My palm caught hold of the bin’s side wall, which was now nearly vertical. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Although the vision of the date palms would someday be just a memory, right now it signified shade, water, and a refuge from the war. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cup my palm, imagining a butterfly landing in it, feeling the flutter and life, and I go to a sleeping, remembering, dreamworld. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The air-conditioning was so strong that he could feel it on his forehead and on the palms of his hands, fast-freezing his sweat. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The morning sun was hot; three men were spreading palm fronds on the tarmac, working swiftly and sweating, pushing along large carts piled with fronds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Placing it on his palm he extends his hand to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as Mariam watched Jalil shake these strangers’ hands, as she saw him cross his palms on his chest and nod to their wives, she knew that Nana had spoken the truth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I reach in my jeans to pay him but he holds up his palm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed and palmed the top of my head, wiggling it around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I remember slicing into my palm to add my blood to the coals, my first act of defiance against my father. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Once on my feet, I drop his hand and wipe my palm on my dress as if I can be rid of that feeling. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the palm lay something that Lee could see but not understand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a leather pad called “the beat” that you’d strap to your palm, like a percussion instrument. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I sat feeling nothing but Mama’s fingers pressing my palm, and my own pulse thumping beneath them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Brenner kept knocking, and I slammed my palm against the door to drown her out, matching her rhythm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It took him a long time to reach the bottom and to crouch behind a little dwarf palm. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids stand around waiting, and my palms get all itchy because there is a small group of Black kids standing together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She brushed her palms down the tank top she wore, and combed her fingers through her hair. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I put one of the nuts on my palm and offer it to Jay. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Pas shoulders droop low as he holds his palms together in a gesture of greeting. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clenched her sweaty palms and continued toward the Great Hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The sunlight was slanting now into the palms by the wrecked shelter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

That is, he had washed the palms but not backs of his hands, his mouth but not the eyes of his face. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There she hadn’t been as careful to knock out the glass, and a sliver sliced one palm. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I took the basket with the still-sleeping bird in one hand and my sister’s palm in the other. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Anya put her own hands up, palms out and still, signaling for him to stop. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She’d ripped off the sleeves of her T-shirt and used the cloth to wrap her bloody palms, but her fingers were still slippery and weak. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She lifted Aunt Jimmy’s hand and looked closely at it—fingernails, back skin, the flesh of the palm she pressed with three fingertips. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I brought fresh palm wine for my son. Our best wine-tapper brought it to me this morning.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t realize I’m checking my palms for creeping lesions, eruptions called cutaneous larva migrans, until Grandma gives me The Eye-Roll. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“When it counts,” Kareem breathes into my ear and slips my phone into my palm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The silver Calm Control device, the only thing keeping me out of her head, was still warm when she pressed it into my palm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A child had appeared among the palms, about a hundred yards along the beach. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see him, couldn’t even turn my neck anymore, but just the weight of his palms was reassuring. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The boy—it was hard to think of one so soft and pink as a man—laid the edge of the dagger across the captain’s palm and slashed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My father removes his hat and holds it in his thick, farmer’s hands, the palms caked with grime, soil caught beneath the fingernails. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I palm the back of her neck and rest my forehead against hers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, some varieties of palm tree had edible hearts and some didn’t. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at Darius’s back, my fingernails digging into my palms. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He stretches his hands so his palms cover his eyes and his fingers are covering the top of his head. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire reached the coconut palms by the beach and swallowed them noisily. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the palm of one hand they branded me with a crude horned B. A B that stands for their gang name, LOS BANDIDOS. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I frown a little, eyes tracing the lines in the palms of my hands. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There was no pain and no symptoms, though the middle line in my left palm broke in two. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been many barbecues with the driveway lined with cars and a troop of chauffeurs under the palm trees exchanging news and gossip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We must have been against the palm for almost an hour when suddenly the wind died down and the rain became gentle. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take my eyes off the wooden bat, which she was slapping from one palm to the other. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The schoolmistress lay on the kitchen table, deep in sleep, and Xan kept both palms on the sides of the young woman’s face, concentrating hard. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When Ryan set him on the palm of his hand, he turned his back to the class and sat quivering with rage and terror. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then she did, resting her palm on it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He planted the palms of his hands against his attacker’s chest and pushed, straightening his arms until his muscles strained against the struggling figure above him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Wallace, a naturalist, was more interested in the palm trees outside the caves than the people who had lived inside them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He waded ashore in the last of the light and swung the tarp down and palmed the water off his arms and chest and went to get his clothes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There, under palm trees, the park is full of people. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He and his father share the job of collecting palm sap and fruit for the village’s chief. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pad of his finger traces shapes along my wrist and palm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Poulsson tapped ashes from his pipe into the palm of his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

David presses his thumb into his palm and massages his hand, clearly disconcerted by all the interruptions. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He reached into the pocket of his pants, uncurled Mariam’s fingers, and pushed a handkerchief into her palm. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was saying, “Hm” and tracing the lines of my palm with his finger. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The weight of each balloon, perfect in my palm, full but soft enough to squeeze and mold and play with. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what is going to happen, and my palms itch, but I can’t worry about that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His hands were turned palms forward as if he were giving or receiving something. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I watch helplessly as the spirit takes Elsie’s hand into her shimmering palm. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He squeezed the Bruce Lee tooth in the palm of his hand, peeking at it every few minutes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Next morning, there were two thousand armed men scattered throughout the palm trees at Al-Fayoum. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked at the doorpost with a fingernail and a long splinter the size of my palm peeled away with little resistance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Turu spread his hands, palms down, and moved them out and away from his body, into the distance. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It sickened me to watch him crawl across the filthy cement on his hands and knees, soiling his palms and trouser legs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was pacing back and forth with his palms on his head as if frustrated that he needed to make this speech and, yet, wasn't making himself understood. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My palms grow moist in anticipation of seeing myself on television. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He kept them lying on his knees, palms up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and pressed a palm against either side of the doorjamb, pinning myself in the entrance to the kitchen. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He stood quickly and quietly, wiping his palms against the front of his khaki pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And his fist starts punching his palm with a slow rhythm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But then these electric currents start shooting up my arm, and he is rubbing my palm with his thumb, which makes the currents go shooting through the rest of me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The rain slows, and beads of water collect in the palms of green leaves in the trees, trailing to the edge of each leaf and plopping onto the roof. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She wiped the corner of her mouth with the palm of her hand, licking at the last of the orange’s juice. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A cut on the palm, in other words. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I rubbed some lavender in my palms and snuffed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Eleanor in Accounts, right, she did her test. Looped my weddin’ ring through a strand of my hair and hung it over my palm. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself to the door, slapped her palms against it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A moan escaped him as he pressed his palms against his head, trying to block out something she could not hear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wiped my sweaty palms against my cloak, hoping to keep them reasonably dry for when I shook Devi’s hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The fat bodies are dangling from one of the palm trees, and their previous thin bodies, wispy-looking and dressed in falling-apart bathing suits, are holding hands and walking into the ocean. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His foot slipped and for a moment he dangled above the distant deck with nothing but his slippery palms clinging to the ropes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I opened my hand and she placed the key in my palm. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He returned regularly to feed wire behind the coins stacked up inside, hook the paper, and fill his palms with change. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Bloom shifted, rustled, tapped his pipe out into his palm; the ashes made a sprinkling noise going into the wastebasket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His palm grew icier and icier, until—plunkl— an almost imperceptible whisper of a noise escaped from the jar, and the Owners feet dropped—clonk!—to the ground. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The palms of her hands were orangey-tan and that made me wonder if the soles of her feet were too, but I never saw her barefooted. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He dumped the ashes from his palm into a heavy green glass ashtray piled high with the crumpled remnants of previous cigarettes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They could no longer see the palms of the oasis—only the gigantic moon above them, and its silver reflections from the stones of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still has not forgiven Fifi for "going behind the palm trees." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He slapped the side of the motor with the heel of his palm in frustration. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It sends a shooting pain down into my palm. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He rubs my palm with his thumb like he did two summers ago beneath the stars. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There were carnival rides lining the Pier, palm trees lining the sidewalks, homeless guys sleeping in the sand dunes, and surfer dudes waiting for the perfect wave. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She hung there corpse-like; her hands turned outwards, as, in paintings of Christ, he stands when with gentility he reveals to Thomas the holes torn in his side and palms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at the fingernails hard as her palm skin, and noticed for the first time how shapely her hands were. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apa with his yellow callused palms from gardening all day and then cleaning up the lawyers’ offices at night. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was momentarily confused when the teacher told us to hold out our hands—then stunned when he slapped my and my cousin’s palms with a stick. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the new camp, the nearest thing to friendship comes from the palm tree boy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held her hand over the board and smoothly flattened their palms against each other, interlocking his fingers with hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It slashed into a coconut palm and the tree toppled, but the blast of the storm was so loud Nailer couldn’t hear the collapse. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

James’s mom held her palms up and shrugged, like she was saying, “What can you do?” and ducked back into the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Frank scrambled back as he pressed his palm against the mirror and melted it into a puddle of bronze goo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He leans forward in the driver’s seat, gripping the steering wheel with sweaty palms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The palm tree in my yard keeps trying to stand up in spite of a cold couple of months. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Agnes smiled demurely, pressing the tips of her fingers into Red’s palm and averting her eyes from the Associated Press photographer who was covering the wedding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They held hands and knew that only die coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm would stay aboveground forever. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his hands, palms up, as if inviting me to explain. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Settled in that position, he flattened his palm against the back-in-the-day car’s door. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The top of this was covered with a thin layer of soil and coarse grass and shaded with young palm trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was one of the draccus’ scales, smooth and black, roughly as big as my palm, and shaped like a teardrop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I focused on my breathing, he grasped me by the palm and elbow, and firmly drew my hand back so that it was perpendicular to my wrist. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The palm trees along Wilshire were nice and uniform, like soldiers standing at attention, and the medians were landscaped with flowers and low shrubs. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Pacing the floor of the outer room, her elbows in the palms of her hands, she suddenly heard humming that seemed to be coming from the back of the house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scooped up some of the sand and saw that it was really tiny sapphires that made noises like laughter when I rubbed some of them between my palms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he opened a hand, palm down to indicate the ground, this ground, as he began Story. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He’s vaguely conscious of his weight shifting to his feet, and then the coolness against his palm from the metal of the door latch. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You want to come and live with us?” the palm boy’s father asks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the umpteenth time that evening, Aru glanced at her palm, watching the symbol fade…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But as June grinned at Ivy and pressed their palms together, Ivy’s stomach fluttered again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It's a bright light, and I put my hand under it, palm down. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a palm wine tapper could be seen climbing in the early evening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The light-filled mall, where Tegucigalpa’s well-heeled citizens shop, has beige marble floors, potted indoor palms, air-conditioning, and glass elevators. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The first one I saw fell from a branch and crawled across my bare arm before flopping off and disappearing into the rotten palm leaves. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a picture in Inkheart,” he murmured, raising the palm of his hand over the tabletop as if to conjure up the picture itself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He held his breath and went back to the palm fronds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take her hand with my sweaty palm, and her fingers feel burning hot in my own, like she has a fever, and she immediately tugs her hand away from mine, surprised. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He bounced it in the palm of one hand and then the other; he took another swallow of whiskey. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sat up and rested his chin in his palms. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was a duck that would have fit in the palm of his hand, with a tiny hole in its bill. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I want to slap the palm of my hand against my forehead. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I slide my palm into his, leaning against him to keep the weight off my tingling knee as I inch my way down to a patch of sand below. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I scoop up the sleeping pills and hold them in my palm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His father would float in a sea of white ice, his grandfather atop the white palms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach palm was not in season, but he found another member of the same genus. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With baskets of palm nuts and orchids from the forest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled it up, holding it in the palm of her hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Saidu blew on the palms of his hands to warm them and lay on the floor. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Kainene dipped a finger in palm oil and brought it to her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I'm licking my palm and placing it over the crack. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Team Egg,” he said, sticking his hand out, palm down. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She set the glasses in her lap wearily, placed the letter on top of them, and pressed against her eyes with both palms. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My hand flattens, almost unconsciously, letting the warmth of him seep up through my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Stella squatted by Jojo at the fire, where he was rolling two marbles between his palms, and pulled him close. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There, among more grain silos and a just-passed threat of a tornado, she twisted her ankle and tumbled onto the road, bloodying her palms and knees. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her palms pressed tight against her ears, Sarah bows her head. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

With my free hand I tried to remove Songololo from my waist, and she took the opportunity to grasp my other palm, escorting me along on two legs. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was dense with bronze rust, and its jagged angles nibbled at my palms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe on board the Hispaniola, flying before the wind, mooring by a tropical island with green palms crowding the mountains and bright tropical flowers—real ones—poking out between them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Millions of tiny specks of gold flew out from the center of her palm. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Olanna poured some palm oil into the cooled mixture and stirred and stirred until her arms stiffened from fatigue. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Smiling, he held it in his palm and spoke as though to himself: “Well, I reckon somebody else might like this if you don’t.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She rested her palm against her forehead, and heard another tick as the building shrank tighter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A palm presses to the glass in front of my face, and for a moment as I stare through the water, I think I see my mother’s blurry face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In her palm, I stack up gauze drawn from the basket under the sink. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He chopped the edge of one hand against the palm of the other, answering his own question before Anya or Håkon could. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He holds his palm out, and instantly there are multiple chirps around us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His hand fumbled out and found the baby, and for a moment his palm lay on Coyotito’s head. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but draw them with crooked fingers, weirdly shaped palms, or unnatural bends to the wrists. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His whole head throbbed, his palms were burning. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

At first it just made a scratchy sound and the smell made him cough and remember how he’d got that brown place in the palm of his hand. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put the vase back and turned to face him, her palm loosely folded before her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He yells out and grabs me by my knees with his sweaty palms, but lets go when I kick him in his nose. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons she sat beneath a canvas umbrella with a pencil between her fingers, her accounts laid out on a cedar crate before her, one palm laid against her forehead. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Holding his discovery as carefully as his fingers could, Mario lifted the insect up and rested him in the palm of his hand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one, a young boy is cutting down a cluster of palm fruits with a silver cleaver. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you could just be who you are in here”—I place my palm over his heart—“instead of who they made you, then you would be a great Emperor.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He began to slap the swagger stick into the open palm of his left hand again and again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there, her palm against the glass, staring down at the street. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My fingernails digging into my palms begin to sting. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He kneads the palm of his hand into his eye, clumsily wiping away tears. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"From now on, I'm going to make it my life's work to be the"—I wiped my palm on his lapel—"fly in his hummus." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I held my hand up with my palm out, signaling Juanita to stop talking. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He banged his fist down into his palm. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He and Mom sit with their knees touching, their coffee tumblers still clutched in their palms. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was on my palm off to the side, and I curled my body as I turned and pushed the ball around their center toward Jose. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, my palms would literally start to sweat and my heart would start to race, and I’d start to cry and scream before going to bed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He holds out the stone again and goes to the extent of putting it in my palm and closing my hand to hold it firmly He holds my hand in both of his. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I rub my face with my palms, still groggy. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My palms are itching but I barely feel it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He bent down, pinched them between his fingers, and deposited them in his cupped palm. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I found the sheet and placed it in her outstretched palm. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

On the cover is an island with a single palm tree and footprints in the sand. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

And Dad—Dad is just sitting, palms flat on the table, staring at the floor, shaking his head. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Governor clenched his fingers into his palm. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The strange man raised his palms upwards as well as his hands and the bus jerked forward and gathered speed down the high street. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were ripe palm nuts on that tree for another five days, and David Greybeard visited three more times and got lots of bananas. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I love the feel of her chin in the palm of my hand. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

She sprang up and pressed her palms together in greeting. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Presently, seeing Ralph under the palms, he came and sat by him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But now, when I put my hand on my stomach, I could feel a bumping against my palm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve already “planted” miniature plastic palm trees in the grass, and now I’m strategically placing miniature plastic people holding miniature plastic shopping bags to give it the “vigor of life,” as Mr. Waterman would say. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I love the way he drives with one hand anchored to the bottom of the wheel as he uses his palm to spin it when he turns, like he’s driving an eighteen-wheeler or something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She ran down the steps and out of the square, making for the bright sunlight of the palm tree boulevard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the knife in my right hand and touch the blade to my palm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I particularly loved the palm tree, which made me think I had arrived at some kind of oasis. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he was swept away, a pale gray, raisin-wrinkled hand emerged from the creek, and palmed Flux’s face, as if to pull him under. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The boy and his father often give Met Bong some palm fruit to eat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press my palm to the panel covering the mirror upstairs, and push it aside. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The boy swallowed and wiped his palms against the sides of his trousers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The palm tree boy and his father break into big smiles when they recognize me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were raked gouges in it, next to delicate veined imprints, next to pieces of Bitter’s palm. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As I was talking, she spooned in the chocolate powder and started rolling a small whisk between her palms really fast. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He put his palms against the small of his back and massaged the tired muscles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He counted the squashed carcasses on his palms. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was larger than most, made of sturdy wood and bamboo, with thick thatch made from palm leaves making up the roof. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked my shirt into my pants, planted my palms in my armpits. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

James’s mom held her palms up and shrugged, like she was saying, “What can you do?” and ducked back into the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht lifted his hands, palms up, in a clear message: “What?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was lying in the bed with his head on the pillow, his palms flat under his head and his elbows jutting upward. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even now, the memory of Azaan’s face makes me nauseous, a stain on my conscience like spilled palm wine on linen. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wake to sweaty palms and a pang of guilt in my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He kisses the center of my palm again, and I sigh. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the other edge of the property, a tall palm tree and several smaller, bluish silver eucalyptus trees trembled together in the late-afternoon wind. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I pressed my palms over my eyes as tears squeezed out of them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was enchanted by the city, the warm tropical air, the diverse faces of the locals, the bright pastel colors covering many of the buildings, the swaying palm trees that flanked the streets. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Before resuming the search I spat twice on my right palm and parted the spittle with my left forefinger, watching to see where the most spit went. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside this tiny stream, wherever enough earth collected for root-hold, colonies of plants grew, wild grape and little palms, maidenhair fern, hibiscus, and tall pampas grass with feathery rods raised above the spike leaves. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned one of her hands palm up and, with his thumb, drew little circles where the lines formed a star. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But they finally fell I stayed in the palm another few minutes to rest then slid down. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flip the hair off my face and wipe my eyes with my palms. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I look down at my palms, noticing the pattern of lines. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The palm sapling, bending, pushed the shell across the weeds. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my palms on my pants to try and get the mesh marks off them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mercer held out a closed hand, palm up. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He pressed the blade to her palm and looked up at her, smiling. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Gram,” I whisper, pressing my palm to her name. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Looking at the man, with his crippled foot and greasy ragged tunic tied closed with woven palm fronds, it wasn’t hard to believe he was close to starvation. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he opens his hand, there is a little iron key in his palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I got some shallow scrapes on my palms, and the knees of my jeans were stained green, but it could have been worse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’d been gripping it hard for so long the linen cover had left an impression on her palm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s small, and its claws remind me of the one that landed on my palm at the lake. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She pounds the hamburger with the palm of her left hand to flatten it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I place the paper back in his hand, letting my fingers linger across his palm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then he rests his hand on my lap, opening up his palm for me to take. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He felt the structure of the veins, the pulse of its misfortune, and felt the damp palm with a lifeline cut off at the base of the thumb by the claws of death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They both stared at the T in Calder’s palm. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I picked it up and held it in my palm. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The palms beyond them were still, as if awaiting something. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Byrd presses flat palm to Axel’s round shoulder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My mother put her hand up, palm out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I gripped the red fruit in my palm. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Everyday I go fishing and pick palm fruits for Ma. She is in the hospital. I bring food for her and stay with her through the night. She is getting better.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I roll the pills around in my palm. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She remained in her seat with her accelerating heart and sweating palms, and humbly inclined her head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Paying me no mind, he held the cross in his palm, in such a way that it was illuminated by our little fire while he squinted at it closely. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny lizard, about the size of his palm, crawled out from beneath the sands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hesitating under the straggling fringe of palm fronds, he peered into the shop’s interior, which seemed in deep gloom after the blaze of sun in the road. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He holds his naked hand to his chest, kneading the palm, the flickering light from the fire painting his face in dramatic shadows. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The light breeze tickles the palm trees, and I can hear the crackle of the ocean from down the coast. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

How she knew just when to take my hand in the heart of her palm, holding me tight like she would never let me go. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He removes his hand and there, sitting in the center of Alex’s callused palm, is the signet ring. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I emerge from the kitchen with my head high, as though it’s attached to a golden string, the platter of mousse balanced on one upturned palm. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I roll my tomato between my hands, the prickly stem poking into my palm. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Gran rotated one hand around the other and then turned her palm up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The familiar square shape filled his palm, and he gently squeezed it before letting go. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Lots of hymns, and the Catholic priest saying Hail Marys, and the first-class salon which had really looked a lot like this: dark wood, potted palms, rose silk lampshades with their swaying fringe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I drop the seeds on the table, flicking off the ones sticking to my clammy palm. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I could have it in the palm of my hand in less than a minute. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

But his right palm contracts—not into a fist, into a grip like he’s holding a sword. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Throughout the warm-up period, with only our team in the yard, he kept thumping his right fist into his left palm and shouting at us to be a solid defensive front. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She made her way over on the palms of her hands to give us some oranges, Independence or not. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then June reached out and took Ivy’s hand, wrapping her fingers around Ivy’s palm. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mami opened the window wide, stuck out her hand, and let the snow collect on her palm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” I replied, and crushed the ten-dollar bill into the palm of my hand. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tyler’s palms were sweaty when we held hands, and he wore so much Axe body spray, I would go into coughing fits every time we hugged. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He and Supreme slap palms and end it in a one-armed hug. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She swayed but did not scream, just dug her little fingernails into the palm of his hand. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He struck on the piano one last, wild note, and threw up his hands, palms upward, stretched wide apart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Howard flattened his sandwich between the palms of his hands. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, she glanced at her palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he held out his hand, and the acorn was resting in his palm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself forward along the rope, scratching the skin off the palms of his hands. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was of a strange creature—a pigeon-toed bird with scanty green feathers and red palms. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I saw the cell phone on Dr. Fiona’s belt and signaled to her that I wanted it—I mimed dialing on my palm, then brought the “phone” to my ear. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She could feel the skin on his palms. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the broad boulevard with the palm trees, he told her to look for a little café on a corner, with green-painted metal tables on the pavement outside. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The palm fronds were ignored for a while. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sky was getting its regular afternoon storm organized: wind whacking the palm leaves together, red dust ghosts flying up from the road, little kids running like bansheets for cover. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert rubs his palms on the top of his jeans. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He ate almost all of the fufu and onugbu soup and poured a full horn of palm wine down his throat when his mouth was full of food. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand down on the ground between us, palm up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Take your weight on your palms. Lift yourself; don’t hang. Plant the crutches, then swing through.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a rich brown color, heavy and cool in my palm. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Then he reached in his pocket and pulled out something that he held out to me in his palm. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The wide-open building that serves as church and school was built of concrete-block pillars holding up a roof of palm thatch and billowy clouds of scarlet bougainvillea. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Away from the house, near Doña Ana’s, the latrine with palm frond walls under a zinc roof was hidden from the road by hibiscus bushes and an avocado tree. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dad caught Mom’s hand and kissed her on the palm, which made her laugh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She just kept tracing the Sanskrit symbol on her left palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Uhmma traced the line with her cat-tongue finger, tickling my hand as it moved from the heel of my palm up to the base of my middle finger. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

From New York to Charleston stretched all the way down my fingers to the palm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets a tiny paper scroll, no bigger than a cowrie shell, in her palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In a fraction of a second she had dug out the shell and held it in the palm of her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A small gray bird swoops over his palm without taking anything. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She walks quickly into my room, portable phone to her ear, her palm so tight around the receiver, I can see the veins on the top of her hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I reach for Pithy s arm, then jerk my hand back as my palm touches something wet and sticky on her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only sound he could hear came from the regular, quiet breaking of delicate waves from the beach beyond the palm trees at the edge of the garden. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With an open palm, Anya smacked the wood of the door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning; in each right hand there was an axe; upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

What the patients lacked was the valet silently pushing them in the right direction, adding that little emotional extra—the prickling of the palms—to make sure they did the right thing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One of his broad palms flattens over Alex’s hip, and Alex inhales sharply, either at the touch or at hearing Henry finally say it out loud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know,” Papa said, holding out his palms as if to prove they were empty, as if to prove he was not trying to trick her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Here,” she’d said, and Izzy had known what it was before she even felt the crinkle of the plastic wrapper in her palm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He laid the new ball in the palm, pressed glove and ball together, and the glove remembered and gave way and made a pocket for the ball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the fountain, I sit on a bench and bite my lip and dig my fingernails into my palms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his palm to reveal three cigarettes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Kurtz and Karl Marx joining palms to greet rich guests as they stepped off the boat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance a beautiful island covered with palm trees and flowers beckoned invitingly from the sparkling water. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than commenting on that, he lets another “snowflake” land on his palm, studying it for a few moments. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I forgot the naan,” she says, slapping her palm to her forehead. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was clear that I was unused to bleaching palm oil, that I was used to vegetable oil, which did not need bleaching. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The slap made a loud smacking sound, the palm of his thickfingered hand connecting squarely with the meat of Laila’s cheek. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were high walls on either side, with the tops of palms and acacias showing above them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Jalil guided her, one palm cupped around each of her shoulders, through the same gates outside of which, two days before, Mariam had slept on the sidewalk waiting for him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I priced their palms, two for a dollar. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Sadie opened it, smoothing the yellowed paper beneath her fleshy palms. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though the palm trees are heavy with fruit, I see no people climbing to get it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me a new one for my other palm, eyes still narrowed, but maybe, just maybe, softening at the edges. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The wires cut her palms, she gripped them so tight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She held three tiny orbs in her palm. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But in a few minutes, he placed several lengths of palm fiber across my lap. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was still so much time left for the sun to come out that José Arcadio Buendía was still dozing under the shelter of palm fronds that had been rotted by the rain. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Zu sat on the floor, her pink palm facing up toward Chubs’s squinting eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Harrison holds a palm up and closes his eyes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then he slapped his hat into the palm of his hand a couple of times. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Oh, yeah, I said, holding my arms out and turning my open palms upward. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her palms itched, and she had a brief impulse to slap the older one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Put your hands up,” I tell Madge, and pull her palms together side by side. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He drank his palm wine and poured another. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at the shiny metal in my palm. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He put the palms of his hands against his ears and danced sideways for a while, and then backwards, and then did an erotic thing with his hips. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Broken glass and charred palm trees along the sides of the roads. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her hands lie open on the pale blue blanket, palms up, fingers slightly curled. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was on the flat of the seraph’s palm, barefoot, and she was hovering in the window of the Godslayer’s bedroom, and she was perched, light as a petal, on the dreamer’s brow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I slam my palm against the wall in front of me, expecting the pane to break. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They are equipped with buttons in my palms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at the little calcified seashell in my palm, then at the huge mountain of dung. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Doris was staring at her computer screen, cradling in her palms a mug that said I V FLORIDA. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Way high up there with the sunlight falling reddish-brown on the palm trunks and the boys’ narrow limbs, they look beautiful. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to keep moving, but it felt nice sitting there with the woman now earnestly massaging my palms in a way that was so sweet, even though it seemed strange, too. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He came to the stove and spread his hands palm down above the firebox. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t see you palm it. And I don’t know how you did that last bit.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The sun was beating down on us, and I thought it might be nice to stay there forever with him just running his finger along my palm like that. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We had been there awhile when a wave that must have reached halfway up the palms crashed against us. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s colder than a billy goat’s butt today,” Tony said, slapping his palms together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Aru raised her hand and the ball zoomed into her palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I reach my hands over the tray and quickly brush the bits of cookie from my palm and fingers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, taking a deep breath, she exhaled slowly through her palms and an incredible, soothing heat bloomed along my forearm, just on the edge of painful. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The gray glass marble from the bottom of the toy box sat, dully, in the pink palm of her hand. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She places her palms together, curls of smoke from her cigarette rising over her fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They flew in tandem to the palms and ficus trees on Barro Colorado Island and came to rest in black mangrove trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Cain closes Marcus’s hands over his blade, pressing until blood drips from his palms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He began to trim some palm fronds with firm strokes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They floated, her palms little ragged cups bobbing on the surface, the water weaving in and out of her fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My palms start biting at me, and my mouth feels like I sucked on cotton balls. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

TJ wore satisfaction on his face like good lotion, and Jasmine wore confusion on hers like she'd been slapped with a gluey palm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at the soft haystack of hair cupped in my palm. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her bare feet moved swiftly over the cool metal of the angel’s palm, as though she were trying to keep up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He remembered her wine-carrying ceremony in Umunnachi about three years ago, how plump and bubbly she had been and how he had drunk so much palm wine that he had nearly dropped the infant Baby. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

The gum bends, wilting from the heat of my palm. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He will cover the signal meter with his palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When we're settled, I take her right hand and press my money into her palm. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck flicked Radar off, slammed an open palm against the locker next to me, and walked away. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I raise mv hand and take his in mine and kiss his palm. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the pills in my palm and was reminded of that afternoon when Charles had given me ibuprofen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Tasting from a cupped palm, she frowns; as usual, there’s something missing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My heart started to race, and my palms grew damp. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls the razor clam out; its oblong body fits perfectly in the palm of his hand. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I focused my thoughts on sunny beaches and palm trees as I finished the enchiladas and put them in the oven. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The weak observe the rituals—take their hats off, put them on again, raise their arms, lower their arms, moan, intone, press their palms together—but no one harbors unreasonable expectations. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam hit the gas as hard as he could, slamming his palms down against the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He’d never lost his love for sleight of hand, and he graduated from palming coins to cards, cups, wallets, and watches. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My dad has been quietly rubbing his palms for the last few minutes, not saying a word. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And then something peculiar happens: fingers lace with mine, and a palm presses to my palm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He stared at the palm of his own hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know? Mrs. Brenner does palm and forehead readings on the side.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like crazy windmills, the two of us smack each other’s palms. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

We’re on the premises of what was formerly a plantation, so the house is surrounded by lovely groves of orange trees and coconut palms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the fish and held it to the light in the palm of his hand for a thorough examination. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he handed me the hoe and held his hands out from his sides, palms up, to illustrate the heavenly balancing act. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile back, but as soon as we get upstairs, my palms get sweaty. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He motions to the other guards to keep their guns away, moving his palms down, like he’s pressing the air. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was easier when I saw a stick, because I could rub my palms together and tighten the muscles of my calves in preparation. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d begun to back away when he seized my wrist and folded it, curling my fingers and palm into a spiral. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I pressed the pen between my hand and Miss Volker’s twisted palm and together we managed to slowly scrawl her name, letter by letter, as if we were receiving it from a Ouija board. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I squeezed the shell and felt it dig into the pad of skin on my palm. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minerva was in the hitch now almost permanently, banging on its side with an open palm when she had to get out to take a bathroom break. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

El Jefe’s two-story concrete house sat on top of the mountain above a cluster of little palm huts that seemed to be barely holding on to the cliff. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gazed upon my hands; upon the knuckles, and upon the palms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” I’ll say, looking at her across the street, my chin in my palm, “no bad dreams. Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed something heavy and cold and thin into my palm. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’m eating it like popcorn, gorging off my palm, when I see a figure in the dark. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fish glittered blue and green as it wriggled in his palms. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do the same, though my ticket is a little crumpled and splotchy from my clammy palms. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I smooth my palms over the sides of my head, like I’ve seen other cats doing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged his palms down over his face, as if he were wiping water from it, and looked up at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the edge of my bed and cover my eyes with my palms. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He’d taken off his gloves and was running his bare palms over the stones. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the same breath, her palm hit his left arm, knocking it aside, too. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He picked up the little body, cradling it in his palms, and found his tears flowing fast. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One swat of the board was enough to blister the palms, but Bones didn’t seem to feel it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shimmery, blurry arms swirled around with mine, and she placed a kiss in the center of my palm and closed my hand around it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So first he got everyone to make small palm trees out of green and brown construction paper and tape them onto the corners of each desk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One after another, thin jets of warm water struck Laila’s hair, then her palm when she raised it to shield her face. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was the volleyball shot: Martha bent horizontal to the floor, reaching, the palms of her hands in sharp focus. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The handle of the dagger fitted into her palm like an old friend. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He planned also to coat the beach with fallen oak and maple leaves to signify the fact that Columbus landed in autumn, even though live palms and dead deciduous leaves were not precisely compatible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As her small fingers rested in his palm, a warm, satisfied fullness settled through Fadi’s body. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Only the streets aren’t covered in snow, and the trees here are palms, not fir or pine. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I wipe my sweaty palm on my pants and look at the woman through the corner of my eye. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cuevas too, who had seen Rosa come into this world and knew her like the palm of his own hand, was taken aback at the sight of her nude body. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Citra pulled out her phone and projected a series of holograms into her palm, cupping it so no one but Rowan could see. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to see the world?” she’d say, rolling out the dough for pierogi and then spanking it with her palm. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had even pushed the cots together to form one bed and smoothed their sheets with her palms. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This sums up almost everything I know about SouthernCalifornia: palm trees and sunshine and beaches. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my palms against my bouncing knees instead. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was staring at her right palm, some of her long dark hair spilling in front of her pretty brown face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her palms are a little sweaty, and her heart is beating a bit fast, but it’s just her and Luke here, and everything’s okay. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Great sacrifice, great rewards!” he said then, letting both hands fall heavily from the shoulders, and with all my soul I coveted the delicious weight of goodness he cradled in those palms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground beneath them was a bank covered with coarse grass, torn everywhere by the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered with decaying coconuts and palm saplings. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You be careful, now,” she says, and she kisses her palm and pretends to blow it in my direction. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He is making my palms itch and my stomach hurt. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We all watch as it pops between his palms, his hands hardly moving, as if he’s making it jump with his mind. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Behind a potted palm tree there was a slot machine. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She kisses her palm and pats it to my forehead. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His velvety lips brushed my palm in a comforting manner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But it was lips that touched her, not the palm of a hand. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I added them to my “available and edible” list and clomped on, the plastic compass pressed into my palm now like a toy talisman. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They slapped palms and By said, “Yeah, you know it will.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at the beginning of time, and a river ran outside Yo's window, bordered by cypresses, willows, great sweating ferns, thick stalks and palms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A small hole, blackened as if with pencil lead, pitted the center of my right palm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He struck the wall one more time, only this time with an open palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

From his palm, a ribbon of black spilled out, snaking across the floor and seeping into the walls. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pay was light, but the tips dropped in my palm fast as pecans in November. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teeth Man rolled the tooth around the palm of his hand, examining it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The designs on my palms would take hours to dry, but tomorrow the deep brown Seema painted on would transform into a brilliant orange. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And then our hands reached out, palm to palm, joining our lifelines. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archer made the sign for the book, flapping his open palms like wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Not much longer now,” says Frau Elena, her palms out in front of the stove as the water refuses to boil. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She planted a kiss on her palm and pressed it to the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She put her palm against the black egg, fingers spread gently across the curve of the shell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Freddie pulled a puck out of his back pocket and slapped it down in my palm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kanue patted the air with his palms, gesturing to Mandela to calm down. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

There, in front of him, where the small stars had been the night before, was an endless row of date palms, stretching across the entire desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d waited too long to wash off the pitch, and it had set across her palms like a brand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We did not hold our prayer books or rosaries in palmed hands. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hand her a rock and she stands, palm up, like she’s not sure what to do. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Astonishing to think that these tiny pods rolling around in the palm of my hand mean the difference between life and death. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He takes one of Alex’s hands and turns it to press something small and heavy into his palm. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She spat the bite of Adulthood into her palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Listen, Reyna -’ Michael rubbed his palm across his forehead, like it might wipe away his headache - ‘I don’t like this any more than you do. But I have my orders.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We were looking at our hands, entwined, and he was drawing patterns along my palm, and I could hardly breathe as he left trails of fire along my skin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In her palm w'as a ring of watery blue sapphire, a gift from her mother, who had died many years before. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The palm branches acted as buoys, helping to lift the heavy canoes up high enough to keep the water from rushing over the sides. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the charcoal between her palms and as she did so she described the sort of husband for whom she longed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was that much sweat, pouring down my arms and forearms and from my palms. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His blood was on my palm and my wrist. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Kavi puts all three dragons in her palm and lifts them to her mouth to give each one a kiss. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The blond policeman steps forward, palm on the door, leaving me with the choice to either let him in or smash his arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hrothgar balanced it on the palm of his hand and considered it doubtfully. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Eye looked at us with his brow furrowed, as if he were trying to make up his mind about something, and then he put out his huge paw, palm up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thrust myself upon him, tapping my breast violently, then turning my palms upward, demanding his attention. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Henry smoothed the crumpled map against the table with the flat of his palm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, I took out the Beta Capsule and held the small metal cylinder in the palm of my avatar’s hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His fist was clenched so tightly his fingernails were cutting into his palm. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Nathan pressed his palms into the soft beach sands to stand up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was a good meal and I licked my fingers, enjoying the rich palm oil. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

Activist pastors from South Korean churches invented the escape trade in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hiring border operatives who greased the palms of North Korean guards with cash donated by parishioners in Seoul. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His right hand, though it had been salved and bound, was burned on palm and fingers. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You think his hair is red down there, too?” she says, cupping me in her palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Holding out little gifts he had made for her, flat on the palm of his hand so that she could take them without touching him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men sat on benches beneath trees, drinking palm wine from cow horns and cloudy glass mugs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the fine print, my palms getting sweaty even at this tiny amount of confrontation. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The first time we walked through the school doors and down the hall holding hands, my palm was so sweaty it kept slipping away from David’s. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I pull my phone from my pocket and search for palm tree images to guide me as I draw its leafy head. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On one side of the yoyo there was a palm tree which the Filipino had carved at Ignatius’ request. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hooked each gambler up to a machine that measured the activity of the sweat glands below the skin in the palms of their hands. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He knelt and picked up some pebbles, and weighed them on his palm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The human man wraps it twice around his palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stand still, and it lands on Jeremy’s palm, pecking at the seed while giving me sidelong glances. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I kept ten of them tucked into my moist palm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the pin and rolled it against my palm. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers, a small bullet of sound breaking against his palm. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Nicasia held my hand above the baby’s face and tucked my thumb, ring, and little fingers into my palm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I bang my forehead with the heel of my palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Axel slaps the window, just like Lark did a moment ago, open palmed. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My own palms were slick and sticky, my feet stuck to the floor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sit forward and wipe my palms off on my slacks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Archer closed his fingers over his palm where the boy had touched him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They lay open, palm upward, on the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He caught up with it and smacked his palm on the door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Genie had run inside, his palm to his eye, and stepped right into Ma and Dad’s crossfire over how she was feeling neglected. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As the soldiers took her away, Davi turned around many times to see both her parents still on the ground, palms together, praying for her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wandered for a while, keeping the date palms of the oasis within sight. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his hand on the seat with his palm facing up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She cupped the medicine bottle in her palms, surveying the creature within. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Boots heard the word and came over holding up her palms, which were still dyed purple from the marker. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She takes my hand and turns it so that the blue dot on my palm is facing up. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It hurt, and Shadow clutched the Liberty dollar tight in the palm of his hand, and waited for it to be over. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then he presses a finger lightly to my palm and signs his name against it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You mix the cowpea flour and palm oil, then you steam-cook for hours. You think you can ever get just the cowpea flour? Or just the palm oil?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Taryn made an odd, high keening noise and slapped her palms over her mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And a moment later he was on the grass under the palm trees, and a second or two afterward Lyra followed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow palmed it in his right hand, classic palm, then produced it from between his third and fourth fingers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Their grip was solid, and there was the blood from Carl’s cut palm in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

That was where whitemen leaned out of motor cars with folded dollar bills peeping from their palms. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers pressed against my palm like slivers of ice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The major picked up the length of rubber hose and began tapping it menacingly against his open palm. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He closed them in our palms and told us to always be well. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A single white flake landed on her palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were palm trees— real palm trees with sturdy trunks. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shook, as did the palm fronds on it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I flexed my fingers and stretched my palms until my hands mostly worked again, then started pulling off my wet clothes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The lifelines in my father’s palms were named after Caroline and me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He slammed his fist down on the pulpit, which caused all the dried-up palm fronds to shift suddenly sideways and begin falling forward, one at a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabia is quiet for a minute, staring at the palms of her hands. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I take it and roll it back and forth on my palm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could only guess they’d somehow climbed high into the palms. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time, after sundown, I stand in the dark, held in the palm of night. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her palms felt sweaty, and she wiped them on her jeans. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Frankie turned his attention back to the ledger, but by the way he tapped the fountain pen’s cap against his palm, I could tell he was mulling the situation over. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kainene steered with a careless confidence, past potholes on the road, past palm trees stripped of fronds, past a thin soldier pulling along a thinner goat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She billowed through the door and she looked at Abra, elbows on the table, holding her cheeks between her palms. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He balled his right hand into a fist and hit it against his left palm. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You kill me. This is serious. When that scout from Duke shows up, you’re going to be the first in line, squeezing his palm. All stupid smiles and clean-cut.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s the size of my palm and twinkles in its case like a tiny star. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Now maybe you better take the girlf home. In the new upcar. With the keys I just held out in my palm like a gift. Oh, because it was a gift.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Happy? With another man’s child palmed off on him? I don’t see it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel opens his clenched fists, palms to the sky, and lets the light rain tap against him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She does this very animated shrug, palms up and everything. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There within his palm was a small ivory monkey, only two inches high. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of her palm, the creases are still strong. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The veins in his sweaty palms were hard and swollen and painful. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he played with them, twirled them around a big finger, caught them in his meaty palm. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My phone starts buzzing in my back pocket, which is currently right underneath Ben’s palm. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I cup my hands and let Mirren pour the rocks into my palms. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Potted palms flanked a grand entrance, but the doors stood wide open. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Pilar makes fun of Lourdes in her uniform, of the way she slaps the nightstick in her palm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the trademark symptoms of fear: sweaty palms, racing heart, tightness in my chest, dry mouth, a lump in my throat, difficulty breathing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sass paused only to buy two palm leaf fans, giving me one. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He laid Lyra on the enormous palm, and she gazed up at the giant with perfect confidence, and Pantalaimon sang like a nightingale. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was laughing out loud “for no apparent reason,” hitting himself in the head with an open palm. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned back to me, she picked up my hand and ran her thumb against my open palm. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The ten-dollar ferry is in the middle of the road, and palm trees have fallen to the side. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sweat breaks out on the palms of my hands, beading up through the ointment, and I do my best to pat them dry on my shirt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I bend down and press my palms to the rail, closing my eyes to focus on the feeling of the metal beneath my hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I place my palm on the headstone’s face, and it’s the closest I’ll come to holding her hand. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He saw that when he gave her gifts they no longer needed to be offered flat on the palms of his hands so that she wouldn’t have to touch him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Cuckoo answered at once, “Ah, and that was Liu, the grain dealer. Ah, he was a good man! He left silver in my palm whenever he saw me.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I hold my hands above me, my fingers fanning out in a delicate performance, my palms coming together, warm and smooth. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She takes off her shoes and socks and places them neatly in the shade of a palm tree and runs straight for the water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I promise, no harm will come to you,” she says, holding out her hands, palms up. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It had a cloth back and a shiny metallic palm. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It fit perfectly in Bob’s palm, but it decided to explore. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He lunges for me and lifts his palms in one quick movement, cackling triumphantly as he crashes into me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When these breezes reached the platform the palm fronds would whisper, so that spots of blurred sunlight slid over their bodies or moved like bright, winged things in the shade. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He held up his palms like: What are you doing in there, Jackson? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He hands me the gun and drops two shells into my other palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Out of sticks, palm fronds, salvaged shoes, glittery jewelry, two suitcase wheels, and evening gown scraps, Taylor had built a found- object beauty queen sculpture upon which she placed a scrawled sign for a sash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

That done, she had to go about making a charm out of a piece of blessed palm taken from the altar on Palm Sunday. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the cold of the blade before I saw it, and sensed the blood even before I glimpsed the red streak staining my palm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The dealer tapped a flashlight against the palm of his hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a small child pounding the glass with his palm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Her back was to him, and he watched her while she took down a bright, figured vase, filled with flowers only on the most special occasions, and emptied the contents into her palm. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Aunt Consuelo hit the table with the palm of her hand. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She turns her palm up and flakes of glue fall between her fingers, disappearing onto the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I see deep, parallel gashes across the palm, blood dripping, staining the snow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my hand shut to crush it but it got in another sting on my palm. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I offered it a bit of dorado, it pecked it out of my hand, jabbing the palm. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, God,” she whispered into the palm of her hand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over again, ordinary Germans greeted them by extending their right hands palms down and shouting, “Heil Hitler!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He got down on one knee to pick up the pieces of the wheel, dropping the larger half in his palm, pinching at the smaller piece with his fingers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Every time the mirror fogged over, I had to clear it with the palm of my hand, which didn’t really help. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Under Ralph's direction, they picked a careful way along the palm terrace, rather than dare the hot sand down by the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Discarded pieces of zinc, chicken wire, cardboard, torn sheets that Mami had given us, and dried palm fronds formed the walls of our very own barrio under the house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once I felt her palm on mine, it only took a minute for us to make our way down together. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I cleared a space in the center of my room and practiced the crab pose for so long the carpet began to burn my palms. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ollivander held out a trembling hand, and Harry placed the two barely connected halves into his palm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One palm was curled in the other, and he occasionally gave it a mournful lick. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It does, dear. But it is probably best to leave it shuttered while—” Marie-Laure is already standing atop the bed, running her palms along the wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Three weeks after everyone else had left, Bobby was still at the Miramar, just steps from the ocean, surrounded by gardens and palm trees, breathing in the pungent smell of eucalyptus. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her palms were cold and sweaty, and she was dizzy. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

After sunrise the bees would come out and I discovered that by slapping my two palms together smartly I could kill a bee. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And talking is just easier now, and it’s easier than not talking, and everything I say is the right thing, and he nods and laughs and presses my palms. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I turn to my other side to face Hannah, palm up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I slip my hand into Amma's, where it feels safe tucked inside her palm. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I watch as the last boy pinches some of the herb and arranges it on a rectangle of paper in his palm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden breeze shook the fringe of palm trees, so that the fronds tossed and fluttered. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A small tree, something that looks native to the palm family, sprouts from behind the woman, distracting me further: Do palm trees grow in New York? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But Will didn’t touch the knife: he held his palm close by, and the heat was still too great for his hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Shirley earned three dimes that shone in her palm as brightly as medals for valor. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pressing my palms into my eye sockets, I concentrate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And because this was hip-hop, the crew would do that thing where you shoot your arm out in front of you with your palm flat, bopping it up and down to the beat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I see her fingers curl into her palms, making fists. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she’d tried to touch him since she’d cleaned his wounds two weeks before, and his shirt was damp with sweat, his skin hot under her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tristran let the chain fall into his palm: it felt like quicksilver. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The citadel’s sickening lurch, the helpless silk-on-mesarthium glide down the seraph’s slick palm, flailing wildly for something to hold on to and finding nothing, and then...falling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He slides his hands beneath my shirt, and the warmth of his palms on my back makes me giddy. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And so they spent hours there, watching the birds come and go, feeding them from their palms, exulting in the familiarity that allowed the birds to land on their arms and shoulders. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The pad on the inside of his palm lusted for the gripe of the hilt His whole arm remembered the balance of Joyeux and wanted to wag him in the air. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed a bridge filled with people sitting on the ground, holding up signs and open palms. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I sat by myself, covering my face with the palms of my hands to hold back my tears. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Why am I no longer favored with Jesus’s blood?” she says, regarding her open palms with despair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It still wasn’t far enough; his hand dropped between us, but I felt the warmth of his upturned palm brush my shoulder as if it had actually rested there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He watched how I examined my nails, curling my fingers into my palm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Longstreet, lifted his palms out, folded them softly, slowly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was fringed with palm trees, magnificent gardens, and concealed but nonetheless imposing outbuildings in which the family indulged its various hobbies. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The largest shard was the size of his palm. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She hit the ground hard, skidding on her palms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He can’t drive a car,” Genie said sharply, flipping the toy truck in his palm. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I feel the pressure of his palm even after he’s gone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Biff spread out the palms of his hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He put his palms to his face to try to cool himself off. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It finally got so compelling that I was forced to grip my fingernails into my palms in order to control it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I do not understand the appearance of the blood on Therese’s palms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Bright sun, I missed you so,” Julie whispered, and her palms felt vibrant with life. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped Kabuo’s fishing gaff harder and only afterward, when the battery was in the well, did he put his palm to his mouth and hold it there, taking back his blood in silence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As if to prove it, Seven dribbles using the palm of his hand. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But Roger had whipped behind the palm again, was leaning against it breathing quickly, his eyelids fluttering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I think it’s supposed to be South America, because there are palms behind her and swarthy waiters in white tuxedos. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take my eyes off the wooden bat, which she was slapping from one palm to the other. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Moxley Sorrel was on his feet, pounding his palm with a clenched fist. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her fingers around his and touched his palm with her thumb. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Along the shore was a historical district with tall mansions, palm trees, and wrought-iron fences. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For hours she watched the rapid sequence of textures that flapped like streamers outside her window: vast latifimdios, provinces of royal palms, black mountains encircled with clouds. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom cradled the phone, and, bowing his head, pressing his palms against his eyes, he shed a few quiet tears. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cover it with my palm, trying to get rid of this heartsick feeling. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I opened my hand so he could see that I had been spitting them into my palm. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The ancient, giant mahogany trees, all the trees, the game, everything of the forest was being destroyed, and the land was forced to lie fiat, he said, and bare as the palm of his hand. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fruit falls out of trees right into his open palms. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When they were younger, the sisters used to joke that they would likelier be virgins than find a palm tree in their neck of the woods. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy stepped forward, and Mr. Fleming laid it in his palm. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A bland, phlegmadc smile hung on his brown face with its heavy- bearded cheeks, and he was buffing the facets of his bald head gendy with the palms of both hands. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

These she alternately chewed and rolled between the palm of her hand and her thigh. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were met by mortar and machine- gun fire from straight ahead in the battered palm trees. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like strawberries, peach palm throws out adventitious shoots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He slipped his library card into Sierra’s book and palmed hers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He turned his palms toward the mother to show her that he meant no harm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She takes a piece of crumpled paper from her pocket and flattens it against her left palm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The mutilated spider, advancing itself haltingly on its surviving legs; he picked it up and held it in the palm of his hand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The baby toddled to the window, pressing a chubby palm against the glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He put his hand to one side, palm up, for a gift. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was pressing her palms into her thighs as hard as she could. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert Nightingale took off a glove, and Joseph flinched, thinking he was going to slap him with it, but he placed his cool palm against Joseph’s burning forehead. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“No!” she cried, clenching her toes, cupping the air with her palms, anything to keep herself on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And the thought of seeing that, of seeing what could happen to gender-nonconforming people, made Andrew’s palms grow slick with fear. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The runners went to Jockey after they were done with their races, and he dropped a piece of ginger cake onto their palms, no matter what they placed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Caleb grabs my hand, squeezing my palm so tightly it hurts, but I don’t let go. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The traffic began to clear a little, and she waited, rubbing the scar on her right palm. and took a step forward into the light. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He leans against the pulpit stone here and holds his palms up and raises his eyes to the white shining roof of water above us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She saw now that she could not tell him about the books she had loved any more than she could make him see the palm trees swaying under a brilliant blue sky. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He got on the bike, the knife pinned precariously between his palm and the handlebars. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at the lovely letters she had made for a moment before slapping down her open palm in the middle of them and rubbing them all away. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He wraps it around my palm and squeezes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My palms felt his last breath move inside him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sit on the stoop of this daycare and press my palm against my aching rib cage. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her left knee was scraped and skinned, and the palm of one hand she had thrown out to stop herself was a mess of scraped skin and grit. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He ate an olive and spit out the pit into his palm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He ignored the violence in the gesture and kissed her moist palm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Jake tore the note to pieces and rolled the fragments between his sweating palms. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I tilted my head towards his voice, so that I held my face in the palm of one hand, listening. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Later my sons set upon it like apprentice palm readers, trying to divine the fate of their world from the lengths and curves of its rivers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front yard had a palm tree, and the backyard had orange trees that grew real oranges. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

John shouts, slamming his open palm on the table. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A set of doll-house teacups, anchored to a diminutive tray, trembled in the palm of her hand. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white part of the room got calmer the more serious it got, but a tongue storm struck the Negroes like wind among palm trees. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her mother fell to her knees, palms together, and pleaded with them not to take her only daughter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Zola’s palm is a small granite rock, which she balances on the stone wall. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Broken trees and fractured palm leaves littered the sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Now I have to hope that the bulge on my palm isn’t too noticeable. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like, holding holding her hand, their fingers tangled up instead of wrapped around their palms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You can have your palm read by Madame Myrtle, the park’s psychic. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My thoughts go to the necklace at my throat, the sting of my own palm against my cheek, the sound of Oak’s laughter. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Artemis tried the doorknob and got a scorched palm for his trouble. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My palms got all sweaty and my heart beat fast, and I told myself I was just excited. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ignatius slammed the telephone down, pressed a quarter into the palm of his still sniffling, blinded mother, and waddled to his room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the book from my hands and put her palm against the back of my neck. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I feel my palms grow moist and rub them on my pants. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I demonstrated: shake, slide back palm to palm just a bit, and then snap. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Coach put his hands up, palms facing me as if to stop me from even thinking about responding. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He cuts roses that have blooms as big as my palms. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Still crouching low and hidden from little Ellis’s view by the end of the bed, the doctor unfolded the towel and spread it over the palm of his left hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “Now spit in your palm—like this—that’s right. Now you give me your hand—see?—squidge the spit all together. Now rub it dry on your hair.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she lifted her head and touched the letter again, gently stroking the page with her palm, as if she was trying to draw the words into herself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

From his palms water always poured, even after we married. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns it over in her palm and says more to herself than to me, “It’s time.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was strong on his tongue, the kind of concentrated palm wine tapped in the dry season that made men in his village start to stagger too soon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He held out his hand, and Scrimgeour leaned forward again and placed the Snitch, slowly and deliberately, into Harry’s palm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She gripped it tighter, until its edges dug into her palms and the flesh of her cheek, and then she took it with her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then he reached his right hand into his pants pocket for the jar, squeezing the icy chill out of his palm. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Blood dripped from between his palms as if he were crushing cherries. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A sliver bit into my palm and I couldn’t stop the tears. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard cranked the handle of a telephone, and under a minute later a fresh-faced young priest came hastening into the gatehouse, wiping his palms on his robe in case she wanted to shake hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the other side, a baby palm tree sloped toward the sun. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma could have sworn she felt the crooked heart against her palm, even though it was just a Sharpie drawing on plastic and perfectly flat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He turns his head so his cheek lands in my palm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mom ran her palm over my curls, her face grim. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the center of the hand’s palm, a blue eye stared out at Anya. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She lay in the center of her bed and dug her fingernails into her palms so hard they left a row of half-moons, to keep tears from falling. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He undressed he painted his body the whorls of flesh the soles of his feet the palms of his hands the top of his head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the outstretched palm of Jesus, I see it—a plain, nonglittering rock. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sits facing out—rosy-coloured pot-bellied, crowned and smiling—three hands holding various objects, the fourth held palm out in blessing and in greeting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the calluses on her palm and fingers from all the time she'd spent weapons training with her mom. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I walked into the room, which had been converted from an office space into a fabulous nightclub for the evening, with pink spotlights, zebra-print sofas, palm trees, cocktails, and a delicious Indian buffet. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Until this one night my dad threw a big map on the kitchen table and ironed the creases from the Eastern States with his palm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

Everyone else dug in their pockets and dropped their findings into John John's cupped palm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

His heart pounds against my palm, and my own heart lifts. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The plastic shopping bags were cutting into her palms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

This time, I was able to take it out and hold it in the palm of my avatar’s hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then he picked it up, his fingers light and cool against Will’s palm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The onion was small, but he ate it, thankful for part of Heqet’s lunch at noon, then poured the crumbs carefully into his palm and licked it clean. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I turned away from her and stared at the curtains, which were pushed to one side and were printed all over with little palm trees. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to see around that big palm tree. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The horse smelled the sugar, and the prickles from his chin tickled my fingers until I opened my palm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Like most of our sweat glands, those in our palms respond to stress as well as temperature—which is why we get clammy hands when we are nervous. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sookie was leaning on the armrest with his forehead in his palm, dozing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I stand before the sinks in the women's bathroom on the newly claimed Dauntless floor, a gun resting on my palm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It took a moment before she noticed that the pulse in her palm was matching the song from the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She studied her palms, the four perfect crescents in her flesh. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I could see the deeply etched lines in his palm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could still feel the water in her palm like a tiny gleaming star. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I cup her hand, unfurl her fingers, and let the lines of her palm speak to the sky. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ishmael Chambers put down the receiver and sat with his forehead held in his palm, remembering Carl Heine from high school. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He opened his palm and held up the marble for all to see. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed a pruned palm against the glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And even though Cecile didn’t bother to bring us here or stick up for Fern, the Black Panthers had slapped palms and said, “Those are Sister Inzilla’s, all right.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night the palm and banana trees began that long distance talk with rain. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He lifts them and presses his lips to the edge of my palm. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She opened the fingers of one hand slightly and in the palm of the hand was a single slender object. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard herself crying, her sobbing louder and louder until Baby stirred and he placed his palm against her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A branch that would’ve been so far from Axel’s reach before the storm is right under his palm now. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Wincing, I pressed my palm over my wounded shoulder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She ran barefoot down to the living room and found Rasheed already by the window, in his undershirt, his hair disheveled, palms pressed to the glass. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Priye gestured, a shrug, an upward flick of her palm, to show how irrelevant that was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once I notice him flicker a look at the palm of my hand. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pressure of his hard and tight little fingers was still in Sula’s palms as she stood looking at the closed place in the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his palms against his eyes as if trying to push them deep within his head. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The palm of her right hand still throbbed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I wanted was jungles and lions and elephants and tall coconut palms swaying on silvery beaches, and Egypt had none of that. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

His knuckles weren’t scarred and swollen like theirs, but his wrists were marked and the palms of his hands were callused. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, he extended his hands, palms up, and uncurled his fingers—Archer’s sign for helping. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kyle grabbed a pen and scribbled it down on his palm. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Next, the Vapostori knelt in the direction of the rising sun and extended their arms with the palms upward. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the candle for a long time, then put down his cup and held his palm above the flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, there's something they've missed that's important. With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This time I did not pull away as she placed something bulky and cold into the palm of my hand and closed it tightly for me, her bony fingers pressing against my own. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I watched as he shook hands with a man he obviously recognized, passing the fabric within palms. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Master poured himself a glass of palm wine. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She dropped a handful of flowers into her bowl and dusted off her palm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Finally it came, at first a tiny light that flickered from my palm, then a surging magnificent glow. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stand and bang both palms on the table. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With a smooth twist and jerk of the knife, he pried the glass from its frame and caught it in the palm of his left hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lowland New Guineans on the coast do obtain much fish and shellfish, and some lowlanders in the interior still live today as hunter-gatherers, subsisting especially on wild sago palms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I took her hand and pressed it into her palm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she felt it: the warm pressure of Archer’s palm on the point of her elbow, reeling her back to him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Moody reached into the jar, caught one of the spiders, and held it in the palm of his hand so that they could all see it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I cried out when the palm of my hand touched something sharp. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little further away, Annabeth casually palmed a carving knife from the nearest platter of meat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Before them, surrounded by ferns and palm trees, white and powdery in the silent morning light, was an enormous Spanish galleon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A rumble of thunder shakes the ground, and a gust rattles the palm fronds like shells. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And she looks again into the cards, palm, water, and says uh-huh. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat collects in my palms and behind my knees. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I slide my feet into my flip-flops and rub my eyes with my palms. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Quite calmly he climbed into the palm and feasted on its nuts. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, he folded the paper over several times and pressed it into her palm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jason put his hands in front of him, palms up. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He took the bullets out, bits of brass and lead that winked in his palm, then had me put them back in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The edge of the armrest digs into my palm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi waited several seconds, then pressed her palms to her eyes, relieved. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For some of the pictures, you could only see the edges, a splash of bright orange or something that might have been the top of a palm tree. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He picked the pearl from the dying flesh and held it in his palm, and he turned it over and saw that its curve was perfect. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled the wisp between his two palms. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My palms are sweating, and my mouth goes suddenly dry. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a big bulge on one side that you need to press hard with the palm of your hand to fix. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I will her to look at me, to see me, but her eyes slide over me as if I’m just another palm tree, another chair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my palm slapped against the rim it felt good. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can climb a coconut palm and get me enough fresh milk to last a month—” They heard a motor start and ducked back into the ice-cream truck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are they?” he demanded, holding out his open palm. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hatsue brought out the coast guard notes and, smoothing them down with the palm of her hand, laid them in the center of his desk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He places his jacket on my shoulders and then takes my palm and rubs it with his own. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He had held her always clasped in the palm of his mind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at the broken flag in my palm. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She stood leaning against the railing, one arm crossed over her stomach with the other elbow resting on it and her chin in her palm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I grasp a handful of shirt and the four points of my grandmother’s crucifix dig into my palm. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no—of course not—and as I felt the sour taste in my mouth and the sweat in my palms, I knew that in a minute I would be sick. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to fix my unruly hair by licking my palm and brushing it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I wipe my eyes with my palm and take short breaths. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The slate path that winds to the front of the gym cuts right across the quad, where there’s not a single scrawny palm tree to shield us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I lean against the wall by the door and push my palms down the front of my pants to get the sweat off. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Since then, Lucila explained, Chango often takes out his rage on innocent palm trees, and to this day the lizard’s throat is swollen and mute with the god’s gift. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t come here to have you read my palm,” he said, already regretting having come. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, my heart was pounding and my palms were wet as I squeezed through that big crowd of white people to get back to the car. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way out, Werner looks back only once: Jutta’s forehead and palms are pressed against the glass of the living room window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Hands freeze over tables, mouths are afraid to chew their contents, dice and game chips dig into palms instead of being placed on lucky bets. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As I passed down an obscure street, I felt spread through all my palms that tingling of the nerves that presages a great leap. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

His gaze fell on the ring in my palm. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When you’re through, The dog will lick Your palms for the flakes Of oil and salt, And he will wag His tail And pump his legs In his parade Of dog happiness. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am back in the bathroom mixing the tooth powder and water in the palm of my hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have only to stretch out our hand and desire, and what we wish for settles like a kerchief in our palm. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When another bird helped itself to my palm, the first bird got over not trusting me and got in there too. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It was important to her, and I sat quietly as one sits before a bird that feeds from your palm. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Special tactile feedback pads covered both palms, allowing the gloves to create the illusion that I was touching objects and surfaces that didn’t actually exist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But as she closed her fingers, he couldn’t help but wonder if she felt the same warm pulsing in her palm as he did in his chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She grabbed my hand and put the necklace in my palm, then shut my fingers around it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru raised her hand, and the lightning bolt snapped into her palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The clean cuffs of his sleeves hung down past his wrists—below them his thin hands seemed lighter in color than the rest of his body and the palms were soft yellow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My palms were sweating and slippery on the wheel. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

What I do remember is Charlie’s hand and how strong it was, and how he rubbed my palm with his thumb and how he smelled of buttery popcorn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He picked her up off the table and stood her on the palm of one of his huge hands. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was waving her hand, ready to explain their strange situation, when the compact fell from her palm and landed on the desk with a loud thunk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looked at his palms, touched two of his fingertips together. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The palm fronds wave around their heads like ostrich plumes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A breeze blows through the palms below, rustling their branches, so they whisper like voices. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Anishaa,” she breathed quietly, standing again, holding in her palm a tiny mound of tobacco. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Archie allowed himself the indulgence of a quiet, confident laugh, but closed his fists to hide his moist palms. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The edge of the chair bites into my palms. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’d used some rope to strap the tin to her belt, and before she stepped out of the shade of the sill, she rubbed a little more on her palms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He carried the pearl still in his hand, tightly closed in his palm, and it was warm and smooth against his skin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now he hangs back, his hands raised, palms toward us, lips moving but no words reaching us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first he had hidden behind a great palm; but Henry's absorption with the transparencies was so obvious that at last he stood out in full view. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Finn whipped his gaze over to Natalie and Chess, who had their palms out, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Is that…?” His eyes wandered up to Pong’s half-inch-long hair, and he smacked a palm over his eyes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She narrowed her eyes and curled her lacerated fingertips into her palms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I watched her that night as she stood with her palms against the window, I left another note with the doorman, “Do you want to see me again, or should I go away?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He walked about the fairgrounds rubbing his palms to husband that energy and refused to shake hands with anyone lest the act discharge his potency. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He started jumping up and down on the palm of his mother’s hand, screaming and yelling and trying to bite her fingers. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I unrolled the green ribbon and placed the gold disc in the palm of my hand, feeling its distinctive weight as I sent up a silent prayer of gratitude. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Oscar’s hand is waving and dipping like a palm tree in a cyclone. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I set my hands on the lab table, letting it cool my palms, and look at my distorted reflection in the brushed metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had scraped the palm of my right hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She kept placing her palm against her forehead. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Vola slapped her palms on the workbench and pushed herself off. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the shell with the heel of her palm and cleaned the long neck and foot. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We high-fived each other as we approached the village market, and our stomachs growled as the smell of palm oil wafted from cooking huts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Now we go back to the Carousel room,” muttered Mr. Nancy, “and old One-Eye buys us all dinner, greases some palms, kisses some babies, and no one says the G-word any more.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Familiar and solid, almost big enough to cover my palm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and turned his palms up at me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He flicked his ashes into his palm and smiled. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He palmed the ball and held it out to me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Fortunately she hadn’t stayed at the college too long, although that Reilly seemed as if he were planning to make himself a fixture on the campus like the palm trees and the benches. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal hoops bit into my palms as I gripped them harder each time we swerved or dipped or dove. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At one point the man released one hand, cursing—the straw had cut into his palm. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I press my palms against the tiles and stand up. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Mia’s hand drifted down to her waist, as if one palm could hide what was growing there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Colonel sat down on a bale of hay, his elbows on his knees, his head bowed, his palms against his forehead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I add one beauty token to each palm, with an instruction to keep their mouths shut. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I made a hut out of mud, palm fronds, and ripped-up swimwear. And walking in the sand is toning my calves while I work!” said Miss Arkansas. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I tapped the bag in my palm to get a few more seeds out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The bed frame was nearly twice her body weight and the ridges were tearing cruel welts in her palms. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The rest of the temple complex was silent, but Pong’s thoughts swished like the wind through palm leaves, filling his head with noise. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They spent the long afternoons sunbathing together, stretched out side by side on top of their bunker, or playing backgammon in the shade of a giant palm tree, or just sitting quietly. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns it over, runs a long nail across the palm and then stares me in the eye while running her tongue along the same path. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As he skittered along the soil, he scrambled to stay on his back, pressing his coarse palms into the ground to avoid turning over and having his face dragged through the dirt and rocks. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

His elbows were on the table, and he held his head in the palms of his hands, the fingers covering his ears completely, his eyes staring down at the book. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had his palms on his face as if trying to exercise extreme patience. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Under the surviving oil palms we grow maize, yams, and soybeans, and raise pigs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pounded out the dough with her floured palms, then sprinkled a mixture of dried herbs and spices on top. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was ovalshaped and surrounded by a tortoise frame, no bigger than the palm of my hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama placed the fresh palm fronds, which were wet with holy water, on the dining table and then went upstairs to change. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sweat from his palms made the ink in his name smear. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My palms are completely scratched up and bloody, and my knees are even worse. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For a Christmas tree we had a palm frond stuck in a bucket of rocks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his two hands together and felt the palms. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me see, Uhmma said and brought his palm up close to her face. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She looks out along the boxwoods, wipes off her sweat with her palm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t be bleaching any more palm oil. We should splurge on vegetable oil for these last few weeks,” Obiora said, still swatting at the flies. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

All through first and second and third hour, Eleanor rubbed her palm. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hat down, and Noodles brushed his hair with the palm of his hand. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He warmed it for a moment in the palm of his hand, then rolled it gently in the direction of the chickens. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Madu watched him for a moment and then bent down and held his face between wide palms and examined his nose closely. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Meggie saw multistory buildings, palm trees with dusty leaves, and, suddenly, still far away but shining silver in the sun, a glimpse of the sea. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The tiara, dainty and petite with several stones missing, is delicate in the palm of my hand. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

During my visit I ate a sandwich atop a particularly inviting stone and looked through a stand of peach palms over the treetops to the water seven miles away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It shattered and I was left with a thin, curved shard of broken glass about the size of my palm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Baba's gripping tightly, encasing her hand with his warm palms. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his thumb through her palm and up her fingers, and was aware of her every breath. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His palms pressed gently at the insides of my thighs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I described the glittering casinos and the glamorous high rollers, the palm trees and the swimming pools, the hotels with ice-cold air-conditioning and the restaurants where hostesses with long white gloves fit flaming desserts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My palms tingled — I wanted so badly to hit something. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The shallow cut had reopened on my palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ice put his palm on it and slammed it through. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And there was a kid stepping up to the plate, swinging his bat low, the pine tar sticky on his palms. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Which was exactly where she sat, her left hand, palm down, no more than an inch from the white deposit. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were palm trees— real palm trees with sturdy trunks. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucky Girl did as she was told, her face frozen as she drove her own thumb into his palm and marked him well. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is only 135 hours until we are all standing at the door of Atlantis again with our cover charge in our palms. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was quick, pointing around the table to our faces with his palm up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Ugwu knew that an army contractor had donated some corrugated iron for replacing the blown-off roof and that volunteers were camouflaging it with palm fronds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lena held the ring in her palm, clutching it close to her heart. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His palm connected, she spun back with the force of his strike, and went down. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He pulled the blanket over his shoulders and then over his back and legs and he slept face down on the newspapers with his arms out straight and the palms of his hands up. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand showed white as he held it up, palm outward, in token of peace; but the king’s men gripped their weapons. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She wanted to paint the feel of the sand beneath her toes, the crackling of dry empty crab shells as she popped them between her palms. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Crooks put his dark chin into his pink palm. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees have slight bends in their trunks, careful angles of their palm leaves. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t seeing lightning bolts or having palm sweats. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He closes his fingers around mine, raises my hand to his lips, and kisses my palm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She blew her nose in the palm of her hands and wrung them till they gleamed with mucus. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his version, the dull gray house had cheery yellow shutters, the brown of the palms was a fiery orange, the roof was a burnished red. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the wilted palm from Palm Sunday that’s still tucked behind the picture of the Virgin Mary. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The ice would cut into her palms any minute now, and she would die leaving bloody handprints in the snow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His palms pressed against the sides of my head, keeping me looking forward, confronting the monstrosity. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on the Object’s thigh, palm down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She pressed both palms over her eyes and started to cry, and kept crying, and he didn’t understand, he didn’t understand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She is cute, little Ruby, with her ears flapping like palm leaves, but I am handsome and strong. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Marcus shoved me to the ground to cover, and I skinned my palm. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut, pressing the heels of my palms against them for good measure. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He steadied it on his palm and thought back to the battered cookie tin he’d found at his grandfather’s, the one with its heap of soldiers guarding the surprising photo. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I loosen the top of the pouch and pour a few spoonfuls of berries into his palm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The vice minister sets down The Principles of Mechanics and pushes it away, then glances at his palms as though it has made them dirty. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he lifted them, the condensed little palms faded from the glass. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Wings flared and rabidly desperate insect legs dug into Ben’s palm for leverage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slaps the floor with his palms, gets into a low defensive stance, and waits for his man to reach him. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets were leading downward, and before very long they opened out onto a broad avenue where more palm trees reached high into the air, the underside of their leaves glowing in the streetlights. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh and rub my palms on my khaki shorts. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed what was nestled in there and worked it out, tapping tobacco crumbs into my palm so as to not lose the precious flakes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

My stomach got tight, and my palms started feeling slimy as I held the bag of cookies with both hands as if I were presenting a cake. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He took out the money, two coins, each a four-anna piece, dropped them in my palm. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet stuttered in the sand as she reached one arm stiffly into the boat, hand open, palm up. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by palm trees and banana trees, and, when the bananas ripened, the students all got free bananas at lunch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My palms were slipping, but I didn’t stop. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He could feel the sharpness of Fenris Wolf’s teeth against his wrist, the wetness and warmth of Fenris Wolf’s tongue against his palm and his fingers. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He took her hands and placed them out in front of her, palms up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Well, the palm trees in our courtyard were ripped and flattened from the wind of the helicopters, and looked far too defeated by war to accept my prayers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a respectable gate built plainly of wood, and Wang Lung struck it with the palm of his hand. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He turned her palm up to reveal her freshly blistered fingers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I grab a ballpoint and write "Bobby" on the palm of my left hand. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ignore them, ignore the soreness in my arms from digging a grave only a night before, ignore the sting of the wound through my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My palms get sweaty, and I feel super thirsty, and not just from the pretzels. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Aron’s arm shook under her hand, and she put it, palm up, in her lap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anya picked up her last piece of dough, rounded it into a ball between her palms, and then rolled her hands back and forth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Who dares to read the meaning of the flight of the hawks?” he demanded, so loudly that his words seemed to echo through the fifty thousand palm trees of Al-Fayoum. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tries to turn away but not before I see lots of thin red scratches on the palms of her hands. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Candace brushed it off, then went back to business, rubbing her palm on Gregory's forehead, polishing it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma boiled some yam slices, and we ate them dipped in palm oil that had chopped red peppers floating in it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stooping, he gathered a handful of the leaves and crushed them with a little mud in the palm of one hand. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Not a television set in this whole blessed country,” he announced to the palm trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wrigley continued to work his way down the hallway, one door at a time, prying splinters of wood from the Yale locks and gathering them in his calloused palm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He addressed the kitten in his palm, maybe so the other monsters wouldn’t wonder who he was talking to. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My chest wouldn’t stop heaving, and my palms were sweating. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The small gold circle falls into my palm, nice and easy, followed by the coils of chain, and I fist it up, fast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel his breaths against my palm, his body expanding and contracting, and I know he’s strong, steady, unstoppable. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she looped a gaudy set of necklaces laden with gold discs the size of her palm around her neck and put a hand on her hip. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One of them looked to be only a few years younger than me, so you couldn’t really say, Ay, poor Papa, he lost it at the end and went behind the palm trees. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a simple wooden seesaw in the middle of the lot, and a dried-out coconut palm listed in the back. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, her palms were slightly sweaty as she texted. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I cupped my palms around it, compressing the ice into a compact ball. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Leave Lord Varys to me, sweet lady. If you wiU permit me a small obscenity—and where better for it than here—I hold the man's balls in the palm of my hand." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He cried out as he flung them into the river, not even noticing that one of them had cut his palm. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

There in the palm of his hand was a wad of hair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was a rip across the palm of the outer glove on her right hand. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subsoil beneath the palm trees was a raised beach, and generations of palms had worked loose in this the stones that had lain on the sands of another shore. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Funny, seeing our palms and fingers entwined, I could be clasping Dad’s or Trey’s hand. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She drew soft circles into my palm with her fingertips. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vik picks up the red tin and holds it in his palm. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I extended my hand and opened my palm, and she took the knife. she said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to the kitchen door and back again, scratching the palms of my hands. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Sefia gripped her knife harder, its cold curves reassuring in her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Not a frond of the palm trees stirred. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been clutching it in my fist so tightly, it left a little indentation on my palm when I opened my hand to show it to her. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the food in the palm of my hand and went downstairs to the basement, where I opened the top of Tiny Tim’s cage. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In her palm lies the tin of flower seeds I had gathered with TiTi. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Curly raised the palms of his hands and said, “There you go. Each a them tires is worth a hundred and fifty bucks.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dipped a finger into his palm wine and put it in her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As Rasheed watched with anticipation, the way people wait the simple tricks of street magicians, Zalmai pulled on the TV’s wire, pushed the buttons, pressed his palms to the blank screen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Do I just approach and start slamming my palms on the window, demanding answers? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As I sat down beside her on the swing, she laid her hand on mine, and the heat flowed out from her palm into my skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I knew there was enough fire or charring on it to light off the base of fried palm fronds beneath the signal fire. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bulky police officer comes into my room, steps quickly to the bed, and puts his hand palm down onto the mattress. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My palms are sweating like crazy, but the jeweled dress isn't absorbent and they skid right of if I try to dry them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Shake once, slide your palm just a little bit back and snap.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I rummage in the bin again and find a half-melted palm tree from a Lego set. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his chair close and laid his dry palm gently against her cheek. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched it out and flattened it with my palm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was no dirt between her fingers, around her nails, or ground into the lines on her palms. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Cloud presses a handful of candies into my palm. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The spaces between her toes were tanned, as were her palms and even the backs of her ears. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

His knees are up near his chest, and his forehead rests against his palms. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He found the knife she’d left and wrapped his palm around its smooth grip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I looked at my hand, the dirt creating little roads in the creases of my palms, like a map. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His palm rested flat against my chest, hot like a brand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He dropped the tassel from Eddie’s journal into my palm, and I lost the ability to speak for a second. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Master Hand looked at the jewel that glittered on Ged's palm, bright as the prize of a dragon's hoard. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His palms are callused but his nails are clean and trimmed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He pressed his palms together at his chest and gave them a slow, deep, Japanese bow from the waist. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ice moved smoothly around the floor, thin legs wide apart, head bobbing, the ball moving from his hand to the floor and rushing back to his light palms as if it was a giant yo-yo. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him put his palms under his head on the pillow and lie there, staring vacantly up at the ceiling. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

With the hard plastic rectangle hidden in his palm, he walked into the noisy sprawling space. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Laila sees her panicked eyes, the whiteness of her palms as they slap and push against the sheet. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Determinedly, I step back, extend my arm, my palm down. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I bet she could put a full- size basketball in each of her palms and still have room left over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Planting her palms on either side of her crossed legs, she lifted herself up, like a yogi levitating, and scooted over to make room for me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Morrison would rub his palms together and go to his store, hoping some drummer would come by that day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My palms sweat against the leather handle of the case he left at the vigil. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He takes it, turning it over so that my palm faces up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I reached for it, he dropped it into my palm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Our hundreds of rounds of five-inch shells had all either landed too short or too far inland or exploded overhead when they hit the palm trees. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands flew up, palms toward me like she was stopping traffic. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And I love to watch the boys climb up palm trees to cut down the oil nuts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moriba mostly played with his hands, examining the lines on his palm and rubbing his fingers as he whispered to himself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks tugged at the seams of his pants, rose and swiveled around the edge of the table, then settled in his chair and pressed his palms together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the watchers craned their necks upward, the cutpurses squirmed through the press, small blades hidden in their palms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The pervasive television, billboard, and Internet ads featured a lush green oasis, complete with palm trees and a pool of crystal blue water, surrounded on all sides by a vast barren desert. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As I pass him, he rests his hand on the top of my back to usher me out, his palm pressing between my shoulder blades. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sean sat back on his heels, the barest hint of a smile on his face, one palm pressed over his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lying in her palm was a tiny golden volume the size of a matchbox. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

June nods quietly, then takes my hand and drops the pendant into my palm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

No. Tomás stuck out his hand, palm upward, and the young man dropped the car keys into it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A sketchpad and a box of colored pencils appeared in his palm. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And still others raised their hands, palms forward, in a calming gesture that Reynie recognized too well. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody from the house nearby screamed, “Enemy plane!” at the same time as Special Julius shouted, “Take cover!” and leaped across the veranda, overturning the palm wine. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Evan pulled the red pen out of his pocket and started to write on the palm of his hand. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He clawed his hands, palms up, in front of his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The knife had sliced through the middle of her right hand, on the palm. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flattened chick lies crooked, neck dangling off his palm. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She opens the shampoo and squeezes a few drops onto my palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

From that same tool rack, a pair of yellow-handled wire cutters hovered on their own propellers, floated just above Petey’s waiting palm, and dropped into his hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He bonked the heel of his palm against his forehead. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then she taps out what’s left of the glitter from her test tube into their dirty palms. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Viola says, holding her palms to the air. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then a drop of water rolls down the lip and lands in Mags’s palm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would no longer be a place with fifty thousand palm trees and three hundred wells, where the pilgrims arrived, relieved at the end of their long journeys. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelvin’s palm shades his eyes; he juts his head, pretending to see far, far away. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was deep i n conversation with the farm women, but when I started to put my nickel on the counter, her palm was outstretched to take it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s just it,” he said, turning his hand in mine, but letting me still hold it, so we were both staring down at his palm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The locksmith holds up his palms to delay them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She bent down and held one of her palms above the grass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I keep all my money in an old tin tea caddy with a picture of the desert on it, palm trees and camels. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took one of Muthu’s palms in my own, but he didn’t respond to my touch. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We had thought that the village was more than three days away, but after only a day and a half of walking, we began to smell the scent of cooking palm oil in the air. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

My hands hurt, and I realized I had curled them so tightly into fists that my fingernails were digging into my palms. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Silas sits at Lydia’s feet as they eat, and at one point Lydia slices off a generous portion of her meat and feeds it to him off of her palm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, I was able to catch myself on the palms of my hands and keep my balance. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat slicked his palm as he unfurled his fist and handed that scrap to Father Olufemi without looking at it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You call that unharmed?” snapped Mrs. Teavee, peering at the little speck of a boy who was now running to and fro across the palm of her hand, waving his pistols in the air. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The backs of her long fingers she placed on the patient’s cheek, then placed her palm on the forehead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers and palms are already swelling with blisters, the pain resolving into a dull throbbing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hold my palms face up, and your hands touch mine, ready to pull back. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In her palm was a silver bracelet with a scythe charm, the mark of Kronos. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The mint tin is small enough to fit in the palm of Ma’s hand. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He saw the sun rise over forest and mountains and set over the distant palm shore. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can certainly say that Crystal is no baby piglet. Those prints are as big as my palm,” he observes, and we start off again. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into her robe and pulled out a small, folded piece of paper, pressing it into Citra’s palm. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The girls had brought Taylor into her hut and placed her on the palm fronds like a sleeping princess. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His back is long and straight, as if his ancestors were royal palms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make onigiri, you wash your hands and cover your palms with salt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The palm fronds above me rattled in the breeze, and there were other noises from the underbrush. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unclipped the orb from the metal bird beaks and held it up in his palm. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his forehead with the palm of his hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta grabbed Fern’s hand, forced it open, and took her nickel, leaving our two coins in Fern’s palm. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in Los Angeles there’s a palm tree who insists on being called Karma, but you know how Californians can be. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She takes his small hand in hers, a chubby star against her broad palm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He spit into his palms and rubbed them together. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I used to carry a spear and a shield. I held victory in the palm of my hand. I was so much more than this.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Sorry ’bout that, Matthew,” Mr. Ray said, tapping a box of cigarettes against his palm. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The three girls moved to a mound of palm fronds, carefully removing them to reveal a rickety wooden trebuchet made of bamboo and counterweighted with coconuts. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At first I thought he was laughing because his shoulders were shaking, but then he put his palms on his eyes and I realized he was crying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

A wrinkled, yellow palm waved timidly from the hall. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In his palm chirps a downy yellow fuzz, just hatched. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Amil held out the torn edge of a newspaper in his palm. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then he drags it across his palm with a jerk and holds his arm out to the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I rub my hands together because my palms itch all over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There is something sad about palm trees cavorting all over curtains when you are not in Florida but are instead in Georgia. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I tried not to dunk about my eyes, sitting there under the palm, listening to Timothy hum as he made the camp. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands are cold; her palms are rough. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My hands burned, and a splinter worked its way into my palm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pounded my fist in my palm three times. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Why do you listen to that stuff? It’s OLD,” I said, staring up at him while shielding my eyes with my palm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The skin of his palm was smooth and unblemished. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He wiped my lip print off with his palm and gave me a look. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was imagining disembarking from the sleigh onto the seraph’s palm, and Sarai standing before him, as real as his own flesh and blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Giant agaves flowered among the palms, looking like spiders squatting there with their long spiny leaves. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Archer sat beside her and rubbed her back, his palm making smooth up and down motions along her spine, over her shoulder blades. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I hold out my hand and feel a cassette dropped on my palm. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear swept the shavings into his palm, then threw them into the river. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He jumped off the palm terrace into the sand and his trousers fell about his ankles; he stepped out. of them and trotted to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I spent two hours on seven words, and again sometime during the session he sat down, with his head in the palms of his hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He felt something touch the center of his palm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she arrived at the place, Pheoby Watson didn’t go in by the front gate and down the palm walk to the front door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Only her hands had really aged, the palms and fingerpads shining and tight, the backs wrinkled and splotched with brown. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pot easily fits in the palm of my hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I put my hand where Julia’s is, palm to palm, finger to finger. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When the house had disappeared behind us, Emma held out an upturned palm, flicked her wrist, and a petite ball of fire flared to life just above her fingers. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I really blew it,” Seth said, palms pressed against his temples. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Bull stood up and began pacing the room and hitting his open palm with his left fist. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow realized that he was palming the gold coin, moving it compulsively from a back palm to a front palm to a Downs palm, over and over. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He says what’s up to somebody, and there’s a sound like palms slapping. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Henry’s whole body shuddered, and a hot mess lay across her palm and between her fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Holly placed her palm against the wood, feeling for vibration. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Peach palms—the trees through which I looked at the Amazon from Painted Rock Cave—are Clement’s favorite example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hours before, beneath the swaying palms of Florida’s Hialeah Park, War Admiral had logged his tenth consecutive victory, winning the Widener Handicap with ease. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muddy palm in muddy palm they sat, and the sea breeze was quiet. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She buries her feet in the sand until she is planted, rooted as the palms, rooted as the gnarled gardenia tree. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her face into the palms of her hands and pressed hard against her closed eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their report was only off by a hair; the Kongo people made remarkable textiles by beating the fibrous bark of certain trees, or weaving thread from the raffia palm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I placed my palms on the desk, breathing deeply. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pri sits up on the air mattress now and pounds her fist into her palm with each word she speaks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

People say the Khmer Rouge buried corpses next to them and now the palm milk is pink like thin blood and the fruit tastes like human flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fought her the way a coward fights a man—with feet, the palms of his hands, and teeth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she reaches for it, I get a glimpse of the blue dot on her palm. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She flattened her palms against the door and then pressed her body to the oak. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pea-size ball of light formed in the Governor's palm, then went out as he curled his fingers shut. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The spool spun faster and the glass string tore another gash in my right palm. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next few lines of “Tumbalalaika” returned to me like a cool palm upon a fevered brow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then Mama pressed her palms on Hanako’s cheeks so hard it was actually uncomfortable. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He stops chewing and stares at me silently with those eyes that have hardened a little every month he has spent here; now they look like the bark of a palm tree, unyielding. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his palm to show me the bloody, squashed mosquito. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mwila raised his hand, his palm side showing and fingers spread wide. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her fingers and palms became damp, shrinking at the ghost’s thick short hair like an animal’s coat, which slides against warm solidity as human flesh slides against muscles and bones. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he dropped his eyes and looked at his palm, at the small pile of coins. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She held her hand up to slap my palm. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I cleared palm fronds, chunks of sea grape, pieces of wood, dead fish, fan coral, and shells that the sea had thrown up. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His palms were pressed full against the mesarthium, and they throbbed with the rhythm of his heartbeats. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I slammed my palms on the table, rattling my empty plate. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grandma continued expertly rubbing his palm and the back of his hand. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

My alarm clock, which was no larger than the palm of my hand, sat under my pillow so when the alarm went off, it would be loud enough for me, and only me, to hear. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She stopped and froze them, palms up to the stars. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it was an aircraft crossing the cay not much higher than the palms. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw that the crowd had broken up, he jumped into the palm of Mario’s hand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tell me about this one, Joon said and pointed to a line on his palm, the one that predicted he would live to be an old, successful man with many children. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

My eyes never leaving Cain’s, I drop to my knees, draw my sword, and run the blade across my palm. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then Lavinia spat sideways, and with a little discontented grumbling, the bettors began refunding their wagers, returning bags of coins, counting gold mai and silver angs in their palms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At this, the creature set up a loud and piteous whining, rolled his eyes, and beat the ground with his palms. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He’s laughing loudly now and rubbing his palms together, like a villain detailing his plans for world domination. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Like outside in the line, people give me palm slaps or pat my back along the way. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I remember going through my fear landscape with her, our bodies pressed together in the wooden box that enclosed us, my palm against her chest, feeling her heartbeat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

People were playing music and dancing, children were running around, and there was that familiar good smell of cooked cassava leaf in rich palm oil. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Her arms were spread out a little from her sides, her hands palms up. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his palm gleamed a metallic vial no bigger than an eyedropper. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Uncle Phil places a gentle palm against the center of my back. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I look at my mother and she's got her palms flat against the window, tears streaming down her cheeks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook as she first pressed a flat palm to his chest to feel for a pulse, then held up his wrist to check again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Through my palm, I could feel Maggie take a deep breath. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Uhmma held our small hands in her own and said she could read stories in the lines of our palms. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Handing over a rebar sometimes meant ripping skin from one’s palms and fingers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It felt like someone hit me with the palm of his hand, but when I looked at my shoulder I saw blood welling out and felt my knees getting weaker. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Timothy said, it was shaped like a melon, or a turtle, sloped up from the sea to our ridge where the palms flapped all day and night in the light trade wind. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need your help to win an election, Oscar!” she says, hitting the table so hard with her open palm that the dishes rattle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In twenty or thirty minutes, the wind picked up sharply and Timothy said that we must stand against the palm again. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella fingered the two dimes and a nickel in her palm. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Later, when my schoolmate’s father would bid me goodnight, I would feel his soft fingers and palm when we shook hands. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a round grassless patch in the middle of the lawn, like an island in a green sea, where a thin palm tree stood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cecilia lifted her left arm with her palm wide open, ready to slap her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I place the bell into her open palms. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We make the polish out of anything we can find, like old pig grease and palm smear. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach up, pressing my palm to the glass, inside the heart that she drew. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Dain ever asked him to drive a knife through his palm, if he tested them all that way, or if that was a special test, just for mortals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

His palms sweated even more as the memory of those moments twisted in his gut. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My dad uses his favorite term of endearment for my mom—my soul, my life—and pats the air with his palm down, a quieting gesture. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I eyed the story swirling in the air, felt the itch to continue in my palms, then took a quick glance behind me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She took in more rope through her gloved palms as she moved herself slowly across. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no,” Aisha said to him, palm raised as though to ward him off. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a blue, too, in the curves of the palms, and the edges of the words we speak, a blue tinge to the sand and the seashells and the plump gulls on the beach. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their shoulders drooped even as they laughed, and when they put their hands on their hips in a show of jauntiness, the palms slipped the thighs as if the pants were waxed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I located wood and piled it around the base of the palm tree that held our water keg and the tin box. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cupped the poor thing on his palm, then set it gently on the night table. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Minho laughed, then raised the palm of his hand and shoved Gaily in the face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

He presses the palm of his hand against his eye like he's exhausted, but something tells me he's trying to wipe away his emotions. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He forced them open and felt the raw palms split. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Safari Hat snapped the fingers of her palm before making it a little cup, again. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Ouch. And then your internship starts—” Dill carefully plucked a ladybug from his arm and held it in his palm so that it could fly away. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as the moon finishes passing the sun, my blood rushes into my ears and my palms dampen with sweat. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her husband emerges from the light and comes toward her, taller than the palms, walking on water in his white summer suit and Panama hat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the courtyard seemed to be holding their breath, A pinprick of light appeared in the Governor's palm, like a hovering firefly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I clench my fists down on the buttons on my palms, and I jerk forward through the water in a blur of motion, slicing a trail behind me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And Quirrell, though pinning Harry to the ground with his knees, let go of his neck and stared, bewildered, at his own palms — Harry could see they looked burned, raw, red, and shiny. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Henry touches his hand, gently, two fingertips against his palm. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Hmm, jury’s still out,” Claire said, but then she put her hand up the back of Maya’s shirt, pressing her palm against Maya’s skin, anchoring her down to earth. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She remembers something a santera told her nearly forty years ago, when she had decided to die: “Miss Celia, there’s a wet landscape in your palm.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her cloth down and for a few long, still seconds she laid her palms, her fingers, on my back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I drew a swastika on her palm and the hammer and sickle on top of my hand, the Lithuanian flag shredded and falling in between. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Jam gasped and scrambled backward off the painting until she was pushing away from it, her chest rough and heaving, her left palm loud with hurt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Das wiped his palms on the front of his shorts. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Queenie and her daughter went together and rubbed their palms against the wood. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barely sanded, barely painted wood was rough against my palms. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His palm smacked hers so hard he knocked her off balance. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother isn’t home yet,” Fanni says, smoothing down her apron with both palms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He shrugs and raises his palms like he just said the simplest yet most brilliant thing in the world. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He pressed his hands palm to palm, as if he were kneeling before the Virgin Mary. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wheezing, I make it past the fifth floor, stopping just a moment to catch my breath, my sweaty palms grabbing at the cool metal railing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Kat grabbed the camera from me and held it in the palm of her hand. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds the left half in his left palm. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In front of one column was a potted palm. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the house, shading it in summer, stood three mulberry trees, the fledged leaves that would later be broad and placid as the palms of hands streaming flatly undulant upon the driving air. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The green palms, the warm turquoise ocean rolling in to white beaches meant nothing to him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Bent over, palms callused from the small, tough stalks, smoke scorching their eyes, they work. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The protection is little needed; peach palm wood is hard enough that in the Beni it was used for saw blades. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jenny set the kettle on the table, stood straight, and wiped her palms on her skirt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel Pearl’s heart, ever so faintly, beating under her palm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The 1 and the 6 still smelled like Sharpie, and I folded it into a tiny square in my palm. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my fists so hard my fingernails bit into my palms. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She holds out her palm and takes a glob. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta has only just stepped from his car when I slam my palms into his chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wet it and do my best to flatten it with the palm of my hand, but it's no use. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Nico studied it in his palm for a few seconds, then slipped it into his pocket. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was running his fingers along the inside of my palm and I swear that was really all it took, sometimes, to make my head spin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Brushes the small bits of gravel from her palms. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Adam was lying back in his chair, his palms clasped behind his head, and he was smiling at the ceiling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I worked for a few minutes to release my arms from the loops of rope around the palm trunk, and then slid out from under Timothy’s body. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he talked he frequently thumped his right fist into his left palm to emphasize a point. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I've landed on my hip but barely scraped my palms on the concrete. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I drop my head in my hands, feel the heat of my cheeks on my palms, reliving what happened in the woods with Fry and Zephyr last winter. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I lay my palm on the cool, smooth face of the door and pushed, hoping against hope that it might swing open to my touch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Anya put her flat palm against the bark, hoping maybe something magical would happen. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Fariba was smiling, and her palms were pressed against the swell of her pregnant belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She put her palms over her mouth as if that was all that would hold back the horrible, groaning, moaning, keening sound flooding out of her. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I asked, pressing my palm to my forehead. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan crushes the egg in his palm and unfolds the paper inside. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My stomach is aching in that crampy way that means I’m about to get my period, and my palms itch so bad, it’s like fire ants are biting me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

One by one, they held up their hands—arms raised, palms outward—and edged away from Reed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My palm was covered with her lip gloss. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He slipped the glass into his back pocket, wiped his palm on his jeans. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jack shook his head and then smacked it three times with his palm. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

You’re hunched over with your butt sticking up, your feet pressed hard against the pedals, your itchy palms raised, with just the tips of your fingers on the gritty track, waiting. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Okeoma finished the whisky and then drank glass after glass of palm wine and fell asleep in the living room chair. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Robin cut the lens from the eye, I held it in my palm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The metal handle digs and burns the palms of my hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking their cue from the innocent Johnny, they sat down on the fallen palm trunks and waited. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We both pull the bag the rest of the way and then heave it up on the table with the potted palm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I squeezed the straps of the backpack until they cut into my palms, but I still didn’t say anything. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“It don’t make no sense, though,” Horse added, turning the flask in his palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She holds her hand out to me, palm up. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In the morning, my palms are itching so bad, it’s hard to tie my armband on. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Coconut thatching, some of it still part of the old palm lightning had destroyed, as I could tell from the colour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Jam sat with her back against the studio door, her eyes closed and her palms flat on the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He quickly glanced at the compass gripped in the palm of his hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As he twirls her around, I lean over and tip the contents of my scotch into a potted palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She pulled the red-stained tip from her pocket, dropped it in his palm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

They hold their hands close to the fire, then press their palms to their frigid faces. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The knife felt small and useless in his palm, a toy. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was making a hut of dried palm fronds. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needles blew into his palm and sniffed, then pulled a pack of gum out of his pocket and popped a piece in his mouth. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Warmth slimed my palm and a fangy lurcher looked back up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

All the parents leaned over the children as they exchanged soft words and softer touches, hands gripping hands, palms cupping cheeks and jaws, all heavy with sorrow and regret. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

For twenty minutes, the night sky was alive with wagon wheels, party-colored dahlias, and whistling glitter palms. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“One moment, please,” she says in a very professional manner, then hands the phone over with the mouthpiece palmed. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Japanese snipers who had been tied in, high up among the palm fronds, were falling out of the tops of those trees like coconuts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the railing, tapping his unlit cigar gently against his palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I dig my fingernails into my palm, trying to stop the trembling as I turn away from him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The wood was so hot, it blistered my palms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My heart beat in my ears, and sweat prickled against my palms, and I kind of hated Mom for scaring me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I can do them on my fingers and my fists, as well as my palms. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She reluctantly picked a few more leaves from the tree and counted five into my outstretched palms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellen’s voice has risen in volume and pitch, her palms planted flat on the table. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He pushes his palms along his legs like I do when I wipe off sweat, and when he brings them back, his fingers shake. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He whittled them with his knife, he rubbed them with sandpaper and with the palm of his hand, until when Laura touched them they felt soft and smooth as silk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gaskill unclasped his hands and spread them out, palms upwards, in front of him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She relished the familiar feeling of the sticks rolling faster and faster between her palms, the smell of smoke and then the gradual warmth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The light dimmed and cooled as he moved under the overhanging thatch of palm fronds and into the long, three-sided shed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We shook hands, his broad, fleshy palm seeming to swallow mine. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He raised both palms, a gesture almost of surrender, palms facing Longstreet, tried to say something, shook his head for the last time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she shoves a puzzle piece into my palm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She softly swept back my overgrown hair and laid her palm against my forehead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He let the cold green water drip through his cupped palms. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

My palms are sweating, and I wipe them on my dress. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Charles laid his knife and the bread on the table and placed his hands palm down on either side. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His thumb makes its way to the puffed cuff of my dress, then back to my palm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She sat down, wiping her cheeks with the palm of one hand and reaching for the rucksack with the other. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We bought some rice, some palm oil, salt, and fish; by the time we were done, the market was filling up with people hurriedly trying to buy whatever they could afford. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I curled my hands into fists and dug my fingernails into my palms. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The jewels that studded the leather collar were imprinted whitely in her palms. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I look down at my hands for some reason, like I’ll be able to see the shape of her palms in mine. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The AO lay along the South China Sea, where things had the feel of a resort, with white beaches and palm trees and friendly little villages. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat with her cheek resting in the palm of her hand, bunching together all the wrinkles on that side of her face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slam my other hand next to the first and drive another crack through the glass, this one spreading outward from my palm in long, crooked fingers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Spit strings dangled like cobwebs, and Grandpop’s smile was in the palm of his hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The boy raised his hand, and Noor’s palm smacked against his in a high five. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The women are supposed to wave palm leaves and chase the flames in toward the middle until all the trapped animals inside get completely nerve-racked and jump out through the fire. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men with skin like the milk of goats and their Ashanti companions drank the palm wine from hand-carved gourds that had been decorated with ceremonial tribal designs. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Doctorita,” I say, pouring some chips into my palm. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned over, palm on the bar to brace himself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

More important, right around the time their palms started sweating, their behavior began to change as well. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And true to the palm oil that flowed in her veins, she never had a visitor to whom she did not offer food before one word of conversation—business or social—began. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the head line and heart line in my right palm, she said, I have the mystic cross. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood straight and turned his palms upward—they were bloody from hitting the branches. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For what seemed to be a lifetime, but was really a split second, I could only hear the soft sound of the breeze blowing through the palm trees. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The doctor has told me to say only restful things to you, so I said, “Yes, Djo. Stripping palm is one of my jobs.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose, and made his way back toward the palm trees. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his right hand he carried a swagger stick which occasionally he slapped against his left palm, punctuation marks for the thoughts that crowded and strutted invisibly within him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give the outline a final brush with my palm and sit back on the hard ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Bono thrust a palm against my chest to hold me at a distance, leaned the book on an upraised knee, and with the other hand, perused the pages. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

We arrived at a small clearing with palm trees arching overhead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The palm tree was done, and it looked as if she was adding coconuts to it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol has already been taught to eat on his own with his fingers, not to let the food stain the skin of his palm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sees the palms of his hands calloused to granite, and the long fingers curled up and still. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here we were, holding hands under the table, drawing little circles into each other’s palms. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Swami Jesus, will you go on the hajj this year?” he said, bring­ing the palms of his hands together in front of his face in a reverent namaskar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She puts her palms over her eyes and runs past us, out into the hallway and up the stairs, where she slams the door at the top. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma Sorenson took it and began working his palm with her thumbs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Our houses would boast huge picture windows, and palm trees would grow in our front yards. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Amar presses his palms together and twists them back and forth, to illustrate. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A tiny airplane drops him off in a jungle thick with green leaves and palm and banana trees—what I imagine the Ecuadorian rain forest must look like. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted one hand off the wheel and held it out in front of me, palm skyward. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He gently reached out for Deedee’s hand and scrunched the paper up into her palm. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his shirt in back, poured a little liniment in his pink palm and, reaching around, he fell slowly to rubbing his back. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was smoothing the note on his palm, when a young very dark-skinned customs officer asked, “Anything to declare, sir?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I curled my fingers inward, digging my nails into my palms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He took the purse, poured the hoard into his palm, and chuckled over it as if its scantiness amused him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What is this?” asked Matthias, still holding the tiny disk in his palm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He pushed his chair back, stood up, and stepped away from the table, rubbing his palms against his jeans. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I watched Linda clamp down the cap with the palm of her hand, holding it there, smiling over in Nick’s direction as if none of it really mattered. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m turning here and there, feeling desperate, when I catch a glimpse of the oldest girl, holding a piece of palm bark over her head and wading through the puddles on the street. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he slid the silk and his fingers into her open palm. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I sat in the front, staring out the window, my eyes unfocused, my palms sweaty, my breath catching in my throat. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I dropped my hand to the table, moving my left hand so that my palms were pressed together. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Beneath her, bits of broken glass cut into Koffi's palms and knees; plumes of smoke filled her lungs with every ragged breath she took. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Fat black ants were crawling all over the palm fronds, and she squealed and looked helplessly at him when one crawled onto her arm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He tore some skin off the palm of his hand, on an up-ended twig. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I clap my fist against my palm, playing Scissors against no one. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Throwing his hands forward, his palms pressed into the hot, soft sands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her palms slipped, causing her elbows to jam into the tongue-floor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Dorian held fast to her calloused palm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I drove my right fist into the palm of my left hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He moved his icy palm to rest it against my cheek. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only problem was that the heart of palm was inside the tree, and first you had to chop down the tree and cut it open. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel scraped the edge of the blade with his pocketknife and inspected the scrapings in the palm of his hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even at her most distracted, Sarai’s feet kept track of the slope, and knew to stay in the palm’s flat center. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Alone, she stretched out in the sand down the beach under the swishing leaves of a palm and stared at the sky. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I populate it with tanned, handsome men in sunglasses and sports shirts with palm trees on them, and with real palm trees, and with blond, long-legged women, also tanned, with white convertibles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We built a shelter out of tree limbs, palm branches, and whatever other materials we could find, but the huts leaked when it rained and always needed repairs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feeds the birds and they peck in his palm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The box is tiny enough to fit in her palm. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I put a palm against his face and felt the bones close to the flesh and the tiny wet tears, as if squeezed from a dropper. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached my arms around my chest, my palms fear- slick against my ribs. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My breath catches again, and my nails dig into my palm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Our fingers, loosely woven a moment ago, now clutch together, her palm tacky with moisture, mine rough in places where I have grabbed too many handles on too many moving trains. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The ball made a satisfying sound as it slapped his palm. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then you place it in the palm of your hand and squeeze—gently, real gently. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her fingers tightened into fists, her nails digging into her palms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then on her bucket of coals she set her lunch to boil, and monitored the flame with a plaited palm fan. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was passive in his palm, and the deep translucent throat quivered. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Sam took his master’s hands and laid them together, palm to palm, and kissed them; and then he held them gently between his own. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dill wiped his eyes with his palms and accepted a tissue. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

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

We were leaving Cecile with her kitchen and her palm tree. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black cradled his forehead in a broad palm for a moment, then tore it away and said defiantly, “I said, ‘Go lose yourself.’” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The palm fronds on the hut rattled; whatever it was, he was pounding it into the hut Having finished, he went away again. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She admires the sea, a calm, brilliant turquoise to her left, and the familiar pattern of royal palms dotting the landscape. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My nails were digging so deep into my palm that I thought I had broken the skin. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

I looked at the coin as it lay in my palm. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his bony head and buried it in the palms of his gnarled hands; and at that moment he seemed to age a thousand years, a pitiful sight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a tall, thickset man in blue presses his palm against my chest and he’s pushing me back out through the doors, his wedding band cold on my skin. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her palms were sweaty, and she tried to keep an eye out to make sure nobody was watching her, without being obvious. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cricket beat frantically against her palms and she let it down again. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The apparition grips his trophy under an arm and turns out his palms as if to say, “I don’t know,” or maybe “I’m sorry.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She gestures with upturned palms in an arc around her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, we didn’t have any dressing to put on the heart of palm, but we just munched it plain and raw, like chewing dry, tough celery. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kadalyi-Polokov said, switching on and off the miniaturized triggering and aiming device which he held in the palm of his hand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I looked down at his hand and doodled aimlessly across his smooth, iridescent palm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Taisin emptied the pouch into her hand, and the medal lion tumbled into her palm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as Ivy saw it, her palms started to sweat. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His hand met hers, palm to palm, as if they were sharing a prayer. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She compromised and, into her cupped left palm, shook out three half-gramme tablets. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrinkle my nose as I squeeze a glob of the medicine onto my palm and begin to massage it into my leg. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I started calming down by taking deep breaths and concentrating on the smell of dirt on my palms. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As the guest of honor, Roosevelt led a parade of important politicians and diplomats down a wide boulevard dotted with palm trees. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Scooping the clay crumbs into his palm, he spat on them, softened and mixed them with a careful finger, then pressed them into the crack and smoothed the edges as well as he could. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She placed them in the palm of my hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The quiet river started flowing loudly through rocks and palm kernels. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The remainder sat outside on palm leaves the boys had collected. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger extended a limp palm, his mouth open in astonishment. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna touched her face with the back of a palm, to check for a fever, although she knew there would be none. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nathan pulled the turquoise out of his pocket and then held it over the palm area of Darkness’s hand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I skimmed his arm with my palm, like an apology. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I put my palms together, pleading, and smiled hopefully. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Tears crawled down from his swollen left eye and he placed a palm on it as he followed her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the calm and deadly Leon who could hold a class in the palm of his hand. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She rubbed her eyes with the palms of her hand. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She pulled it from the inside pocket of her red cloak and took turns switching it from one hand to the other as she wiped the sweat from her palms. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

June walks over and places her palm on the top of Nora’s head, deep in her nest of curls, and leans down to kiss the back of her own fingers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"I had a difficult session with my analyst last evening and the slightest thing is apt to set me off. Like an alarm clock without control—Say!" he said, slapping his palm against his thighs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put both palms on the case and peered in at the ice cream. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And then I imagine I can feel the X rays and the gamma rays, feel them pinging on my eyelids, shooting through my skull, making the palms of my hands tingle like they've fallen asleep. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cupped him in her palm and scratched his oversize ears. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The dog sniffed for a moment, whined, sidled toward him and allowed him to stroke her head and ears and licked his palm and lay down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But to know that the feeling of my palm against hers has so little of an effect on her that she’s actively thinking about Coop’s sexual status? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When her friend had cried herself to sleep, Mary Lou covered her with a palm frond and marched toward the camp. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, tall brown palms and coconut trees provide little shade for the dry, crumbling city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

David holds his present on his palms, weighing and poking it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to shove him, but his hand palmed my forehead, keeping me away. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The professor opened a drawer in the little table and brought out a leather box, circular in shape and about the size of the palm of a man’s hand, and three fingers deep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mama smiles sweetly and places her palm against the door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

With the base of my palm, I press on it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Neumann Two is already upright beside him, palms cupped against each other, as though attempting to hold a sphere of darkness in the bowl of his hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Each man then wipes his bloody hands on the grass, picks up a handful of dirt, and rubs his palms together to clean off the blood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a stranger and stank of dog, but I licked her palm as if it were a golden plate. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

His hand fell away from his chest, a pool of red in his palm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I picked up a chunk of broken brick and squeezed it in my hand until a throbbing ache radiated through my palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She felt the weight of Father’s palm on her covered head, resting there for a moment. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt him drop a heavy palm on the back of my head, but it was a long time before he could piece together his thoughts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His hands were in front of him, palms down, and his eyes were on the scorpion. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take my hand back, the feeling of his signature still burning against my palm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Doc rubbed Jay’s head with the palm of his hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Almost there,” he murmured, pausing to wipe the palms of his hands. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Those fifty bucks sure looked fat and happy sitting in Cory’s palm. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to see her?” one asked when it was over, and a nurse held out the baby, swaddled in a white cloth, in her cupped palms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She paused, drawing a ragged breath, and took the moonstone ring out of her pocket and put it into the palm of his hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart started pounding and my palms got all sweaty. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was an indication of a palm tree going up too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She fluttered her red fingertips against his palm. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I heard him making small noises, as if it were painful to move, as we stood back from the palm trunk. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of palms and flowers, there were only rocks and the twisted stumps of long-dead trees. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hands me her bottle of hand sanitizer, and I squirt the hugest blob into my palm. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He dropped the emerald studs into Abbey’s palm and said, “Those little greenies are worth more than diamonds.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I reached for the king’s hand, which he granted unwillingly, and I pressed them into the flesh of his hot, moist palm. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His eyes go wide, and he places his right palm up. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I kneeled down and pressed the palm of my hand against the pig’s belly above the nipples. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The room was so full of books there wasn’t more than a palm’s breadth of wall visible in the entire room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sohrab was in the backseat of the Land Cruiser, looking at traffic through the rolled- down window, chin resting on his palms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The living room smelled of bleached palm oil that came from the kitchen and Baby was lying on a mat, looking through the pages of Eze Goes to School. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Miles guided the rowboat near a spot where lily pads lay like upturned palms on the surface. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up and sweeps the broken halves of the pencil off the table, into her left palm. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

At the final turn, I see Mrs. Morehouse standing in the entrance to the parking lot, her palm out like a traffic cop, keeping cars from pulling in. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s staring at me moments after, patting the pack against her palm, and I wait for it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He cupped his palm at the back of my neck and held me there in his anxious grip. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Others would appear next to her as they work their way out from their burrow, all of them resting their pointed chins in their little palms. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He holds out a pile of seeds in the palm of his hand and makes a bird noise. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In the 1980s and early 1990s Clement measured peach palms throughout the Amazon basin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Yolanda can see where he has scraped his hand on the pavement and blood has dried dark streaks on his palm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She clenched her fists at her sides, digging her nails into her palms, wondering if that was what had happened to her father when he died. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His hands felt slimy, as if he had just blown his nose into his palms, which he probably did just to be a jerk. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Eventually, as though from far away, Omakayas felt the tentative brush of Tallow’s tough, creased palm, and heard the rustle of her clothes as she got up and quietly left. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The edge of the toilet-paper dispenser dug through my jeans and into the backs of my thighs, and he thrust his palm against my chest and leaned all his weight onto me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She watched him as he laid his hand on the door, pressing his palm against the wood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Even without looking at her hand, Aru could feel the number on her palm as if it were searing her skin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I rub my sweaty palms against my well-worn jeans. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Back on the beach, the girls built a signal fire from sticks, palm leaves, and paper from their morals clause contracts, rescued from their official “Welcome, Miss Teen Dream” folders. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I crouch down and form a cup with my palms. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I held my hands up, palms out, and he put his hands up against my hands. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I open the bottle now, dump the blue tablets into my palm, and count them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looks around, shifts his weight from foot to foot, pounds a fist into his palm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Abuela is admiring the palm trees that are strung with white lights for the holiday. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Fizz takes a seat in front of happy-face lollipops the size of my palms. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I have to admit, my palms were sweaty and my stomach was churning. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A gash in her hand and a palm full of blood. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The raven did its best to peck through his palm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I found the palms of my hands were cold with sweat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t recognize the form looming over me until my palms slammed into Frankie’s chest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We poured a stream of the white crystals into our palms, just like Mama taught us in cooking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pull the key out of the ignition and squeeze the Batman key ring into my palm. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My heart thunders loudly in my ears, my palms cold and sweaty. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seventy-five, eighty, eighty-five,” I chanted, sliding the nickels around in his palm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She remembers the night the lightning hit the royal palm, how the birds circled in confusion before scattering north. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I re-entered the clearing, swiping at my eyes with the butts of my palms, one thing was very clear to me: I was not leaving Otto here. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Eskimos lifted their arms and turned their palms to the source of all life. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother wiped her eyes with her palm, although there were no tears, before she brought out an airmail envelope from her handbag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tucked my thumb and Papa’s wedding band into my palm. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dr. Pérez led us on a tour of the patients’ quarters, including little houses and apartments set among gardens and palm trees. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I scrub at the lines in my palms and run one fingernail under my other fingernails to get the blood out. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

About the size of her palm, it was nearly a third of the way full. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The wheel felt moist in George’s clammy palms. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He always enjoyed seeing the happiness that the travelers experienced when, after weeks of yellow sand and blue sky, they first saw the green of the date palms. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steps, noose, mask; but before the mask was adjusted, the prisoner spat his chewing gum into the chaplain’s outstretched palm. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love how inconspicuous this camera is; it fits in the palm of my hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I close my hands over his wrists, his palms still cupped under my jaw. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"The best kind? The best kind? I see," he said, brushing his beard down with the palm of his hand. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He cupped his bloodstone watch fob in his palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

His palms were too sweaty and his heart was racing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At the center of the camp, water from a geothermal well had been piped into a pair of shallow, steaming pools lined with rocks and shaded by palm trees: Oh-My-God Hot Springs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl struck with a cupped palm and caught the moth and broke it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hung from the tree, feet dangling, sliced palm stinging. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then I slap my palms in three sets of three on the table, like a tabla accompaniment: "I. Am. Black," I say. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tide was coming in and there was only a narrow strip of firm beach between the water and the white, stumbling stuff near the palm terrace. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I expect his palm to be sweaty, but it’s not. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I tip my palm at each of them—it’s at the level of the frills on his pants. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mother Ermentrude smiles and lifts up her hands, their palms facing heaven. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The ship’s cabin was close and the bunk wasn’t the most comfortable, but it beat a pallet of palm fronds in the sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kiley opens his hands wide, palms up, fingers splayed. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He held his hand out, palm up, and Anya realized he wanted her to give it to him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A large man stands beside it, spinning a knife in his palm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her palm is warm, her grip nearly nonexistent. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dad reached into his pocket and withdrew a vial of consecrated oil, which he placed in my palm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t raised his hand and he made everyone laugh so he had to go up to Father Byrnes and hold out his hands, palms up. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took her nipple in his mouth and cradled her other breast in his callused palm. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the seashell in the palm of my hand. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She raised her hand, her open palm facing him, to make him stop talking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The pearl ring on her left hand was cold against my palm. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He let himself relax slightly, grudgingly, beneath her palms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ty's hand flips over, palm up, on the center seat between us. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some sort of production of palm oil had taken place here; there were the remains of palm nut seeds everywhere. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His palms were warm and rough, a startling contrast to his long, agile fingers, the fingers of a scribe or ketubah painter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I opened my fingers a crack, like a child with a secret, and smiled at the silver globe cupped in my palm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They sneak out quietly, and Henry touches Alex’s shoulder at the gate near where his SUV waits, presses his palm into the wool of his coat and the knot of muscle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I feel as if Tariq himself is folded between her palms, unable to slip away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

TimeStar held his time travel device in his palm, triggered it with his thumb. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Richard was to tap a pressure point on his chest while reaching out to me with his other hand, and Mother was to hold a point in her palm while touching Richard with her foot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He grasped my wrist and thrust the penny into my palm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a fake, dusty palm tree in the corner of the lobby and flying pink flamingos on the wallpaper. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I scraped the skin off my palms trying to catch myself, but that was nothing compared to the screaming pain in my shoulder. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The dried egg yolk, fried in red palm oil, looked soggy and unnervingly bright-colored on the plate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He plucked the cowboy hat off my head and crushed it between his palms. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They send infrared e-mails to each other on little palm computers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the meat and held out his paws, palm upward, for her to look at. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The pills are already in my palm before I notice it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He patted the palm trunk softly, and, forced at last to believe in the reality of the island, laughed delightedly again and stood on his head. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I breathe in and slam my palms against the walls to my left and right. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When I get to my spot, my palms start itching. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Alex’s other hand finds that dip of Henry’s waist, and he swallows a sound at how devastating it feels under his palm. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I got up and began to run my hands over each palm trunk. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all I could see was the red pomegranate and how he grasped it in his palm as though it was already his. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I put the whole handful into his palm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He lifted her hand and pressed a small coin into her palm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dark palm leaves were splayed like drooping combs against the monsoon sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged the heel of my palm over my nose, and I looked at Dad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He and Sonny slap palms and end with the Wakanda salute. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was no escaping the army, especially not for Sarai, since her room gave onto the sunstruck silver-blue palm of the seraph. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

From the burned part the girl should take a piece of charcoal and then rub this between her palms. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Stanley groaned as he pulled a thorn out of the palm of his hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a damp patch of sweat on my jeans in the shape of my right palm. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I closed the note pad and held it in the palm of my hand. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The palm tree tries to stand up because someone wants it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ivy could feel her palms sweating into June’s as they got closer. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Farther down, embedded into the base of a tree and hidden by palm fronds, was the delay switch for the enclosure’s entrance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He takes my hand and kisses the palm. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet laughs rise all around me, but Mr. Daniels holds his palm toward the class without taking his eyes off me, and the noise stops. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It fit into my palm, and I saw that it was a jungle bird, a baby macaw. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Her brother leaped into the palm of the branches and picked and pulled his way up to the fake raven. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She kept pushing back her damp, whitish hair with the palm of her hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tyler was a softer target: I begged and he gave me a silver coin as big as my palm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the monster gripped Harry’s shirt, Conor felt the material against his own palms. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as we were ready, we lined up for photos, posing first individually in front of some palms and then as a group—“one big happy family.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His palms are practically blue with thick calluses, like he’s spent his life walking on his hands. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But now all that remained of the fantastical designs were faint waves on their fingers and the dark Sanskrit numbers on their palms. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his leathery palm, which now held two shiny quarters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I shrugged and held my hands out, palms up, in a gesture of helplessness. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second, Burton Prater, held out his hand, where an ugly penny sat in his palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rather than being killed by a blade or a bullet, he was hanged from a dead palm tree, where his body twisted in the desert wind. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right now,” he says and puts his cool palm on my leg. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Christina slams her palm into an elevator button and slips inside before the doors are fully open, dragging me behind her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had terrified me at first, but in time I had seen the way he spoke soothingly to the animals we brought him, stroking their fur until they nuzzled against his palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Each one was decorated with palm fronds, flowers, photographs, statues, and hundreds of glittering candles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The handle of her knife grew hot in her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the wall and put his hand to the back of his head and looked at his palm. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember how we sat on the balcony at night listening to the palm trees sway in the breeze?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The Basque wagged a forefinger at him and handed the bottle back, slapping in the cork with the palm of his hand. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, the flesh on the palms of my hands was peeled, swollen, and blistered. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When she jumped into his palm, he reached as high as he could to the ceiling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he bent over, pressed his palm on the ground, and lifted his hand up to rest it against his chest. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma closes the incinerator door and raises her palms in the air like she's praying. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Baba lifted his hand and showed Neel his palm. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Almost five hundred years ago, Indians lined the edge of the rise, taunting Orellana by waving palm fronds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Winnie picked up the toad and held it for a long time, without the least disgust, in the palm of her hand. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scooped a few seeds from the jar and held out her palm. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They glared at me and mashed their fists into their palms. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I rest against a palm tree and watch the whole scene unfold. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She always had a pair of scissors hanging by a white tape from her waist, and with this she began shaving thin slivers of soap into the palm of one hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her rough palm moved across his cheek and then across his brow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She turned her hands over and over, palms to backs, backs to palms, marveling. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We sit on the log bench and he fills my palm with seed, and even though it is only for the briefest moment, a sparrow lands and flies away with a beak full. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Rafe waited for her to go on, flipping his hand over so that their palms were pressed together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Track batons are slippery, especially if your palms are itchy when you’re trying to grab one. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Fiona took my hand and started pinching my palm between the thumb and index finger. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ugwu removed the palm fronds piled on top of Odenigbo’s car, but each time she turned the key, the engine wheezed and died out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The clerk slaps a piece of paper in my palm: my ticket. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slapped the remote in my palm a few times, because that’s what you do to, I guess, activate the batteries. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I caught myself from falling but scraped both my palms and my knee on the brick wall. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Each hand had four pus-filled lumps on the palms, just below the fingers. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m in,” she says, putting her hand out, palm down. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He kept trying to balance the rake upside- down on the palm of his hand. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me meaningfully, and let her open palm brush back and forth against mine. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

One morning I slapped an enormous bee between my hands just as it had lit upon a flower and it stung me in the tender center of my left palm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stared at the key in the palm of my hand, I felt a brief jolt of panic. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Rain spattered his skin, coming in cold where palm thatching was already tearing away under the increasing battery of the winds. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The splintery fence-top sawed my bum and palms as I inched along it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“He changed. But you came into this dark place filled with mysteries, wonders, and terrors beyond your imagination”—she stuck her hand out, palm first, and swept it though the air dramatically—“to save him.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He hit his palm with the flashlight, testing its weight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She reached out and placed her palm against the door. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ralph lay flat and looked up at the palm trees and the sky. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He told me that a big male chimp had spent an hour feeding on the fruit of one of the oil-nut palms growing in the camp clearing. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

My palms need to feel the heat of a hallowed flame whose blessing I bring to my eyes and forehead. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She rolls the hair into a ball and holds her palm up to her mouth. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

As soon as Alex had fired the last bullet, he dropped the gun, letting it clatter to the floor below, and held up the palms of his hands. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I turned my head and saw him lying there, his eyes open and staring up, his palms under his head, his elbows jutting outward. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His palms and fingers were sore, and his burning arm and leg muscles made it clear that they had already traveled too far. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rough edge of the key cut into my palm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Just stand up,” he said, lifting his hands, palms up, as though he had the power to make us rise by magic. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z