, toward something pained and ugly—but it was so fast she barely noticed it above the pounding rising in her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A flash of what he could have sworn was pain shone in her eyes, but it was gone before he could be certain of it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was so much pain in it, so much bewildered pain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nathan never fully forgave his father for putting his mom through that pain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He laughed at Piggys expecting him to retire meekly as usual and in pained silence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Its roar turned into a shriek of pain. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She stood bemused until the pain in her head forced her on. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If someone sprained an ankle, others felt the pain. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He was in constant pain, he had fever—once I had to call Nigel to hold him while I tied him down to keep him from hurting himself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Work in the fields was scarce, and when he finally found a job thinning lettuce, he lasted only a few days because of his back pain. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then she felt a sharp pain at the side of her head where the trunk of the tree had hit her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swinging behind a tree he shouted “Hah!” triumphantly and giggled crazily, sobbing, laughing, panting with his chest tight and stricken with pain. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, even with a deep cut, the blood came before the pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A scream not for others, not in sympathy for a burnt child, or a dead father, but a deeply personal cry for one’s own pain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t want to hear about pain. They just seek the advice. I simply advised them against increasing the population.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

If the pain weren’t so raw, she’d go over there to commiserate. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By the middle of the third week the pain began to fade. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is an important difference, and that important difference was manifested in Colin's throbbing pain. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She did admit to pains in her side, quite fierce, but they lasted only a little while and came only at intervals. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s ruddy dark in the barn now and I can hear grunts and barks and clanks and then I hear Matthew cry out in pain at what must surely be a bite. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Big red welts cover our arms and legs.We were so scared we did not feel the pain when we got stung. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the pain and shame of seeing his father crumple before any man—even himself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I feel the pain in my left leg. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He told her no, that the pain was new. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

One of them was an amputation on a child; the child screamed in pain, for there was no anesthesia. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

People often want to know if I’m sick or if I’m in pain or if my condition can be fixed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You’ve seen how people are, when someone they love is in pain.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Olive had made arrangements, on pain of not going up, for the plane to try to fly as far as the sugar factory before it crashed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was walking slowly, staggering from hunger, back pain, and fatigue, when I ran into some young people my age at an intersection where two paths merged into one. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The stabbing pain in his side, which Zeitoun had first felt at Greyhound, had now amplified tenfold. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He liked to eat dairy products because he said they helped ease his stomach pains. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The art I was coming to love lived in this void, in the not yet knowable, in the pain, in the question. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Sure I do. But he still a pain. Can’t help loving your own child. No matter what they do.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The pain spasm convulses as if it is eating away my linings. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Cole waited for the medication to dull the pain, Garvey sat upright on his cot and stretched the kinks out of his back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It amazed me that now my body was able to create a child, and it frightened me to think of the pain that lay in my future. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She was so giddy with relief it took her a moment to notice Nico, standing by himself, his expression full of pain and conflict. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The disease had left Morrie without the ability even to wiggle his toes, yet he could still feel pain, and massages helped relieve it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think you can cause me pain after what I’ve lived through? Go on. Hit me with your little fist.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And as she wondered the whisper of pain grew up from her side. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the prettiest wedding dress I have ever seen,” she answered, holding her stomach to ease the pain from laughing so much. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now the pain from my own blow was so great, I worried that I might pass out. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She wishes to spare you pain, and you should let her. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

As he told it, it may have been because of the arthritis in both hips or the one arm that was shorter than the other or the constant pain in his legs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if in seeking out suffering in some of the world’s most desperate locales, he made himself immune to the emotional pain that came more typically to the rest of us. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And he was going to learn brand new things about pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The path was almost entirely overgrown now, and the bushes clawed at him, scraping at the infected burns until he was close to sobbing with the pain. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I cannot. I cannot. I cannot stand the pain.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He actually had a pain in his gut from the tension. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sweet fluid was keeping his pain alive, allowing all the bouncing and the noise to continue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The first thing he felt was pain—glass everywhere—followed by a sudden hollowness that made him want to throw up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lillian asked, as though pained to the point of numbness just to have to ask the question. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ritchie tucks the pain a touch deeper inside and gives us his usual, easygoing self. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It landed on his nose, and the pain exploded all over his face and his body felt very light as it sank down to the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His dog, Spiro, unleashed, heeled behind him and yelped once in pain as he lowered himself to the floor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He coughed, and pain ripped at his chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“We just didn’t have the number of beds we needed to deal with patients with chest pain. We were constantly fighting about which patient needs what.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He’d hit the ground rolling, yelling his head off with the pain of the blow; but somehow he’d always roll to his feet. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jody felt a little mean pain in his stomach, so he took out his pocketknife and cut off the bird’s head. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wince in pain and grip the seat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The pain nearby was losing its fear of him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tolerance for pain exceeded anything I had seen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then Wood pushed a fist slowly into Shadow’s back, just above the right kidney, and he twisted his fist, and the pain was worse for Shadow than the pain in his knee. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But I was not jealous: or very rarely;—the nature of the pain I suffered could not be explained by that word. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not being able to ask him questions pains me in a new way. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even though I was in pain for most of it, I still loved it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sitting there in her satin robe with her hair uncoiling, she looked like a woman in excruciating pain. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

That pain is pulsing behind my eye again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The fever and the pain returned for three more days and he got a rash that itched and eventually peeled... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There is a blinding flash, a pain that rips through me for one searing instant, a silent scream from my broken body. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the first day’s march was over Frodo’s pain began to grow again, but he did not speak of it for a long time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A night of pain, horrible pain, followed by the sweetest dawn of the Queen’s life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I glance skyward, praying for a storm, a rain to wash away the hate and dust and pain. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Walking made it feel like my bones had healed into blades jabbing into me, but any kind of pain was worth the chance to get out of that darn bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded firm, tried to stand, and then cried out in pain. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It didn't say anything about pain or attachment or sorrow or honor. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She danced with her cat and danced with her dreams while Gerald wrestled with memories of pain. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robb shook his head numbly, the pain plain in his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But if I concentrated on counting the cars it stopped me from thinking about my A level and the pain in my chest. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I held her mother's hand through the pains and the pushing, helped to ease her troubled breaths. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was almost like her pain made mine easy down. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Read the pain your Masks have caused me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He lived for half an hour, quite conscious, and in terrible pain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flash of pain woke him, sharp as ice, the color of slow thunder, down in the weeds that summer’s night. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I remember someone helping to wash the dirt and dust off me, the pain when they cleaned and dressed my burned feet, but not much more. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was the kind of pain so terrible that a little child should never remember it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This pains me, Minos. The gods do not love a man who breaks his oath of hospitality.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She said, “In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy, and confusion.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself into the bed and yanked the sheets up, my face and side burning with pain. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I pressed my sleeve against my cut cheek until the throbbing pain spread like red-hot pincers, twisting into the flesh and burrowing deeper. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After being refused reconsideration, she asked her caseworker in pained exasperation, “Am I going to be a criminal for the rest of my life?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Olive screamed and several of us flinched in vicarious pain as Horace dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes, loose change and train tickets spilling out of his pockets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tiredness and pain were making him irritable, but he said nothing and tried to concentrate. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice was weighed down with pain and fatigue. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Though my touch made me wince, the pain banished the remaining dizziness. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I try to concentrate on the memory of his amber eyes instead of the pain in my hand. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I chase after them, a sharp pain in my side, and there are other people with us, little shadows darting on my right and my left and up ahead. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent the night awake, tormented by the pain of his sores. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Not only did I cause my parents pain, but I also threw away my own pride and good judgment trying to be someone I’m not. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dad brings Mam home with the new baby and she has to stay in bed for a few days with the pain in her back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She insisted that I continue, that I not spare her. She said it was her duty. And I knew, of course, that she was correct. “I couldn’t bring myself to inflict physical pain on her. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption looked Jam straight in the eye as he crumpled his voice with pain. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was a great deal of pain waiting to spring on him, but it hadn’t raised the courage yet, and that thought gave him the strength to focus his mind on shooting again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest hurt with pain and fear for days afterwards. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Park's dad kept talking, one hand on his truck, the other on the back of his neck, like he was in pain. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A pain in my gut and chest, like I got kicked in the stomach. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Thus my thoughts, dazed and confused, injecting pain where there was numbness; and my mind, furtively touching the edges of realisation, then fleeing from it in terror. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than just pain nanites, she must have had all sorts of numbing, rejuvenating chemicals and microbots inside her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The back of my neck burns like a lighter is being held to it, then in an instant, the pain is gone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The pain that had been building in their arms and legs and chests did not abate, but it fled to the backs of their minds, chased there by a sense, almost, of invulnerability. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The pain made it seem as if dozens of them had been slammed into his leg, but there were only eight, pinning the cloth against his skin. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Saturday afternoon she was back in her own room, and by Sunday the pain had dulled. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The pain in my stomach intensified, burning through the night, making it impossible to sleep. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Little cat," he murmured in a voice thin and wispy and wracked by pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A real laugh bubbled in Koffi's throat, followed by a shot of unexpected pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He felt the pain in his side like a flash of color. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hope that someday you will be able to forgive me, but if not, I hope you will be able to remember without so much pain. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith would leave at the end of the day with pain in his face and neck, which he only later realized was due to stress. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never had anything wrong with my heel except the time the sting ray stung it when I stepped on him when swim-ming and paralyzed the lower leg and made the unbearable pain. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the hot pain in my side had become lukewarm, the throbbing in my head had lessened. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias goes completely still when a hand falls on my right shoulder, sending prickles of pain down my right arm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had taken pains to dress up for me, but she looked thin and drawn. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He screamed in pain as their claws dug into his skin. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As Cole lay thinking about the sparrows, pain surged back and forth through his body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Both were clearly of exalted birth; they looked like the sons of kings, but the face of one was deeply marked with lines of pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulder shifted slightly, and she stifled her scream of pain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Dr. C can be a major pain. It’s kind of a relief, though.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They sat for several minutes in silence as Elizabeth tried to think of something to say or do to ease her father’s pain. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

My thighs and calves were tight, hard knots of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They milled about in the roadway, dancing in pain as myriads of maddened hornets attacked furiously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He watched the red stain spread, feeling light-headed, curiously apart; there had been no pain, not even a hint of feeling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Thomas screamed, the pain like a burst of adrenaline through his blood. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She remembered the long, horrible pain and hallucination that she’d suffered at the spur of the Chevalier Tialys, and didn’t envy the two men their waking up. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he thought of Hab and William, and memories drove him back to his work until the pain was numb again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend half an hour reading through work emails so mind- numbing that they dull even the pain of jealousy, then I shut down the laptop and put it away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sadness in her eyes deepened, and Jam took her hand, not understanding what pain was coming up but feeling its ripples in the air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes are crazed with pain and fear. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I felt such pain, literally a physical pain, as if someone had torn off both my arms without anesthesia, without sewing me back up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wormtail screamed, screamed as though every nerve in his body were on fire, the screaming filled Harry’s ears as the scar on his forehead seared with pain; he was yelling too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’s too heavy to be picked up by his scruff and he’s yelping from the pain but he can’t quite get his head round to bite Aaron’s arm. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She stretches, concentrating on her glutes to help the pain in her hip. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Hunter must’ve been in pain, but her eyes sparkled with amusement. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The pain in his scar was reaching a peak, burning as it had done in the garden of the Burrow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The throb of pain in his left hand made the words harsher than they might have been elsewise, but he meant what he said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nina flexed her fingers, and the drüskelle dropped their rifles, hands going to their heads, screaming in pain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For the first time in several years I missed my parents as physical pain at the bottom of my stomach and under each kneecap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the pain in her heart made her feel too terrified to go on. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I felt so much pain that I was unable to cry out loud; tears just fell from my eyes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Understanding that it would “take a long time and much pains if you’re ever going to write for publication,” he wanted her to pursue what she loved. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Harry yelled, fighting the pain of the hot metal on his skin, as Griphook clambered onto his shoulders again, determined to avoid the swelling mass of red-hot objects. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I gave her something to help the pain,” he says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Earlier, they had heard Shae crying out in pain, but hours had now passed with no sounds from within. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sully shot a quick glance at Lily, then got a pained look across his face. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

With each bounce, pain throbbed in Cole’s chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I thought about that, and about the instructor’s remark—kinds of pain, kinds of bad memories. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slow, burning pain started to pulse up their arms and legs and dance across their backs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They had found something in one another, and it wasn’t their fault that he was in so much pain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The pain makes me light-headed, like I'm drowning in a bottomless lake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When she came to, she was in a car, locked in the back, with a splitting headache that her pain nanites were struggling to subdue. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I cup my hands over my mouth and scream out in pain over the cruel death of my sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, get one. There must be an ice bag around here somewhere. And let someone know if the pain becomes unendurable.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hank hugged me and said, “At least it was instant. At least there wasn’t any pain.’ Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Of course, when he was wrestling, it was never about causing pain—only winning. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Fresh wounds, old ones, wounds in various stages of pain and healing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Rahim Khan slowly uncrossed his legs and leaned against the bare wall in the wary, deliberate way of a man whose every movement triggers spikes of pain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne was biting his wrist, trying to pull one arm away from her mother’s throat and Karen was hitting his back with fists that could inflict no pain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also complains of chest pains and weakness in his legs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I could feel them expanding, and the pain released my body from the shock. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

No one has, of course, but the pain is so real I take a step back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The currency of evolution is neither hunger nor pain, but rather copies of DNA helixes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan felt the shock of the punch, the jagged bolt of pain, and waited for the telltale warmth of his nanites releasing painkilling opiates into his bloodstream. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the long run, I hope that she will understand all the pain that she has caused in the family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In pain he gripped his temples, ran fingers through his hair, turned away from her, toward her, paced across the room and back, stopped at a window, lowered his voice. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dreamed of pain and death without end. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The pain in my voice was very faint; I could only hope he hadn’t noticed it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

One learns of the pain of others by suffering one’s own pain, he would say, by turning inside oneself, by finding one’s own soul. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The period during which these records were being forged was one of deep personal turmoil and pain for me, and for those who surrounded me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Azareen sat apart, watching him, her eyes dark and liquid and so full of pain that she might have been made of it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The light burned sudden and intolerable, the light along her limbs, the fire, and she screamed aloud in terror and pain, “Yes, yes, yes!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

For all of history and all over the globe she has been a nuisance, a pain, and an angel of death. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

His leg was in bad shape, and Booth was obviously in great pain. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So to hear him calling the hogs, as Dad always said, and not be in much pain thanks to the medicine Grandma had given him, was good. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Almost . . . except for the pain in my shoulder and the guilt weighing me down. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But she averted her face and answered meekly, “It is only the old pain in my vitals.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And even in her sickness and pain, Lyra felt that she’d just been dealt the ace of trumps. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The bald man griped about his pain while others tried to organize the space and luggage. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I got edgy, and when them pains got harder, I was glad. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was kneeling, her hands raised as if to fend off an attacker, and it looked like she was in pain. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The fire was gone, the other pains dulled by a sleepiness seeping through my body. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She saw him suffering and wanted to ease his pain, but knew that that was beyond her power. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The dull pain in his belly never went away, but sometimes it grew better and sometimes worse, and his thoughts expanded or contracted accordingly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I felt, like a stabbing in my bones, the pain of deciding to break from my husband. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I knew it would be over far too soon, so I embraced the pain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I’ll make that fly away too,” he said reluctantly, grimacing a bit because of the pain in his leg. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes must have bulged in pain, his mind must have spun in disbelief. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She began to find pleasure even in her nights, and if she still cried out when Drogo took her, it was not always in pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Grief is grief, pain is pain, and music, Beethoven seems to be proclaiming, is the art best placed to confront such darkness. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“This ship is more alive than you think, boy. She feels pain. She can be hurt but can also heal.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Jesse was sick, and I think he just wanted to end the pain.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jason managed a smile, though his eyes were cloudy from pain. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His head was throbbing, the pain inside unbearable. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

At last, she felt the smooth carved wood—but also the pain from her aching fingers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Joon’s eyes squint against the pain, but more than that, the humiliation of being punished in public, in front of his friend. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Seeing Alby go down like that ... a new kind of pain he’d never felt before filled his insides— an ill, disturbed pain; it felt worse than the physical kind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered the pain of my own mother’s death—grief, loneliness, uncertainty in my aunt and uncle’s house... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They looked through me and beyond me, cold, expressionless, to some place of pain and torture I could not enter, to some private, inward hell I could not share. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he saw the pain underneath, raw and bloody, like a wound too deep for healing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Violent pain, like the claws of the Spirit Bear, ripped at his ribs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He grabs the hand sanitizer, but first cleans his own hands and the bottle before handing it to her with a pained smile. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the place of my pain, I felt the stirring of determination. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Blood gushed from my ankle and shin, and pain flew up through me like fire up the flue of a mountain. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was living off the voices of other people's pain. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip so that the pain will steady me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Groaning from the pain that racked his body, he somehow got his feet under him and stood up just as Trina reached them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, I struggled to my feet—there was a sharp pain in my ribs, but nothing seemed broken—and limped home in the dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Long days of solitude in Celia’s house had taught him how to be quiet, and any attention from Willum or Rosa could result in pain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s a thing about me: I have always been a complete and utter muttonhead for a clever boy, even when I’m half delirious with pain. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He spoke over his shoulder as he shuffled away—it looked like his whole body was in pain. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It is on this world that we developed our passion for exploring the Cosmos, and it is here that we are, in some pain and with no guarantees, working out our destiny. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in constant pain, scarcely able to breathe. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has caused a lot of pain to people and I think it is insulting to bleep it out.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The only feeling inside, other than the pain, was one of extreme sadness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m hurting people that need hurting, when inflicting pain goes against everything that comes naturally to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The doctors attributed the tingling pains in his feet and legs to temporary nerve injury. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hot springs could ease the pain of aching joints or torn muscles. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was literally counting down the days until Akhi’s return, but I would never give Sam the satisfaction of seeing my pain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But even her lightest touch made me wince with pain. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You have enough years ahead of you to know pain, Betty Dean.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The delirious man with the fever and the crushed toes sank to the floor and wept in pain while other men tripped over him and hurt him more in their blind, milling, agonized stampede. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The fox’s entire body was afire with pain. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sammy had tried to grab a couple and been nipped for his pains. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear them, when her mind was able to focus through the surging intermittent pain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then came the soul of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, in black pain forever, surrounded by men-at-arms who perished with him in Aigisthos’ hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that every breath made the pain intensify, every movement made her gasp and scream. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if recalled by his mood of despair, the pain in his arm returned, and he felt weak and old, and the sunlight seemed thin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Tears streamed down his reddened cheeks in a continual flow, his face a taut mask of pain. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He stood up and started running again, ignoring the pain. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She struggled and wept and called for Isaac, until I was almost sick at having to cause her more pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My cheek and my eye are just singing with pain and I haven’t even moved properly before Aaron’s grabbing me by my shirtfront and the skin beneath and lifting me to my feet. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t breathe; there was a sharp pain in my gut, I was wet and in shock, and all I could think about was keeping my arms around the branch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Johanna walks over and plunks down on my bed, sending spikes of pain shooting across my chest. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Your pain will be our pain, your joy our joy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The soft echo of voices, medical voices, filled the ward, and was pierced regularly by groans and shouts of pain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The pain in my arm became the only real thing, a sharp point of comfort in the midst of a nightmare. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain in his father’s words was palpable. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I mean I understand. You think Susie is a monster. But I can’t stand to see people, or animals, or even monsters, in pain.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He switched to the monster’s voice: “Then I shall enjoy your pain, Briares.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“We came in here where it is easy to give gas for the pains.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Fink the fox was lying on a log, howling in pain, with a face full of long, sharp quills, when Roz appeared. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cool water soothes my skin; it dulls the burning pain of the cuts on my head and above my eye. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I do not believe you are sick. We all have hunger pains. You are just a lazy, worthless city girl. Go back to work.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It says: “Reversion to pleasure- pain basis,” and this is from some observation of another time. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw them gradually worn down, whimpering, groveling, weeping—and in the end it was not with pain or fear, only with penitence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Wesley looked over at me, his eyes pained and his face worried. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It would have been pain if adrenaline wasn’t coursing through me like acid. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In a lifetime of living with misery and pain, his soul had not hardened; if anything it was increasingly vulnerable to pity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her touch was light, yet it sent needles of pain all over me, starting from my head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I remembered how Charley had looked at him with pained wonder and contempt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the shadow of pain which touches the young face with such pathetic patience, but Beth seldom complains and always speaks hopefully of ‘being better soon’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clutched her fist to her chest, as though a severe pain stung her there. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

On December 17, while listening to a radio play, Sourmelina removed her earphones and announced that she was having pains. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She screamed, twisting with pain at his feet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain had gone from being a pointed injury pain to spreading in a hot smear up his leg and it made him catch his breath. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that this new pain killer, the one she had been holding in reserve, was on the way her misery was manageable. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He scrunched up his face, bracing for the pain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He searched for animals that seemed passive or in pain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To reduce the pain, they anesthetized his throat. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was an expression of raw pain that came from an inability of my body to express that pain in any other way, shape, or form. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In advanced stages of famine, as the body begins to consume itself, the victim suffers muscle pain, heart disturbances, loss of hair, dizziness, shortness of breath, extreme sensitivity to cold, physical and mental exhaustion. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long I’d been looking at it I don’t know, but gradually I became aware that it was morning, that the pain had receded somewhat, and that I could move around without awful difficulty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I should’ve been overjoyed, but I hardly felt anything, just a spreading numbness as the trembling pain of the Feeling receded. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that. The pain comes and goes.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Pain rips up my hand and I fall back, but just as quickly the pain is gone. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

That’s why the idea of my mom disassembling her room like a traveling exhibit takes this echo of pain and turns it into something new and fresh. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But going to Kate’s had been no relief from pain and his revenge had been no triumph. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt cloth, struck at it with his knife and missed, and struck again and felt his knife go through cloth, and then his head crashed with lightning and exploded with pain. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa stopped to move a little and his face twisted with pain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But at that very moment a hiss escaped its teeth, a gasp of pain or hate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The pain was so intense, so all-consuming, that he no longer knew where he was. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I would have doubled over in pain, except that his weight was plastering me against my seat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Turning on my side, I dig my hands into my stomach and squeeze it violently to make the physical pain stop. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, out of nowhere, the pain in his scar peaked. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She pushed through, screaming in pain as she handed the baton to Brit-Brat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

My damaged feet pound the road, every step slicing pain through me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't feel so much as a twinge of pain, despite having been flattened by a train three days ago. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I rocked from it, my cheek burning and tears welling in my eyes from the surprise of it as much as the pain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were fixed on his, with an appealing expression that looked more like fear than pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I float on my back, which continues to burn beneath the water, but the agony quiets to pain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Always adept at turning pain into humor, he wondered later, “Did this teacher have a problem with On the Waterfront?” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He felt such a need to move and keep moving that he hardly noticed the pain in his hand anymore. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bus stop is so close, and drop-off is such a pain at your school. And just that extra fifteen minutes to drop you off means traffic gets so much worse.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She looked pained as she tried to explain. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I turned the knob to my front door, pain shot through my fingertips. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Dream pain, real but not real, just the neurons firing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Stepping inside now sends a spike of pain through my heart, and I freeze for a moment, my hand sweating on the doorknob. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lay still and let the pain ride. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

"If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and in-justice?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He sounded as though he were in great pain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, his face twisted with the pain of it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Which pain will be least endurable? The physical, or the mental anguish of having freedom offered if the truth is told, then telling it and being thought a liar.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Toby laughed once, then clutched his side in pain. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The pain of my own adjustment from Garland was decades in the past. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I had been busy with pain and rage, but not with fear, till now; I had not thought that the Order of Exile might be mere pretext for my execution. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote, “I thank you from my heart for your openness with me & I should dread the feeling that you were concealing your opinions from the fear of giving me pain.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was just a matter of time before the pain of empty stomachs swallowed their fear of my teacher. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Hearing this, Wilbur threw himself down in an agony of pain and sorrow. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I feel a searing pain in my chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It is not the memory of pain that haunts him; he has no memory of that. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The steam from the grass rose to our soles, and it gradually lessened the pain. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The nagging pain was strong beneath my heart. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The image of Remedios, the magistrate’s younger daughter, who, because of her age, could have been his daughter, kept paining him in some part of his body. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pain in my left eye was so intense I could feel it in the base of my spine. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You sound like a monkey in pain,” Amari’s mother would tell her husband fondly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Less a sense of heat and more of intense pain as the chemicals find our flesh, cling to it, and burrow down through the layers of skin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gasped, then, in a hard intake of breath, and tumbled to the grass, where she lay with her face contorted, making small noises of pain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yelping with pain, she shook him off and he streaked for the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, the anger within me growing as it devoured the hurt and the pain the knowledge was causing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you usually experience this much pain and bleeding from the Calm Control?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We weren’t playing the piano that day, because even two floors away the sound caused her mother pain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Fear,” she says, “is more powerful than pain. So is there anything you’d like to say, before I inject Ms. Prior?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman’s neck had swollen so it was difficult for him to lower his chin without pain. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sting shot pain all the way to my elbow, causing me to marvel at how much punishment a minuscule creature can inflict. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My knuckles had no protection, but the pain didn’t matter. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I try to ignore his groans of pain and the guilt stabbing at my stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frozen to the ground, I braced for the pain. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She pants, but flashes me a pained smile. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The reddish mound of earth that covered Dobby lay ahead, and Harry walked back to it, as the pain in his head built more and more powerfully. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

I held her mother's hand through the pains and the pushing, helped to ease her troubled breaths. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her uncle helped her think of all these things without crying, and taught her to relax and not resist the pain so that it would pass through her without stopping. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Six,” he said, but his stomach cramped on the fourth and bent him double with a pain that lasted off and on all the way to Roanoke. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had been hit, and the scream was of pain this time, and Will looked down to see a tangle of writhing bodies covered in plaster and dust and blood. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A life of weightlessness, free of pain. But you rejected my proposition.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had never felt such pain from a shot; it was abnormal and memorable. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What with the pain of his arm, and rage, the man began to cry like a child. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll never forget the way Baba said that, the pain in his plea, the fear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as he spoke, the pain of his situation pressed through to the surface. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in his terror it was as though he could feel the pain in his own body, the deadly pain which nevertheless was less urgent than the struggle to get back her breath. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The funeral was filled with pain, open and naked and shared by my father and his sisters. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He worked quickly and he took no great pains about it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Buford felt the pain of old wounds, a sudden vast need for sleep. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have been making rather heavy demands on her during the night, because we have all been freshly bandaged, and so have a good deal of pain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother is bent and betrays the pain in her limbs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped back in pain and started bouncing up and down and flicking my hand like Michael Jackson. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It grazed poor Chitchat, singeing the end of her tail, but she ignored the pain and scurried up to the safety of the canopy. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She began to wail out a prayer, not loud, just filled with pain. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had been hit once in the left arm and the bleeding had stopped but the genuine pain was just beginning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was impressed, and vowed not to say a word about the pain from the thorn scratches across his face. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We hear screams from the cabin—Ann crying out in the pain of childbirth. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m not afraid of what’s coming; I’m in too much pain to think about it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They opened the back gate, and I saw the man writhing in pain on the ground. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I backed away, crablike, further into darkness—like a crab retreating in pain when you strike two stones at the mouth of his underwater den. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cas winced as she shifted her injured arm and was glad for the pain, because it was better to focus on that than on the ache growing in her heart. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He tried to lift her up to put her in the pack, and she moaned in pain. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was like going to the doctor’s office for a pain in your stomach and he starts by taking your blood pressure in your arm. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four months ago, Vin began experiencing muscle pains, but refused to acknowledge his weaknesses. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This emotion, this pain, these follies also had to be experienced. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was completely disheveled, covered with dust, bleary-eyed, and doubled over from the pain of the contractions with which Alba was pushing her way out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She weighed herself once per week, and although her weight did not fluctuate more than the three pounds her doctor assured her was normal, she took pains to maintain herself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Doubt it. Be a pain to replace you at this stage," says Haymitch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The wound on Kwadzo’s head grew swollen and purple, and Amari could tell he was in pain, but he continued on, as they all did, one foot after the other, mile after mile. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yammered about the evidence that dragons had no magic, and Anya listened, her pain about Papa’s absence draining away as the afternoon wore on. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I wonder what pain he must normally feel. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the pain dropped a notch and I could breathe again, I pulled the blanket to my chest and waited for Armand’s pills to work. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Which was another thing she’d never admit, even though hiding the throbbing pain in her limbs was nearly impossible. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The church does have a history marred by pain and loss, but it has also inherited a legacy of hope, love, and reconciliation. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted Teresa to make him feel better, say something magic to make the pain go away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Life, however, was yet in my possession, with all its requirements, and pains, and responsibilities. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was numb and in exquisite pain at the same moment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My pain and sadness no longer feel real or personal—no longer mine—when the blackness swallows my surroundings and me with it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elnora and I ministered to her with the juice of bitter roots and crushed flowers to purge her foul humors and ease the pains in her head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We lay in pain by the path and said nothing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the dark tangent in every man’s belly, the sickness, the coldness, the mercilessness, the lust to cause pain or fear through self-power. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked into Doge’s earnest, pained face and felt, not reassured, but frustrated. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I almost wished he had, because the pain would have distracted me from the dizzy disorientation that came next. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I suppose since I was the greatest offender, my pain and loss and humiliation should be in the brightest spotlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess they realized that I was in enough pain already. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I got outside, I felt pains in my crotch, I had held my legs together so tight trying to make that woman understand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His screams became one long, wordless shriek of fear and pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I know my face is pained like a dog straining against a muzzle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And there was considerable pain while the wound healed under the unusually septic conditions in the hospitals of that day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A new kinda energy runs thru me and I make myself sit up, ignoring the pain and bringing myself forward and breathing till I can think about standing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"A pain in the bloody pocket all right!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"All that pain and suffering for a dollar bet." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a girl in the audience asked him to explain how he escaped, he looked pained. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The pain from the stone began to dissipate, but Ku-Ang could still feel its power pulsating; his whole body felt as if it were bursting. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I kept stretching and moaning, pain stabbing me with every move. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He always looked pained when he tried to think, like it hurt him something fierce. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But the past was Naomi’s pain, something she carried and kept to herself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He screamed in pain for two hours until someone took him to a hospital. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I actually stopped thinking about the pain in my back and shoulders and hands. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As though they knew already that for each tremor of pleasure they would pay with an equal measure of pain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she had flailed and jerked toward the surface at the last second, or did she go without fighting, embracing the rock, letting it soak up all the pain she felt? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I’m hurt and, like, we have to win because it’s a hard team,” he boasted later, “I just take the pain.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Think not of me with grief and pain. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

He eats it but looks like he’s in pain. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compared to the one in my heart. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

One of Jonas’s arms was immobilized with pain, and he could see through his own torn sleeve something that looked like ragged flesh and splintery bone. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, you just stepped on my toes!” he shouted, hopping in pain. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

My voice strangled on the last word as I put weight on my foot and a wave of pain swept through me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She smiled ever so fleetingly, as if pained by the exercise. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

To move an inch further was a pain and weariness to will and limb. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Nanny entered this infinity of conscious pain again on her old knees. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She found herself able to laugh, not aware of the incredible pain that Matty was feeling in his singed and blistered arms. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was a fighter, and had been since his youngest days, when we wrestled in the basement and he actually bit through my shoe until I screamed in pain and let him go. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, his mouth open, and I saw in his eyes a curious mixture of happiness and pain that dissolved into fear. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maya ignored the dull pain that shot up her spine whenever someone mentioned Claire. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

That sharp, piercing love pain stabbed her right between the ribs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It had not kept the pain away for long. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knew there would be an explosion of tears coming, and I stood along the back wall with everyone else, waiting for it, watching her tremble and struggle to keep the pain down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He finally spotted me, and a pained smile spread across his face, but he didn’t make a move, he just sat there nodding. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The making of the place had been her pain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, they don’t get much for such things, though they may have taken immense pains with them—they go for a slice or two of bread. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In humans the same is observed for children raised without physical affection—usually in institutions—where they are clearly in great pain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca had already resigned herself to chastity, middle age, and her various aches and pains, but the shock of love had brought her a new youth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last thing he remembered, he heard a loud smack and then a lightning-like flare of pain made his vision blurry, then go dark. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was a man, a civilian, not far off, crying and shouting in pain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was far deeper and far worse than the pain of losing his fingers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She rocked and crooned while he wept for all the pain he had known in his short life, and for all the pain yet to come. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even feel pain when I collide with it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep icing it on and off. I want the swelling down some so I can set that bone tonight. Mix a spoonful of willow bark in water every few hours for pain.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Charles wrote to him and reassured him that in time he would remember her with much less pain, as he did Annie. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not felt a thing, but the real pain was yet to come. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a blinding, blooming pain right behind his eyes that was quickly spreading to the outer edges of his skull. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Caul screamed, “Stop! Stop this!” as his face contorted in pain, the ice racing up his chest and over his shoulders. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My shyness fell away from me, loosening as it did so my reluctant tongue, and out they all came, the little secrets of childhood, the pleasures and the pains. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You were in pain. They gave you something. Then you were out again.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We sang the highs and the lows with Michael, whose voice was big and filled with pain like he might know what he was singing about. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I would not wish such pain on anyone. To be the victor. Hinata would have adored this,” she says as they reach the bonfire, watching the flames dance in the increasing rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It lightened some of the pain I felt for all those who were critical of our going to Central. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His insomnia and pain, the crushing workload, and his mounting frustration all tore at his spirit until by the end of March he felt himself on the verge of physical and emotional collapse. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She had the look on her face, of a pain that was not her own but was for the whole world, that look that most all grown-ups seemed to express in those following days. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

As though Jasper had hurt himself in some way and had come to me to take his pain away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his pain, he was trying to stand up and salute the wife of his commander in chief. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then in the afternoon of the eighth of October there was a sudden cry of pain from the room where they slept. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There is so much to enjoy in the world; how foolish to waste even an hour of it hiding away in avoidance of pain. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"If you get a pain in your stomach, whether it's a little one or a big one." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Grandfather kicks me with a steel-toed boot, and I grab the seat of the carriage, pain shooting through my leg. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her thighs and cheeks were ablaze with pain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then there was pain shooting from his eye to his chest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart have a common provenance in pain. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But then a sharp pain shot through me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He felt a spasm of pain like a blast of sudden cold, saw the patient high-boned Indian face, that beautiful woman, indelible suffering. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By evening Alba was crying in humiliation and pain, terrified by the pincers in her guts and by this stream of blood that was so unlike her usual flow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, listen," Zero insisted, then he closed his eyes as his face twisted with pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Pushing back the blankets, he tried to sit, but the pain was too much and he soon subsided, breathing raggedly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He lay with his eyes squeezed shut, and a burning pain in his bladder. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But the fox daemon tore at the cat Pantalaimon, and Lyra felt the pain in her own flesh, and sobbed a great cry as he fell. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I need to feel physical pain, to attach myself to daily life. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the crowded sofa in my suit, staring into the face of a lot of pain. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"I came to see you two-" Words could not express the dull pain of these things. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mark, still wincing from the pain, straightened out his legs, trying to see who had spoken the simple but effective command. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The pain had died down, and Steven said he hadn’t lost too much blood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No wounded men screaming in pain or calling for their mothers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my dad looked so vulnerable, it pained me to think that he had finally reached a point where he could help his family, only to end up helpless himself. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My leg started cramping, so I rode close to the mane to cut into the pain and hold my seat. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted the scars to remind him of his pain. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But mostly she wrote diary entries about what was happening: going on with pain . . . we should know what’s going on with her cells from all of them that have her cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lee took a deep breath, testing his chest: a windblown vacancy, a breathless pain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is unfair of the gods to show us beauty when I am in so much pain and anguish. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he works all day packaging candy, he always has problems with his body—cuts, back pains, glue burns, and swollen legs, just to name a few. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her warm breath grazes your ear and then there’s fury and fire and pleasure and pain, pulsing at Every. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And there was Billy, the proud master, watching his gifted disciple from the car, unable to get out because of the pain in his leg and the arthritis. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he winced in pain and clutched his lower back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

With Ritchie, it’s always hard to imagine a pained look on his face because of his relaxed manner. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At chow that evening, somebody commented that the exposure had caused “the worst pain I ever had.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like I was learning how to walk all over again, trying to keep my balance in this awkward position, while simultaneously trying to forget how much pain my legs were in. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Wes’s chest collapsed against the trunk of the car, sending pain throughout his entire body. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

So I excused myself on the grounds of pain and fatigue, as I often had over the years when seeing Kaitlyn or any of my other friends. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The catcher threw the ball back, and I winced at the pain in my wrist. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Papá gave me a pained look, hobbled to his room, and shut the door. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Fury burns inside him as he imagines the old man's pain. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Your Apa is in such pain and you do not even want to comfort him? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was glad her son could not hurt anyone ever again, but seeing Nasreen Baji's grief and knowing her pain was partly because of me made me feel an odd sort of guilt. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Powell had the queasy feeling that if the robot’s face were capable of expression, it would be one of pain and mortification. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Mr. Freeman nine years before, I had had no pain of entry to endure, and because of the absence of romantic involvement neither of us felt much had happened. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They set out through the rain at a hard gallop, and before long Tyrion's thighs were cramped and aching and his butt throbbed with pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of blinding pain and the taste of blood in his mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They lay on the ground in different postures of pain, some reaching for their heads, the white bones in their jaws visible, others curled up like a child in a womb, frozen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In it he had described how happy he was to finally be leaving the hospital after undergoing his third and, hopefully, final surgery, but he also mentioned how it pained him to go back home. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He took great pains to keep his stomach in, and often tripped over his feet because he could not see them over his chest He was generally making his muscles ripple, which annoyed Merlyn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry Joe flew into the air with a screech of intolerable pain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He understood the psychological pain Boobie was going through, how unimaginably hard it was to sit there and watch someone else perform with brilliance a role that had once been his. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cool water took the edge off, but their words had to climb over a wall of pain to reach Naomi. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She bore down, her clenched fists shaking, the pain so intense it strangled her screams. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

With a muffled grunt, I throw my whole body toward the grate, wincing at the pain lancing through my torso. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Anyone who deliberately causes such pain to someone they say they love is despicable, the lowest of the low! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled his hand away, because Pax would feel a pain that deep and he wouldn’t leave. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They were red and raw, screaming with pain and covered with blisters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then, despite the pain, she tried to sit up. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Gasping with the pain of his exertion, he looked dolefully at his injury. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is good to learn that they are still alive,’ said Gimli; ‘for they cost us great pains in our march over Rohan, and I would not have such pains all wasted.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The pain of my wounded leg reclaims me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Today and tomorrow and the next day and all the other days as well would be nothing but punishment and pain, unhappiness and despair. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She prided herself on not needing any help, and I guessed needing some now bothered her almost as much as the pain. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There was pain in her face; Siddhartha read the pain on her mouth, in her pallid face. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. He wants this—my discomfort, my pain. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I expected the smell of rubber too, and the pain; but there was not as much pain, and not nearly as much blood as everyone said. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made a look that showed genuine pain, then abruptly, as if putting two and two together, said, “So you must be the guys she was talking about.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He started turning in a circle, bawling with pain. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A white light, like a shooting star, blinding pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had been struggling with tears for some time: I had taken great pains to repress them, because I knew he would not like to see me weep. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gives me a pained, reproachful stare, drawing himself up into the proud, theatrical, poker-up-the-bum stance of a matador. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody stepped on my leg, sending a rush of pain through my body. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Celia pointed in the general direction of the bathrooms, a pained smile on her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Men fish the sea, dig in the earth, and die. Women birth children in blood and pain, and die. Night follows day. The winds and tides remain. The islands are as our god made them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And quite amazingly, the pain had all gone now. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then a searing pain shoots through my left thigh. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The witch motioned to one of the chairs in a long, graceful gesture that made Adelaide’s swan arms look jerky and pained in comparison. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A stabbing pain shoots through my knee and I know one has found me and the others will be honing in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then she felt the atrocious pain that coursed through her body, filling it completely, and that she would never forget as long as she lived. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain and the unfairness and the injustice. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Lee took it in pained hands, drank, felt the heat soak down through him like hot liquid sunshine. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s right elbow shuddered in pain, trembling as if the tendons and bone and tissue were coming apart. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For her, all these months later, their coupling was still an exercise in tolerating pain. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“One shot, a big noise, one big pain in the head maybe, and that’s all. That’s better than stiffness and sore teeth.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he remembered uneasily what the Chief Elder had said about the pain that would come with his training. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pain begins somewhere above my eye, but it goes deeper. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His wheezing, and his indistinct whispers, and the groans of pain and misery. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His face had the look of pained urgency. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

St. John was not a man to be lightly refused: you felt that every impression made on him, either for pain or pleasure, was deep-graved and permanent. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She fumbled for what to say next, her head a clanging rush of noise and pain and shock, when the woman suddenly gasped, clasping a hand over her mouth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the cross and at the sound of those holy words the three sisters fell to the ground in a fit of agony and pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad fed me all the highlights, really, so I figured I wasn’t missing anything but the pain. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But as every athlete knows—no pain, no gain. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I try to say his name to calm him but all I do is cough and a sharp pain soars thru my back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Blackness and stench and crushing pain came upon Pippin, and his mind fell away into a great darkness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A strangled, wet bark—a sound that scared Mark more than the pain—somehow escaped his own throat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Or rather, it was a productive and fructifying pain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain fades as quickly as the ring itself, but the raw red mark remains. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The lady returns a smile so forced it looks like she’s in pain. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At least my life was free of this torment, this waiting, always, for more pain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Which is such a big part of our lives that we don’t even notice the pain of it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I would; if there were no friend who loved me, who would save me such a pain, and so desperate an effort!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I could think again, and the thinking led to a heightened sensation of pain, if there could be such a thing, and a frightening realization, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He started to reach out a hand to Daenerys, but as he lifted his arm Drogo grimaced in sudden pain and turned his head.. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I threw up my arm to protect my face, but I felt no pain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His T-shirt showed several rows of small bloody holes where Shelly’s rake had dug in, but he seemed to be feeling no pain. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The mask of glass explodes into fine shards of pain, etching his face unrecognizable, old. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I wiped some blood from my forehead with the back of my hand, then chose to ignore the pain. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A pained look crossed her face and crinkled her makeup. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked and wondered about the pain in my left eye. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Brigadier Munro was a decent, helpful man, who took extra pains to make sure we had what we wanted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the same August day, this is all I knew: the pain in my household seemed plenty large enough to fill the whole world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it pained my parents to have to ask their kids for help. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But he did not tell a soul, just as he never talked about his pain, because it was a matter of pride. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A jump from this height to the tarmac might have broken a bone or twisted an ankle, but the healing nanites in his blood would quickly release opiates and deaden the pain. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The sunburn pain had been so small, in comparison, and had not stayed with him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cole cowered on the ground, pain piercing his shoulder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But it was the tightness of his jaw that told of his constant pain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But though she sometimes longed to rise up and intervene, especially if she thought Briony was in need of her, the fear of pain kept her in place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Already I can feel slight pains, in my belly, and my breasts are heavy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

An electronic river of true pain had sprung up in that period of national soul-searching, far deeper than I’d imagined, and it was wrenching to have so much of it run literally through my fingers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses them back, hoping to train them to bring him less pain. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The returning student had recently come through a difficult divorce, and because her pain was significant, she wrongly insisted that her writing was significant as well. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He managed to drag it back to its hiding place, grimacing in pain the whole time. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

But underneath the paint that cannot cover the bags under his eyes, and the fine clothes that cannot conceal the pain he feels when he moves, is a person badly damaged. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I ask, my voice rough from the pain of my back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Poor kid. I was glad when he passed out. The doctor gave him some opium, but the pain seemed to reach him right through it. I had to help hold him.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The general sat back with an expression of pain. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He gives me a pained look and says, “You think our families will visit us? They say transfer families never come on Visiting Day.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But instead of feeling pain or any kind of remorse, I felt exhilarated. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It pains me to stay silent, but I must. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He sheathed his sword and tried to remove his helm, but when he raised his arm, the pain made him grit his teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My pain fades as a great, warm tiredness descends. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mankind’s chief hope of escaping the wrath of whatever divinities were then abroad lay in some magical rite, senseless but powerful, or in some offering made at the cost of pain and grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, bleary-eyed and doubled over in pain, I call Esperanza. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

—Do you think if you wrote a letter to Rob, or to his parents, it would help eliminate some of the pain? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he switched positions, he would find relief for five minutes before the pain returned. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It’s a real pain to get them down the ladder, I tell you, and I don’t want them making a mess up here. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The woman was holding her wrist and timing the pains with a watch. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Shocked by the pain her “Mother-kins” had to endure, she spent “hours pacing back and forth,” trying and failing to ease her mother’s agony. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The pain was intense—more intense than the burns had been. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her body didn’t feel warm exactly, but as soon as they made contact, the pain in his own limbs receded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Soon as I can,” she said with a pained chuckle. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It hurt more than anything—more pain than a person is supposed to feel—but then the microscopic painkilling nanites in his blood released their numbing opiates. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They already think I’m a pain, so why add dumb to their list? Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I liked the idea that a little pain made life more interesting; I especially liked that Arletta felt the same way. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Involuntarily, he rubbed the spot, and the pain increased tenfold. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Dad tried to smile but he just looked pained. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Eyes watering in pain, Harry lost track of the conversation for a few moments. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

No emotion passed across his face, no sign of fear or pain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something landed heavily on my back and I screamed again, this time in pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My back erupted in pain as the first lash hit me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cora was well-accustomed to the screams of colored babies in torment, hungry, in pain, confused by the mania of those charged to protect them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Ron, going still paler with pain, wrenched his broken leg out of Pettigrew’s reach. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And now, as well as leading the flight formation and dealing with the pain in her wounded leg, she was switching off the Pe-2’s burning engine. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was like her heart was being stabbed with the most immense kind of love, and regardless of its source, the pain was still too much to handle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The first thing he felt was the wind in his face, then the searing pain in his right arm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Besides, and here Inigo felt deep pain, he wasn’t that great a fencer, not any more, he couldn’t be, hadn’t he just been beaten? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hit my elbow on the hard floor and feel a sharp pain as I land heavily on it, my nose to the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His posture showed no sign of the pain he must have felt. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was all right, there was no more pain, the last detail of his life was laid bare, understood, forgiven. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He roared in pain each time one found its mark, but they affected him like bee stings. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She said this with great composure and greater pain. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Hurts worse than anything else in the world, like it’s burning for a while, and there’s a sharp pain for a while?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus, tired out, had slept through the night, but he had awoken at dawn with a stifled pain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When she first hears it, she thinks it is her own motor she has forgotten to turn off, but the sound grows into a pained roar, as if the engine were falling apart. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She reached as high as she could, but stinging pain lanced through her palms. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was a horrible screech of pain and everybody looked around, terrified, to see Susan Bones of Hufflepuff wobbling in her hoop with her left leg still standing five feet away where she had started. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The pain made him dizzy and faint, and he lay on his side, crouched in the fetal position, his eyes closed. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When the pain passed a wave of energy seemed to sweep through my body. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say that. You know, you were only twelve when we met. And a real pain besides. I did have a life outside of hunting with you,” he says, loading up with firewood. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Her face was a dull pain and her side ached. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother, just then tripping home, saw Sula bending over her son’s pained face. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And all the old fever and pain burned in him and he was still never satisfied of his love. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Lying on a cot, Shadrack could only stare helplessly at the wall, so paralyzing was the pain in his head. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The clinic was filled with pain, lack, suffering and neglect. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now for the first time such giving was not pain. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

His body was raw with pain, his mind was like a disordered room still ringing with panic. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He began to blow on his sole, in pain. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had lost twenty-six pounds over the previous few months and had a chronic cough accompanied by chest pain. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A spasm of pain seemed to twist him, and he turned away, peering back up towards the pass, shaking his head, as if engaged in some interior debate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Rowan had never experienced such pain—he never knew such pain could even exist. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I am going to freshen the pain, point it, so we both know what it is for. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a pain” and “Takes one to know one” are standard repartee among girls, but I go much farther than that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a scarf regardless of the weather, because the warmth helped ease the pain. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s almost a physical pain to see him like this, to feel my lungs filling anew when his can't. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Celaena almost fell out of her chair as she removed her feet from the table, and winced at the pain that shot through the wound on her leg. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now that I can see them, the pain is so much worse. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And so it went on for minutes—he couldn’t bear the pain, he had to have the water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was no pain, only anger that drove his teeth deeper into the mouthpiece. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sank back onto my heels, drained, ignoring the pain in my ankle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever her plan had been, it floated just out of reach somewhere between pain and shock. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The thought of being apart from Papá, Mamá, and my brothers and sister saddened me, but the idea of missing school and not being with Roberto pained me even more. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"I bet I understand what pain means even more than you." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My foot caught on something—a tree root, maybe—and pain shot up my ankle. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I poured a glass and took two of Armand's pain pills. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He raised himself and crawled out of the water, grunting with die pain of movement. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused to massage it, wondering if the pain was a sign of Katz’s guilt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She tells me I better not get the notion she’ll be running up to this part of the world every time I have a little pain or a twinge. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the dawn Dessie was awakened by the chill of pain that came to her at intervals. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His enthusiasm for the struggle he had undertaken restored his former vigor and relieved some of the pain in his aching bones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to help me with my pain. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I was about to say more, a wave of pain struck me with the force of a runaway wagon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His legs trembled; the pain in his knees made him perspire. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he felt the ground under his sneakers and the numb tingling of pain from impact, he realized two things: he had landed safely, and his phone had not. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I see the pain in Peeta's eyes and know he isn't lying. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It had gotten him through the poverty and loneliness of a nomadic life in Montana, the pain of adolescence, the rejection and anger of high school. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know assassins could be so clumsy. If you need anything, send word. I’ve had my fair share of monthly pains.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I feel oddly calm, though, tears and panic and pain somehow smoothed over. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They rolled on the ground screaming in pain, asking me to make it stop. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s face squishes up, like she’s in the worst pain ever and she opens her mouth like she’s going to yell but nothing comes out. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It hurts, but the pain isn’t as sharp. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He drew in a deep breath, but again pain stabbed at his chest, warning him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But then he yelps in pain and lays back down. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And she spoke like a black woman, with all the pain that undercuts those exact feelings. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She strolled back and forth before the glass, a customer of pain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Clove begins to lap the blood flowing from my wound, each lick sending a new wave of pain through my face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Dain drops my hand, and I shove it into my pocket, the pain of which nearly staggers me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She’s aware of other pains and pulls in her body, all potentially catastrophic. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Hermione screamed in pain, and Harry turned his wand on her in time to see a jeweled goblet tumbling from her grip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But apart from the swiftly fading pain, and a certain lassitude which was new to him, he felt no different. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Can I go home now? The pain is truly unbearable." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped over the historical marker, grazing my foot, then hopped in pain and continued on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You feel pain down low, and you glance at your feet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She keeps the volume low—Fifi goes kinda nutty barking if an animal is injured and cries out in pain—but the insane little beast watches it like she’s obsessed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The arrow dissolved, leaving no blood and no visible wound, but Nico’s face was tight with rage and pain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I am having in my legs pain. The blood it doesn’t move.’ Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled his legs up onto the toilet and sat as still as a statue, his mind a kaleidoscope of shock, pain, and disappointment. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But there’s still an echo of pain, right in between my lungs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Acute pain filled her stomach the moment she moved, as unforgiving as a hanjari dagger impaled deep in her entrails. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then, "Why not castration, doctor?" a voice asked waggishly, causing me to start, a pain tearing through me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the pain of the journey could be erased if he just gave in to this extraordinary place. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Indeed, Holmesy, however does one bear the pain of overenthusiastic servants?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The dance had helped to ease the stiff pain in his hip and arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Cletus to know the pain this caused me, that I wasn’t enough to bring Ob to life each day. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Mal,” she said, just that, and he felt that all the pain had been worth it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like Anne Frank, I live through the pain of being stuck in my house because I don’t want to become a casualty of war, gang warfare that is going on outside of my bedroom walls. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had felt no pain, not once, none. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

At other times I thought it was because girls liked the fact that I was going through as much pain as they did to look good. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even Brian could see how bad it was— the pain drove the pilot back into the seat, back and down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

This causes severe pain whenever the pig tries to sniff. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stepped into the circle where Madam Mina slept, she woke from her sleep, and, seeing, me, cried out in pain that I had endured too much. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But I felt very hot and the pain had not gone away. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair falls around his shoulders like a silk drape, one streak of it scarlet with blood, and his eyes look pained. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I wonder if my mom and dad have been hiding their pain from me, crying every night while my bedroom door is closed. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden pain in my throat as if I was going to cry. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cramp suggested I lie down, said the nausea was probably brought on by the pain of removing the glass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Grunting with pain, he slumped over the black basin with its taps in the form of open-mouthed serpents and closed his eyes.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I try to flex my fingers and nearly pass out from pain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like a miracle, the pain in my thumb disappeared. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to smile, but the pain contorted her expression into a grimace. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Cole strained upward with his opened beak as his senses drifted back into the real world of pain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

By the second glass Frankie poured for me, the pain in my shoulder had mellowed to a subdued throbbing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The pain started six weeks after my accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Now, Mum,” said Fred, looking up at her, a pained look on his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The pain was far worse than anything he’d felt before—it made the broken thumb feel like a mosquito bite in comparison. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I sit bolt upright, coughing, my eyes filling with tears as a blinding pain shoots across my chest and all over my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lie down next to him, a wrinkle in the sheet, and contemplate his pain and by doing so ease it, diminish it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her cares fell away from her, and all her pains as well, and she seemed to float upward into the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Right,” I said, thankful for the pain that broke my paralysis. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It sent pain signals to his brain in tight waves, but he grabbed another, pulled it, then another quill. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friends looked over at Justin, who had a pained expression on his face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

With each lunge, he struck the tree harder, ignoring the pain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and grimaced in pain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I noticed that the thing she complained about most was a severe pain down in the lower right side of her tummy. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was in the hospital with a pain in his liver that fell just short of being jaundice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’s almost stooped over, as though he’s in pain, and when he shakes my hand his grip is weaker than before. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt no pain, and no cold, and no hunger. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How many kids do you want?” she asks, after the pain of that vision recedes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The pain in Harry’s head was so bad he fell to his knees. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And when he landed, it was the force of his own weight, rather than the pain firing up his whole body, that stunned him into silence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the physical pain faded, the emotional pain did as well. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She managed to dodge, but the pain in her ribs almost made her black out. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The pain in my left eye was fierce. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As my dad rocked back and forth in pain, I grabbed a dish towel from under the sink. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But every time they paused the Labrador would shake his head, or scratch frantically with his hind leg, seeking release from the pain. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the ferocious pain in both of them but also the promise beyond it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was right, maybe the nastiness was just a reaction to the pain, but I don’t know, right then I was thinking some girl might be dead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As she danced, Gerald could feel her pain; he could see her fear and misery. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ratio of misery to pleasure was greater by an order of magnitude than any other mountain I’d been on; I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her head gave a brief, faint throb of pain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He rolled out and almost bellowed with pain from his ribs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

As awful as the situation is and as big of a pain in the butt as he can be, I’m glad I have my big brother to go through it with me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His feet bounced over rocks — bright pain blossoms — and then he pulled himself into a ball, dangling low off the ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I walk downstairs, slowly, a little bent over from the pain, and go into my dark room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain of just that slight movement shocked him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ash let out a gasp of pain as her stepmother propelled her back toward the kitchen door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that your pain nanites are dialed to zero, it’s inevitable.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"Are you in pain, Your Highness? Is everything all right?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If an intelligent creature that had no human feelings suddenly arrived from another planet it would not understand anything about pain and suffering. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In more shock than pain, Shani saw this as an opportunity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Othello’s shout of pain echoes through the auditorium, and in the rows ahead of us a few of the ladies get the vapors. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The man turned to the waiting room and saw what he’d missed before: there were no gurneys rolling through to the ER, no sick and wounded in pain. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They ended up weeping together and Aureliano felt for a moment that the pain was over. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her thighs were chafed raw, her hands blis-tered from the reins, the muscles of her legs and back so wracked with pain that she could scarcely sit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes the pain in my toe dies down a little, so I head for the third floor, slowly and limping a little. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ears hurt and my lungs ached and my back stung where I’d been pelted by debris, but the pain in my stomach was gone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was late for work every morning and excused herself by saying that she had overslept, and she complained of mysterious pains, although her appetite was excellent. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They will soon fly with angel wings and He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor will mourning or strife or pain. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

That pain is like an axe that chops at my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dany said a silent prayer that somewhere one of the Harpy’s Sons was dying even now, clutching at his belly and writhing in pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because willow bark contains salicylic acid, a pain reliever. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I lie in my bed, groaning from the pain in my belly. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The big man let out an abrupt laugh, then groaned with pain. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pain, which is written on her face, would fell the stoutest soldier, but she does not complain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I backed off, gave her more little delights. But everything changed, once she knew about pain. I could see it in her eyes.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could sleep until the pain went away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little pain sometimes, but nothing too bad until this year when she went into full-on crisis and her body became a blaze. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Matty dreamed of vague, frightening things connected to pain, and his body was tense even as he slept. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Until she saw me, though, the pain and grief only needed to exist in her mind. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe I even whine, from the supposed pain. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

So Despereaux wept with joy and with pain and with gratitude. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I have a pain in my head thinking this could all have been avoided if I’d flipped my paper over. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped feeling pain; he felt only rage. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Speaking was difficult for him, because of the constant pain but also because his throat was burned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was either fixed on practical details of immediate survival or transfixed by pain, weeping silently, my mouth open and my hands at my head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Never wanted to grit my teeth against the pain of leaning down to do something as simple stupid as tying my own darn shoe. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her words cut into Ba like slices from a knife but, even though his face was pained, he said nothing and continued to pack. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I felt pain, and then I felt ire; and then I felt a determination to subdue her—to be her mistress in spite both of her nature and her will. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Able to move now, he rocked his own body back and forth, breathing deeply to release the remembered pain. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Violet said, “I love the great feeling of Coke’s carbonation going down my throat, all the pain, like ...” She waved her hands in the air and looked at the ceiling, trying to think of something. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I’m personally willing to feel a little pain to make a point,” said Martin, shrugging. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It shouldn’t have been a serious cut, but the entire side of my body exploded with pain. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There’s much pain but there’s also something like reality. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Experience had taught her that engagements could end in pain. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"You're taking too long—hesitating and perfecting too much. They can't tolerate the pain in long increments, and it isn't good for you, either." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You can let yourself be in pain,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Minutes previously, Harry had plunged his hand into this mulch, experienced a stabbing pain in the fourth finger of his right hand, and withdrawn it to see a lot of blood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His torn side throbbed and the pain in his leg seemed to have affected his senses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain in her stomach subdued as she brought the gourd to her lips, even more so once she’d swallowed several mouthfuls of water. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The pain and shock were so great I dropped the dagger. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

"She's pretty spacey right now since she's on heavy-duty pain meds since it's the first day. When I spoke to her earlier, she was talking about putting beads on her fingernails." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She had numerous health problems, which she addressed selectively, getting treated for back pain, ulcers, and so on, until the treatment became too expensive or inconvenient, or her insurance declined to pay. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then he bellowed in pain and dropped it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I feel a sudden pain in my shoulder. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The haul back up into the island undergrowth was a nightmare of pain and struggle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The swelling had gone down at Deepwood, but the pain remained. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was pain coming, a new kind of pain. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas hated the pain in her voice—he could feel it in his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The terrifying pain had subsided to a dull ache. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t stand the pained look in his eyes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pa said, “You gunn have to help her take some the bite out them words, Elijah. Her pain too fresh to be locking it up so hot in writing.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He bathed in icy water and scrubbed and scratched his body with a block of pumice stone, and the pain of his scraping seemed good to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran toward the gate, but it was blocked with people screaming and struggling to get out, falling in pain or dead. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened quietly and the stable buck put in his head; a lean negro head, lined with pain, the eyes patient. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feeling of regret was so strong that he actually felt pain walking away from the school building, but he’d made a decision and he knew he had to stick to it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I winced away, tears suddenly filling my eyes at the startlingly increased pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He fired again, then gripped the Transvice and swung it up to smash its butt end into a man’s face, sending him sprawling, shrieking in pain. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When Elizebeth, in turn, went for eight weeks without hearing from him, she felt “infinite pain and loneliness.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And gorgeous, even through the pain in her expression. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she wondered if this was her own failure rather than his, if perhaps she lacked a certain strength that would compel him to include her in his pain. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My head ached like all the other times he had been inside of it, but the pain was sharper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I lower my head to the table, closing my eyes against the pain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A thirteen-year-old girl, moaning in pain, had arrived by donkey ambulance—a crude cart pulled by a donkey. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In any case, Harry didn’t like the idea of the whole Weasley family knowing that he, Harry, was getting jumpy about a few moments’ pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward to emerge in a cry. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could hardly feel the pain now—the feet I gazed at seemed to be someone else’s. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medical profession at that time called them “stomach pains” and felt the best cure was coffee dolloped with brandy twice a day until the pains subsided. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could release another deadly round, I felt a terrible pain in my right eye, then another, and another. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He found himself whirling through eons of time, destroying at random, screaming with rage and pain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was Pitocin and white-hot pain that seared Grace’s spine and ribs and hips into rubble. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The heat from the compress, probably more than the traces of opium from the poppy seeds, helped and “the pain gradually went off.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be assured, sir,” said he, “no pains or exertions on my part shall be spared to discover the villain.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he looked at the Utah statute while sitting on the bench, he appeared almost pained. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but still, if you can avoid it…” said Harry, who had experienced enough pain not to be keen for more. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to introduce any more pain into her life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother’s voice took all of the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, Pilar is not afraid of pain or of losing anything. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly all the pain I had endured since entering the tournament seemed not in vain. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dawn before the pain ended and, in six voices, his older brothers welcomed Septimus to their ranks. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He studied the phrase as the pain in his head subsided. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The lyrics of “Song of the Winter Solstice,” which recent defectors say is the theme song of a popular program on North Korean state television, are about traveling companions who endure hardship and pain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

For a second, Mr. Sir's pain seemed to recede. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I look at the white walls and the table where she showed me the pain chart and think that I’ve actually come kind of far since yesterday; I’ve eaten and slept; you can’t deny that. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He prescribed the bark infusions for her aches but said to her, "Such pain comes for us all, in great age." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No different than the marshal who goes after his man even after the dirty cur shoots him. He still gets the job done before he gives in to pain.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I only pretended to take my pain meds. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Moss felt a pulse of pain in the space behind his eyes and knew a headache was forming. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The wind howled in agony, the forest roared in pain, and a chasm ripped open at the foot of the tree. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I tried to fight through the pain, tried to figure my next move. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Nobody did this to me,” the chupacabras said, his voice low and pained. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They take pains to explain that ants are not, emphatically not, tiny mechanical models of human beings. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain burned across my knuckles, through my fingers, and a scream, louder than I had intended, brought Abuela to my side. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tris’s face twists, and she touches a hand to her forehead, as if rubbing out some brief and inconvenient pain. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I feel like it's my way of saying I’m sorry for being such a pain all the time. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The voices, the smell of men’s sweat, of leather, of white sticks, the pain in his leg, the damp, chuckling tunnel at his very ear—he had known them all before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the pain of our grief would break through the surface and threaten the fragile friendships we were nurturing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“They’re called aspirin. In my time, people use them against headache, fever, other kinds of pain.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A scream like that can only mean blood and bone and pain; that scream that comes from the pit of the stomach and extends to every inch of the body. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt a pain in the back of my head. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was limp with exhaustion, pain and despair when he finished. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

That was the last shudder of his awakening, the last pains of birth. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the sweet faces: moment of enormous pain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed—a sound I’d heard too few times lately—then a frown of pain flickered across her face. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She stood aghast, trembling, and clutched her dear dæmon so tightly that he whimpered in pain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was about the time the first pains began to twist her hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s time to think about the opportunity as well as the pain, just as it’s time to think about the obligations of off-shoring as well as the opportunities... The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

But who can assure us that this war, which has caused nothing but pain and sorrow, will then be over? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had a pain in his right side. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his obvious pain, he looked me in the eye. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I began to wonder if he was actually asleep or if he’d just laid a heavy finger on the pain pump to avoid the Attack of the Well-Meaning Sisters. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

With infinite pains and surpassing skill she produced a wondrous tapestry on which the whole account of her wrongs was unfolded. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And in his pain, he doesn’t know that he is hurting others. That he is doing wrong.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was pain coming, I could see it in his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He understood at once, recoiling in pain from the realization and shaking his head with a protesting and imploring grimace, that Nately was dead. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I land on a cement floor, hard, and pain from the impact prickles up my shins. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he is a coward, it isn’t because he doesn’t enjoy pain. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Thomas reeled in the pain, locked it somewhere deep inside him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Unable to diagnose himself, in severe pain, and unable to continue with his work, he presented himself to Dr. Antonia Bagshawe, a physician at Nairobi Hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scalpel can nick your gloves and cut your fingers, and before you even feel a sensation of pain, the agent has already entered your bloodstream. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening now to Auntie Lin bragging about the virtues of her family in China, I realize that Auntie Lin is oblivious to Auntie An-mei’s pain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was awful as he dragged the vibrating needle over my skin, but I knew better than to cry out or beg him to stop. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were, I remembered now, some wicked briar patches, but I was feeling no pain. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was bad to see the indomitable old man weak and hatless in the early morning, something soft in his eyes, pain in his face, the right hand rubbing the pain in the arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biting down in pain, noticing how my teeth didn't align like they used to. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I would love seeing him in pain. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The pain was an echo—he remembered now. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They told of their pain and illnesses, and cried to one another whenever their stories felt too heavy to bear alone. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Surprise and pain made the man loosen his grip on me slightly, and I wrenched away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She groaned in pain, but dared not stop. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time it was not the pain of memory. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

His pain was soon gone, and he had no puckered scars. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

So when it comes to chest pain, doctors gather as much information as they can, and then they make an estimate. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The inside of our shelter was shadowy and dark, but the pain had begun to go away. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sudden meeting, and one in which rapture was kept well in check by pain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I clench my teeth to keep from crying out, though pain from the impact went all the way down my spine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And he felt a tiny, sharp pain in his throat. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She remembered the pain he had been in. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I scream, a sound of pure animalistic rage, and before I know it tears are running down my cheeks, my pain and frustration a living thing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I never finished my meal; sobbing, I slunk off to bed, my limbs afire with pain where the rawhide had raised welts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiles at me, but then flinches in pain. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He woke up blinking with a slight pain in his head and opened his eyes upon a world boiling in chaos in which everything was in proper order. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Within a week my pains had gone away, and I was released from the hospital. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain pulses throughout my body and makes me weak, makes me surrender. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Stuart was in pain, and the old man felt pity, but this was necessary; it had to be done as a bad tooth has to be pulled, and there was no turning away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is an almost unbearable pain needling my fingers as a result of these overabundant scribblings. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain wasn’t that great, and a part of his mind registered that with a dull surprise. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blessed be that part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like pain, and terror, and desperation. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Could it possibly be worth the pain it was causing? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He became quite used to strangers staring at his scars with pained expressions on their faces. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t a pain that she or the doctors could take away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Just talk to her. What about don’t matter much to me. Speak to her soul, distract her from the pain.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Hit don’t hurt so bad as long as I stay like this,” he said, his face twisted with pain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was hate, rather than the pain in his ankle, that threatened to overwhelm him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A tight line replaces my baba’s usual smile, and I know at once that he’s in pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Esteban was not with Dona Ester either when she died quietly in her bed of pain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, although the reality seems greater each time, the pain and the fear seem less. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They suggested rejuvenation, pain overcome and transcended, endless love. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be waiting for some silent pain to pass. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pinched her ear and winced at the pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I thought of my drawings, lifelike and full of pain, sitting in my suitcase. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His shoulder was a bright blossom of pain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a few days he took pains to let the community at large know that his store was to be closed for a week while he went to St. Louis on business. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain made him gasp, but he eased on some of Vola’s salve and took deep breaths until it numbed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Scipio asked anxiously when he saw Prosper's face was twisted with pain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He needed that squeeze, that gentleness, the knowing that the gentleness would always be there, that through all the nights of pain to come, she would be there for him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think pain is the most underrated emotion available to us,” the Count said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this pain in my stomach is remorse; maybe it’s fear because I’m starting to understand what I have to do. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I slept lightly, waking at the first sounds of fussing, at the slightest shifting of weight, so I could fetch the ice and tinctures before Luke became fully conscious and the pain gripped him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, and small pains shot through my scabby shoulders. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We know that they can feel pain, as we do. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve read the dying feel no pain but sense everything that goes on around them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the ghost turned away, Sarai saw how her eyeballs strained to stay fixed for as long as possible on her, and she read pain in them, and apology. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Below the zero it says no pain and below the ten it says unbearable excruciating pain. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But it could also be a pain in the neck, especially when we were trying to tend to things unrelated to the presidency. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If she feels everything, does she feel the pain of the ship as it struggles to stay in one piece? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Her face was pulled taut in pain, and she jerked in her sleep. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From my reading, it seemed to me that Texas is emerging as a separate force and that the South is in the pain of labor with the nature of its future child still unknown. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although my side still burns, the pain is a little duller and I can walk with less effort than yesterday. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Only his skull resisted; and the resistance increased the pain to a shrill whine. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He landed on his hand and screamed in pain. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“No, no...oh, the pain of this darn leg! Stupid, stupid!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at her, and an expression of pain briefly flitted across her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

“Lately, I’ve been having this shooting pain in my stub and it feels like my arm is hurting,” Caroline said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I prayed each day that God would take away the pain and the depression, the dark cloud. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was already curling around her abdomen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Anyway, within a few minutes of Mama’s return—she asked a series of seemingly well-rehearsed questions about nurses and medicines and joint pain and how he’d been feeling—we got up to leave. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

A wave of pain washes over me, and I cough. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Gertrude smiled and danced with a reserved grace, but I could see that she veiled her pain behind her cool eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He could feel, somewhere deep inside him, anger and pain building, a knot of tension at the base of his skull, a tightness at the temples. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She remembered how she had once broken her arm after swinging from the museum elephant’s trunk and felt more surprise than pain. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could not make out the face of the mother who rested from the pains of birth, but I could see the old woman in black who tended the just-arrived, steaming baby. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also worked as a hunting guide, which pained him even more. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had his death not caused me more pain? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The memory of her ghost haunts me, makes me realize that the pain, the longing, the wanting, never goes away. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The unfortunate rodent screamed and danced about with the stinging pain of the thick whiplike tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

This is the mind’s way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She spent days and nights crying, imagining the pain Henrietta must have been in. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Make the pain sting and settle right into the deepest parts of her soul. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And being hopeful in a world of pain is either brave or crazy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It burned there like a flame and her soul melted with sweet pain, and her face went now white, now red. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at once it closed them again, grimacing with pain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the pain and his nausea, he saw Janza’s chest and stomach unprotected. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t feel nothing but the panic exploding in my lungs and the cold, stabbing pain in my throat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry got up and swayed again; the pain in his leg, which he had not noticed all the time he had been listening to Crouch, now returned in full measure. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The pain in his side, though, only increased with the activity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I preferred my bad dreams to the pain. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Panting through the pain, I yelled, “Cut the fence and let the cattle trample them.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was even more of a pain than friendship. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets to his feet, holding out the spoon for me to take, the expression on his face pained. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark looked back at the woman, who was obviously experiencing head pain, and things began to click into place. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He heard a whoosh like something moving through the air, then a wrenching pain shot through his left shoulder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“To the pain means this: if we duel and you win, death for me. If we duel and I win, life for you. But life on my terms.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The common denominator in all these conditions—whether in the lungs, the muscles, or the bones—is overwhelming pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I lied. Everything I said at McMillian's trial was a lie. I’ve lost a lot of sleep and have been in a lot of pain over this. I can’t be quiet any longer.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It probably wouldn't do much good, but it was worth trying, if only to reduce Belet's pain. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Which is a pain, but she can't help herself, and anyhow I'm just as glad not to be alone in the down under. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

We refer to it with catch-all terms, like crazy or chronic pain, terms that both ostracize and minimize. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Papa would accept any humiliation or pain or risk any scandal to get some rice and bacon grease. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“These incisions are precise and surgical. Not meant to inflict pain—probably done under anesthetic, even. The wights were looking for something.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Piper couldn’t understand how anyone could take so much pain, shoulder so much responsibility, without breaking. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When I get back to the table, Justin has a look on his face that’s a mix of pain and laughter or maybe fear. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The doctor gives Captain Smith medicine to ease the terrible pain and it makes him sleep most of the day. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He heard the dull thwang of the bowstring and felt a sharp hot pain in his leg. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Thus far the pain and the drug and the fever had dulled his mind. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wept silently to herself for the pain of her husband, for the death and the dishonor of their sons. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It pained Mariam—it pained her considerably—to picture Rasheed panic-stricken and helpless, pacing the banks of the lake and pleading with it to spit his son back onto dry land. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A new stab of pain struck as she realized that it didn’t matter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She smiled—a twisted smile, with a knot of pain at the center. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Pointing her face to the ceiling, she bleated in pain. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She gasped as she glanced at the cut, then turned her head, pain flickering across her face. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“The injection you gave me didn’t heal anything. It caused me pain for a long time.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was hungry, thirsty, and weak—and her head thudded with pain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see the pain in his face and feel the heaviness in his heart at not being able to bring us food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Screams and yells of joy and pain and rage. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So many Osage lost a mother or a father or a sister or a brother or a cousin. That pain never goes away.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All of the pain of the past crowded in on him—Aunt Queen's death, Monique's accident, Jordan's abuses. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I start feeling uncomfortable at about 8 Gs, with a pain developing in the center of my chest. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pull their hands away from him to relieve the pain I saw in his face, but the trappings of the priest’s costume entangled me and so I could do very little. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulder had begun to throb and smart from the goldsmith’s touch, like a sleeping devil roused to angry wakefulness, but the greatest pain was in his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Still he says nothing, just stares at me with a sort of pained look in his eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Too much of a pain to call me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he could not stop himself reacting to the pain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

What could I become if I stopped worrying about death, about pain, about anything? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Less than a minute later, Constance, accompanied by Winifred the otter, Ambrose Spike and a few others, padded carefully along the top of the wall, taking great pains not to be seen. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He swore an oath in pain, then, having recovered, exclaimed, “‘Pon my honor—excellent, Serjeant.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Taisin felt the pain herself; it was as though she had been stabbed by a half-dozen little needles, each one poison-tipped. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Dona Ester Trueba died in the bed of pain where she had spent the final years of her life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The full moon watched her with a warm and approving eye as she hobbled along, slowed by the injured foot, pained by it, but not troubled. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A sharp cry of pain was wrung out of her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He always felt better when he could dole out pain alone. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His breath coming back to him, each new lungful of air a gift of infinite price, Ben rose to one knee and watched the fight with eyes that were clouded with pain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden jolt of pain made me gasp and double over. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

For half a minute, a band of pain wraps around her stomach, radiating toward her back and shooting down her legs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed less like a man in pain than one who is simply unutterably weary. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my hand to deaden the pain. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women's voices scolding, and high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even through his pain, Doha had to smile. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He read it quietly, attentively, waiting, sharing her pain. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not make the pain any easier to bear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The guilt of it stabbed at my heart as I considered all these new facts, and I felt a great pain in my chest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was lifted into the air in its front legs; struggling madly, he tried to kick it; his leg connected with the pincers and next moment he was in excruciating pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just me coming into their bedroom to adjust the pillows to help him get comfortable or me waking him up every four hours so he takes his pain meds. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

As Yule approached, with all of its attendant memories — the smell of pastries in the oven, the spicy tang of pine boughs in the house — she thought the pain might never cease. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Vandara had stood, she would have forced herself to ignore the pain in her leg and stand as well. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I am safe, the adrenaline that propelled me here is fading, and the pain is getting worse. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to punch every kid who told me they “understood” my pain. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re in a lot of pain, you can push this every fifteen minutes.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry there is so much pain in this story. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not someone to pity, with an unstable mind and weird pain syndromes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the pain lessened and within two or three days he was feeling himself again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her father was down to ninety pounds, just skin and bones, and he was in pain and miserable. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained uncertain afterward what her eyes had meant—punishment, sorrow, pain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But an African-American is due pain, poverty, stress, and anxiety. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had a sudden and strange thought, that the pain in his side could be caused not by infection or injury, but by sorrow. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I tried to think through the drugs, through the distant pain, but there was no honest explanation I could give them—none they would believe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob is limping along, like he’s in a lot of pain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mind rejected the pain, quickly skipping on to the next option. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In a moment Tucker Mouse followed him from the stool, groaning with pain. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The milk of the poppy, for when the pain grows too onerous." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her head disappears, and I take deep breaths, fending off the sharp stab of pain that comes with every awakening. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stepped on someone’s hand, earning a sharp cry of pain in return, then a punch on the calf. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The harpy yelped in pain and fluttered off, dropping yellow feathers as she flew. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His brows are knit; his face is drawn with pain. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” Percy said, still woozy with pain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It pained me to climb back into the rover, but it had to be done. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain became a drumbeat; a rhythm I could write a song to. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I often feel a shooting pain at the end of my left arm, always as though it was cut from me yesterday. The doctor said I have phantom pain.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The pain that the major had spoken about had started and all that was happening was without interest or relation. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The twins cried in pain, in confusion, in terror. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Save yourself some pain, girl, and give him what he wants." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The pain was worth it, though, because all the kids won and toppled the grown-ups. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The sudden warmth sent shooting pains into every knuckle and joint. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“A tincture of bayberry juice and oil of roses may relieve the pain, so that the sensation of Christ’s sweetness becomes even greater,” I say. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was accept, and I could blunt the pain of living for a little while longer. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was no pain there so he assumed that had taken care of itself. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roaring in Olmsted’s ears, the pain in his mouth, and the sleeplessness never eased, and soon an emptiness began to appear in his gaze. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Though she still had circles beneath her eyes, she moved without stiffness, and if she was in pain, she hid it well. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was clearly in pain, so we got straight to the point. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A fleeting expression that might have been unaccustomed mirth, or might have been a twinge of pain, went across her grandmother’s face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding, my lungs burned, and in my side there was a continuous stabbing pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Schmidt tells me it's okay to feel the pain. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The pain in my leg only fuels my anger. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I clench my teeth shut against the pain, forcing back tears as I think of the slaver's words. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

You can tell this causes him great personal pain. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he coughed, and yelped with pain from the broke ribs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Every step is pain, every ounce of weight pulls at the wound, making me lightheaded and nauseous. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A head pain caught her between the eyes at the taking in of such a wonderful sight. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was too great to be put into words. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cried out in pain as the circulation returned. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her toe stubbed on a loose rock in the street, and she felt a jolt of pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I scream into my teeth as the pain races through me, making everything go black for a moment. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped as Madam cried out in pain. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They might ease your pain too. Will you take them?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My knee stings, but I can’t focus on the pain at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You wanted to run away with me,” Marco says, smiling despite the lingering pain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fabian is lying on the ground, howling in pain and fury. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I began to feel the old nagging pain beneath my heart. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is certain that thousands upon thousands of sick people through the centuries believed that he had freed them from their pain and restored them to health. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my hands and knees, heedless of my dress, heedless of the way the sheath of my sword drags against the packed-earth floor, heedless of the pain in my hand, I crawl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I like her speaking voice; it’s younger than I thought it would be, but then the song is pulsing, her pain right under every word like always, and something else, something stronger. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It seems we must proceed on foot, Mister Xuan. Run if you like, but expect a sharp and fatal pain between your shoulder blades.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The glaring sun pierced her eyes with pain, and she put her hands to her face. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At the time I wasn’t even aware I was sick: any symptom, any fever or pain, was drowned by the clamor of my more immediate miseries. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He tried pulling himself up and felt a sharp pain in his wrist. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m shaking from the pain, delirious with it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She has a pained look on her face. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were bodies around me, some crying out in pain, others shaking in fear, others trying to help the wounded. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the fever we put ice on his face and chest; for the pain we gave him lobelia, blue vervain and skullcap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘Aeons of pain and disappointment weigh on you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The boys rowed with white knuckles and chattering teeth, their hands so cold they could hardly feel the oars, their feet throbbing with pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“They beat it out of me with their whips, cut it out of me with their knives, shot it out of me with their guns. I can barely see, and every step causes me pain.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The siskin landed upside down several feet away, and lay on its back in the dust, flopping and kicking spastically while issuing pained chirrupy gurgles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, the girl with the room next to mine? Causes me pains in my butt?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If he looked up, he knew, he would see the pain in Pearl’s eyes, so he kept his eyes pointedly on the guitar in his lap. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She must have blacked out briefly from the pain. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was not enough to assuage the pain that Jonas was beginning, now, to know. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat there in obvious pain, resting his finger on his lap and nervously smoking a cigarette despite the sign on the wall that said NO SMOKING. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The cat climbed onto his chest, and despite the pain of his bruises, he didn’t push her away. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I felt a sharp pain every now and then. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Courtney felt it proper to spare everyone else her pain. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“He’s been telling me the most wonderful story and when the pain came too badly he put me all the way out. He’s wonderful. You’re wonderful, doctor.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It felt as if the Franz Ferdinandian hole in his gut had now torn, and the pain grew and grew from a bullet hole to a canyon until finally Colin himself was the hole. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But these did not compensate for the pain in his knowledge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s more than one kind of pain,” she said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Alba began to wonder what the hell she was doing there; the pain in her abdomen was becoming unbearable and the need to take a bath with running water was beginning to obsess her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, if you looked in her eyes, past the tears, I bet you wouldn’t even see the pain of a severed finger, but the shock of how cruel people can be. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But he did not long escape from pain; soon the iron grip of merciless hands was on him again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The pain in his legs and ankles vanished. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He could still feel the talons, die pain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As she rose, a stab of pain went through her legs and brought it all back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The barbs released, and Matthias let out a pained huff of breath, doubling at the waist, human once more. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Hunger had drawn the skin over their faces, pain had left lines around their eyes, and they were covered in dust and mud and not a little blood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

So I’m not being disingenuous when I say that I feel your pain. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Like how anti-itch cream erased the pain of a bee sting but didn’t repel the bee itself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew he was reluctant to pull his hand away from his stomach, but he agreed, nodding his head and grimacing in pain. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

A doctor suggested that Wilson learn to live with the pain instead of having disk surgery, as Jean Miele had done. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I liked watching other people deal with the loss of someone, not because I enjoyed seeing them in pain, but because, somehow, it made me feel better knowing that my pain isn’t only mine. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nel’s indifference to his hints about marriage disappeared altogether when she discovered his pain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once, before she married me, it was Blanca up there, and it still pained her to have lost such a privilege. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

II His cold was getting worse and worse, and each cough caused a vague pain in his lungs that lingered on for moments after the cough had seared his throat and chest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally Percy would groan in pain, and Annabeth felt like a fist was squeezing her heart. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I open my own medipak, nowhere near as good as hers, but there’s white tabs in it that I know are at least pain relievers, however cruddy and homemade. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You mind if I ask you a stupid question? Like why you want to hammer a hole in your ear? What do you mean, pain?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the hunger pains hurt so much that they spread to every part of the body. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I took his head in my lap and set my hands to massaging the pain from his limbs. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or more likely, it has become so unfashionable to discriminate against certain groups that all but the most insensitive people take pains to at least appear fair-minded, at least in public. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The man with inky hands did too, swallowing hard and wincing at the pain in his throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain near kilt me, but I pushed open the heavy door to the Dee-troit jail. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She looked up, squinting with pain, and saw that the shadow creature was back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was the only thing the women held in common—the sure knowledge of the pain of giving birth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leans forward, ever so slightly, just barely in the danger zone, but enough to push away the pain of the G-tube. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But the stinging pain of the bite was going away. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain was creeping in her hands again and there was a new place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

True, the wounds still hurt, but with a different quality of pain: not the deep life-sapping ache of the day before, but a smaller, duller sensation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But instead of the pain, I felt something just as bad—the fierce, living weight of terrifying guilt. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

What if Commander Jameson took them out to spare me the pain? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I twisted it from his grasp, feeling a sharp pain stab through my shoulder. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you find the computer* you will find Jeanine. I assume you know a few ways to coerce her into doing what you want. She is not, after all, accustomed to pain,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to breathe, hard to think, and there’s such a sharp pain behind my eyes it makes me see lights. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I scoop up a handful of snow and press it against my cheek, numbing a bit of the pain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mattress was firm and comfortable and I lay without moving, hardly breathing, happy in feeling the pain lessen. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The disappointment on her face was palpable, but it was Moss who wore the most pained expression. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Whether or not she feels the ship’s pain is important to know. ’Tis a question for which I would welcome an answer.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“And sometimes it damages nerves so badly it’s impossible to feel pain.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her emotions welled inside her and she could feel them washing against her insides: sadness and regret and anger and pain and confusion and relief and more she couldn’t name. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A pain ripped through my side, forcing me to stop. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He had no way of knowing that during the night, his wife in great pain, and after nearly twenty-four hours of labor, gave bloody birth to a fragile baby girl. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Towards the end of a frosty December night, her pains started. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let him curse and I remember him falling down the cellar steps, and howling, and I remember, with pain, his tears, which my hand or your grandmother’s so easily wiped away. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The pain is beyond imagining now, but still I run. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I drew a breath and winced at a tearing pain in my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn't help smiling in spite of the pain in my tail. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once I lost sight of them, I felt pain in my chest, that same pain I always felt whenever they left Trampita and me alone. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

To his parents it’s as if he is deliberately wearing a crown of thorns, giving himself pain. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Now Booth was more aware of the pain in his left leg. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to swallow spasms of pain when Shawn stood, put a hand on my shoulder and said, “Sorry, Siddle Lister, but it hurts less if you don’t see it coming.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They had settled what they could, tabled, what they had to, and begun the chicken a la king lunch over which Alice had taken the greatest pains. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not help it: the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The baton hit Moss’s left knee, making him crumple to the ground in an instant, overwhelmed with pain, with shame, the burning agony. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If only they gave him sufficient time to make ready, he knew he could defeat pain. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp pain rose in Harry’s throat at this sight: For a moment, the strange music and the knowledge that Dumbledore’s body was so close seemed to take all warmth from the day. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then the voice yelped in pain, and suddenly Tidbit was back on the ground. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every farmer I knew was dosing liberally with bicarbonate of soda to ease the same pain in their own stomachs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her Creole had improved substantially, allowing her to take accurate notes as they described their various pains and miseries. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I clutch the vial in my fist, desperate for the relief it offers, the protection from the pain of every memory clawing inside me like an animal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her voice was cold and crackled like ice, but there was an undercurrent of pain in it, running deep beneath the surface, causing her anger to rupture and break. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mack’s eyes were wide and full of pain. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, it was hard to believe that the future held anything except more pain. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sucked air in between my teeth, making that hissing noise that people make whenever they are in pain but don't want to yell. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Even the hens and ducks came, and were at pains not to tread on the chalk marks. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He stilled, then slowly curled into a ball, his face set in a fierce grimace of pain. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then time waa pain about Guenever herself, the tiny plant of bitterness which they had sown, or seen sown, in each other’s eyes, an die occasion of their first quarrel of suspicion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I got home the pain started to come back and I had to lie on the sofa for two days and take lots of painkillers... The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could laugh if it weren’t for the pain that makes me howl. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American boat drifted on down the lake, beyond the grandstands, into a quieter world, the boys leaning over their oars, gasping for breath, their faces still shattered by pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her friends all stared at me, and Maddie shifted from foot to foot, looking like she was in pain. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I need something to make the pain go away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m walking on a sprained ankle, but the pain barely registers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He felt a similar physical pain when he desired her, and he would dream about being inside her, thrusting as deep as he could, to try and discover something that he knew he never would. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Intense, fiery pain pierced the sweaty softness of the skin above her left shoulder. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did I never give her a burning love, inseparable from jealousy at all times, and from sharp pain, while she speaks thus to me! Let her call me mad, let her call me mad!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her pain lost in her fury, she swung at his blade with the remnant of the staff. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The sudden pain in my eyes was so intense, so sharp, I thought I’d die. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, he couldn’t sleep on account of the pain, and he would wake up at three o’clock in the morning, and get out of bed, and rummage around the house, looking for something. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am afraid of pain, of being tormented, even unto death, in giving birth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I forget every single thing in the world, every heartache, every tear, every pain as I watch that performance. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Kendra unconsciously twisted the sleeve of her shirt, a pained expression on her face. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Although I was numb from the cold, the pain seared through me each time, like being branded by a poker. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

On Harry dug, deeper and deeper into the hard, cold earth, subsuming his grief in sweat, denying the pain in his scar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was no longer in pain thanks to proper medication. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Even though his inflexible new boots had chewed his feet into hamburger, Beck kept hobbling upward, day in and day out, scarcely mentioning what must have been horrific pain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Every muscle, tendon, and ligament in their bodies was burning with pain, but they were rowing beyond pain, rowing in perfect, flawless harmony. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The pain stung and my skin turned red, but it was completely worth it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But when the pain finally left my leg, the muscle had quit jerking. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that couldn’t come close to the pain burrowing in my chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Losing on the world stage stings, but I knew in time the pain would fade and I was going to be okay. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He took the pain pills he was offered, gulping them down with plenty of water the way he was instructed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was the unmistakable sound of knuckles hitting flesh: Ron grunted in pain and Hermione screamed, “No! Leave him alone, leave him alone!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Nor do I. I can tell you one human whose error caused me grave pain.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach was on fire; I was shaking with the pain, but I wouldn’t let her take me to a hospital. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I scream after him, feeling a sharp pain, knowing my cut’s ripping wider. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And the nephew of the preacher Ob had needed so desperately to find looked on Ob’s heartbroken face and saw his pain and he reached out and put a hand on Ob’s shoulder. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The knight ran ahead of me, darting in and out of the trees, clutching his side, wrenched with pain. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She forgot pain, forgot fear, forgot the tyrant who stared at the burning mark on her head with dark eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I could hardly stand up I had so much pain. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he thought I was a pain in the bum; there’s no doubt that he thought this sometimes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He plunged Riptide into the giant’s belly then withdrew it and vaulted away, leaving the giant roaring in pain. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’m stunned for a moment, by the pain, by trying to regain my wind, as I see Finnick close off Peeta's nose again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of addressing the pain, I get angry. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He would later recall the lesson he had learned in that bloody valley: “There is nothing more necessary than good Intelligence to frustrate a designing enemy, & nothing that requires greater pains to obtain.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wave of pain receded almost as quickly as it had come. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was easy, with the director taking pains to keep it informal and to encourage me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught Buddy’s arm again and squeezed it until Buddy flinched with pain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of satisfaction as she heard the man hiss in pain. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I hadn't really thought much about the pain Momly might be in. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It happened often: no pain, just a soft deep flutter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped, waiting for another hit of pain. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I just woke up feeling like I don’t want to get married. All this pain, all this pain in my arm makes it seem so impossible somehow.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The pain of it shouts out in all directions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Death was not of any intellectual interest to him at all; when you were dead, you couldn’t react to pain. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled away, the pain from the kick barely registering because I still couldn’t draw air. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

For as long as I can remember, he’s walked with a cane, but it does seem like he’s moving slower and is in more pain than usual these days. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It bent back in a, way wrists weren’t supposed to bend, but I ate the pain, swallowed it down with blood, and became stronger. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I tell them I hardly notice the pain anymore, but Flavius still winces as he drapes a robe around me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Hades watched her walk upstairs as if her every step away caused him pain. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He screamed the tortured cry of an animal in pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had numbed himself, according to Ana, the therapist who Mark and Linda sent him to, so that he wouldn’t feel any future pain. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Happiness would come, Harry thought, but at the moment it was muffled by exhaustion, and the pain of losing Fred and Lupin and Tonks pierced him like a physical wound every few steps. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bernd the engineer squirms in pain, grinding his face into the back of the golden armchair. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She complains to her employer about the pain. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He reached for her hands—her right palm was streaked with blood, but she didn't seem to be in pain. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A thin wavering cry of pain drifted over the walls, and a warhorn sounded off beyond the burning houses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Snape seemed to peer through a haze of pain, and Dumbledore’s words appeared to take a long time to reach him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His breath left and he felt a dull pain in his side that spread, engulfing him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can see the pain tightening on her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But I never talked to them about my own pain. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I screamed out in agony, the pain shooting up my leg was so excruciating. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When she leaned in to kiss me, I turned away as I always did, so her lips were spared the pain of touching my ugly face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Nausea flooded up inside her, and then the pain, the searing burn that shredded up and down her body that she remembered from Flatbush. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He twitched his burned fingers, feeling a throb of pain deep under the skin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A black blindfold appeared over Phineas Nigellus’s clever, dark eyes, causing him to bump into the frame and shriek with pain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to sound as innocent as I might while moaning in pain. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It was only a matter of time before we found you out. Confess, and you will suffer less pain.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

All around us I hear footsteps, shouting, that god-awful shrieking, the twang of arrows being shot, men crying out in pain. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In a way, Rat said, poor Fossie expected it, or something like it, but that did not help much with the pain. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like pain, she thought again, a dull pain on the fringes of the sky. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran felt the pain of the old wound whenever he slipped inside the big wolf’s skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a frightening pain, because he could not see what was happening, and he had the feeling that some mortal injury was being done to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Wormtail, still panting with pain, fumbled in his pocket for a glass vial and held it to Harry’s cut, so that a dribble of blood fell into it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And I started feeling a pain in my chest like I did on the underground because I thought I wasn’t going to be able to go back to Swindon and take my A level. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe his anger had evaporated, but whatever he was feeling now was stronger than before, stronger than pain or frustration or fury. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I moved ever so slightly to spell out father again, and a blinding pain cut through my head. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her simplicity decorated us, her guilt sanctified us, her pain made us glow with health, her awkwardness made us think we had a sense of humor. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pursed my lips, trying to hold in oxygen, but the pain in my chest was increasing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She smiled, clearly in pain, then said to Moss, “You realize how punk rock I look, right?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Helmuth's disgust turns to pain for his mother and disgust for himself. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up on his berth, dizzy with pain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And what happened just before the pain started. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I yelp at the same time I hear her cry out in fear or maybe in pain. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It pained my insides to see, once again, the twisted, scowling white faces with open mouths jeering, clustered about my friend’s head like bouquets of grotesque flowers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desperately, she reached for the lip of the next crate again and gripped it, fighting through an onslaught of pain as the container under her dropped away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So then I’d tell you about the other alternatives to help eliminate the pain. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bending forward slightly, I felt a sharp pain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

More shrieks of pain and confusion rose as the rest of the Midfolk panicked. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see? Each powder has been mixed. So they feel the same way that you do. They feel the same pain.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ain’t never been so careful in my life, but I had also never felt pain like that before either. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A pained, urgent expression was deepening on his face like a plea that Carla did not know how to answer. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Either way, the painting might cause her pain. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The endless circle of revenge: answering pain by inflicting pain. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was the strangest sensation: a burning without pain. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I ran blindly, ignoring the pain in my throat and the ache in my side. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d go back in and shut the door behind them, not allowing us even a peek into our mother’s pain. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In her young life she has seen much of pain and suffering. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The pain spread to her elbows and up to her shoulders, down to her hands and into her chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The pain was so terrible, she couldn’t think. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not sure how to answer his question, because nothing but pain will pour out. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Close your mind! It is full of pain and frustration and hate! I didn’t mean it, I tell you! I tried to help! I told you what you wanted to hear. I had to!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And yet, whenever his pain made him harden his heart against her and bid himself, “Milk the ewe you have; why pursue what shuns you?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed drunkenly, the eruption paining my head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I realize Pop’s talking means more pain, I lie. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nothing was real except his hunger, once a hollow in his stomach but now a deep buzzing pain in every part of him. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odile promised to ring Pop to see if lessons could be arranged, and I cycled back to college with the hope that soon my stomach pains would have reason to vanish. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Katie started a smile but a pain spasm wiped it off her face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without standing, I can tell by the pain in my left heel and my tailbone that I’m injured. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then his right hand begins to burn, the pain sharp and searing, beginning at the scar around his finger and racing up his arm, blacking out every thought in his mind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He felt the beginning of sleep, even among the pain, the quiet dark coming, the soft rolling dreamless rest. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so easy to advise other people to live with their pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If the day-care center suffers only $3 worth of pain for each late pickup, why bother to cut short your tennis game? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The Colonel gritted his teeth, like it pained him to lie. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

That just wasn’t him—and that was one of the many reasons she loved him, even if he was an Olympian-sized pain in the podex. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In their rejection they had formed new friendships, a brotherhood of pain that they could interpret for no one, least of all themselves. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi drew in a sharp breath and fought a sudden wave of pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to focus on their play and push out the image of my mother's closed eyes and pained face. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I felt the tip, imagining the pain it could inflict. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But when he looked at his mom’s smiling face in those photos, the pain of losing her was as fresh as ever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Scythe Faraday’s face was a mask of pain and disbelief. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Instant pain attacked his chest, and the world swam in circles. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

To watch their usually happy, placid baby cry in pain was horrible. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a girl complaining that the pain of not being seen was unbearable. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the attention, but that feeling was soon overcome by pain. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His pain meant he got to spend more time with Mami than any of us did. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was handsome in his gold-and-silver armor, his white cloak streaming from his shoulders, but he sounded like a man in pain, as if every word were a stone he had to pass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It may have been the word home, as well as the pain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The pleasant voice of the answering machine that never had to feel sorrow or pain answered cheerfully, “You have reached the Washington residence. Please leave your number, and have a nice day!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knows all this, which increases his pain and guilt. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Norwood’s two daughters brought their father additional pain by making poor marriages. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her face was distorted with pain, as if the Minotaur were still squeezing her neck. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I fell to my knees and doubled over in a blaze of pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Quicker than a bolt of lightning, it was as if I was going through the same pain and suffering as those innocent twins who were so exploited and mutilated. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

All of the pain and memories of the past filled her so that only tears and shudders escaped her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shrieks of pain and agony filled the air, and the whole countryside cried in mourning as the walking-dead buried their sleeping-dead. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

How will I teach this mind to understand pain? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Why do you plague me about souls? Haven’t I got enough to worry, and pain, and distract me already, without thinking of souls!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Just after midnight on the 4th of February, 1958, I returned home after a meeting to find Winnie alone and in pain, about to go into labor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maester told her the pain was just starting now, and gave her milk of die poppy to help her sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But I knew she was my mother, because I could feel her pain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something powerful moved through her body, and suddenly the pain that had resided in it vanished. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve forgotten the boy’s name, but I remember staring at him dumbfounded and in pain, my lower lip already swelling, my eyes hot with tears. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because if I got trapped in a blaze started by arcing electrical overload in the wall of the garage, the searing pain of losing my mom and dad would go up in smoke with me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I doubt that an instant of blinding pain feels particularly instantaneous. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Yes, Lana. She had a lot of pain. She screamed and screamed until the things left her head and crawled into mine. Then we put her out of her misery.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It boiled out of her: pain and anger and choking, bitter disappointment. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grace caught a hand to the face and crumpled over in pain. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Agony takes over and he’s crying out in pain and I want to stop, to find a better way, but the blackness is rising above the buildings, swelling, rolling at us like a wave. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I could see the pain he had felt by looking at the way his teeth were bared. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’d clipped her right wing and she screamed in rage—or maybe it was pain. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I did,” I said, my heart breaking at the pain in his voice, on his face. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They did not feel any different Then I realized that the pain had gone away. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bell must have noticed the pain in my face because she added, “And you’ll get extra credit because it’s a long book.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Like all the pain in the world, all the sadness and loneliness and heartbreak, is funneled through my mom’s lungs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe a human being could survive so much pain, so much butchery. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain must be all across my face, because Jasmine whispers, “Are you okay, King?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Now all their pain and anger and bitterness poured over him, sapping his strength. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There’s an explosion of pain, white before my eyes, and I crumple to my knees. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mareth’s bat was losing control, Henry was unarmed, Perdita was unconscious, her bat was gasping for air on the ground, Boots was screeching, and Shed was insane with pain and fear. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The camouflage helmet feels like a metal ring around her head, and the rifle, slung over her left shoulder, keeps bumping up against it, making the space behind her eyes reverberate with pain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the rattle of chains as the portcullis was slowly lowered, its spikes sinking deep into the ground . . . and then another sound, a shriek of pain and fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One day it was very hot, and as he was bending over a pool, he felt a burning on the back of his head, and a dazzling light from the water pained his wet eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She cuts the grass bondage after an hour, leaving my fingers stiff and throbbing with pain. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was half open, he winced in pain and lost his grip on the door for a second. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Edward felt a sharp pain somewhere deep inside his china chest. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

A searing pain shot up into my body. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a red glow of pain, he saw Annabeth a few yards away, wandering blindly toward the edge of the cliff. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt had more than just hunger paining him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It always felt like I was waking up from the pain when something in the world outside of me suddenly required my comment or attention. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I thought he was in some pain, either in his back or somewhere else. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They frequently give us pain when re-making our beds, and then are so frightened that they hurt us still more. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tingles when I touch it but is otherwise free of pain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She surreptitiously moved so that her inner arm brushed against her breast and closed her eyes at the needles of delicious pain. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could feel the ambrosia she’d eaten earlier starting to repair her leg, but it still hurt so badly that the pain throbbed right up to her neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The article began by describing Bohr’s becoming entangled in his microphone cord, drawing a pained high-pitched squeal from the loudspeaker. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fine kind of pain,” the captain reassures me, when he comes to check on my condition. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A knee jerked up between his legs and he fell sideways, busying himself with his pain, and the fight rolled over him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Despite the pain pills, his whole body felt raw, the horseshoe in the center of his chest etched in angry purpling bruises. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

What was within their control, however, they took pains to bulletproof, even if it meant stretching—then breaking—their timeline. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And so geologists took every pain they could think of to dismiss his evidence and belittle his suggestions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The giant gave a roar of pain and jumped high in the air. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain reminded him daily that his time on the planet was nearing its end. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Dunbar asked plaintively from the floor, wincing at the vibrating pains in his temples that his voice set up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The pain only allows you to laugh a little. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The old woman had been right, the worst of his pain was definitely gone, but he was still sore. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The look on her face is a mix of girlish excitement and some sort of pain. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z