| 单词 | pin |
| 例句 | She doesn’t put up much of a fight at first, but then she tries to wrestle me, so I grab her wrists and pin her arms with my elbows, and we kiss. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Archer wrestled to the ground by men twice his size and pinned in the center of the circle while someone burned him with a blazing-hot iron. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But then she never wore any of the pins or anything else. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The man was old enough to be Luke’s grandfather, but Luke couldn’t move once Coach pinned him to the wall. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I have him pinned to the ground with a knife up under his chin and he’s laughing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The cold water made her bawl; her teeth chattered; she sought to run away, but I told Florah to pin her down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got to a clearing, Bull straightened me up, spun me around, and pinned my arms. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Her mother had on an aqua and indigo silk jacket, with a small sapphire pinned to the lapel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She holds a thin sword, very much like a long pin, and stabs at the empty air in preparation for an opponent. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It’s rather like a medical version of the maps police departments put up on their walls, with pins marking where crimes have occurred. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she pinned him to the floor, his arms twisted behind his back, his face buried in the carpet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z My hair, my eyes, my shiny gold pin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He stabs the point of his pin into my thumb. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Any thoughts? I think maybe try pricking people’s finger with a pin. Or pinching them really hard and seeing which hand hurts more.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z As she was securing the pins he made his sad sound. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But once I’m under my covers with the lights off, my mind starts to whirling like that one carnival ride that spins so fast, you get pinned to the wall on the inside. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare run!” two men in green fatigues said as they pinned him in the beams of their flashlights. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He shoved me back like fifteen feet and pinned Mong to the ground, his face right up against the damp wood. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I pinned my opponent once and he pinned me once. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Out there by the pasture gate, she quickly took the pins out of her tousled hair, pulled it back, twisted it into a knot at the back of her head, and pinned it tight. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If a girl with a gold pin and no tesserae had not made what I'm sure she thought was a harmless comment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Of course,” Sirius muttered, pacing up and down, “of course, he’d want to pin it on anyone but his own elf . . . and then he sacked her?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The eight-man expedition was pinned down in a ferocious blizzard high on K2, waiting to make an assault on the summit, when a team member named Art Gilkey developed thrombophlebitis, a life-threatening altitude-induced blood clot. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z How many angels could dance on the head of a pin, and with what matters did God occupy himself in all the infinite aeons before the Creadon? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Czernobog moved one of his kings around the board, eliminating Shadow’s remaining pieces, while using the other two kings to keep Shadow’s pieces pinned down. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She pinned me with a look that very clearly said, Quiet, please. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the living room, there was a map on the wall with pins in it, and Anne’s dad, Percy, would move the little flag pins to show what was happening at the front. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I couldn’t have freed my pinned arms even if I had wanted a drink. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I pocketed the pins and then went to my computer and looked up a map of 8328 Bartlesville Avenue. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Soon, he was sure, it would collapse, and still pinned by the heavy wreckage, he would be hurled into the harbor, where he would certainly drown. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The curtains are pulled and pinned together so there’s no gap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The light of the torches danced off crosses of pins and needles they had pinned on their coats and shirts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His hat was like a cowboy hat with the same star pinned smack in the center. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I obeyed, pinning the straps securely to the clothesline. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a pin from the caisse and stick my finger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Servants rush forward to help Lady Jocquard pin her in place. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I picked up the rolling pin and got to work. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z But do not pin your struggle on their conversion. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Her face, so pure and clear, could have been formed of water jade and her shining hair, loosened from its ornate pins, pooled around her like smooth black water on the white snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My hand on the pin, ready to pull it out and arm it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Another one came in as well, and between the three of them they were able to throw Alec on his back, pin his arms and legs down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She wore a black dress, and her black hair was braided and pinned on top of her head in a kind of crown. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jorgenson flipped me over and pressed a knee against my back, pinning me there, and I kept trying to say, “Shock, man, treat for shock.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All of his friends were Obama supporters, except for Michael, who always wore a Hillary Clinton pin on his breast, and at their gatherings, Ifemelu no longer felt excluded. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A jacked-up French roll with what felt like two hundred bobby pins that started itching as soon as she left the chair. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Each time they approached the grove of pine trees where the asphalt loop met the main road, she leaned forward, pinning all her weight against the brake as cars hurtled past. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It's a bit big on her, but my mother has made it stay with pins. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There are some pins from General Electric because Papa’s father worked there with Olive’s father. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z That’s when my second pair of gloves, kindergarten string, safety pins and all, disappeared out of the closet at school. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One shines his flashlight in my face as the other jumps onto my chest, pinning my arms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Give me those disks!” he roared, pinning Foaly to the operation’s shuttle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Zane craned his neck ever so slightly, pins and needles soaring up his spine as he did so, to take in the scene. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He looked at the pin on my shirt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” she said with a smile, as if she and Mrs. Abbott were secret friends, “you know how they are. They'll steal at the drop of a pin.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z How my skin fit the whole time, didn’t once bunch up at my ankles or squeeze my head into a pin. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A few feet of water rippled near the bottom, far below where my knife pinned a charred shingle to the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And then Clove slams into me, knocking me flat on my back, pinning my shoulders to the ground, with her knees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Alive?” she gasped, and her gaze was pinned to her son. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A fourth guard grabs him and pins him to the ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z That’s where people would hold someone down and put a rubber tire over his torso, pinning his arms. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Stars of all colors bursting into the night, silver pin- wheels spinning, golden lances up-up-BOOM! crimson flashes flashing blasting, scarlet showers BOOM! emerald rain BOOM! The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It had taken less than two minutes for Archer to knock one boy unconscious and pin the other to the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She pinned the flower to the young woman’s winter coat. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Usually, there’s something about the set of Henry’s mouth that betrays a bit of friendliness, but sometimes, like right now, his mouth pinches in the corner instead, pins his guard resolutely in place. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His twisted leg was pinned to the ground with the heavy wood on top of it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A porter had been charged with our welfare—he got off the train the next day in Arizona—and our tickets were pinned to my brother’s inside coat pocket. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years earlier, when her hair began to thin and silver, to give it body, she wore her jet-black bun pinned to her small, silver head. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The weight of his body pulled down the bottom strand of wire, pinning it against the snowy ground and Creating a small gap in the fence. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He makes targets of leaves, and pins them to the trunk of the great mango at the edge of our yard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She countered by forcing him to roll over and pin her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But they would talk about past failures, like the cereal in the shape of little bowling pins and balls. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The second man pinned his arms back while the first strode forward and wrenched the jiggeh away. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They were pinned with Purple Heart medals for their wounds received in action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Her eyes steadily on her own image, she took off the hat, replaced the pins in the brim, and then patted her hair down with one hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing amidships was a girl in a flowing dress of white silk, her mane of black hair pinned back with a circlet of diamonds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There were tiny pins, like the kind seamstresses use to hold fabric in place, stuck to her hat. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s the type of song that settles in your bones and makes you sad for a reason you can’t quite pin down. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As I take a brush and pins from a table drawer, I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then, with a great lunge, he flung himself on top of the bird and pinned it to the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I typed up the obituary and history lesson then went over to the map and put a final red pin on Mrs. Dubicki’s house at C-27. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Rishi tried pulling his arm out from under her, but since she was still partially pinned under him, she just rolled toward him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Monaco reached under his bunk, grabbed a grenade, and pulled the pin. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a red-topped pin sticking straight out of my nose, but before I could say anything she came at me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tyrion danced back in while the brigand's leg was still pinned beneath his fallen mount, and buried the axe in the man's neck, just above the shoulder blades. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The uniform, like all uniforms, eroded identity, and the daily attention required—ironing pleats, pinning hats, straightening seams, shoe polishing, especially the heels—began a process by which other concerns were slowly excluded. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then I tried in vain to pin the thing down, and cut it, but it eluded me, and in my frustration I was clanking my knife on the plate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved on with my work, crushing up some cinnamon with a rolling pin, then tiptoeing to put all my weight on it so that it would turn into a powder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But the shambler caught in the bobbed wire looked almost normal: a white woman with long brown hair pinned up on her head, wearing a day dress of green linen. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her hair was pinned back, and she wore a plain gray dress similar to what Mama wore to work. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But, no matter what Lourdes said, Pilar refused to pin up her hair or hide it under a knitted cap as other girls did. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She was whispering to her gold swan pin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “You’ve got a guitar pin on your bag, so you must like music, right?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I got up and walked over to the maps and tore them off the wall, the pins and tacks flying out with the paper and falling to the ground. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Washington slid past the middies as if the Navy boat were pinned to the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting idly by some fire, sticking pins into a wax doll while miles away a drug-crazed draccus rolled in the flaming wreckage of some innocent family’s farm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Li’l Man, he’s started swiping things, spoons and nickels and hair pins. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Most of us just had the numbers the coaches gave us, pinned to our shirts. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She made the decorated pins herself, melting and molding malleable plastic into interesting shapes, seated at a picnic table in her backyard a few weekends ago. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Butler was after it in a heartbeat, pinning one shaggy foot beneath the mace spikes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Harris clicked on the screen and Ladybird Hope appeared, wearing a red suit with a flag pin on the lapel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In November, the grass will shrivel up and become sharp like pins. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother said I would bring shame into the house, but I only giggled as she tried to tuck my hair up with long pins. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Anne lay on the couch, her hair in pin curls. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The only time they’d ever taken an interest was right after 9/11, when those guys pinned me down on my way home from school. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z There’s a large piece of Bristol board with enlarged photographs of people’s fingerprints pinned up on it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She was on the ground, her forebear looped over her back, which freed her spear to pin foes to the ground while her kierie hammered them senseless. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He came upon him asleep and fell upon him, pinning him to the ground; and with his fists—he had no other weapon—he battered the monster to death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Oomen’s forearm was braced against her shoulders, keeping her arms pinned. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z With only hook latches for locks, Louise took to sitting by the front door on an apple box with a rolling pin in her hand, ready to brain any prowlers who might threaten her children. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I pinned Malik down, and while sitting on top of him in his front yard, I suddenly wanted to kiss him. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I put down my laptop, ignoring the chimes from the couple accounts I’ve pinned, and go straight to Dad’s bedroom. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And if he had a poisoned pin, wouldn't it have been braver of him to use it? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Ladybird repositioned a bobby pin and patted the pouf at the back of her head. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The clothesline itself, with white sheets still pinned to it, was nowhere to be seen. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Harry found himself pinned against the wall as the teachers shouted for quiet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I kneeled beside her, both of our ears against the phone, me pinning Otto down so he didn’t try to chew on the receiver. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Yep, all of my cousins were squirming like beetles and butterflies with pins stuck in their hearts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It's like a train wreck, and I'm pinned down, trapped. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, right,” I say, glancing at the name tag pinned on my chest. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lame god’s craft has pinned him. Now shall he pay what is due from gods taken in cuckoldry.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother Fletcher sat upright in the white-sheeted bed, her pale green housecoat pinned at the neck. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A black rose was pinned to his lapel under a silver name tag. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Lost: Silver cross on filigree chain, topaz pin and earrings, gold-filled cuff links. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted her hands to touch her curled and pinned hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I think you just need more time. Put a pin in it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She tried to stand, but something large and heavy was pinning her legs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She twisted her hair around her fingers and pinned it into a knot again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I put the chocolates on the table and when I sat down she began to talk as if someone were sticking her with sharp pins. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Despite the blows to her head, Fannie’s straw hat remained pinned to her hair. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z But the man’s wiry arms were wrapped around her, pinning her own to her sides. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And then carefully, very carefully, I paint a safety pin through Liberty’s nose. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo had pinned her portrait next to the drawing of the Argo II to remind himself that sometimes visions do come true. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I get seven pins, but Aimee claps like I hit eleven. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z One of the women arrested, Helena Hill Weed, was wearing a Daughters of the American Revolution pin decorated with bars that represented her fourteen ancestors who had given their lives in the fight. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He had a lovely singing voice and a gallant habit of carrying pins in his pant cuffs, in case his dance partner’s dress strap failed. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “I wish I was going to have a fine time and wear all these nice things,” said Amy with her mouth full of pins, as she artistically replenished her sister’s cushion. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z As I was walking out of class, I could feel two pairs of eyes pinned on me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Elinor closed the closet door again and pinned up her hair with clumsy fingers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They were not allowed to sew on doll clothes, not even with pins. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid it on the table in front of the king, saddened by the memory of the man who had pinned it on him, the friend he had loved. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As she, Millard, and Horace squeezed out of the booth, Bronwyn grabbed the man’s hands and pinned them behind his back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Lifting up the horse’s saddlecloth, she pinned the medal to it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I fingered the whale pin on my shoulder, picturing the whole thing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers pinned Tsalig's arms behind his back and shoved him out the door. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Then he shakes his head and pins a smile on his face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Fifi—who used to wear her hair in her trademark, two Indian braids that she pinned up in the heat like an Austrian milkmaid. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her hair is braided in tiny singles and pinned up in a bun. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She usually kept it pinned up so the bigger kids wouldn’t use it, because when they did things tended to get out of hand. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The corners where tears come out feel like someone stuck a pin in them, they’re so dry. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I pin my worm at either end and make a slick vertical cut; the worm twists as they do on fishhooks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “They got the right person to pin it on, too. We all know you don’t have guts enough to tell.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Lee took up the pipe and picked out the ash with a little brass pin and filled the bowl again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A large strong hand took him in the nape of the neck and pinned him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The pain made it seem as if dozens of them had been slammed into his leg, but there were only eight, pinning the cloth against his skin. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel so bad that Sheriff Ocasek seems to think it’s me that I hesitate to try to pin it on anybody else. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I rubbed the ache in my arm where one of the ghost pins had gone through me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Newt ran to Alby and grabbed him by the shoulders, pushing with his whole body to pin the convulsing boy to the bed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z For a week, they sew my dress furiously, pinning and unpinning the hem, the sleeves, the collar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The skirt was ruffled and flounced and draped and trimmed with knots of dark green ribbon, and nestling at her throat was a gold pin. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet somehow here he was, pinning his hopes on them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Negative sentences are easy when the reader already has an affirmative in mind or can create one on short notice; all he has to do is pin a “false” tag onto it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z No names or times or good solid details, just the suicide chick, just the old dude who’d pinned me to the floor of my room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Were they all just stories whose endings had already been written, the dates of their deaths pinned to the page with periods? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The stub of his nose itched horribly, but his arms were pinned so tightly that he could not reach to scratch it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My arms were pinned at my sides by the crush of people in the car, but I wanted that snow. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Sticking out like evil litde pins on a rounded cushion of raw skin were several quills, deeply imbedded. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The state troopers went on to describe, briefly, how the oncoming car hit the disabled vehicle and sent it into the side of the rocky embankment with Will’s dad pinned between them. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Let everyone pin one word—“murderer”—on you. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If I close my eyes tight enough, I can still see Long and Tate pinning me to the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “It was great. A few more feet, and you could have hit the pins...with your head.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z As commanded, I purchased two packets of straight pins, a piece of lace, and a basket of turnip greens. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She slipped the pins into the pocket of her apron and started to smooth her hair so she could put it back into a braid. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed it and pulled the pin out, arming it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I made braids and fastened them with long whalebone pins. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They reached behind them for the plane seat cushions, which they tossed to one another like juggling pins while Petra ducked under, scooting to the front. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It’s how Aaron looks when he’s pinning you down, how he looks when he’s imparting a sermon with his fists, when he’s preaching you into a hole you might never come out of. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She stood in a man’s tank top, black sports bra, and red basketball shorts, her hair wrapped with bobby pins. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She is beneath me, her ocean eyes terrified as I pin her scim arm down. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Now he had pinned it down in time and place and person. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I cheer for the little kid with a tiny child-size ball who finally hits a pin, and try not to stare at the man with so many tattoos that I can’t see his natural skin. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I told her everything—about the pins and the marks on my skin, about the face in the water, about how it wasn’t the face that scared me so much, but the teeth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The graduates seem to have been looking elsewhere when they pinned the rose, zinnia, or chrysanthemum on their precise black dresses. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. But please don’t tell me to put a pin in it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He attacked again, stabbing this time, but she trapped his wrist with her knife and pinned his arm, slashing him once across the abdomen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Janae always has a pin in her hair, and it only takes her a second to crack open the lock. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I took the gardenia out, pinned it behind my right ear, where, I thought, it accentuated my intensely black eyes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The arrow skewers the apple in the pig's mouth and pins it to the wall behind it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The description dumpy and overweight should be pinned on the dog, not the vet. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She placed them in an old woolen sock, fastened it with a safety pin, and handed them to Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they had tightened, pinned, and locked me into my clothes, I could feel my stomach rubbing against my backbone. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Chandresh takes credit only for the white blooms, keeping one pinned to his lapel that he toys with distractedly throughout the service. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I conk the frog out with chloroform as directed and dissect it with flair, sticking in the pins. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Chronicler quietly copied to where Kvothe’s finger pinned the paper to the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I feel hands pin my arms and legs down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z My head cracked against the icy blacktop, and I felt something solid and cold pinning me to the ground. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z After all that designing, measuring, cutting, sewing, pinning, stapling, gluing, and Velcro-ing? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The way he pinned her down, his hard squeezes at her breasts, how furiously his hips worked. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z If my home town wants me in horse-blanket pins, nothing I can do is likely to change it, particularly the truth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z After a great deal of pinning and measuring, Bailey ends up with a nicer suit than he has ever owned in his life, nicer even than his father’s best suit, in a charcoal grey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Instead, they all wore the same black shirts, though one had pinned a Daffy Duck emblem on the back. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I washed up in the cold water bucket, quickly pinned on a clean apron, checked my kerchief was on proper and followed Becky to the parlor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His mantle was ermine, pinned at the shoulder with a golden trident. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were drawings on pieces of paper that they cut out and stood up with pins, because Elsie was a really good artist. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Edward helped me into his car, being very careful of the wisps of silk and chiffon, the. flowers he’d just pinned into my elaborately styled curls, and my bulky walking cast. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Now get inside and stay inside,” she said with the ketchup bottle still spinning around her feet like a bowling pin. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The cadets show less respect to the new instructors, who in turn have shorter tempers, and soon the school feels to Werner like a grenade with its pin pulled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Stupefied with the shock, unable even to move, the sodden rabbits crouched inert, almost pinned to the earth by the rain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now her legs were pinned under a gray-and-black steel air-conditioning unit that had fallen through the ceiling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Carefully she put on her first pair of nylon panty hose while Aunt Consuelo braided her hair and pinned the braids on top of her head. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The lid was closed with a hasp and pin, but no lock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z My friends had pinned me to the ground and were vehemently arguing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When she lifted her eyes, they took in my face, then went straight to the whale pin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the wall, a few pencil sketches are pinned to the corkboard. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The force of the crash sent his feet through the windshield, pinning him inside the automobile. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had pinned his Head Boy badge to the fez perched jauntily on top of his neat hair, his horn-rimmed glasses flashing in the Egyptian sun. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He’s in a wife-beater undershirt and his tan pants are pinned under his stumps. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ll teach these little mice to be as clean as pins—and to do tricks. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “There,” she says when she pins the knot in place. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I put down the pins and hurry out, only too glad to get away from this conversation. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A crushing force pressed against her back, pinning her down. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Well, then I saw Ma’s blue beads in the pin tray on the dresser.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Jody and Mark, the boy she was pinned to, were swimming. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Matt stared at a pin fastened to the woman’s collar, a silver scorpion with its tail curved up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her brassy blond hair was pinned in a bun, and she was limping. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z A gold pin shaped like a whale with a tiny black eye and a spout of rhinestone water coming from its blowhole. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The god struggled, flinging the dead aside, breaking off ribs and skulls, but the skeletons kept coming, pinning the god’s arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He started pecking at the shadows that had them pinned to the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When I tried rolling away, he pinned back my arms. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z For an instant I felt proud, as if he had pinned a medal on me for standing at attention so well. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He reached for a black cord pinned to his sheet and buzzed the nurse’s station. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On December 14, word came that another company was pinned down by enemy fire, and de la O and his platoon were ordered to go help. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z If I got pinned down in the center of the ship, I was crab chow. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Kerns punched my shoulder somewhere between See ya bud and I remember when you pinned me your first time on the mats and made me look like an idiot in front of my boys. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The alcohol smell is on my fingers, cold and remote, piercing, like a steel pin going in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She was a chaffinch, and she fluttered so wildly that Pantalaimon had to be a cat and leap at her, pinning her down to whisper. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He passed the Lady Mayoress, standing on a corner, and as he watched, she reached out and pinned a little white flower to the lapel of a passing businessman. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The man’s right sleeve is pinned up and empty. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She’d pinned her drawings and old photos of New Orleans on the walls, but that only made her homesickness worse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then she scoops up a snowball and with lightning-fast speed pins me right in the chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Madame LePoint snorted, which was potentially dangerous because of all the pins in her mouth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She’s holding up the golden pin, with a tiny cluster of filigree hawthorn berries at the top. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her hair is pinned up loosely, her bangs swept to the side, and her lips and cheeks are soft and pink. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It takes a while to get to the end of the hall, but I do—and on my own pins, too. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Horace followed Adam as Master of the Lodge and both of them wore their Past Master’s pins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He talked quietly with Wilkins, who was so miserably nervous he had become virtually mute, and Wilkins’s wife, who wore a little pin that had a picture of their son Stan in his football jersey. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven had pinned me all my life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ifemelu enjoyed the Sunday ritual of those meals in the ornate hotel dining room, full of nicely dressed people, silver-haired couples with their grandchildren, middle-aged women with brooches pinned on their lapels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I have no idea where she got the pins, but it doesn’t matter. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I reach into my pocket for the bobby pin I carry with me, just in case, and bend down to examine the lock. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Henry looked confused and was about to decline when John Kwang reached over and vigorously shook his hand, pinning the jewelry there. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to pin things down and start somewhere. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Alicia, who inherited her mama’s rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and smart and studies for the first time at the university. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He got on the bike, the knife pinned precariously between his palm and the handlebars. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I looked down to see what had grabbed his attention and realized he was staring at the whale pin on my shirt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The normal cells which make up our bodies are tiny objects, five thousand of which would fit on the head of a pin,” he said, his voice a bit too loud and stilted. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Cardan pulls a pin from his coat, a glittering, filigree thing in the shape of an acorn with an oak leaf behind it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Can put their food on the end of a pin Oh! Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is why bowling pins never showed up in your cereal bowl. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “You should wear this pin close to your heart. Because more than anyone here, you are destined to be a star. I have no doubt that you’ll be on that Miss America stage one day.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z ‘Or we’ll stick you as full of pins as a hedgehog. Hold still!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then taking a box of caps from his pocket, he raised the hammer of the gun and slipped one of the little bright caps over the hollow pin that was under the hammer. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Then with a swift movement, she wrapped the hair around her hand into a bun, which she pinned on top of her head again. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami had strung a nugget of coral and an onyx bead on a safety pin and attached it to Raymond’s baby shirt at birth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He’d pinned my arms to my sides so I couldn’t even hug him back, not that it seemed to matter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If I placed a safety pin on a steel railroad track and let a train run over it, the safety pin would turn into a pair of bright brand- new scissors. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She had two skirt-and-jacket outfits, her gray uniform and her blue uniform, which she always wore over a white shirt with a little cameo pin at the neck. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover pushed her gently backward, opening her blouse more, easing it back over her shoulders so that her arms were pinned. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The second guy grabbed him, pinned him under his arm, squeezed his shaved head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the suit was pinned under a table, which was held down by the collapsed canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get out of here, and stay away from this boy. If I see you in here again, I’ll give you a taste of a belaying pin!’ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In one corner of the room was a haphazard dress Dad was working on, pinned to a bust in a dozen places. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When she drew it out, there was a wood quail pinned to the other end, shot through the skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Somebody at school uploaded a video of Long and Tate pinning me to the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z You pin the monkey’s arms behind so it can’t turn around and bite you. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A pile of brown curls is pinned neatly upon her head under a tiny and feathered but otherwise unremarkable black hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We are given dissecting kits with scalpel-like knives that could be sharper, and trays with a coating of wax at the bottom, and a package of pins, as in sewing classes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z This was crushed with a rolling pin and sprinkled on top of the fried bits just before eating. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept her hand closed on a long vicious pin in her coat pocket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A cool current seemed to shoot through the pins around her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The cloth of her shirt seemed stuck to her rolls of fat, and her hair was long and spiraled into a large ball pinned to her head. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the parts of the wall that had no hooks and no shelves, she had pinned up some of her pictures. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I read every article I could find about the men at the Cape and kept myself pinned to the television set for the latest on what they were doing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You can start with the gold. Take that rolling pin, and roll it out like dough. Sprinkle some confectioners’ sugar on the table first. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Occasionally one of her infatuations would culminate in a lunch or coffee date, an encounter on which she would pin all her hopes but which would lead to nothing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z On entering, they found index cards with each student’s name pinned up on the walls around the classroom, with clips fastened below them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They made it from an old fluffy half-slip of crinoline and lace, but when they were through cutting and pinning and tacking, it looked exactly like a canopy and not like a petticoat at all. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifts a piece of hair from my face and pins it back with a silver hair clip, the way Erudite girls do. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z This li’l boy’s got a whole bunch of money pinned to the front of his jersey—it must be his birthday—and he’s got the nerve to complain about my prices? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The next few hours are spent doing tasks no one else wants to do—snipping stitches, basting, sweeping up, collecting pins and putting them in pincushions. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She had had to pin her skirts tight about her waist to keep them on. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My left arm was pinned against my body, while the stumpy arm of the suit bounced freely. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll take the pins out of the wheel and get the saw lined up.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a white coat with a name tag pinned to the top pocket. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She might have wished for colder, clearer water... but no, if she were going to pin her hopes on wishes, she would wish for rescue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hopping off my bed, I rattle through my desk, looking for a pin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Pictures and photographs were pinned to bulletin boards lining the walls. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It's hard to breathe, and I realize Johanna's sitting on my chest, pinning me at the shoulders with her knees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He sucked at it while the man pinned the flower to Bod’s sweater. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The last time he found himself in this situation he'd used a safety pin to keep the pants closed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She stuck three hairpins in her mouth, bunched up my hair to stuff it under the cap, and pinned everything in place. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Stop resisting,” the officer warned as he cuffed my left wrist and roughly pinned down my flailing right arm. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z We twist our hands through the bars and jam the pins into the lock. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The truth of his words pinned me to the wall. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The creature didn’t bother itself with ghosts but knocked Minya to the ground like a toy to a kitten, and pinned her there, one metal hoof pressing on her chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He yelped in pain, and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I want to tell him how the stewardess gave us wings to pin to our blouses and shirts and told Mama we were beautiful and well behaved. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Good,” said the tailor, placing pins back into his small satin pin cushion. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Pop Pop wears his mauve bell-bottom suit and veteran’s pin. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I pull pins from Susan’s hair—the hairstyle is too severe for Amity. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead he turned around and saw Kevin lying on the sidewalk, an ice-laden tree limb across his neck, pinning him down. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “You pin it to your coat,” said the man. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Clamping his arm down, Reggie pinned the man's hand to his side while stabbing at the man's face with the mop handle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A car screeched to a stop, and the driver pinned his binoculars on Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z For the next three hours, pinned under the terrifying weight of massive heartache, he watched the color of the rectangle change from orange to red to purple. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Deborah blocked him with her empty hand and pinned him against the wall. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was as if she had pulled out a grenade, yanked the pin, dropped it on the floor, and exited. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw the safety pin holding the hem of the dress up. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z My arm was all pins and needles, but I could move my fingers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I pinned my hair into curls and borrowed my sister’s lip rouge, humming while the radio blared the news that Germany had invaded Czechoslovakia. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then Dayah pins scarves across their faces so I only see their eyes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The girl who gave me the pin that gave me a name. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was something else there, in his mind, but he couldn’t pin it down at first. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He notices the Lennon obituary pinned to the bulletin board, and then a cassette of classical Indian music he’d bought for Gogol months ago, after a concert at Kresge, still sealed in its wrapper. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The fish was pinned neatly and he took two more with the same ease, then carried all three back up to the fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no pin curls, no elbows on the table, even the spines are straighter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Even my pin now. Mockingjays are all the rage in the Capitol, thanks to you. Are you sure you don’t want it back?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Billowy lace netting was secured to the brim by two long pins topped with brass spheres. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z You also needed a tool to pin the monkey down, because monkeys don’t like needles coming at them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like the third degree, only he was both interrogator and suspect, both tough cop and hounded prisoner, a cruel spotlight pinning him in a blinding circle of light. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And, to keep the British pinned down in New York City, Washington wanted Clinton to think that Gates’s troops were on their way there. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Rising, she pinned a cairngorm brooch at her neck, and went down to dinner. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Grandma reached up to pull the pin out of her hat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Pollard swept up to them, grabbed the attacking jockey by the back of the neck, tossed him to the ground, and pinned him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I climbed on his chest, pinning his arms with my legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He takes my gold mockingjay pin from his pocket and fixes it to the jumpsuit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-five more caught hold of her left arm, and pinned that down. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z That night, my brother boasted for our father’s benefit, “Did you see, Ophelia, how I pinned his arms most firmly until I let him go?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She winds the scarf around my head and secures it with pins. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Lourdes pins a short braid against her head, twists on a hairnet, and leaves a note for her daughter on the kitchen table. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They could not imagine the world as the size of a piece of paper spread over a blackboard, in which whole armies were reduced to the head of a pin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z People were trying to knock down the pins while screeching with laughter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Thus it was that he learned about the war in Europe and was able to follow the advances of the troops on a map he hung on the school blackboard, which he marked with pins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was always pinning me down and wrestling me.... The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “I suppose if someone was to catch a spy they’d take him to the White House and pin medals on him.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m dressed in sweats with the extra material of the right leg pinned up, and I’ve just demonstrated “fall safety” to a physical therapist I haven’t worked with before, when my mother appears. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Look: There are scars along my back where they put pins in me to heal the vertebrae. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A red pin dropped on the app’s map, indicating a spot just across the street from Liberty Park. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z We careened out of the Lincoln Tunnel and back into the rainstorm, people and monsters tossed around the bus, cars plowed aside like bowling pins. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We thought Madoc might tire of us and drop us somewhere with a pocket full of gold and riddles pinned to our shirts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For two pins he'd make an excuse and get away...Throw up the whole business... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Muhammad was taken aside in order not to see while men pinned down Basel and removed his clothes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z There were rolling pins on the bedspread, dirty cutting boards on the small table, kitchen shears on the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I slip the chained mirror from around my neck, then take a pin from my Belle-bun and stick my finger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I took off my so-called prize and pinned it on J.B., and he dashed away to admire himself in the hall-tree mirror. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z His arms were pinned to his sides and his legs dangled as limply as a rag doll’s. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I gave that pin to your mother on her twenty-second birthday,” he said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a red and gold pin shaped like a tree. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The first whiff of its scent had stirred up some memory which he could not pin down, but which was powerful and troubling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z At that, the pervert pressed his body close to hers, pinning her against the banister. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “From my mom,” she said, pinning the slat in place with one hand and plucking a screw from the pile on the carpet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z While they pinned his arms, he kicked at the sand, sending windblown bursts of it toward the knot of men dragging his opponent out of reach. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shut up, gangster,” Mrs. Levy answered wildly, “before we pin it on you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Father would have known if so much as a brass pin had been missing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “But, are you the Witch?” the man continued, his eyes pinned on Xan. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He could see himself, pinned underneath the rock in the freezing blackness. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My sister had used most of the getting-ready time to complain, especially about the stupid purple orchid that the Kiwanis Club had sent and which she had to pin to her shoulder. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Before I was fully awake, I had Nico pinned to the floor of the cell with the edge of my sword at his throat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I’d pinned Otto’s arm under me as I fell, and I sensed from somewhere remote as he pulled his arm away and crawled onto my chest, staring worriedly into my eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Handle H” turned out to be a knob, rather like a doorknob, with a pin on the end that would fit into “Hole 7” in the wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The safety pin snapped open on one end of the napkin, and Mama saw it fall from under her dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then as I continued to polish the shoes and buff them, Miss Volker walked over to her needlepoint map and stuck a red map pin into Mrs. Hamsby’s roof at A-41. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I knew from experience not to pin much excitement on Twig’s big ideas—but it was so tempting. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She wanted to pin him down and write “She is here” right where his cheekbone met his earlobe. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Rows of striking pins were controlled by levers on the outside of the cone, which was fixed to a square metal base with a bunch of crank handles. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In Selverton Square, he saw a kiosk where the poster with his and Lina’s names on it had been pinned up. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t bother him that his name is never an option on key chains or metal pins or refrigerator magnets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I pin the snowflake chain along the top of it and then text Hannah a picture. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Now that he had them pinned against the river, he would split them up and kill as many as possible. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if you got to make up a story, Will, for heaven’s sake don’t pin it on anybody that anybody knows.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She fastened her collar with the gold pin, and she was putting on her hat when Pa drove up to the gate. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They held him with his arms pinned behind his back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dovie simpered her way up and stood next to me while the mayor pinned on her red ribbon. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Something came then, a thought as he held the hatchet, something about the dream and his father and Terry, but he couldn’t pin it down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She yanked the pins out of her hair as fast as she could and was pulling the last ones out when she heard the bathroom door open. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She just hoped so, so that she could stab him with the pin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull out my ID and slide it across the glass counter to Jared, as the name tag pinned to his sky-blue scrubs reads. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z All these detectives and evidence and pictures pinned to bulletin boards? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Che Guevara’s face blanched and swelled like the dead girl Lourdes had seen wash up once on the beach at Santa Teresa del Mar with a note pinned to her breast. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to pry that fat jewel from its setting and jab the pin right through your mercher neck for chaining me to a chair, Kaz thought. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Using one of my bobby pins, I popped the inside spring and the door sprang open. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, I caught him and pinned him against a tree, holding him fast. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Her headscarf is neatly held in place with a fancy pin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z All my training would have me block his hand and pin it to the ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Mama had let me sleep in rag rollers the night before, so I had big corkscrew curls instead of my usual pigtails, and she put bobby pins in my hair, crisscrossing two on each side. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It doesn’t help that she looks obnoxiously cute—striped shirt tucked into a red skirt over tights, hair clipped back with bobby pins. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It was the first time Luke had been pinned in nearly four years. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The big knights pin Jeanne’s and Jacob’s arms by their sides, and two other knights take ropes from ’round their waists and begin to fashion ’em into nooses. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Which means he had disguised himself as a soldier, and we caught him near San Diego, the only city that requires everyone to wear those blue pins. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Meg drew her aside, under pretense of pinning up a loose braid, and said approvingly, “It was dreadfully provoking, but you kept your temper, and I’m so glad, Jo.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I let that floaty feeling move into every part of me: my arm and legs, my belly, blotting out the pain as another pin slid inside my skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I grow out my high school bangs and pin my hair back off my face, hoping to look austere. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A smart one, Leon, hard to pin down. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Trask house next to Reynaud’s Bakery, Lee and Adam put up a map of the western front with lines of colored pins snaking down, and this gave them a feeling of participation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His arms were pinned behind him and someone had bound him around the wrists. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She fiddled with the Book Scavenger logo pin she wore on her hoodie. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z An avalanche of uncertainty tumbled down, pinning me to my seat. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The jeans leg is pinned up, and I suddenly want it down. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I wanted her to stand next to me, but she had to stand next to Dovie while they pinned her blue ribbon on her. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That’s what I needed—a wizard to pin a medal to my chest. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He put on leather gauntlet gloves, opened the door of the cage, reached inside, and pinned the monkey down. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes his card and pins it to the member board. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Arianne touched the pin that clasped his cloak, with its quarreling swans. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He aimed the pistol at me and I heard the click of the firing pin. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoved the board under the side of the air conditioner that was pinning Kaitlin’s legs down. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Miss Love took the pins out of her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z To the side of the map, there are extra pins with strings. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I threw fists and feet at them, but they were so many, they pinned me to the earth while their leader drew his sword. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Each tiny sign was perfectly formed, with little flags and short tails at the ends of each stroke, resting on invisible horizontal strings like pins perched on a clothesline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Jacob tries to crane his head around, under the weight of the leather shoe-sole, pinning his neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There is some question about where to pin it on the cluttered sash that crosses his chest. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He finishes up the drawing, leaves it pinned on his desk to be reviewed in the morning. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When we all three pointed at him and said “five” for the number pinned to his chest, he lunged at us, screaming, “You’ll be sorry!” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Guzzo pushed at me, and I held my ground, keeping him pinned, but he’s huge, and it didn’t take long for him to toss me aside. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Those guys made Indians feel like insects pinned to a display board. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Funeral services were held at the Saigon Airport and each casket was pinned with Vietnamese and American medals. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was not like I was bowling and was not allowed to see how many pins I knocked down. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I feel like many tiny pins are pricking my skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And that would have been a disaster so immense that this weary old earth, owned or not to its fiery core, would have trembled on its axis like a beetle on a pin. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one time before that too, when I was pinned down, but I couldn’t think about that now. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On the opposite wall is a map of the United States with colored pins stuck in it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He kicked out at me, but I pinned him with my whole body and pressed harder into his chest. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed Jermaine up from his chair and pinned him against the refrigerator. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I tried to nod, but he had my neck pinned, so I couldn’t really move my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z His hands were everywhere and I couldn’t move, pinned by his weight. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z With his great arms he hugged Aycliffe, pinning the stewards arms to his sides. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Val was clad all in white; white woolen breeches tucked into high boots of bleached white leather, white bearskin cloak pinned at the shoulder with a carved weirwood face, white tunic with bone fastenings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All their hopes were now pinned on getting safely to the open ocean before the floe they camped on broke into pieces. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I took the pin and rolled it against my palm. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The opener of soda bottles pinned down her thrashing limbs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Naomi raised a hand to her hair, which the twins had twisted and pinned up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He rips the envelope from her coat, leaving the pin clinging steadfastly to its button. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The picture was never completed—you could change it by rearranging the pins. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax watched as Runt tossed the toy soldier into the air and then pinned it down, over and over. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Struggling to the vehicle, the boys saw Frankie pinned under it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped to the lawn, swung her feet, and bowled them down like pins. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He yelped in pain, and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z My eyes travel from the sapphire-blue cravat at his neck to the royal emblem pinned to it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I quickly push the pin into my finger and wipe the blood on the base of my mirror. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She continued to stand by the map and tidy up the pins, but I knew there was nothing to tidy up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She was dressed in black yoga pants and a light pink T-shirt with her hair pulled back on one side, fastened with crisscrossing bobby pins. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Now I’ve got him pinned with my knee on his xiphoid, making it hard for him to breathe, much less move. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So now I was back to pin curls every night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I had yanked myself out of the shoe he had pinned to the ground, and now I was running, bouncing off people. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A brass pin weighs lightly on each of their lapels; one hundred and fourteen hobnailed boots spark against pebbles on the trail. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Moss danced from one foot to the other, hoping that the pins and needles that had come rushing in would go away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was no bigger than a grain of sand, no bigger than the head of a pin. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Then I remember the slaver’s knife and pin my eyes to the floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They pinned him down with automatic fire while the mortar squads set up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled a bobby pin from her hair and began to pick her teeth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She put another bundle of pins between her pursed lips. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “I’m glad of it, that’s one of your foolish extravagances, sending flowers and things to girls for whom you don’t care two pins,” continued Jo reprovingly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead of ripping the ropes out of their hands and smashing the canoes against the rocks, the force of the current kept the canoes pinned underwater. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Broadside on, the punt struck gently against two of the piers and stopped, pinned squarely across the mouth of one of the central culverts. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sander jumped up from the bench then, as suddenly as if stuck by one of his dress pins. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought of pinning it on myself, but what did I want with a button that said PEACE? Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She said the pin was the reason she’d decided to trust me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z What was lost, what I could pin on her dress. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Now the Danes seek the overthrow of Fortinbras. Some pin their hopes on me, a mere friend of the prince who should have been their king,” he says with some dismay. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z No branch, no pin, only the dirty, heaving water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I leave my glass of wine near a platter of sparrow hearts, pierced through with long silver pins, and weave through the crowd with him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I looked from his pin to his face. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z When she was right up close to the great naked hairy legs, she rammed the three-inch long pin of the brooch as hard as she could into the Fleshlumpeater’s right ankle. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a sweet, simple face and dark, thick hair held back with bobby pins. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She pins a pair of overalls to a shirt on the line. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And the only time I tried to sleep on his bed, he rolled over on me and pinned me by my ears so that I couldn’t move for the rest of the night. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z The next morning I showed up in the kitchen with the whale pin fastened to my favorite blue top. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The man astride me pins my arms again while the other one undoes my belt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Instead she took two safety pins from the hem of her skirt and began to pin the ends of the napkin to Pecola’s dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Tea Cake was spending and doing out of his own pocket, so Janie never told him about the two hundred dollars she had pinned inside her shirt next to her skin. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z All his weight was on top of me, pinning me to the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I brought out my hollowed cork with pins stuck down to make bars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She took him down and had him pinned—but it was as if gravity reversed, and suddenly she realized he had turned the tables. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He moves across the room to the map with the colored pins, his limp more pronounced than usual. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Then Grace looked so pretty one afternoon that Kate couldn’t help giving her the rhinestone butterfly pin she was wearing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She pulls two pins from her hair, keeping them just out of reach. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Gherland flicked his eyes to dislodge the tears and pinned his gaze on the Sister. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z While someone pins the number 12 on my back, I do a quick assessment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She stiffened when she felt hands pinning her arms to her sides. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Opening his eyes, he saw a military officer with four stars pinned to his uniform. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Henry’s hands are huge on his back, his jaw sharp and rough with a long day’s stubble, his shoulders broad enough to eclipse Alex when he rolls them over and pins Alex to the mattress. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z What did happen was Dr. Lancaster finally explained to Uncle Tony that Momly would have to have surgery to set and pin the bone. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The assistant director’s office occupies a dusty third-floor corner that overlooks the gardens: walnut-paneled, overheated, decorated with pinned butterflies and beetles in alternating frames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She chases me, pins me to the ground, and pulls out a knife to cut my face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z April was watching him set up the pins and suddenly got a brilliant idea. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Soojin points to a little American flag pin on her sweatshirt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Curly pinned him there with a heavy boot on the midsection. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The increasing rain pulls stray feathers from her wings and pins them to the mud below. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was the litde cloth purse with the safety pin on the chair beneath her clothes and the money just wasn’t nowhere in the room. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z A badger, an owl, and a baboon were all just as intent to pin Pantalaimon down, and Lyra was crying to them: “Why? Why are you doing this? Help us! You shouldn’t be helping them!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She knew from the beginning that the money wasn’t any place she knew of if it wasn’t in that litde pocket book pinned to her pink silk vest. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Before her casket was closed, the pin was removed and given to Anna Howard Shaw. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Her voice reminds me of a pin hidden inside a candy bar. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He uses his knee to pin me, and I can’t budge an inch. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Many of us, depending on our post, would be furnished with radios equipped with special “emergency pins.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In all likelihood he’s the one who stole the potato flour, and now he’s trying to pin the blame on Bep. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The one who had pinned me drove his toe into my side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So I clean up myself, then do my hair with enough bobby pins to last through the shift, and head off for work. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother cut my hair to my chin and made me sleep in pin curls all night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He holds the pin as stock-still as he can. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I got the pin off each of the three hinges and then Ben pulled the door away. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Her face is frozen in terror at the sight of him, and she makes no move to defend herself as he pins down her arms, laughing like he did when he kissed her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Pearl had loved watching her mother at work, bent over the kitchen table, laboring with the precision of a surgeon—scalpel, needle, pins—to transform these toys into art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I clipped out flowers from cans of Carnation milk and pinned a wreath around cutouts of the little girl under an umbrella from the salt box and of Mr. Quaker from the box of oatmeal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It had no cycles, so you waited until the water got dirty, then put the clothes through the wringer—two rubber rolling pins rigged above the tub that were turned by a motor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She fished around in some hidden desk drawer and then handed Sierra a laminated card with a pin on the back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I write what I remember: There was one point when he was forcing me from the car, that he had both hands pinned above my head and my shirt rose up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I slipped a pin blade into the basement door lock and broke it with a twist. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “No words in any language can pin down exactly how life and death function. The closest we can come is by explaining samsara. Are you familiar with the concept?” asked Wish. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Tara asks, looking over the diagrams pinned to the walls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tony jumped on top of him, pinning Wes’s arms to the ground with his knees. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Moushumi had gone out and bought a rolling pin, made an apple pie for the first time in her life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It felt like he had pinned a badge to my chest. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Do you want a straight pin or a safety pin?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There were photos everywhere, some framed and propped up on tables, some just pinned to the wall. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I tried to feel my pocket, but the fetterlings still had my arms and legs pinned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There are boxes of safety pins and bags packed with womens hats that crumble when you touch them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z One year he pinned a diaper on the back and another on the front of the bottom third of the snowman. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Finn could only lie in the road, pinned by Petey’s bike, as his horse, his beautiful, magnificent, impossible horse, thundered toward him, The mare reared up, shrieking, hooves hammering the air. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The whole floor was covered with toys: bowling pins, balls, swords, a whole herd of rocking horses, dolls in every shape and size lying around with their arms and legs twisted. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But Love cannot be pinned down so easily. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Wonderful,” she said as she pulled out the bottle and pin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The blow caught him on the right side, and Frodo was hurled against the wall and pinned. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I knew it, Twinkle!” she crowed, holding her rolling pin above her head in a victory dance. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Instead, he ignored me as he started pinning up another section of the dress. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “So, Parker and Lily come up here one night. And they are so in love! He even gave her his thespian pin or something.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He’d hold its feet in one hand and pin its neck motionless to the wood with his elbow. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She pulled out several torn and faded sheets and a whole bunch of safety pins. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If your performance impressed the audience and the owners enough, you were given a token: a tiny set of silver pipes that could be mounted on a pin or necklace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He remembered vividly seeing me, a peaked, shivering child walking past his house one freezing morning, my inadequate overcoat fastened across my little chest with horse-blanket pins. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It won’t be tetanus, as they inoculated us, but may be septicemia; I don’t think those pins were very clean. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Paul noticed that Burns was wearing an American flag pin on her suit, so she introduced herself as a fellow American. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Maybe they could use the pins as weapons, put them in their gloves, swipe at the cucos’ eyes, and make a run for it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Annoyed, she drew back from his touch and a pin shook loose from her hair. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits in the darkened drafting room, surrounded by the desks of his coworkers, some piled with drawings and models, others as neat as a pin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A sprinkler was going on Jim Hirsshom’s lawn; Bernabe accorded the office a lackluster birdie as he glided slowly by, pinned down now in the tourist traffic, all but immersed in adobe dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When she wrestles to get free, he knocks her onto the grass and pins her there, trying to force her ring back on her finger, alternately murmuring entreaties and spitting threats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She is deathly afraid of seeing the dead and has all kinds of charms pinned to her bra to keep a ghost from coming near. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It was bad enough for the trap to be biting his foot, but to have his neck pinned down that way was too much. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she went to get a gold bar pin for her dress front, to make the neck higher, and I went out to the porch for a drink of well water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “These pins are yours. You can pick your locks. Use the confusion to get out of here. Leave Blackcliff forever, like you wanted. On one condition.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I hammered the pins back into their hinges, and then packed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z My heart deflated faster than a pin in a balloon. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The girl’s jacket, an old army one, was covered in pins and patches. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But I edged out Mom by seven pins. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “That’s where I’m from,” Sammy says, puffing out his chest, as if someone is going to pin a medal on it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “You were there when the real Brer Rabbit was taken by iron monsters. Before I punched the Bottle Tree, I might add. So you can’t pin all this on me.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Some were framed, singly or in groups, but plenty were tacked in place with tape, or pinned up by clothespins, or tucked into whatever corner would hold them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Mother pinned her hair up and dotted lipstick on her lips. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The sheath of arrows is pinned under her back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The day to which she was eternally skewered, like a moth stuck through the thorax by a long, shining pin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I learned from here. I just make a paper pattern, and when it looks right I pin it to the cloth and cut.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Docia’s pretty white collar was fastened in front with a large round cameo pin, which had a lady’s head on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried the banner into the living room and stood on a kitchen chair to pin it to the drapes. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z As we watched, a skinny old guy with a deputy’s badge pinned to his long johns stepped forth and was real sick over the rail into the water. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the darkness, he still felt the sharp bites of the horseflies, and he felt the mosquitoes, dozens and dozens of tiny pins pricking him, sucking at him, leaving their itchy venom behind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She pulls tape and a giant safety pin out of her pocket, and in fifteen seconds, my costume is fixed. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I put it on and pinned it in back at the neck. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The left sleeve of his black wool tunic was fastened at the shoulder with a sil-ver pin in the shape of a longsword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She has a gold pin on her perfectly ironed blazer, in honor of the current tournament season, and a clipboard tucked under one arm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She woke up and in seconds pinned me down and pressed her face to mine and said, “So what’s up, Doc? You gonna be even or odd today?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It meant If you and I were alone on a jungle path, I wouldn f give a bent pin for your chance of survival. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He got up, ruefully looked at his white breeches, shrugged, and walked over to where Johnny was diligently pinning up sheets. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked around the room and brought a porcelain pin tray to his desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Alex finally manages to catch Henry around the waist, and he pins him, slides his wet mouth over the thudding pulse of Henry’s throat. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They bark like mad dogs as four pin me down. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry was with them; he would, of course, be supporting Bulgaria, and he wondered vaguely why he had a large green shamrock pinned to his chest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Startled by the small cry, Flora Baumbach dropped the pin from her pudgy fingers and almost swallowed the three in her mouth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached into his cloak, feeling for pockets, but his cloak was pinned under his body. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How Xenocrates had tried to pin Faraday’s murder on her, and how Scythe Curie had helped her get to him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But I knew I wouldn’t sleep at night until he was once again with Rain, hobbling back toward the sixties as fast as her pinned hip would carry both of them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I give the knob a shake and then put the bobby pin away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One man was dead, his blood and brains crusting Lorren’s longaxe, but the second was still breathing raggedly, though Grimtongue’s spear had pinned him to the ground in a spreading pool of blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Styx fixed him with a long, sharp, pinning stare. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Their blouses had buttons missing and were fastened with safety pins. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Kaira hadn’t seen either the jacket or the pin before, but that wasn’t surprising. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z On the table was the marble slab, the sugar tin, a rolling pin, a large bowl of green apples, and one bright yellow lemon. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The two of them slammed backward and were pinned to the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was the time Mr. Christopher had had to pin back his arms to stop him attacking Reggie D. during football practice. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t moved at all, just kept my eyes pinned to the light/dark band of roadway that eventually became named San Francisquito Canyon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Two pin Cinna’s arms behind him and cuff him while the third hits him in the temple with such force he’s knocked to his knees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his hands around the collar of my sweatshirt, pinning my shoulders into the mud. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Apparently my mockingjay pin has spawned a new fashion sensation, because several people come up to show me their accessories. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hyatt, the kindergarten teacher, loved that messed-up snowman, just three huge balls of yellowing Styrofoam, stuck together with pins and pipes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Her ration of sugar, her time at the sink, her bobby pins. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gideon walks over to a map marked with colored pins, removing his hat and hanging it on a nearby hook. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Arms folded, she moved in closer and pinned me against the fridge. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He watched as the horses slogged through the mud, Seabiscuit dogging and taunting until Kayak pinned his ears and abruptly quit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Christina and I have been sitting against one of the walls, playing a game in which each of us tries to pin down the other s thumb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Now she bent her head forward, and Immie pinned up a couple of pieces on the neck that had come loose. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You didn’t stick a pin in my nose this time, did you?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My hand grows fatigued, my fingers slippery with sweat, and I drop the pin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I got six pins in my knee. Is this thing gonna aggravate me?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He crept to the lean-to and stood in front of her—not a ring, not a pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His upper body rippled with muscles, covered only by a Greek chlamys - a white wool cloak loosely wrapped and pinned at the shoulder. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Muff had told him after church that he should be grateful that Naomi kept the house neat as a pin and ought not make extra work for her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He isn’t interested in catching the butterflies and mounting them on a board with pins; he just wants to see them, identify them. count them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Agents tackled Stombaugh, pinning his arms behind his back in a painful "chicken wing" position often used by the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Both brothers lashed out with their arms and legs, but Bull’s weight had both of them pinned in ludicrous, humiliating positions. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer dodged, trying not to pin himself up against a tree or allow himself to trip. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Sam was at his lean-to, his elbows propped on his knees, his binocs pinned on the green pickup. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She watches me pin it back up, then asks, “You okay now?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We flatten out the dough with rolling pins and press these flavorings into it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Also there were all sorts of fascinating metal things glued to it, like coins, pins, and a button that said ROOSEVELT. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Lord of White Harbor tried to jerk away, but the tabletop pinned him to his chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Emma’s turn came next, and rather than leave the prettiest pin for her cousin, as her older sister had done, she took it for herself. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “How ’bout we go rolling and knock down some pins?” he asks as I click in my seat belt. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I spend the next hour pinning edge to edge as carefully as I can, but each time I put a completed one down she grabs it, inspects it hastily, and flings it back at me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Kalypso brought him an auger tool with which he drilled through all his planks, then drove stout pins to bolt them, fitted side by side. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She took out some pesos, which she handed to her brother, and then she pinned the seam back together with a safety pin. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Merrithew could feel the wall he was pinned against gradually giving way. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I touched Mother’s watch, still pinned to my bodice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Her long hair is in two braids, and she has a bright yellow flower pinned on one side. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z It is chin- length, black, and pinned back with silver clips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He had a pin on his chest that said MANAGER. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When she comes back, she is looking up at the plastered ceiling, her arms folded, pinning the sheet tight against her chest. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He decorates his apartment, pinning some Japanese prints on the walls, and he sets up a tiny studio—a “cubby-hole”—in the same building as his flat. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pythagoras argued that the earth sat at the center of the universe, and the sun, moon, planets, and stars revolved around the earth, each pinned inside a sphere. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z With a jerk of my wrist, I pull out the pins that keep the wheel from turning when not in use. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was Balboa taking possession of the Pacific Ocean and he was neat as a pin. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed in her painting smock, her hair pinned messily in gold barrettes, staring at her latest collage with a paintbrush and a piece of yarn in her hand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He had started as though a pin had run into him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She laughed and started redoing her bun, holding a couple of bobby pins in her teeth while she talked. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Then I pin her undergarments, along with Beetees, under some rocks and let them soak. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z With one knee and a forearm pinning the guy beneath him, Paul bent low and said something into the guy’s ear. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And she would put her arm around Cathy’s waist, and Cathy would put her arm around Alice’s waist, and they would walk away—best friends—and tiny as the head of a pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she took three pins, and after dipping them into the new remedy on the stove, she stuck a pin into each doll. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He rechecks the fuses, valves, plug pins; he toggles the receive/ send switch, blows dust off the meter selector. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I pin my eyes to the blank page. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She was sewing us some window curtains out of dress material so they wouldn’t be looking in at us all the time, and had pins in her mouth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone back upstairs!” said Percy, hurrying into the common room and pinning his Head Boy badge to his pajamas as he spoke. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Then I pulled the pins out of my hair and let my hair loose. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He took it without a word, and while my mother pinned it to his lapel, I held my flowerless lapel out to my sister and smirked. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “All done, Lina. You can change now, but be careful, it's just pinned, not stitched.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z What I really wanted to do was bang on the fondant over and over with the rolling pin until all my anger at Mom came out of me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z There we are, out of our seats, talking, pinning things up. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I remember now taking it off my mother's dress, pinning it to the shirt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Ishmael, with his shoulders hunched, his collar turned up, his pinned coat sleeve whipping in the wind, slogged through the snow to his office. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ma said, springing from her hiding spot, her short auburn hair still in pin curls. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I took out my grenade and put my fingers inside the pin. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He liked old clothes, preferably held together with safety pins, and held up by old neckties. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d pin up a big map over the blackboard, and next to it, set up an easel. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the white guys in my company yelled over to me from where he was pinned down by enemy fire on the north slope of Motoyama, a ridge in clear view of Suribachi. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I yelled, my hands pinning Marissa’s to the ground, my face inches from hers. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Her bra strap was left bare over her shoulder and Aileen had fastened the dress to the bra with a safety pin, just to keep it from sliding down. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My hair cropped short like Minerva’s was that last year, held back by bobby pins. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The lock shuddered and the cylinder popped out, hovering in the air, and then the springs and pins came out of the cylinder like they were being pulled apart by invisible hands. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She wore her blond hair pinned up under her hat and a double strand of costume pearls around her neck, a neck that reminded him of alabaster. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Eight years after our camping trip, I still can’t believe how good I told that tale about Aunt Loma nursing a pig, not to mention the one about sticking a pin in her rubber busts. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She combs her fingers through my hair, retrieving approximately ten thousand bobby pins. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z These, supplemented by the stouter arrows of the fieldmice and the otter slingers, caused many wounds and great discomfort to the would-be attackers, pinning a good number of them down. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Anatole translated the rage of a village into one quiet sentence that could pin a strong-willed man to the ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Last week Luke had pinned him in a matter of seconds. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Some of the mortar safety pins, which kept the priming mechanism from allowing the round to detonate on impact, had not been replaced. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Curious strangers stopped by to see—and sometimes buy—her trays of pinned butterflies and preserved pupae. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Rachel wanted to pin her hair up like the big girls in the house, but Lyddie insisted that the braids hang down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Get a move on,” Miss Volker encouraged from the wall map where she was sticking a red pin into Mrs. Bloodgood’s front yard. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His eyes land on a small, circular pin that adorns her dress. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z This being college rather than elementary school, I encouraged my students to take as many pins as they liked. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Hundreds of pins of a dozen different colors pierced the map. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “Go ahead and drop the pin in there too.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Six of the seven reached the top, but during the descent a severe storm struck the upper slopes of K2, pinning the climbers in their high camp at 26,250 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Someone else did, and they pinned it on him. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z All day long I think about Erin and how strangers are operating on her leg, cutting it open, inserting pins or whatever to mend the bones. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven tied her combat boots and slipped on her oversized purple hoodie before securing her pointy hat on her curly hair with some pins. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She considered jabbing one of the tailor’s pearl-headed pins through his eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I’ve got felt cat ears duct taped to my hoodie, and a tail pinned to the butt of my jeans, and kids I don’t know are giving me smiles in the hallways. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Instead of falling, the pin snapped to the side and clung to the smooth blob of black iron. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But the pocket watch and tie pin told Kaz all he needed to know: Heavy links of laurel leaves made up the watch’s gold fob, and the pin was a massive, perfect ruby. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She taps on the shiny gold badge pinned to her jacket. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Her arms are bird wings pinned down with rocks by mean boys. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My mother spotted the name she had written on her application pinned to a headboard, and the annoyance she felt at not arriving early enough for first choice disappeared. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I take her rolling pin and try my best to shape the little balls into circles. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She comes back to the bars and pins me with her eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he pinned the ribbons, insignia of rank, and appropriate decorations onto his father’s blouse. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He gives me a bone-white corsage for my wrist, and Mom helps me pin a boutonniere to the lapel of his tux. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Something about this—the map and the pins—makes her remember things about her dad besides the fact that he left. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The next moment, she found herself flipped over on her back and pinned underneath a huge, powerful, heavy thing that sent down a horrible stink. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He visualized every point he would take, the road toward the pin. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She tried to rise, but Mrs. Levy had pinned her to the yellow nylon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a set of arms around Jus, pinning his arms to his sides. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She does not inhabit the house, the way the other mothers do; she’s airy and hard to pin down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As I pinned it on, someone stepped up behind me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I preferred her irritable and snappy, her hair done up in pins, scolding me for forgetting her Taxol. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There were wedding rings, baby bracelets, radios, televisions, necklaces, engraved watches, old- fashioned spoons and knives, scarves, pins, coins, and other junk that was left behind for Doiia Ramonita to resell. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His postcard of Miles Davis wearing the bug-eyed glasses was pinned to the bulletin board above his desk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When something delicious-smelling ran unwarily past him, he found he had pounced on it and pinned it down without thought. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z We have our overlong pant cuffs pinned up with blanket pins, the latest thing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I pinned that one to our wall, next to the first one she sent. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I tell them everything, from how security loves to target black and brown kids to how they pinned me to the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His horse and his armor were grey, but his cloak was the rippling blue-and-red of Riverrun, and a shiny black fish, wrought in gold and obsidian, pinned its folds against his shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We spat the needles and tried to pin his nads. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So often in a case like this, it’s hard to pin down the details. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z During the procedure, three or four prison guards pinned the women down and forced their heads back. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Every bump and footstep made her jolt, and she’d managed to swipe a few pins from Philippa’s sewing basket when she wasn’t looking. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He gave me the ball back and I did as he said, pointing my finger toward that little hole where you stick the pin in to inflate the ball. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She sorted trays of dried, pinned butterflies and bottles of pupae preserved in brandy. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The pin was flat, as long and as wide as Laura’s two biggest fingers, and it was carved all over, and scalloped on the edges. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out my pocketknife with my other hand and drove it through the shingle into the wooden wall of the cistern, pinning my makeshift piece of sygaldry under the water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “And you caught up to me, pinned me to the ground, and dripped wet sand on my back that slithered down my butt when I got up.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Anticipation began to plague her with such ferocity that the thought of a husband, on which all her hopes were pinned, threatened at times to send her into another attack. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He wears a betrothal pin on his lapel—a reminder that he's one of the princess's suitors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Within seconds, she was pulled off to the side and pushed up against the wall, her legs spread, arms pinned, the cops ignoring her cries of protest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Most especially, he loved for her to play with the medals on his chest, taking them off, pinning them back on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the video, he finishes crushing his opponent with a savage pin job. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Mama made me wait till she pinned the black mourning band for Granny on my shirt sleeve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My hair is pinned back from my face and falling down my back in a shower of ringlets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Not enough that he could get out of his car when it was pinned up against a van, but still, it felt good to see his stomach receding. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I pinned it down, but only after it was nearly torn in two. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I pull a clean one from the neat stack, but I can’t remember how the Doctorita folded the diaper and pinned it on him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were both far smaller than my friend from yesterday, the one who had tried to grab Ashley off the street, the one who had my arms pinned until I head-butted him. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z In a sudden fury, she stabbed the air with a finger like she wanted to pin me to the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He moves closer, drawing up my gaze, pinning me with his eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He invented, for example, a player organ: an organ which, like a player piano, automatically played music according to the information conveyed by pins on a turning drum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The tinker held out a pin in his other hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Above the bed he had pinned a calendar-reproduction of Christ in the Temple. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes sir,” Ben said in reflex as he brought the ball up the court, eyes pinned on that rodent face of his enemy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She returned brandishing a long pin with a pearl on one end. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Eyes as black as the obsidian dangling above our heads pinned me where I stood. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Mark’s breath was knocked out of him as his attacker tried to pin him down.Then the man was whacked in the shoulder by Alec’s sledgehammer and was sent flying. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z What was pinning him down, pressing on him with so much weight that he could not move? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Bridge guessed that she was telling herself to put a pin in it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Her mother’s black hair was bound severely into a gleaming knot pinned to the back of her head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I went to the bed and rattled it, so that a bunch of the pins and paper clips fell off. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When a fish twitched, Emmett flexed upward and tried to twist away, but R.C.’s knee kept him pinned. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Each entry had been pinned to a square of black velvet, the better to display its intricacy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Wall was hammering Stagehand at Seabiscuit, but Seabiscuit was hanging up against him and giving it right back, ferocious, head down, ears pinned. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her night-black hair was twisted back in two braids that she had pinned up around her head to look like a crown. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The skeletons had Cupid pinned now, but the invisible god laughed so cruelly that Jason wanted to summon another bolt of lightning. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I'm trapped by her words, each one a pin tacking me in place, until a pack of black gossip post-balloons swarms me like a kettle of vultures. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His weight pins me to the sofa, but I don’t want to move. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As they stood to either side of him, they spotted the wallet-size photo of a beaming Anna Archie pinned to a board above his workspace. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I straightened my supplies on the coffee table and sat, careful to avoid the pins, and smiled at the idea that Arletta would be the first friend I welcomed into my new place. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z My sewing machine was on the floor nearby, and an open box full of all my other supplies—many spools of thread, pins and a pincushion, envelopes of needles—sat beside it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z All the sheep pushed away from the door at once, herding together like a school of fish and pinning us against the wall so hard the breath was pressed out of us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The tenants watched him in amazement, without the foggiest idea of why anyone would stick a pin in the color blue one day and move it to the color green the next. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The porcupine pin didn't unite or change anyone's opinion about one another. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Charles, despite having one arm pinned behind him, was trying to elbow Henry in the stomach with the other. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sabeen picks a new pin and punches it into New York, then stretches the dangling thread far west to Arizona. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z A gold-and-enamel lapel pin adorned with a ruby was to be bestowed upon her at the center’s annual awards ceremony, which recognized employees hitting milestones of service with the center. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Sisters pinned a note to his shirt and sent him home to his mother. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The pain in my heart hurts so much it becomes physical and attacks my shoulders, back, arms, and neck like hot pins pricking at me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped into Porter and Irvine’s and looked at dresses and sometimes made a purchase— elastic, safety pins, a veil, a pair of gloves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His gaze found his uncle’s again, a pin that would not stop piercing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Here. Let me do that,” I offer, taking the rolling pin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There were several photographs of the dead girl pinned up on a corkboard on the wall above the body. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Whenever company came over for Sunday dinner, however, Sourmelina greeted them with the overdressed baby pinned to her shoulder, the perfect accessory. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I clip the pin I bought onto the collar of my shirt and fall asleep, picturing the Miss America crown being placed on my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He smiles with recognition, and his eyes pin me in place. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “The pin’s clean. I only need about three good drops.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kingshaw did not know which were worse, moths alive, with their whirring, pattering wings, or these moths, flattened and pinned and dead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I’ve never heard a pin drop, but I bet I could have heard one then if there was one around that happened to be dropping. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Peck couldn’t even get a swing on me with the way I pinned him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "Well, it's worked so far," I say, pinning the mockingjay back on my shirt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She answers the door with her wet hair in pins. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He remembers her mainly at the pujos he had attended every year, twice a year, with his family, where she would be dressed in a sari carefully pinned to the top of her shoulder. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She wears a tailored blue suit with a white ruffled blouse and low heels and a pretty pin at her neck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My coat and shirt were pinned to the wall by some kind of spike—a black daggerlike projectile about a foot long. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He pinned her arms to her sides so she couldn’t hit him anymore, but he wasn’t even looking at her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z About two-fifteen she entered Minnie Franken’s beauty parlor, stayed an hour, and came out with her hair pinned up in tight curls and a silk scarf around her head and tied under her chin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Kingshaw lunged forward suddenly, and fell upon the rabbit, pinning it to the ground. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z For her burial, Anthony wore a black silk dress with a white lace collar, accented by a flag pin given to her by the women of Wyoming. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Caught in an avalanche, pinned by worry, squirming under the weight of doubt, guilt. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Has the mockingjay on my pin become a symbol of resistance? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I pin the worm’s skin out to the sides. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Bailey turns to find Caroline standing in the doorway in her nightgown, her hair piled on her head in a spiky mess of pin curls and a knitted blanket pulled around her shoulders. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You could hear a pin drop in the City Circle now. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “You gave this pin to my mother? You did?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally pinned herself against a building, trying to disappear next to a stack of firewood. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His dark beard and sharp cheekbones made him look like the cards with Jesus and the martyred saints that Abuelita pinned to the wall around her altar. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Hayes came rushing from her bedroom, her hair pinned and wrapped in a blue scarf with flowers on it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I pinned my hopes on the thought that a mistake had definitely been made by the Department of Bantu Education, as would be shown when the principal’s inquiry was answered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I felt Erik grab me from behind, easily pinning both of my arms with just one of his. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her arms were pinned, which meant at any moment the vial trapped between them might break...and that would be extremely bad for their health. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He pinned his hopes on seeing a new guard, a new employee of the prison, some visitor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z On other occasions, he pinned the answers to tests in obscure corners of the bulletin board. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinwiddie believed that France was trying to keep the British colonists pinned to the Atlantic coast. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a red rain slicker and a canvas fishing hat pinned with wet flies and nymphs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to put a pin in there, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His followers closed in, looking for an opening to join the fight and pin Bigwig down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hospital, she pinned a tiny onyx badge on his diaper to guard against the evil eye. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The battle chart, with its coloured pins and flags and symbols, was propped up on its easel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z So they leave while I pull my shrinker sock back on and pin my pant leg up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There’s a silk purple peony pinned at the side of her head, holding up her mauve scarf. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I had already pulled the pin on a grenade. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They pulled weeds and worked in trash gangs now, but one day the field work would make them as big as the men grappling and pinning each other to the grass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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 Dismay was pinning Peach to the tree, I couldn’t tell. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s the black fabric that makes up her lady’s torso and the straight pins sticking out of her headless neck. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She glanced up at the man beside her for guidance: he wore a robe and pajamas and slippers, and he had a white flower pinned to the lapel of his robe. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A dozen times or more, they unearthed the TV from behind the toolshed, late at night, with the lights out and quilts pinned over the windows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Next thing I know, she’s on top of me, pinning both my wrists above my head with one arm. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z So I tied my hair back, carefully reassembled myself—I didn’t like pinning my scarf in place, so I usually wrapped it loosely around my head, tossing the longer ends over my shoulders—and reemerged. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “There,” she announced proudly, and with unnecessary flair she plucked the pin from my nose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The gown lay against her skin like a dress made of lead, pinning her to her seat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It seemed impossible to pin her down with maps. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Then she’d pin the chain somewhere — her bed, the pillow, a chair back, the oven mitt in the kitchen — so she wouldn’t lose them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z While still in the air, he unscrewed the poison pin, keeping it in its small sheath; he then tossed the silver dollar to the ground below and returned the pin to his pocket. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They each have a cloth square with their District number on it pinned to their shirts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She hated it when I stuck a pin in her balloon. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He had Lillian pinned against one wall holding her by the throat as she tried to scratch out his eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabs my hand and pins it flat between her two pea green ones. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re always helping little beggars to our property!” screeched the other of them—the woman—as ornate gold pins in her hair shook. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Becky hung her hat on its hook and pinned on her apron. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He tries to hold the pin perfectly still. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Hi, Dumplin’,” says Mom through the straight pins between her teeth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "I suppose you have lots and lots of affairs in Cambridge," I told Irwin cheerily, as I stuck a snail with a pin in one of Cambridge's determinedly French restaurants. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She holds out the circular gold pin that was on her dress earlier. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Boxer saw them coming and put out his great hoof, caught a dog in mid-air, and pinned him to the ground. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He would be finished once he was pinned against the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She was dressed like a stewardess, complete with that little angel-food-cake-shaped hat, pinned at a tilt in her fluttering hair. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Outside, a half hour later, he has me pinned up against his car and is trying to get his tongue in my mouth, and I choose to nuzzle into his neck instead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “If you didn’t feel the map pin I just stuck into the tip of your nose,” she said, “then you are ready. Let’s get this done.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Especially when I can see the very spot where Long and Tate pinned me down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They leave with some colorful glass beads, mirrors, bells, needles, pins, several pieces of copper, and three hatchets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Omar pinned one of Cool Papa’s navy medals to his T-shirt and plopped Cool Papa’s navy cap on his head. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z But whenever she would bring things back from the cleaner’s, her good blouses, winter coats, she’d save up the safety pins and make them into a chain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I woke up and took out the bobby pins, I was too shocked even to cry or scream or stomp around the house. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When Lina came back, there was a shiny medal pinned on her uniform just above her left breast. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s just Grandma Flora’s birthday, Mom’s pin for everything. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He’s trying to shove his fat, slobbery tongue into my mouth, but I pin my lips shut because I don’t want to do this at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I reach for the pins, but she holds them back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I turned back to the worm and made another cut and began to pin back the worm’s flesh, taking meticulous notes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The birds argued and chattered aloud as they sprang upon Matthias, pinning him to the lid of the door with many claws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On his shoulders he has pinned shoulder boards bearing the three stars of a lieutenant general. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z His hard collar stood up against his strong red neck, and he wore a pale blue knitted tie with a horseshoe tie pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The pins go in your breasts if you are a woman.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z When the tunnel we’re in narrows to a locked grate, he plucks two pins from my hair and picks the lock in seconds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And though her throat was parched with thirst and her feet burned with pins and needles, it was a long time before Mariam gently freed her finger from the baby’s grip and got up. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Well, it wasn’t a knife, but clustered together like that, the jagged points of the broken pins could do some damage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She smiles, pins in her mouth, and I grin back at her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was already dressed, his Hogwarts prefect badge pinned to his sweater vest. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I unbuttoned my coat and pinned the heart onto the shoulder part of my dress. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I rescue my mockingjay pin from my ruined jumpsuit and pin it to the strap of my undershirt. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The orange leaves were the extent of my lesson plan, but still I searched the empty briefcase, mindful that I had stupidly armed my audience with straight pins. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He made a sound like someone had let the air out of him, and when he fell backward, his desk trapping him against the floor, Grace pinned him and punched him again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Can’t say. But there’s no use in trying to pin disease names on this. Human disorders apply to robots only as romantic analogies. They’re no help to robotic engineering.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The soles of my feet are so thick and callused that not even the pin grass can cut through them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had pinned Mundungus against the wall of the pub by the throat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I stood my ground in front of my captor, keeping my gaze narrow and pinned on my reflection in his shades. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The hairdresser piled my hair high on my head, with loose ringlets cascading over one shoulder, and a white rose pinned behind my ear. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Feeling irritated, Ash forced herself to continue methodically untangling Ana’s hair from the ribbons and pins. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of medals Franklin D. Roosevelt had either hung around my neck or pinned to my front would have supplied the army with enough metal for a tank. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she slipped a suit jacket over her lilac blouse, pinned a hat of imitation lilacs on the top of her head, powdered her nose briefly and adjusted her thick spectacles. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z M. Minkoff Later, his puckered pink skin wrapped in the old flannel robe that a safety pin held around his hips, Ignatius sat at the desk in his room filling his fountain pen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t tell what’s going on at Temple Judea, but in the auditorium at Chokecherry Middle School, you could hear a pin drop. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Before she could turn, arms wrapped around her, pinning her own to her sides, and she was squeezed and lifted into the air. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He had leaned down close to me, pinning me flat on my back. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It looked like his ribs were broken when he was pinned against the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The pinning had already gone on for hours, and Penelope had run through all the treats in the nursery trying to keep Cassiopeia from squirming loose and hiding under her bed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z As he labored up the Norvelt road incline and past us I saw that he had a police badge pinned to his khaki shirt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She takes down the eviction notices he pins to our front door, but I still know what’s going on. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Flora Baumbach paused in the search for the dropped pin to peer up through her straight gray bangs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey climbed off Momma’s lap and Byron’s eyes got bigger and bigger but his traitor hands kept him pinned to the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He stretched out his hand, put his finger under the head of the pin and slid it up, out of the thick, striped body. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I spot a nixie in a black velvet mask eating a tiny sparrow’s heart off a long pin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Before she could blink he had hold of her shoulders and had pinned her to the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She put the forked end over Sarnie’s neck and pinned him to the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For reasons that no one can quite pin down today, Robert decided to name this boy Loser. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His hands pinned my arms to my sides as he pressed me harder into the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the doctor was done, she gave the glove to a nurse, who rinsed it and pinned it back on the string. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Doctor Dastuge arrived and bled her and stuck pins in her limbs and gave her a bitter tea. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody sat there, then everybody screamed and shot even more paper clips at each other and Brandon Goff pinned me down and shoved spitballs in my ear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I checked Mother’s watch, pinned to my bodice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Madam Malkin stood Harry on a stool next to him, slipped a long robe over his head, and began to pin it to the right length. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z A bride who received money pinned to her wedding dress in the Polish tradition was reported to have regifted it to the strikers' relief fund. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was pinned to the wall by itself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When Sister Pat pinned the picture of Bobby Hutton to the wall next to the other revolutionaries I learned who he was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He was terrified of pulling some lever and dislodging the machine, of its bowling down-hill, backwards, and his being thrown off, pinned under the great wheels. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Nice pin,” Kaz said with a glance at the ruby stuck to Van Eck’s tie. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Each of them was awarded a small sterling silver pin that was a replica of a cell door with a heart-shaped lock. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Sabeen pokes another pin in Arizona and pulls its thread down to Mexico. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z It makes me want to stick a straight pin in her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She wears a yellow star pinned to her frayed brown coat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I pull out the pins with shaking hands. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She wetted her palm and smoothed the hair above my ear, then pushed the pin in so that it nicked sharply against my scalp. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I touched Mother’s watch, pinned to my blouse. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I threw down my backpack at the front door and looked on as Dad bustled past me, holding a few pins between his lips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her long, shiny hair, with its gray strands here and there, was tucked into a neatly pinned bun at the nape of her neck. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was like singing was the only time he’d tolerate our cussing, and he'd just keep his attention pinned on his notebook, where he’d organize rosters, medical forms, and notes on plays. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When I was sufficiently encased, Javi pinned the boutonniere to my lapel, straightened my collar, and then stood back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, no," says Rue, closing my fingers back over the pin. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I wanted to do something, stop him somehow, but I crouched back and watched Azar pick up a tear-gas grenade and pull the pin and stand up and throw. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru wanted to believe this meant they would find objects like deflated basketballs, mismatched socks, or bobby pins. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z With her he was head of a household pinned to an unsatisfactory job out of necessity. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She’d been so proud to pin the centurion’s badge to his shirt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They moved forward, they bore down on the eraser from three sides, cutting off all retreat, pinning it down in murderous crossfire, the lieutenant leading the charge, the captain shouting commands, calling in air strikes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z That seemed to make sense, so the seven men lifted the young lieutenant up and stretched him out carefully on the hood of a parked car, still pinning each struggling part of him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Now they’re piecing together how the fire spread through the offices full of paper fuel, pinning in Eduardo and the woman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She struggled a bit at first, and Con had to pin her arms to her side while Kaede held her legs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He’s been on pins and needles lately, hoping the results of the experiment could land in Nature, one of the leading scientific journals in the world. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Beat Boys and Clayton Byrd were pinned at both ends. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He tried to get free, to wriggle out of Kamau’s grip as his brother grabbed his wrists and pinned him down. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Blunt’s eyes, magnified by the thick lenses of his spectacles, lasered into his own, and for a moment, Alex felt himself pinned down, like an insect under a microscope. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He revived the form and was delighted to see what could be done with colored pins. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Dedd realizes she is speaking to the picture of Minerva, as if she were assigning her a part, pinning her down with a handful of adjectives, the beautiful, intelligent, high-minded Minerva. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On a camp cot in a corner was a boy without legs whose trousers were folded and pinned beneath his stumpy thighs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z So if I didn’t sit still, she’d kneel on me and pin my arms down while I freaked out, screaming, and she’d forcefully remove them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Her hijab has a large rosy silk peony pinned to the side of it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z You pinned the flag to my lapel and said, “We’re rooting for you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was music, whether of pan-pipes or of recorders, and the light in the churchyard was so clear, without being dazzling, that one could have picked a pin out twenty yards away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It used to be that girls would pin them to their shirts, but, like most things in Texas, they’ve only gotten bigger. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z His hand gestured quietly and in a moment two robots had pinned Donovan’s arms to his sides. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It pinned her to her bed, and she had to wait for her mom to take a break before she could get herself up. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The box is filled with Carla’s bangles and her butterfly pin and her chain with a little cross—jewelry that isn’t real gold. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I reached out and found three grenades and lined them up in front of me; the pins had already been straightened for quick throwing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all a kind of. . . balancing act. A juggling of pins, all kinds of pins, that’s what journalism is about.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I felt like I did that time I stuck a bobby pin in a wall socket. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the pins outlined Liyana’s body like a metallic running fence. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s harder to pin down. He’ll let something eat away at him without mentioning it, but if you really disappoint him ...” Josh let the words linger. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The man picked it up and shook it and he sat and pulled the cylinder pin and handed it to the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He lifts my hand—the same one Cardan stabbed with the pin—and kisses the very tips of my fingers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The crawlway grew smaller yet, and I foolishly let one of my arms get pinned to my side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The safety pin is stuck and when he wriggles it comes loose, sticks him in the hip, and starts him screaming for Mam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If Pilar hadn’t put in the safety pin and the bugs in the air, the painting would be almost pretty. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank’s old centurion badge was pinned to his shirt, despite the fact that the demigods of the Argo II were now Public Enemies Numbers 1 through 7 back at Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A cheer went up as the last fetterling was pinned by a Ridge guard’s spear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Flora Baumbach, about to rise with the found pin, quickly sank down again to protect her sore shin in the shag carpeting. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl breathed on the pin and it glowed faintly. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Stupid can go sit on the head of a pin somewhere. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Joe with his Henry Huggins look, tall Benny with his long hair and trumpet case, Ellie with her army jacket covered in pins, her long red hair sticking out from under her hat, and me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z When the end twitched he pinned it down with a paw. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she pinned it onto the front of my dress like a piece of jewelry. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Through a small opening in the debris and the molasses that pinned him, he saw Ryan working his way through heavy piles of wreckage. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Miles grabbed my shoulders and dragged me to the cars, swung me around so I was pinned between him and his truck. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Ignatius noticed hopelessly that she had added a dash of color by pinning a wilted poinsettia to the lapel of her topper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Two trains and a bus, because she doesn’t want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the pins from her fair hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sam grabs her arms, pinning them while she kicks and screams and shouts. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The people let out a great sigh when they saw the snake arrive and immediately the young men pinned it to the ground with sticks. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I shoot a glance at Walter, who has pinned the squirming Queenie against his side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her hair falls past her shoulders in loose waves, not a bobby pin in sight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Jean Louise attempted to pin him down: “Uncle Jack,” she said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z With a pin, Grandpa hung a small mirror on the tent wall. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And he still wore the star from that time pinned to the lapel of the three-piece woolen suit he had been wearing, summer and winter, for the last thirty years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A bush drove at her with a spear long enough to punch through her belly and Qari’s back as well, pinning them together as they died. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He looked like he was in the clear but when he went up to take his shot their center, who was knocking everything down, pinned his stuff against the boards and then pulled it down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Any unexplainable situation was always pinned to Khan Sahib. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Toby had the twins pinned to the carpet, smiling as he ate a banana, the peel spotted black. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He waved his hand at a painted wooden gladiator, then turned to a machine that looked like an oversized rolling pin studded with knives. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I pulled out the pin and let it drop to the length of its chain. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Frank was struggling, making whimpering noises as the other guy tried to pin him to the back of the booth. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z An emotional heaviness pinned his limbs down into the hard mattress, immobilizing him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z My knees are on either side of him, pinning him. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She had a brooch on her lapel that looked like a spread of poker chips, with WINNER’S in shiny gold across the arch, but it was pinned crooked. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z A union button was pinned to the collar of her simple green dress. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Cultural influence is difficult to pin down in documents and concrete actions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Dad was giving me time to climb onto the trailer wall but I was pinned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His two friends pinned him down and held on while they tried to talk sense to him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I sweep a small brush into a blob of cerulean gray and pin my gaze to the corner of the canvas until his footsteps leave the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The servant then moves on to me, twisting the frizz out of each curl with the sweet liquid and pinning it up. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Intricately whorled and squirled, the braid trimming was designed to call attention to her modest bust already helped out by two rows of ruffles pinned to her corset cover. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Gritting her teeth, she stuck her thumb with the pin and then squeezed two drops of blood into the mixture. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She touches the pins holding up her hair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The Americans have them pinned against the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He launched himself forward, flipping her to the ground, hands fastened tight around her throat, straddling her so that his knees pinned her arms to the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’d learned what it was like to be pinned down in a foxhole for hours on end with nothing to chew on but your last C-rations. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His old poster of the West Ham football team was pinned right next to it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It’s a headpiece for Rosie,” she says, pinning it to her chest with her chin and spreading the rest of it across her front. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She wore her black hair in long braids pinned up under her kerchief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The pin glimmered with four diamonds, one for each of the states where women could vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I use some moisturizing cream to gather it all up, brush it, and pin it into a neat bun. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z So now the soldiers round up the old village ladies, young mothers with their hair curled and pinned, wounded and decommissioned German soldiers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Evan didn't try to pin her, though it would have been easy to do. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The detonator is a remote and it’s right here in my God Bless America crystal flag pin. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They passed out flyers, pamphlets—A Message from City Councilman John Kwang—buttons, ballpoint pens, keychains, lapel pins, every last piece of it stamped with his perfectly angled script, simply signed, John. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I got all the candy and cookies in the house and pinned them inside my coat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I walked on pins and needles every day, waiting for him to take his revenge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the day of her daughter's funeral, she wore a giant pink flower pinned to her lapel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I am ready to flish in the heads, but before I can do this, Eugenia Pomodoro enters, carrying a rolling pin in one hand and a paintbrush in the other. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z She thought she’d find a bare wall behind it, but when she moved the sign, most of her photos and drawings were still pinned there. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There was one cardboard notice pinned over the counter that had been done in coloured felt-tips, and at the top of it was the word “look” with a staring eye drawn inside each “o.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She plucks a sparkly pin from the cushion and pushes it into the pages. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We would stay up all night gabbing, sometimes while Rosa pinned wedding dresses on me that she was altering for work. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z They’re made of fuzzy cloth, red like valentine hearts, with a black spot and a pin through the center. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There, pinned to the earth, under a thick branch, is a brown dog with a white patch on his chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I pinned it tightly with both hands over his small head as he lay writhing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Golden pins poke out of a pink velvet cushion. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There was a shimmering silver rope studded with diamonds that she braided into her hair, and there were diamond pins to fasten her hair in place. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t give a bent pin for your chance of survival if we were alone on a jungle path, they said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In summer I sometimes come outside at night with my torch and my planisphere, which is two circles of plastic with a pin through the middle. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Joey made that problem go away by bowling, with Rock and some of his guys as the ball and the pins. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother wears her hair pinned back at the sides with bobby pins, so her ears are visible from the back. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When everyone is gone, she looks up and meets my gaze for hardly a second, then jerks her eyes to the brown curtains, pinned tight across the window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Then let’s put a pin in it. A really big pin.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I look over at the picture of all of us pinned to the back of my door, wishing I could have those parents back, the ones who always told me everything would be okay. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Endurance was pinned on all sides by this immense upheaval. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Instead, she would rearrange her hoodie so her pin was visible and then position herself somewhere that she might be noticed, thereby leaving it up to the other person to do the approaching. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Every morning I got our position from the control bridge and marked it on the map with an orange- tipped pin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In Pappachi’s study, mounted butterflies and moths had disintegrated into small heaps of iridescent dust that powdered the bottom of their glass display cases, leaving the pins that had impaled them naked. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the stillness you could have heard a pin drop. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers pin me to a chair, their armored hands as heavy as manacles around my arms, their knees coming down on my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Rasalas lifted its hoof and Minya slid out from beneath it, rubbing the place on her chest where it had pinned her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They looked very well in their simple suits, Meg’s in silvery drab, with a blue velvet snood, lace frills, and the pearl pin. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The second CCD man produced another notice from his briefcase and pinned it up like the first one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They spread me out and held me pinned down to the hard ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As if you could really take a moment, stick a pin in it, and save it for later. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In case of attack by an inmate—or any violent situation we could not control—we were to pull the pin out of the top of our radio by tugging on the lanyard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My smile fades as I close the door and see the old family picture pinned carefully to the back of my door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z For a moment I see her in Abnegation gray, her thick hair bound back with a dozen pins, sitting across the dinner table from me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The powerful current pinned the canoes in place, and water quickly rushed into the vessels and sank them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The next day I stood on a stool while Mami pinned the hem on my school uniform. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I roll, hear the butt slam into the street, catch the tumble of bodies out of the corner of my eye as Mitchell tackles Peeta and pins him to the ground. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Though I am too cagey to say it: he might object to the vocabulary, or think he’s being pinned down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The man with the leather apron pinned my head against the wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Plucking a handful of silver straight pins from her plump cloth belt, she stuck them one by one, standing up, into the sheets around Liyana’s body. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “And it had your name pinned to it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was pinned under his dark gaze again; the hair on my arms standing on end, like a whisper of electricity had run over it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Stand still or I’m going to have an accident with these pins.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She had that look in her eyes like she was going to pin me down on the table and make out with me right there in front of the whole school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z So was his tie pin, the Kaelish coin pendant he wore for luck, and the gold buckles on his shoes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Fishing in her apron pocket, she pulls out bobby pins and a hair clip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Just as suddenly as I had been pinned against the wall, I was released. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna didn’t have very many memories that were as tenacious as this one—her memory, typically, was a slippery thing, and difficult to pin down—and so she hung on to it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But these seniors said most boys were like that and you couldn't honestly accuse them of anything until you were at least pinned or engaged to be married. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The other man took the piece of paper and pinned it on the corkboard, where the notices of dances, auction sales, whist drives, and so on were displayed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z As Crean crawled out of his sleeping bag and began wriggling out from under the decking, his shoulder knocked against a pin that held the mast clamp in place. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Next to me, Rachel yelped like someone had stuck her with a pin. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She laid a long pin next to it on the desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ross Wilcox went for my legs, Gary Drake toppled me, and Dawn Madden sat on my chest and pinned my shoulders down with her knees. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If I had one thing to say, I don’t think it would be rolling pin. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She fashions it into a bow and pins it to the side of my hair. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z An SS guard comes to us and pins a piece of colored paper on our shirts. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We held hands again and walked back to the hotel after we pinned the buttons that had names of people who were killed because of violence on a tree in front of the Washington Monument. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘Why have you pinned your little heart to an old, ugly hag like me?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Heads bent, mouths fanning straight pins, hem-covered oxfords working unseen treadles, they continued production. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He pressed his face close to Lourdes’s, pinning her arms behind her back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey is the one who has hair braided in big thick cords and pinned back into a maze of rows that make a full bun at the back of her head. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z If only he could pin the Warrior Mouse against the wall, he would be able to throttle him with the edge of the railing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The gold pin was undone and she hadn’t even noticed—though I expect he had, standing where he could look right down that low-cut pink dress. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sissy took a ball of stiff yellow dough, rolled it flat with the rolling pin, then rolled the flat dough up like a jelly roll. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Florence tried to struggle but he was pinned by Horse and Bones and Abel. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered the top board, pinning me in place, and secured the two pieces together with a large padlock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a horrifying sensation being pinned against the wall as the bombs rain down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They put a safety pin through the Queen’s nose and the entire country was up in arms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The guard tosses in a few loaves of stale bread and a bucket of water and slides the door shut, its steel pin dropping into place. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She might be in the studio right now with a number pinned to her leotard, grinning through the barre warm-ups to impress the Jillana School representatives. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It takes Ronan four turns to hit two pins, and he jumps around like he got a perfect game. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z His little ears were clean and well set and his eyes were as black as old-fashioned pin heads and just about the same size. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a shiny star pinned to his chest. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The blue, furry fairy caught the creature in midflight, pinning its arms to its sides. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Later, Officer Mac told my dad that Trotter had pinned the whole thing on me. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Frau Elena pins her party insignia through her lapel before opening the door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her jeans were tattered, held together with safety pins. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z By then Rosaleen lay sprawled on the ground, pinned, twisting her fingers around clumps of grass. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The deserter knows his life is forfeit if he is taken, so he will not flinch from any crime, no matter how vile or cruel: "The pin, lad," the big man said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Keisha hangs over the table laughing while Albert looks like I stuck him with a pin. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z At last, he pinned Mom’s hands behind her head. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Our grandmother tells us this as she sets a small hat with a topaz pin on her head, pulls white gloves over her soft brown hands. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Her head is covered with tiny braids coiled into rounds and pinned down with bobby pins. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But the claw of the crane had already flattened the roof, pinning his left leg, perhaps even breaking it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z In the back of the shop, a boy with a pale, pointed face was standing on a footstool while a second witch pinned up his long black robes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Right before I leave for school, he gives me a star-shaped brooch to pin on my shirt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The dried corsages were thrown out long ago, the diplomas and class pins and photos must be down in my mother’s cellar, in the steamer trunk along with the tarnishing silver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Nor was she merely an “enthusiast”—one who captured, pinned, and collected insects as trophies. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He got to his feet and walked over to me, deliberately stopping four or five feet away, like the pin had some kind of voodoo curse on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I carefully drew a handmade chessboard and pinned it to the wall next to my bed, where at night I would stare for hours at imaginary battles. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He fitted the rope lashings of the oars onto the thole pins and, leaning forward against the thrust of the blades in the water, he began to row out of the harbour in the dark. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d try the junkyard first, hefting iron slabs in case some stray sheet of metal had shifted and pinned me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I fasten the pin onto my shirt, and with the dark green fabric as a background, I can almost imagine the mockingjay flying through the trees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I affixed the black plastic cutlass to the side of my white vendor’s smock with a safety pin. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "You were the one they pinned all their hopes on." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was he who pinned the notice on the school notice-board on match days announcing the team. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Silver pins of rain fell around us as we left the church. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My neck was pinned to the edge of the seat back. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z In his place were three words: “I must learn” on a note pinned to his pillow. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is always pinned up in a conservative bun. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell me what to do,” said Isabelle, but after thinking about it she pulled another bobby pin from her pocket. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z A pin on the sidewalk, one, two, three, while the other boys threw their hands up and cheered like audience members and taped the whole thing on their phones. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Instead, they stayed pinned to the Story Box. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Wears a special gold pin that signals he is a loyal and long-standing Nazi. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “It’s nice to see I’m not the only one who has trouble pinning her down with words.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I dressed and combed my hair, and she helped me pin the mantilla to the top of my head. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Tonight, it smelled of sparkly red punch and older brothers’ cologne and flowers from corsages and whatever those things are called that girls pin onto a guy’s jacket. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She pointed to her giant pin of the four-member boy band. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Some tear apart bedsheets for diapers; a few find newspapers and fold those into triangles and pin them between their babies’ legs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z So people told my sister the kid probably liked her and that she should be nice to him, even though she should have pinned him down and made him eat the crayons. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They followed the Crown Prince, who, like Chaol, was swathed in a red cape, pinned over the left breast with a brooch fashioned after the royal seal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The king's father looked around, aghast, but only the lifeless stone Bauxi, held down by the monument as if pinned by a needle, remained. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The pins in the lock clicked, and the door swung heavily, silently, inward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One-Fifteen yanks him by his arm and pins him against the back door. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The door and frame fit together so tightly that a pin couldn’t slide into the crack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I put him up on the changing table and take off the wet one and Lord almighty if there ain’t three tinker toys and one a Miss Leefolt’s bobby pins in there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The largest wolf had Collins pinned to the ground, its huge fangs bared. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She drew out pins and thread and with little tucks here and there stuffed in the loose materials, then filled the toes of the shoes with tissue paper, until everything fit. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the bird on the pin I wear as a token.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As she rose from her seat, the Governor reached out and grabbed her left wrist, pinning it to the table. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to refold the shirts, sticking them with eleven pins. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Toward the center of the auditorium, the people beside the clear wall were pressed in close, pinned together by the pressure of the crowd behind them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I point to the flyer that’s pinned to the bulletin board. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z "He was to jab himself with this poison pin," Khrushchev proclaimed, "which would have killed him instantly. What barbarism! Here it is, the latest achievement of American technology for killing their own people!" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Pretty soon, Addie and I are sitting across the desk from Mr. Kiley, who I notice is wearing a flag pin in his lapel. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Now let’s try,” he whispers, and presses the earphone against his ear and runs what he has decided must be the tuning pin back and forth along the coil. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She fitted the sleeves, attached them with the pins, then took the cloth back to the machine. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z As she pinned and repinned, April told herself with righteous bitterness that Caroline was sure to make her take it all down again anyway, and all her hard work would be for nothing. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z With the blustery howling wind pinning flat his ears, and forcing the breath back down his throat, Matthias giddily covered his eyes with a paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She wasn't wearing her nametag—it was still pinned to the lab coat she had hung up when she left work. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Matthias pinned the medal to his habit, telling himself that he might stumble into Captain Snow’s territory at any moment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Miss Love was pinning her red hat on straight again, so I couldn’t see her expression, but I could see Grandpa’s, and he didn’t look contrite or guilty, either one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "It barely cleared the review board. Some thought the pin could be used as a weapon, giving you an unfair advantage. But eventually, they let it through," says Cinna. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Whitby didn’t answer, on account of having his tongue pinned by Italian leather. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Jackson Park was one square mile of desolation, mostly treeless, save for pockets of various kinds of oak—burr, pin, black, and scarlet—rising from a tangled undergrowth of elder, wild plum, and willow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Last week, while dusting in your closet, I discovered all of the butterflies pinned to the back wall. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Some people use pins for the loose strands, but I don’t. I like it a little bit messy.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z They're hovering over Max, and someone's got two hands on Max's jerking arms, pinning her to the ground. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z ‘Our cutlery will be like little pins in his hands.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why, they are the sockets for the pins to fit into,” the old man said. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They were young, beautiful nymphs in shimmering blue gowns, their glossy black curls pinned up with silver and gold brooches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Eleanor had taken all the safety pins from her mom's sewing kit and used them to pin scraps of silk and velvet over the holes in her jeans, and her mom hadn't even mentioned it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z And thus another hour was spent being measured and pinned, and sitting through a presentation of different fabrics and colors. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Toni Morrison’s isn’t functioning as a modifier, which shades the meaning of genius, but as a determiner, which pins down its referent, in the same way that an article like the or this would do. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Mothers of the Church, old ladies with white lace disks pinned to their thinning hair, had a service all their own. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper’s mahogany hair was pinned up in a braided spiral. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The challenger ignored the peaceful greeting and sprang, hitting the old fox hard in the flank and pinning him down, then sank his teeth into Gray’s thin neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He is pinning his hopes on me and all I have for him is a lie, a bloody lie. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The universe is hard to pin down; it changes when you look at it, as if it resists being known. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her straight pins hold the skin together, just so. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can use these to pin pictures and poems on the wall,” he said, handing me a portrait of the governor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I slid then, slow and painful, ripping out my hair so that a clump of me stayed pinned to the tree—nesting material for low-flying buzzards. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Her hair was twisted up and held with pins that she kept pushing in so they wouldn’t fall out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “He’s been calling me and Mom to check in on your run. He says he has a map on his wall, and he puts pins in it every hundred miles.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z With a sudden forceful movement, he reached out his arm, his collar falling open so Pinmei could see a silver pin sticking out from the imperial gold silk of his hidden robe. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Mud surged around her, spraying into her face and pinning her against some solid thing. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “No, I am going to learn it the easy way,” Ben said tackling Mary Anne and pinning her to the bed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But chronic muscle disease pinned him down and he lost it all. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z What I knew about those subjects would fit on the head of a pin. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Luna remained in her cocoon, pinned in place. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Sigurd’s sword had him pinned against the wall by his tail. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I keep a list with all the places I want to visit, and there’s a globe in my cupboard with pins stuck in it for each place. I want to see the world.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I consider my options for a moment and then say, real quietly, "It's my card. I know my pin. Just—ring it up." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Dicey wouldn’t give two pins to satisfy her curiosity. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither of them paid me any attention, their eyes pinned to the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bobby pins held back her lank gray hair, and a cigarette dangled from her mouth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was pinned up as usual, but not in the signature French chignon twist she’d been wearing when Maddie had left her last night. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z International health authorities were urgently concerned to find the exact source of the monkeys, in order to pin down where in nature the Marburg virus lived. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They pin me down on a bed in one of the extra bedrooms until I stop fighting. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z All of a sudden Miss Love hopped up like she’d sat on a pin, plopped herself down on the piano stool, and went to playing chords. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z While this information wouldn’t normally have been very useful, the reporters were able to pin down the exact times at which the workouts had been held. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She followed him around the house like a puppy, begging him to show her how to stand on her head and stick pins through her skin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With his spear he pinned the dragon to the ground. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I tackle him beneath one shoulder and pin him against the wall. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your outfit is beautiful too. I like your pin.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Have you ever seen children at parties pinning the tail on the wrong part of the donkey? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’d leave you at an orphanage with a note pinned to your pajamas.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The judge unknotted the scarf and let the flowered silk float down around the booty: her father's railroad watch, a pearl necklace, cuff links, a pin and earrings set, a clock. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Making a wry mouth, she removed her kerchief and drew out the other two pins. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom says, her eyes pinned to the pages of winter formal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As a badge of honor, formerly imprisoned suffragists were given a “Jailed for Freedom” pin. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But instead he stood there aimlessly holding the jump rope, until Bryant at 165 was having his arm raised after an early first-round pin. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The projects, a drunken stepfather, an older brother concussed by police, a cousin pinned in the city jail. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I’ve discovered a trick, and the effect is overwhelming, just like pricking someone with a pin and watching them jump. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You know who I am,” said the first man as he unbuttoned his heavy brown coat and pulled it back to show a shiny metal star pinned to his vest. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the past could be different from the past, because my memories could change: I no longer remembered Mother listening in the kitchen while Shawn pinned me to the floor, pressing my windpipe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her long and elegant hair is pinned up in a golden swirl, and she reminds me of the chrysanthemum flower on the Orléansian emblem. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She had thrust the pins up to their shanks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She rolls her eyes and pins me with a look. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She wasn’t much older than he was, but she wore her hair long, like the old women did, pinned back in a knot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She's the meanest of the guards but also the most elegant, with her neatly combed hair pinned into a tight knot. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z When he reaches for an emotion to name, he finds he can’t pin one down, and something shudders inside him and shuts down completely. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Saline, on U-and-Z, had seen smoke billowing out of a cell and, unsure if there was anyone inside, had pulled his pin on his way to the fire extinguisher. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We got all five pins in pretty easily. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And forcing pins under a person’s toenails because they won’t talk to you doesn’t count as any rules that anyone has ever heard of. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And then I remembered being underwater, inside the van, the floating box of Triscuit crackers pinned to the roof. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Ignoring the snapping jaws and pinned ears, he showered him with affection and carrots. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We pinned enough Virgencitas and azabaches and hung enough scapulars around that girl’s neck to charm away the men who were always wanting to get their hands on that young beauty. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With the other he shoved Ranofer against the wall and pinned him there. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Stella the pteranodon swooped out of the night, landing with one huge claw on the neck of the tyrannosaurus, pinning it to the dusty ground. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Toby pushed against his arm in protest, and Luke let him go, suddenly aware that he had his friend pinned against a tree. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But he didn’t chase after us, he just stood there with his cell phone pinned against his ear, probably calling the cops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My hair is still disarranged, although I tried to improve it with a few pretty pins. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z More common was the Book Scavenger pin, which Emily herself wore on her hoodie. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Franco and I commiserate about how St. Mark’s Place is a zoo these days with the bridge-and-tunnel crowd wearing fuchsia mohawks and safety pins through their cheeks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dress was a full wide-skirted black alpaca, and at her throat she wore a pin which spelled “Mother” in golden script. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ignore the safety pin, they said, it will only slow you down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Where is it?” he grunted, once he pinned me down. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “A lot of the girls aren’t into protesting or anything, but they’re all going to hate the metal detectors once they’re in. Every bobby pin they wear is going to set it off, right?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Though I feel like crying from relief, I keep my face carefully bland and slide another pin into her silken hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Pollux gestures to my pin and raises his eyebrows questioningly. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It’s hard to keep her in one place, but I grab hold of her waist and pin her down at one corner. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Two steel rails ran the visible length of the tunnel, pinned into the dirt by wooden crossties. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her hair was stacked up in a pile that seemed to be more pins than hair, and the whole thing teetered forward over her thin pale face. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night before he went to sleep, Harry ticked off another day on the piece of paper he had pinned to the wall, counting down to September the first. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Our favorite game was King Arthur,” said the old lady, putting down her rolling pin. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He's a nervous man wearing a crooked red bow tie and a Nazi party pin on his lapel. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the reason, she now walks briskly out of the room, heels clacking on parquet floors, and by the time I catch up to her, she's already pinning on a navy hat. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I kept him pinned there, catching his breath, but his words had scared me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he draws closer, pins me against the couch, and kisses me harder. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I got me a nice pension from the railroad. I was with them for forty-five years, you know. They gimme a beautiful gold pin w'hen I retired.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the walls are pinned countless pictures that I once used to cut out of the newspapers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Shawn turned me onto my back and sat on my stomach, pinning my arms at my sides with his knees. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On Tuesday night Jamie found his list of instructions under his pillow pinned to his pajamas. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, here I am after dinner stuck holding a box of straight pins while Tía Inés gets a new pair of jeans fitted. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Bare seconds later, it had slammed into the prisoner, pinning him to the ground as he screamed, its poison dripping over his face, leaving smoky trails wherever it touched his skin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She lowered her gaze to the assassin, pinning her with the intensity of it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He’d pin her perfect test up on the wall with all the others. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z The cops pinned the killing on a small-time hoodlum, but Weegee thought he was a scapegoat. for all intensive purposes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a specimen impaled on a pin, ready for study, and mathematicians were quick to analyze it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The black leather shoes I had bought for fifty cents at the Dollar General Store were held together with safety pins, which I’d tried to blacken with a Magic Marker so you wouldn’t notice them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “How hard could it be? You just stick your fingers in the three holes and throw the ball at the pins.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z And in the silence, of course, you can hear a pin drop. draw a blank. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But that’s when she found out, scalpel in hand, an earthworm sliced down the middle and pinned open before her. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Her brassy blond hair was pinned in a bun, and she was limping. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Dandy took what work he could find, setting pins in a bowling alley and freelancing as a handyman. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The washerwoman pinned up one of Illyrio’s tunics, large enough to double as a sail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z More common was the Book Scavenger pin, which Emily herself wore on her hoodie. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As I look down at the cars and bicycles below, a tingling sensation rushes to my toes, making them feel as if a thousand little pins are gently pricking them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sensible girls for whom I do care whole papers of pins won’t let me send them ‘flowers and things’, so what can I do? Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “They began jabbing other teachers and wildly pushed us down the courthouse steps. We began to fall back like bowling pins....Our supporters from the projects who had followed us were getting an eyeful.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z After class, people do their hair thing in front of the mirrors while I tuck it all in with one sweep of a scarf and a strategically placed safety pin. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I shoot footage of Violet pinning a boutonniere on his lapel and Mike handing her flowers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She was wearing a pin on the sweater, in the shape of two birds with red glass jewels for eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On some of the shelves the books were propping up glass display cases of beetles pinned to cardboard, which only made Meggie dislike Elinor all the more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z For a moment she hesitated, and then from the top bureau drawer she took a little gold watch that hung from a fleur-de-lis pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know it matches the pin I wore in the arena.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She wears her hair long, pinned up at the sides, like the women in wartime posters, and my own hair has never been cut. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Today she was dressed like a Christmas tree, with all this stuff pinned to her clothes, shapes cut out of fabric, ribbon. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Maybe all Dessie had done was to put several black pins in a cushion to make it look like the Baptist minister, and then had the pincushion deliver a short dry sermon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I try to crawl away from him, but he pins me, shoving the filthy apple back into my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He could skin a bear, repair a watch, build a house, bake a cake, darn a sock, or catch a trout with a bent pin and a piece of string. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well I’m figuring right here and now it’s worth just about one full-blooded Khershaen pack mule ” I turned it over in my hand, pulled the pin away and let it snap back again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The new term started next morning with a pleasant surprise for the sixth years: a large sign had been pinned to the common room notice boards overnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Across the aisle, a man in a gray fur hat was pinning down his son to put a gray fur hat on him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A bobby pin was wedged between her lips. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With a big piece of cloth and a safety pin, my writing arm hangs in a sling. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He wished Isabelle were here with one of her bobby pins. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She glanced around the hut for something that might help and noticed that Tiara had bobby pinned fat, blue flowers to the walls. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Neves scraped the wall lightly, exposing fresh earth, and pinned the chart to the wall with a big-headed nail. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Inside, a narrow sheath enclosed a sharp pin treated with a shellfish toxin that could kill a person instantly. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “You have a broken hip. It has to be pinned. After that you’ll need extensive physical therapy. It’s a long process, and you can’t ignore it just because it doesn’t fit in with your plans.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I swear, sometimes I just really felt like pinning a medal on that girl. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo watched as she fiddled with the pin inside the lock until it clicked and the door opened. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Her hair was pinned back in a bun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ash pulled out the last of the pins and began brusquely to brush Ana’s hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Never, the Blob yells and pins our arms so that we cannot raise our hands to our faces. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Sefia wanted to fling her arms around the woman, but she was still pinned to the chair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Would they pin scarlet letters on his chest? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I pictured my clothesline full of troubles and saw myself pinning on another one. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Best of all, there were two plates of whelks and two pins to pick them out with. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I was pinned by weakness to the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “This arm goes pins and needles from time to time. The heat doesn’t help any, nor this commotion.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sudden flourish, he produced the poisoned pin Powers had removed from the silver dollar. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She noticed a safety pin on a pair of coveralls. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z You hug her, pinning her arms because her fists are still in her pockets. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I unclasp the pin and hold it out to her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was used to pinning the meat down with his claws and chewing chunks off it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Hazel tried to avoid eye contact, but she caught Octavian at the head of the First Cohort smirking at her, looking smug in his plumed centurion’s helmet with a dozen medals pinned on his chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As soon as I pull the light cord, I see a stack of Mom’s nursing uniforms on a shelf, perfectly folded into neat Dad-squares, with one of her plastic name-tag pins resting on top. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He just stood there, and Winn-Dixie came barreling right toward him like he was a bowling ball and the preacher was the only pin left standing, and wham, they both fell to the ground. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Bernoffski, his lungs flattened, his cold white body pinned to his freshly cut lawn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z You could hear a pin drop in the room as he spoke the words. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She tied them around the ends of the plaits, then pinned the plaits on top of Hannah’s head like a crown. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But Aunt Ruby pinned her collar with a red rose made of sealing wax. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Gliding over densely wooded White Man Mountain, her eyes pinned on Sam’s mountain, her position fixed, she heard a familiar cry. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Can I borrow some of your scarf pins, Mom? I can’t use my magnet ones on this scarf. Too thick.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He pinned Pima’s arms behind her, leaving her writhing and struggling fruitlessly. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Amid tins of talc and boxes of bobby pins she would curl up on the floor of the storage room, speaking in non sequiturs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She hits her hard, knocking her down, and pins her to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z So I stood there in the “sewing room” in my socks and underwear doing the on-off routine with my pants while hot Annie pinned and her hot mother worked the sewing machine. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Knees pressed together, smiles frozen on their faces, arms pinned to their sides, chests swiveled to face the photographer. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Often a note was pinned to the body: This is what happens to spies and infidels. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She wound Francie’s two heavy braids around her head and pinned them in place with bone hairpins which she took from her own hair. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the chain were strung two safe-deposit keys, a gold watch with a fleur-de-lis pin, and a little steel tube with a ring on its top. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z From where I was pinned, I could look up and see JP stumbling out of the lake. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She had one of the heads in her lap, wrapping folds of pink velour around it and sticking pins here and there to hold the cloth in place. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He dusted the pin on his napkin and handed it to the Match-Man. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She took the pins out and said to him, “Well, here in Africa that temple has to do a hateful lot of work in a day.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For over twenty-five years since Jude walked out she had pinned herself into a tiny life. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She pinned it to Petra’s hair like an old-fashioned movie star. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Continuing to shoot the film in Reykjavik over the next months, Gudmundsson kept trying to pin down Bobby for further interviews and increase his involvement in the project. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Anybody wearing the fraternity pin,” he added, and touched a blue dot tattooed under his left eye— an insigne, a visible password, by which certain former prison inmates could identify him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was damp, and in spite of the pins Ashima’s hair, thickest of all the cousins’, would not lie flat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Gary is running around handing everyone safety pins and pieces of paper with handwritten numbers on them, which the auditioners are pinning to themselves. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z She looks official, with her name pinned to her dark jacket. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I walk farther down, and on the wall across from the girls’ bathroom, there’s a world map with colored pins. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I want to cover myself but Shawn has pinned my hands above my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “This dam, this conservancy district has the farmers down there on pins and needles. Arresting Joe Mondragon for a symbolic act like this could start something nasty.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I just pinned him down and tried to not get his blood all over my dwindling supply of school shirts, and Chas caught up to us and kicked the kid twice in the ribs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I lost my strength, so I could not even lift my hands to place pins in my hair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Gotham maintained to me that if there was any trouble, pulling the radio’s emergency pin would be the wrong response, because “we take care of matters by ourselves here.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They stretched Old Ringy out between them and pinned him to the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His glare peeled away the layers of my skin and pinned me to the spot. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Behind me, Laia pitches forward so suddenly that the Augur falls with her, her hands still pinning the girl's limp arms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She was so expert with the rolling pin that the dough seemed alive. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One day she wore a denim miniskirt with green stockings, and crawling up one leg was a parade of enamel ladybug and butterfly pins. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z His surcoat was new, dark grey wool with silver buttons, and a heavy silver pin fastened his fur-trimmed cloak at the shoulders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Two of the hog hunters tackled the smallest of the party, pinning her to the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I forbid you to take another thing out of this house! Starting tomorrow, you’ll have your own bank account, for pin money,” he said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt as if his father had just pinned a medal on him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Instead, upon a signal from Michael Froelich, they took horn their pockets a piece of rope, which they pinned on their shirts in the place where a medal would go. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I finally got the hat pinned under my foot and looked up in momentary triumph — just as the bus pulled up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He says something I can’t hear, then puts his hand on the shoulder of the guard who has the boy pinned down. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Wise of him to give them up freely, or there’d have been a note pinned to his stable door this evening.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Henry lets out a muffled yelp, and the next thing Alex knows, he’s been yanked sideways by his shirt and Henry is halfway on top of him, pinning him down with one thigh. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Ponytails are common or, for that characteristic Wal-Martian beat-up and hopeless look, straight shoulder-length hair, parted in the middle and kept out of the face by two bobby pins. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have Jamaica. Let’s stick an orange pin. There.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z One of the soldiers pins him, his knees on Tobias’s shoulders and his hands on Tobias’s head, pressing his face to the carpet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z So we set off through the crowd, toward the far end of the square where he’d pointed, our one last, thin hope pinned to a couple of oddly named streets we weren’t even sure existed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Ben and I placed the door back in place, and Radar pounded in the pins with the screwdriver’s handle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I feel frozen in place, like a butterfly pinned under a glass frame. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z You crouch lower and count your grenades and make sure the pins are bent for quick throwing and take a deep breath and listen and try not to freak. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He had only one arm, the left having been amputated ten inches below the shoulder joint, so that he wore the sleeve of his coat pinned up with the cuff fastened to the elbow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She fiddled with the Book Scavenger logo pin she wore on her hoodie. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He gestured to the vast collage of documents pinned to the walls around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Everyone in the room pinned their eyes to her face. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They pinned themselves between the ladders, perched precariously above the blurred ground and slept in nodding shifts that broke off at abrupt moments when the train jerked forward or slammed to a slower speed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He has worked part-time as a stock clerk, but he is pinning his hopes on his rap music, which his exasperated mother admits is pretty good. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Nicasia pulls a pin from my hair, causing one of my braids to fall against my neck. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It’s no use now,” she said, grinning triumphantly as she pinned me down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you want me to pin the money inside your pocket?” said the Mellower. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She had brought dozens of different fabrics with her, plus swatches of ribbon and lace, scissors, boxes of pins, and armloads of taffeta. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Johnny gravely pinned a couple of shirts on the line, his mouth, like Lydia’s, full of wooden clothespins. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, keeping his mouth on hers, he loosed the pins from her hair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I can smell the dough and hear the rolling pin from my bedroom when I wake up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Even bruised and dead, she was pretty, pinned under the pile of her bed and the weight of all the stuff that had crushed her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I pin his feed and will receive a chime next time he updates. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Chas pushed me again, his hand pinning me against the jamb. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He not only undid the blue bow; he pulled it all the way out of the hem, so she had to rethread it afterward with a safety pin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The protesters had small tags pinned to their lapels with words printed in red: “I do not attend segregated movies. DO YOU?” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Estella asked, spinning to show the curls pinned in swirls over the nape of her neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We have eggs, buttered toast, and a glass of milk each for dinner; there’s a small sack of coal in the corner, and magazine cuttings pinned all over the wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The black-leather lout was pinning an ecstatic guest to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When she came down, carrying fat, sleepy Campbell Junior, her mass of red hair was combed, pinned up, and draped with what she called “my genteel black veil.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I daydream about audition numbers pinned to my leotard. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But come now, tell me this, and tell me clearly, what was the bane that pinned you down in Death? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I fought fiercely to get off that table but my shoulders were pinned down by the full weight of a large man. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, no, no. Other babies can tell you whether it’s gas or a pin, or milk souring on them. But he’s a real Silsbee, and they never do, you know.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “In other words, put a pin in it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I explained how unmarried women wore their hair braided and pinned up, while married women wore their hair down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice we were pinned on our own five-yard line, and twice I dropped back, slipping and sliding, and heaved the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She also recommended a haircut, but I would only go so far as a French roll, engineered with the help of some big rollers and hair-setting gel and a lot of bobby pins. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In the dim light of the streetlamp that filtered through the drawn blinds, I could see the pin curls on her head glittering like a row of little bayonets. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Or at least, they didn’t until they spotted a notice pinned up in the Gryffindor common room that made them all groan. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She pins me to the floor with her knees and tries to punch my face, but I cross my arms in front of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Things with pins and knives that would leave a man bleeding even though he was miles away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z From here, it was an easy headlock into an even easier pin. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There was gray in the black of his body and legs, and each of the eyes on his ugly, pin- cered head was milky white. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She identified Howard’s overcoat and his scarf pin, and a crochet needle that belonged to Alice. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He flailed his arms, but she pinned them under the tray. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The crowd draws in a collective breath and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But Zeep Creep and the nurse were obviously annoyed and planned to pin me to the table. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I go back to my room to collect a few things and find there's nothing to take but the mockingjay pin Madge gave me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He holds me around my hips, with my arms pinned down to my sides, so that my breasts are level with his forehead. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Once there was an Asian man stabbed next door, words on cloth pinned to his corpse. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Carole, a member of Girl Scout troop #264, pinned the numerous badges she had earned to a long sash that draped across her chest and proudly wore her uniform to school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Until that time, I, like all the other boys in Qunu, had worn only a blanket, which was wrapped around one shoulder and pinned at the waist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Twisting her hair into a topknot and fastening it with three big tortoise-shell pins, she said, “Sit down, Will.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "And what would they be guard-ing, my little lord? Is that a silver pin I see there on your cloak?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were some knives for slicing, and a bunch of pins with colorful plastic heads. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As my eyes grew accustomed to the dim room, I noticed with amazement that pinned onto the mud-brick walls was an endless array of butterflies and bugs. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Thumbtacks at the comers pinned four white scraps of bedsheet to the plywood. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She remembered the sapphire brooch the Queen had pinned on to her chest. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His right arm was cut off at the elbow and the sleeve pinned to his shirt. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed as a Young Lord and had on his beret and pin, a copy of Pa’lante under his arm. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “That’s right, young man,” Garret Charles says, and then squints at the boy’s number, pinned to his stupid hip, and whispers something to Monica. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Her right arm, which had been twisted up to the small of her back, was now numb, and she felt only pins and needles in her shoulder. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I got all my hope pin on that bird.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He approached the flesh with relish, pinning it to his rusk with a thumb and devouring it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A great sheet of white paper was pinned on the wall, covered with curious lines, and little coloured dots, in blocks, together. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z When the dust cleared and the mountain stopped rocking, we found her still alive, but her legs were pinned under the statue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Over their shoulder they had slung a canvas purse decorated with pins. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If I had pinned my coat, my mother would have whaled me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she would rearrange her hoodie so her pin was visible and then position herself somewhere that she might be noticed, thereby leaving it up to the other person to do the approaching. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The sergeant fished his mop handle into a cage and pinned a monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them pinned me against the wall. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beto gestured at the last of the carefully pinned pieces of cloth waiting to be stitched together. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When I finished wringing something, I handed it to Chase or Mattie and they carried it to their mama so she could pin it to the line. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z My fingers find the pin on my shirt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She put a white gown on me and pinned it at the neck in back with a safety pin. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Ben pinned Mary Anne’s arms with his knees and removed her glasses very gently. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In that way they work like a magnet; and everyone knows that if you pick up a pin with a magnet, any other pin which is touching the first pin will come too. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Percy didn’t think that was it, but he couldn’t pin down the memory. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “She was wearing that pin on her sweater the day she got here,” August said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux began to rouse, but the stranger leapt on him, pinning him, or trying to. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mama and Papa both looked like they’d swallowed a straight pin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t stop pushing until she had Roy pinned to the wall with his lunch tray. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Course, I won’t be selling this particular pin on the Armchair Shopping Network.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z One man’s child had cried aloud all night that someone was sticking pins into him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She’s wearing a two-piece gown with just a hint of tummy showing, and her hair is pinned up and braided. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z As proprietor, Mrs. Cripe wore a crocheted handkerchief pinned to her apron, and a hair net. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I pin her down at the wrists, but she thrashes and rips one arm free, scrabbling for a dagger at her waist. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She herself was in the dining room, pinning pattern pieces on a length of dark blue serge. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The needle plunged almost to empty—it had been pinned. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She had not been taught to wear a sari without pinning it in four different places, nor could she embroider slipcovers or crochet shawls with any exceptional talent. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The juggling man dropped his bowling pins and grinned with graying teeth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Gram is rolling dough for a rhubarb tart, back and forth with the big rolling pin, dusting the yellow dough with handfuls of flour, stretching it to cover the brimming pie dish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z At the centre top there is a representation of Papin’s piston powered by the pressure of the atmosphere: once the steam has condensed, removal of the pin labelled E causes the piston to descend. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As soon as Kelley had an injured man off the helicopter, he grabbed the “casualty tag” pinned on the guy’s shirt and read it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There was a dress form in another corner of the room, a half-finished pattern still pinned to the body. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His heavy paws stood on Alex’s shoulders, pinning him to the pavement. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z For us to conclude that something is not the case, we must take the extra cognitive step of pinning the mental tag “false” on a proposition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It’s the pin Madge gave me before I left for the Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The Witchlings were pinned: the Cursed Toads and the Nightbeast in front of them, the raging water behind them growing wilder as Barbatos waved his hands in the air and mumbled an incantation. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Then the woman put up Catherine’s hair, and Catherine looked in the mirror and changed it a little, taking out and putting in pins; then stood up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It still had cookies and candies all pin in it like she be a walking snack machine. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Okay,” she says after pushing in the last bobby pin. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It was to be an intricate and provocative design in green, yellow, and blue pins, all cool colors, and its title was Pre-Cambrian Memory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My fear must have provoked a serious self-defense adrenaline surge, because I ended up pinning him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Her eyes light up at how pretty the star pin is. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He sat still, his eyes pinned on the white cap bobbing ahead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have been on pins and needles for a long time, worried that somebody’d find out, because he broke down right then and there and confessed the whole thing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The heavy paper curled and blackened, the flame ran upward, and only when the fire was about his fingertips did Cal drop the charred chip in the pin tray. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He struggled and struggled and I pinned the blanket tighter and tighter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Father coiled up his queue into a tight bun behind his head and pinned it there. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When she opened her fist, she saw a massive ruby tie pin circled by golden laurel leaves. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So it was finished then, down to the last plank and brick and wooden pin which they could make themselves. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I have thumbtacks to pin my sheets to the walls, creating new walls, and alleys and roofs, so we’re hidden away in a labyrinth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The slave catcher got the upper hand, pinning the man to the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She lifted the pigeon from her shoulder and placed it gently at her feet, then pinned its leash under her shoe so it couldn’t fly away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Her white skin and the pince-nez that she dramatically took from her nose and let hang free on a chain pinned to her dress were factors that brought her a great deal of respect. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the time it takes me to gasp, the Mask has shoved my brother’s face into the sandy ground and pinned his writhing body with a knee. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Darlene took off her pea jacket and showed the manager the tiny rings attached to the side of her slacks and blouse with safety pins. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Fathers are like that," he admitted as he pinned the folds with a silver clasp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Someone had grabbed him from behind, pinning his arms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The women were all sitting up and knitting or riffling through magazines or putting their hair in pin curls and chattering like parrots in a parrot house. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The mayor showed up that evening on the steps of St. Joseph’s, red carnation pinned to his lapel, only hours after a severe thunderstorm had pelted the area with hail. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Her place already was luxurious, with a bowling alley where the pins were bottles of chilled champagne, but now she resolved to increase the number of bedrooms and double her staff. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Bother them all! I don’t care a pin about them.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She had two pins in the corner of her mouth and had to speak around them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Any second now, a hail of bullets would be whistling through the archway, and the last place he wanted to be was pinned down on a lower level. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The gun lifted off my face, but I was still pinned to the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She pulled Eleanor into the bathroom and started pulling bobby pins out of her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She stabs a few more pins through the denim. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They frog-marched Percy from the room, his arms pinned to his side by his sweater. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Her hair hung like a clump of discolored marsh weeds, bound with vines and ornamented with bejeweled pins that seemed about to lose themselves in the hopeless tangle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There was enough for a small army, and it bothered him and he couldn’t pin it down—how or why it bothered him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z She tied a white ribbon around my waist and held it with a safety pin so it wouldn’t slip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A group of goblins would corner a stray brother dwarf, pin him down, and then the leader would give him the double barrels straight in the face. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "Take a pin from your hair," Amber says, ruining her Belle-bun as she extracts her own. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Consider a small pin driven into your skull, the agony of the piercing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Imagining a future in which I didn’t exist, in which I had unwittingly erased myself from his memories, kept my hands pinned under my legs and my mind, for once, in check. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He kicked Bob downhill, knocking over a row of telkhines like sea mammal bowling pins. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After that Mama put pins back in her mouth, so no more talking. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Many and more of the worshipers were wearing some scrap of red cloth pinned to their sleeves or tied around their brows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I reach for her hand, but my arms feel pinned to my sides. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then someone called, and they looked to the door, and those who could move surged toward it, leaving several pinned beneath the iron stairs or dazed and struggling to get up from the rubble-strewn floor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a message for her, and when she had heard it she reached out and plucked the fairy from the air, pinning its wings back. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The snow angel has feathery wings and a tiny pin head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I look at all the women sitting in the chair getting their hair straightened, curled, cut, and pinned up. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Thomas steeled himself, then jumped on top of Alby’s body, grabbing both legs and pinning them to the bed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He folded this in quarters, wrote “Deliver to Loris Harrow” in big letters on the outside, and pinned it to the kiosk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Simpson took a grenade, pulled the pin, and threw it into the opening as hard as he could. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They were nearly up the first hill when the wave hit full force, upending girls like bowling pins, the fast-moving current carrying them down, out, under. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I lunge toward her, pinning her shoulder to the wall, and lean closer to her face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z For more than a year Tessie lit candles at the Greek church for her fiance, while Milton gazed at her photographs pinned over his bunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then she fastened a note to the cover with a safety pin. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Or were they really trying to pin other crimes upon him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s even got a big pin that says “MY, YOU’RE UGLY,” and he wears that once in awhile. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I feel pinned to this awful moment like a dead insect. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They all had pieces of paper pinned to their clothes, with names written on them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z |
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